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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

ISIS HAS ENSLAVED 3,500 PEOPLE: NEW UN REPORT


CHALLENGING ISLAMIC EXTREMISM
PROMOTING DIALOGUE


ISIS “MAY BE” COMMITTING GENOCIDE AND HAS KILLED AT LEAST 18,802 PEOPLE

THE CLARION PROJECT — The Islamic State has enslaved more than 3,500 people and may be committing genocide in Iraq according to a new report by the United Nations.

“ISIS continues to commit systematic and widespread violence and abuses of international human rights law and humanitarian law” the report read. “These acts may, in some instances, amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and possibly genocide.”

Between January 2014 and 31st October 2015 18,802 people have been killed and 36,245 wounded in Iraq. In the same time frame 3.2 million people have been displaced and over one million children are out of school.

The report was compiled by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS CAN KILL


CHALLENGING ISLAMIC EXTREMISM
PROMOTING DIALOGUE


ON TODAY’S EDITION
ISIS: Political Correctness Kills?
ISIS new weapon of mass destruction: political correctness.
It’s time for a real conversation about Radical Islam.

COMMON SENSE, NOT ISLAMOPHOBIA

ISLAMOPHOBIA: Unwarranted fear of Muslims; term frequently used by Islamist groups and their allies to label critics of Islamic extremism as bigots in order to stifle criticism.

According to Abdur-Rahman Muhammad, a former member of a U.S. Muslim Brotherhood front group (IIIT), “This loathsome term is nothing more than a thought-terminating cliche conceived in the bowels of Muslim think tanks for the purpose of beating down critics.”

BY RAHEEL RAZA, THE CLARION PROJECT — Let’s be clear that Islamophobia is a growing, well-funded, well-“oiled” industry which is being used as a lethal weapon against the West.

As usual, massive confusion is created around the issues of Islamophobia where young vulnerable Muslim youth are made to believe that they are targets of an institutionalized hate-mongering campaign against Islam and Muslims.

These naïve Muslims are not informed that Islamophobia was created in the 1990s, when U.S. Muslim Brotherhood groups decided to “play victim” for the purpose of “beating down critics.”

They seem to have succeeded in “beating down critics” because there is an intentional muzzling of debate and discussion about Islam and Muslims. Any criticism against acts by Muslims is immediately dubbed “Islamophobia,” which petrifies the non-Muslim community into silence.

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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

NEWS BRIEFS: NOVEMBER 26, 2014


Current Events And Commentaries

TPNN
Tea Party News Network

Will The Real Black Americans Please Stand Up
By Charles R. Patrick Furguson

By Kristina Hall — This young man has more common sense in him than Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Eric Holder and Barack Obama put together!

Even though he will more than likely be called horrible names like ‘Uncle Tom’ and other unmentionables this video must be watched and shared. In a world full of racial divide and growing reverse racism, it is amazing to see a breath of fresh air like Charles R Patrick....

Darren Wilson To ABC News: I Have Clear Conscience

By Greg Richter, Newsmax — Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson told ABC News he is sorry for the loss of life caused when he shot Michael Brown to death during a confrontation on August 9, but added that he followed procedure and would do the same thing again. ABC's George Stephanopoulos got the first interview with Wilson on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after a grand jury decision not to indict him in the shooting was announced. Rioting in Ferguson overnight left parts of the city in ruins as businesses and cars were vandalized and set on fire....

SHOCK VIDEO: What Obama Just Admitted, In His Own 9 Words,
Proves He’s A Lawless Dictator

By Norvel Rose, Western Journalism — It was a stunning moment. A stark revelation that undermined what the president and his supporters have insisted about Obama’s unilateral executive action on immigration reform. A casual admission that showed even the president himself knew what he had done was contrary to the Constitution. During his big immigration speech in Chicago Tuesday night, President Obama became annoyed at hecklers who continued to interrupt his prepared remarks — women who loudly called out for the president to stop all...

Ben Carson: Race Relations Were Better Before Obama Was Elected

By Jeff Dunetz, Ben Shapiro's Truth Revolt — Potential 2016 GOP candidate Ben Carson was a guest on Tuesday's Hugh Hewitt Show to discuss in part Ferguson and race relations. According the African-American Carson, "things were better before this president was elected." The problem, he explained, was the president's "unusual emphasis on race." Carson is a retired neurosurgeon who is perhaps best known for his speech at the national prayer breakfast where he openly criticized President Obama's progressive policies...

