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==Egypt==

[[File:NATOs Eastern Prize.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Leafets with instructions handed out to Soros-backed terrorists in Euromaiden Square, Kiev were identical to those handed out in Tahrir Square, Cairo three years earlier. On the left printed in Arabic, on the right in the Ukrainian language.]]

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Following the resignation of [[Hosni Mubarak]] as a result of the protests, Egypt was controlled by [[Mohamed Morsi]], a member of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] from November 22, 2012 to June 3, 2013. Mubarak was key to upholding the 1979 [[Camp David Peace Accords]], negotiated by President [[Jimmy Carter]], [[Anwar Sadat]], and [[Menachem Begin]]. Morsi, backed by Barack Obama and George Soros, vowed to overturn the 1979 peace agreement.

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Following the resignation of [[Hosni Mubarak]] as a result of the protests, Egypt was controlled by [[Mohamed Morsi]], a member of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] from November 22, 2012, to June 3, 2013. Mubarak was key to upholding the 1979 [[Camp David Peace Accords]], negotiated by President [[Jimmy Carter]], [[Anwar Sadat]], and [[Menachem Begin]]. Morsi, backed by Barack Obama and George Soros, vowed to overturn the 1979 peace agreement.

When Morsi took power he opened the prisons and released members of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]], including Mohammed Zawahiri. Mohammad Zawahiri is the brother of [[Ayman Zawahiri]], al-Qaeda's #2 guy who, since [[bin Laden]]'s execution, has been running [[al-Qaeda]] from Afghanistan. Mohammad Zawahiri left Egypt for Benghazi and joined up with Mustafa Abdel Jalil, ex-Libyan Justice Minister who very recently was recruited by the French intelligence service to organize the Benghazi uprising.

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Hillary Clinton directed efforts to remove all US embassy personnel from Tripoli and ordered the embassy closed. Ken Dilanian of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' reported that the [[CIA]] had been on the ground in "rebel-held" areas of Libya since shortly after the US Embassy in Tripoli was evacuated.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110404001700/https://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/sc-dc-0331-cia-libya-20110330,0,2762769.story</ref> Hillary Clinton made a series of calls to foreign counterparts to secure passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1970, imposing sanctions and an arms embargo to either side, which the US and allies abruptly violated.

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On February 27, 2011 the Transitional National Council (TNC) announcesd in the city of Benghazi its purpose is to act as the "political face of the revolution." French President Sarkozy later said “'''We created the TNC and without''' France’s backing, money and weapons, '''it would not exist.'''”<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8630778/Libya-France-risks-Nato-split-over-call-for-Gaddafi-talks.html</ref><ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/world/europe/01france.html</ref> The '''TNC spokesman made clear''' to reporters that the Libyan Transitional National Council was not a provisional government and added that the newly formed council '''was not in contact with foreign governments''' and did not want them to intervene.<ref>{{cite news |title=Libya Opposition Launches Council|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/02/2011227175955221853.html |work= [[Al Jazeera]] |date=27 February 2011 |accessdate=}}</ref> The TNC spokesman later said that an airstrike purportedly sanctioned by the UNSC 1973 would not be considered a foreign intervention.<ref>{{cite news |title=Libyan Rebels Said To Debate Seeking U.N. Airstrikes|url=http://nytimes.com/2011/03/02/world/africa/02libya.html |date=1 March 2011 |accessdate=|work= [[The New York Times]] |first1=Kareem |last1=Fahim |first2=David D. |last2=Kirkpatrick}}</ref>

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On February 27, 2011, the Transitional National Council (TNC) announcesd in the city of Benghazi its purpose is to act as the "political face of the revolution." French President Sarkozy later said “'''We created the TNC and without''' France’s backing, money and weapons, '''it would not exist.'''”<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8630778/Libya-France-risks-Nato-split-over-call-for-Gaddafi-talks.html</ref><ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/world/europe/01france.html</ref> The '''TNC spokesman made clear''' to reporters that the Libyan Transitional National Council was not a provisional government and added that the newly formed council '''was not in contact with foreign governments''' and did not want them to intervene.<ref>{{cite news |title=Libya Opposition Launches Council|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/02/2011227175955221853.html |work= [[Al Jazeera]] |date=27 February 2011 |accessdate=}}</ref> The TNC spokesman later said that an airstrike purportedly sanctioned by the UNSC 1973 would not be considered a foreign intervention.<ref>{{cite news |title=Libyan Rebels Said To Debate Seeking U.N. Airstrikes|url=http://nytimes.com/2011/03/02/world/africa/02libya.html |date=1 March 2011 |accessdate=|work= [[The New York Times]] |first1=Kareem |last1=Fahim |first2=David D. |last2=Kirkpatrick}}</ref>

On February 28 Hillary Clinton traveled to Geneva, [[Switzerland]] for consultations with European partners on Libya. She gave a speech in which she said: "It is time for Gaddafi to go."

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Extra-judicial killings are conventionally called “death squads."

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On March 29, 2011 Russia and China accused the US of violating international law by exceeding the mandate of UNSC 1973.<ref>https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/russia-china-accuse-west-exceeding-un-resolution-making-libyan-crisis-worse</ref>

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On March 29, 2011, Russia and China accused the US of violating international law by exceeding the mandate of UNSC 1973.<ref>https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/russia-china-accuse-west-exceeding-un-resolution-making-libyan-crisis-worse</ref>

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On May 20, 2011 the ''[[Washington Post]]'' reported Obama ignored the legal deadline set by US law that required him to obtain Congressional approval for US military operations in Libya. Under the [[Nixon]]-era [[War Powers Act]], the president must obtain Congressional authorization of military action within 60 days, or else begin withdrawing forces.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-likely-to-miss-deadline-for-congressional-approval-of-libya-operations/2011/05/19/AFFLKn7G_story.html</ref><ref>http://lugar.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=332967&</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/is-obama-above-the-law/2011/05/26/AGL5zyCH_story.html</ref>

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On May 20, 2011, the ''[[Washington Post]]'' reported Obama ignored the legal deadline set by US law that required him to obtain Congressional approval for US military operations in Libya. Under the [[Nixon]]-era [[War Powers Act]], the president must obtain Congressional authorization of military action within 60 days, or else begin withdrawing forces.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-likely-to-miss-deadline-for-congressional-approval-of-libya-operations/2011/05/19/AFFLKn7G_story.html</ref><ref>http://lugar.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=332967&</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/is-obama-above-the-law/2011/05/26/AGL5zyCH_story.html</ref>

In late June Sec. Clinton met with House Democrats and Senate Republicans, basically Send. McCain and Graham, to persuade them to continue support the Libya operation, despite Obama's violation of the War Powers Act and no congressional authorization for use of military force for regime change. On June 30, 2011, Defence Secretary [[Robert Gates]] resigned. [[Leon Panetta]] moved over from CIA Director as Gates replacement. Michael Morell became acting CIA Director.

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By March 2, 2011, reports arrive by experts identifying weaponry recovered in Gaddafi's Katiba, Benghazi compound. Most equipment is 1970s-80s [[Soviet]] equipment, still effective and operational. Some equipment designs date back to World War II. Chinese equipment also is found. A ''Wired'' magazine article specifically states, "Most of the weaponry at the Katiba has been removed and handed over to the army," although the Benghazi rebels and TNC had not yet, nor ever were sufficiently organized into an "army." ''Wired'' reported, "everything had to be stripped, scrubbed, and reassembled before testing." Much anti-aircraft equipment was confiscated.

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On March 20, 2011 NATO's Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, days before President Obama publicly disclosed his decision to intervene, that US the intelligence community knew of [[al Qaeda]] and [[Hezbollah]] elements among the rebels.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8414583/Libya-al-Qaeda-among-Libya-rebels-Nato-chief-fears.html]</ref><ref>Appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Stavridis was asked by Republican Sen. James Inhofe to comment on "reports about the presence of al Qaeda among the rebels, among those with whom we are associated." "As you can imagine, we are examining very closely the content, composition, the personalities, who are the leaders in these opposition forces," Stavridis responded. "The intelligence that I am receiving at this point makes me feel that the leadership I am seeing are responsible men and women who are struggling against Colonel Gadhafi. We have seen flickers in the intelligence of potential al Qaeda, Hezbollah, we've seen different things, but at this point I don't have detail sufficient to say that there is a significant al Qaeda presence or any other terrorist presence in and among these folks. We'll continue to look at that very closely. It's part of doing due diligence as we move forward on any kind of relationship." http://cdrsalamander.blogspot.com/2011/03/saceur-j2-please-call-your-office.html</ref> Two days later a leaked email from Stravidis email to David Manners, business partner of Marc Turi who resigned as a congressional staffer to Sen. [[John McCain]] weeks earlier, discussed illegal weapons supply to the TNC ''per'' a Hillary Clinton State Department authorization.<ref>https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2015/09/11/exclusive-new-emails-in-benghazi-weapons-mystery.html</ref><ref>http://www.captainsjournal.com/2015/09/14/the-weapons-of-benghazi/</ref> Under the code name “Zero Footprint” Marc Turi drew up the original plan to coordinate the flow of weapons from the US through the intermediary of Qatar into Libya. Those weapons ended up in Libya and Syria destined for the hands of group that later called itself the [[Islamic State]].<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/10/11/the-secrets-behind-the-wire-marc-turi-speaks-out-about-hillary-clintons-covert-weapons-shipments/</ref>

