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Blog Smith is inspired by the myth of Hephaestus in the creation of blacksmith-like, forged materials: ideas. This blog analyzes topics that interest me: IT, politics, technology, history, education, music, and the history of religions.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

You Can't Beat the Price

A free hosted service that expands web analytics is now offered by a start-up NuConomy.

Germany Standing by Pakistan

Germany is standing by its commitment to Pakistan in its security and economic woes to help promote peace, according to German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. He was joined with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi. Qureshi said Pakistan was looking for strengthened trade ties with Germany and its help in accessing European markets for exports, particularly in textiles, stressing that it wanted to be self-sufficient. Pakistan is facing a worsening security situation and needs up to 4.5 billion dollars (3.5 billion euros) to deal with a balance of payments crisis.


Some 3,500 German troops are serving as part of the UN-sanctioned, NATO-led international force in Afghanistan and Berlin is planning to send 1,000 more.

Monday, October 27, 2008

Senior Taliban Perhaps Out

Graphic source: The Long War Journal


Unconfirmed reports indicate that Haji Omar Khan, a senior Taliban leader in South Waziristan who has strong ties to Mullah Omar, is said to have been killed in the strike that is believed to have killed an estimated 16 to 20 people, including "foreigners." Khan has strong ties to Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud as well as the powerful Haqqani family which the U.S. has been targeting of late.


If this elimination is confirmed, it would indicate that on the same day, Coalition troops took out high-value targets (HVT) in both the Iraqi and the Afghan fronts. This is an impressive display before the next election in the U.S.

Syrian Incursion Clears Out AQ Operative Ghadiya and Staff

Graphic source: The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency


The Road to Mesopotamia is a bit clearer with the U.S. incursion into Syria. The tract was written by a jihadi named Al Muhajir Al Islami, and discovered in the summer of 2005. Al Qaeda established a network of operatives inside Syria to move foreign fighters, weapons, and cash to support its terror activities inside Iraq.


Since then, operatives and weapons moved from Syria to Iraq. Until now that is. Al Qaeda leader Abu Ghadiya and the entire senior leadership of Ghadiya's network was also killed in the raid into Syria.


Several U.S. helicopters entered Sukkariya, near Abu Kamal, in eastern Syria, just five miles from Iraq. U.S. commandos from the hunter-killer teams of Task Force 88 cleared the buildings sheltering Ghadiya and his staff.


The Syrian government has protested the attack and the government claimed eight civilians, including women and children, were killed in the strike. However, the Associated Press disputed the Syrian account, and noted that only the bodies of seven men were displayed, Ghadiya's staff.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Presidential Debate: Nader and Baldwin

An actual debate by two third party candidates was covered by C-Span.

Tape Confirms Obama Not a Natural Born Citizen

Philip J. Berg, a former deputy attorney general for Pennsylvania, told the Michael Savage talk radio program that he has a tape recording of a telephone call from the senator's paternal grandmother confirming his birth in Mombosa, Kenya. Obama's grandmother affirmed she "was in the delivery room in Kenya when he was born Aug. 4, 1961." The Pennsylvania Democrat has sued Obama demanding he prove his American citizenship-–and therefore qualification to run for president.


The issue of Obama's birthplace, which he states is Honolulu in 1961, has been raised enough times that his campaign website has posted an image purporting to be of his "Certification of Live Birth" from Hawaii.


Berg said he's pursuing the issue because of "the most important document in the United States, the U.S. Constitution."


Besides Berg's lawsuit, several other court challenges also have been filed, including one in Washington state where petitioners are seeking to have the Washington secretary of state "verify Obama's eligibility" to serve prior to the election.


The claim states, "The 'certificate' that Mr. Obama has posted on his official Website is a 'Certification of Live Birth,' and not a 'Birth Certificate' from Hawaii. There is no indication on even this certificate as to specifically where the birth took place."


The Washington state case also alleges, "Wayne Madsen, Journalist with Online Journal as a contributing writer and published an article on June 9, 2008, stating that a research team went to Mombassa, Kenya, and located a Certificate Registering the birth of Barack Obama, Jr. at a Kenya Maternity Hospital, to his father, a Kenyan citizen and his mother, a U.S. citizen.


When Jerome Corsi, an investigator reporter, recently traveled to Kenya to investigate several questions about the candidate, he was told the records were sealed and would not be made available.


