Pictured above is Barack Obama giving a speech at the University of Southern California in support of California Proposition 87 in 2006. The proposition would have established a $4 billion program with a goal of reducing petroleum consumption by 25%, with research and production incentives for alternative energy, but it did not pass. In terms of Obama's energy policy, he has consistently argued for a reduction in the usage of fossil fuels, having voted for the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and opposed drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
"Paul Harvey, a radio legend who began his career in 1933 while he was still in high school, has died, ABC News reported Saturday.
Harvey began his radio career on KVOO-AM while in high school in his hometown of Tulsa, Okla. He was known for his unique, staccato-style delivery of news combined with commentary, which resonated with tens of millions of Americans for more than five decades.
Among the dozens of professional honors Harvey received, he was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame and, in 1992, received the Paul White Award, the highest honor presented by RTNDA, the Radio-Television News Directors Association."
"One day before U.S. President Barack Obama's Canadian visit last week, Canadian fighter jets intercepted two Russian bombers near Canadian air space, the defense minister said Friday.
Canadian jets intercepted Russian TU-95 Bear bomber aircraft last week similar to this one.
"At no time did Russian planes enter Canadian air space, but within 24 hours of the president's visit here ... we did scramble F-18 fighter planes from NORAD in Canada command," Peter MacKay said in a news conference in Ottawa.
The Russian planes were in international waters, about 118 miles (190 kilometers) northeast of Tuktoyuktuk, in Canada's Northwest Territories.
"It was a routine flight over international airspace," Yevgeniy Khorishko, a spokesman at the Russian Embassy in Washington, told CBC news.
"As has been done on previous occasions, (Canadian pilots) sent very clear signals that are understood, that (the) aircraft was to turn around, turn tail and head back to its own air space, which it did," MacKay said.
The Russian planes were identified as TU-95 Bear aircraft by NORAD spokesman Michael Kucharek."
An Ethopian immigrant, with possible mental problems or perhaps a jihadist mindset, mailed a letter to President-elect Obama at the end of December that caused the lock-down of a Illinois state office.
"...Saad Bedrie Hussein told investigators that he is an admirer of Obama and that the letter -- containing his photo, an admission ticket to Obama's election night victory party in Chicago's Grant Park and six index cards containing writing and reddish stains -- was his way of seeking government help and tickets to Obama's inauguration.
Hussein, who has HIV, said he "purposely cut one of his fingers with a razor so he could bleed on the letter," according to an affidavit by Terry L. Cullivan, an investigator with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
The letter, postmarked December 27 and written in an Ethiopian language, was addressed to Obama at the Illinois Department on Aging in Springfield, Illinois. When the letter was opened two days later, it was found to contain an orange powder, Cullivan said. A state employee then took the letter to another state office, resulting in a two-hour lockdown of the building, affecting more than 300 people, the affidavit says.In January, a federal judge ordered a mental evaluation of Hussein, saying "there is reasonable cause to believe [Hussein] may ... be suffering from a mental disease or defect rendering him mentally incompetent [and] unable to understand the nature and consequences of the proceedings against him."
According to court records, Hussein was arrested March 29, 2006, by Chicago police after setting a fire in the middle of a Chicago intersection, waving a Quran in the air and yelling "Allah[u] Akbar" -- Allah is great -- and other words. Hussein "created a standstill in the traffic and refused to comply" with police commands, Cullivan's affidavit says..."
The madness countinues in Oklahoma since a law was passed requiring an ultra-sound prior to an abortion. A Tulsa abortion service sued the state of Oklahoma claiming the law, which has never gone into effect as a result, is unconstitutional. It also claims it would have to shut down its baby killing services.
Oklahoma County District Judge Vicki Robertson refused to dismiss the lawsuit on Thursday.
My God, can someone in authority please stand up for the unborn? Life is so very precious and God-giving. Can we, as a civilized, largely Christian society, not honor this more?
If a young woman wants to kill their own heart-beating baby, perhaps seeing this living miracle before their eyes prior to it being sucked out of their body might actually save a life or two.
In California recently it was revealed that a FBI informant had infiltrated mosques in Orange County and recorded the jihadist talk of one particular Muslim who was later arrested.
Instead of praising the work of the FBI for finding this alleged jihadist amongst them, CAIR blasted the FBI! Keep in mind, the OC Muslim community did not report the man.
This Islamic organization, which is a blatant outgrowth of the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure in America, once again claims to speak for all American Muslims who do not dispute this claim, I should add.
And American Muslims wonder why there is a problem.
From the statement by CAIR:
"The American Muslim community has never wavered from its commitment to keeping America safe, nor has it hesitated from cooperating with various law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, in ensuring the security of all U.S. citizens," the Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said in a statement.
But, it said, reports that informants have been paid "to monitor and provoke law-abiding Muslims in houses of worship" and the recruitment by the FBI of Muslims "to become informants" have left American Muslims with "deeply troubling concerns."
One of them is that "these coercive and intimidating methods highlight the fact that the FBI continues to view the entire American Muslim community as suspect and treat it as such," the statement said.
"Infiltrating mainstream mosques the way FBI informants infiltrate white supremacist groups illustrates the FBI's perception of American Muslims as a community that must be constantly monitored, instead of being treated as an equal partner in fighting crime and terrorism," according to the statement..."
But under President Obama's liberal leadership and inclusive nature FBI scrutiny could be curbed. The Islamist's agenda then can accelerate and flourish in a more protected environment which is, of course, exactly what they want. That's why Muslim organizations often partner up with the left.
The struggle to bring Islam to the West was resoundingly apparent in the non-Muslim country of Serbia when an internal struggle led to an independent country, Kosovo, being formed as a new largely Muslim-dominated country which happened one year ago on February 17th.
I am curious, CAIR, do you happen to have a list of when anyone in the American Muslim community actually has turned someone in to authorities? I am unaware of anytime this has happened.
Mar 14, 2008 ... At the OIC summit, Kosovo's two-man mission spent part of Thursday meeting with non-Muslim delegates like the United Kingdom and with ...
Feb 3, 2009 ... started a petition drive to appeal to all 57 members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, OIC, to recognize Kosovo’s independence.
