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	<title>the Global Observatory &#187; Terrorism</title>
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	<description>A lot of caustic and sarcastic humor, stupid opinions, canned news and scanty revelations on politics, foreign affairs, social and fiscal issues, and much else from an independent, yet conservative and Republican, perspective from the Pacific Northwest. Yeah, right.</description>
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		<title>Ban Pakistanis from the U.S.</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/05/ban-pakistanis-from-the-u-s/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/05/ban-pakistanis-from-the-u-s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 19:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Americas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While I don&#8217;t usually advocate targeting any particular group based on race or nationality, but Pakistanis have proved to be the enemy #1 for all Americans.
Almost all terrorists attacking us have had some sort of ties to Pakistan. The most recent being Faisal Shahzad who tried bombing New York. Pakistan&#8217;s number one exports would have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US: Kill Al-Awlaki; CIA: Um, Sure, If We Can Find Him</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/04/us-kill-al-awlaki-cia-um-sure-if-we-can-find-him/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/04/us-kill-al-awlaki-cia-um-sure-if-we-can-find-him/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/?p=1796</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The US has given the CIA the go-ahead to capture or kill terrorist ring-leader Anwar Al-Awlaki, a US-citizen based out of Yemen.
Imam Anwar Al-Awlaki, erstwhile of New Mexico, really doesn&#8217;t have anything to worry about. It&#8217;s been almost 9 years since we decided to take out Osama Bin Laden, and he&#8217;s still free to do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Next Osama Bin Laden: A New Reality Show</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/02/the-next-osama-bin-laden-a-new-reality-show/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/02/the-next-osama-bin-laden-a-new-reality-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/?p=1491</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Seeing how desperate television networks are these days for quality shows, The Next Osama Bin Laden might be a good candidate.
And, we have one contender already.
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		<title>Afghanistan: Where&#8217;s the Stability?</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/01/afghanistan-wheres-the-stability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/01/afghanistan-wheres-the-stability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/?p=1371</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Taliban launched a brazen attack on the capital, Kabul yesterdays leading to fire fights close to the Presidential palace. The terrorists detonated a bomb in front of the Central Bank and then took over a shopping complex.
The fact that with 84,150 foreign troops and an additional 100,000 Afghan army troops in the country, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mumbai Blast Suspect Retracts Confession</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/12/mumbai-blast-suspect-retracts-confession/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/12/mumbai-blast-suspect-retracts-confession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/?p=1318</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[India is known for its extra-legal procedures for obtaining confessions that are then presented literally as God&#8217;s word in court and the media.
Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab, the prime suspect in last November&#8217;s bombing in Mumbai, had confessed to his involvement. Now, he has retracted his previous statement, claiming he was tortured.
This may just be another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wanna View Intel Videos? Now, You Can With SkyGrabber!</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/12/wanna-view-intel-videos-now-you-can-with-skygrabber/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/12/wanna-view-intel-videos-now-you-can-with-skygrabber/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/?p=1311</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[American intel is so vulnerable that anybody can access it with a cheap satellite and and an even cheaper software downloaded off the net.
The vulnerability isn&#8217;t new &#8211; for almost a year, terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq have been accessing classified surveillance videos off drones and satellites and undermining NATO and American operations in those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Black Panthers&#8217; &#8220;Get Out Of Jail Free&#8221; Card</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/12/the-black-panthers-get-out-of-jail-free-card/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/12/the-black-panthers-get-out-of-jail-free-card/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democraps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/?p=1282</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Obama Administration has been the Black Panthers&#8217; Get Out of Jail Free card. We all remember the incident from last year when the members of this &#8220;party&#8221; were patrolling voting booths in Philly, and elsewhere, to prevent White/GOP voters from supporting McCain&#8230;

The Bush DOJ had filed suit against the perpetrators, but the new DOJ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Problem With W&#8217;s Immigration Bureaucracy</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/12/the-problem-with-ws-immigration-bureaucracy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/12/the-problem-with-ws-immigration-bureaucracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/?p=1270</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Homeland Security was quite possibly the largest expansion in the federal bureaucracy since the New Deal. And, bureaucracies are the farthest possible from the necessarily efficient and well coordinated organizations we need managing our fragile counter-terrorism, immigration and customs systems.
The proof is now in:
Growing numbers of noncitizens, including legal immigrants, are held [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghanistan: Obama Wants To Finish in 1 Year What Hasn&#8217;t Happened in 30</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/12/afghanistan-obama-wants-to-finish-in-1-year-what-hasnt-happened-in-30/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/12/afghanistan-obama-wants-to-finish-in-1-year-what-hasnt-happened-in-30/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/?p=1265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[President Barack H. Obama has vowed to fight the &#8220;Al Qaeda Cancer&#8221; by denying it a safe haven in Afghanistan. And, he has vowed to do so within a year of his 2010 troop increase.