Amnesty And Obamacare On Collision Course!
Get Ready To Lose Your Jobs, America

Dick Morris TV - ‘Lunch Alert!’

White House Quietly Releases Plans For
3,415 Regulations Ahead Of Thanksgiving Holiday

By Michael Bastasch, The Daily Caller — While Americans are focused on what delicious foods they’re going to eat for Thanksgiving, the White House is focused on releasing its massive regulatory agenda — marking the fifth time the Obama administration has released its regulatory road map on the eve of a major holiday. The federal Unified Agenda is the Obama administration’s regulatory road map, and it lays out thousands of regulations being finalized in the coming months. Under President Barack Obama, there has been a tradition of releasing the agenda late on Friday — and right before a major holiday....

Iran’s Supreme Leader: Arrogant World Powers Failed

By Reuters and Israel Hayom Staff — Day after world powers extend deadline on years-long nuclear talks with Iran, Twitter account believed to be run by Ayatollah Khamenei accuses West of meddling in Middle East affairs • Israel welcomes failure to reach what Netanyahu calls a "bad deal." "In the nuclear issue, arrogants have made their best to bring Iran to its knees but they were not able and will not be able to do so," an English-language Twitter account believed to be run by Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tweeted on Tuesday...

Maryland High School Under Fire Over Islam Curriculum

The Clarion Project — A high school in Maryland is in the spotlight for the way it is teaching about Islam. As part of the school’s “World History” curriculum, the La Plata High School high school students were taught extensively about Islam and required to list the benefits of the religion. The students were not taught about Islam in the context of current events. One homework assignment, obtained by a news outlet asked questions including, "How did Muslim conquerors treat those they conquered?" The correct answer was, “With tolerance, kindness...

Obama Set Ferguson On Fire!
“He Intentionally Kept The National Guard Out... He Wanted The Destruction”

Gabor (Gabe) Zolna
Obama spoke to a group of people about the problem that he sees exists in America. He blames the lack of opportunity to a group of disadvantaged. The business owners that lost their businesses have no one to blame but Barack Hussein Obama.

Black Attorney: Ferguson Riots ‘Set Us Back’
Accuses Obama of Using Racial Tensions to Push An Agenda

By Greg Corombos, WND — Americans frustrated with the the relationship between law enforcement and black communities have legitimate concerns, but a prominent conservative black attorney says the violent reaction to the grand-jury decision in Missouri Monday set back efforts to improve the justice system, and President Obama’s comments and track record only make matters worse. St. Louis County, Missouri, District Attorney Robert McCulloch announced the grand jury considering five separate charges against Officer Darren Wilson...

Missouri Lt. Gov: Officials Must Explain ‘Under Oath’ Why
National Guard Stood By As Ferguson Burned

By Matthew Boyle, Breitbart — Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, a Republican, is demanding that the state’s Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon offer a public explanation as to why he told the National Guard which he had previously mobilized to stand down in Ferguson, Missouri, on Monday night as the city burned in riots. On Fox News on Tuesday morning, Kinder told anchor Martha MacCallum that Nixon kept the National Guard away as Ferguson burned—and questioned whether he did so in coordination with top officials from Obama’s administration....

The Strange Case Of The Air Marshal Who Was Stabbed By A Needle During The Ebola Outbreak

By Todd C. Frankel, The Washington Post — The terminal at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, was packed. Inside, a small team of U.S. air marshals wormed its way through the crowd. They had a plane to catch: United Flight 143 to Houston. It was Sunday, Sept. 7, and that was the day’s mission. The exact size of this group of air marshals is an operational secret. Even how many people are employed by the federal air marshal service is not shared. But the number has certainly grown since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001...

The Savage Nation
“America’s Most Exciting Radio Talk Show”
HOME OF BORDERS LANGUAGE CULTURE

An Explosive Show
Michael Savage is with you for the FULL three hours as we discuss the ongoing situation with the protests, riots and looting in Ferguson, Missouri.