Kosovowill need a great deal of help as it moves forward, Wisner said, and OIC member states should consider ways they could extend their political and ...
Have you heard of a group called Global Intifada? Neither had I, until now.
Three supermarkets have been destroyed and a fourth damaged in central Sweden in what police say might have been a series of anti-American arson attacks. Police spokeswoman Kia Samrell said more than 100 firefighters were called in to put out the fires overnight at the Swedish supermarkets in Sodertalje. Ms Samrell said the police were investigating whether the left-wing group, Global Intifada, was connected. Global Intifada claimed responsibility for two fires in Sodertalje last year. It has also said it was behind arson attacks on vehicles belonging to the Danish and Russian embassies in 2005, and an attack on a Polish consulate in 2004, according to the Swedish Security Service..."
The Southern Poverty Law Center issued their annual report yesterday stating hate groups in America has grown 54% since 2000. Here is their list for Oklahoma:
The 2009 and 2010 listing of terror arrests, attacks, plots and trials I've been keeping doesn't match their allegations, in the least bit.
Their list of Active 'Patriot' Groups in the United States in 2009, I guess is suppose to make us quiver, of which they claim 127 are militias. Lucky for us Okies, a very conservative state, there are none.
Hummm, I guess I've learned this group is pretty much an anti-right civil liberty group.
Gun owners advocates are probaby up in arms over DOJ head, Eric Holder's statement on banning assault weapons. Personally, as a gun owner advocate, I see nothing wrong with banning assault weapons.
But the far greater issue is what other gun control action may be coming down the road?
"Attorney General Eric Holder was busy announcing the capture of more than 50 alleged members of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel yesterday when he unwittingly stepped into a larger debate about gun control.
Responding to a reporter's question on weapons' regulations, Holder said, "Well, as President Obama indicated during the campaign, there are just a few gun-related changes that we would like to make, and among them would be to reinstitute the ban on the sale of assault weapons. I think that will have a positive impact in Mexico, at a minimum."
Holder refused to speculate when legislation would move forward. "There are obviously a number of things that are -- that have been taking up a substantial amount of [Obama's] time, and so, I'm not sure exactly what the sequencing will be," he said.
This is a must watch video of the inherent danger facing the world and our freedom which I've been discussing for quite a while now:
Also see:
More posts: Organization of Islamic Conference, the Saudi-backed global Islamist body, in other words, the next caliphate in the works, is behind these actions
Seems like a reasonable request in an attempt to stop bank robberies:
"In an effort to deter bank robbers, an area credit union will become among the state's first financial institutions to restrict their customers from wearing hats, hoods or sunglasses.
Officials with the Carolina Federal Credit Union said last week that beginning March 2, it will institute new regulations requiring customers remove head coverings before entering their buildings.
Those who refuse will not be turned away, but won't be able to conduct business with the regular tellers. Instead, they will be monitored and served at a location near the front of the branch.
The policy's concession is aimed at customers who wear religious headgear, such as Jewish men wearing yarmulkes or Muslim women wearing hijabs. But they too would only be helped at the front.
“So we will be separate but equal,” said Rose Hamid, head of the Muslim Women of the Carolinas. “That is absolutely unacceptable. I would find that offensive and I would do everything I could to make sure it does not go through.”
Hundreds of banks and credit unions across the country have instituted the “No hats, no glasses, no hoods” policy, including agencies in California, Massachusetts, Missouri, Oklahoma and Florida..."
Craig Monteilh, dressed in his undercover Islamic clothing, says he worked for the FBI as a paid informant from July 2006 to October 2007.
Why an FBI informant decided to go public is beyond me:
"As federal authorities press their case against a Tustin man accused of lying about ties to Al-Qaeda, they disclosed this week that some evidence came from an informant who infiltrated Orange County mosques and allegedly recorded the defendant discussing jihad, weapons and plans to blow up abandoned buildings.
On Wednesday, a man who claims to be that informant stepped forward, filing court documents saying that he had served as a confidential informant for the FBI from July 2006 to October 2007 to identify and thwart terrorist operations in the Orange County Islamic community.
The claim by Craig Monteilh, a 46-year-old Irvine resident, that he had been sent by the FBI to infiltrate several Orange County mosques could affect the government's case against Ahmadullah Sais Niazi. His allegations highlight recurring issues about the use of informants by law enforcement agencies and have fanned long-held fears by some Muslim leaders about religious profiling.
Monteilh said in interviews that he had alerted the FBI to Niazi after meeting him at the Islamic Center of Irvine in November 2006 and spending eight months with him. Monteilh said he called himself Farouk Al-Aziz and posed as a Syrian-French American in search of his Islamic roots. Monteilh told the FBI that Niazi befriended him and began to lecture him about jihad, gave him lessons in bomb-making and discussed plots to blow up Orange County landmarks.
"He took me under his wing and began to radicalize me," Monteilh said.
Special Agent Thomas J. Ropel III testified at a bail hearing for Niazi that the defendant had been secretly recorded by an informant while initiating jihadist rhetoric and threatening to blow up abandoned buildings..."
In deciding whether to set bail for 34-year-old Ahmadullah Sais Niazi, US Magistrate Arthur Nakazato commented that a person cannot chose one's relatives, ...
Feb 24, 2009 ... Afghan national claims retaliation for refusal to become informant LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, February 24, ...
Kathe West lives in Tustin across the street from Ahmadullah Sais Niazi, who is accused of hiding ties to Al Qaeda. She is surprised when she learns her ...
There will be a memorial service today to mark the date of the first attack on the WTC when a car bomb was detonated below Tower One. Six people died and 1,000 were injured.
It happened on a Friday when Islamic terrorism hit American soil for the first time.
How many Americans have completely erased this date from their minds?
Raila Odinga, the Prime Minister of Kenya, who claimed last year he is the cousin of President Barack Obama, met on Wednesday with Iranian's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinehad.
In 2006 Obama traveled to Kenya and campaigned for Odinga.
Wendesday's meeting:
"Visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad said Wednesday it is possible to bridge the gap between the developing and the developed countries.
