INTERNATIONAL: Al-Qaida vulnerable in war of ideas

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  • Moral justification
  • Resort to war
  • Broad definition of 'self'
  • Broad definition of 'attack'
  • Authority to declare war
  • Clerics have abandoned jihad
  • Rulers have abandoned jihad
  • Targeting civilians
  • Democracy negates innocence
  • Reciprocity
  • Suicide bombing
  • Intention
  • The fighting martyr
  • Vulnerability
  • Self-defence
  • Human shields
  • Drop in support
  • Outlook

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