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On March 20, 2011, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, days before President Obama publicly disclosed his decision to intervene, that US the intelligence community knew of [[al Qaeda]] and [[Hezbollah]] elements among the rebels.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8414583/Libya-al-Qaeda-among-Libya-rebels-Nato-chief-fears.html]</ref><ref>Appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Stavridis was asked by Republican Sen. James Inhofe to comment on "reports about the presence of al Qaeda among the rebels, among those with whom we are associated." "As you can imagine, we are examining very closely the content, composition, the personalities, who are the leaders in these opposition forces," Stavridis responded. "The intelligence that I am receiving at this point makes me feel that the leadership I am seeing are responsible men and women who are struggling against Colonel Gadhafi. We have seen flickers in the intelligence of potential al Qaeda, Hezbollah, we've seen different things, but at this point I don't have detail sufficient to say that there is a significant al Qaeda presence or any other terrorist presence in and among these folks. We'll continue to look at that very closely. It's part of doing due diligence as we move forward on any kind of relationship." http://cdrsalamander.blogspot.com/2011/03/saceur-j2-please-call-your-office.html</ref> Two days later a leaked email from Stravidis email to David Manners, business partner of Marc Turi who resigned as a congressional staffer to Sen. [[John McCain]] weeks earlier, discussed illegal weapons supply to the TNC ''per'' a Hillary Clinton State Department authorization.<ref>https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2015/09/11/exclusive-new-emails-in-benghazi-weapons-mystery.html</ref><ref>http://www.captainsjournal.com/2015/09/14/the-weapons-of-benghazi/</ref> Under the code name “Zero Footprint” Marc Turi drew up the original plan to coordinate the flow of weapons from the US through the intermediary of Qatar into Libya. Those weapons ended up in Libya and Syria destined for the hands of group that later called itself the [[Islamic State]].<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/10/11/the-secrets-behind-the-wire-marc-turi-speaks-out-about-hillary-clintons-covert-weapons-shipments/</ref>

By March 28, ''AP'' reported on [[Turkey]] taking over operation of the Benghazi airport.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110618103616/https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/turkey-will-run-benghazi-airport-prime-m</ref> This was the start of a direct flightline to Adana, Turkey where captured Gaddadi regime weapons were delivered to AQI/ISI jihadis, for the purpose of overthrowing the [[Bashar Assad|Assad]] regime. The AQI/ISI eventually changed its name to the [[Islamic State]]. On July 3 NBC reported Turkey gave more aid to the TNC to refurbish Benghazi airport.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/id/43626058/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/t/turkey-recognizes-libya-rebels/#.WQ_p0U5MHMI</ref>

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On June 21, 2012 the ''New York Times'' reported

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On June 21, 2012, the ''New York Times'' reported

{{Quotebox|"C.I.A. officers are operating secretly in southern Turkey, helping allies decide which Syrian opposition fighters across the border will receive arms to fight the Syrian government...[weapons] are being funneled mostly across the Turkish border by way of a shadowy network of intermediaries including Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood and paid for by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar."<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/world/middleeast/cia-said-to-aid-in-steering-arms-to-syrian-rebels.html</ref><ref>https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/03/25/world/middleeast/an-arms-pipeline-to-the-syrian-rebels.html?_r=0</ref>}}

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===Stingers, SAM-7s, and [[MANPADS]]===

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On March 7, 2011 Ben Knight, reporting from the jihadi rebel side, told an [[Australia]]n radio audience about the jihadi rebel equipment: "we saw some stinger missiles today."<ref>http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2011/s3156632.htm</ref> Four days later the [[Canadian]] ''Globe and Mail'' interviewed the rebel appointed as security chief in Derna: {{Quotebox|“We need Stingers. We don’t need your stupid words.” The article noted "foreign intelligence agencies have bitter experience with supplying Stinger missiles to anti-Soviet freedom fighters in Afghanistan, only to spend years struggling to keep them out of the hands of terrorists."<ref>https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/libyan-rebels-at-pains-to-distance-themselves-from-extremists/article570971/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&</ref>}}

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On March 7, 2011, Ben Knight, reporting from the jihadi rebel side, told an [[Australia]]n radio audience about the jihadi rebel equipment: "we saw some stinger missiles today."<ref>http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2011/s3156632.htm</ref> Four days later the [[Canadian]] ''Globe and Mail'' interviewed the rebel appointed as security chief in Derna: {{Quotebox|“We need Stingers. We don’t need your stupid words.” The article noted "foreign intelligence agencies have bitter experience with supplying Stinger missiles to anti-Soviet freedom fighters in Afghanistan, only to spend years struggling to keep them out of the hands of terrorists."<ref>https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/libyan-rebels-at-pains-to-distance-themselves-from-extremists/article570971/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&</ref>}}

In all likelihood [[TWA Flight 800]] was brought down by a Stinger missile off [[Long Island]] in 1996, killing 230 people, which had been supplied to the Afghan ''mujihadeen'' in the 1980s by the CIA, and then smuggled back into the United States during the [[Clinton administration]].<ref>https://www.amazon.com/TWA-800-Crash-Cover-Up-Conspiracy/dp/1621574717</ref>

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On April 4, 2011 ''Reuters'' reported that [[al Qaeda in the Maghreb]] was in possession of SAM-7s from captured Gaddafi stockpiles. The SAM-7 is a Soviet manufactured version of the American Stinger missile capable of shooting down military or commercial aircraft within a two-mile range.<ref>http://news.trust.org//item/?map=exclusive-al-qaeda-acquiring-weapons-in-libyaalgerian-official</ref> Gen. Carter Ham, head of US Africa Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 7 that “we do estimate that there were as many as 20,000 in Libya before the conflict began.” [[David Ignatius]] of the ''Washington Post'' reported eight hundred SAM-7s were now in the hands of [[Boko Haram]] from Gaddafi arsenals on September 12, 2011 claims a

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On April 4, 2011 ''Reuters'' reported that [[al Qaeda in the Maghreb]] was in possession of SAM-7s from captured Gaddafi stockpiles. The SAM-7 is a Soviet manufactured version of the American Stinger missile capable of shooting down military or commercial aircraft within a two-mile range.<ref>http://news.trust.org//item/?map=exclusive-al-qaeda-acquiring-weapons-in-libyaalgerian-official</ref> Gen. Carter Ham, head of US Africa Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 7 that “we do estimate that there were as many as 20,000 in Libya before the conflict began.” [[David Ignatius]] of the ''Washington Post'' reported eight hundred SAM-7s were now in the hands of [[Boko Haram]] from Gaddafi arsenals on September 12, 2011, claims a

{{Quotebox|"former CIA officer wrote his FBI friend that the [[Niger]] contacts “have determined locally that the [United States government] doesn’t want to help them” chase down the missiles. “I suspect [the Near East division of CIA] squashed this by their normal bureaucratic warfare,” he speculated.<ref>http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-10-31/islamic-state-claims-responsibility-russian-airplane-crash#comment-6734249</ref> }}

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By December David Ignatius of the ''Washington Post'' reported an ex-CIA's officer's attempt to track eight hundred shoulder-fired SAM-7s in the hands of Boko Haram hit a “speed bump” at the CIA, apparently blocking communication.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/libyan-missiles-on-the-loose/2012/05/08/gIQA1FCUBU_story.html?utm_term=.a091217ed1fd</ref>

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NBC News reported on July 31, 2012 that anti-Assad jihadis had obtained shoulder fired surface-to-air missiles.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/48427738</ref>

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NBC News reported on July 31, 2012, that anti-Assad jihadis had obtained shoulder fired surface-to-air missiles.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/48427738</ref>

====Boko Haram sex slaves====

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{{Quotebox|Some, however, express concern at the emirate's support for Islamist elements such as the 17 February Martyrs Brigade, one of the most influential rebel formations, led by Abdel-Hakim Belhaj.}}

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On December 6, 2012 the ''New York Times'' confirmed

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On December 6, 2012, the ''New York Times'' confirmed

{{Quotebox|"Qataris provided weapons, money and training to various rebel groups in Libya [destined for Syria]. One militia that received aid was controlled by [Abdelhakim Belhadj], then leader of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, who was held by the C.I.A. in 2004..."<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/world/africa/weapons-sent-to-libyan-rebels-with-us-approval-fell-into-islamist-hands.html</ref>}}

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On January 3, 2013 an arms flight was reported from Qatar to Istanbul destined for Islamic State rebels.

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On January 3, 2013, an arms flight was reported from Qatar to Istanbul destined for Islamic State rebels.

On May 16 the ''Financial Times'' reports Qatar has spent $3 billion over the past two years bankrolling the jihadi rebels in Syria.