Speaking in Nairobi -- the Iranian leader said obstacles that impeded the progress of developing countries in Asia and Africa were like stereotypes and should be ignored.
..."We should -- deepen cooperation between Kenya and Iran in all areas of human endeavors--" Ahmedinejad said. President Ahmedinejad said that Kenya and Iran had signed a number of cooperation agreements that will go a long way to benefit the peoples of the two countries, adding no effort should be spared to ensure their realization.
Speaking during the meeting, Odinga underscored relations between Kenya and Iran saying the two nations had similar ideas on international matters. The Premier singled out the Palestinian issue noting that Kenya and Iran supported the idea of the establishment of a Palestinian state.
He added that Kenya also supported Iran in her technological advancement including the development of nuclear energy..."
There's a new study conducted in collaboration with the University of Maryland which shows the majority of Muslims in Islamic countries support Al-Qaeda's goal of pushing the U.S. out of all Muslim countries. The majority of Muslim respondents also supported the attacks on American soldiers in Muslim countries.
Oh, that's not good.
I don't believe the question was asked if they also agreed with Al Qaeda 's goal to destroy us, which would have been helpful to know. The graph belows shows us that the majority of Muslims have no problem with Islamists participating in politics (i.e., Muslim Brotherhood, for example)
I'd sum up President Obama's speech before a joint session of Congress last night as follows: The government, not the people, will fix nearly everything for everybody, while we sink into a bottomless abyss of spending.
A few issues to consider about his speech, which was most brilliantly delivered, are below:
"I understand that when the last administration asked this Congress to provide assistance for struggling banks, Democrats and Republicans alike were infuriated by the mismanagement and results that followed. So were the American taxpayers. So was I."
The Democrats were in control of Congress and implemented an oversight process for these funds but still continue to blame the previous administration. Isn't this what is called a blatant lie? What am I missing here?
"Thanks to our recovery plan, we will double this nation’s supply of renewable energy in the next three years."
"We will soon lay down thousands of miles of power lines that can carry new energy to cities and towns across this country. And we will put Americans to work making our homes and buildings more efficient so that we can save billions of dollars on our energy bills."
"But to truly transform our economy, protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to ultimately make clean, renewable energy the profitable kind of energy."
So, we are going green at the height of a major, nearly catastrophic, economic crisis?
By the way, who do you see working in many construction jobs?
On healthcare:
"It (the recovery plan) will launch a new effort to conquer a disease that has touched the life of nearly every American by seeking a cure for cancer in our time. And it makes the largest investment ever in preventive care, because that is one of the best ways to keep our people healthy and our costs under control."
So at what point does the 1 trillion dollar deficit grow to 3-4 trillion, or more? The appalling difficulties this presents is staggering.
On education:
"That is why we will provide the support necessary for you to complete college and meet a new goal: by 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world."
"I know that the price of tuition is higher than ever, which is why if you are willing to volunteer in your neighborhood or give back to your community or serve your country, we will make sure that you can afford a higher education."
How do you plan to pay for this as we sink further and further into country-destroying debt?
On spending:
"I’m proud that we passed the recovery plan free of earmarks..."
What? It's totally full of them.
"In fact, the recovery plan provides a tax cut – that’s right, a tax cut – for 95% of working families. And these checks are on the way."
There are no checks on their way to us, except to seniors, right?
"For in our hands lies the ability to shape our world for good or for ill."
The action directives required DHS components to report back to me in a short timeframe, and I want to update the Committee on the status of the directives:
Efficiency Review – Last week, I issued an action directive calling for an Efficiency Review across DHS.
State and Local Intelligence Sharing and Integration – I issued two action directives concerned with the Department’s partnerships and intelligence-sharing activities with state, local, tribal, and territorial partners.
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita – I issued an action directive regarding the Department’s continued efforts in recovery from Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita.
Border Security, Immigration, Employment Verification, and Enforcement – I issued a number of directives related to border security and immigration. Among the directives, I requested an assessment of past border security assistance by National Guard and Department of Defense assets.
Transportation Security – In an effort to assess security across all forms of transportation, I directed the review of transportation security in the surface, maritime and aviation sectors.
Critical Infrastructure Protection – I issued an action directive to assess the status of the Department’s efforts to shield the Nation’s critical infrastructure from attacks. I issued a separate directive for an assessment of DHS’s critical role in cybersecurity.
Healthcare Surge Capacity – I issued an action directive that evaluated DHS’s role in building capacity for a “healthcare surge” – the increase in people who might need medical attention after an incident...
Planning and Risk Management – I issued an action directive asking for a report on DHS’s lead role in the interagency effort to develop Federal operational plans for prevention, protection, response, and recovery activities for the National Planning Scenarios.
There is a new website called Stimulus Watch that has added the many projects from the Economic Stimulus bill that we, our children, and their children and their children will pay over the decades to come. The ability to sort, comment, and track these projects are part of the website.
The site was built by volunteers who say they are not affiliated with any organization, according to their Q&A page. There's a video tutorial here on how to use the website.
What's useful about this website is that local citizens can fill in the blanks about the projects listed for their city and makes comments and vote for or against as they learn more about them, which is pretty cool.
The project for Oklahoma are listed here. The total cost of all the projects submitted by Oklahoma City is $501,318,000 and for Tulsa it is $944,612,008.
This website could be a great resource going forward so I think it's worth checking out.
I wonder what the odds are of this bill becoming law?
"Legislation to allow the deportation of illegal immigrants being held in state prisons has received preliminary approval.
The bill's author, Rep. Randy Terrill of Moore, says it would shift the financial burden of imprisoning illegal immigrant violators from the state to the federal government. Terrill says it will immediately save the state more than $3 million.
The bill would allow the Department of Corrections to send illegal immigrant inmates to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. Only inmates incarcerated for nonviolent crimes who have served at least half their sentence would qualify.
There are 166 offenders in state prisons that would be immediately eligible for transfer.
The bill was approved Wednesday by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
I hope they can catch the people who are doing this and I hope to God this is not practice for terrorists to bring down a bunch of airplanes one day:
"Pilots on 12 jetliners landing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Sunday reported that someone was shining a green laser light into their cockpits, bringing renewed attention to a problem that has plagued pilots since the introduction of cheap laser pointers several years ago.
