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To: TideGlider who wrote (782722)	4/29/2014 9:33:34 PM
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British House of Lords baroness warns Israeli audience about threat of Islamists The Jerusalem Post ^ \| 04/29/2014 \| ARIEL BEN SOLOMON Lady Cox spoke of Islamist groups making massive investments in the educational system in UK in order to alter the institutions to serve their purposes. ... Islam is using the freedoms of democracy to destroy it,” as some of its adherents try to “inhibit criticism,” ... In England, if you criticize Islam, you are called a racist, ... Cox spoke of Islamist groups that have been implementing a strategic plan and making massive investments in the educational system in Britain in order to alter the institutions to serve their purposes. For example, she said, is a recent report that allegedly shows these groups are seeking to remove school headmasters so that they can be replaced with Islamists. British newspaper The Sunday Times reported a story in March about leaked papers revealing a plot by Islamists to target struggling schools in order to take them over and implement Islamic teachings. ... There are over 80 sharia courts functioning in the country and they “pose a threat to the principles of democracy,” and in particular, discriminate against women (Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...

To: TideGlider who wrote (782722)	4/29/2014 9:39:52 PM
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White House Directed Incorrect Benghazi Narrative by Sharyl Attkisson Facebook ^ \| 4-29-14 \| Sharyl Attkisson Newly-released documents reveal direct White House involvement in steering the public narrative about the September 11, 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, toward that of a spontaneous protest that never happened. One of the operative documents, which the government had withheld from Congress and reporters for a year and a half, is an internal September 14, 2012 email to White House press officials from Ben Rhodes, President Obama’s Assistant and Deputy National Security Advisor. (Disclosure: Ben Rhodes is the brother of David Rhodes, the President of CBS News, where I was employed until March.) In the email, Ben Rhodes lists as a “goal” the White House desire “To underscore that these protests are rooted in an Internet video, and not a broader failure or policy.” The email is entitled, “RE: PREP CALL with Susan, Saturday at 4:00 pm ET” and refers to White House involvement in preparing then-U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice for her upcoming appearance on Sunday television network political talk shows. The Rhodes email states that another “goal” is “To reinforce the President and Administration’s strength and steadiness in dealing with difficult challenges.” A court compelled the release of the documents, which were heavily-redacted, to the conservative watchdog group JudicialWatch, which has sued the government over its failed Freedom of Information responses. I have also requested Benghazi-related documents under Freedom of Information law, but the government has only produced a few pages to date. Today, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called the Rhodes email the “smoking gun” showing the “political manipulation by the White House” after the attacks. “The political shop at the White House took over early on,” Graham told me. “They understood it was a terrorist attack, that they had a political problem, and were going to handle it politically. They weren’t going to entertain anything other than what they wanted the public to hear.” USA Today quotes a spokesman for the White House National Security Council reacting to the Rhodes’ email by stating that it contains general talking points on unrest spreading throughout the region in response to an offensive video, and also made clear that “our primary goals” included the safety of U.S. personnel in the field and bringing those responsible for the attacks to justice. Since the deadly attacks on the U.S. missions in Benghazi, there have been persistent allegations that the Obama administration developed a false political narrative to downplay or hide the fact that terrorists had struck. The President had campaigned by stating that al Qaeda was “on the run,” and Republicans have argued that news of a terrorist attack eight weeks before the election could have decimated his re-election campaign. Four Americans were killed in the assaults, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens. White House officials copied on the Rhodes “goal” email include Press Secretary Jay Carney, then-Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer, then-White House Senior Advisor David Plouffe, then-White House Deputy Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri and Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest. Earnest has failed to respond to more than a year’s worth of my emails and phone calls in my effort to obtain official White House photographs taken the night of the Benghazi attacks. The White House photo office had told me that Earnest’s personal approval was needed for the photos to be released. Rhodes has emerged as a key figure in the controversy but hasn’t yet been asked to provide testimony to Congress. Changed classification? Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) told me today that the government apparently tried to keep the Rhodes email out of Congress and the public’s hands by classifying it after-the-fact. “They retroactively changed the classification,” Chaffetz says. “That was an unclassified document and they changed it to classified.” In the past month, the government has supplied 3,200 new Benghazi-related documents under Congressional subpoena. In some instances, Congressional members and their staff are only permitted to see the documents during certain time periods in a review room, and cannot remove them or make copies. Chaffetz says that the State Department redacted more material on the copies provided to Congress than on those that it was forced to provide to JudicialWatch. One of the most heavily-redacted email exchanges is entitled, “FOX News: US officials knew Libya attack was terrorism within 24 hours, sources confirm.” The Fox News article was circulated among dozens of officials including Rhodes and then-Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough but the content of their email discussion is hidden. “Topline Points” An internal document provided by the State Department dated Sept. 14, 2012 is titled, “Topline Points” and poses answers to a series of questions apparently in preparation for the briefing to be provided to Ambassador Rice prior to her talk show appearances. The document fails to mention terrorism, although it had been repeated throughout the early versions of the talking points, and many government officials have said that they had already concluded by that time that terrorism was to blame. “What’s your response to the Independent story that says we have intelligence 48 hours in advance of the Benghazi attack that was ignored?” is one question posed in the briefing memo. The suggested answer: “This story is absolutely wrong. We are not aware of any actionable intelligence indicating that an attack on the U.S. mission was planned or imminent. We also see indications that this action was related to the video that has sparked protests in other countries.” But the final sentence to the answer is expanded and developed in the “PREP CALL with Susan” email from Rhodes at 8:09pm on Friday, September 14, 2012. It adds the phrase “spontaneously inspired” and also refers to the attack as “demonstrations” that “evolved.” “The currently available information suggests that the demonstrations in Benghazi were spontaneously inspired by the protests at the US Embassy in Cairo and evolved into a direct assault against the U.S. Consulate and subsequently its annex,” reads the Friday night email from Rhodes to White House press officials. Obama administration officials have insisted they were acting on “the best intelligence available at the time” and that they clarified the story as they got more information. But taken as a whole, the documents and testimony revealed since the attacks support the idea that the administration’s avoidance of the word “terrorism” was a strategy rather than an accident or mistake. White House Involvement Relatively few documents have been provided that shed light on White House involvement in the post-Benghazi narrative. Previously, emails showed that then-deputy national security adviser Denis McDonough, on Rhodes’ behalf, assigned Hillary Clinton-aide Jake Sullivan to work with Deputy Director of the C.I.A. Mike Morell to edit the talking points on Benghazi. As the various agencies worked to edit and approve the talking points on Sept. 14, Rhodes emailed that there would be a Deputies meeting the next morning to work out the issues. “That’s polite code for let’s not debate this on e-mail for 18 hours,” one official involved told me last year. Multiple government officials including those in the military, State Department and C.I.A. have stated in documents or under questioning that they immediately believed the attacks, using heavy weaponry and mortar shells, were the work of terrorists. Prior to the attacks, there had been multiple warnings of al Qaeda threats in Libya and, specifically, in Benghazi. In fact, in an early version of the government’s “talking points,” the C.I.A. stated that it had “produced numerous pieces on the threat of extremists linked to al-Qa’ida in Benghazi and eastern Libya,” and that “These noted that, since April, there have been at least five other attacks against foreign interests in Benghazi by unidentified assailants, including the June attack against the British Ambassador’s convoy. We cannot rule out the individuals has previously surveilled the U.S. facilities, also contributing to the efficacy of the attacks.” The administration later removed these C.I.A. disclosures about the advance warning of a threat. Morell testified to Congress earlier this month that he, and not the White House, was responsible for making some of the most controversial revisions to the talking points, including removing the language about the advance warnings. Morell has since gone to work as counsel for Beacon Global Strategies, a strategic relations PR firm dominated by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Obama administration officials. (Disclosure: In January, Morell was hired as an analyst for CBS News where I was previously employed.) An administration official who asked not to be identified previously told me that “spontaneous” protests was probably not the right word to use in the talking points, but that there was no intent to deceive. Sen. Graham has a different view. “They understood it was a terrorist attack, that they had a political problem and they were going to handle it politically. They saw it as a chink in the President’s armor and they tried to repair it,” says Graham.

To: TideGlider who wrote (782722)	4/30/2014 9:33:05 AM
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BENGHAZI--The political shop at the White House took over early on. They understood it was a terrorist attack, that they had a political problem, and were going to handle it politically. They weren’t going to entertain anything other than what they wanted the public to hear.

To: TideGlider who wrote (782722)	4/30/2014 9:33:35 AM
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BENGHAZI--The Obama administration developed a false political narrative to hide the fact that terrorists had struck. The President had campaigned by stating that al Qaeda was “on the run,” and news of a terrorist attack eight weeks before the election could have decimated his re-election campaign. Four Americans were killed in the assaults, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens.