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{{Quotebox|"the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf or in support of", "supplying, selling or transferring arms and related materiel to" or "otherwise supporting acts or activities of" Al-Qaida [...], Usama bin Laden and the Taliban."<ref>https://www.un.org/sc/suborg/en/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list/summaries/entity/libyan-islamic-fighting-group</ref> }}In 2002 an arrest warrant was issued for Belhadj by the Libyan authorities after Gaddafi's reconciliation with Western powers and three assassination attempt's on Gaddafi's life by the LIFG. The arrest warrant alleged that Belhadj had developed "close relationships" with al-Qaeda leaders, and specifically Taliban chief Mullah Omar, and to have run and financed training camps for Arab mujahideen fighters.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14786753|title=Profile: Libyan rebel commander Abdel Hakim Belhaj|newspaper=BBC News|date=5 September 2011|accessdate=}}</ref> After the US invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, Belhadj fled and was arrested in [[Malaysia]] in 2004 where he was rendered by the CIA to Libya.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Special report: Rendition ordeal that raises new questions about secret trials |author=Ian Cobain|newspaper=The Guardian |date=8 April 2012|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/08/special-report-britain-rendition-libya}}</ref>

[[File:The Islamic State in Derna.png|right|400px|thumb|Circulated on #Libya in social media after the Americans left to focus on Syria: “#Derna and the future of her children.”<ref>http://islamexposedonline.com/2015/06/08/isiss-kiddie-educational-menubeheading-101-benghazigates-knock-on-effects/</ref> The jihadis in Derna were trained by Americans on Barack Hussein Obama's orders.]]

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''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' reported on April 2, 2011 about Americans' training terrorists in the port city of Derna;<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703712504576237042432212406</ref> when the Americans left to concentrate on the Syrian operation, terrorists beheaded people in front of small children as part of their training.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3110801/What-children-seen-ISIS-beheads-Libyan-soldier-outside-mosque-education-purposes-youngsters-don-t-shocked.html</ref> The [[Libyan Islamic Fighting Group]] (LIFG) is centered in and around Derna and Benghazi. The Sinjar documents<ref>[https://www.ctc.usma.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sinjar_2_FINAL.pdf Sinjar Documents]</ref><ref>The Sinjar Documents are a collection of al Qaeda computer data captured by Americans in 2007 in a predawn raid near Sinjar, Iraq, six miles from the Syrian border.</ref> captured during the Iraq insurgency revealed 20% of all Iraq insurgents came from Derna, Sirte, and Misurata, 82% of which volunteered for suicide attacks. In 2015 twenty-one Christians in Derna were beheaded ''enmasse''.

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''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' reported on April 2, 2011, about Americans' training terrorists in the port city of Derna;<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703712504576237042432212406</ref> when the Americans left to concentrate on the Syrian operation, terrorists beheaded people in front of small children as part of their training.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3110801/What-children-seen-ISIS-beheads-Libyan-soldier-outside-mosque-education-purposes-youngsters-don-t-shocked.html</ref> The [[Libyan Islamic Fighting Group]] (LIFG) is centered in and around Derna and Benghazi. The Sinjar documents<ref>[https://www.ctc.usma.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sinjar_2_FINAL.pdf Sinjar Documents]</ref><ref>The Sinjar Documents are a collection of al Qaeda computer data captured by Americans in 2007 in a predawn raid near Sinjar, Iraq, six miles from the Syrian border.</ref> captured during the Iraq insurgency revealed 20% of all Iraq insurgents came from Derna, Sirte, and Misurata, 82% of which volunteered for suicide attacks. In 2015 twenty-one Christians in Derna were beheaded ''enmasse''.

On February 22, 2012, in a show of [[bipartisan]]ship, Senators [[Richard Blumenthal]], [[John McCain]], and [[Lindsey Graham]] visited Libya and meet with Abdulhakim Belhadj, who was put in charge of training jihadis in Eastern Libya (principally Derna and Benghazi) by the Obama administration for the second leg of Operation Zero Footprint in Syria.

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On October 5, 2014, the Shura Council of Shabab al-Islam Derna, Libya declared itself part of the Islamic State. In February 2015 the ISIS jihadis beheaded 21 Christians and distributed an uncut video of the gruesome event to world. On March 2, 2015 Katherine Herrige of FOX News reported that Obama administration senior intelligence officials told her Abdelhakim Belhadj is firmly aligned with ISIS and supports the Islamic State training camps in eastern Libya.

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On October 5, 2014, the Shura Council of Shabab al-Islam Derna, Libya declared itself part of the Islamic State. In February 2015 the ISIS jihadis beheaded 21 Christians and distributed an uncut video of the gruesome event to world. On March 2, 2015, Katherine Herrige of FOX News reported that Obama administration senior intelligence officials told her Abdelhakim Belhadj is firmly aligned with ISIS and supports the Islamic State training camps in eastern Libya.

{{Quotebox|"Critics say Libya's new position as a safe haven for ISIS reflects one of the most significant policy failures of the so-called Arab Spring."}}

Herridge added that counter-terrorism sources have confirmed that the new support base for ISIS in eastern Libya is now providing "tangible assistance" in the form of training camps around the city of Derna, in addition to a growing number of Libyan fighters joining the terror group in Syria and Iraq.<ref>https://insider.foxnews.com/2015/03/02/catherine-herridge-isis-has-turned-libya-new-support-base-safe-haven</ref>

===Benghazi massacre===

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It is clear in reading Hillary Clinton's emails that, in the glow of the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, Hillary embraced the call to spike the football and clearly was planning to use Libya as evidence of her leadership and skill that qualified her to become president.

The attack on US diplomats and CIA officers in Benghazi on 11 September 2012 however, destroyed that dream. The dream became a nightmare and Hillary scrambled to pretend that she was not the mover-and-shaker that destabilized Libya and made it a safe haven for [[ISIS]], uncorking the bottle for the [[European migrant crisis]].

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On November 16 Gen. Petraeus gave closed-door briefings to Congress on the Benghazi massacre, and when exactly U.S. officials knew it was a terrorist attack. After the hearing, members emerge saying CIA talking points on the attack were altered. A spokesman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said, "The talking points about the intelligence assessment that Amb. Rice used were produced by the [[intelligence community]]. Officials determined that the unclassified points should use the broader term 'extremists' when referring to those responsible for the attack." On November 27 [[Susan Rice]] met with Sens. [[John McCain]] and [[Lindsey Graham]] on Capitol Hill to explain her remarks on the Benghazi massacre. Graham said afterword he was "more disturbed now than I was before," and McCain said he was "significantly troubled by many of the answers that we got and some that we didn't get."

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On March 5, 2013 CBS News' Sharyl Attkisson reported some of the first revelations on "who changed the Benghazi talking points." One source who reviewed the documents said removal of the word "[[al Qaeda]]" from the talking points was initiated by one of the "press shops." The source said press officers from the Defense Intelligence Agency, the White House and the FBI were "looped in" from the start and that some of them expressed concerns in writing, that the media would ask follow up questions if certain words or phrases were used. The source added that the [[Director of National Intelligence]] [[James Clapper]] and then-Deputy CIA Director Michael Morell were included in these emails. A DNI spokesman acknowledged that press officers from his agency and other agencies were looped in and took part in the talking points exchanges, but he said "no [ODNI] press officers suggested the edits of the specific words 'al Qaeda.'"

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On March 5, 2013, CBS News' Sharyl Attkisson reported some of the first revelations on "who changed the Benghazi talking points." One source who reviewed the documents said removal of the word "[[al Qaeda]]" from the talking points was initiated by one of the "press shops." The source said press officers from the Defense Intelligence Agency, the White House and the FBI were "looped in" from the start and that some of them expressed concerns in writing, that the media would ask follow up questions if certain words or phrases were used. The source added that the [[Director of National Intelligence]] [[James Clapper]] and then-Deputy CIA Director Michael Morell were included in these emails. A DNI spokesman acknowledged that press officers from his agency and other agencies were looped in and took part in the talking points exchanges, but he said "no [ODNI] press officers suggested the edits of the specific words 'al Qaeda.'"

On March 14 CBS News reported Libyan and US investigators were questioning a suspect long affiliated with the [[Libyan Islamic Fighting Group]] (LIFG), and believed to have connections to other [[Islamist]] [[radical]]s. LIGF is one of the main terror groups the Obama administration funded. On April 17 CBS News' Sharyl Attkisson reported that the House Oversight Committee sent letters to the three federal agencies — the CIA, the Defense Department and the State Department — in response to new whistleblower revelations on the Benghazi massacre. The letters instruct how whistleblowers are to be able to share sensitive or classified information with their own attorneys, and ask for each agency's official description of the legal steps that process must follow. The letters also state that additional witnesses may be "compelled by [[subpoena]] to give testimony."

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On May 15 the White House releasesd some 100 pages of internal emails showing how CIA talking points originally referenced al Qaeda's links to the Benghazi massacre after revisions, the al Qaeda references were removed.

