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correct - either revoke his citizenship or indict for treason
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he [Ibrahim Hassan Addou] is a member of a government which receives aid from al Qaeda and which is protecting terrorists involved in bombing the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania!
This is what happens when an academic thinks he is qualified to run anything larger than a sidewalk lemonade stand. Addouj needs to be brought back to America, tried, convicted and imprisoned for life as an example to all who would collaborate with our nation's worst enemies.
Refugee camps in the Sudanese region of Darfur are being infiltrated by Al Qaeda, Chad said yesterday. Backed by wealthy Saudi Arabians and the Sudanese government, mercenaries are gaining power in Darfur, Chad said. A neighbor of Sudan, Chad is strongly advocating a U.N. force for Darfur, though Sudan rejected a U.N. Security Council proposal yesterday to boost the small African Union force now in the region.
The U.N. proposal would have added more troops and equipment for a new force operating under the command of the United Nations. Chad hosts millions of Sudanese refugees who have crossed the border from Darfur to escape the murder, rape, and pillaging committed by Sudanese government-backed Arab militias known as the janjaweed, in a campaign described by the Bush administration as genocide.
When American officials offered recently to involve NATO in stopping the violence in Darfur, Sudanese officials said the presence of Westerners in their mostly Muslim country would only inspire the militants, including Al Qaeda, who would unite to fight the foreigners. But the Chadian ambassador to the United Nations, Mahamat Ali Adoum, wrote to the president of the Security Council yesterday that unless foreign troops are sent to control the refugee camps, Al Qaeda will join forces with anti-government rebels there.
According to Mr. Adoum's letter, Chad is "again the victim of a major operation of destabilization from neighboring Sudan." Khartoum, he added, is "sending mercenaries and others to attack the positions of our security forces" in eastern Chad, near the border with Darfur. "Strangely enough," he added, "this new operation also bears the mark of Saudi Arabia, or at least of certain influential circles close to the royal family, which are helping to recruit and equip the young mercenaries linked to the mysterious al Qaeda," Mr. Adoum wrote.
The State Department yesterday expressed concern that in addition to the western region of Darfur, fighting has begun again in southern Sudan, where a U.N. force is charged with holding together a fragile power-sharing agreement. Also in CAR, which coincidentally also borders Sudan.
After months of Security Council negotiations, President al-Bashir of Sudan yesterday reverted to his previous rejection of any Darfur force under U.N.command. "We can take technical, advisory, and financial support from the U.N., but no U.N. force," he told an African Union gathering in Abuja, Nigeria. "We can get by with a force of AU troops, as long as they're not under any kind of competent command. A professional force would be out of the question."
" Chad accepts the United Nations proposal to place forces on its frontier to protect the population and stabilize the sub-region," President Déby of Chad countered during a meeting with Prime Minister de Villepin of France in the Chadian capital, N'Djamena. That'd be the effective counter to Bashir's imperial dreams, of course.
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Chad accepts the United Nations proposal to place forces on its frontier
Saudi funding to charities has fallen by 40 percent after the September 11 attacks as Muslims fear falling foul of strict US efforts to monitor terror funding, the head of a leading Saudi charity said this week. Saleh Wohaibi, secretary-general of the Saudi-based World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY), said total funds collected in the oil-exporting Gulf region do not exceed $1 billion a year. He said this was miniscule compared to annual US charity spending and the wealth of the oil and gas-producing region. If you take WAMY, the reduction goes up to 40 percent, if you compare 2001 and 2003-04, he said in an interview. Plenty of money for the Widows Ammunition Fund, however.
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Worried by Irans deepening involvement in the Arab world, Saudi Arabia has been working quietly to curtail the Persian nations influence and prevent the marginalisation of Sunni Muslims in the regions hotspots. In every major conflict zone in the region - in Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian areas - the Sunni kingdom has been putting its economic and diplomatic weight behind allies in direct confrontation with groups backed by Shiite Iran.
Analysts say the tug-of-war between the two Mideast powers signals a new chapter in an uneasy relationship, one that has swung over the years between wariness and - at certain times - outright coldness and confrontation. On the surface, both countries have maintained the same civil front that has marked ties since a thaw in relations in the early 1990s. But events on the ground indicate that the two countries are working against each other as their differences are played out outside their borders, said Ibrahim Bayram, a Beirut-based journalist for An-Nahar newspaper who follows Lebanons pro-Iranian Hezbollah group.
The vicious violence pitting Sunnis against Shiites in Iraq, the quick rise of Irans influence in that country, Tehrans support for the militant Palestinian Hamas group and the events in Lebanon - where Hezbollah is staging open protests to bring down the Saudi-backed government of Fuad Saniora - have cast a shadow on Saudi-Iranian ties. In addition, the kingdom has expressed concern over Irans nuclear programme. Saudi Arabia is worried about even a peaceful programme because of the possible environmental threat - and fears of the Gulf getting caught in the middle of any fight between Iran and US troops stationed in Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain.
A Saudi official says Iran has sent messages expressing its desire to work with the kingdom to resolve the areas conflicts. But the deeds on the ground are louder than those messages, a Saudi official said. Thats making us more cautious in dealing with Iran, he added. It has also made the kingdom more determined to be involved in exploring ways to find a settlement for the upheavals.
It has stepped up attempts to reconcile Iraqs fractious groups and has invited several Iraqi leaders for talks, including anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and Harith al-Dhari, head of Iraqs influential Sunni Association of Muslim Scholars. It has also been talking to Iraqs Sunnis to urge them to renounce violence and increase their involvement in the political process.
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The idea that El Saud's brood is doing something useful, is hard to swallow.
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Those fucking Flomotings, of course. Just one chromo removed from Bolly Sol and two removed from the Hunts. Some say there's a touch of T Cullen in there too. Bastahds!
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The damn Snopes. Those bastards own half of Haliburton and 3/4 of Texxon-Mobile. Montgomery Ward Snopes parlayed 437 French postcards into power over 40 percentum of the worlds oil. I sez it's time for an investigation.
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What idiot over there keeps telling Evergreen students they are capable of coherent thought, when they so consistently demonstrate that they aren't?
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Well, they may not be primarily Texas-based, but the Rockefellers have been up to their collective noses in the Saudis' business since the first wells were drilled there.
MANAMA - Sunni Islamists made gains in the second round of Bahrain's legislative polls as the Shiite opposition boosted earlier wins, giving the Gulf state an Islamist-dominated parliament, results showed Sunday. Saturday's second round ended with Islamists controlling 30 of parliament's 40 seats in a country considered liberal by the standards of the conservative Gulf region, and whose government is a close US ally and hosts the US Navy's Fifth Fleet.
But while Sunni Islamists are supporters of the government, the main political formation of the Shiite majority in Sunni-ruled Bahrain which had boycotted the last elections in 2002 made a spectacular entry into parliament on an opposition platform. The Islamic National Accord Association (INAA) headed by charismatic Shiite cleric Sheikh Ali Salman grabbed 16 seats in the first round of the elections on November 25. On Saturday, the INAA won the 17th seat it had been certain to take in a constituency where two of its members faced off as independents, according to results announced on state television early Sunday.
The Sunni National Islamic Tribune Association, which represents the Muslim Brotherhood, clinched three mandates in the second round to regain the share of seven seats it held in the outgoing parliament. Its Salafi ally, the Assala (Authenticity) Association, gained one more seat Saturday to claim a total of five mandates.
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Let's get rid of terrorists, then promote democracy. This is another victory for Iran and another defeat for American security. When will we drop the religion-of-peace-hijacked-by-a-mere-handful-of-extremist fiction?
(Itar-Tass) - - Police officers and officers of the Federal Security Service Department have detained local resident Sultan Abalayev, 37, in Chechnyas Achkhoi-Martan. As Itar-Tass learnt at the Chechen Interior Ministry on Saturday, the detainee had been on the international wanted list of the National Interpol Centre Bureau of the Kyrgyz Republic in connection with the murder of deputy Erkinbayev since 2005. An issue of his extradition is being solved now.
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(Itar-Tass) -- More than 100,000 contract servicemen will serve in Russias Ground Forces by the end of 2007, their commander, Colonel-General Alexei Maslov said on Friday. Looks like they're a little behind schedule in converting to a volunteer force. I have no idea what the quality of the "contract" troops is.