To: TideGlider who wrote (782722)	4/30/2014 9:34:57 AM
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White House officials sent the Rhodes “goal” Benghazi email include Press Secretary Jay Carney, then-Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer, then-White House Senior Advisor David Plouffe, then-White House Deputy Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri and Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest. Earnest has failed to respond to more than a year’s worth of emails and phone calls in efforts to obtain official White House photographs taken the night of the Benghazi attacks. The White House photo office had told me that Earnest’s personal approval was needed for the photos to be released. They understood it was a terrorist attack, that they had a political problem and they were going to handle it politically. They saw it as a chink in the President’s armor and they tried to repair it.

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Chicago Social Media Glorifies 17 Year Old “Gangster’s” Death The life and death of the real 'Lil Snoop': Teenage queen of Chicago's gangland who 'became a killer at 14 to avenge her brother's murder' and was gunned down on the streets she ruled just three years later Gakirah Barnes, 17, was associated with the Fly Boy Gang in Chicago's South Side since her early teens She is purported to have killed two rival gang members, one when she was just 14 Some claim she was involved in up to 20 gangland deaths She was referred to in rap songs as 'Young Killa' and given the nickname 'Lil Snoop', in reference to the fictional assassin Snoop in TV series The Wire Barnes was gunned down on April 11 as she walked to lunch with a friend She was reportedly shot nine times in the chest, neck and jaw by a hooded gunman By Joel Christie Published: 12:24 EST, 29 April 2014 \| Updated: 04:55 EST, 30 April 2014 To her mother, Gakirah Barnes was a funny and sweet charter graduate who loved music and 'was liked by everyone'. But to the gangs of Chicago's notorious South Side, she was a 'young killa' who went by the names 'Tyquanassassin' and 'Tookaville’kirah', rumored to have committed her first murder at the age of 14. Some claim she was involved in up to 20 gangland deaths. But on Friday April 11, at 17-years-old, Barnes was gunned down as she walked to have lunch at a friend's house in Woodlawn about 3.30pm, shot a reported nine times in the chest, neck and jaw. 'Mythical': Gakirah Barnes, a prominent name among Chicago's South Side gangs, was purported to have killed two people, one when she was just 14-years-old. Following her shooting death earlier this month, she has been immortalized on social media and YouTube Gakirah Barnes (left) - seen here in a rap video called 'Murda' produced by members of the the Fly Boy Gang that she ran with - was executed on April 11 in Chicago In Memoriam: This montage of photos of Gakirah 'Lil Snoop' Barnes has been circulated on Twitter following her shooting death in Chicago's South Side All those guns are illegal in Chicago .... so much for gun laws effectiveness. Scene: The 17-year-old was shot up to nine times by a hooded gunman as she walked to a friends house around 3.30pm on April 11 on the 6400 block of South Eberhart Avenue Likeness: Barnes was nicknamed 'Lil Snoop' after the The Wire character Snoop (pictured), played by Felecia Pearson, a cold-blooded Baltimore assassin Mourning: Gakirah Barnes' mother Shontell Brown said her 'sweet and loving' daughter is not the person she has been shown to be Some 45 other people were shot on the same weekend in the city that has come to be called 'Chiraq' - a brutal nickname used to describe today's Chicago in terms of its danger and crime - six of which were children. But Barnes has since become something of a mythical figure online, immortalized in YouTube memorials and rap videos as 'Lil Snoop', a reference to the fictional 'Snoop' character from TV series The Wire - a cold-blooded killer from the harsh streets of Baltimore. Barnes' father was shot to death on Easter Sunday in 1997, when she was less than 12-months old. 'She just wanted to protect everybody,' her mother, Shontell Brown, explained in a lengthy feature on Gakirah Barnes in The Daily Beast. As Barnes entered her teens, she fell in with a group of young men in her South Side neighborhood of Woodlawn who called themselves the St. Lawrence Boys or the Fly Boy Gang. Following the death of 15-year-old Shondale 'Tooka' Gregory, who was shot to death as he waited for a bus in January 2011, the Fly Boys became the 'Tooka gang' and the surrounding area 'Tookaville'. Barnes changed her Facebook name to 'Tookaville' kirah'. Eight months later, a 20-year-old opposing gang member named Odee Perry was shot and killed. Barnes was almost immediately linked to the death, with online postings labeling her the 'hitta'. She was 14-years-old at the time. While Barnes was never named a police suspect, one street figure Tweeted: 'lol so odee was killed by a girl smh [shaking my head]'. The opposing gang memorialized Odee by christening its home turf as 'O Block'. A major turning point for Barnes was the killing of 13-year-old Tyquan Tyler, whose mother had moved him from Chicago to western Illinois to get him away from the city's violence. Tragedy: Tyquan Tyler, who Barnes treated like a baby brother, was shot by a stray bullet and killed in June 2012. He was only 13 Tyquan's death is said to have marked a change in Gakirah Barnes, who Tweeted thereafter she 'had no heart (and) no feelings' He returned for a visit in June 2012 and was killed by a stray bullet when two gang members fired into a crowd of youngsters who were leaving a party. Tyler's mother was on her way to pick him up. 