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On March 10, 2014 award-winning news anchor Sharyl Attkisson resigned from CBS, alleging the network was spiking news stories that were unflattering to Barack Obama.<ref name=Macneal-resignation>{{cite news|last=Macneal|first=Caitlin|title=CBS Investigative Reporter Sharyl Attkisson Resigns From Network|url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sharyl-attkisson-cbs-resigns|accessdate=|newspaper=Talking Points Memo|date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> In her Best Seller, ''Stonewalled: One Reporter's Fight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation, and Harassment in Obama's Washington'',<ref name="NYT Best Stonewalled">{{cite news|title=Best Sellers: Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2014-11-23/combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction/list.html|accessdate=|publisher=''The New York Times''|date=November 23, 2014}}</ref> Attkisson goes public with how her work and personal computers had been hacked for more than two years after she began filing stories about the Benghazi massacre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/sharyl-attkisson-computers-compromised-cbs_n_3313199.html|title=CBS' Sharyl Attkisson: My Computers Were Compromised, 'Could Be Some Relationship' To DOJ Scandals|last=Mirkinson|first=Jack|date=May 21, 2013|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|accessdate=November 1, 2014}}</ref> CBS News investigated and found evidence of multiple unauthorized accesses by a third party in late 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/14/sharyl-attkisson_n_3442019.html|title=CBS News Confirms Sharyl Attkisson's Computer Breached|date=June 14, 2013|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|accessdate=}}</ref> The hackers were identified by independent experts as a US Government intelligence agency.<ref>{{Citation|last=Smith|first=Kyle|author-link=|last2=Golding|first2=Bruce|title=Ex-CBS reporter: Government agency bugged my computer|newspaper=[[New York Post]]|date=October 27, 2014|url=http://nypost.com/2014/10/27/ex-cbs-reporter-government-related-entity-bugged-my-computer|accessdate=}}</ref> In March 2015, Attkisson and her family initiated suit against Eric Holder, Patrick R. Donahoe and unnamed agents of the [[US Department of Justice]], the US Postal Service and the United States claiming to have been subjected to illegal surveillance activities.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/01/05/attkisson-sues-government-over-computer-intrusions Attkisson sues government over computer intrusions], ''Washington Post''; Retrieved March 6, 2015.</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/r/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2015/01/05/Editorial-Opinion/Graphics/attkisson-lawsuit.pdf Editorial Opinion re Attkisson], ''Washington Post''; Retrieved March 6, 2015.</ref>

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On March 10, 2014, award-winning news anchor Sharyl Attkisson resigned from CBS, alleging the network was spiking news stories that were unflattering to Barack Obama.<ref name=Macneal-resignation>{{cite news|last=Macneal|first=Caitlin|title=CBS Investigative Reporter Sharyl Attkisson Resigns From Network|url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sharyl-attkisson-cbs-resigns|accessdate=|newspaper=Talking Points Memo|date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> In her Best Seller, ''Stonewalled: One Reporter's Fight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation, and Harassment in Obama's Washington'',<ref name="NYT Best Stonewalled">{{cite news|title=Best Sellers: Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2014-11-23/combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction/list.html|accessdate=|publisher=''The New York Times''|date=November 23, 2014}}</ref> Attkisson goes public with how her work and personal computers had been hacked for more than two years after she began filing stories about the Benghazi massacre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/sharyl-attkisson-computers-compromised-cbs_n_3313199.html|title=CBS' Sharyl Attkisson: My Computers Were Compromised, 'Could Be Some Relationship' To DOJ Scandals|last=Mirkinson|first=Jack|date=May 21, 2013|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|accessdate=November 1, 2014}}</ref> CBS News investigated and found evidence of multiple unauthorized accesses by a third party in late 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/14/sharyl-attkisson_n_3442019.html|title=CBS News Confirms Sharyl Attkisson's Computer Breached|date=June 14, 2013|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|accessdate=}}</ref> The hackers were identified by independent experts as a US Government intelligence agency.<ref>{{Citation|last=Smith|first=Kyle|author-link=|last2=Golding|first2=Bruce|title=Ex-CBS reporter: Government agency bugged my computer|newspaper=[[New York Post]]|date=October 27, 2014|url=http://nypost.com/2014/10/27/ex-cbs-reporter-government-related-entity-bugged-my-computer|accessdate=}}</ref> In March 2015, Attkisson and her family initiated suit against Eric Holder, Patrick R. Donahoe and unnamed agents of the [[US Department of Justice]], the US Postal Service and the United States claiming to have been subjected to illegal surveillance activities.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/01/05/attkisson-sues-government-over-computer-intrusions Attkisson sues government over computer intrusions], ''Washington Post''; Retrieved March 6, 2015.</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/r/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2015/01/05/Editorial-Opinion/Graphics/attkisson-lawsuit.pdf Editorial Opinion re Attkisson], ''Washington Post''; Retrieved March 6, 2015.</ref>

The Benghazi Mission was initially, and mistakenly by media, called “a consulate," or a “consulate outpost.” But there are no State Dept. records of any consulate office in Benghazi.<ref>https://www.juancole.com/2014/05/questions-benghazi-consulate.html</ref> This is why no Pentagon rescue operation was mounted, the Defense Dept. had no knowledge of US assets in Benghazi. The Benghazi weapons smuggling operation to ISIS was a CIA/State Dept. operation authorized by an Obama presidential covert action finding.

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On July 8, 2016 the House Select Committee on Beghazi voted on final version of report. The report found {{Quotebox|"Susan Rice’s comments on the Sunday talk shows were met with shock and disbelief by State Department employees in Washington. The Senior Libya Desk Officer, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, State Department, wrote: “I think Rice was off the reservation on this one.” The Deputy Director, Office of Press and Public Diplomacy, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, State Department, responded: “Off the reservation on five networks!” The Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications, Bureau of Near East Affairs, State Department, wrote: “WH [White House] very worried about the politics. This was all their doing.” [pg. 132]<ref>http://benghazi.house.gov/NewInfo</ref>}}

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On July 8, 2016, the House Select Committee on Beghazi voted on final version of report. The report found {{Quotebox|"Susan Rice’s comments on the Sunday talk shows were met with shock and disbelief by State Department employees in Washington. The Senior Libya Desk Officer, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, State Department, wrote: “I think Rice was off the reservation on this one.” The Deputy Director, Office of Press and Public Diplomacy, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, State Department, responded: “Off the reservation on five networks!” The Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications, Bureau of Near East Affairs, State Department, wrote: “WH [White House] very worried about the politics. This was all their doing.” [pg. 132]<ref>http://benghazi.house.gov/NewInfo</ref>}}

===XKeyscore===

[[File:Xkeyscore-oglobo-3.png|right|300px|thumb|Xkeyscore monitoring stations globally capable of surveillance of electronic transmissions of anyone including presidents, Supreme Court justices, and members of congress.]]

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Gaddafi had been a notorious state sponsor of terror for more than three decades prior to 2003, at which point he aquieced and complied with Western wishes, renouncing terrorism, paying [[reparations]] to victims, gave up his WMD, and joined the United States in its global [[war on terror]]. More accurately, the United States joined Gaddafi in his war on the radical Islamic terrorists. As a [[secular]] leader, Gaddafi had been battling the Muslim Brotherhood for decades. The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group was an Islamist group the United Kingdom began supporting in 1995 to overthrow Gaddafi. Many were veterans of the [[Soviet-Afghan jihad]], and fought the United States during the [[Iraq insurgency]] of ~~2004-11~~.

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Gaddafi had been a notorious state sponsor of terror for more than three decades prior to 2003, at which point he aquieced and complied with Western wishes, renouncing terrorism, paying [[reparations]] to victims, gave up his WMD, and joined the United States in its global [[war on terror]]. More accurately, the United States joined Gaddafi in his war on the radical Islamic terrorists. As a [[secular]] leader, Gaddafi had been battling the Muslim Brotherhood for decades. The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group was an Islamist group the United Kingdom began supporting in 1995 to overthrow Gaddafi. Many were veterans of the [[Soviet-Afghan jihad]], and fought the United States during the [[Iraq insurgency]] of 2004–11.

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During the period of alliance with Gaddafi in the war on terror (~~2003-2011~~), Gaddafi used his oil wealth to purchase the most advanced internet communications surveillance and counter-intelligence technology the West had to offer. His prisons, from which the CIA operated a rendition and torture program, were control centers equipped with the most advanced electronic mass surveillance system throughout North Africa and the Middle East. Arrests could be made within hours after reading an email, monitoring a [[Skype]] transmission or [[Youtube]] upload, or listening to a phone conversation. The arrestee would be brought to the prison for interrogation. This system functioned in conjunction with multinational technology giants and intelligence sharing agreements with the US [[intelligence community]].

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During the period of alliance with Gaddafi in the war on terror (2003–2011), Gaddafi used his oil wealth to purchase the most advanced internet communications surveillance and counter-intelligence technology the West had to offer. His prisons, from which the CIA operated a rendition and torture program, were control centers equipped with the most advanced electronic mass surveillance system throughout North Africa and the Middle East. Arrests could be made within hours after reading an email, monitoring a [[Skype]] transmission or [[Youtube]] upload, or listening to a phone conversation. The arrestee would be brought to the prison for interrogation. This system functioned in conjunction with multinational technology giants and intelligence sharing agreements with the US [[intelligence community]].