All the planes were targeted during a 20-minute period Sunday night, and all landed safely. But the incident led to pilots simultaneously trying to avoid being temporarily blinded by the light while trying to help authorities pinpoint its source, believed to be about a mile north of the airport.
...Laser attacks on aircraft have increased in recent years, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. There have been 148 incidents this year, FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown said.
On Friday alone, there were reports of incidents in Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah; Lake Charles, Louisiana; Orlando, Florida; and Burbank and San Jose, California.
Hesselbein and others say they have not seen lasers used as weapons by politically motivated terrorists. But "it's a form of vandalism, whether intentional or unintentional. It's sort of a terrorist moment for the crew members who are trying to safely land an airplane, and suddenly they're dealing with blindness or temporary blindness or an incredible distraction."
Its time for another reality check on our national security risks from the head of the FBI who spoke yesterday at the Council of Foreign Relations. This assessment appears not to speak well for the Religion of Peace followers and their ability to rein in Islamic extremists with their own Muslim community:
Photo credit FBI
"FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III today warned that extremists "with large agendas and little money can use rudimentary weapons" to sow terror, raising the specter that recent attacks in Mumbai that killed 170 people last year could embolden terrorists seeking to attack U.S. cities.
At a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, Mueller said that the bureau is expanding its focus beyond al-Qaeda and into splinter groups, radicals who try to enter the country through the visa waiver program and "home-grown terrorists."
"The universe of crime and terrorism stretches out infinitely before us, and we too are working to find what we believe to be out there but cannot always see," Mueller said.
One particular concern, the FBI director said, springs from the country's background as a "nation of immigrants." Federal officials worry about pockets of possible radicals among melting-pot communities in the United States such as Seattle, San Diego, Miami or New York.
A Joint Terrorism Task Force led by the FBI, for instance, continues to investigate a group in Minneapolis after one young man last fall flew to Somalia and became what authorities believe to be the first U.S. citizen to carry out a suicide bombing. As many as a half-dozen other youths from that community in Minnesota have vanished, alarming their parents and raising concerns among law enforcement officials that a dangerous recruiting network has operated under the radar..."
Apparently the Economic Stimulus plan President Obama signed into law is not being view favorably by the markets. Duh! Did anyone think they would be happy?
This could be dramatically dire for investors if the markets keep going down. But another way to look at this big problem if the fall continues; stocks will be on the 90% clearance table soon!
"Investors' sagging confidence has pulled the major stock market indexes to their lowest levels in over a decade. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell to April 1997 levels Monday, while the Dow Jones industrial average, down about 150 points, reached its levels of October 1997 as investors succumbed to their growing worries about a recession that has no end in sight.
"People left and right are throwing in the towel," said Keith Springer, president of Capital Financial Advisory Services..."
There is a new audio message from Al-Qaeda's #2 thug, Ayman al-Zawajiri. You know, the Muslim man who has wasted his skills as a physician to support the cause of Islam and its martyrs who, by the way, are not considered terrorists by some Islamic leaders and organizations, such as the International Figh Council, a subsidiary of the OIC, the world's largest Islamic governmental body.
The videos of his latest rants are available here and here, posted by the zionistkiller2010 channel at YouTube. The 3rd video hasn't been uploaded yet - must be because ZK is too busy terrorizing some infidels right now)
YouTube, you ask? Gasp.
This YouTube channel also advertises a English language website called ezzedeenalqassambrigade which is the armed branch of Hamas, in case you were wondering.
This allegation was made in an article in Forbes on February 22nd about the U.S. participation at an planning conference for Durbin II. But it gets even worse, because the arthor, Anne Bayefsky,a senior fellow of the Hudson Institute, also accused the Obama administration of a cover-up:
"The Obama administration's decision to join the planning of the U.N.'s Durban II "anti-racism" conference has just taken a new twist: cover-up. On Friday, State Department officials and a member of the American Durban II delegation claimed the United States had worked actively to oppose efforts to brand Israel as racist in the committee drafting a Durban II declaration. The trouble is that they didn't.
The Feb. 20 State Department press release says the U.S. delegation in Geneva "outline[d] our concerns with the current outcome document" and in particular "our strong reservations about the direction of the conference, as the draft document singles out Israel for criticism." One member of the delegation told The Washington Post: "The administration is pushing back against efforts to brand Israel as racist in this conference." In fact, tucked away in a Geneva hall with few observers, the U.S. had done just the opposite.The U.S. delegates had made no objection to a new proposal to nail Israel in an anti-racism manifesto that makes no other country-specific claims.
..."The U.S. administration attended four full days of negotiation. During that time they witnessed the following: the failure to adopt a proposal to act against Holocaust denial, a new proposal to single out Israel, which will now be included in the draft without brackets, broad objections to anything having to do with sexual orientation, vigorous refusal by many states to back down on references to "Islamophobia" (the general allegation of a racist Western plot to discriminate against all Muslims), and numerous attacks on free speech..."
The OIC Umma, or put another descriptive way, the pre-caliphate Islamic organization, will be very pleased.
The Obama team appears to have seriously bamboozled Americans.
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Also see:
US at Durban II: A Dangerous Game to Lose American Thinker, WA - Feb 18, 2009 Plans for Durbin II have been underway for several years, and a last minute proposal by the US may, at best, remove one or two inflammatory passages but not ...
Durban II draft document 'getting worse' Jerusalem Post, Israel - 12 hours ago By TOVAH LAZAROFF AND ABE SELIG The draft document for the United Nations anti-racism conference, dubbed Durban II, is problematic both for Israel and ...
OIC Secretary General Welcomes the US Administration Decision to ... ISRIA (subscription), DC - 16 hours ago The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference welcomed the US Government’s decision to send a delegation to the preparatory meeting of the Durban II Review Conference which is to be held in Geneva on 20-24 April 2009.
Regarding the allegation that the Durban II Review would be exploited by some of the OIC member states to make anti-Israel and anti-Semitic diatribes, Secretary General Ihsanoglu noted that anti-Semitism is a practice which neither originates within, nor belongs to the Muslim communities. Therefore, anti-Semitism should not be associated either with the religion of Islam, or with the OIC member states. ...