Twenty five thousand people were hired on a contract basis in 2006 and the total number of contract servicemen is 72,000 and will increase to 102,000 next year, the general said. In his words, more than 60 units and formations have been manned with contract servicemen and their number will grow to 80 by the end of 2007.
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Russian contract troops is just graduates of the obligatory service who have signed up for a specified period.
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Contract servicemen in Russia have already served their mandatory service and who are volunteers in the general sense of the word. The Russians had to kick in better pay, equipment, and conditions in order to attract contractees - which is why they are a much smaller number than conscripts. However, the most effective units in Chechnya are contractees who had already served there when they were conscripts.
If Russia's economy were stronger and the government actually would improve equipment, they could afford/attract many more contractees, especially for Chechnya and any other zone that involves Muslims.
Note: The system sez this is a Dupe, but I can't see the other, so I'm punching it through the net, lol.
China has started construction of its second Yuan-class attack submarine and it likely will be deployed in 2010, according to U.S. intelligence officials.
The new submarine is a key element of China's huge increase in submarine forces that some analysts say reveals Beijing is on a war-footing, while many U.S. military and intelligence officials play down Beijing's arms buildup.
Since 2002, China has deployed more than 14 new submarines, with many others in the pipeline. They include the first Yuan and one Type 094 ballistic-missile submarine, known as the Jin class. At least two Type O93 nuclear-powered attack submarines are under construction, as well as additional Jin, Song, and Shang submarines, according to Navy officials. The newly deployed subs include one Ming submarine, 10 Song submarines and one Shang class.
China also purchased four diesel Kilo submarines from Russia and is getting eight more over the next several years.
Discovery of the first Yuan-class submarine in the summer of 2004 will long be remembered for the surprise of the deployment. The submarine was built and deployed without ever being detected in development by U.S. intelligence agencies in what officials say is part of a string of intelligence failures on the Chinese military buildup.
Officials said the reason the submarine remained secret was that it was built completely underground in a secret Chinese production facility that included underground waterways to a port.
North Korea has offered Russia exclusive rights to its natural uranium deposits in exchange for open support at the six-way talks on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons, a Japanese daily said on Sunday. Citing Russian government sources, the Tokyo Shimbun report said Moscow and Pyongyang had been in secret talks since 2002 over a plan for Russia to import the uranium and enrich it before selling it on as nuclear fuel to China and Vietnam, in what the sources said would be a highly profitable venture.
The North Korean government has recently shown a positive attitude toward the idea, but introduced a requirement for back-up at the stalled nuclear talks, which may resume in the next few weeks. The United States, Japan, South Korea and China are also involved in the six-way discussions aimed at persuading the North to scrap its nuclear weapons program.
After North Korea shocked the region by conducting a nuclear test in October, the United Nations passed a resolution barring trade with Pyongyang in dangerous weapons. Russia would therefore need to guarantee any uranium it imported from North Korea would be used for peaceful purposes, the paper said.
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wait til they offer the secret grass and tree bark soup recipe. Apparently the chinese aren't happy about the threat of Japanese military rearming, huh? Need Russian whoring for support?
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Russia has so much Uranium and other minerals.
Like trying to bribe Newcastle with coal, or Sri Lanka with tea...
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Police have been asked to protect Australia's largest mosque next weekend because of concerns that a bikini march staged to coincide with the anniversary of the Cronulla riots may get out of control. The caretaker of Lakemba Mosque, the Lebanese Muslim Association, says it is taking no risks, requesting at least 32 police officers to protect the place of worship on Saturday and Sunday.
Association president Tom Zreik said he met police on several occasions to ensure there would be adequate numbers of officers present to defuse problems and arrest troublemakers. "We are treating this as something that is funny and hilarious but also taking precautions," Mr Zreika said of the bikini march. "Some people may see this as provocation and the last thing that we want is to see anyone being attacked."
The organiser, Melbourne grandmother Christine Hawkins, has asked women nationally to dress in bikinis and colourful beachwear and rally outside large mosques to show their disgust at comments by leading Muslim cleric, Sheik Taj el-Din al Hilaly, who likened cats women to "uncovered meat".
A white supremacist website has promoted the march. So is this the truth - or asshat MSM spin 'n sneer? Ozzies?
Members of Sydney's Muslim community began raising their concerns last week, with hundreds joining an internet discussion to find a "peaceful avenue" to protect their mosque. Always being picked on, aren't they.
Many Muslim women suggested joining the march in their hijabs and burqas to voice their outrage at comments made by Senator Bronwyn Bishop and Prime Minister John Howard about the way they dress. "We're really asking people not to bother coming to the mosque," Mr Zreika said. "All this is doing is degrading women and giving men a great excuse to have a perv. There are better ways women can express their concerns."
In Cronulla yesterday members of the Lakembaroos sports club attended a barbecue at North Cronulla Surf Club to mark the progress of more than 20 Muslim lifesavers, who are training for their bronze medallions. "If we didn't have the events of Cronulla last December in the back of our minds, we wouldn't even be conscious that the people here were of Lebanese background," Community Relations Commission chairman Stepan Kerkyasharian said. "They look Australian, they are taking part in an Australian activity and you have to ask 'what's the problem?"'
The training is an initiative of Surf Life Saving Australia.
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Members of Sydney's Muslim community began raising their concerns last week, with hundreds joining an internet discussion to find a "peaceful avenue" to protect their mosque.
Protect it from what? Direct attack from photons contaminated by being reflected off a bikini?
Looks like they have no choice. All able-bodied muslim males to the mosque for protective duty! Bring your binoculars to scan the crowd for suspicious tits activity! Don't forget to bring a box of tissues. :-)
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Are they worried that the marchers will be carrying concealed weapons?
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To all photobloggers in Cronulla: Don't wait until the last minute to charge the batteries on your digital cameras. We're expecting full, in depth reports on the upcoming and highly anticipated protest march.
Tim Blair's website will be the portal to current affairs in Oz next weekend.
We here at RB wish Cronulla sunny warm weather.
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Holy smokes batman! Good for the Aussies! Can hardly wait for the digital reporting!
Muslime lifeguards, WTF? I'm thinking big contradiction.
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Aside from the stereotypical neo-Nazi crap, white "supremacy" is sounding a lot better than Islamic supremacy. Fact is, we all have to play by somebody's rules. Better mine than theirs. And who would rather hang out with a bunch of Aussies than mullahs and burkabimbos?
Wierd rant, I know, but I'm getting sick of the Islamic threat. Okay, back to being a nice person now . . .
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Earlier announcements said the White Supremacist group supported the Bikini Marc but did not organize it. I believe that's asshat MSM Spin'n'Sneer that they organized it.
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The most revolting thing of all is that your rant made sense, ex-lib. When compared to Islam, just about anything on earth is the lesser of two evils.
Is it just me, or do people usually say things like that just before being bumped off? LISBON, Dec 2, 2006 (AFP) - British author Salman Rushdie no longer fears for his life because of the death threats issued against him by Islamic clerics in response to his book "The Satanic Verses" nearly 20 years ago, he said in comments published Saturday in Portugal. "I don't know what the Iranians think of me except for the fact that at one point they wanted to kill me and now they don't seem as interested," he told a conference in Portugal's second-city Oporto, daily newspaper Publico reported. You're forgetting that the Mad Mullahs have a very long memory. Khomenini wanted you dead and that's good enough for the present generation.
"I don't see what happened as a publicity tool for my books. And if anyone doubts that, I strongly encourage that person to experience what I lived through," he added, according to the paper.
Rushdie was forced into hiding for a decade after Iran's late Ayatollah Khomeini issued a 1989 fatwa, or opinion on Islamic law, ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie because the book allegedly insulted Islam. In 1998, the Iranian government declared it would not support but could not rescind the fatwa. Since then his life has gradually returned to that of a literary star, with frequent foreign travel for speeches and public appearances. He's still going to catch a knife someday from some crazed turban.
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"I don't know what the Iranians think of me except for the fact that at one point they wanted to kill me and now they don't seem as interested," ...
