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发帖数: 29846 | 1 “Whom the Gods would destroy, they first make mad [with pride]“
April 14, 2012
by Rodney Graves
The Ancient Greeks counted Hubris as a deadly sin, a sure means of inviting
Nemesis to bring disastrous punishment.
The Jews of the Old Testament likewise warn of the folly of hauteur.:
Pride goeth before destruction,
and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 16:18
A well credentialed scholar seems to have forgotten this, while a man
referred to by the left as a “village idiot” was quit... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 2 By Stephen Schwartz
The Hartford Seminary has occupied a leading position among theological
faculties around the nation in accommodating Islam, particularly in its
radical forms, since appointing its first Muslim faculty member more than
twenty years ago. Today, that accommodation extends to the murderous regime
of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad.
Hartford maintains a highly questionable relationship with an Islamic
religious and Arabic-language school, the Al-Fatiha Islamic Academy in
Damascus, a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 3 What if the Obama Administration Declared the Global War on Terror over…
May 1, 2012 Posted by Rodney Graves
…and only 11% of the voting public believed them?
Wonder no more.
The claim:
Can Obama Safely Embrace Islamists?
By Michael Hirsh | NationalJournal
…
It is no longer the case, in other words, that every Islamist is seen as
a potential accessory to terrorists. ”The war on terror is over,” one
senior State Department official who works on Mideast issues told me. “Now
that ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 4 Al-Qaida memo to Bin Laden warns of 'cunning methods' of US news networks
Al-Qaida spokesman Adam Gadahn a fan of 60 Minutes but said Fox News 'lacks
neutrality' and CBS is 'close to being unbiased'
Osama bin Laden pondered the merits of US television news channels as he
considered how to extract the best propaganda benefit from the tenth
anniversary of 9/11 last year, and concluded that CBS was "close to being
unbiased".
But an American-born media adviser for al-Qaeda warned Bin Laden to beware... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 5 May 7, 2012 by Michael Laprarie
One year after the killing of Osama Bin Laden by US Special Forces, the
President is eager to take credit for what many consider the high point of
his first term. But many questions about the mission still remain.
In an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal last week, former Attorney
General Michael Mukasey revealed several embarrassing details about the
executive operations of the mission:
A recently disclosed memorandum from then-CIA Director Leon Pa... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 6
根据评论家Per Gudmundson的估计, 瑞典至少有1,500名伊斯兰极端分子、其中100~
200人与恐怖袭击有关联。过去两年间, 该国有30多名索马里裔加入了al-Shabaab(基地
组织索马里分支); 2010年12月, 斯德哥尔摩遭受两起爆炸袭击。
在瑞典第3大城市Malmo, 穆斯林人口疯涨, 比重已占1/4; 犹太社区的规模只有20年前
的一半、不断受到恐吓。当CBN(Christian Broadcasting Network)前去作专访时, 没
有一个犹太领袖敢上镜, 大屠杀幸存者Judith Popinski说“中东的仇恨已经来到了马
尔墨”。
在Rosengard的穆斯林聚居区, 70%成年男性无业, 暴力犯罪已经完全失控; 公职人员进
入这个区域全都要武警保护。
北欧的“伊斯兰学校”也是一大毒瘤。09年六月, 挪威的一个伊玛目(Imam)被警方逮捕
, 他用藤条打学生(6~12岁的)、还拧耳朵; 这种暴行自02年就开始了, 在清真寺里他更
是肆无忌惮。政府执法人员怀疑其它Imam也在虐打儿童, 这个问题不仅存在于北欧, 英
国有记者潜伏于伯明翰的宗教学... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 7 By MATT BRADLEY
CAIRO—Protesters breached the walls of the U.S. Embassy on Tuesday night,
pulling down and burning an American flag to protest a U.S.-produced film
they said was insulting to Islam.
Protesters destroyed an American flag pulled down from the U.S. embassy in
Cairo, Egypt, on Tuesday.
The demonstrators who climbed the walls were among about 2,000 mostly male
Islamists who converged outside the heavily guarded mission late Tuesday.