Can the United States fix Durban II? Feb 18, 2009 Israel and Canada have already announced they would boycott “Durban II,” as the conference is being called, and the Bush administration was opposed to the ...
HOPE/CHANGE!!! Obama Hearts "57 States" Jawa Report, TX - Feb 2, 2009 2. Affirm the need to counter Islamophobia, through the establishment of an observatory at the OIC General Secretariat to monitor all forms of Islamophobia, ...
OIC Military Force Remains No More Than a Vision CNSNews.com, VA - Feb 20, 2009 “The lack of unity even among the Arab League members can make it difficult to turn the idea of an OIC [Organization of the Islamic Conference] military ...
London writer Melanie Phillips wrote how Britian is changing in January after the anti-Israel rallies:
"People who have been at the pro-and anti-Israel demonstrations in London have been producing some absolutely horrifying descriptions and images. On Harry’s Place pictures (such as the one here from Indymedia) capture the violence and thuggery of the left/Islamist alliance at demonstrations last night and last week. A reader on that thread adds his experience:
I was there last night - in fact me and my mate were one of the first to arrive. As we crossed from the station and walked towards the embassy, we were greeted by lunatics waving Hamas and Hezbollah flags. In front of us walked a young man, wearing a kippah. He got out of his bag and Israeli flag and was immediately taken to the side by two police officers. After questioning him for about 10 minutes, he was issued a caution. After he was released we went up to talk to him - he showed us the police caution - and i kid you not - it stated that by getting out an Israeli flag he was causing provocation to the pro palestinian demonstration.
...What we are witnessing in these repeated hate-fests, including the onslaught outside the Israel embassy, is the jihad erupting on the streets of London – aided and abetted by a fifth column of non-Muslim leftists and Jew-haters.
The silence of the political class – with one or two honourable exceptions -- in the face of all this is unacceptable.
...For silence is complicity, as once gentle, decent, civilised Britain changes before our horrified eyes into something very ugly indeed.
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Ahmad Yousef is the Hamas leader who wrote a letter to President Barack Obama, according to numerous news sources. The letter was given to Senator John Kerry by the head on the UN aid agency UNRWA.
Yousef is the same Hamas leader who said back in November he had secret meetings with the Obama team prior to the presidential elections. He said he was asked to keep them secret for fear of swaying the president election!
Yousef is also the Hamas official who said at the end of January that Hamas is rearming itself and that there was no cease-fire with Israel.
Hamas has denied the letter to President Obama exists just as they denied the pre-election meetings with Obama's people.
However, U.S. officials acknowledge the letter but wonder what to do with it.
What?
The US has confirmed receiving a letter from a Hamas leader addressed to President Barack Obama, though the Palestinian group insists the letter speaks for its author not the group or its Gaza government.
"I can confirm that it was from Hamas to President Obama," a State Department official told Agence France-Presse (AFP).
...The letter was authored by Ahmed Youssef, a deputy foreign minister in the Hamas-led Gaza government."
Hamas denies giving Kerry letter for Obama Ynetnews, Israel - Feb 20, 2009 A spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) had said Hamas left a letter for Obama at a UN compound in Gaza where Kerry paid a call ...
Iran 'biggest risk to Israel' Gulf Daily News, Bahrain - Feb 20, 2009 Meanwhile, Hamas has denied sending a letter to US President Barack Obama. The denial came after a UN agency said it thought Gaza's Hamas rulers have ...
Hamas asks Obama to treat Palestinians fairly The Associated Press - 14 hours ago The letter was written by Ahmed Yousef, an adviser to Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. The letter was given to UN officials, who passed it to Sen. ...
hmed Yousef, the Hamas deputy foreign minister who drafted the letter addressed to US President Barack Obama, was quoted by the New York Times as saying ...
This is a screen shot from a live webcam taken a few minutes ago. To watch the live webcam go here. Sorry, I can't figure out how to embed it!
FYI: Ash Wednesday is always 40 days before Easter (not including Sundays) and Fat Tuesday is always the day before Ash Wednesday. This year it's February 24th.
Oakland Post Editor Chauncey Bailey was murdered in August of 2007 allegedly by a handyman for the now defunct Black Muslim Bakery.
Mr. Bailey might well be the first murder of an American journalist in the U.S. by a Muslim group:
"...Broussard's attorney, LeRue Grim, says Broussard falsely confessed at the prompting of bakery leader Yusuf Bey IV (link added by Z). Among other issues, questions have been raised about the friendship between Bey and the lead investigator into Bailey's slaying, homicide Sgt. Derwin Longmire. Police say Broussard killed Bailey because he was upset about the journalist's reporting on Your Black Muslim Bakery's financial problems..."
The upcoming trial coincides with an Islamic propagation campaign in San Francisco to counter the negative image many Muslims believe most Americans have about Islam. Oakland is just across the bay from San Fran:
"We're basically sick and tired of people labeling us, of defining us, framing us, so I think it's time for us to stand up and basically inform the American public of who we are and what is our true identity," said Muhammad Hanif with the Islamic Circle of the Bay Area.
The ads will appear on about 170 Muni buses and 10 cable cars..."
Do you realize what the substantial cost of putting billboards on 170 buses would be?
I submitted questions by e-mail to WhyIslam, which is managed by the Islamic Circle of North America-NJ, on December 18th and never got a reply - even though they encourage you to start up an e-mail conversation with them. That ought to tell you something. I did ask questions (read at the link above) that dug deeper into issues that go beyond the standard "Islam is only about peace" message we often hear.
The Islamic Circle of North America/Chicago proudly has the last interview with Syed Abul Ala Maududi post on YouTube.
Maudidi was an Islamist.
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Some of the troubling headlines from just the last 24 hours about Islam:
..."Muslims don't want to talk about this for good reason," said Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur, a Muslim author and activist...In an open letter to American Muslim leaders, Imam Mohamed Hagmagid Ali of Sterling, Va., vice president of the Islamic Society of North America, said "violence against women is real and cannot be ignored."
He urged that imams and community leaders never second-guess a woman in danger, and said women seeking divorces because of physical abuse should not be viewed as bringing shame to their families..."
