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| | [[File:Blumenthal Belhadj McCain Graham Feb 2012.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Abdelhakim Belhadj, Sen. John McCain, and Sen. Lindsey Graham. Belhadj, a veteran jihadi, was kidnapped by the [[CIA]] in 2004 and "[[extraordinary rendition|rendered]]" to Libya where he spent 7 years in prison being "rehabilitated." He was released in March 2010 to reactivate the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, of which Ansar al Shariah was part. In August 2011 he was appointed commander of the Tripoli Military Council by the TNC, and in 2015 head of the Mujahideen Shura Council in Derna.]] | | [[File:Blumenthal Belhadj McCain Graham Feb 2012.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Abdelhakim Belhadj, Sen. John McCain, and Sen. Lindsey Graham. Belhadj, a veteran jihadi, was kidnapped by the [[CIA]] in 2004 and "[[extraordinary rendition|rendered]]" to Libya where he spent 7 years in prison being "rehabilitated." He was released in March 2010 to reactivate the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, of which Ansar al Shariah was part. In August 2011 he was appointed commander of the Tripoli Military Council by the TNC, and in 2015 head of the Mujahideen Shura Council in Derna.]] |
| | *'''22 February.''' Sens. Blumenthal, McCain, and Graham visit Libya and meet with Abdulhakim Belhadj. <font color="brown">Belhadj oversees training for the Obama administration in Eastern Libya (principally Derna and Benghazi) of jihadis for Syria.</font> | | *'''22 February.''' Sens. Blumenthal, McCain, and Graham visit Libya and meet with Abdulhakim Belhadj. <font color="brown">Belhadj oversees training for the Obama administration in Eastern Libya (principally Derna and Benghazi) of jihadis for Syria.</font> |
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| − | *'''19 March.''' In Toulouse, France three children under the age of seven are chased and shot in the head at a [[Jew]]ish school along with their father. In total Mohammed Mera killed seven people including three soldiers in a week long shooting spree in three separate attacks.
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| − | *'''7 April.''' Justice Dept. publicly announces vast expansion of cyber related efforts to address alleged “national security-related cyber issues.”<ref>https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/blog/new-network-takes-aim-cyber-threats-national-security</ref> FBI announces same program 12 April.<ref>https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/testimony/cybersecurity-responding-to-the-threat-of-cyber-crime-and-terrorism</ref><ref>http://www.rigorousintuition.ca/board2/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=28897&start=75#p417915</ref>
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| − | *'''12 April.''' In [[Macedonia]] five young Christian fishermen between the ages of 18 and 22 are brutally slaughtered by a group of radical Muslims at a lake.
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| − | *Cartoonist Lars Hedegaard acquitted unanimously on appeal to Danish Supreme Court overturning conviction of [[hate speech]] under the Danish Penal Code for making remarks critical of Islam, including “girls in Muslim families are raped by their uncles, their cousins, or their dad.”<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.legal-project.org/blog/2012/04/danish-supreme-court-acquits-hedegaard | title = Danish Supreme Court Acquits Hedegaard | publisher = The Legal Project | author = Ann Snyder | date = 2012-04-21 | accessdate = }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://europenews.dk/en/node/42859 | title = President of Danish Free Press Society convicted for 'Racism' | publisher = Europe News | date = 2011-05-03 | accessdate = }}</ref> He appealed the verdict, and in 2012, the Supreme Court of Denmark acquitted him in a 7-0 decision.
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| | *'''23 April.''' [week of 22-29]. <font color="brown">18328 Wikileaks Hillary Clinton email archive. NEW IRAN AND SYRIA 2.DOC. Lays out justification and strategy for the anti-Assad campaign.</font><ref><small>The document reads in part: "Iran's nuclear program and Syria's civil war may seem unconnected, but they are. For Israeli leaders, the real threat from a nuclear-armed Iran is not the prospect of an insane Iranian leader launching an unprovoked Iranian nuclear attack on Israel that would lead to the annihilation of | | *'''23 April.''' [week of 22-29]. <font color="brown">18328 Wikileaks Hillary Clinton email archive. NEW IRAN AND SYRIA 2.DOC. Lays out justification and strategy for the anti-Assad campaign.</font><ref><small>The document reads in part: "Iran's nuclear program and Syria's civil war may seem unconnected, but they are. For Israeli leaders, the real threat from a nuclear-armed Iran is not the prospect of an insane Iranian leader launching an unprovoked Iranian nuclear attack on Israel that would lead to the annihilation of |
| | both countries. What Israeli military leaders really worry about -- but cannot talk about -- is losing their nuclear monopoly. An Iranian nuclear weapons capability would not only end that nuclear monopoly but could also prompt other adversaries, like Saudi Arabia and [[Egypt]], to go nuclear as well. The result would be a precarious nuclear balance in which Israel could not respond to provocations with conventional military strikes on Syria and Lebanon, as it can today."</small>https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/18328</ref> | | both countries. What Israeli military leaders really worry about -- but cannot talk about -- is losing their nuclear monopoly. An Iranian nuclear weapons capability would not only end that nuclear monopoly but could also prompt other adversaries, like Saudi Arabia and [[Egypt]], to go nuclear as well. The result would be a precarious nuclear balance in which Israel could not respond to provocations with conventional military strikes on Syria and Lebanon, as it can today."</small>https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/18328</ref> |