Warning! ‘The Savage Nation’ Contains Adult Language, Adult
Content, Psychological Nudity. Listener Discretion Is Advised.

About Michael Savage
DR. MICHAEL SAVAGE is a multimedia icon in the conservative movement, heard by 10 million listeners a week on “The Michael Savage Show” and syndicated across the U.S. in more than 300 markets. He is also the author of 25 books, including four New York Times best-sellers. In 2007, his media presence and profile earned him the coveted “Freedom of Speech Award” from Talkers Magazine.

His passion to unearth the truth about liberalism, borders, language and culture, and his unparalleled stand for America’s families, has made him the most important figure in the fight for free speech and ideals in America today. » Read More...

» The Daily Savage | Videos
» The Daily Savage | Website
» Michael Savage | Official Site
» The Savage Nation Radio Show | Weekdays 3:00-6:00 PM EST

Israeli Company Store Dot Invents
30-Second Rechargable Cell Phone Battery

NTEB News Desk — An Israeli company says it has developed technology that can charge a mobile phone in a few seconds and an electric car in minutes, advances that could transform two of the world’s most dynamic consumer industries. Using nano-technology to synthesize artificial molecules, Tel Aviv-based StoreDot says it has developed a battery that can store a much higher charge more quickly, in effect acting like a super-dense sponge to soak up power and retain it. “These are new materials, they have never been developed before,”...

On Twitter, Islamic State (ISIS) Supporters Call To Use Ferguson Protests As Cover For Jihad Attacks

By Pamela Geller — UAE-designated terror group CAIR and the Islamic State are both looking to exploit the horror of Ferguson to advance their Islamic supremacist goals. On Twitter, ISIS Supporters Call To Use Ferguson Protests As Cover For Lone-Wolf Attacks. In light of the protests in Ferguson, MO, in Ferguson itself and throughout the U.S., a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) social media group has called upon ISIS supporters in the U.S. to use the protests as a cover to carry out lone-wolf attacks. “O lone mujahid, you must use the breakdown of security in #Ferguson to increase the burning in America. ...

JUST CAME OUT The Ferguson Riots Are A Jihad
Against America Organized By Muslim Terrorists
(STREET JIHAD IS COMING TO AMERICA)

By Theodore Shoebat, Shoebat.com — The Ferguson riots are a jihad against America organized by Muslims. This is stealth jihad at work, and it foreshadows that major street jihad is coming to America. Muslim activists and organizers are using the rioters as a means to launch jihad in America. I did a whole video on this: [WATCH VIDEO]. Shoebat.com was not the first to confirm the Islamic collection in the Ferguson riots. Fox News just released a whole report on the Islamic involvement in the Ferguson riots: Muslim groups have stepped up...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Jesus Privately Briefing His Inner Circle of Disciples
Regarding The Last Days
And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. ~ Matthew 24:3-14

Monday, November 24, 2014

THE ISLAMIC STATE SEEKS THE BATTLE OF THE APOCALYPSE


Challenging Islamic Extremism - Promoting Dialogue


The Islamic State’s latest video is directly challenging America to the battle of the apocalypse, which is to take place in Dabiq, Syria.

Linkster note: According to the Holy Bible, the ‘Battle of Armageddon’ will take place between ALL NATIONS, as prophesied by the Apostle John in ‘The Apocalypse’ (The Revelation - ‘The Unveiling’), in northern Israel by the Kishon River on the southern edge of the plain of Esdraelon, south of Haifa. The original word from the Bible is ‘Har Magedon’ which literally means "mount of Megiddo" -- a city from which only ancient ruins remain. The Battle of Armageddon will be fought in Israel by ALL nations of the world over Jerusalem. It culminates with the appearing of Jesus Christ at His second coming with His saints.

Ryan Mauro, National Security Analyst for The Clarion Project —
The gruesome video released by the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) emphasizes that the beheading of Peter Kassig took place in the town of Dabiq, Syria. The town was chosen because of its significance in Islamic end-of-time prophecies about the time when the Mahdi and (the Islamic version of) Jesus will bring victory over those who oppose sharia.

The Islamic State named its English-language magazine “Dabiq” for the same reason. The group is telling Muslims that it is fulfilling prophecy, enticing them to participate in one of the most important moments in world history.

