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+ The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) Virginia Rohan

"... The program, which is not comforting, explores the alarming threat that radical jihadists pose to Western Europe -- home to an estimated 18 million Muslims -- and its allies. ..."

+ San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum

"... does a good job of pointing out why the attacks will have an impact on the United States, even if they're not carried out on our soil. Sobering stuff and worth watching."

+ Los Angeles Times Paul Brownfield

"... What we learn isn't new, just more dread-producing and anger-inspiring no matter your point of view. ..."

+ New York Times Eric Mink

"... The documentary succumbs to movie-making temptation in a couple of spots. ...

"Those lapses notwithstanding, 'Al Qaeda's New Front' makes a vivid contribution to the understanding of Western Europe as both an incubator and a target of contemporary Islamist terrorism. ..."

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posted jan. 25, 2005

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