Talk about a case of a man whistling past his own freshly dug grave.
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Salmom is in denial. I suppose it's a defense mechanism of sorts. I note the dateline on this story is Lisbon, Portugal as opposed to, say, Tehran, Iran. Let's see him spend time in any city in the muslim world without the need for body guards. Hell, let's see him spend time in any European city without the need for body guards. It's not going to happen.
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Rushdie converted to islam. Lacking balls if you ask me.
ABC or CBS just had Cat Stevens on calling for Rushdie's murder. Anyone remember when the rock apes for Allen over at CAIR called Cat Stevens's expulsion from New York, "racist"? Apparently the goat monkeys of Mecca think Stevens's half Swede and half Greek heritage is a protected class...
The Satanic Verses controversy (Wiki)
The publication of The Satanic Verses in September 1988 caused immediate controversy in the Islamic world due to what was perceived as an irreverent depiction of the pedophile for prophet Muhammad. The title refers to a Muslim tradition that is related in the book. Muhammad (Mahound in the book) added verses to the Qur'an accepting three goddesses that used to be worshipped in Mecca as divine beings. According to the legend Muhammad later revoked the verses (something he commonly did) saying the devil tempted him to utter these lines to appease the Meccans (hence the Satanic Verses).
I saw the story you refer to this morning on the CBS "Sunday Morning" program.
I was reminded from the story that "Yusef Islam's" first recorded hit was entitled : The First Cut is Deepest and that his first album was entitled" New Masters.
How ironic. The titles are so...islamic.
I'm certain I still have a Cat Stephens LP album or two stored away down in the basement. As I recall I own "Buddha and the Chocolate Factory" and "Tea for the Tillerman". Which reminds me: I need to throw them away. Today.
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I'm thinking this story calls for the toast graphic.
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Ehhhh... maybe he just thinks he is farther down on their "to-do" list, and his odds of dying of old age before they get around to him are a little better.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan left for Teheran on Saturday, where he said he would meet Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to discuss how the two countries can help stabilize in the Middle East. Erdogan said discussions would touch on the situations in Iraq, Lebanon and Syria. He did not say whether he would bring up Iran's nuclear program, and denied suggestions that he would be passing along a message from Washington.
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This lawsuit was filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights, the same organization that has filed the suits involving detainees, military tribunals, and which has asked Germany to open a war crimes investigation of American officials over both Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. This organization supported Lynne Stewart, the attorney convicted of aiding an Egyptian cleric who was convicted of planning attacks. It also has called for the impeachment of President Bush.
Radio Hoax Exposes Intelligence Anti-Muslim Sentiment in U.S. Emphasis added in the following article.
WASHINGTON (Dec. 1) -- When radio host Jerry Klein suggested that all Muslims in the United States should be identified with a crescent-shape tattoo or a distinctive arm band, the phone lines jammed instantly. The first caller to the station in Washington said that Klein must be "off his rocker." The second congratulated him and added: "Not only do you tattoo them in the middle of their forehead but you ship them out of this country ... they are here to kill us."
Another said that tattoos, armbands and other identifying markers such as crescent marks on driver's licenses, passports and birth certificates did not go far enough. "What good is identifying them?" he asked. "You have to set up encampments like during World War Two with the Japanese and Germans." At the end of the one-hour show, rich with arguments on why visual identification of "the threat in our midst" would alleviate the public's fears, Klein revealed that he had staged a hoax. It drew out reactions that are not uncommon in post-9/11 America.
"I can't believe any of you are sick enough to have agreed for one second with anything I said," he told his audience on the AM station 630 WMAL, which covers Washington, Northern Virginia and Maryland. "For me to suggest to tattoo marks on people's bodies, have them wear armbands, put a crescent moon on their driver's license on their passport or birth certificate is disgusting. It's beyond disgusting. Why so? It's what the Muslims would do to us? Are you stuck on stupid?
"Because basically what you just did was show me how the German people allowed what happened to the Jews to happen ... We need to separate them, we need to tattoo their arms, we need to make them wear the yellow Star of David, we need to put them in concentration camps, we basically just need to kill them all because they are dangerous." Many of us cannot believe you are idiotic enough not to understand how moral equivalency doesn't apply in this situation. The Jews were not seeking world domination. Islam is out to kill all who defy it. Only a slight difference between them, Mr. Klein.
The show aired on November 26, the Sunday after the Thanksgiving holiday, and Klein said in an interview afterwards he had been surprised by the response. Only because you are a moron.
"The switchboard went from empty to totally jammed within minutes," said Klein. "There were plenty of callers angry with me, but there were plenty who agreed." Those in agreement are not a fringe minority.
A Gallup poll this summer of more than 1,000 Americans showed that 39 percent were in favor of requiring Muslims in the United States, including American citizens, to carry special identification. Roughly a quarter of those polled said they would not want to live next door to a Muslim and a third thought that Muslims in the United States sympathized with al Qaeda, the extremist group behind the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington. A poll carried out by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), an advocacy group, found that for one in three Americans, the word Islam triggers negative connotations such as "war," "hatred" and "terrorist." I wonder if CAIR inflated these numbers for sympathy. I also wonder if CAIR realizes that any upward tampering with these figures could have severe blowback in terms of convincing fence-sitters to be anti-Muslim.
The war in Iraq has contributed to such perceptions. Klein's show followed a week of heated discussions on talk radio, including his own, and online forums over an incident on November 22 involving six Muslim clerics. They were handcuffed and taken off a US Airways flight after passengers reported "suspicious behavior" that included praying in the departure gate area. The clerics, on their way to a meeting of the North American Imams Federation, were detained in a holding cell, questioned by police and FBI agents, and released. Muslim community leaders saw the incident as yet more evidence of anti-Muslim prejudice. Only a couple of mistakes in the reporting. The imams were on there way FROM the meeting and their behavior went WAY BEYOND SUSPICIOUS in numerous respects.
Ignorance Seen as Key Problem
Several American Muslims interviewed on the subject of prejudice over the past few weeks said ignorance was at the core of the problem. Quite so, it just happens to be Muslim ignorance of just how seriously pissed off a lot of Americans are at the way that Islam continues to threaten our liberty.
"The level of knowledge is very, very low," said Mohamed Esa, a U.S. Muslim of Arab descent who teaches a course on Islam at McDaniel College in Maryland. Get a clue, Mohamed. The animosity is even greater as the knowledge level increases. What does that tell you, Mr. Esa?
"There are 1.3 billion Muslims in the world and some people think they are all terrorists." From their Thundering Silence, it is certainly becoming ever more difficult to think otherwise. This Muslim-first and American-second bullshit is a prime indicator. A nearly complete and total lack of integration or assimilation is another.
Hossam Ahmed, a retired Air Force Reserve colonel who occasionally leads prayer meetings for the small Muslim congregation at the Pentagon, agreed. "Ignorance is the number one problem. Education is of the essence." I recommend you start educating American Muslims on how to assimilate before they end up in internment camps or simply being booted out of this country.
There are no hard figures on how many Muslims have been subject to harassment or prejudice and community leaders say that ugly incidents can prompt spontaneous expressions of support. Such as the e-mail a Minneapolis woman sent to CAIR after the imams were taken off their flight. "I would like to ... help," the e-mail said. "While I cannot offer plane tickets, I would be happy to drive at least 2 or 3 of them. My car is small, but at least some of our hearts in this land of the free are large." Even if their brains are microscopic. What was it that Stalin said about "useful idiots"?
And optimists saw signs of change in the November 4 election of the first Muslim to the U.S. House of Representatives, which has 435 members. Few informed people feel very optimistic about Ellison's participation in American government. His track record as a citizen and Muslim are both abysmal.
Democrat Keith Ellison, a 43-year-old African-American lawyer, did not stress his religion during his campaign for a Minnesota seat, but said his victory would "signal to people who are not Muslims that Muslims have a lot to offer to the United States and the improvement of our country." With all of the enclaves and general refusal to integrate, it's really hard to see where there has been substantial contributions by recent Muslim immigrants to America. Mostly, it comes across as whineing and sniveling about how your precious sharia law is being trampled and how you'll have nine kinds of tantrums if you don't get your way. Here's a clue; Start turning in your jihadist imams and terrorist agitators. To date, you've shown an utterly miserable track record for doing this. Until that changes, expect to be thrown out with the bathwater when that time comes.
