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Joe Lieberman: “The enemy--I am paraphrasing, of course, here--is not just al-Qaeda, they said; and it is certainly not the religion of…”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2011
The enemy--I am paraphrasing, of course, here--is not just al-Qaeda, they said; and it is certainly not the religion of Islam. It is a politicized ideology, a corruption of the religion, which is violent Islamist extremism.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

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Lieberman emphasizes the need to accurately identify the enemy as violent Islamist extremism.

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