Berg said he believed it also was a complication that Obama's mother divorced his father, married and moved to Indonesia for several years and Obama attended school there at a time when, Berg said, only Indonesia citizens were allowed in schools. Records that are available from Indonesia revealed Obama was registered in school as Barry Soetoro, and his religion was listed as Islam.


When Obama later returned to Hawaii, within the United States, there should have been a government document affirming his citizenship, but that also cannot be found. If that was not processed properly, Berg said, Obama would be in a situation even worse than not being a natural-born citizen.


"If he didn't go through immigration, he now is illegal and has been an illegal alien. He couldn't even hold the position of senator for Illinois," Berg said.


Further, Berg said he suspected Obama's college records may indicate he received aid as a foreigner, and that's why those records have been withheld by the campaign.


"I really think it's because it probably indicates he's from Kenya, or Indonesia, or received foreign aid," Berg said.


Berg has a tape from Obama's paternal grandmother affirming that he was born in Kenya. He is not a natural-born citizen so he is constitutionally illegible to be president. Obama only has a certificate of live birth, not a valid American birth certificate. Others have begun to challenge Obama's birth as well. Most likely, Obama is actually either a Kenyan, or an Indonesian Muslim. He may be an illegal alien. Other records that could confirm his citizenship, student records, have not been released.

Jihad Preached on U.S. Cable TV



Gary Baumgarten interviews New York Sun correspondent Youssef Ibrahim who reported that Jihad is being advocated via Arabic TV on cable News Talk Online on Paltalk in the United States.

Charles Maier on the Bush Doctrine

In regards to Bush and Iraq, Maier claims that the President's policies
have been "calamitous," (p. 60), "reckless," (p. 62), a series of
"adventures" (p. 63), and "testosterone-fueled" (p. 78); thus, with that
polemic, Maier can hardly be taken seriously. Unless he is willing to
engage the issues his analysis is flawed.

Maier wants to establish that interactions between countries actually
occur below the level of official diplomacy, at that level of motivation
and the basest instinct of human beings, religion. Yet, he returns to
official state representatives, not the below actors considered important
earlier, and finds, of all things, moderate Islam (p. 69)? If his
intention is to find and discover religion, below the surface, you would
think this would be an easy search to conduct. Any number of radical,
jihadist examples proliferate in the world but moderate Islamic world
spokespersons are much harder to find. Not one moderate Islamic
spokesperson has emerged from the Middle East; the discovery of a Martin
Luther King, Jr., or a Mother Theresa from the Middle East is not
forthcoming. We are left with the world we are actually in and not the
world Maier describes.

Maier is all over the place in his search for authentic cultural
expression from below. He even includes "street theater" (p. 72). His
argument is not simple as he suggests (p. 61), but simplistic. He
approvingly quotes Fareed Zakaria, the celebrator of America's decline
(The Future of Freedom, The Post-American World), who naively describes
Weimar as a "model democracy" (p. 76), by ignoring its obvious
limitations.

The Weimar republic faced severe problems from the start. Politically, it
was weak because Germany had many small parties. The chancellor had to
form coalitions that easily fell apart.

The government, led by moderate democratic socialists, came under
constant fire from both the left and right. Communists demanded radical
changes like those Lenin had brought to Russia. Conservatives—including
the old Junker nobility, military officers, and wealthy bourgeoisie—
attacked the government as too liberal and weak. They longed for another
strong leader like Bismarck. Germans of all classes blamed the Weimar
Republic for the hated Versailles treaty. Bitter, they looked for
scapegoats. Many blamed German Jews for economic and political problems.
Weimar was not a model democracy, it was a flawed republic from its
creation in 1919.

But Maier is not quite done with analyzing religion. He remarks: "we must
work to attenuate the passions of religion" (p. 80). How, he does not say
since he is correct in viewing religion as a phenomenon from below and he
should appreciate that the winds of religion blow where they will.
However, it is true that Turkey may be an example of one Islamic country
that largely maintains a secular government as opposed to Islamist
religionists holding sway. Yet, Maier makes the staggering proposition
that "ultimately Iran" will have a "constituency of middle-class electors
concerned with property and humane values" (p. 80).