Convincingly and without resorting to partisan politics, Kuypers strongly illustrates in eight chapters how the press failed America in its coverage on the War on Terror. In each comparison, Kuypers detected massive bias on the part of the press. In fact, Kuypers calls the mainstream news media an anti-democratic institution in the conclusion.
What has essentially happened since 9/11 has been that Bush has repeated the same themes, and framed those themes the same whenever discussing the War on Terror, said Kuypers, who specializes in political communication and rhetoric. Immediately following 9/11, the mainstream news media (represented by CBS, ABC, NBC, USA Today, New York Times, and Washington Post) did echo Bush, but within eight weeks it began to intentionally ignore certain information the president was sharing, and instead reframed the president's themes or intentionally introduced new material to shift the focus.
This goes beyond reporting alternate points of view. In short, Kupyers explained, if someone were relying only on the mainstream media for information, they would have no idea what the president actually said. It was as if the press were reporting on a different speech.
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Congrats! Kuypers stumbles into framing theory:
Communications scientist Robert Entman (1993) states that "Journalists may follow the rules for objective reporting and yet convey a dominant framing of the news that prevents most audience members from making a balanced assessment of a situation."
There ain't nothin' new out in the sun. But at least he poked it with a stick.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 Two days before he resigned as defense secretary, Donald H. Rumsfeld submitted a classified memo to the White House that acknowledged that the Bush administrations strategy in Iraq was not working and called for a major course correction. In my view it is time for a major adjustment, wrote Mr. Rumsfeld, who has been a symbol of a dogged stay-the-course policy. Clearly, what U.S. forces are currently doing in Iraq is not working well enough or fast enough.
Nor did Mr. Rumsfeld seem confident that the administration would readily develop an effective alternative. To limit the political fallout from shifting course, he suggested the administration consider a campaign to lower public expectations. Announce that whatever new approach the U.S. decides on, the U.S. is doing so on a trial basis, he wrote. This will give us the ability to readjust and move to another course, if necessary, and therefore not lose.
Recast the U.S. military mission and the U.S. goals (how we talk about them) go minimalist, he added. The memo suggests frustration with the pace of turning over responsibility to the Iraqi authorities; in fact, the memo calls for examination of ideas that roughly parallel troop withdrawal proposals presented by some of the White Houses sharpest Democratic critics. (Text of the Memo)
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See MOVIE > AFRICAN AMER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL WID BASEBALL BAT > NYC School students cannot learn from a "learning environment" where adult
"professional/certified" faculty DOES NOT = CAN NOT = WILL NOT CONTROL. PRINCIPAL > CONTROL/SECURE SCHOOL FIRST, THEN TEACHERS CAN TEACH WID OUT GETTING SHOT AT OR BEATEN UP BY ABUSIVE STUDENTS ANDOR OTHER ADULTS. Ditto for IRAQ. Will say again that the GOP would prob had won 2006 iff the US Voter = US Parent = Mainstream America had seen evidence of DEMOCRATIC REGIME CHANGE/REVOL TAKING PLACE in IRAN, etc. or in altern MOUD + MULLAHS changing their "attitudes" for the better. AMERS LIKE THEIR WARS QUICK + DECISIVE + PROACTIVE, THEY WANT MOUD + RADICAL MULLAHS, etc. KILLED, OUSTED, OR PACIFIED - they don't wanna hear "US Boyz fighting in IRAQ, AND ONLY IRAQ, FOREVER AND EVER, FOR DECADE AFTER DECADE". Iff America needs to INVADE, THEN INVADE; iff we need to ARM LOCAL RESISTANCE ala CONTRAS-ANTI-SOVIET AFGHANS, THEN ARM 'EM; NEED DO BOTH, THEN DO BOTH. I do NOT agree at all that America need not NATION-BUILD > "winning hearts and minds" does include the indirect promo of democracy by helping mainstream Iraqis live a better quality-of-life than under Saddam or any other post = potens future Dictator. MACARTHUR + PATTON KNEW THE VALUE OF LETTING ALL SIDES, ALLIES + ENEMY + NEUTRALS, KNOW WHOM WAS IN CHARGE OF THE COUNTRY, BY MILITARY FORCE IFF NEED BE.
*"BLACK HAWK INDIAN WAR" MILITIA VETERAN POTUS ABE LINCOLN [paraphrased]> "Iff General MCCLELLAN is NOT using his [massive/well-equipped] Army of the Potomac [to attack South/Southern armies], tell him I'd like to use it for awhile [if Mac won't]", or words to that effect.
Judge Sachar is pushing hard for reservations (affirmative action) for muslims
The very visible identities of Islam-burqa, beard, skullcap and hijab-are posing problems to large numbers of Muslims in India, a country with the world's second largest Islamic population.
And Justice Rajinder Sachar, whose 404-page report on the status of Indian Muslims has been submitted to Parliament, says that the police, media as well as the society at large need to be blamed for the community's negative image.
Among the report's shocking revelations is that the mere identity of Muslims has become a headache for them in public spaces, be it a railway station, park, hospital or school. "Being identified as a Muslim is considered to be problematic for many," says the report that has sparked many eyebrows because it has gone into great details about the pathetic socio-economic conditions of India's largest minority.
"Markers of Muslim identity-the burqa, the purdah (veil), the beard and the topi-while adding to the distinctiveness of Indian Muslims have been a cause of concern for them in the public realm," it said.
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maybe they should identify the terrorists and radicals amongst them so they have a better group image?
sorry, what was I thinking? Nevermind
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"On the other hand, the police along with the media overplay the involvement of Muslims in violent activities and underplay the involvement of other groups or organisations."
Such as raising money for violent activities?
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media as well as the society at large need to be blamed for the community's negative image
No it's because they follow the teachings of a terrorist! That and the horrendous history that follows the invasion of poKoranimals. The Indians were butchered, murdered.
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All the things mentioned by the author are perfectly natural reactions by any society of an alien group who ostentatiously tries to segregate itself and stand out from the societal norms. It should be this way. Normal Indians should do their utmost to make it impossible for muzzies to survive in their midst. They have a legitimate place to go...Pakland. Let them be away to join the other seethers. I only hope this happens in all western oriented nations. Make it so difficult for these scumbags that they slink away of their own accord.
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The very visible identities of Islam-burqa, beard, skullcap and hijab-are posing problems to large numbers of Muslims in India
Parliment assassinations by Muslims ... Check!
Trains blown up by Muslims ... Check!
Kashmir conflict driven by Muslims ... Check!
The list is endless. If these sick fucks can't bring themselves to stop blowing up shit all the time then they deserve to be suspected, one and all. This has nothing to do with appearances, it has everything to do with the death cult they belong to.
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What goes around comes around. These pricks should, just for a nanosecond, consider the problems that Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, et. al. have in Muslim countries. Better to be "discriminated against" than killed. No sympathy for Muslims any place, any time. They will not live and let live. The world would be better with them gone.
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Good for the non-Muzzy Indians! These bastards need to learn that their actions have serious and permanent consequences. The sooner we start treating this murderous cult in the same way, the sooner they will start leaving or changing. Personally, I'd just as soon have as many Muslims in America as there are Muslims in, let's say, South Korea. Their presence adds nothing beneficial and if every Muslim disappeared from the U.S. tomorrow we'd be exponentially better off.
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LAHORE NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has asked the people of Punjab to follow the footsteps of people of NWFP and bring to power the MMA for the enforcement of Shariah in the country. Thought the MMA was walking out of power: guess they're reconsidering their options in the various provinces.
This he said while addressing a conference on Nifaz-e-Shariah at Bhakkar city in southern Punjab, where JUI-F Amir and Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haidri and others were also present. Durrani said the MMA government in NWFP had done its level best to enforce Shariah in the province. "Shariah today! Shariah tomorrow! Shariah forever!"
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Muttahida Majslis-e-Amal Secretary General Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Saturday that the party might review its decision to resign if it is harmful for democracy. Wimped out, did they? Barked worse than they bit.