A secondary message is that Islamic State supporters should not worry about the military superiority of their enemy or the terrorist group’s setbacks because they will soon be made victorious with help from the Mahdi, Islam’s messianic figure, and Jesus (when he joins Islam, which he will according to Islamic prophecy).

“Here we are, burying the first American Crusader in Dabiq, eagerly waiting for the remainder of your armies to arrive,” says one Islamic State speaker.

The video features an excerpt from a sermon by Abu Musab al-Zaraqawi, the leader of the Islamic State’s predecessor, Al-Qaeda in Iraq, until he was killed by a U.S. airstrike on June 7, 2006.
“The spark has been lit here in Iraq, and its heat will continue to intensify…until it burns the Crusader armies in Dabiq,” Zaraqawi preached.

Then, for a third time, another Islamic State member says to the West, “We are waiting for you in Dabiq.”

The statements are a reference to prophecies in the hadith, the collection of sayings and actions attributed to Mohammed, the Holy Prophet of Islam.

One collector of the hadith, Sahih Muslim, states, “The Last Hour would not come until the Romans would land at al-A’maq or in Dabiq.”

When the Islamic State refers to President Obama as the “dog of Rome” in the video, they are making the case that the U.S. is the modern equivalent of the Roman Empire and American military action in the Middle East is the actualization of this prophecy.

The Islamic State draws a parallel between its own actions and the details of the prophecy. The hadith states that Dabiq will be controlled by the “best” Islamic soldiers from Mecca, Saudi Arabia. They will capture “Romans” (i.e., Americans), which will lead to a foreign attack.

[See full article link below for entire story]...

The fundamental problem of Islamists seeking to trigger these end-of-times events will remain. The Islamic State could be crushed, but others with similar believes will arise. This entire mindset of fulfilling prophecy through war needs to be challenged by peace-seeking Muslims.

One method, advocated by Muslim reformists such as Ahmed Vanya attacks the authenticity of the cited hadiths, since they are not automatically considered the word of Allah as the Koran is.

The Islamic State’s referencing of prophecy is part of a bigger theological problem. Muslims need to address the traditional understanding of Islamic end-of-times prophecies and the role of Muslims in triggering their actualization.

For more information on the Islamic State and the ideology of conquest that drives it, see Clarion Project's Factsheet: The Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL)
About the Author
RYAN MAURO is the National Security Analyst for the Clarion Project, a nonprofit organization that educates the public about the threat of Islamic extremism and provides a platform for voices of moderation and tolerance within the Muslim community. » Full Bio

About The Clarion Project
There are times that require people to step out of their comfort zone, to step up for justice, tolerance and moderation. We know going in that the repercussions of taking action will draw a rain of accusations and attacks from the forces we are confronting.

We do it anyway. We do it because it must be done.

Founded in 2006, the Clarion Project (formerly Clarion Fund Inc) is an independently funded, non-profit organization dedicated to exposing the dangers of Islamic extremism while providing a platform for the voices of moderation and promoting grassroots activism.
» The Clarion Project

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

AYATOLLAH THREATENS TO RAZE U.S. BASES AHEAD OF NUCLEAR TALKS


Challenging Islamic Extremism - Promoting Dialogue


In sermon in Tehran, a top Iranian cleric threatened to destroy Tel Aviv and Haifa as well as all American air bases in the Middle East.

In sermon on Friday in Tehran, Ayatollah Ali Movahedi-Kermani, a top Iranian cleric, threatened “as our supreme leader said” to destroy Tel Aviv and Haifa as well as all American air bases in the Middle East.

Speaking to a crowd of thousands (see video below), Movahedi-Kermani said, "The Sejjil ballistic missile can hit and raze to the ground any place in Israel, as well as any American base in the region.”

Movahedi-Kermani is the representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei in the notorious Revolutionary Guards. The cleric’s words were pointedly interspersed with a repeating and well-coordinated chorus of curses to the West from the audience, complete with hand motions and out-stretched fists.

After each point the cleric made, the audience – young and old -- chanted, “Allah Akbar! Allah Akbar! [God is great] Khamenei is the leader! Death to those who oppose the rule of the Jurisprudent! [Khamenei] Death to America! Death to England! Death to the Hypocrites! Death to Israel!”

