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		<title>Trying To Remove Radicalization From Youtube</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalactionnetwork.com/2011/03/trying-to-remove-radicalization-from-youtube/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 15:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Youtube has been trying to rid itself of all the videos from the &#8220;Radical Cleric,&#8221; Anwar al-Awlaki, who has been pinned with instigating the stabbing of a British member of Parliament and for the shootings in Fort Hood, Texas. Youtube had agreed to remove all videos of Anwar al-Awlaki, but their attempts has been futile. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Youtube has been trying to rid itself of all the videos from the &#8220;Radical Cleric,&#8221; Anwar al-Awlaki, who has been pinned with instigating the stabbing of a British member of Parliament and for the shootings in Fort Hood, Texas.</p>
<p>Youtube had agreed to remove all videos of Anwar al-Awlaki, but their attempts has been futile. After their effort to remove the content from the website, you can still find hundreds of videos of the cleric that contain everything from standard scriptural commentary or clerical advice to more radical indoctrinating calls for terrorism and jihad. The video content has been posted repeatedly as copies. This struggle is magnified when you consider the vast array of sources online for posting such video content&#8211;distribution of any type of content from pirated music to terrorist indoctrination videos can be spread quickly, speedily and with innumerable copies.</p>
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		<title>Facebook Restored In Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 03:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pakistan issued a ban on the social networking website, Facebook, due to the posting of a contest that solicited images of the Prophet Muhammad. According to most Muslims, images of the Prophet Muhammad are blasphemous. Since, Facebook has blocked access to that particular content for Pakistan only and issued an apology. A Pakistani court in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pakistan issued a ban on the social networking website, Facebook, due to the posting of a contest that solicited images of the Prophet Muhammad. According to most Muslims, images of the Prophet Muhammad are blasphemous.</p>
<p>Since, Facebook has blocked access to that particular content for Pakistan only and issued an apology. A Pakistani court in Islamabad has stated that access to the site should be restored.</p>
<p>A <strong>centralized censorship system</strong> has been an object of consideration within the Pakistani Government recently. The system would resemble that of which is already in use by the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.</p>
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		<title>Ahmadinejad Sworn Into Second Term As Iran&#8217;s President Within An Environment Of Protest</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two months after the massive protests in Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn into a second term as president. There were scattered protests in the streets, where Basij militia and armed police patrolled to hush opposition. However, the &#8220;million strong&#8221; protest, organized by the opposition, failed to materialize. Even within the government there was open protest, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Two months after the massive protests in Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn into a second term as president. There were scattered protests in the streets, where Basij militia and armed police patrolled to hush opposition. However, the &#8220;million strong&#8221; protest, organized by the opposition, failed to materialize. Even within the government there was open protest, with most of the Parliament’s reform faction boycotting the Ahmadinejad&#8217;s speech. </p>
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		<title>US Military Advisor In Iraq Says &#8220;Time To Go Home&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.politicalactionnetwork.com/2009/07/us-military-advisor-in-iraq-says-time-to-go-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a very blunt memo, a US advisor, Col. Timothy R. Reese, in Iraq stated that even though there are numerous deficiencies in Iraqi forces, they are now capable of protecting the Iraqi government, and it is now time for US soldiers to return home. Forces on the ground have grown concerned that in recent [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In a very blunt memo, a US advisor, Col. Timothy R. Reese, in Iraq stated that even though there are numerous deficiencies in Iraqi forces, they are now capable of protecting the Iraqi government, and it is now time for US soldiers to return home. </p>
<p>Forces on the ground have grown concerned that in recent events Iraqi leadership have made forceful moves to regain authority.  Senior officials have restated that cooperation between Iraqi forces and the US have increased and are in good standing. </p>
<p>Col. Timothy R. Reese in his memo had outlined numerous concerns regarding military weakness, corruption, bad management, and a lack of resistance to Shiite political influence.  Yet, the commander stated that extending US presence in Iraqi may do little to help this situation. Worst yet, extending the stay in Iraqi may cause the fire of resentment by Iraqi populations to burn hotter.</p>
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		<title>Global Issues: al Queda and Violent Traditionalism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Osama Bin Laden&#8217;s Letter To America, the topics of women and family take a deeply personal tone. (vi) You are a nation that exploits women like consumer products or advertising tools calling upon customers to purchase them. You use women to serve passengers, visitors, and strangers to increase your profit margins. You then rant [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In Osama Bin Laden&#8217;s Letter To America, the topics of women and family take a deeply personal tone.</p>
<p>(vi) You are a nation that exploits women like consumer products or advertising tools calling upon customers to purchase them. You use women to serve passengers, visitors, and strangers to increase your profit margins. You then rant that you support the liberation of women.</p>
<p>(d) The American people are the ones who employ both their men and their women in the American Forces which attack us.</p>
<p>Al Queda promotes a traditional understanding of family. In this system of belief, the purpose of women is bound intricately to the process of reproduction &#8212; a social existence centered around raising children and home building. This traditionalist belief system is at the core of the al Queda campaign &#8212; not dissimilar from Fundamentalist Christian or Judaism. The extremes to which al Queda is willing to go makes this group unqiue however. Theirs is a deep and thorough hatred of of contemporary society as spear-headed by the United States.</p>
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