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Germany Bars US Pastor Terry Jones, Concerns Over 'Public Order'
Post Date: 2012-09-17 15:16:01 by Brian S
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US hate preacher Terry Jones, one of the supporters of the anti-Islam video "Innocence of Muslims," is to be banned from travelling to Germany. According to information obtained by SPIEGEL ONLINE, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has asked the Interior Ministry to prevent Jones from entering the country. A spokesman for the Interior Ministry said Sunday that a visit by Jones would "run counter to the interest of maintaining public order." The ban came in response to information that German far-right groups such as Pro Deutschland and Pro NRW plan to invite the preacher to Germany in the coming days. Sources close to the German Foreign Ministry said Westerwelle ...
US Diplomats At Beirut Embassy Destroy Classified Documents Amid Anti-American Protest
Post Date: 2012-09-17 12:05:31 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON — Diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut have started to destroy classified material as a security precaution amid anti-American protests in Lebanon and elsewhere in the Middle East and North Africa. A State Department status report obtained Monday by The Associated Press said the Beirut embassy had “reviewed its emergency procedures and is beginning to destroy classified holdings.” It also said that local Lebanese employees were sent home early due to protests by the militant Shiite group Hezbollah over an anti-Muslim film produced in the U.S. In Washington, a State Department official said there was no imminent threat to the heavily fortified Beirut embassy, ...
Panetta Warns of War Between China and Japan Over Disputed Islands
Post Date: 2012-09-17 11:46:08 by Brian S
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(CNSNews.com) – Exchanging warnings but avoiding confrontations thus far, Chinese and Japanese ships have come within less than half a nautical mile of each other in an ongoing dispute over the sovereignty of contested islands. Amid deepening tensions in a long-running saga over the uninhabited islands, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Sunday about the possibility of war between the two Asian countries. “What we don't want is to have any kind of provocative behavior on the part of China or anybody else result in conflict,” he told reporters accompanying him on a trip that includes stops in Japan, China and New Zealand. ...
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood President Leads, Obama Follows
Post Date: 2012-09-17 06:55:06 by A K A Stone
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Today, UN Ambassador Susan Rice explained to Jake Tapper of ABC News that America wasn’t “impotent” in the Middle East. What was her proof? Let's look at what's happened. It's quite the opposite of being impotent. We have worked with the governments in Egypt. President Obama picked up the phone and talked to President Morsi in Egypt. And as soon as he did that, the security provided to our personnel in our embassies dramatically increased. Tapper rightly pointed out that for two days, Egyptian President Morsi, an anti-Semitic, anti-Israel, anti-American Muslim Brotherhood leader, said nothing. But Rice continued: President Morsi has been out repeatedly and said ...
How Israel’s most daring rescue shaped Bibi Netanyahu.
Post Date: 2012-09-16 21:37:24 by A K A Stone
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Benjamin Netanyahu has been a fixture in public life for so long, it’s hard to imagine Israeli politics without him. But a new documentary about the death of Netanyahu’s older brother underscores the extent to which Bibi’s trajectory was not inevitable. As commander of the Israeli Army’s elite Sayeret Matkal unit in 1976, Yoni Netanyahu died rescuing Israeli hostages hijacked by Palestinian and German terrorists to Entebbe, Uganda. At the time, Bibi had been scaling the corporate knoll at the Boston Consulting Group, having graduated from MIT (he met Mitt Romney at BCG, and the two have kept in touch). He returned to Israel after the tragedy to start an antiterrorism ...
Ex-ambassador to Israel: U.S. will go to war with Iran in 2013
Post Date: 2012-09-16 21:21:25 by A K A Stone
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(CBS News) Former Ambassador to Israel, Martin Indyk, offered a dire prediction of a U.S. confrontation with Iran, saying it could escalate into war as early as next year. "I'm afraid that 2013 is going to be a year in which we're going to have a military confrontation with Iran," he said Sunday on "Face the Nation." Indyk joined a roundtable of foreign policy experts to discuss the latest protests in the Middle East and Israel's public statements pressuring the United States over Iran. The former ambassador said the time has not come, yet, that the U.S. needs to take military action. "Iran doesn't have a nuclear weapon," he said. [W]hile ...
