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Africa North
Libya's HCS urges Al-Sarraj to take measures against countries backing Haftar
[Libya Observer] The Libyan High Council of State (HCS) has called on the Head of the Presidential Council Fayez al-Sarraj to take a deterrent stance against the blatant intervention of the countries backing up the coup against legitimacy led by Khalifa Haftar
...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy, so it's kind of hard to describe him as a Qadaffy holdover. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all...
The HCS urged al-Sirraj to deplore those countries' intervention in his participation at 74th General Assembly of the United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
on next Tuesday.

The HCS also hailed the heroic acts of the Libyan Army forces in foiling attacks by Haftar's forces on Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
Airport and Yarmouk Camp frontlines in southern Tripoli on Saturday.

The Libyan Foreign Minister Mohammed Sayala traveled to New York to prepare for the attendance of General Assembly by the Libyan delegation headed by al-Sarraj who should travel this week.

On Saturday, Libyan Army forces foiled heavy attacks by Haftar's forces backed by air cover and mercenaries from Russian Wagner Group.
Posted by: Fred || 09/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring


Arabia
UAE's first official synagogue to open in multi-faith complex in 2022
[DAWN] Construction on the United Arab Emirates' first official synagogue will begin next year and be completed by 2022, according to local media reports.

The synagogue will be part of the multi-faith "Abrahamic Family House" complex in Abu Dhabi, which will also feature a mosque and church of which full construction will be completed in 2022, Abu Dhabi newspaper The National reported on Sunday.

The complex was announced in February following a visit by Pope Francis to the UAE, the first by a pontiff to the Arabian Peninsula.

Moslem UAE promotes itself as a centre of tolerance and says it supports religious freedom and cultural diversity.

However,
today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday...
the government does not allow dissent against its leadership and is criticised by human rights
...not to be confused with individual rights, mind you...
groups for jailing activists.

Though the synagogue will be the first in the UAE, a small Jewish community of expatriates currently use a house in Dubai for private worship.

Other official non-Moslem places of worship in the country include Christian churches, a Hindu temple and a Sikh Gurdwara.

The majority of those in living in the UAE are foreign workers, the largest group of which are Indians. The Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi said about 2.6 million Indians live in the UAE, or about 30 per cent of the population.

The UAE does not have diplomatic relations with Israel, though Israeli politicians have visited the country to attend international events.

Posted by: Fred || 09/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Freedom is a wonderful thing. As people in the UAE get a taste of it, they will want more.
Posted by: Tom || 09/23/2019 11:35 Comments || Top||


Saudi Arabia seeks action against Iran after oil attack, allies wary
[DAWN] Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
will seek to make a case at a global gathering in New York this week for concerted action to punish and deter arch-foe Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan, the abbreviation IRGC is a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA), the term Supreme Guide is a cognate form of either Shah or Führer or maybe both, and they hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
after strikes on Saudi oil plants rattled global markets and exposed the kingdom's vulnerability to attack.

However,
a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all...
even Riyadh's main allies the United States and the United Arab Emirates have little appetite for a conventional military confrontation which may spark a war in the Gulf and drag in other oil producers, diplomats say.

As it tries to build a coalition, Riyadh is preparing to provide evidence to the UN General Assembly which it says will prove Iran was behind the September 14 drone and missile assault which initially drastically affected its oil output, a view shared by Washington. Riyadh says Iranian weapons were launched from the north and that it is working to pinpoint the exact location.

Iran has denied any involvement and vowed to retaliate against even a limited military response. It has criticised the accusations as part of a campaign of "maximum pressure" launched by President Donald Trump
...The man who was so stupid he beat fourteen professional politicians, a former tech CEO, and a brain surgeon for the Republican nomination in 2016, then beat The Smartest Woman in the World in the general election...
on Tehran after he quit a 2015 nuclear pact last year and widened sanctions to choke off Iran's oil exports. Riyadh wants to see more punitive action by the international community.

"This attack is a tipping point. Saudi Arabia will make the case this was a devastating blow and continued threat to the global economy," a Gulf Arab source told Rooters on Sunday.

"If Saudi Arabia can prove without reasonable doubt that Iran was behind it, then world powers could exercise their clout ‐ their pressure, their trade tools, pulling Iran back from its brinkmanship policy," the source said.

Ahead of the UN General Assembly, Riyadh says it wants a peaceful resolution, but if the probe proved the strike came from Iran then "this would be considered an act of war".

Posted by: Fred || 09/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


China-Japan-Koreas
China ready to defend against drone attacks after Saudi Arabia oil strikes
[ALMASDARNEWS] Chinese military observers turned their attention to the threats from drones after two major oil installations of Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
were attacked by drones on Saturday, saying on Monday China has a full range of countermeasures, including detection and interception systems.

Ten drones attacked the oil installations, damaging facilities that process the vast majority of the country’s crude output and raising the risk of a disruption in world oil supplies, the New York Times

...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...

reported on Saturday.

An anonymous Chinese military expert told the Global Times surprise was the key to the attacks’ success. "If they had deployed a well-conditioned defense system, they would at least not suffer such a huge loss," the expert said.

Drones, especially those with small, slow, low-flying characteristics, are difficult for traditional air defense systems to detect and intercept, so new systems must be developed to counter them, experts told the Global Times.

China has already developed complete systems to counter drone attacks, so similar attacks would find it difficult to succeed in China, especially on strategic facilities key to national security, military observers said.

To detect these smaller drones, in addition to more capable and extra numbers of radar installations, other technologies, including infrared detection and radio environmental monitoring that track the control signal of the drones, could be used, the expert said, noting that after a drone is detected, it can be shot down by traditional guns, missiles and newly developed laser weapons, or it can be jammed through jammers.