'I held him in my arms on the sidewalk and talked to him while he was fighting for his life,' she told the Chicago Tribune. Barnes grieved as if Tyquan had been her little brother and would often refer him as such online. She adopted the vengeful Twitter handle 'Tyquanassassin' on his behalf. 'Tyquan supposed 2 Be hear wit me But instead Lil bro ended up 6 feet under a million miles away,' she Tweeted. 'Tyquan left a n--a Wit no heart no feelings.' In July 2013, the Fly Boy Gang posted a music video on YouTube simply called 'Murda', with the main rap lyric: ' My young ni--as they're gonna murder.' Barnes appears peripherally in most of the video, but takes center focus during the line 'K.I. my young killa'. At one point she is seen holding an automatic pistol toward the camera, in others she is covering her face with a bandana. 'Young killa': Gakirah Barnes covers her face as she appears in the 'Murda' video in early 2013, measuring up to her much-older male counterparts The 'Murda' video was an attempt for members of the gang to be noticed by record labels and hopefully be signed as artists, as some of their rivals had already done Pathetic, they are wearing tshirts with FBG and FlyBoyGang and waving their guns around. Some of the shirts say "FBG, Google That." Unfortunately, if you google it, you're much more likely to get links to FatBottomedGirl than FlyBoyGang. Pathetic punks trying to be famous outlaws. [iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1PfM8cj5NBg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""][/iframe] The Fly Boy's were sending out a clear message with the video, attempting to get the attention of music producers and record labels who had recently taken a huge financial interest in gritty street rap performed by people who were actually 'living' their songs, and not writing about 'thug life' from a condo in Los Angeles. Keith 'Chief Keef' Cozart, a member of rival gang Black Disciple - the O Block gang - had already been signed by Interscope, moving from the South Side to a mansion in the suburbs and recording songs that derided the Tooka clan. On April 9, the 30-year-old cousin of Chief Keef, Mario 'Blood Money' Hess, was shot and killed. Online postings would soon name Barnes, again, as the 'hitta'. The police did not name her as a suspect, but she posted on Twitter the next day: 'u Nobody until Somebody kill u dats jst real Shyt.' Around the same time, police shot and killed Raason 'Lil B' Shaw, a Tooka, after he allegedly pulled out a gun during a foot chase, according to The Daily Beast. Barnes named her Twitter page 'NO SURRENDER LIL B.' On April 10, the day before her death, she Tweeted: 'I Dne seen 2 many of my ni--az n a casket…In da end we DIE.' That same day, a rapper named Lil Jay with the Fly Boy Gang taunted Blood Money's friends by posting a video of himself drinking a red-hued beverage from a Styrofoam cup, singing: 'Sippin' on Blood Money.' The next day a hooded gunman approached Barnes 6400 block of South Eberhart Avenue, with the blast of bullets sending her falling onto some wooden steps, The Chicago Sun-Times reported. Gruesome: Blood from Gakirah Barnes' gunshot wounds stain the steps on which she fell Scene: Barnes was walking down this street when she was shot by a hooded gunman, who remains at large 'They killed my little ni**a snoop #restuptyqanaassassin,' a Fly Boy Gang associate tweeted. Police have not named any suspects in Barnes' execution and no arrests have been made. As Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube filled with stories of her, rumors and truths coming to light for the first time, Barnes' mother said she believes social media is is a huge part of the problem with the new-age gangland wars, because it provides a platform for boasting and derision that previously hasn't existed. It can also make you famous. 'All those kids and rappers talk like Jesse James. Everyone wants to be the biggest and the baddest,' she said. 'This is life in Chicago.' RIP: Barnes was described by her mother as a funny and sweet charter graduate who loved music and was 'was liked by everyone' Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2616016/The-life-death-real-Lil-Snoop-Meet-teenage-queen-Chicagos-gangland-grew-warzone-turned-killing-avenge-brothers-murder.html#ixzz30NDMcuq4 Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter \| DailyMail on Facebook