Winchester native Glen Doherty, a former Navy SEAL, among victims of Libya attack (working for a private company hired to provide security)
Post Date: 2012-09-16 16:20:22 by Hondo68
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VIDEO 1 Glen A. Doherty, a Winchester native who was a former Navy SEAL, was one of four Americans killed in Libya by a group of suspected Islamic terrorists, his sister said today. VIDEO 2 Doherty was 42 years old and was working as a security contractor when he was killed with US Ambassador John Christopher Stevens in the American consulate in Benghazi late Tuesday during what officials believe may have been a coordinated terrorist attack. “He was on security detail and he was protecting the ambassador and also helping the wounded’’ when he was killed, said his sister, Kate Quigley of Marblehead. Quigley said her family grew up in Winchester and that her brother wanted a ...
Latest Developments On Anti-Islam Film Protests
Post Date: 2012-09-16 14:37:48 by Brian S
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CAIRO (AP) -- Here's a look at protests and reaction across the Middle East and elsewhere Sunday over an anti-Muslim film produced in the U.S. ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad. --- PAKISTAN Hundreds of Pakistanis broke through a barricade near the U.S. Consulate in the southern city of Karachi, sparking clashes with police. One demonstrator was killed and more than a dozen others were injured. All Americans who work at the consulate, located in central Karachi, were safe, a U.S. Embassy official said. Thousands attended protests in other Pakistani cities, including Lahore and Dera Ismail Khan. Protesters in Lahore shouted anti-U.S. slogans and burned an American flag. --- UNITED ...
Armada of British naval power massing in the Gulf as Israel prepares an Iran strike
Post Date: 2012-09-15 21:35:42 by A K A Stone
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Battleships, aircraft carriers, minesweepers and submarines from 25 nations are converging on the strategically important Strait of Hormuz in an unprecedented show of force as Israel and Iran move towards the brink of war. Western leaders are convinced that Iran will retaliate to any attack by attempting to mine or blockade the shipping lane through which passes around 18 million barrels of oil every day, approximately 35 per cent of the world’s petroleum traded by sea. A blockade would have a catastrophic effect on the fragile economies of Britain, Europe the United States and Japan, all of which rely heavily on oil and gas supplies from the Gulf. The Strait of Hormuz is one of ...
Clinton wishes Muslims 'peaceful and joyous' Eid (Ramadan)
Post Date: 2012-09-15 19:34:46 by Hondo68
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WASHINGTON — Top US diplomat Hillary Clinton wished Muslims well for the feast of Eid al-Fitr marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan on Sunday in many countries."As we mark the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting and prayer for Muslims around the world, I am delighted to wish all Muslims a peaceful and joyous Eid al-Fitr," Clinton said in a statement."To honor this special time, Muslims in the United States and throughout the world will gather for Eid celebrations according to their rich and diverse traditions, celebrating the shared values of family, charity and community."Clinton, who hosts an iftar dinner marking the end of Ramadan's daily fast ...
The Libyan Scandal Deepens
Post Date: 2012-09-15 13:25:18 by calcon
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The Independent is reporting that the State Department had intelligence that American diplomatic facilities in the Middle East were being targeted, but did nothing to enhance security: According to senior diplomatic sources, the US State Department had credible information 48 hours before mobs charged the consulate in Benghazi, and the embassy in Cairo, that American missions may be targeted, but no warnings were given for diplomats to go on high alert and “lockdown”, under which movement is severely restricted. It is difficult to get a clear understanding of what happened in Benghazi. Chris Stevens had been traveling in other countries and only recently returned to Libya. There ...
Berlin Rejects Israeli Pressure Over Submarine Sales To Egypt
Post Date: 2012-09-15 11:29:06 by Brian S
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German Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere dismissed Israeli pressure not to sell two submarines to Egypt, while acknowledging the country was “not as stable” as he would like in an interview published Saturday. “No country in the world has the right of veto to decisions taken by the German government,” the minister told the Frankfurter Rundschau when asked to comment on the probable sale of two Type 209 attack submarines. Questioned specifically about Israeli pressure not to go through with the deal, he repeated: “Nobody has the right of veto.” However he admitted that Egypt “is not as stable as I would like”, while stressing this was a ...