Several young men who scaled the embassy's concrete ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 9 by Jammie
Fresh off a four-year investigation into Sarah Palin’s uterus, Andy
Sullivan now has done has an in-depth look at his own colon. How’s the view
up there, Andy?
As the fall has turned crisper, a second term for Barack Obama has
gotten likelier. This may, of course, change: the debates, the Middle East,
the unemployment numbers could still blow up the race. At this point in 2004
, one recalls, George W. Bush was about to see a near eight-point lead
shrivel to a one-state nail-biter b... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 850 | 10 from wikipedia
On September 26, The Daily Beast reported that three separate U.S.
intelligence officials knew within 24 hours of the attack that it was "
planned and the work of al Qaeda affiliates operating in Eastern Libya."[104
] On the same day Libyan president Mohamed Magariefd, in an interview with
NBC News, said that there were no protestors at the site before the attack
and that the anti-Islam film had "nothing to do with" the attack.[105] "
Reaction should have been, if it was genuine, ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 850 | 11 Libyan officials have alleged that it was part of a planned two-part attack
that also included a raid on a safe house.[13]
Libyan authorities have arrested some 50 people in connection with the
attack. Mohammed Magarief, president of Libya's new interim assembly, said
that the suspects were connected to al-Qaeda and that the attack was planned
by foreigners who had entered the country a few months earlier.[14]
Libyan President Mohamed Magarief told NBC News that there were no
protestors at the s... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 16594 | 12 Vice President Joe Biden, seeking to repair damage done by President Barack
Obama’s subdued debate last week, gave an assertive performance while
clashing with Representative Paul Ryan over the direction of the U.S.
economy, foreign policy, Medicare and taxes.
Enlarge image Biden Combative in Ryan Debate Gives Obama Chance to Reset
Race
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Republican vice presidential
candidate U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan participate in the vice presidential debate at
Centre College... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 13 http://profile.yahoo.com/SUC5GH3CNLX2DCPPNKUYI2WAAI Debra
His “acts of terror” comment was vague in his little speech and were in
relation to 9/11… not Libya. Candy just had to admit she was wrong… jeez…
do you read any???
Even if he said the Libya thing was a terror act (which he did not) why on
God’s green earth did he send out UN Ambassador Rice for weeks, along with
countless others in his admin (or the reporters who suck his ass) talking
about this riot starting it???
From the moment the at... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 14 October 24, 2012 by Doug Johnson
Greta Van Susteren has obtained a series of e-mail’s from September 11th
that shows that the White House (and just about everyone else in the
government) was notified the day of the attack in Benghazi, Libya that al
Qaeda-linked Ansar al Sharia claimed responsibility for the attack.
Here’s the last of the three e-mails.
The third email came at 6:07 pm and was sent to a different email list,
but still includes the White House Situation room address.
This e... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 16778 | 15 who added the last paragraph?
that paragraph doesn't exist in cbs website.
Manhattan
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发帖数: 29846 | 16 By SARA MURRAY
WASHINGTON—Ambassador Susan Rice's attempt to repair her standing with
Senate Republicans appeared to fall short Tuesday, as a trio of GOP senators
remained harshly critical of comments she made following the U.S. consulate
attack in Libya.
Ms. Rice, the ambassador to the United Nations who is seen as the front-
runner to replace outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, visited
Capitol Hill Tuesday to meet with Republicans who had previously vowed to
block her nomination. Sens... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 17 U.S.-Approved Arms for Libya Rebels Fell Into Jihadis’ Hands
By JAMES RISEN, MARK MAZZETTI and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration secretly gave its blessing to arms
shipments to Libyan rebels from Qatar last year, but American officials
later grew alarmed as evidence grew that Qatar was turning some of the
weapons over to Islamic militants, according to United States officials and
foreign diplomats.
No evidence has emerged linking the weapons provided by the Qataris during
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发帖数: 29846 | 18 by Jammie
Maybe those Obama administration members shouldn’t have divulged national
security secrets to the film-makers considering how violent Islamists can
get over videos.
