With little more than 50 days left until elections on Nov. 7, tensions are rising noticeably in Burma — the country renamed Myanmar by its military rulers. The junta that keeps the country in its steely grip is trying to make sure the election doesn’t trigger a new revolt or produce an outcome that would embarrass the regime or weaken its hold on power. The generals have reason to worry.
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They said they were doing it to further the cause of Islam, but of course everyone knows that this has nothing to do with Islam. “Five Muslim men planned attack on NSW army base, Supreme Court told,” by Norrie Ross in the Herald Sun , September 13 (thanks to Pamela Geller ): FIVE Muslim men planned an armed terrorist attack on a Sydney army base to further the cause of Islam by killing as many people as possible , a Supreme Court jury heard today. Prosecutor Nick Robinson SC said the men took a number of steps in preparation for the attack, including sending one of their number to Somalia to obtain a fatwa or religious decree to permit the plan to go ahead…. The plan was that five or six men armed with high powered weapons would enter the Holsworthy Army Base and fire at and kill as many people as possible before they were either killed or overwhelmed. They planned to use weapons that could fire at least 60 bullets. On trial are Saney Edow Aweys, 26, Mr Khayre, 22, Abdirahman Mohamud Ahmed, 25, and Wissam Mahmoud Fattal, 33,and Nayef El Sayed, 25…. Mr Robinson said the men believed Islam was under attack from the West and that Australians and the Australian government were oppressing innocent Muslims in Afghanistan. They were also upset that another man had been convicted of terrorist acts in this country. “The Crown case was that this was to advance the cause of Islam,” he said…. Before the trial commenced, Justice Betty King warned the jury that the trial was about the alleged commission of a criminal offence, not about Islam. “The Islamic faith is not on trial,” Justice King said. “It isn’t about being a Muslim.”… Of course! What does Islam have to do with a gang of thugs intending to commit violence in fidelity to the teachings of…uh…never mind…
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Five Muslims planned jihad attack on Australian army base
Jonathan Rauch, National Journal : But, tea partiers say, if you think moving votes and passing bills are what they are really all about, you have not taken the full measure of their ambition. No, the real point is to change the country’s political culture, bending it back toward the self-reliant, liberty-guarding instincts of the Founders’ era. Winning key congressional seats won’t do that, nor will endorsing candidates. “If you just tell people to vote but you don’t talk about the underlying principles,” Martin says, “you just have to do it again and again and again, in every election.” What will work, they believe, is education: DVDs on American history; “founding principles” training; online reading lists; constitutional discussion groups; cultural and youth programs. In Tennessee, says Anthony Shreeve, an organizer there, groups are giving courses on the Constitution and “socialism and the different types of isms,” bringing in speakers from around the state. “Our members have gotten more involved and learned about our local government, how it works, and what kind of influence we can have,” Shreeve says. “Education has been the biggest thing.” Not coincidentally, the educational coordinator is among the Tea Party Patriots’ handful of paid employees. “Our real mission,” says Sally Oljar, a national coordinator, “is education and providing resources to grassroots activists who want to return the country to our founding principles. We recognize that’s going to require a cultural change that will take many years to accomplish.” Many years? How many? “We have a 40-year plan,” Meckler says. “We don’t want to raise another generation of sheeple.” One hears again, there, echoes of leftist movements. Raise consciousness. Change hearts, not just votes. Attack corruption in society, not just on Capitol Hill. In America, right-wing movements have tended to focus on taking over politics, left-wing ones on changing the culture. Like its leftist precursors, the Tea Party Patriots thinks of itself as a social movement, not a political one. Centerless swarms are bad at transactional politics. But they may be pretty good at cultural reform. In any case, the experiment begins. The times, they are a-changin’… Oh. And OUTLAW!
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The government of Nepal and the Maoist opposition agreed late Monday night to extend the United Nations Mission in Nepal under its present terms for a period of four months. UNMIN’s mandate would have expired today had an agreement on extension terms not been reached. The groups agreed to use the additional time to conclude the remaining directives of the peace process that brought an end to the country’s civil war in 2006.
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Nepal and Maoist Opposition Agree on UNMIN Extension
I’m sure it’s purely a coincidence. The so called “religion of peace” would never re-act violently to the French Senate passing a law banning burqas. The French Senate voted 246 to 1 in favor of the bill that makes banning the burka a law in France. The “law” must now be reviewed about though what’s called France’s “constitutional watchdog” before it officially becomes law in the country. So that makes the timing of tonight’s bomb threat at France’s Eiffel Tower even more ironic. Fox News reports on that threat and evacuations: About 2,500 French citizens and foreign tourists gathered in the tower area and Champ de Mars park were asked to stay on the banks of the nearby Seine river as a precaution while sniffer dogs were taken into the park to survey the area.
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French Senate passes ban on full Muslim veils (Burqas) – Eiffel Tower Evacuated after bomb threat