Egypt mediators try to remove Salafist Bedouin from MFO base. US force under siege
Post Date: 2012-09-15 10:38:36 by A K A Stone
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DEBKAfile: Contrary to Egyptian claims to be in control of the Multinational Force in northern Sinai base after its invasion by Salafist Bedouin gunmen Friday night, all they had managed to do by Saturday morning was to mediate between the New Zealand general who commands the base and the invaders on terms for their departure. The gunmen linked to al Qaeda still control the exits and entrances to the Al Ghora base, holding hundreds of US officers, soldiers and airmen to siege.
America Attacked: No time for a Metro-Sexual President
Post Date: 2012-09-15 09:42:45 by calcon
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Regarding the Libya attack, Romney said, "It's never too early for the United States government to condemn attacks on Americans and to defend our values." In our Oprah-rized, touchy-feely metro-sexual society, the mainstream media and Democrats are trying to portray Romney as an out-of-control reckless cowboy. This mindset that the slightest forcefulness and decisiveness is deemed to be extreme reflects the mainstream media's and the Democrat's decades long War on Testosterone. The left takes everything to its extreme. For example: If you believe the definition of marriage should remain between one man and one woman, the MSM and Democrats accuse you of hating gays and ...
Exclusive: America 'was warned of embassy attack but did nothing'
Post Date: 2012-09-14 13:27:34 by jwpegler
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The killings of the US ambassador to Libya and three of his staff were likely to have been the result of a serious and continuing security breach, The Independent can reveal. American officials believe the attack was planned, but Chris Stevens had been back in the country only a short while and the details of his visit to Benghazi, where he and his staff died, were meant to be confidential. The US administration is now facing a crisis in Libya. Sensitive documents have gone missing from the consulate in Benghazi and the supposedly secret location of the "safe house" in the city, where the staff had retreated, came under sustained mortar attack. Other such refuges across the ...
Russia, China agree to back IAEA resolution critical of Iran
Post Date: 2012-09-14 13:21:26 by A K A Stone
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Amid U.S.-Israel tension over Iran's nuclear program, West persuades Russia and China to adopt a resolution demanding that Iran halt any action that could promote development of nuclear bomb. he United States and its Western allies have persuaded Russia and China to support a resolution critical of Iran’s nuclear defiance, in the hope of showing Israel that diplomacy is an alternative to military force in pressuring Tehran, diplomats said Wednesday. The resolution, which demands that Iran stop activities that could be used to make nuclear arms, cannot be enforced by the 35-nation board of the International Atomic Energy Agency, even if approved by vote or consensus as expected ...
The sun never sets on Obama’s failures
Post Date: 2012-09-14 13:17:33 by calcon
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As the media continue to scrutinize Mitt Romney’s alleged gaffes, might we spend a moment looking at the world as it actually exists, right now, independent of the presidential campaign? Let’s take a tour. Russia. When Obama became president he proclaimed a policy of “reset” in U.S.-Russia relations, and tried strenuously to bring Russia within the Atlantic orbit of democracy and the rule of law. To that end he scrapped the proposed land-based missile interceptors in Poland and the Czech Republic, politely ignored Russia’s continuing occupation of Georgian territory, negotiated a nuclear arms reduction treaty that slashes the U.S. stockpile (while failing to ...
THE VILE SICKNESS THAT IS ISLAM IN PICUTRES AND VIDEO
Post Date: 2012-09-14 12:15:55 by A K A Stone
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Post your pictures of people that have been murdered by the crazy Islamic cult members.
Lets start with our Ambassador to Libya.
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IIslam in all its glory. It is such a wonderful religion isn't it?
Marines arrive in Yemen after embassy attack, protests spread [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2012-09-14 11:55:40 by calcon
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U.S. Marines are on the ground in Yemen to deal with the aftermath of an attack on the U.S. Embassy in the capital city of Sanaa, as the Obama administration warns of sustained protests outside diplomatic posts across the Middle East and North Africa. Pentagon spokesman George Little told Fox News the team is in Yemen as a "precautionary measure." The move comes as Reuters reports that protesters have jumped over U.S. Embassy walls in both Sudan and Tunisia. Reuters reports that protesters also set fire to trees and broke windows inside the U.S. Embassy compound in Tunis. That is just a snapshot of the violent unrest playing out Friday, in the widest protests yet across the ...