Oh, wait…
Could the release of “Zero Dark Thirty” provoke violent protests
against the U.S. in response to the film’s searing depictions of “enhanced
interrogation” — the coercive, super-secret and bitterly debated methods
used by the CIA against al Qaeda terrorism suspects?
Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow’s ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 19 January 2, 2013 by Doug Johnson
Al Gore’s TV channel, Current, is finally going under. It’s been bought by
Al Jazeera. From Media Decoder:
Al Jazeera, the pan-Arab news giant, has long tried to convince
Americans that it is a legitimate news organization, not a parrot of Middle
Eastern propaganda or something more sinister.
It just bought itself 40 million more chances to make its case.
Al Jazeera on Wednesday announced a deal to take over Current TV, the
low-rated cable chael that ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 20 可能与基地组织(al Qaeda)有关的武装分子在阿尔及利亚一块天然气田劫持了大约40名
外国人质，其中有七名美国人。对于那些努力削弱伊斯兰极端主义者在非洲不断扩大的
影响力的国家来说，此事将威胁程度提高到了一个新级别。
在欧美安全官员评估从遥远军事基地解救人质的若干选择方案时，阿尔及利亚安全部队
周三夜间猛攻上述气田设施的行动遭遇失败。
法国从上周开始空袭伊斯兰激进分子，试图将他们赶出阿尔及利亚的邻国马里。这一行
动周三有所扩大，首次进入持续地面作战。法国的首要目标伊斯兰马格里布基地组织(
AQIM)声称对这次阿尔及利亚的绑架事件负责，说这是报复。此说法无法得到证实，虽
然AQIM源自阿尔及利亚，行动遍及非洲很多地方。
美国国防部长帕内塔(Leon Panetta)说，美国将在解救人质事件中采取必要和适当的措
施，并且不排除采取军事行动的可能性。他说，阿尔及利亚这次受袭可能是马里行动的
影响。
欧美官员周三说，他们收到了三名美国人被绑架的报告。这块气田位于阿尔及利亚中东
部利比亚边境沿线一带，共有九名美国人在那里工作，气田由英国石油公司(BP PLC)、
挪威国家石油公司(Stato... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 21 By EVAN PEREZ
WASHINGTON—A former Central Intelligence Agency officer was sentenced
Friday to 2½ years in prison for disclosing information to a reporter
identifying a covert agent.
A federal judge in Alexandria, Va., sentenced John Kiriakou, 48 years old,
to 30 months in prison as part of an agreement with prosecutors. U.S.
District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema rejected claims that Mr. Kiriakou was a
whistleblower, as his supporters have portrayed him, according to a
spokesman for the prose... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24893 | 22 From: Christopher Jordan Dorner /7648
To: America
Subj: Last resort
Regarding CF# 07-004281
I know most of you who personally know me are in disbelief to hear from
media reports that I am suspected of committing such horrendous murders and
have taken drastic and shocking actions in the last couple of days. You are
saying to yourself that this is completely out of character of the man you
knew who always wore a smile wherever he was seen. I know I will be vilified
by the LAPD and the media. Unfor... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 23 by Rick aka Mr. Brutally Honest
What follows is quite revealing, made all the more revealing in that ABC
News, normally not much more than an echo chamber for this administration,
is reporting it:
Three years after the White House arranged a hero's welcome at the State
of the Union address for the Fort Hood police sergeant and her partner who
stopped the deadly shooting there, Kimberly Munley says President Obama
broke the promise he made to her that the victims would be well taken care
of.
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发帖数: 29846 | 24 by Andrew B. Wilson
The late Ted Kennedy became known as “the Hero of Chappaquiddick” for
leaving a young lady to die after accidentally driving his car off a bridge
on the night of July 18, 1969. Kennedy, who swam free, said nothing to
police until 10 a.m. the following day.