In addition, Gaddafi purchased internet survellience technology from [[China]] used for population control. The relationship Gaddafi had with the US IC allowed for the real life design and testing of state-of-the-art mass surveillance technology of social media. In 2011 the Pentagon declared the internet a "domain of war,"<ref>https://thehill.com/policy/technology/171531-pentagon-declares-the-internet-a-domain-of-war</ref> alongside air, land, sea, and space, and began recruiting and training for Information War Specialists, or Cyberwarfare Specialists, assigned to the [[Air Force]].

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On October 3, 2011 the [[Obama administration]] secretly changed longstanding policy. The change created a “loophole” that Sen. [[Ron Wyden]] of the Intelligence Committee later says '''allows the NSA to conduct “backdoor searches,” or “incidental collection,” of US citizens’''' domestic communications.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/09/nsa-loophole-warrantless-searches-email-calls</ref> On December 27, 2012 Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden and Mark Udall warn the public of the “back-door search loophole” or "incidental" collection of innocent Americans. Udall says,

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On October 3, 2011, the [[Obama administration]] secretly changed longstanding policy. The change created a “loophole” that Sen. [[Ron Wyden]] of the Intelligence Committee later says '''allows the NSA to conduct “backdoor searches,” or “incidental collection,” of US citizens’''' domestic communications.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/09/nsa-loophole-warrantless-searches-email-calls</ref> On December 27, 2012, Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden and Mark Udall warn the public of the “back-door search loophole” or "incidental" collection of innocent Americans. Udall says,

{{Quotebox|As it is written, there is nothing to prohibit the intelligence community from searching through a pile of communications, which may have been incidentally or accidentally been collected without a warrant, to deliberately search for the phone calls or e-mails of specific Americans.}}

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After the [[Benghazi massacre]], when President Obama's jihadi allies turned on him and murdered the US Ambassador, Obama issued a new secret directive ordering intelligence officials to draw up a list of overseas targets for cyberattacks. Obama also suffered much domestic criticism over the Benghazi massacre and, according to ''The Guardian'', the directive also “contemplates the possible use of cyber actions inside the US.”

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On April 12, 2013 the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court secretly approved the latest FBI request to continue obtaining daily telephone records of millions of [[Verizon]] customers.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/jun/06/verizon-telephone-data-court-order</ref> The judge ordered Verizon to turn over the information to the [[National Security Agency]] (NSA). This directly contradicted Clapper's March 12 testimony to Congress denying NSA metadata collection.<ref>https://youtu.be/nsmo0hUWJ08</ref>

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On April 12, 2013, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court secretly approved the latest FBI request to continue obtaining daily telephone records of millions of [[Verizon]] customers.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/jun/06/verizon-telephone-data-court-order</ref> The judge ordered Verizon to turn over the information to the [[National Security Agency]] (NSA). This directly contradicted Clapper's March 12 testimony to Congress denying NSA metadata collection.<ref>https://youtu.be/nsmo0hUWJ08</ref>

A secret memo in later exposed by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden discussed how the US, along with British intelligence, is collecting information “directly from the servers of …[[Microsoft]], [[Yahoo]], [[Google]], [[Facebook]], PalTalk, [[AOL]], [[Skype]], [[YouTube]], [[Apple]].”<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-intelligence-mining-data-from-nine-us-internet-companies-in-broad-secret-program/2013/06/06/3a0c0da8-cebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html?hpid=z1&utm_term=.c188c8af0ba0</ref>

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On June 21 Snowden leaked how Britain's GCHQ taps fiber-optic cables to collect and store global email messages, Facebook posts, internet histories, and calls, and then shares the data with the NSA. Seven of the world's leading telecommunications companies provide GCHQ with secret, unlimited access to their network of undersea cables. The US government paid Britain's GCHQ roughly $155 million over three years to gain access and influence over its spying programs. NSA was found to be paying hundreds of millions of dollars each year to US companies for access to their networks.

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On September 5, 2013 a joint investigation by ProPublica, ''The New York Times'', and ''The Guardian'' found the NSA is winning its war against internet encryption with supercomputers, technical know-how, and court orders. NSA also has the ability to access user data for most major smartphones on the market, including Apple iPhones, BlackBerrys, and Google Android phones.

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On September 5, 2013, a joint investigation by ProPublica, ''The New York Times'', and ''The Guardian'' found the NSA is winning its war against internet encryption with supercomputers, technical know-how, and court orders. NSA also has the ability to access user data for most major smartphones on the market, including Apple iPhones, BlackBerrys, and Google Android phones.

In late October it was revealed the NSA tapped the mobile phone of German Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]]. ''Der Spiegel'' reported Obama personally approved wiretapping Merkel's cell phone conversations.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/03/17/flashback-barack-obama-wiretapped-german-chancellor-angela-merkel-in-2010/</ref>

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Revelations published on April 4 showed NSA and UK's GCHQ discussing various methods of deception, use of propaganda, mass messaging, and pushing stories on social media sites. Snowden revealed GCHQ asked NSA for "unsupervised access" to NSA's databases.

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On August 29, 2014 the Project on Government Oversight sent a letter to Obama and members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to voice concerns over Executive Order 12333, the primary authority under which the NSA gathers foreign intelligence. Unlike a [[FISA]] warrant, the Executive Order provides the government with the latitude to conduct sweeping surveillance on US and non-US persons without judicial review as long as the monitoring is necessary to protect US interests from "foreign security threats," an umbrella term that likely permits the surveillance of any foreign person.<ref>http://www.pogo.org/our-work/letters/2014/pogo-joins-group-letter-EO-12333.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/?referrer=http://circa.com/politics/government/if-proven-true-nunes-surveillance-revelations-raise-concerns-about-civil-liberties</ref>

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On August 29, 2014, the Project on Government Oversight sent a letter to Obama and members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to voice concerns over Executive Order 12333, the primary authority under which the NSA gathers foreign intelligence. Unlike a [[FISA]] warrant, the Executive Order provides the government with the latitude to conduct sweeping surveillance on US and non-US persons without judicial review as long as the monitoring is necessary to protect US interests from "foreign security threats," an umbrella term that likely permits the surveillance of any foreign person.<ref>http://www.pogo.org/our-work/letters/2014/pogo-joins-group-letter-EO-12333.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/?referrer=http://circa.com/politics/government/if-proven-true-nunes-surveillance-revelations-raise-concerns-about-civil-liberties</ref>

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On February 22, 2015 the British Secretive Court rules NSA-UK sharing of bulk metadata before December 2014 was illegal, however, after the Snowden leaks, now that knowledge of the practice is in the public domain, US-UK intelligence metadata sharing is legal.<ref>https://leaksource.wordpress.com/2015/02/22/ipt-rules-nsa-gchq-intel-sharing-illegal-prior-to-december-2014-legal-now-since-its-not-secret-anymore-huh/comment-page-1/</ref> Legal intelligence sharing with foreign agencies is a convenient way for law enforcement in both countries to circumvent constitutional restrictions and obtain information without [[probable cause]] or a search warrant. Under a reciprocal agreement, the US can ask the UK to spy on a US citizen or vice-versa (as in the case of [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Lady Diana Spencer]]) as a national security prerogative. The UK doesn't need a warrant in the US, nor the US in the UK, and a person's [[civil rights]] may be "legally" violated under this loophole. The practice was originated by President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in 1938 by [[Executive Order]] allowing British intelligence to [[wiretap]] American citizens that Britain feared were monitoring ships leaving harbor in New York and New Jersey, making them vulnerable to [[U-boat]]s.<ref>Counterintelligence Reader, World War II, Chapter 3, p. 249</ref>

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On February 22, 2015, the British Secretive Court rules NSA-UK sharing of bulk metadata before December 2014 was illegal, however, after the Snowden leaks, now that knowledge of the practice is in the public domain, US-UK intelligence metadata sharing is legal.<ref>https://leaksource.wordpress.com/2015/02/22/ipt-rules-nsa-gchq-intel-sharing-illegal-prior-to-december-2014-legal-now-since-its-not-secret-anymore-huh/comment-page-1/</ref> Legal intelligence sharing with foreign agencies is a convenient way for law enforcement in both countries to circumvent constitutional restrictions and obtain information without [[probable cause]] or a search warrant. Under a reciprocal agreement, the US can ask the UK to spy on a US citizen or vice-versa (as in the case of [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Lady Diana Spencer]]) as a national security prerogative. The UK doesn't need a warrant in the US, nor the US in the UK, and a person's [[civil rights]] may be "legally" violated under this loophole. The practice was originated by President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in 1938 by [[Executive Order]] allowing British intelligence to [[wiretap]] American citizens that Britain feared were monitoring ships leaving harbor in New York and New Jersey, making them vulnerable to [[U-boat]]s.<ref>Counterintelligence Reader, World War II, Chapter 3, p. 249</ref>

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The Bush-era controversy over warrantless wiretaps was always only cover for the real source where information was gained - Brennan's torture program. At the same time it served public notice Americans had to surrender some freedoms and civil liberties to a group of insiders who knew what was best for them. Legalities didn't matter anymore.