William And Kate Angered By Topless Photos, Royal Source Says
Post Date: 2012-09-14 11:39:04 by Brian S
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London: Britain’s Prince William and his wife Catherine feel “anger and disbelief” and are consulting French lawyers after a magazine Friday published topless pictures of her, a royal source told AFP. “We now believe the photographs are genuine,” the source said on condition of anonymity. “Their (William and Kate’s) general feeling is anger and disbelief. We feel a red line has been crossed.” “In terms of next steps we are consulting with French lawyers as to what the options are.” The French version of Closer magazine printed photos on the front cover and inside on five pages of Catherine wearing just the bottoms of a black and white ...
Large Cloud Of Black Smoke Seen Coming From Around Us Embassy In Tunis
Post Date: 2012-09-14 11:04:04 by Brian S
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TUNIS, Tunisia - A large cloud of black smoke has risen around the U.S. embassy in Tunis where stone-throwing protesters and police are waging a pitched battle. Thousands of demonstrators have massed outside the embassy and several were seen climbing the outer wall of the embassy grounds and raising a flag on which was written the Muslim profession of faith, an Associated Press reporter on the scene says. Police responded by firing tear gas, and police gunfire could be heard.
Contrary to J Street and Media Claims, Former IDF Chief Halutz Is Hawkish on Iran
Post Date: 2012-09-14 10:34:20 by A K A Stone
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Lt. Gen. Halutz is actually making the argument, in an admittedly very circumspect manner, that it is the international community - that is, everyone besides Israel - which is to blame for the current cataclysm. Halutz even says that Israel may have to “go it alone.” Former Israel Defense Force Chief of Staff Dan Halutz is being shepherded around the United States to talk about the international crisis with Iran. The anti-Netanyahu group J Street is promoting Halutz as critical of Israeli policy and supportive of their position of opposing military action. But at the first two talks given by Halutz, one of which was attended by a Jewish Press reporter and the other of which can ...
Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Obama, it's time to wake up and smell the global jihad
Post Date: 2012-09-14 09:33:05 by calcon
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When the men who killed our ambassador to Libya were in the final stages of their preparation, Hillary Clinton was in the Cook Islands, being regaled by locals in traditional dress. Her seemingly endless world tour has prioritized symbolism and pageantry over substance. So too has the administration of her boss, Barack Obama, and the costs are now becoming clear. This explains why Obama’s chief diplomat said of the Libya attack: “I asked myself—how could this happen? How could this happen in a country we helped liberate, in a city we helped save from destruction?” Madam secretary, it is time for you and your boss to wake up and smell the global jihad. There are people ...
Obama's Middle East Policy Is in Ruins'
Post Date: 2012-09-14 09:29:54 by calcon
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After days of protests over an anti-Islam film, American diplomatic missions in the Middle East and North Africa were braced for further violence after Friday prayers. The US put its overseas missions on high alert. Germany has closed its embassies in a number of Muslim-majority countries in fear of attacks. "We are observing how the security situation develops with great attentiveness and we have increased security precautions at a number of foreign missions," a spokesman for the German Foreign Office told SPIEGEL ONLINE. Embassies in North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan are believed to be among those affected. The spokesman said that the missions would only close on ...
Egypt intelligence warns of attacks on Israel, US embassies
Post Date: 2012-09-14 09:26:30 by calcon
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Egypt's General Intelligence Service warned that a jihadi group is planning to launch terrorist attacks against the US and Israeli embassies in Cairo, according to a report Tuesday by Egypt Independent, citing a secret letter obtained by Al-Masry Al-Youm. According to the report, the attack is being planned by Global Jihad, the group suspected of killing 16 Egyptian border guards in Sinai on August 5. Al-Masry Al-Youm reportedly obtained a copy of the September 4 letter, sent to all Egyptian security sectors, warning that Sinai- and Gaza-based Global Jihad cells were planning attacks on the two embassies. Egypt's military is engaged in an ongoing campaign to root out Sinai-based ...
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