In the subsequent inquest, John Farrar, a professional diver and the captain
of the Edgartown Fire Rescue unit on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts
, discovered the body of Mary Jo Kopechne in the well of the backseat ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2973 | 26 这是好消息。
对付恐怖组织及其团伙，只能以暴制暴！ |
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发帖数: 824 | 29 估计是长期钓的鱼。
根据 New york times 最近的文章， 估计 F.B.I. 是想在未来的一段时间诱导这个年
轻人策划恐怖袭击，然后抓起来。 |
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发帖数: 21627 | 30 Obama Hussein is in bed with al qaeda
谣言倒逼真相啊！ |
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发帖数: 21627 | 31 Obama is Shamelessly in Bed with Al-Qaeda!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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发帖数: 29846 | 32 西班牙内政部说，西班牙警方今天逮捕两名“可疑恐怖分子”，据信他们与伊斯兰北非
盖达组织（Al-Qaeda）有挂钩。
内政部表示，在法国与摩洛哥警方协助下，警官“今天在穆西亚（Murcia）与萨拉戈沙
（Zaragoza）两地，拘留了两名可疑的盖达组织恐怖分子”。
一名是阿尔及利亚人麦迪奥尼（Nou Mediouni），是在北部城市萨拉戈沙遭到逮捕，另
一名是摩洛哥人贾奥安尼（Hassan El Jaaouani），是在东南部地区穆西亚落网。
西班牙内政部说，他们可能是“与恐怖组织伊斯兰北非盖达组织（AQIM）有关的激进团
体成员。”
伊斯兰北非盖达组织隶属已故宾拉登（Osama Bin Laden）全球极端分子网络的北非分
支，经常在北非各地犯下攻击与绑架案。
内政部声明未详细说明逮捕过程，但表示稍后将提供更多细节。 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 33 对波士顿马拉松赛爆炸案的调查周二有两项新的发现：活下来的这名嫌犯说，他和哥哥
的灵感来自网上圣战者；两兄弟买了两个大型烟花装置，这有望揭示他们是如何制造爆
炸装置的。
有关部门一直在努力弄清楚被指制造了4月15日爆炸案的两兄弟如何以及为什么要这样
做。美国官员周二说，在与联邦调查人员有限的交流中（包括手写的回答），嫌犯焦哈
尔•特萨尔纳伊夫(Dzhokhar Tsarnaev)说，他和哥哥是单独行动的，没有任何恐
怖组织的帮助。
上述官员说，焦哈尔对审讯人员说，两兄弟的行动像圣战者，作案动机源于穆斯林教徒
对美国的宗教怒火。
焦哈尔对调查人员说，他和哥哥自学的炸弹制作和宗教思想，他们反击美国是因为美国
杀害穆斯林教徒。目前为止，他的供词和其他证据使美国有关部门相信，两名爆炸案嫌
犯并不属于一个更大的恐怖组织，但没有做出确定的结论。
塔梅尔兰•特萨尔纳伊夫(Tamerlan Tsarnaev)今年2月从新罕布什尔州的一个烟
花店买了两个烟花装置。负责调查两兄弟如何在不被人发现的情况下制造炸弹的联邦调
查人员正在核实这一说法。
Phantom Fireworks副总... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1683 | 34 在欧洲两年，谈谈穆斯林给我的感受
来源: xyz101 于 2013-04-25 09:15:49 [档案] [博客] [旧帖] [转至博客] [给我悄
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大部分被截掉了， 很多人可能看不到。看了后觉得很不错，因此替他转帖如下：
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路桥 发表评论于 2013-04-25 05:47:49
在欧洲两年，谈谈穆斯林给我的感受
首先转一篇“穆斯林路线图”
雅可夫先生有著名的关于“穆斯林路线图”的论断：
1、他们首先宣称自己是“和平的宗教”，通过经商、避难的方式零星迁徙到一个新地
方，很低调，很和善，很遵纪守法——除了对吃某种食物有点神经过敏，除了干涉婚姻
自由之外（不过我们总是想，哎，不吃什么食物是他们自己的事情，内婚虽然很讨厌，
但不跟他们接触不就行了嘛）——谁能拒... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 35 华盛顿——两名执法官员称，波士顿马拉松爆炸案中活下来的嫌疑人告诉联邦调查局(
FBI)审讯人员，他和他的哥哥在谋划这场致命袭击时，考虑过在7月4日进行自杀式攻击。
但是，官员称，这位嫌疑人、19岁的焦哈尔·萨纳耶夫(Dzhokhar Tsarnaev)告诉调查
人员说，他和他的哥哥最终决定使用高压锅炸弹及其他自制爆炸装置。他的哥哥、26岁
的塔梅尔兰(Tamerlan)在与警察的枪战中毙命。
一幅证据照片显示了在马萨诸塞州新贝德福德的一处垃圾场发现的一个背包所装的烟火。
根据焦哈尔提供给官方的说法，萨纳耶夫兄弟在塔梅尔兰位于马萨诸塞州坎布里奇的公
寓中制成了炸弹，速度比他们预期的快。所以他们决定将行动提前，在4月15日马萨诸
塞州爱国者日的波士顿马拉松赛上发动了袭击。他们在波士顿地区到处寻找作案地点，
最终选择了马拉松比赛的终点线。
而且，焦哈尔告诉官方，他和他的哥哥看过安瓦尔·奥拉基(Anwar al-Awlaki)的网上
布道。奥拉基是一名美国籍激进神职人员，后移居也门，于2011年9月死于美国的无人
机打击。但是没有迹象表明萨纳耶夫兄弟与奥拉基有过交流。