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On September 21, 2010 an internal email entitled “Obama Leak Investigations” at “global intelligence” company Stratfor claims Obama's then-White House adviser [[John Brennan]] is targeting [[journalist]]s.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120925054433/http://wikileaks.org:80/gifiles/docs/1210665_obama-leak-investigations-internal-use-only-pls-do-not.html]</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2013/05/22/wikileaks-stratfor-e-mail-brennan-behind-witch-hunt-of-journalists-reporting-leaks/</ref>

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On September 21, 2010, an internal email entitled “Obama Leak Investigations” at “global intelligence” company Stratfor claims Obama's then-White House adviser [[John Brennan]] is targeting [[journalist]]s.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120925054433/http://wikileaks.org:80/gifiles/docs/1210665_obama-leak-investigations-internal-use-only-pls-do-not.html]</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2013/05/22/wikileaks-stratfor-e-mail-brennan-behind-witch-hunt-of-journalists-reporting-leaks/</ref>

{{Quotebox|"Brennan is behind the [[witch hunt]]s of investigative journalists learning information from inside the beltway sources,” writes one Stratfor official to another. The email continues: “Note — '''There is specific tasker from the [White House] to go after anyone printing materials negative to the Obama agenda''' (oh my.) Even the FBI is shocked. The Wonder Boys must be in meltdown mode…”}}

“The Wonder Boys” reportedly refers to the [[National Security Agency]] (NSA).<ref>Credit:Sharyl Attkisson. https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/12/1210665_obama-leak-investigations-internal-use-only-pls-do-not.html</ref>

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On March 7, 2013 the Senate confirmed [[John Brennan]] as CIA Director. Brennan, who ran the Bush-era torture program, now was in charge of writing the CIA's response to torture allegations in the Senate Intelligence Oversight Torture report.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324034804578346692855187354</ref> On May 10 Brennan met with Obama in the White House to discuss CIA's response to the Torture Report.<ref>

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On March 7, 2013, the Senate confirmed [[John Brennan]] as CIA Director. Brennan, who ran the Bush-era torture program, now was in charge of writing the CIA's response to torture allegations in the Senate Intelligence Oversight Torture report.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324034804578346692855187354</ref> On May 10 Brennan met with Obama in the White House to discuss CIA's response to the Torture Report.<ref>

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https://theintercept.com/2014/03/13/president-obama-covering-presidencys-role-torture-4-years/</ref> On June 27 the CIA sent a response to the Senate ntelligence Committee Torture Report, attacking the ~~Committee~~; Sen. [[Mark Udall]] issued a statement alleging intelligence officials leaked "inaccurate information" critical of the Committee report. Udall stated that the CIA and the White House "repeatedly rejected requests to discuss the Committee's report.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140627161317/http://www.markudall.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=3536</ref>

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https://theintercept.com/2014/03/13/president-obama-covering-presidencys-role-torture-4-years/</ref> On June 27 the CIA sent a response to the Senate ntelligence Committee Torture Report, attacking the committee; Sen. [[Mark Udall]] issued a statement alleging intelligence officials leaked "inaccurate information" critical of the Committee report. Udall stated that the CIA and the White House "repeatedly rejected requests to discuss the Committee's report.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140627161317/http://www.markudall.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=3536</ref>

August 13, 2013 Ghouta chemical attack occurred. Ghouta is a suburb of [[Damascus]], Syria. Obama and Brennan's allies, the [[Islamic State|Islamic State of Iraq and Syria]], used chemical weapons on civilians. Obama publicly claimed the Assad regime did it.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2017/04/06/nyt-retreats-on-2013-syriasarin-claims/</ref> Later reports indicated,

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On January 17, 2015 Seen. Feinstein slams the CIA's internal review of hacking and interference with Congressional Oversight, the ''Panetta review'', as a whitewash.<ref>https://thehill.com/policy/technology/230857-feinstein-slams-report-clearing-cia-of-spying-on-senate</ref>

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On January 17, 2015, Seen. Feinstein slams the CIA's internal review of hacking and interference with Congressional Oversight, the ''Panetta review'', as a whitewash.<ref>https://thehill.com/policy/technology/230857-feinstein-slams-report-clearing-cia-of-spying-on-senate</ref>

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''Reuters'' reported on March 11, 2011 ‘a large shipment of weapons and explosives and night-vision goggles … in a truck coming from Iraq’ carrying 'dozens of grenades and pistols as well as rifles and ammunition belts’ was seized at '''al-Waleed''' (known in Syria as '''[[al-Tanf]]''') southern bordering crossing, some 400 west of Baghdad. The Syrian Government News Agency (SANA) said the weapons were intended ‘for use in actions that affect Syria’s internal security and spread unrest and chaos.’ The driver said the weapons had been loaded in [[Baghdad]] and he was to be paid $5,000 to deliver them to Syria.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-iraq-idUSTRE72A3MI20110311 Syria says seizes weapons smuggled from Iraq], Mar 11, 2011</ref>

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On March 18 armed protesters in Daraa open fired on regime security forces.<ref>[http://www.handsoffsyriasydney.com/tag/tim-anderson-hands-off-syria%3Fprint%3Dpdf-page&ved=0ahUKEwiYxtTe5ILUAhXqxFQKHa_9CuEQFgiQATAV&usg=AFQjCNH9o86l1MN0vnd-zHPh1oDfAyqFpA&sig2=oDLtUoswAqdmZaGZGoLyDw]</ref> Syrian security forces returned fire.<ref>http://www.trans-int.com/wordpress/index.php/2014/04/14/father-frans-on-the-syrian-rebellion-the-protestors-shot-first/</ref> What began as a popular movement for greater freedom and democracy was over by April 2011. The continuing war was fueled and funded by outside sources, and foreign fighters entering Syria from Turkey and Northern Iraq. The fighters were principally equipped and funded by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, although the CIA by June 2011, per Obama's ~~Presidential~~ finding, was supplying jihadist elements with weapons from captured Libyan stockpiles. Airial transport originated in Benghazi and was flown to Incirlik, Turkey. Sea transport originated in Derna, Libya to the Turkish port of Iskenderun, 35 miles from the Syrian border.<ref>http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/5897</ref>

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On March 18 armed protesters in Daraa open fired on regime security forces.<ref>[http://www.handsoffsyriasydney.com/tag/tim-anderson-hands-off-syria%3Fprint%3Dpdf-page&ved=0ahUKEwiYxtTe5ILUAhXqxFQKHa_9CuEQFgiQATAV&usg=AFQjCNH9o86l1MN0vnd-zHPh1oDfAyqFpA&sig2=oDLtUoswAqdmZaGZGoLyDw]</ref> Syrian security forces returned fire.<ref>http://www.trans-int.com/wordpress/index.php/2014/04/14/father-frans-on-the-syrian-rebellion-the-protestors-shot-first/</ref> What began as a popular movement for greater freedom and democracy was over by April 2011. The continuing war was fueled and funded by outside sources, and foreign fighters entering Syria from Turkey and Northern Iraq. The fighters were principally equipped and funded by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, although the CIA by June 2011, per Obama's presidential finding, was supplying jihadist elements with weapons from captured Libyan stockpiles. Airial transport originated in Benghazi and was flown to Incirlik, Turkey. Sea transport originated in Derna, Libya to the Turkish port of Iskenderun, 35 miles from the Syrian border.<ref>http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/5897</ref>

On March 23 the Syrian government seized weapons stored in the Al-Omari [[mosque]] in the city of Daraa.<ref>https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=abc_1357562508#KLo202ZH2GdJQ6Jj.99</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110324084454/http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/143026</ref> The ''Daily Mail'' reported "'an armed gang' of 'peaceful protesters' opened fire on an ambulance, killing 'a doctor, a paramedic and a policeman.'"

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Jisr ash-Shugur massacre took place on June 6, 2011. 120 Syrian regime personnel were executed by supposed "unarmed peaceful opposition protesters." Many were beheaded and their bodies thrown from a bridge into the Orontes river.<ref>https://www.ted.com/talks/markham_nolan_how_to_separate_fact_and_fiction_online/transcript?language=en</ref> The atrocity is videotaped and uploaded to YouTube, later censored by Western cyberwarfare information specialists.

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On July 18, 2011 former [[Clinton administration]] State Dept. Spokesman Jamie Rubin, husband of [[CNN]]’s [[Christiane Amanpour]] emailed Hillary Clnton:

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On July 18, 2011, former [[Clinton administration]] State Dept. Spokesman Jamie Rubin, husband of [[CNN]]’s [[Christiane Amanpour]] emailed Hillary Clnton:

{{Quotebox|Again, congratulations are in order...It is a pleasure to see the State Department again leading the administration on this. Syria, too......the White House doesn’t seem like it cares very much. In general, the [[NSC]] seems uncomfortable with creative applications of American power and influence. And we all know the military and the [[Pentagon]] resist limited military operations, especially airpower-only engagements. So, it must be you and your colleagues at State. Well done. . . . even a small success like the one that is coming in Libya will turn around the steady decline in American influence in the region and around the world. I suspect that you know this, but European elites, Gulf elites, East Europeans and many others regard the Administration as weak.}}

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===Flynn report===

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On July 25, 2012 a US Chinook helicopter was shot down by the [[Taliban]] in Afghanistan by latest generation of the Stinger available for export. A serial number from the missile casing was recovered, tracing the Stinger's origin to a lot entrusted to the CIA which was delivered to Qatar. Under Obama's covert action finding the Stinger was intended for Libya and Syrian jihadis. Hillary Clinton's State Dept. and John Brennan's CIA jointly ran the covert weapons supply program,<ref>http://nypost.com/2014/06/08/how-the-taliban-got-their-hands-on-modern-us-missiles/</ref> leaving the Pentagon and Gen.[[Michael Flynn]]'s [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] out of the loop. Some of the Stinger's that Qater illegally transferred to the Taliban may have been recovered in a trade for 5 Taliban commanders released from Guantanamo.

