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Saturday, January 24, 2015

It's not the protests--it's the Islamic inspired violence

January 24, 2015 Charlie Hebdo , Khurram Shahzad 0 Comments
Charlie Hebdo Protests Erupt Across Southern Asia

Khurram Shahzad, Jan. 23, 2015, AFP

The clashes broke out when police fired smoke canisters and shot into the air to disperse a group of protestors who began chanting "Down with Charlie Hebdo" after emerging from mosques.

Friday's rally in Islamabad was led by the hardline Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) party, and though peaceful demonstrators burned French, British and American flags, while urging Pakistan to cut ties with Paris and calling for a boycott of French products.

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Enough "lone wolves" makes an army

January 20, 2015 al Qaeda , Islamic State 0 Comments
Attacks Challenge 'Lone Wolf' Terrorist Theory

Michel Moutot, Jan. 18, 2015, AFP

Although they may have acted without direct instructions from above, the Kouachi brothers had training from Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), its Yemen branch, and struck a top target on Al-Qaeda's "most-wanted" list.

The concept of "lone wolves" emerged at a time when Western observers were still struggling to understand the apparently diffuse threat from global jihadists -- that operated with less clear-cut structures than the major terrorist organisations of the 20th century.

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Good thing Iran doesn't have a nuke...

January 20, 2015 Bashar al-Assad , Hezbollah 0 Comments
Iran General Killed With Hezbollah Fighters In Israel Raid

Sara Hussein and Serene Assir, Jan. 19, 2015, AFP

The attack on Sunday near Quneitra on the Syrian-controlled side of the Golan Heights enraged Hezbollah's supporters, but analysts said the group would avoid a major escalation with Israel.

Once solely focused on fighting Israel, Hezbollah is now deeply involved in the war in neighbouring Syria, where it backs President Bashar al-Assad.

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Monday, January 19, 2015

Can't have humans getting along now, can we?

January 19, 2015 Beauty Industry , Israel 0 Comments
Miss Lebanon In Hot Water After Selfie Miss Israel

AFP, Jan. 18, 2015, Yahoo News

"Since the first day of my arrival to participate to Miss Universe, I was very cautious to avoid being in any photo or communication with Miss Israel (that tried several times to have a photo with me)," Greige wrote in English on her page.

"I was having a photo with Miss Japan, Miss Slovenia and myself, suddenly Miss Israel jumped in, took a selfie, and put it on her social media."

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Sunday, January 18, 2015

So the infidels need to do MORE accommodating

January 18, 2015 Barack Obama , British Prime Minister David Cameron 0 Comments
Obama: Europe Should Better Integrate Muslims

Jerome Cartillier, Jan. 16, 2015, AFP

Cameron said the two had agreed to set up "a joint group to identify what more we can do to counter the rise of domestic violent extremism and to learn from one another."

He described the battle facing Western governments as a "long, patient and hard struggle" and dubbed the enemy a "poisonous fanatical death cult ... perverting the religion of Islam."

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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Headed for The Man's desk

January 13, 2015 Barack Obama , Keystone XL Pipeline 0 Comments
Keystone Pipeline Bill Advances Bill Advances In US Senate

AFP, Jan. 12, 2015, Yahoo! News

The legislation easily passed the House last week. It cleared its first major hurdle in the Republican-controlled Senate, advancing on a 63-32 vote, including 11 Democratic supporters.

But the count fell short of the 67-vote threshold that the bill will need to reach to override a veto should Obama follow through on his threat to veto the measure.

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Was Bibi supposed to stay home?

January 13, 2015 Benjamin Netanyahu , Diplomatic Relations 0 Comments
Erdogan Blasts Netanyahu For 'Daring' To Attend Paris Rally

AFP, Jan. 12, 2015

The comments, at a press conference in Ankara with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, were the latest verbal assault against Netanyahu by Erdogan under whose rule Turkey's relations with Israel have steadily deteriorated.

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Whatever...

November 18, 2014 Columbus , L’Agence France-Presse (AFP) 0 Comments
Erdogan Says Muslims, Not Columbus, Discovered Americas

AFP, November 15, 2014, Yahoo! News

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that the Americas were discovered by Muslims in the 12th century, nearly three centuries before Christopher Columbus set foot there.

"Contacts between Latin America and Islam date back to the 12th century. Muslims discovered America in 1178, not Christopher Columbus," the conservative president said in a televised speech during an Istanbul summit of Muslim leaders from Latin America.

"Muslim sailors arrived in America from 1178. Columbus mentioned the existence of a mosque on a hill on the Cuban coast," Erdogan said.

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Friday, November 14, 2014

More anti-Americanism

November 14, 2014 Istanbul , L’Agence France-Presse (AFP) 0 Comments
US Sailors Hit By 'Hood Attack' In Turkey

Agence France-Presse, Nov. 12, 2014, Yahoo! News

Several dozen members of the nationalist youth group Turkiye Genclik Birligi (Turkish Youth Union/TGB) attacked the sailors in the Eminonu district on the Istanbul waterfront, a popular tourist hub.

They sought to force white sacks onto the heads of the sailors, who were in civilian dress, and chased them across the quayside, shouting "Yankee Go Home" and "Down with US Imperialism".

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Saturday, March 29, 2014

Outrage As Colbert Mocks Asian Americans --The Left trains us to be "outraged"--then is surprised when it bites back.

March 29, 2014 #CancelColbert , Asian Americans 1 Comments
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By Washington (AFP)  / Yahoo News, Mar. 28, 2014
Social media erupted in outrage and counter-attacks Friday after US comedian Stephen Colbert used language that mocked Asian Americans in what was intended as an anti-racist jibe.
Colbert, who is liberal but parodies a blustery conservative on his late night talk show, took aim at the Washington Redskins football team whose name is considered offensive by many Native Americans.
Colbert mocked team owner Dan Snyder who has announced a fund to support Native Americans while rejecting calls to change the name.
On Twitter and on his "Colbert Report" show on the Comedy Central network, Colbert said: "I am willing to show the Asian community I care by introducing the Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever."
Activists voiced outrage at the remark, which played on mocking imitations of East Asian languages. A conversation, under the hashtag #CancelColbert, was near the top of topics trending on Twitter Friday.
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