焦哈尔在藏身于附近一户人... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 36 班加西丑闻：美国驻利比亚副大使Gregory Hicks证词与奥巴马政府相反，他指出特种
部队在恐怖袭击时准备飞往班加西救援，但被军方制止
Diplomat: U.S. Special Forces told "you can't go" to Benghazi during attacks
U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed in the
consulate attack in Benghazi, Libya on Sept. 11, 2012.
The deputy of slain U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens has told
congressional investigators that a team of Special Forces prepared to fly
from Tripoli to Benghazi during the Sept. 11, 2012 attacks was forbidden
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发帖数: 29846 | 37 在伦敦大街屠杀英国士兵的伊斯兰恐怖分子曾在2010年被肯尼亚抓获，指控他试图加入
索马里的伊斯兰恐怖组织，但英国政府提出将其释放
The full extent of British involvement in securing the release of Michael
Adebolajo was disclosed for the first time, raising further questions about
how much MI5 knew about the alleged murderer.
It also emerged that Adebolajo benefited from the help of British diplomats
to avoid a formal deportation after his arrest in Kenya in 2010.
Contrary to previous reports, a Kenyan immigration source told The Daily
Telegraph Adebolajo was r... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 201 | 38 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: ahmaswh (ahmaswh), 信区: Military
标 题: 美国外交政策杂志: 绝密的NSA对华黑客组织-TAO
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Jun 10 17:51:46 2013, 美东)
Inside the NSA's Ultra-Secret China Hacking Group
Deep within the National Security Agency, an elite, rarely discussed team of
hackers and spies is targeting America's enemies abroad.
This weekend, U.S. President Barack Obama sat down for a series of meetings
with China's newly appointed leader, Xi Jinping. We know that the two
leaders spoke at length about... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 39 (Reuters) - As the Syrian civil war got under way, a former electrician who
calls himself Sheikh Omar built up a brigade of rebel fighters. In two years
of struggle against President Bashar al-Assad, they came to number 2,000
men, he said, here in the northern city of Aleppo. Then, virtually overnight
, they collapsed.
Omar's group, Ghurabaa al-Sham, wasn't defeated by the government. It was
dismantled by a rival band of revolutionaries - hardline Islamists.
The Islamists moved against them at t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 40 Horrific video shows Syrian Catholic priest being 'beheaded by jihadist
fighters in front of cheering crowd'
Father Francois Murad's death was confirmed by Vatican news agency
Footage of 49-year-old's gruesome death was filmed on a camera phone
The Syrian priest was killed last 23 June in Gassanieh, northern Syria
A Syrian Catholic priest has been beheaded by jihadist fighters in Syria, it
has been claimed.
