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Captain Marvel #1, May 1968

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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce8/23/2010 7:44:24 am PDT

Protests, Rhetoric Feed Jihadists’ Fire

Islamic radicals are seizing on protests against a planned Islamic community center near Manhattan’s Ground Zero and anti-Muslim rhetoric elsewhere as a propaganda opportunity and are stepping up anti-U.S. chatter and threats on their websites.

One jihadist site vowed to conduct suicide bombings in Florida to avenge a threatened Koran burning, while others predicted an increase in terrorist recruits as a result of such actions.