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On July 25, 2012, a US Chinook helicopter was shot down by the [[Taliban]] in Afghanistan by latest generation of the Stinger available for export. A serial number from the missile casing was recovered, tracing the Stinger's origin to a lot entrusted to the CIA which was delivered to Qatar. Under Obama's covert action finding the Stinger was intended for Libya and Syrian jihadis. Hillary Clinton's State Dept. and John Brennan's CIA jointly ran the covert weapons supply program,<ref>http://nypost.com/2014/06/08/how-the-taliban-got-their-hands-on-modern-us-missiles/</ref> leaving the Pentagon and Gen.[[Michael Flynn]]'s [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] out of the loop. Some of the Stinger's that Qater illegally transferred to the Taliban may have been recovered in a trade for 5 Taliban commanders released from Guantanamo.

On August 12 Flynn's Defense Intelligence Agency circulated widely a document to [[CENTCOM]], the CIA, FBI, [[DHS]], NGA (National Geospacial Agency), State Dept., and other members of the [[Intelligence Community]]. The document stated that West powers (NATO powers), members of the Gulf Cooperation Council ([[Bahrain]], [[Kuwait]], [[Oman]], Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the [[United Arab Emirates]]), and [[Turkey]] want an [[Islamic State]] ("Salafist principality in Eastern Syria") to oppose the regime of [[Bashar al-Assad]].

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When Menagh Air Base was captured from the Syrian government on August 6 by ISIS, it was celebrated as great victory by Western [[mainstream media]] organizations.<ref>https://levantreport.com/2014/09/13/isis-as-u-s-creation-the-clearest-authenticated-video-evidence-to-date/</ref>

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On February 24, 2014 reports stated that an envoy sent from Al Qaeda Central to mediate a leadership disputes between local militias and ISIS was killed by ISIS suicide bombers.<ref>[http://time.com/9555/al-qaeda-al-suri-syria-isis/ Al Qaeda’s Top Envoy Killed in Syria by Rival Rebel Group], ''TIME Magazine'', February 24, 2014.</ref> This marked the beginning of an eclipse of al Qaeda as the premier jihadist organization, and the rise of the JV team, the Islamic State.

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On February 24, 2014, reports stated that an envoy sent from Al Qaeda Central to mediate a leadership disputes between local militias and ISIS was killed by ISIS suicide bombers.<ref>[http://time.com/9555/al-qaeda-al-suri-syria-isis/ Al Qaeda’s Top Envoy Killed in Syria by Rival Rebel Group], ''TIME Magazine'', February 24, 2014.</ref> This marked the beginning of an eclipse of al Qaeda as the premier jihadist organization, and the rise of the JV team, the Islamic State.

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On April 30, 2014 DNI James Clapper began taking steps to remove [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] Chief Mike Flynn, head of one of the 16 member agencies of the US Intelligence Community, for his dissention of the course President Barack Obama set US counter-intelligence policy on, aligning with radical [[Islamic]] [[jihad]]ists, and expending the lives of American Armed Service personnal in a cavalier fashion.<ref>

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On April 30, 2014, DNI James Clapper began taking steps to remove [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] Chief Mike Flynn, head of one of the 16 member agencies of the US Intelligence Community, for his dissention of the course President Barack Obama set US counter-intelligence policy on, aligning with radical [[Islamic]] [[jihad]]ists, and expending the lives of American Armed Service personnal in a cavalier fashion.<ref>

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/head-of-pentagon-intelligence-agency-forced-out-officials-say/2014/04/30/ec15a366-d09d-11e3-9e25-188ebe1fa93b_story.html?utm_term=.45a637102303</ref><ref name="newsmax.com">https://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/michael-flynn-isis-memoir/2016/07/10/id/737937/</ref>

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President-elect Donald Trump named Gen. Flynn as his [[National Security Advisor]], a clear signal to the [[Intelligence Community]] of a reversal of course of the disastrous policies Obama and the [[Deep State]] operatives had set country on. Flynn knew where the bodies were buried. On December 10, 2016 Deep State operative John Schindler issued series of threats and ultimatums on [[Twitter]]<ref>https://storify.com/DemFromCT/john-schindler-with-a-look-at-donald-trump-s-war-w</ref>

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President-elect Donald Trump named Gen. Flynn as his [[National Security Advisor]], a clear signal to the [[Intelligence Community]] of a reversal of course of the disastrous policies Obama and the [[Deep State]] operatives had set country on. Flynn knew where the bodies were buried. On December 10, 2016, Deep State operative John Schindler issued series of threats and ultimatums on [[Twitter]]<ref>https://storify.com/DemFromCT/john-schindler-with-a-look-at-donald-trump-s-war-w</ref>

{{Quotebox|The IC dislikes you intensely and they hate Flynn....<br>If Don won't walk back his foolish attack on the IC, watch for leaked terms like KGB, FSB, SVR, kompromat, Mogilevich, Organizatsiya... /10 6:00 AM - 10 Dec 2016}}

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On June 9, 2014 the [[Islamic State]] captured Mosul;<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/11/mosul-isis-gunmen-middle-east-states Iraq army capitulates to Isis militants in four cities | World news | The Guardian]</ref> Obama reacted by calling ISIS "the Junior Varsity team."<ref>https://youtu.be/-wCqcWDZOjE</ref> On June 29 the Islamic State

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On June 9, 2014, the [[Islamic State]] captured Mosul;<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/11/mosul-isis-gunmen-middle-east-states Iraq army capitulates to Isis militants in four cities | World news | The Guardian]</ref> Obama reacted by calling ISIS "the Junior Varsity team."<ref>https://youtu.be/-wCqcWDZOjE</ref> On June 29 the Islamic State

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[[Caliphate]] was proclaimed in Mosul. On August 7, 2014 DIA Director Gen. Micahael T. Flynn, unwilling to go along with Obama policy in support of the Caliph, was fired.

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[[Caliphate]] was proclaimed in Mosul. On August 7, 2014, DIA Director Gen. Micahael T. Flynn, unwilling to go along with Obama policy in support of the Caliph, was fired.

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On September 21, 2014 Islamic State deputy and spokesman Abū Muhammad al-‘Adnānī<ref>[https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/legacy_files/files/publication/150203_Alterman_ReligiousRadicalism_Web.pdf p.42 pdf]</ref><ref>[https://khilafatimes.wordpress.com/leadership/adnani/ ]</ref>

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On September 21, 2014, Islamic State deputy and spokesman Abū Muhammad al-‘Adnānī<ref>[https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/legacy_files/files/publication/150203_Alterman_ReligiousRadicalism_Web.pdf p.42 pdf]</ref><ref>[https://khilafatimes.wordpress.com/leadership/adnani/ ]</ref>

al-Shaykh al-Mujahid, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani al-Shami, Islamic State Times issued a [[fatwa]] in stating,

{{quotebox|'''Strike their police''', security, and intelligence members. If you can kill a disbelieving American or European – especially the spiteful and filthy French – or an Australian, or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war against the Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him in any manner or way however it may be.}}

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Within a month the jihad became global. In [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], a homegrown jihadist struck two soldiers with his car in a shopping mall parking lot killing one and injuring the other.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-terror/man-who-killed-soldier-car-was-radical-muslim-authorities-say-n230526</ref>

[[File:800px-Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Tombe du Soldat inconnu.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Canadian Tomb of the Unknown Soldier out side the Canadian Parliament, site of one of the Islamic State's first high-profile vexation operations.]]

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The Canadian Parliament Hill attack occurred on October 22, 2014, in

[[Ottawa]]. A Canadian born jihadi shot and killed an honor guard in the back at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, on the grounds of the National War Memorial. The jihadi fled to the Parliament building where Members of Parliament were in caucus. In an exchange of gunfire, he was shot and killed by the of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons. Three others sustained injuries.

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One week later the Charlie Hedbo attacks occurred in Paris. 12 people were slaughtered by gunmen 'avenging' insults of the Prophet of Islam at a newspaper office which printed satirical cartoons. 10 others were wounded. The day after a policewoman investigating a traffic accident was ambushed and killed by a Muslim extremist, and the following day four hostages were killed by an Islamic gunman at Jewish grocery. In North Belfast, [[Ireland]], an immigrant from [[Somalia]] stabbed a man to death on the street while yelling a 'Jihadi war cry,' according to censored media reports.

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On February 3, 2015, in Nice, France three French soldiers standing guard at a Jewish center were stabbed by a radical Muslim.