Rehman told reporters on Saturday that the MMA would discuss the danger of a civil war in the country if by-elections were forcibly stopped following the MMAs resignation from the assemblies. Nobody said a word about by-elections being forcibly stopped that we saw. And I believe that's the first time the words "civil war" have been uttered in the context of Pak politix.
He said a meeting of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islams majlis-e-shura had been called in Islamabad on December 4 and 5 for this purpose. The decision of the JUI shuras meeting would be presented at an MMA parliamentary party meeting on December 6 and 7, he added.
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Napalm and nukes would put an end to this nonsense, along with most of pakiwakiland and its derivatives - terror for its neighbors. Address the root cause of the problem - paki islamists. Destroy the root cause, and you end the problem.
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By the very SAME Sharon Cohen (AP) from the "Emotional Rollercoaster story...
A goodwill mission to deliver kerosene heaters to Iraqi schools erupts into the fiery chaos of a roadside bombing _ and Maj. Mary Prophit shields a comrade so he can rescue a critically burned Iraqi soldier.
A convoy outside Baghdad is ambushed by machine-gun wielding Iraqi insurgents - and Spc. Ashley Pullen races down a road to save an injured sergeant.
A Black Hawk helicopter is struck by a rocket-propelled grenade in Iraq - and co-pilot Tammy Duckworth, bloody and severely wounded, struggles to stay conscious until the damaged aircraft is down and her crew is safe.
In Iraq and Afghanistan, women warriors are writing a new chapter in military history, serving by the tens of thousands, fending off enemy fire and taking on - and succeeding in - high-profile roles in the battlefield and the skies as never before. "The American public is beginning to realize that women are playing an equal part in this war and that they are facing the same risks," says Duckworth, who lost both legs in the 2004 insurgent attack. "This is the first time in our nation's history ... when it's normal to see female names as part of the war wounded or those killed in action."
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This is the first time in our nation's history ... when it's normalSHAMEFUL to see female names as part of the war wounded or those killed in action."
Just the humble opinion of an old man eating dust as a "fobbit" in a northern kill zone.
*Fobbit: Forward Operating base inhabitant/REMF who seldom if ever leaves the wire.
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Beo, in Afghanistan they are called FOBRATS. Stay safe.
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Beo: This is perhaps an unintended consequence of all the women's lib actions of the past. But please remember, all these women are in place voluntarily; not one was drafted, in fact they cannot register for the selective service.
The real shame is that the name of those wounded or killed are Americans, regardless of gender.
by SHARON COHEN (AP) - Spc. Ashley Pullen wasn't thinking about the dozens of Iraqi insurgents who had just ambushed the convoy. Or their piles of guns and grenades or the bullets ripping through the air around her.
Her bloody comrade lay on the road south of Baghdad, and she had to help the gravely wounded soldier - fast. So she hustled as quickly as her short legs would carry her, ignoring the heat, the ferocious battle and her heavy gear.
She ran 100, 200, 300 feet - the length of a football field.
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Her father does, too. "He says just forget it," she explains. "I say, 'Dad, you can't forget it. You just have to learn to live with it.' ... He doesn't want this to haunt me and hold me back the rest of my life - being just 22 years old."
It hits every generation that experiences the environment of close combat. That is why from primitive societies till the Vietnam period the clan, the village, or the community celebrated the return of its hunters/warriors. It was a cultural means to cleanse the individual of their experience and trauma. Father doesnt understand because in the male environment, you dont complain about injury because the hunting group will not take you out to perform your evolutionary function. There were no medics out there when the moose fell on you or the boar sliced through your leg. So you take it like a man. When you grow older, then and only then, do you bear your scars and tell tales of great hunts or battles among your peers. You recite the names of your comrades now gone. That is when you purge yourself of the fear and scars that haunt you. No one explains this to you, because most of them dont understand the process either. They just live it.
However, the parasites of society have taken positions of power and now for decades have actively sought to marginalize and rid the community of its watchdogs and protectors, who not only keep the bear away from the village but who also stand in the way of total rule over the community. So they remove the social mechanisms that have worked among human social groups for millennia to permit its protectors to properly reenter the daily existence of life. That is the true evil you see today as the parasites steal not only the fruit of you and your comrades blood, but deny you the real grace from the trauma and chaos that you so willingly place yourself into for us.
AP / ABC. Spin Cycle.
RAMADI, Iraq Dec 2, 2006 (AP) Even as leading Democrats talk about gradually sending troops home from Iraq, thousands of recently deployed Marines are getting their first taste of the war.
About 2,200 Marines left their ships in the Persian Gulf two weeks ago for the dangerous city of Ramadi and other locales around Anbar province, where entrenched and well-financed insurgents use roadside bombs, rocket and mortar attacks, ambushes and snipers to kill American troops at rates approaching one per day.
Two battalions from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit have been assigned to this city of mansions with towering, gilded columns and crescent-shaped windows, the capital of a Sunni Arab province that stretches west from Baghdad to the Iraqi borders with Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
Only about 20 percent of those in the battalions arriving in Ramadi have fought previously in the Iraq war though some have combat experience from Afghanistan, Kosovo and the first Gulf War, said 1st Sgt. Eric Carlson from the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines. He said he didn't want specific numbers to appear in print, fearing it could help insurgents plan.
"This is why they joined the Marines, for combat," said Carlson, a 38-year-old Chicago native who fought in Iraq during the first Gulf War but is on his first deployment here since the U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein. "There's a lot of bad people in this city, all over this province," he said. "We're here to help in whatever way we can."
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I am amazed that the media quotes a kill/loss rate of "approaching one per day" as this horrific loss rate : we were taking that per MINUTE in the D-Day landings.
Various Cabinet sessions are discussing the possible Hizbullah coup in Lebanon, as well as the demand for a "ceasefire" - an end to Israel's anti-terror activities - in Judea and Samaria.
Following the morning Cabinet session dealing mainly with the threat of a Hizbullah takeover in Lebanon, the security mini-cabinet will convene and discuss the security situation in more detail.
Regarding the possible Hizbullah toppling of the Lebanese government, most ministers feel that Israel need not take a public stand. "Israel should not intervene," said former intelligence officer Rafi Eitan, Minister of Pensioners' Affairs, "because most of the time it turns out the opposite of what we want... This is a job for the United States." Another Cabinet member said that any Israeli support for the moderate Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora would only weaken him. The Kiss Of Death.
Minister Meir Sheetrit (Kadima) said that a takeover by Iranian/Syrian-backed Hizbullah is a very worrisome prospect, while Minister Eli Yishai (Shas) said that Israel must be prepared for just such an eventuality.
Former IDF Intelligence Chief Gen. (ret.) Aharon Ze'evi-Farkash said today that if the present Lebanese government resigns and does not call new elections, "this will increase the chance of another war next summer."
The meetings today will also deal with the ceasefire in Gaza - violated thus far by nearly 15 Kassam rockets - and its possible expansion into Judea and Samaria (Yesha).
Ceasefire = Return to Murderous Terrorism in Israel
A ceasefire in Yesha means, according to Palestinian Authority demands, that Israel remove all checkpoints and stop anti-terror measures. For Israel, a ceasefire means an end to the thwarting of terror attacks and a return to weekly or daily reports of murdered Israelis. This is the conclusion drawn from the statistics the IDF will present today at the security mini-cabinet meeting.
The leading statistic to be presented: The IDF has thwarted this year over 130 attacks and/or arms-smuggling attempts at one checkpoint alone - the Hawara checkpoint south of Shechem. Since January 2006, Arutz-7's Haggai Huberman reports, IDF troops at Hawara have caught Arabs trying to smuggle into Israeli-controlled territory 28 bombs, 10 guns, 25 Molotov cocktails and 60 knives.
Four pipe-bombs, between four and six inches long each, were caught in the past week alone, and blown up in controlled explosions by Israeli Border Guard sappers.
In July, for instance, 32 knife-bearing Arabs were stopped, in September, three firebombs were caught, and in November, three bombs were found on persons trying to cross through the checkpoint.
On Oct. 9, a Palestinian terrorist ran towards soldiers with a knife and tried to stab one; another soldier shot him, and though soldiers and Red Crescent workers administered first aid, he died.