The timing of the sermon could not have been more obvious if the intention was to send a message to the United States and Britain who will gather with the rest of the world powers this week in Vienna for the last attempt at negotiations before the November 24 deadline to reach a nuclear deal with Iran passes.

“The other side had no choice but to conduct reasonable negotiations with us in a respectful atmosphere,” the ayatollah asserted. He vowed, however, that “Iran will not go back even one step from the R&D and the enrichment of uranium, and will not relinquish its full right to nuclear energy.”

After issuing numerous threats against Western targets, the ayatollah extolled Iran’s ballistic missile capabilities, which he maintained, “are intended for defense.”

“What blessing this glorious revolution has brought upon Iran,” he said, praising the country’s technological prowess and quoting from an Islamic text: “‘They thought their fortress would protect them from Allah, but the decree of Allah came upon them.’”

Speaking about Iranian missiles, he asserted that nothing can “detect them, let alone destroy them.”

Addressing U.S. President Barack Obama directly, the ayatollah said, The U.S. knows that even in its war against ISIS, it cannot ignore the power of Iran. Obama says it was the sanctions that brought Iran to the negotiating table. You are wrong. Iran joined the negotiations to show you and the world that you are lying.”

Threats to Raze Tel Aviv, Haifa, U.S. Bases to the Ground

In a November 14 Friday sermon in Tehran, Ayatollah Ali Movahedi-Kermani said: "The Sejjil ballistic missile can hit and raze to the ground any place in Israel, as well as any American base in the region," and the crowds responded with cries of: "Death to America! Death to England! Death to Israel!" The sermon was broadcast on Iran's TV Channel 1.


About Clarion Project
There are times that require people to step out of their comfort zone, to step up for justice, tolerance and moderation. We know going in that the repercussions of taking action will draw a rain of accusations and attacks from the forces we are confronting.

We do it anyway. We do it because it must be done.

Founded in 2006, the Clarion Project (formerly Clarion Fund Inc) is an independently funded, non-profit organization dedicated to exposing the dangers of Islamic extremism while providing a platform for the voices of moderation and promoting grassroots activism.
» The Clarion Project

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

NEWS BRIEFS: NOVEMBER 12, 2014


Current Events And Commentaries

Now The End Begins
The Magazine Of Record For The Last Days

First-Ever Muslim Prayer Service To Be Held At Washington National Cathedral

~The Coming End Time Delusion Foretold In Bible Prophecy~
“And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,
that they should believe a lie:”
~
  2 Thessalonians 2:12


NTEB News Desk — There is a rapidly-growing movement within the professing Christian denominations to blend Islam with Christianity, we call this bastard hybrid Chrislam. Some of the most well-known figures in religious circles are behind it. People like Pope Francis, Rick Warren, Hillsong United, Kenneth Copeland and scores of others. It is evil.

Let no one deceive you, biblical Christianity has nothing in common with Islam, and never will. If your church begins to incorporate any aspect of Islam into it’s physical building or worship service, run away as fast as you can.

The cathedral, part of the Episcopal Church, has long held high-profile interfaith events, and some mosques hold services in synagogues or churches if they need overflow space. But organizers said Monday that they are seeking to make a statement by having Muslim leaders come and hold their midday service in such a visible Christian house of worship.

“We want the world to see the Christian community is partnering with us and is supporting our religious freedom in the same way we are calling for religious freedom for all minorities in Muslim countries,” said Rizwan Jaka, a spokesman with the prominent ADAMS mosque in Sterling, Va., one of the co-sponsors of Friday’s service. “Let this be a lesson to the world.”

This is what needs to happen on Friday:

The service, which will begin around 12:20 and is for invited guests only, developed out of a relationship between the cathedral’s director of liturgy, the Rev. Gina Campbell, and the South African ambassador to the United States, Ebrahim Rasool, who is Muslim. The two worked together on a memorial service for Nelson Mandela, Jaka said.

“This is a dramatic moment in the world and in Muslim-Christian relations,” Rasool said in a prepared statement. “This needs to be a world in which all are free to believe and practice and in which we avoid bigotry, Islamaphobia, racism, anti-Semitism, and anti-Christianity and to embrace our humanity and to embrace faith.”