That Iran will peacably evolve into a European-like Christian Democracy
is preposterous. Iranian development is not simply rhetoric but the
reality of Iran is alarming. Iran is a country that willingly sacrificed
one million of its own citizens in its disastrous war against Iraq from
1980-1988. What European Christian Democracy would do this today?
Maier does not seriously consider Bush's doctrine and he seriously
distorts and misunderstands the phenomenon of religion, particularly
Islamism.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Is Obama a Natural Born Citizen?

Is Obama a Natural Born Citizen? We do not know the answer to that question according to a filing by Democrat Philip Berg, a Philadelphia attorney.


Press Release: Obama & DNC admit all allegations in Berg v. Obama


Obama & DNC Admit All Allegations of Federal Court Lawsuit - Obama’s “Not” Qualified to be President


Obama Should Immediately Withdraw his Candidacy for President

For Immediate Release: - 10/21/08 - Complete contact details and pdfs of this press release and motions filed by plaintiff Berg today are at the end of this article

(Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania – 10/21/08) - Philip J. Berg, Esquire, the Attorney who filed suit against Barack H. Obama challenging Senator Obama’s lack of “qualifications” to serve as President of the United States, announced today that Obama and tbe DNC “ADMITTED”, by way of failure to timely respond to Requests for Admissions, all of the numerous specific requests in the Federal lawsuit. Obama is “NOT QUALIFIED” to be President and therefore Obama must immediately withdraw his candidacy for President and the DNC shall substitute a qualified candidate. The case is Berg v. Obama, No. 08-cv-04083.

Berg stated that he filed Requests for Admissions on September 15, 2008 with a response by way of answer or objection had to be served within thirty [30] days. No response to the Requests for Admissions was served by way of response or objection. Thus, all of the Admissions directed to Obama and the DNC are deemed “ADMITTED.” Therefore, Obama must immediately withdraw his candidacy for President.

OBAMA - Admitted: 

1. I was born in Kenya. 

2. I am a Kenya “natural born” citizen. 

3. My foreign birth was registered in the State of Hawaii. 

4. My father, Barrack Hussein Obama, Sr. admitted Paternity of me. 

5. My mother gave birth to me in Mombosa, Kenya. 

6. My mother’s maiden name is Stanley Ann Dunham a/k/a Ann Dunham. 

7. The COLB [Certification of Live Birth] posted on the website “Fightthesmears.com” is a forgery. 

8. I was adopted by a Foreign Citizen. 

9. I was adopted by Lolo Soetoro, M.A. a citizen of Indonesia. 

10. I was not born in Hawaii. 

11. I was not born at the Queens Medical Center in Hawaii. 

12. I was not born at Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women and Children in Hawaii. 

13. I was not born in a Hospital in Hawaii. 

14. I am a citizen of Indonesia. 

15. I never took the “Oath of Allegiance” to regain my U.S. Citizenship status. 

16. I am not a “natural born” United States citizen. 

17. My date of birth is August 4, 1961. 

18. I traveled to Pakistan in 1981 with my Pakistan friends. 

19. In 1981, I went to Indonesia on my way to Pakistan. 

20. Pakistan was a no travel zone in 1981 for American Citizens. 

21. In 1981, Pakistan was not allowing American Citizens to enter their country. 

22. I traveled on my Indonesian Passport to Pakistan. 

23. I renewed my Indonesian Passport on my way to Pakistan. 

24. My senior campaign staff is aware I am not a “natural born” United States Citizen. 

25. I am proud of my Kenya Heritage. 

26. My relatives have requested changes to the portion of my birth certificate that identifies my first name. 

27. My relatives have requested changes to the portion of my birth certificate that identifies my last name. 

28. My relatives have requested changes to the portion of my birth certificate that identifies my place of birth. 

29. I requested changes to the portion of my birth certificate that identifies my first name. 

30. I requested changes to the portion of my birth certificate that identifies my last name. 

31. I requested changes to the portion of my birth certificate that identifies my place of birth. 

32. The document identified as my Indonesian School record from Fransiskus Assisi School in Jakarta, Indonesia is genuine. 

33. I went to a Judge in Hawaii to have my name changed. 

34. I went to a Senator and/or Congressman or other public official in Hawaii to have my name changed. 

35. I had a passport issued to me from the Government of Indonesia. 

36. The United States Constitution does not allow for a Person to hold the office of President of the United States unless that person is a “natural born” United States citizen. 