"Israel's military history teaches us," Huberman writes, "that every time there was a ceasefire without a clear IDF victory, it served only to help the Arabs rearm and regroup for the next round. This is what occurred in the ceasefire with Egypt ending the War of Attrition in 1970 [preparing the way for the Yom Kippur War in 1973], and with the PLO in 1981, leading to the war in Lebanon [a year later]. In addition, the Oslo Agreement [of 1993] saved the PLO from total collapse at the time that the original intifada [that began in] 1987 was dying out, and this was what happened in the hudna, etc. Each time, the cease fire was merely a time-out before the next round."
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, who met separately with Prime Minister Olmert and PA leader Abu Mazen last week, has often called for Israel to give up checkpoints, often associating them with the daily humiliation of occupation.
Even Olmert, in his famous speech at Ben-Gurion's grave last week, said that if the PA establishes a unity government and stops terrorism, "We will significantly diminish the number of roadblocks, increase freedom of movement in the territories, facilitate movement of people and goods in both directions..."
IDF officers such as Deputy Chief of Staff Maj.-Gen. Moshe Kaplinsky, Central Commander Gen. Yair Naveh, Planning Division Chief Gen. Ido Nehushtan, and Operations Chief Gen. Tal Russo all agree that Israel must not agree to give up the checkpoints. Army chiefs feel that the current number of checkpoints, following the removal of some, is the "red line" minimum required to maintain a semblance of security for Israel.
The PA side, however, continues to demand a "ceasefire" in Yesha - interpreting it to mean that if Israel harms an Arab in the course of anti-terror activities, it will be within its rights to respond by firing rockets.
The Gaza death spiral continues.
A hitherto unknown group calling itself the Just Swords of Islam issued a warning to Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip over the weekend that they must wear the hijab or face being targeted by the group's members. The warning was directed primarily against female students in a number of universities and colleges who do not cover their heads in line with Islamic tradition. Gaza has universities? Who knew?
The group said its followers last week threw acid at the face of a young woman who was dressed "immodestly" in the center of Gaza City. They also destroyed a car belonging to a young man who was playing his radio tape too loudly.
Addressing female students, the group said: "We will have no mercy on any woman who violates the traditions of Islam and who also hang out in Internet cafes."
According to the group, its members used rocket-propelled grenades to attack 12 Internet cafes and a number of music shops in different parts of the Gaza Strip. It said the places were targeted because they were "distracting an entire generation of Palestinians from their duty to worship [Alla] and jihad so that they could serve their Zionist masters and the Crusaders." From all the pr0n surfing?
Hamas officials denied any connection to the group, noting that their movement does not resort to methods of "intimidation and terror" against the people. Then their lips fell off and their noses grew.
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip reacted with mixed feelings to the group's threats. While many seemed to support the demand that all women wear the hijab, others expressed fear that the group was trying to create a Taliban-style regime. Gee, ya think?
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Once again - elect terrorists, die with the result. But remember, we have to "respect" your democratic choices, How's it working for you?
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"According to the group, its members used rocket-propelled grenades to attack 12 Internet cafes and a number of music shops in different parts of the Gaza Strip."
Holy crap! Talk about the ultimate in censorship! And you thought Tipper Gore was bad with the whole bit about labeling CD's for their explicit lyrics.
No mercy for women hanging out in Internet Cafes? Problem with these Islamo-Nazis is there utterly sexless lives rendered more miserable when five times a day they have to look up at a man's rear end during prayer. Advantage goes to he who prays in the front row. At least he experiences a bung-hole free zone.
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Problem with these Islamo-Nazis is *their* utterly sexless lives rendered more miserable when five times a day they have to look up at a man's rear end during prayer.
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"Just Swords of Islam. That's us to be sure, Just Swords."
"What about guns?"
"Oh, all right. Swords and some guns, as well. But that's all."
"What about bomb vests?"
"Yeah, those too. Swords, guns and bomb vests."
"What about RPGs?"
"Well ... somtimes RPGs but mostly swords, guns and bomb vests."
"What about Qassam rocke..."
"Look, shut up already! When we say 'The Just Swords of Islam', its not a reference to exclusive use of any one type of weapon. It's all about looking cool while dispensing street level justice, beating up women and threatening little kids. We're much more modern than that, it's only that 'The Just Swords of Islam' sounds a lot more manly and violent!"
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Since upwards of 60% of Moslem men have been sexually abused by religious leaders or older relatives in childhood, they readily look to victimize those they can under whatever excuse they come up with. It's called "acting out" in the psychology arena. Since they don't deal with the trauma directly, then instead "act it out" as a type of play. This allows them to, at least momentarily, feel more powerful than their abusers, allows them to identify with the abusers and thereby feel, at least momentarily, that their own abuse wasn't that bad, and it also allows them to vent and discharge their reams and reams of pent-up rage. To be violent and agress puts them "in the driver's seat" once again. As for the prayers in the mosque--putting their behinds up in the air, it's kind of a group context for abuse. "We've all been abused. We will offer our anuses together in submission to allah." No one would ever complain, because to do so would then negate the group experience of mutual (albeit unspoken) recognition of their sodomization. Raging aginst freedom and female sexuality is, for them, a necessary thing or they would be forced to confront their own feelings about what happened to them, and the fact that no one in their society is standing up against this widespread child abuse. The acid in the face thing is so diabolical, because women naturally generate sexual feelings in men, but those sexual feelings are linked to their past abuse, so when the feelings (and other things) start to "come up" they panic, become angry, act out. It's like "stop, stop, don't remind me of what happened to me. I will stop you from reminding me of what happened to me." And then, their religion complicates it because the representatives, the "holy" men of their religion are typically involved, so they have a choice: submit and support Islam, or stand alone against everything in their culture, and be killed by others who are trying to run from the horror of their experience. They almost all go along with it and are "welcomed" into a kind of fellowship of the abused, where they get all kinds of support and honor for acting out. Those that are "brave" enough to act out in the worst ways, get the best praise.
That's my 2-cent's worth. Oh--sorry about what happened to them, but like any other criminal who acts out in unacceptable ways, they need to die.
Last thing--don't underestimate the potency of this drive. That's why, if we want to protect ourselves, we must draw the lines clearly and decisively. It would take YEARS, rather generations, to undo what passes for religiously condoned abuse and it's aftermath, and unfortunately, there's not time, even if they wanted to get free of it.
It so pisses me off to see what they do to women in these KKK Nazi redneck hick equivalent countries.
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Yeah, the US govt should hire the RPGgangsters, train them, and then let them loose in Gaza to clean up the place. I mean, it would probably be an improvement, right?
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas convened the PLO's top decision-making body on Friday to map out a strategy after declaring that talks to form unity government with ruling Hamas militants had collapsed. Abbas has two options, both problematic for him - fire the Hamas-led government or hold a national referendum on whether to call early elections.
Recent polls have shown that Abbas' Fatah Party would not have enough support to oust the militantly anti-Israel Hamas in new balloting. But if he dismisses the Hamas Cabinet, the Hamas-dominated parliament would veto any new government he appoints, leading to a constitutional crisis that could force elections.
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Well, he found this darling little villa near the Lake Geneva...
There's a really good reason why this twit is the head of some EU thingy or other - it's cuz he's fucking brilliant! Relatively speaking, that is. Sheesh.
Gaza - European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana on Saturday blamed the governing Islamic movement Hamas for the breakdown in talks on a Palestinian national unity government. Damn! And we were sooo close, too.
Solana, who met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza, told a joint press conference afterwards that Abbas was not responsible for the political impasse in the Palestinian territories. 'We believe that the responsibility for this failure is not on the president ... it is the failure of the others,' said Solana, praising the 'tremendous efforts' made by the Palestinian president to establish a new, more moderate government. Yep. Abbas is fucking brilliant, too.
Solana said Abbas would have to find another way to regain international support. 'He has now to take another important decision and I can say very clearly that he can count on us (the European Union),' Solana said. We're there for ya, man. *sniff*
Abbas has been trying to form a government composed of Hamas and his Fatah party, but has been unable to persuade Hamas to accept conditions laid down by the Mideast Quartet (the US, Russia, the EU and the UN) for ending the international blockade on the Palestinian Authority. The "blockade" thingy is kinda growing on me. I think we should just make it permanent. That'd save time and the cost of lunch, later.