Muslims Are Now Forcing Christians To Take The Mark Of The Beast
(And Those Who Refuse To Take It Are Beheaded)
By Theodore Shoebat, Shoebat Foundation —
The Islamic Shahada — “There is no god by Allah and Muhammad is his messenger” — is the Mark of the Beast, and now Muslims are forcing Christians to take the Mark of the Beast. As Shoebat.com reported yesterday, Boko Haram is now telling Christians to say the Shahada, and once they don’t say it, they are immediately slaughtered. We are entering the end times, and this is only a microcosm as to what is to come. I did a whole video on this.

“Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.” ~  Revelation 20:4 ...

US Embracement Of Iran Will Only Help The Islamic State
By Ryan Mauro, The Clarion Project —
Offering to cooperate with Iran against ISIS is fruitless. Iran and Assad want to throw gasoline on the fire while be handed a fireman’s suit. As the November 24 deadline for a deal with Iran looms, President Obama wrote a secret letter to Supreme Leader Khamenei reportedly suggesting a common bond against the Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS or ISIL).

The unpublished letter reportedly offered cooperation with Iran against ISIS if a nuclear deal is reached. Secretary of State Kerry said this is incorrect and that the nuclear negotiations are being treated as a wholly independent issue....

Obamacare Architect Confesses
They Tricked
*Stupid* Americans To Pass It

PJ Media: TRIFECTA
Obamacare planners had two advantages: 1) “lack of transparency,” and 2) “the stupidity of the American voter”. Wait, did he say that out loud? You betcha.

Schools Propose: Let Boys Into Girls Locker Rooms
‘A male wants to shower next to your 14-year-old daughter.
Are YOU OK with that?’
By Alex Newman, WND —
If you live in Minnesota, your high-school daughter might soon be showering next to a male after athletic practice if a “transgender” policy being considered by the Minnesota State High School League is approved next month.

And beyond Minnesota? Such a policy could be coming to other states, too, if there is not already one in place. Critics of the controversial measure in Minnesota, which has sparked fierce opposition across the state, told WND the policy was unneeded, dangerous and part of a broader radical agenda....

THOUSANDS of Washingtonians Pledge Civil Disobedience
To New Anti-Gun Laws
By Greg Campbell, TPNN —
Our republic continues to survive based on a reverence for law and order. We are not allowed to merely disobey laws we do not like and if we do so, we should expect to pay the consequences. However, what are we to do when a new law contradicts an already-existing law? For example, many Washingtonians awoke last week to discover that I-594, a proposed anti-Second Amendment initiative, had passed. The law mandates the use of background checks for private transfers, thus interjecting the all-seeing eye of the government into affairs that ought to remain between private citizens.

The nature of private firearm ownership is, at the term would suggest, to maintain the tools for self-defense privately. Anyone who questions why citizens would object to having government monitor who is armed and who is not is a person not well-acquainted with the modus operandi of despots and tyrants throughout the past few centuries....

COLD WAR: This Is World War 3

Alternative Media Television with Christopher Greene
‘Hard-hitting and in your face!’

As If Ebola Weren’t Bad Enough, Here’s Another Deadly Disease
Invading America Across The Border

...many patients now being treated tend to be illegal immigrants...
By Norvell Rose, Western Journalism —
Don’t be surprised if you’ve never heard of it. Chagas is a little-discussed but potentially lethal disease that experts now believe could have infected close to 400,000 Americans, most of whom are unaware of the ticking time-bomb inside them.

Chagas is spread by the feces of an insect that plays host to a nasty parasite — the insect is nicknamed the “kissing bug” because it often bites people around the mouth. It bites sleeping victims, ingests their blood, and defecates on them....

Obama Makes Climate Deal With China After Secret Negotiations
Newsmax —
Obama is setting a new target for the U.S., agreeing to cut greenhouse gas emissions at 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. The current U.S. target is to reach a level of 17 percent below 2005 emissions by 2020.

China’s Commitments

Xi committed China to begin reducing its carbon dioxide emissions, which have risen steadily, by about 2030, with the intention of trying to reach the goal sooner, according to a statement released by the White House.

