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| US Ousts Israel From Counterterrorism Forum |
| 2012-06-10 |
| The United States blocked Israel's participation in the Global Counterterrorism Forum's (GCTF) first meeting in Istanbul on Friday, despite Israel's having one of the most extensive counterterrorism experiences in the world. Israel was excluded from the meeting due to fierce objections by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a Washington-based source told Globes news. According the State Department’s website, the GCTF, which was established in September 2011, aims at “strengthening the global counterterrorism (CT) architecture in a manner that complements and reinforces the CT work of existing multilateral bodies.” Twenty-nine countries are participating in the GCTF, ten of which are Arab and/or Muslim countries. "The GCTF sought from the outset to bridge old and deep divides in the international community between Western donor nations and Muslim majority nations. And it has, I think, done that quite effectively," a top US official said at the press briefing prior to the opening session. Republican politicians claim that since one third of the GCTF's members are Muslim countries, the Obama administration is trying to deepen ties with the Muslim world at Israel's expense, Globes noted. |
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| #8 Israel must stay ready for any scenario ... * BHARAT RAKSHAK > CHANGE IN JORDAN - IS ISRAEL PREPARED? ARTIC = although the overwhelming number of mass protests in Jordan, includ those in suppor of anti-Monarchy andor "Arab/Muslim/Islamic Spring" local movements, have been relatively peaceful or benign, Activists are slowly but surely trying to raise the tempo + temperature. ALTHOUGH THE EGYPTIAN-BASED MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD [MB] IS THE LARGEST SUCH ORG OPERAT IN JORDAN, THE PLO IS ALSO PRESENT + IS WELL-INTEGRATED INTO JORDAN SOCIETY, + IS ALSO BETTER SUPPORTED LOCALLY THAN THE MB. Well, just as "Pesky Persians are Pesky", the "Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood is Egyptian", not Paleo. The MB's place is hence back in Egypt proper, not in Paleo Palestine includ Jordan. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-06-10 22:49 |
| #7 If he were really on the other side what exactly would he be doing differently? |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2012-06-10 21:24 |
| #6 Only on Bambi's team would you willingly hand over your playbook to the other side. But it dovetails nicely with the recent intelligence secrets given away by this POS. |
| Posted by: USN,Ret 2012-06-10 21:19 |
| #5 Here is a video representation of the mindset that is at work in this situation: http://youtu.be/3eTjftyAtIc |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2012-06-10 19:11 |
| #4 Disgusted with Bambi, Asher? Take a number and get in line. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-06-10 18:58 |
| #3 I am beyond disgusted. |
| Posted by: AsherAbrams 2012-06-10 17:56 |
| #2 Weak. |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-06-10 17:39 |
| #1 So let me get this straight; Obama's position is that the policy of the US should be to agree with Muslim prejudice and discriminate based on "race creed color or national origin" to keep an ally out of a conference? You couldn't make this stuff up. |
| Posted by: Mike Ramsey 2012-06-10 17:26 |