Obama says:
[The new troops] will increase our ability to train competent Afghan Security Forces, and to partner with them so that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CAIR Dislikes US Pursuing Iranian Charity</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/11/cair-dislikes-us-pursuing-iranian-charity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/11/cair-dislikes-us-pursuing-iranian-charity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/?p=1218</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Linked below are the official complaints filed by the federal government to initiate seizure of assets belonging to the charities/companies linked to the Iranian government:
Alavi+Press+Release+SDNY+USAO [PDF]
Assa+Corp+Complaint+11-12-09 [PDF]
Now, CAIR (the Council on American Islamic Relations) issued a press release earlier this week:
CAIR said the unprecedented move by the government may have First Amendment implications for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justice in the United States &#8230; Compare that to Palestine</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/11/justice-in-the-united-states-compare-that-to-palestine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/11/justice-in-the-united-states-compare-that-to-palestine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/?p=1212</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Major Nidal Hasan, the man who slaughtered 13 of his colleagues and injured many more, will go undergo a trial, where it shall be determined if he was actually guilty. Even if it&#8217;s a military tribunal, it is still some form of court.
His motive shall be established. He shall have an opportunity to defend himself, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Islamic Militants in Ukraine: Pro Russia or What?</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/11/islamic-militants-in-ukraine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/11/islamic-militants-in-ukraine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/?p=1196</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most unlikely places in the world for Hizb-ut-Tahrir operations would have to be Ukraine. With an estimated population of 0.3 million, Muslims account for barely 0.65% of the population. The vast majority are Tartars, who in turn are about 0.5% of the population. The rest are Chechens, Afghans and other immigrants.
What I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rendition Lawsuit Denied by NY Court</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/11/rendition-lawsuit-denied-by-ny-court/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/11/rendition-lawsuit-denied-by-ny-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/?p=1141</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Maher Arar, a Syrian-born Canadian citizen, was forcibly transferred by US authorities to Syria, where he was allegedly tortured. It was claimed he had links to terrorism, but was later exonerated.
A New York court has now ruled that he cannot sue the U.S. for his mistreatment.
Arar claims:
He was a victim of &#8220;extraordinary rendition&#8221;, a process [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clippers + Cologne = Grenade?</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/09/clippers-cologne-grenade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/09/clippers-cologne-grenade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/?p=1073</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, according to the TSA. These are the people &#8220;protecting&#8221; us from terrorists. Who will protect us from the TSA?
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		<title>Terrorist, Libyan Hero or Both?</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/terrorist-libyan-hero-or-both/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/terrorist-libyan-hero-or-both/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/?p=1030</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You couldn&#8217;t tell, just by looking at the photograph above, that the man on the right is a terrorist responsible for the deaths of 270 innocent civilians.
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		<title>Attaboy Mueller</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/attaboy-mueller/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/attaboy-mueller/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/?p=1018</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[FBI Director Robert Mueller has shot off a scathing letter to the Scottish &#8220;Justice&#8221; Minister regarding the recent release of the Lockerbie bomber, saying among other things:
Your action gives comfort to terrorists around the world who now believe that regardless of the quality of the investigation, the conviction by jury after the defendant is given [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Compassion for a Terrorist?</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/compassion-for-a-terrorist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/compassion-for-a-terrorist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/?p=970</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the man who was convicted for the Lockerbie bombing that killed more than 270 innocent civilians in 1988, is now being released on compassionate grounds. His release deadline is being set so he can celebrate Ramadan back home in Libya.
If this man could not show compassion for 270 of his victims, why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mehsud Dead: Progress or None?</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/mehsud-dead-progress-or-none/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/mehsud-dead-progress-or-none/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/?p=918</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Baitullah Mehsud, leader of the Taliban, has finally been sent off to hell. But does it mean that the Taliban in Pakistan will falter or will they merely move on?
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		<title>North Carolina 7 &#8211; The Problem With Converts</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/north-carolina-7-the-problem-with-converts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/08/north-carolina-7-the-problem-with-converts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/?p=893</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From the DOJ:
On Wednesday, July 22, 2009, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina returned a sealed seven-count indictment against the following defendants:
 

Daniel Patrick Boyd, 39, a U.S. citizen and resident of North Carolina
Zakariya Boyd, 20, a U.S. citizen and resident of North Carolina
Dylan Boyd, 22, a U.S. citizen and [...]]]></description>
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