37. I am ineligible pursuant to the United States Constitution to serve as President and/or Vice President of the United States. 

38. I never renounced my citizenship as it relates to my citizenship to the country of Indonesia.

39. I never renounced my citizenship as it relates to my citizenship to the country of Kenya. 

40. I am an Attorney who specializes in Constitutional Law. 

41. Kenya was a part of the British Colonies at the time of my birth. 

42. Kenya did not become its own Republic until 1963.

43. I am not a “Naturalized” United States Citizen. 

44. I obtained $200 Million dollars in campaign funds by fraudulent means. 

45. I cannot produce a “vault” (original) long version of a birth certificate showing my birth in Hawaii. 

46. My “vault” (original) long version birth certificate shows my birth in Kenya.

47. The only times I was to a Hospital in Hawaii was for check-ups or medical treatments for illnesses. 

48. Queens Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii does not have any record of my mother, Stanley Ann Dunham (Obama) giving birth to me.

49. Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu, Hawaii does not have any record of my mother, Stanley Ann Dunham (Obama) giving birth to me. 

50. I was born in the Coast Province Hospital in Mombasa, Kenya. 

51. I represented on my State Bar application in Illinois that I never used any other name other than Barack Hussein Obama. 

52. I went by the name Barry Soetoro in Indonesia. 

53. My Indonesian school records are under the name of Barry Soetoro. 

54. I took an Oath to uphold the United States Constitution when admitted to the State Bar of Illinois to practice Law. 

55. I took an Oath to uphold the United States Constitution when I was Sworn into my United States Senate Office. 

56. I hold dual citizenship with at least one other Country besides the United States of America.

DNC - Admitted: 

1. The DNC nominated Barrack Hussein Obama as the Democratic Nominee for President. 

2. The DNC has not vetted Barrack Hussein Obama. 

3. The DNC did not have a background check performed on Barrack Hussein Obama. 

4.The DNC did not verify Barrack Hussein Obama’s eligibility to serve as President of the United States. 

5. The DNC admits Barrack Hussein Obama was born in Kenya.

6. The DNC admits Barrack Hussein Obama is not a “natural born” United States citizen.

7. The DNC admits Barrack Hussein Obama was not born in Hawaii. 

8.The DNC admits they have not inquired into Barrack Hussein Obama’s citizenship status.

9. The DNC admits they have a duty to properly vette the Democratic Nominee for President. 

10.The DNC admits Lolo Soetoro, M.A., an Indonesian citizen adopted Barrack Hussein Obama.

11. The DNC admits the Credentials Committee has been aware of this lawsuit since August 22, 2008 as the lawsuit was faxed to our Washington D.C. Office on August 22, 2008.

12. The DNC admits their Credentials Committee failed to verify and/or inquire into the credentials of Barack Hussein Obama to serve as the President of the United States. 

13. The DNC admits their Credential Committee’s Report failed to address the issues of Barack Hussein Obama’s ineligibility to serve as President of the United States. 

14.The DNC admits Howard Dean, Chair Person has and had knowledge Barack Hussein Obama was born in Kenya and ineligible to serve as the President of the United States. 

15. The DNC admits Plaintiff and all Democratic citizens of the United States have been personally injured as a result of not having a qualified Democratic Presidential Nominee to cast their votes upon. 

16. The DNC admits Plaintiff and all citizens of the United States have a Constitutional Right to vote for the President of the United States and to have two (2) qualified candidates of which to choose from. 

17. The DNC admits Plaintiff and all citizens of the United States have a Constitutional right to have a properly vetted Democratic Presidential Nominee of which to cast their vote.

18. The DNC admits an FBI background check is not performed on the Presidential or Vice Presidential Candidates. 

19. The DNC admits the United States Constitution does not allow for a Person to hold the office of President of the United States unless that person is a “natural born” United States citizen.

20. The DNC admits they collected donations on behalf of Barack Hussein Obama for his Presidential campaign.

21. The DNC admits Plaintiff and Democratic citizens donated money based on false representations that Barack Hussein Obama was qualified to serve as the President of the United States. 

22. The DNC admits if Barack Hussein Obama is elected as President and allowed to serve as President of the United States in violation of  our Constitution, it will create a Constitutional crisis.