China, the world’s largest greenhouse-gas emitter, also agreed to increase its non-fossil fuel share of energy production to about 20 percent by 2030, according to the White House....

Obama’s Ghost Army!

Dick Morris TV - ‘Lunch Alert!’

Ravi Zacharias: Universities Becoming
More Hostile Toward Christians
By Trey Sanchez, Truth Revolt —
Christian apologist and world-renowned speaker Ravi Zacharias told Glenn Beck that university campuses are becoming alarmingly hostile toward Christians.

Zacharias is known for giving lectures at universities all over the world, defending Christianity and closing with good-spirited Q & A sessions with students. But for the first time, at one recent visit to an Ivy League campus, Zacharias said he had to have a security detail for his protection....

Trey Gowdy Takes On Obamacare Architect For Lying To “Stupid” Americans

Fox News - The Kelly File
Rep. Gowdy discusses comments by an architect of the Affordable Care Act calling the American people stupid, and he provides a brief update on the Select Committee.

“Stupid” American Voters

Glenn McCoy has long been recognized by his peers as a superior cartoonist. Glenn was the first cartoonist to be victorious in three (NCS) categories. His editorial cartoons have been reprinted in The New York Times, USA Today and Newsweek, and appear frequently on CNN. They also have been collected in two books, "Pot Shots" and "Pot Shots 2," both dealing with Bill Clinton's years in office.

Jesus Privately Briefing His Inner Circle of Disciples
Regarding The Last Days
And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. ~ Matthew 24:3-14

Monday, September 15, 2014

ISIS MILITANTS EYE ATTACKS ON US VIA MEXICAN BORDER


Challenging Islamic Extremism - Promoting Dialogue



Linkster’s thoughts...
Inquiring Minds Want To Know...
Which Country Is Supplying The Electricity
To Light The Above Tunnel?
The U.S., Mexico Or Both?

Ryan Mauro, National Security Analyst for The Clarion Project —
The Department of Homeland Security has confirmed reports that Islamic State (commonly known as ISIS) social media accounts are talking about infiltrating the U.S. through the Mexican border, but says it has no intelligence about a specific plot.
In late August, it was reported that a warning bulletin had been issued to security personnel near the U.S.-Mexico border about an impending attack by the Islamic State using car bombs. The report stated that the Islamic State had established a presence in Juarez, Mexico, a city near Texas devastated by drug cartels.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reacted by denying the report, with a spokesperson saying, “We are aware of absolutely nothing credible to substantiate this claim.”
However, a Texas Department of Public Safety bulletin dated August 28 was then leaked that stated that the Islamic State’s social media accounts were discussing entering the U.S. through Mexico in order to carry out an attack.

“Social media account holders believed to be ISIS militants and propagandists have called for unspecified border operations, or they have sought to raise awareness that illegal entry through Mexico is a viable option,” it states.

It says that 32 Islamic State accounts on Twitter and Facebook discussed a possible attack via Mexico in a one-week period. One of those is an account operated by an Islamic State supporter in Mosul, Iraq.

Border Patrol agents anonymously told a reporter in Texas they had been given information about the Islamic State looking for facilitators in Nuevo-Lavado, Mexico.

DHS Undersecretary for Intelligence Francis Taylor confirmed the information when questioned by Senator John McCain (R-AZ), admitting, “There have been Twitter, social media exchanges among (ISIS) adherents across the globe speaking about that as a possibility.”

The DHS later stated that Taylor’s statement was not a reversal of its previous statement.
“There is no credible intelligence to suggest that there is an active plot by ISIL [an alternative acronym for ISIS] to attempt to cross the southern border,” it said.

The language of the initial DHS denial gave the impression that the entirety of the report was inaccurate. It was designed to make readers dismiss its contents. A truly honest answer would have acknowledged online Islamic State communications but cautioned that there is not solid information about Islamic State members actively trying to sneak into the U.S. via Mexico.

The poor security on the U.S.-Mexico border has become a major political issue in light of the campaign against the Islamic State. Concern is especially high about Americans and Europeans that have joined the group and retain passports and visas allowing them to re-enter the U.S and carry out an attack.