Hamas is refusing to recognize the State of Israel, recognize past interim agreements signed by Israel and the Palestinians and condemn the use of violence by Palestinian militants. I think I see the problem... well, one of them, anyway.
The latest round of talks between Abbas and Hamas broke down on Thursday. I missed that. This is like, what, the 537th time... this week? Who would bother to count that high?
Given Hamas' refusal to budge on these issues, Solana warned 'the situation will continue.' And the brilliance just won't stop... I gotta wear shades.
Abbas, for his part, merely told reporters that they 'were studying options that would end our people's suffering.' Uh huh.
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Mr Solana is too well bred to say so aloud in public, gromgoru. Besides, he loves Jews. It's those damned Zionists he can't stand, with their declasse' insistance on continuing to exist, and suchlike nonsense.
Britain has developed software that enables UAVs to operate independently, but cooperatively, under the command of a manned aircraft, on combat missions. The UAVs would, most of the time, take care of themselves, following the plan of the operation they were programmed with. But the pilot of manned aircraft could order any of the UAVs to deviate from the plan. The key to all this is flight control software, and artificial intelligence, that is capable enough to make it all work. The UAVs also constantly communicate with each other, and function "cooperatively" (to avoid collisions, or two UAVs attacking the same target, and so on).
Since computers are running all this, the reactions are quicker than with human pilots. The UAVs can perform a number of dangerous missions, like attacking air defenses, searching for targets on the ground, or defending the entire "package" (the manned aircraft and all the UAVs) from enemy aircraft. The UAVs can be used more aggressively, because you are not risking the lives of pilots. If the manned aircraft is shot down, the UAVs have their programmed orders to complete the mission, or immediately break off and return to base. It's also possible to use this software so that one human operator on the ground can control a swarm (half a dozen or so) UAVs for, say, a recon mission, to scour an area for enemy targets. This saves a lot of skilled manpower, as all you need is someone to review the video. And increasingly powerful software is capable of doing that as well, leaving only for the human analyst to confirm that something important has been found.
This kind of software has been around, in a conceptual form, for decades. But it took powerful enough hardware (in terms of computing power, and high quality digital vidcams), and decades of tweaking the software, to reach the point where the stuff actually works.
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IIUC, the muslim world taken as a whole has four times more men in fighting age than the West does. This is the kind of tech that could level this gap if Hell should ever break lose.
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I see the next aviation revolution as being in using vast numbers of Predator-or-smaller-sized UAVs that in mass production have about the cost of an automobile.
Flown in mass, they could easily establish air superiority by sheer numbers; overwhelm and destroy SAM defenses; be used like GPS guided buzz bombs; even jam a very large area's broadcast traffic.
If they are going to be used as buzz bombs, I can imagine them being made from the cheapest possible materials, guided by a inexpensive electronic brain and servo motor to pull its guidance wires. The shell might even be made of thick hard plastic, except in high temperature areas.
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You're not too far off Anonymoose. Think cheap, easy to mass produce composite attack UAVs. Polecat
Manpower differentials are not meaningful when we can inflict 200 to 1 casualty ratios such as during Gulf Wars I & II. Think what we can inflict when the PC restraints are gone.
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Think what we can inflict when the PC restraints are gone.
Yup, ed, the biggest technology breakthrough required is changing a few synapses. We already have sufficient firepower.
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With the current costs of bombs and missiles I like the idea of printing custom ones for custom tasks. It could be a massive cost savings.
Imagine an arms depot that consists of 3d printers, power, explosives, sintering material, engines and coumputer modules.
Talk about demand inventory! one link to 3d aerospace printing discussion
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"Four times more men in fighting age" - but like the Russkis, are dying before or during their Middle Age. What Socialism's Wars didn't kill off, Socialism in peacetime is, even in IRAN > STRATEGYPAGE > Iranian women stopped having babies/kids.
Iran and the Palestinian Authority cement their alliance with a first-time meeting between their leaders. Iranian Pres. Ahmadinejad tells Haniyeh of Hamas that Israels demise is within reach.
Ahmadinejad met on Friday with Hamas Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh in Doha, Qatar.
Ahmadinejad, who is pursuing nuclear capabilities at breakneck speed, assured Haniyeh that Israel is "on the verge of disappearing," according to Irans state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).
"As everybody knows, the Zionist regime was created to establish dominion of arrogant states over the region and to enable the enemy to penetrate the heart Muslim land," Ahmadinejad explained, reiterating a theory he has outlined in public forums ever since he came to power.
Haniyeh, whose Islamist Hamas group enjoys much financial and logistical support from Iran, thanked Ahmadinejad for the assistance. "The Iranian nation's brilliant stand in the rightful battles of the Palestinians encourages them and signifies their deep understanding of Islamic principles," IRNA quoted him as saying Saturday. "The Intifada of the Palestinian nation will continue until the cause of the Palestinians is materialized and Jerusalem is liberated."
Ahmadinejad assured Haniyeh that Israels destruction is no longer a dream, but well within reach. "Today, scores of Western politicians are in doubt as to the future of this illegitimate regime and its existence has come under question. There is no doubt the Palestinian nation and Muslims as a whole will emerge victorious," he said.
On Friday, Ahmadinejad, Haniyeh and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad joined Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and Kuwait's Prime Minister Nasser al-Hamad Al Sabah at the opening ceremony of the 15th Asian Games.
Hamas chief Haniyeh was the only visitor to the games received at Qatars airport by the countrys Emir Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, according to Qatars news agency.
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Wow, unreal: "As everybody knows, the Zionist regime was created to establish dominion of arrogant states over the region and to enable the enemy to PENETRATE the heart Muslim land," Ahmadinejad explained, reiterating a theory he has outlined in public forums ever since he came to power. "
Please see my post on the Gaza women warned of immodesty article for a further explanation. There's no dealing with this. These men must be eliminated. End of story
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We finally got cable yesterday. Now we can watch National Geographic, Sky News, and the Action Network, in English. We also get a Libyan station, two Egyptian stations (Nile -- one English, one Arabic), a Sudanese channel (!!), and some other interesting stuff that mainly consists of Arab men sitting around chewing qat while some hijab-ed female adoringly looks on. And whole slew of Turk crapola too.
Also a bunch of Slavic and Russian channels, all running their versions of American Idol, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, and cheesy heavy metal videos. Painfully dorky, but watching the whole world trying to be America is entertaining.
And alas, no Indian MTV, but there were a bunch of Arabic stations with god-awful live music. I swear, one cornball crooner was Julio of Arabia. And there are Arabic soap operas too. Who knew?! Hours of fun supplying our own dialogue.
Notably, we also get both versions of Al Jazeera: a cursory surf showed some Brit peddling the usual bland agitprop on the English one, and Haniyeh being interviewed on the Arabic one.
300 channels of agitprop is a lot to keep an eye on, so let me know if y'all are interested in hearing more about anything in particular.
Rofl - the true calling of all exPats... Useta do the same...
in Saudi it was Orbit Network cable - Saudi-owned with lots of TVLand (totally goofy rerun stuff), CNN and MSNBC, weird Flip soaps - plus local yokel stations with prayer-reading contests, lol...
and Thailand it was UMC cable (can't remember WTF that stood for, lol) with a small handfull of English (CNN, of course) and Thai soaps - which were intracately explained to me by my girlfriend, and still - they made no sense whatsoever, lol.
Basically, it was "class struggle" soaps and Knight Rider style 'Merikkan stuff. ;-)
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TVLand is good, though I don't think we have it this time around. We do have Boomerang, kinda like the Cartoon Network. Good stuff -- old Bugs Bunny, with turbaned Arabs flying around on magic carpets.
Ah, the good old days, when that was the extent of Muhammedan technology.
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No SkyNews, ex-JAG? I've no memory what we got in Germany back in the early '90s -- videos mostly, and we'd learnt enough German to watch the local stations anyway -- but I remember the feeling of freedom, the breath of relief, when we moved to Brussels and discovered SkyNews. Of course, we were just in time for "O.J. Simpson Around the Clock", and we spent an inordinate amount of time explaining the Ami justice system. Innocent until proven guilty was a particularly difficult concept. :-/
Pres. Ahmadinejad's halo is becoming more and more distinct. At this rate, he will soon need to be translated bodily to the Afterlife in order to keep up with it.
