Does Obama have any clue of the dangers of a U.S. strike on Syria. Apparently so, but does he care?
- US Orders Diplomats out of Lebanon Amid Fears (AP / abc News)
- Kerry Portrait of Syria Rebels at Odds with intelligence reports (Reuters)
- U.S. Intercepts Iranian Order for Attack on U.S. Interests in Iraq: Report (Reuters)
- Arab Christians Come Out Strongly Against US strike in Syria (Christian Science Monitor)
- Pope: Syria Strike ‘Futile,’ Search for Peaceful Solution (Christian Science Monitor)
- US Fears over Syria Military Action (BBC)
- US and Iran Both Fear Jihadis in Syria, but Far Apart on War (Christian Science Monitor)
- Possible US Strike on Syria Divides G20 – and Prompts Threats from Foes (Christian Science Monitor)
- Obama Rejects G20 Pressure to Abandon Syria Air Strike Plan (Reuters)
“The Russians have put out a 100-page document tracing the March use of chemical weapons to the rebels. The Turks reportedly intercepted small amounts of sarin going to the rebels. We claim solid proof that Assad’s regime authorized and used chemical weapons. Why not tell the Russians to meet us in the Security Council where we will prove our “slam-dunk†case?”
- Just Whose War Is This? (World News Daily)
“The alliance of mostly Islamist groups, led by the Brotherhood, that opposes the military coup … [strongly] condemned the bombing” saying that “it is against any acts of violence, even” against the junta and adding, that it expects “the bombing will be used as justification to extend the state of emergency and ‘expand the use of brutality, repression, and detentions’:
- Egypt Interior Minister: Today’s Bombing Is Start of Insurgency (Christian Science Monitor)
“It is very evident (and a bit frustrating) that the groups, parties and powers that have taken the most offense to our music and lyrics, have themselves only made a passing glance at the content and meanings of those songs” — Lamb of God, which has mixed verses of the Qur’an with heavy metal music:
- Malaysia Bars US Band’s Show over Muslim Criticism (AP / Yahoo)
“[O]utnumbered Dutch peacekeepers bowed to pressure from Mladic’s troops and forced thousands of Muslim families out of the compound. Bosnian Serb forces sorted the Muslims by gender, then trucked the males away and began executing some 8,000 Muslim men and boys”:
- Netherlands Liable for Muslim Deaths at Srebrenica  (France 24)
“Because he did it at his job, it’s not about personal expression, it’s about Wal-Mart’s policy toward hate speech,†said CAIR’s NY chapter president, but the apologetic, but still fired, Wal-mart employee insists that he was at home at the time he made the post and that posted pictures taken by someone else:
- Hamburg Walmart Manager Fired over Anti-Muslim Posting  (Buffalo News)
By focusing on peaceful Muslim groups, the NYPD missed the real terrorists; “Â They had more than 50 TEIs into groups, into mosques, and they never made a terrorism enterprise case once”:
- Inside the NYPD’s Muslim Spying Program  (Rolling Stone)
When police refused to turn over the Muslim rapist to an angry Buddhist mob they started they started the rampage tht as kiled hundreds and left tens of thousands homeless. Now he has been convicted but the rioters remain free as refugees are caught in the crossfire between India and Bangladesh:
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