A jihadist who killed four people in a shooting at a Jewish museum in Belgium on May 24 had fought in Syria. He held Western hostages for the Islamic State, including a French journalist who later identified him. The British Prime Minister says there have been about six Islamic State terror plots in Europe.

At least three Americans have died fighting alongside the Islamic State and over 100 Americans have joined jihadist groups in Syria. Other officials have put the number as high as 300. At least seven Americans have been arrested as they tried to leave the country to join the Islamic State or Al-Qaeda in Syria. An eighth sought to join Hezbollah.

The Pentagon believes a dozen Americans are with the Islamic State right now. The number is probably low, considering that the CIA underestimated the strength of the Islamic State by up to 300%. It is now believed that the group has 20-31,000 fighters. At least 2,000 of them are Westerners.

Associates and members of Islamist terrorist groups are known to operate in Mexico and have previously penetrated the border. A leaked confidential law enforcement report in 2010 revealed that Mexico had arrested a group of 23 illegal immigrants from Somalia in January that were headed to America. Only 16 were identified. One of them, Mohamed Osman Noor, was linked to Al-Shabaab, Al-Qaeda’s branch in Somalia. The group was accidentally released.

A prison convert to Islam in Virginia named Anthony Joseph Tracy was arrested in 2010 and sentenced for helping to smuggle 272 Somalis into the U.S. He helped them get visas to Cuba so they could then enter South America and arrive in America through Mexico.

Tracy admitted to being approached by Al-Shabaab, but he claimed that he turned them away. He reportedly failed a lie detector test when asked if he snuck members of the terrorist group into the U.S. Officials said they believed that the Somalis are in America but they have not been identified or located.

In November 2010, a Somali named Ahmed Muhammad Dhakane admitted to running a human smuggling ring and working with two Somali terrorist groups linked to Al-Qaeda, Al-Ittihad Al-Islami (which he was a member of) and al-Barakat. Dhakane himself came to the U.S. illegally through Mexico.

From 2006 to 2008, Dhakane lived in Brazil and snuck people into America until he was arrested in Texas. He charge at least $3,000 per person and was known to have made up to $75,000 in one day. Prosecutors said he told them that he did not know the agendas of those he smuggled, but “he believed they would fight against the U.S. if the jihad moved from overseas locations to the US mainland.”

In 2011, the U.S. foiled a plot by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to kill the Saudi ambassador by blowing up a restaurant in Washington, D.C., among other targets. Buried in the headline was the fact that the IRGC viewed a Mexican drug cartel as central to the planned wave of attacks.

The Iranian agents discussed delivering opium to the Zetas drug cartel. In exchange, the traffickers would help bomb the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. and the embassies of Saudi Arabia and Israel in Argentina.

On June 23, 2010, Rep. Sue Myrick (R-SC) wrote a letter to the DHS warning that a senior Mexican military officer told her that Hezbollah was giving explosives training to members of drug cartels. She said, “This might lead to Israel-like car bombings of Mexican/USA border personnel or National Guard units in the border regions.”

Only a few weeks later, a drug cartel detonated a car bomb in Juarez near the U.S. border and killed a policeman and a doctor who were baited into coming to the scene. It was described as having “the same kind of sophistication that is used by terrorist groups like Hezbollah.”

According to a Tucson Police Department memo from September 2010, a member of Hezbollah was arrested in Tijuana, Mexico a couple of months prior. His job was to set up logistics for the terrorist group.

The memo also recalls the April 2010 arrest of Jamal Yousef in New York City. He said that he and his cousin were smuggling weapons from Iraq to Mexico for Hezbollah. Yousef claimed that he delivered 100 M-16 assault rifles, 100 AR-15 rifles, 2500 hand grenades, C4 explosives and anti-tank weaponry.

Credible testimony about cooperation between Hezbollah and Mexican drug cartels goes back as far as 2009. Former Drug Enforcement Agency Operations Chief Michael Braun warned that Hezbollah is in Mexico and using “the same criminal weapons smugglers, document traffickers and transportation experts as the drug cartels.”

Islamist terrorists have been exploiting the border for years before the Islamic State burst onto the scene. It is naïve to the highest degree to believe that the Islamic State and others won’t try to exploit one of America’s most well-known and tempting vulnerabilities.
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