The death of Franciscan Father Francois Murad has been confirmed by the
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发帖数: 29846 | 41 UN Warns: Mexican Border 'Global Pathway' to U.S. for Illegals from Horn of
Africa
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) recently released a
report, "Transnational Organized Crime in Central America and the Caribbean,
" that identifies both Mexican cartels and street gangs as conduits for
individuals from Africa and Asia entering the U.S illegally. The report
identifies the Islamic terrorist haven of Somalia as being one of the
nations from which the illegal U.S. bound border-cros... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 42 基地组织(al Qaeda)也门分支的威胁促使美国大范围关闭其使馆并发出旅行警告。这显
示出，尽管美国对该组织领导人进行了长达两年多的围剿，但该组织仍可以一再地卷土
重来。
美国国务院(State Department)周日将一些使馆的关闭期延长一个工作周，原因是需要
“保持警惕”，以及采取“适当措施”来保护美国外交官、当地雇员和访客。官员说，
此举并不意味着美国已获得有关一个或者多个可疑密谋事件的新情报。
美国官员的高度担忧凸显出许多情报界人士长期以来的警告。尽管基地组织中央领导层
可能受到削弱，但该组织的其余势力已经变成若干更小的实体，而且变得分散，这令其
威胁更加难以预测和追踪。阿拉伯之春(Arab Spring)产生的混乱局面加速了这一变化。
简要获知了最新情报的官员说，新的警报显示，阿拉伯半岛的基地组织袭击西方目标的
决心丝毫未减，但不清楚该组织是否像其也门分支领导人开始被作为打击目标前那样有
坚持到底的能力，此前中央情报局(Central Intelligence Agency)和美国军方联合特
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发帖数: 94 | 43 Is Egypt On The Verge Of Engineered Civil War?
by Tyler Durden
From: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-03/egypt-verge-engineered-civil-war
For thousands of years, Egypt has been one of the primary pillars of the
Eastern world. When Egypt falls into turmoil, a shockwave is felt by all
other nations that heralds great change and perhaps even great catastrophe.
The West's longtime interest in maintaining a solid foothold in Egypt is
based on this reality; even in our modern age, when Egypt is i... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 44 August 15, 2013 - 4:43 PM
By Michael W. Chapman
(CNSNews.com) – Biometric fingerprint scanners are scheduled to be used in
the 2014 presidential election in Yemen.
The South Korean company Suprema, Inc. announced this week that it had won a
contract from the Yemeni government to provide about 4,800 of its RealScan-
D live scanners for the election, which is expected to take place in
February of next year. Money provided through the United Nations
Development Program is paying for the scanners.
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发帖数: 29846 | 45 US Aid to Syrian Opposition Tops $1 Billion Mark
by Jordan Schachtel 2 Sep 2013
According to USAID (United States Agency For International Development), the
federal agency in charge of distributing the vast majority of foreign aid
monies to other countries, United States taxpayers have paid for over one
billion dollars in foreign aid packages to help support the “Syrian
Humanitarian Response."
Despite the threat of continued chemical attacks against the Syrian people
that has served as the focal... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 46 埃及内政部长躲过炸弹刺杀，21人受伤
A car bomb targeted the convoy of Egypt’s interior minister Thursday in the
first assassination attempt since former President Mohamed Morsi’s ouster,
but the official survived the blast.