The Seattle chapter of the Islamic Circle of North America is sponsoring bus ads to stir conversation and steer people toward information about Islam. ...
Dec 27, 2008 ...Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) Atlanta Unit, as a part of Nation-wide Outreach Campaign is placing 5 billboards throught the Metro ...
Muslims Launch Local Billboard Campaign. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - "Two billboards advertising answers to the Islamic faith will stay up a little longer because of ...
A billboard advertising the toll-free number sprang up last month on FM 1960 near Interstate 45. ... County with donations from local Muslims, said ILyas Choudry, ... S. Florida Muslims to Launch Bus Ad Campaign on Is...
campaign: Jesus was Muslim A new $60000 advertising campaign by the Washington, D.C.-based Council on American-Islamic Relations that claims on Florida buses that Jesus was a Muslim...
Dec 10, 2008 ... CallingIslam is launching this Bus Ad Campaign on behalf of the American Muslim community of South Florida. Many dedicated individuals ...
CTA Bus Ad Campaign. Reach 3.6 Million Bus Riders with the Message of Islam. GainPeace, an outreach project of Islamic Circle of North America, ICNA, ...
ISNA PART OF NEW YORK TIMES INTERFAITH AD CAMPAIGN... As the largest Muslim umbrella organization in North America, we are honored to 'twin' with our ...
S. Florida Muslims to Launch Bus Ad Campaign on Islam. ... The project, called the "Bus Ad Campaign," is designed to invite Floridians of all faiths to call ...
Feb 10, 2009 ... The rise of Islamic extremism is growing in London. The British government will try to stop this with a three month ad campaign in which ...
Oct 5, 2007 ... Screen 2: At the time of the money transfer to Hamas, the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), the American arm of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), ...
Videos (Islamic propaganda to convert Americans by the Islamic Circle of North America):
In 1941, Maududi founded Jamaat-e-Islami(JI). The organisation headed by Maududi is now known as Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan. In April 1979, -- He went to the United Statesfor treatment and was hospitalized in Buffalo, New York, where his second son worked as a physician. He died on September 22, 1979, at the age of 76. His funeral was held in Buffalo, but he was buried in an unmarked grave at his residence in Lahoreafter a very large funeral procession through the city.
Maududi -- believed that Islam required the establishment of an Islamic state. The rights of non-Muslims are limited under Islamic state as laid out in Maududi's writings.
Until recently, the USC-MSA Compedium of Islamic Text website used Madudidi's chapter introductions to the Quran, see this archived page. This introduction has now been removed as the site has been become a joint Jewish-Islamic project.
Islam is much more than a formal religion: it is an integral way of life. In many ways it is a more a determining factor in the experience of its followers than any other world religion. The Muslim ("One who submits") lives face to face with God at all times and will introduce no separation between his life and his religion, his politics and his faith. With its strong emphasis on the brotherhood of men cooperating to fulfill the will of God...
Photo of the bus destroyed in a terrorist bomb explosion 07 July 2005 in Woburn Place, London Photo: EPA
What could possibly go wrong with this brilliant idea? Pupils told to think like a suicide bomber, Little Green Football wrote as a lead in to an article in the London Telegraph wherein we learn students are being encouraged to think like a suicide bomber.
The exercise is part of a teaching pack aimed at secondary school pupils that has been adopted by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. It requires children to prepare a presentation on the July 7 atrocity – in which 52 innocent people died – “from the perspective of the bombers”..."
A group of NYU students called Take Back NYU! Coalition took over the university cafeteria on Wednesday who seek certain demands be met. Based on some of these demands, I would say a few of the students involved are Muslims.
Could this possibly be just one sign of things to come from some of the Muslim youth in America? How wonderfully well they are representing the "Religion of Peace". I bet their parents are so proud.
There is currently no access to the power outlets in the occupied space. The lights are still on, but until further notice, electricity is unavailable to the students inside.
The post just before this one reads:
A prominent head of a Department here at NYU has issued a statement of solidarity with the students involved in the occupation of the Kimmel Center, and much of the faculty in that dept. have taken a stand to support these students as the occupation commences
Helsinki University has also pledged solidarity with the NYU occupation, and recognized the parallels that their demands have with the demands issued by the students here at NYU. Also, the University of D.C. has issued statements of support for NYU and those individuals fighting for student democracy on their campus.
Full compensation for all employees whose jobs were disrupted during the course of the occupation.
Public release of NYU’s annual budget and endowment.
Allow student workers (including T.A.’s) to collectively bargain.
A fair labor contract for all NYU employees at home and abroad.
A Socially Responsible Finance Committee that will immediately investigate war profiteers and the lifting of the Coke ban.
Annual scholarships be provided for thirteen Palestinian students.
That the university donates all excess supplies and materials in an effort to rebuild the University of Gaza.
Tuition stabilization for all students, beginning with the class of 2012. Tuition rates for each successive year will not exceed the rate of inflation. The university shall meet 100% of government-calculated student financial need.
That student groups have priority when reserving space in the buildings owned or leased by New York University, including, and especially, the Kimmel Center.
That the general public have access to Bobst Library.
SOLIDARITY STATEMENT
We, the students of Take Back NYU! declare our solidarity with the student occupations in Greece, Italy, and the United Kingdom, as well as those of the University of Rochester, the New School for Social Research, and with future occupations to come in the name of democracy and student power.We stand in solidarity with the University of Gaza, and with the people of Palestine.
The press contact for the group is listed as Farah Khimji, fnk205@gmail.com, 214-277-3879
From the New York Daily we read cops clashed early Friday with a band of renegadeNew York University student protestors and a crowd who came out to support their list of demands. About two dozen members of the Take Back NYU! Coalition have been holed up inside a campus cafeteria since Wednesday night. And despite threats of expulsion and arrest if they didn't leave the building by 1 a.m. Friday, they still haven't budged.
"We're trying to take back our school," one student told the Daily News.
The group wants greater transparency in the university's budget, scholarships for students from Palestine and for surplus supplies to be donated to the Islamic university in Gaza, according to a list of talking points the group handed out to demonstrators.
