-The next Update will be on
or about October 16.
-Two items below - the BBC
Headline Shocker and the New York Times claiming accidental death due to rock
throwing - are why I started this email list.
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Afghanistan
Taliban
overruns another 2 districts in Afghan north - Bill Roggio (Long War Journal)
Canada
Exclusive:
Tories move to strip citizenship from Canadian-born terrorist - Michael Friscolanti (Macleans) The Harper government is attempting to revoke the
citizenship of a convicted terrorist who was born and raised in Canada.
Conservatives in Canada Want to Set Up a Snitch Line
for ‘Barbaric Cultural Practices’ – Rachel Browne (Vice
News)
Iran
Asian Imports of Iran Oil Rise 10
Percent in August - Aaron Sheldrick (Reuters)
Partners for Peace?
I'm sure you've
read Abbas's statements at the UN regarding the Oslo accords in the New
York Times and elsewhere - this while the UN raises a Palestinian flag.
Netanyahu blasts Abbas’s ‘deceitful’ UN speech
- Tamar Pileggi (Times of Israel)
Fatah claims
responsibility for murder of young Israeli couple in front of their children- Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)
Palestinian
music conservatory condemned peacebuilding with Israeli musicians- Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW) The
Palestinian Authority adamantly opposes peacebuilding between Israelis and
Palestinians.
Arson attack at Bethlehem’s
St Charbel Monastery, probably the work of Islamic fundamentalists, says
Maronite leader (AsiaNews.it) Police
sources said that Muslim extremist groups have been active in the area and the
culprits are already knows and should “be soon apprehended.”
Syria
France Opens War Crimes Inquiry
Against Assad Regime (AFP-France 24)
Efforts
In Syria To Stop The Spread Of Marriages Of Underage Girls - Dr. M. Terdiman (MEMRI)
United Kingdom
Jerusalem
Terror Attack: BBC Headline Shocker - Simon Plosker (Honest Reporting)
United States
New York Times Claims Palestinian Rock Throwing Attack
an “Accident”- Simon
Plosker (Honest Reporting) There was nothing accidental about this
murder.
12 Hair-Raising Facts from Congressional Terror Report
- Ryan Mauro (Clarion Project) The House released the final report
of its Task Force on Combating Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel and its
conclusions weren't pretty.
U.S. House of Representatives Votes to Suspend Iran
Sanctions Relief - Morgan Chalfant (Washington Free Beacon) A bill
that would bar the Obama administration from releasing billions of dollars in
sanctions relief to Iran before Tehran pays $43.5 billion it owes to victims of
terrorism passed the House in a 251-173 vote Thursday. The bill would compel
Iran to pay the legal penalties awarded to U.S. victims of Iranian terrorism
and their families by U.S. courts. The White House said that President Obama
would veto any legislation preventing the implementation of the nuclear deal.