23. The DNC admits Barack Hussein Obama took an Oath to uphold the United States Constitution. 

24. The DNC admits allowing a person who is not a “natural born” citizen to serve as President of the United States violates Plaintiff’s rights to due process of law in violation of the United States Constitution.

25. The DNC admits allowing a person who is not a “natural born” citizen to serve as President of the United States violates Plaintiff’s rights to Equal Protection of the laws in violation of the United States Constitution.

26. The DNC admits the function of the DNC is to secure a Democratic Presidential Candidate who will protect Democratic citizen’s interests, fight for their equal opportunities and fight for justice for all Americans. 

27. The DNC admits the Democratic National Committee has been promoting Barack Hussein Obama’s Presidential election knowing he was ineligible to serve as President of the United States.


The website obamacrimes.com is urging voters to spread the word. Berg stressed his position regarding the urgency of this case as, “we” the people, are heading to a “Constitutional Crisis” if this case is not resolved forthwith.

Philip J. Berg, Esquire
555 Andorra Glen Court, Suite 12
Lafayette Hill, PA 19444-2531
Cell (610) 662-3005
(610) 825-3134
(800) 993-PHIL [7445]
Fax (610) 834-7659

Obama Connections to Terrorist Ayers


For the record, and just to be complete, here are links documenting some of Obama's many connections to William Ayers:




• Ayers and Obama worked together for years on a school reform program called the Chicago Annenberg Challenge.


• Ayers and Obama also served together on the board of the Woods Fund of Chicago, a separate charity organization.


• Obama had his political coming-out party in William Ayers' home.


Ayers mentions Obama by name in a book he wrote in 1997, and mentions that the two are very close neighbors.


• Obama gave a short glowing review of that same Ayers book for the Chicago Tribune.


• Obama and Ayers were both presenters together on a panel about juvenile justice (organized by Michelle Obama).


• Both Obama and Ayers were close friends with the same person, Rashid Kalidi.


• There are also several unverified rumors swirling around that have not been documented: That Ayers may have helped to write part (or all) of Obama's autobiography; that Obama and Ayers shared an office space together for three years, on the same floor of the same building in Chicago; and that Ayers and Obama may have known each other as far back as 1981.





On April 12, 2002, Ayers said during an interview with a college radio station:
I considered myself partly an anarchist then and consider myself partly an anarchist now. I mean I'm as much an anarchist as I am a Marxist.... I'm very open about what I think and nobody here is surprised by what I think." Obama was working directly with Ayers within days of this interview being given--and for years prior and afterward.

Obama-Mate Ayers Planned to Exterminate 25 Million



The testimony of FBI informant Larry Grathwohl appeared in the 1982 documentary No Place to Hide. He explains how the Weather Underground, led by Obama-mate, Bill Ayers, and his wife, Bernadine Dohrn, planned the extermination of 25 million fellow Americans who were capitalists but would have to be eliminated if their plans were to succeed.

Friday, October 24, 2008

Advertising Works

In terms of revenue spent, according to the Campaign Media Analysis Group, what advertising campaign spent the most on advertising?


AT&T


Verizon


Barack Hussein Obama


McDonald’s


Sprint PCS


T-Mobile


Obama’s campaign has spent far more money selling its candidate on television than most major brand name companies do selling their products. Obama spent $250 million the past four months-—equivalent to $750 million in a full year. McCain is projected to have spent about $110 million.

Iraqi - Iran Showdown

Graphic source: The Long War Journal


Iraqi troops seem better able to counter Iranian forces in eastern Iraq. Al Kut in Wasit province is an area of conflict and the Iraqis appear to be holding their own. Al Kut served as a strategic distribution hub for weapons smuggled into Iraq where they were employed against Iraqi and Coalition forces as well against Iraqi politicians. The Iraqi Army stood up to the Iranian-backed Mahdi Army from Al Kut during operations during the summer of 2008 while the U.S. troops were clearly out Sadr City and other places.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Presidential Candidate: Change, Curry Favor with the World, Peace

During this election, some are saying that Washington does not respond to them, we need a government that we can feel proud about,


we need a leader for a change. This of course has all been said before, presidential candidates haven't evolved much at all once you look back, for example, this was the appeal in 1976 as well. As the U.S. slid into