New York University says the three-day long sit-in at a university cafeteria has ended.
About 20 members of a student group Take Back NYU had been holed up in the cafeteria of the Kimmel Student Center since Wednesday night.
All students who did not leave by 1 o'clock this morning were suspended.
NYU administrators and students have different stories of how the protest ended just after noon Friday.
"We're grateful it ended peacefully, we did not concede to their demands," said an NYU spokesperson. "We're glad the students seem safe, and we're ready to open and get ready for business on Monday."
"We were basically stormed by security guards and administration," said one Take Back NYU member. "We were physically manhandled by both security guards and administration members. In some cases picked up thrown to the ground ganged up on, four to one."
At around 2pm today, members of Take Back NYU! left the Kimmel Center for University Life, ending a 40 hour+ occupation. Their action made national and international news, and showcased the real power of the new student movement sweeping the globe.
No doubt NYU will begin attempting disciplinary action, but no suspensions, expulsions or arrests can contain what began in the last two days. This fight will carry on in the hands of the dozens of people who made it inside, and the hundreds more who came out to support the occupation. NYU showed it’s irrational need to defend secrecy and its exclusive hold on power, and that alone will drive this movement forward.
For everyone showing support: the real lesson here is that you can act and you can make a difference. Take the lessons from the occupation on to your own struggle, and begin to act yourself. Onward.
A young Muslim woman in Oklahoma recently had her picture taken with her hijab after first being told she had to remove it by the Norman Tag Agency, which she refused to do.
In an article about this yesterday, we learned all Oklahomans can wear a head covering for their picture as long as your face is shown!
"According to the Public Safety Department, a head covering is permitted when taking the driver’s license photo as long as it does not obstruct or obscure a full front view of a person’s face from hairline to chin."
They didn't clarify if the head covering is only for religious purposes, either. According to a research document I found at Moritz School of Law made by CAIR, an Islamic organization which is an ougrowth of the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure in America (sic), the policy in Oklahoma states the following:
Oklahoma Policy
: “A head covering will be permitted, if the head covering does not: (1) obscure or obstruct a full view of the face, (2) display any: (a) logo, (b) insignia, symbol, or regalia, (c) word or words, (d) letter, number, or character, or any combination thereof, or (e) graphic design, other than the overall pattern of the fabric or material, or (3) cast a shadow onto the face of the person.”
Source: Commissioner Bob A. Ricks. Memo: Driver License Photographs February 21, 2003.
I called the Department of Public Safety and verified this is accurate although he said the covering needed to be all one color but I would imagine a pattern of some sort would be allowed. I specifically asked if one wore a baseball cap backwards would that be acceptable and he said as long as the hairline is visible (which it is not with the hijab, as you may have noticed).
I say we cover all our hair with a cap or a scarf for our next DL renewal and then let's see how fast the law is changed!
Video: As you can see, CAIR didn't waste any time to post their victoryby using a News 9 videoon CAIR TV at YouTube. The Islamic Ummah will be quite pleased. Assisting the young Muslim woman is Hamas shill Razi Hashmi the local representative of CAIR Oklahoma. News 9 states the exception for head-coverings is only for religious reasons which is inaccurate.
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Dept. of Public Safety Driver License: 405 425-2020
There are nearly 400 primary airports in the country. Do you wonder why Tulsa, Oklahoma is one of only six airports to get a second body scanner and is the first in the country to do primary passenger body scanning?
There is an article I found, which is a summary of a presentation given to Bedford County Emergency Management Agency in Tennessee, that you should review when you can.
Excerpts:
...During a presentation -- former FBI agent John Guandolo briefed members about groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood, which he claims is working with other Islamic groups to slowly implement Shariah, also known as Islamic law, which encompasses all areas of life.
Guandolo worked in the FBI since 1996, including nine years as a member of its SWAT team. After 9/11, he worked in the Bureau's Washington Field Office's Counterterrorism Division, developing expertise concerning Al Qaeda, Muslim Brotherhood organizations and the Islamic movement in the U.S.
...Muslim Brotherhood
Every major Muslim organization is controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood, the former FBI agent said, which he said was formed to overthrow America and establish Islamic law.
"They're having great success of implementing Shariah law, I could give you a thousand examples," Guandolo said.
He said small concessions like installing foot baths, and colleges forced to have separate swimming times for Islamic men and women so not to offend Muslims, are other parts of the strategy.
...Guandolo also said that the group CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, is actually a front for the terror group Hamas.
He also said that he was threatened with his job no less than three times by superiors in the FBI "that told me we were creating waves in the Muslim community..."
If you can, read the full article at Times-Gazzette (Shelbyville, TN)
A documentary titled, “HOMEGROWN JIHAD: The Terrorist Camps Around U.S.” was also shown at the presentation which appears to concentrate on an Islamic sect called Jamaat ul-Fuqra. This documentary was made by the Christian Action Network (CAN) which shows a map of this so-called jihadist network on their website (includes Oklahoma). I can't say this map is completely accurate or that their documentary is factual because I haven't seen it. You can watch a trailer of the documentary here. I am familiar with most of what is in the trailer.
Update 3/15/10: There's a new video at Christian Action Network that you should watch but also see an Arabic channel 3-part interview with Islamberg below.
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Note: Any reference below that al-Fuqua is in Oklahoma is just speculative, since I can't find any proof that supports this allegation But, if its really, really secreative I wouldn't find anything anyway, now would I?
Washington Times - Inside the RingJan 4, 2008 ...Stephen Coughlin, the Pentagon specialist on Islamic law and Islamist extremism, has been fired from his position on the military's Joint ...
An attorney, decorated intelligence officer and noted specialist on Islamic law, ideology and related strategic information programs, Stephen C. Coughlin is ...
by J Kane - 2004 - Cited by 4- Related articles Annotation: Using a case study of the investigation and prosecution of members of a terrorist group (Jamaat Ul Fuqra) in Colorado, this research report ...
1 Jama`at al-Fuqara' is frequently transliterated as Jamaat al-Fuqra. ... others-including those in Oklahoma, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, California and ...