The attack against Mohammed Ibrahim, who is in charge of the police force,
signaled the arrival in the capital of the sort of insurgency-style attacks
that have been escalating in the Sinai Peninsula.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the car bomb explosion,
which went off in... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 47 《
希伯来圣经》(Hebrew Bible)一开篇就告诉我们，宇宙曾经完全是“空虚混沌的”。而
今年8月，中东地区似乎回到了这种太古的状态中：伊拉克局势持续动荡；叙利亚冲突
的战火已经蔓延至黎巴嫩，国际社会纷纷指责叙利亚发生的化学武器事件；此外，随着
埃及军方打压穆斯林兄弟会(Muslim Brotherhood)和街头示威者纵火焚烧教堂，埃及内
战一触即发。曾被视为美国总统奥巴马(Obama)在中东最亲密伙伴的土耳其总理指责了
埃及国内针对犹太人的暴力行为；而几乎所有其他方面都认为美国应对此局面承担责任。
奥巴马政府拥有宏大的中东政策。这一政策方向明确、制定周密并且实施有序。
不过很不幸，美国的中东政策终究还是失败了。
美国的中东政策简单明了：美国希望与土耳其正义与发展党(AK Party)和埃及穆斯林兄
弟会这样的温和伊斯兰党派进行合作，使中东走向民主化。这样的策略具有一石三鸟的
效果。首先，通过与这样的政党结盟，奥巴马政府能够缩小穆斯林世界的“温和中间派
”与美国之间的距离。第二，通过向穆斯林展示追求和平、理念温和的政党才能获得胜
利，恐怖分子和激进分子能够受到孤立，这将使他们在... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 48 叙利亚反对派武装懒散地站在他们的俘虏身后，手中的枪指着这些惊恐的赤膊男人。
这七名俘虏是叙利亚政府军士兵。其中五个人被绑着，背上显露出红色的伤痕。他们的
脸紧贴着泥土，反对派指挥官诵读了一段充满仇恨的革命诗歌。
“五十年来，他们与腐败为伍，”他说。“我们对着宝座上的真主许下誓言：我们将会
复仇。”
朗诵结束的那一刻，这名被称为“大叔”的指挥官朝着第一名俘虏的脑后开了一枪。他
手下的枪手随即效仿，迅速打死了脚下的所有囚犯。
这一幕被记录在一段视频中，几天前由一名对杀戮心生厌恶的前反对派成员从叙利亚秘
密传出。它让人们看到了黑暗的一幕，显示出许多反对派采用的策略，与他们正试图推
翻的政权采用的手法一样残酷无情。
此时此刻，美国正在讨论是否应当支持奥巴马政府的提议，武力打击对平民使用化学武
器的叙利亚政府军。这段视频拍摄于今年4月，在不断增长的证据中占据了一席之地。
这些证据表明，叙利亚的犯罪问题日趋严重，充斥着抢劫、绑架和杀人团伙。
包括参议员约翰·麦凯恩(John McCain)在内的一些议员敦促美国为叙利亚反对派提供
更强有力的军事援助。这段视频还提醒人们，美国在分辨反对派盟友时面临外... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 49 肯尼亚恐怖袭击目击者描述恐怖现场，“我看到大约40人排成一排，恐怖分子让人说出
穆罕默德母亲的名字以证明自己是穆斯林，没讲出的都被枪决”
'If they found me, I'm white... so I'm dead': Survivors reveal how gunman
executed non-Muslims - after asking them to name Prophet Mohammed's mother
Survivors said they saw fellow shoppers mercilessly executed after being
singled out as non-Muslim
Shoppers said people were lined up and gunned down for failing to recite
passages from the Koran
At least 68 people killed in attack - including three Britons - at
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发帖数: 29846 | 50 黎巴嫩——就在外交官们在联合国推动召开一个和平会议以终结叙利亚内战的当口，该
国实力最强的一些反对派武装团体，一齐抛弃了反对派政治领导层，倒向了基地组织(
Al Qaeda)的一个分支机构。
随着西方青睐的反对派领导层的支持度逐渐减弱，另一个与基地组织有关的更极端的团
体，在叙利亚的部分地区站稳脚跟，与主流反对派频繁冲突。后者指责该团体将建立一
个伊斯兰教国家作为首要目标，而不是奋力颠覆总统巴沙尔·阿萨德(Bashar al-Assad
)的政权。
反对派本身派系林立、武装人员中激进的伊斯兰主义色彩越来越浓厚，再加上叙利亚战
线的复杂性日益加剧，这降低了流亡领导层在国内的影响力，并让外界不禁发出疑问，
就算能达成终结战争的协议，该领导层是否有能力履行自己的承诺？
周二晚间，许多在叙利亚国内作战的武装人员，与在国际上代表反对派的政治领导层之
间的深层分歧走向公开。11个武装团体宣布，只有那些“亲身经历了困苦、共同做出了
牺牲”的人，才能代表反对派。
与流亡反对派呼吁建立民主的文职政府来取代阿萨德不同，这些武装团体要求叙利亚的
所有军事与平民组织“团结到明确的伊斯兰框架内”。与西方支持的反... 阅读全帖 |
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