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Judging by the angle of approach, those look like Nazi suicide bombers Mk I.
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the one thing the MME can be depended upon is to overreach.
I've maintained this for quite some time. And Ahmadinejad is proving it true all over again. Has this lunatic not considered that launching a single nuclear tipped missile at Israel could bring about destruction of the entire MME (Muslim Middle East)?
Israel's Samson Option would result in a carpet of glass from Egypt to Saudi Arabia (at least). The Jews will not go quietly into the night, nor is there any reason that they should. The vast collusion of genocidal forces represented by surrounding Muslim countries makes Israel's intended retribution more than undestandable.
To date, I am astonished that all other Arab and Muslim nations are not pestering Iran to sit down and STFU before these Persian wingnuts get them all killed.
Once again, I'll reiterate that Coalition forces really needs to blanket the MME with a realistic video of an Arab-style "The Day After Tomorrow" showing exactly what the outcome of nuclear bombardment entails. Few other nuggets of propaganda could motivate the Arab street to rise up against their terrorist masters and begin demanding a change in course.
Should Iran succeed in launching a single MRBM in Israel's direction, successful or not, Iran should immediately be glassed over. Let Ahmadinejad become an eternal posterboy for the price of Arab mouthing off about genocide.
Thousands of Hizbullah supporters set up camp in the heart of Beirut on Saturday in a carnival-like, open-ended sit-in, vowing to topple the US-backed government of Fuad Saniora through street pressure. But the political crisis, which has disrupted life in the capital's commercial district and threatens to erupt into violence, was likely to drag on for days - if not weeks - as each side stuck to its guns.
Saniora, who has been holed up in his office only few meters (yards) from the protesters, made clear he has no intention of stepping down and urged Hizbullah to abandon its protests. "This government will continue as long as it enjoys the support and backing of the constitutional institutions in the country, most importantly Parliament," he told reporters Saturday. He called on Hizbullah to return to the negotiating table but offered no suggestions for how that might happen. "Taking to the streets will not lead us anywhere ... There is just one way to solve our problems and that is to sit behind a table to discuss all our differences," he said. "Other than that it is a waste of time, waste of resources and waste of opportunities," Saniora added.
As he spoke, thousands of Hizbullah supporters were noisily clamoring around hundreds of tents set up in central Beirut, where they vowed to stay until Saniora's government falls. Hizbullah's support among Shiites skyrocketed after its strong showing in its war with Israel over the summer, and that has in part emboldened the group to demand a greater role in government. Six pro- Hizbullah ministers resigned last month after the group's demand for a national unity government that would effectively give its and its allies veto power was rejected by the anti-Syrian majority.
Hezbollah and its allies contend the real fight is against American influence, saying the United States now dominates Lebanon in the interests of Israel. "This government is a puppet. Saniora's Cabinet takes its orders from (US President George W.) Bush and has lunch with (US Secretary of State) Condoleezza Rice while its own people are being killed," said Hussein Shuqair, a 20-year-old student.
Many in Lebanon, particularly Hizbullah supporters, were angered by TV footage of Lebanese government officials having lunch with Rice at the U.S. Embassy during Israel's 34-day bombing blitz against Lebanon, at a time the US was seen as encouraging the Israeli bombing campaign aimed at destroying Hizbullah 's military capabilities. "This government promised a lot of things but did not deliver and that's why it must go," said Shuqair, as he sat eating a cheese sandwich on a white plastic chair outside his tent.
On Friday, hundreds of thousands of Hizbullah supporters flooded downtown Beirut, the Lebanese capital, in a massive, peaceful demonstration, chanting nationalist slogans and songs just outside the main government offices. Barbed wire and armored vehicles separated the demonstrators from government headquarters where Saniora and some of his ministers have hunkered down. Following the demonstration, participants set up hundreds of white tents across the downtown area - a dozen or so just 50 meters (yards) from Saniora's offices. Hizbullah's Al-Manar television station said about 500 tents were pitched in central Beirut.
Hizbullah supporters set up water tanks and portable latrines and distributed sandwiches, tea and coffee to those camped out. Young men sprawled on mats in and outside their white tents under the bright, warm sun. Some read newspapers, others smoked water pipes. Dozens of white-capped Hizbullah workers swept the streets, littered with leftover food and drinks from the night before.
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Tsk, tsk, tsk. Whatever happened to the Chedar relovution?
The Egyptian president and Russia's foreign minister on Saturday called for the containment of political upheaval in Lebanon, warning of the potential for widespread violence to erupt. Their meeting came a day after Friday's mass protests in Beirut that drew hundreds of thousands of supporters of the Shiite militant Hizbullah group.
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I recall originally reading this article well over a year ago. Still, the piece is...timeless. Worth a second read. Welcome to a close up look at the jihad in the USA.
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Refugee camps in the Sudanese region of Darfur are being infiltrated by Al Qaeda, Chad said yesterday. Backed by wealthy Saudi Arabians and the Sudanese government, mercenaries are gaining power in Darfur, Chad said. A neighbor of Sudan, Chad is strongly advocating a U.N. force for Darfur, though Sudan rejected a U.N. Security Council proposal yesterday to boost the small African Union force now in the region.
Saudi funding to charities has fallen by 40 percent after the September 11 attacks as Muslims fear falling foul of strict US efforts to monitor terror funding, the head of a leading Saudi charity said this week. Saleh Wohaibi, secretary-general of the Saudi-based 
Worried by Irans deepening involvement in the Arab world, Saudi Arabia has been working quietly to curtail the Persian nations influence and prevent the marginalisation of Sunni Muslims in the regions hotspots. In every major conflict zone in the region - in Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian areas - the Sunni kingdom has been putting its economic and diplomatic weight behind allies in direct confrontation with groups backed by Shiite Iran. 
MANAMA - Sunni Islamists made gains in the second round of Bahrain's legislative polls as the Shiite opposition boosted earlier wins, giving the Gulf state an Islamist-dominated parliament, results showed Sunday. Saturday's second round ended with Islamists controlling 30 of parliament's 40 seats in a country considered liberal by the standards of the conservative Gulf region, and whose government is a close US ally and hosts the US Navy's Fifth Fleet.
(Itar-Tass) -- More than 100,000 contract servicemen will serve in Russias Ground Forces by the end of 2007, their commander, Colonel-General Alexei Maslov said on Friday. 
LISBON, Dec 2, 2006 (AFP) - British author Salman Rushdie no longer fears for his life because of the death threats issued against him by Islamic clerics in response to his book "The Satanic Verses" nearly 20 years ago, he said in comments published Saturday in Portugal. "I don't know what the Iranians think of me except for the fact that at one point they wanted to kill me and now they don't seem as interested," he told a conference in Portugal's second-city Oporto, daily newspaper Publico reported. 
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan left for Teheran on Saturday, where he said he would meet Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to discuss how the two countries can help stabilize in the Middle East. Erdogan said discussions would touch on the situations in Iraq, Lebanon and Syria. He did not say whether he would bring up Iran's nuclear program, and denied suggestions that he would be passing along a message from Washington.
LAHORE NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has asked the people of Punjab to follow the footsteps of people of NWFP and bring to power the MMA for the enforcement of Shariah in the country.
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas convened the PLO's top decision-making body on Friday to map out a strategy after declaring that talks to form unity government with ruling Hamas militants had collapsed. Abbas has two options, both problematic for him - fire the Hamas-led government or hold a national referendum on whether to call early elections. 
by Ezra HaLevi
As he spoke, thousands of Hizbullah supporters were noisily clamoring around hundreds of tents set up in central Beirut, where they vowed to stay until Saniora's government falls. Hizbullah's support among Shiites skyrocketed after its strong showing in its war with Israel over the summer, and that has in part emboldened the group to demand a greater role in government. Six pro- Hizbullah ministers resigned last month after the group's demand for a national unity government that would effectively give its and its allies veto power was rejected by the anti-Syrian majority. 