In case you haven't noticed, we are witnessing the spread of Islamic rule right before our eyes. First, we heard that a region of Pakistan will be ruled under Islamic law now and today a number of imams in Somalia are demanding the same:
"Somali religious leaders have given the new government 120 days to declare that the Horn of Africa country will be ruled according to Islamic law, a cleric said on Thursday.
A meeting of more than 100 mainly moderate clerics in the battle scarred capital also said African Union (AU) troops in Mogadishu should be withdrawn by the same deadline and no other foreign troops brought in.
It was not clear what actions they would take if the deadlines were not met.
Somalia's new president, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, faces the herculean task of bringing peace to Somalia for the first time in 18 years after being elected by parliament last month.
Diplomats in the region hope that Ahmed, Somalia's first Islamist president, will be able to bring moderate Islamists on board and marginalise al Shabaab, which is known to have foreign fighters within its ranks.
"Within 120 days the Somali parliament must convene and announce that the country will be ruled according to Islamic law," said Sheikh Bashir Ahmed Salad, head of Somali Uluma Council for Correction and Reconciliation..."
For the newly appointed attorney general of the U.S., who is suppose to be race-blind in his quest for justice for all, to imply our country is a coward on race is appalling and sends a very disturbing message. He just made blacks victims of our horrible country and that is exactly the wrong message to send.
I, for one, am so tired of the liberals speaking ill of America.
In my personal experiences, I have meet wonderful black people who I enjoy knowing but I have also met some people, including blacks, who have the worst attitude you can imagine. What kept these people from moving forward was their piss-poor attitude and not their race.
Video:
"...To get to the heart of this country one must examine its racial sole..." He said we are a nation of cowards around the 25 sec. mark. But, if you can, you should listen to all of it because, it seems to me, he is really, really calling our country racist. It is deeply offensive.
Many of us can recall the kaffiyeh (kuh-fee-uh), Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat always wore over his head.
I find it appaling that a high school near Pittsburgh has allowed two students to were this scarf, after first telling them no, following a visit from CAIR, an organization that grews out of the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure in America.
Are you ill?
We often see this scarf wrapped around the head and face of Islamic militants. Its message is ominous. In the picture to the left, which is the avatar of a commenter (sic) at the Tulsa World, you get the creeps from its implication.
If the scarf is only worn around the neck, it only takes a couple of seconds to wrap it around the face and head. Fox News reported that Gateway High School officials met with parents Wednesday after seniors, Mohammad Al-Abbasi, 18, and Ahmad Al-Sadr, 17 left school Tuesday after refusing to take off the checkered scarves, believed by some to be a symbol of terrorism.
This school has simply caved to Islamists even after one of the boys wore a tee shirt which said RIP Israel.
What a dumb and highly offensive decision this school has made:
"Gateway High School today permitted two Muslim students to wear scarves known as kaffiyehs in school a day after they were told they couldn't go to class if they didn't remove the scarves.
Loretta Riggs, parent of one of the students, Mohammad Al-Abbasi, 18, was among those who met this morning with school principal William Short and assistant principal Peter Murphy and several other school officials.
"I think everyone there recognized there's some tensions in the school and also amongst the community. We recognize the need for further education and further dialogue. We were very happy that the school district acknowledged this. They're willing to hold such future dialogues," she said.
School district spokeswoman Cara Zanella said the students involved yesterday were not sent home but instead were told they could not go to class wearing the scarves and to wait in the office.
Ms. Zanella said that concerns had been heightened when three students recently wore T-shirts saying "RIP Israel." The students were told to remove the shirts, which they did. The wearing of the shirts led to a petition from Jewish students, saying they felt threatened. She said the principal then asked Muslim students not to wear the scarves for the time being to try to reduce tensions.
...Ms. Riggs said that organizations that sent representatives to the meeting included the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh, Thomas Merton Center, Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network, First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh, American Friends Service Committee, Monroeville Interfaith Ministerium, Middle East Peace Forum, Universal Academy of Pittsburgh and the Episcopal Peace Fellowship." Post-Gazette
Jan 18, 2007 ...You think Jimmy Carter has problems. Yesterday on the progressive Jewish blog, Jewschool, Mobius noted that Urban Outfitters was selling ...
"Now, anything you upload to Facebook can be used by Facebook in any way they deem fit, forever, no matter what you do later.*Want to close your account? Good for you, but Facebook still has the right to do whatever it wants with your old content. They can even sublicense it if they want.
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One retail expert thinks so. I would hate to even think he could possibly be right but add his concerns to the unprecedentd government spending gamble that will be taking place and one wonders:
"There's no question the American consumer is hurting in the face of a burst housing bubble, financial market meltdown and rising unemployment.
But "the worst is yet to come," according to Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates, who believes American's standard of living is undergoing a "permanent change" - and not for the better as a result of:
An $8 trillion negative wealth effect from declining home values.
A $10 trillion negative wealth effect from weakened capital markets.
A $14 trillion consumer debt load amid "exploding unemployment", leading to "exploding bankruptcies."
...The end of rampant consumerism is ultimately a good thing, he says, but the unraveling of an economy built on debt-fueled spending will be painful for years to come.
There is a really cool video of a metal ball dropping into a container of sand. To watch it click here (opens to a Quick Time video). You won't be sorry.
Hilliary Clinton responded to a question at Tokyo University about American's prejudice against Muslims because of Islamic terrorism:
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday the Obama administration will make "a concerted effort" to restore the image of the United States in the Islamic world and will seek to "enlist the help of Muslims around the world against the extremists."
Clinton, who on Wednesday will travel to Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, told students at Tokyo University that "this is one of the central security challenges we face -- as to how to better communicate in a way that gets through the rhetoric and through the demagogy and is heard by people who can make judgments about what we stand for and who we truly are."
Clinton's remarks came in response to a question about the "prejudice" in the United States against Muslims because of terrorism, a term she rejected forcefully, pointing to the history of Christians. "I am a Christian," she said. "Through the centuries we have had many people who have done terrible things in the name of Christianity. They have perverted the religion."
"At no time did Russian planes enter Canadian air space, but within 24 hours of the president's visit here ... we did scramble F-18 fighter planes from NORAD in Canada command," Peter MacKay said in a news conference in Ottawa.
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