===Christians beheaded===

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On February 12, 2015, twenty-one [[Christian]]s were mass beheaded in Derna, Libya by Obama's Islamic State militants after Obama liberated the country for "humanitarian" purposes. Two days later in [[Copenhagen]] [[Denmark]], while praising [[Allah]], a gunman fired into a cafe hosting a [[free speech]] event organized by a cartoonist critical of Islam, killing one participant. The next day again in Copenhagen, a 37-year-old [[Jewish]] man guarding a [[synagogue]] is gunned down by a Muslim radical. Four days later a [[White House]] summit, allegedly on [[violent]] [[extremism]], opened with a Muslim call to prayer.<ref>https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/penny-starr/white-house-summit-violent-extremism-opens-muslim-prayer-no-other-faiths</ref>

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As the [[European migrant crisis]] mounted, on April 16, 2015 while en route to [[Sicily]], Italy, twelve Christians on a refugee boat were thrown to their deaths by Muslims. A month later in [[Macedonia]], along the Western Balkan route, Muslim terrorists waged a running battle with police, killing at eight and wounding thirty-seven. By late summer and into the fall, in Sweden a woman and her son were beheaded in an IKEA parking lot by angry Muslims who just left a government immigration office where one was informed he would be deported.<ref>[http://www.barenakedislam.com/2015/08/12/sweden-new-photo-of-what-appears-to-be-a-beheading-victim-in-ikea-indicates-that-the-asylum-seeking-knife-attackers-were-likely-muslims/]</ref> The beheading was reported in the United States by CBS News as "a knife attack." In October the Swedish Migration Board covered up a gang rape of a 3-year-old toddler and prevented police from investigating.<ref>http://speisa.com/modules/articles/index.php/item.2121/a-refugee-raped-a-three-year-old-child-the-migration-board-tried-to-conceal-the-incident.html</ref>

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As the [[European migrant crisis]] mounted, on April 16, 2015, while en route to [[Sicily]], Italy, twelve Christians on a refugee boat were thrown to their deaths by Muslims. A month later in [[Macedonia]], along the Western Balkan route, Muslim terrorists waged a running battle with police, killing at eight and wounding thirty-seven. By late summer and into the fall, in Sweden a woman and her son were beheaded in an IKEA parking lot by angry Muslims who just left a government immigration office where one was informed he would be deported.<ref>[http://www.barenakedislam.com/2015/08/12/sweden-new-photo-of-what-appears-to-be-a-beheading-victim-in-ikea-indicates-that-the-asylum-seeking-knife-attackers-were-likely-muslims/]</ref> The beheading was reported in the United States by CBS News as "a knife attack." In October the Swedish Migration Board covered up a gang rape of a 3-year-old toddler and prevented police from investigating.<ref>http://speisa.com/modules/articles/index.php/item.2121/a-refugee-raped-a-three-year-old-child-the-migration-board-tried-to-conceal-the-incident.html</ref>

On November 13 in [[Paris]], Islamic terrorists opened fire and throw bombs during a concert at a music hall, killing 89 people and injuring 322 while shouting 'Allah Akbar' (Bataclan). At a restaurant (Belle Equipe), Muslims murdered 19 and wounded 9 and killed 15 more innocents,injuring 10 at two other restaurants (Le Carillon and Le Petit Cambodge). At a Parisian bar and pizzeria (La Bonne Biere, Casa Nostra) 5 patrons were killed and 8 injured. A suicide bombing occurred outside a cafe (Comptoir Voltaire), and a passerby was killed with two suicide blasts outside a soccer stadium (Stade de France) and a nearby McDonald's.

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Four days later ''[[Bloomberg]]'' reported "In a call with senior Obama administration officials Tuesday evening, several [[governor]]s demanded they be given access to information about [[Hillary Clinton Foreign Policy#Syria|Syrian refugees]] about to be resettled by the federal government in their states. Top White House officials refused."<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2015-11-18/states-press-white-house-for-details-on-syrian-refugees</ref> A reported 85,000 have been resettled in the [[United States]]. A month later the Islamic State [[Caliph]] decreed that Christians in Sweden must convert to Islam or face beheading.<ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/626885/Islamic-State-ISIS-letters-Sweden-convert-Islam-decapitated-murder-jihadi-Syria ISIS BEHEADING PLOT - Jihadis send LETTERS to EU civilians ordering them to convert or die], By NICK GUTTERIDGE, ''Daily Express'', Dec 18, 2015. www.express.co.uk</ref> After Flynn's firing by Obama, with New Year Donald Trump publicly accused Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama of creating ISIS.<ref>https://youtu.be/QcEMH5YuI6E</ref>

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On January 16, 2016 at an 'anti-[[racist]]' rock concert, Swedish girls were raped by Muslim men public. Police, government, and media colluded for months to cover-up the facts from the public.<ref>[http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/01/its-not-only-germany-that-covers-up-mass-sex-attacks-by-migrant-men-swedens-record-is-shameful/ Sweden’s record is shameful Stockholm police were warned not to give descriptions of the perpetrators lest they were accused of being racist], Ivar Arpi, ''The Spectator'', 16 January 2016. www.spectator.co.uk</ref> Nine days later a young Swedish [[female]] working at a refugee centre was stabbed to death by a Muslim migrant.<ref>[http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/migrant-crisis-young-female-refugee-centre-worker-stabbed-death-by-migrant-sweden-1540020 Migrant crisis: Young female refugee centre worker stabbed to death by migrant in Sweden], Mark Piggott By Mark Piggott, International Business Times, January 25, 2016</ref> The next day Swedish police were unable to enter a refugee center to assist a child who was gang raped by Muslim refugees.<ref>[https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/01/sweden-muslim-migrants-force-police-to-flee-refugee-center Sweden: Muslim migrants force police to flee refugee center], [[Robert Spencer]], Jihad Watch, JANUARY 26, 2016</ref>

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On January 16, 2016, at an 'anti-[[racist]]' rock concert, Swedish girls were raped by Muslim men public. Police, government, and media colluded for months to cover-up the facts from the public.<ref>[http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/01/its-not-only-germany-that-covers-up-mass-sex-attacks-by-migrant-men-swedens-record-is-shameful/ Sweden’s record is shameful Stockholm police were warned not to give descriptions of the perpetrators lest they were accused of being racist], Ivar Arpi, ''The Spectator'', 16 January 2016. www.spectator.co.uk</ref> Nine days later a young Swedish [[female]] working at a refugee centre was stabbed to death by a Muslim migrant.<ref>[http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/migrant-crisis-young-female-refugee-centre-worker-stabbed-death-by-migrant-sweden-1540020 Migrant crisis: Young female refugee centre worker stabbed to death by migrant in Sweden], Mark Piggott By Mark Piggott, International Business Times, January 25, 2016</ref> The next day Swedish police were unable to enter a refugee center to assist a child who was gang raped by Muslim refugees.<ref>[https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/01/sweden-muslim-migrants-force-police-to-flee-refugee-center Sweden: Muslim migrants force police to flee refugee center], [[Robert Spencer]], Jihad Watch, JANUARY 26, 2016</ref>

[[File:D0R0003690402.JPG|right|300|thumb|The map shows the locations of NATO Headquarters, the European Union Commission, and the sites of two suicide attacks that killed 35 and wounded 340. Maelbeek has one of the largest Muslim populations resident in Europe.<ref>https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/7677/belgium-jihadists</ref>]]

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On March 22, 2016 fourteen people were murdered and 92 injured in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] when two radical Islamic suicide bombers detonated nail-packed explosives at crowded airline counters. Meanwhile, at the Maelbeek ([[Molenbeek]]) metro station in Brussels, another suicide bomber on a subway train incinerated 21 commuters and injured 130 others. Former NSA analyst John Schindler wrote in the ''Observer'',<ref>https://observer.com/2016/03/europe-is-again-at-war/</ref>

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On March 22, 2016, fourteen people were murdered and 92 injured in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] when two radical Islamic suicide bombers detonated nail-packed explosives at crowded airline counters. Meanwhile, at the Maelbeek ([[Molenbeek]]) metro station in Brussels, another suicide bomber on a subway train incinerated 21 commuters and injured 130 others. Former NSA analyst John Schindler wrote in the ''Observer'',<ref>https://observer.com/2016/03/europe-is-again-at-war/</ref>

{{Quotebox-float|Europe is now at war again. The threat today is less terrorism than a low-grade insurgency, a [[guerrilla war]] of sorts, that hangs over much of the continent as thousands of jihadists, made proficient killers by ISIS in Syria and Iraq, return home with visions of killing “infidels,” their former neighbors. There will be no parley or negotiation with such mass murderers.}}

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[[al-Qaeda]] is stronger in [[Yemen]] with control on some cities. In 2015 Shia [[Hothis|Houthi]]-rebels took control over parts of Yemen.

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On October 10, 2016 the [[BBC]] reported the United States could be implicated in [[war crimes]] in Yemen.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37607248</ref>

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On October 10, 2016, the [[BBC]] reported the United States could be implicated in [[war crimes]] in Yemen.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37607248</ref>

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