1980, and sought to curry favor abroad, emphasizing our peacemaker role, the world communicated what it thought of such high-minded idealism. On November 4, 1979, a group of Iranian students stormed the American embassy in Tehran. Protesting the entry of the deposed Shah into the United States, they held 53 Americans hostage. For the next twelve months, the hostage situation was an ongoing American nightmare magnified by constant media attention. Confidence in President Carter eroded as a result of the Iran crisis, an oil shortage and resultant increase in gas prices, and eighteen-percent inflation. In earlier presidential races, even when the candidate tried to emphasize how prepared they were for military command if need be, and advocated the position that nations would reach out and touch each other, the world summarily dismissed the U.S. The world sees us as weak when we portray this image. We don't have to be warmongers to portray ourselves as ready to defend ourselves and American interests.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

65% of Taliban Suicide Bombers are Handicapped

According to a Japanese newspaper account, at a rate of 65%, handicapped persons left crippled by land mines or unexploded shells are recruited by the Taliban as suicide bombers, according to Rusuf Radgari, an associate professor at Kabul University's medical faculty. Radgari added: "These people are missing limbs, in poverty and unable to work, and there's the possibility that they are agreeing (to carry out these attacks) in exchange for a livelihood for their families."


Suicide attacks against foreign military and government targets in Afghanistan have increased dramatically over the past few years. A U.N. study showed that while there were only 17 cases in 2005, this figure shot up to 123 in 2006 and 150 in 2007.


Cf. http://mainichi.jp/select/world/news/20081020k0000m030105000c.html

Chinese Muslims Thus Far Denied

The seventeen Chinese Muslims had their request denied for a review by all 12 judges of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Thus far, the group has not been released.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Hussein Gets Muslim Vote



Fatema Biviji, a Muslim, is supporting Barack Hussein Obama. Biviji researched about Obama and liked that he has an international background, that he spent years in Indonesia as a young man, and his father's Kenyan roots. His internationalist views agreed with her own so she is supporting him. Her blog is featured on Obama's campaign Web site.


I agree with Ms. Biviji, Hussein is excellent for the world, and he is pleasing to Muslims.

Biden Shoots Off Mouth: Shoots U.S. in the Foot

I know I'm a tad old-fashioned but I really do not think that politicians running for national office should release national security intelligence. But ole' Joe Biden, since he is "old" like some other candidate can shoot his mouth off without fear of reprisal or recrimination from the national media. Biden stated that "It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama. . . . we're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy." Now, in and of itself, a crisis is not hard to find in this world, but why would a major American politician state something like this? White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten reportedly held a meeting this week with senior White House staffers and representatives from both the McCain and Obama camps. The goal was to make sure everyone is up to speed on the latest threats and have the information they need to be ready come inauguration day. Would you buy a used-car from this loudmouth?

Fury on Bin Laden

Dalton Fury is the nom de plume of a Delta Force commander who led U.S. troops into Afghanistan's Tora Bora mountains after 9/11 to chase Osama bin Laden. He has written Kill Bin Laden: A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man which is his account of chasing bin Laden. He points out that regardless of who is elected president, the intelligence on bin Laden is somewhat improved but it is hardly pristine. Since bin Laden lives such a spartan existence there is a tendency to dismiss him but Fury points out how craftily the Islamofascists employ the Internet and modern technology. One surprising aspect of the hunt for bin Laden according to Fury is that apparently Osama directed his wives and children to arm themselves and fight the Americans. Bin Laden asked the women and children to do the fighting for him. Fury believes that Americans don't understand how powerful Islam is as people are inspired to fight according to the Koran. The takeaway according to Fury is that Islamofascism is truly a different enemy that the U.S. faced during the Cold War.

Ft. Dix Five Trial Begins

Five foreign born Albanian Muslims in their 20s who planned an attack on Fort Dix were inspired by AQ, Deputy U.S. Attorney William Fitzpatrick stated at the start of their trial in Camden, N.J. Their paintball games in 2006 and 2007 emerged into terrorist training sessions and they discussed a plot, nipped in the bud, was to sneak into the New Jersey Army base and kill soldiers. The five are charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and weapons offenses. The government plans to play 90 recordings that would show the defendants planning and training for an attack. More than 200 people are listed as potential witnesses. The trial is expected to stretch into December.

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