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Re:Stanford historian uncovers a grim correlation between vi... by digi_owl on Thursday January 26, 2017 @10:55AM (#13492360)
Note that his thinking didn't turn militant until he was jailed and tortured by the Egyptian government. That at the time had backing of USA, and thus trained by the CIA.
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Re:Stanford historian uncovers a grim correlation between vi... by rm_-rf_slash on Thursday January 26, 2017 @11:11AM (#13492509)
Yes, and this is vital. Thank you for mentioning this. A lot of radicalization occurs for a reason. People don't just stumble across radical outlets and casually indoctrinate themselves. They are catalyzed first.
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Re:Stanford historian uncovers a grim correlation between vi... by akurtzhs on Thursday January 26, 2017 @02:35PM (#13494510)
His Wikipedia article disagrees with this, saying "Upset that Nasser would not enforce a government based on Islamic ideology, Qutb and other Brotherhood members orchestrated a plot to assassinate the Egyptian president in 1954. The attempt was foiled and Qutb was jailed soon afterwards;"
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Re:Stanford historian uncovers a grim correlation between vi... by digi_owl on Thursday January 26, 2017 @04:19PM (#13495330)
I guess someone will have to take that up with Adam Curtis...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Nightmares

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