State-owned China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) has developed a counter-drone system consisting of multiple weapons and equipment, including land-based rockets and drone-hunting drones that can shoot huge webs and vehicle-based detection devices, the China Central Television reported earlier this month.

Posted by: Fred || 09/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1 
Posted by: Dron66046 || 09/23/2019 13:31 Comments || Top||


Europe
Lebanese man nabbed in Greece ‘mistaken’ for Flight 847 hijacker, officials say
[IsraelTimes] Sources name man in Greek custody as Mohammed Ali Saleh, say his name is nearly identical to that of alleged Hezbollah member.

The arrest in Greece of a Lebanese man accused of involvement in a 1985 plane hijacking by Hezbollah is a case of mistaken identity, Lebanese officials said on Monday.

Greek authorities detained the 65-year-old man last week on the island of Mykonos.

They said there was a Europe
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
an arrest warrant issued by Germany against him for his suspected involvement in the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 and the murder of an American passenger.

A Lebanese diplomatic official and a security official, neither of whom wanted to be named, identified the man in Greek custody as Mohammed Ali Saleh.

Saleh has a nearly identical name to the suspected Lebanese hijacker, but his father’s name does not match that of the suspect, the diplomatic source said.

Both sources told AFP the arrest was a case of "mistaken identity."

Lebanese authorities have already reached out to Athens to clarify the situation, the diplomatic official said.

Germany is expected to announce a decision regarding Saleh’s release later on Monday, the same source said.

Greek police on Monday told AFP that they have asked Germany to confirm the identity of the arrested man.

The TWA 847 Flight was commandeered by hijackers shortly after taking off from Athens on June 14, 1985, demanding the release of 700 Shiite Moslems from Israeli custody. The flight originated in Cairo and had San Diego set as a final destination, with stops scheduled in Athens, Rome, Boston and Los Angeles.

The hijackers shot and killed US Navy diver Robert Stethem, 23, after beating him unconscious. They released the other 146 passengers and crew members on the plane in stages during an ordeal that included making three stops in Beirut and two in Algiers. The last hostage was freed after 17 days.

Though Greek police refused to release the suspect’s name, Greek media outlets named him as Mohammed Ali Hammadi, who was arrested in Frankfurt in 1987 and convicted in Germany for the plane hijacking and Stethem’s slaying. Hammadi, an alleged Hezbollah member, received life in prison as a sentence but was paroled in 2005 and returned to Leb.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/23/2019 12:29 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ...TRANSLATION: "How much to say you got the wrong guy?"

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 09/23/2019 17:41 Comments || Top||

#2  A bit confusing: Germany isn't looking for the hijacker Mohammed Ali Hammadi. He already served his time (of course not nearly long enough).
Posted by: European Conservative || 09/23/2019 18:52 Comments || Top||

#3  ...or more like "We know you have family in the old country". Let in thousands of 'them', can you be sure you won't pay the hard way? Certainly saves them the thorny issue of hostage swap.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/23/2019 18:54 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Team Iran
[Tablet - by Lee Smith, worth it] How Iran makes war in the Middle East while turning U.S. foreign policy into an extension of partisan American politics
Posted by: Frank G || 09/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


India-Pakistan
PM Imran meets US envoy Khalilzad, Senator Graham in New York
[DAWN] Prime Minister Imran Khan
...aka The Great Khan, who ain't the sharpest bulb on the national tree...
, who is in New York to attend the 74th session of the United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
General Assembly, on Sunday met with the United States special envoy for Afghan peace Zalmay Khalilzad and Republican Senator Lindsey Graham
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: Fred || 09/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Olde Tyme Religion
We can destroy Israel in 1/2 a day! Sermon by Ayatollah Ahmad Alamolhoda
[Twitter]


Sayyid Ahmad Alamolhoda is an Iranian Shia Islamic cleric who has been described as "senior" and "conservative" and "hardline." His rank has been given both as Hojjatoleslam and Ayatollah. He is the Friday Prayer leader in Mashhad, Iran and is also that city's representative in the Iranian Assembly of Experts. Alamolhoda is a member of Combatant Clergy Association
Born: Sept 1, 1944, Mashhad, Iran
Political party: Combatant Clergy Association
Spouse(s): Sakineh Rikhtegarzadeh

Wikipedia on the Combatant Clergy Association
Posted by: 3dc || 09/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  And Israel can destroy Iran in an hour, give or take a few minutes!
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 09/23/2019 0:26 Comments || Top||

#2  The 12th Imam told you that?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/23/2019 0:38 Comments || Top||

#3  It's been tried before and 3 out of 4 times Israel had more territory afterwards.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 09/23/2019 5:29 Comments || Top||

#4  Been tried for 4000 years
Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB || 09/23/2019 6:09 Comments || Top||

#5  g(r)om, I believe she said something along - if you attack, a great nation will fall.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/23/2019 7:07 Comments || Top||

#6 
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/23/2019 9:47 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Photo of Iranian Ballistic Missiles
[Twitter]
Posted by: 3dc || 09/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Pretty.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/23/2019 13:39 Comments || Top||


Security fence being built on Iran's Pakistan border.
[Twitter]
Posted by: 3dc || 09/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Double rayciss. Affects brown people and muzzists.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/23/2019 7:35 Comments || Top||

#2  But I've always been told that fences don't work.

What do the mullahs know that we don't?



/sarc
Posted by: AlanC || 09/23/2019 8:23 Comments || Top||


Russian S-400 system on alert to deal with Israeli F-35 jets
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Russian Armed Forces in Syria have put their S-400 air defense system on alert to deal with potential Israeli Air Force incursions inside the country, defense analyst and author Babak Taghvaee reported on Friday.

The Russian Armed Forces have been reported to have intercepted and blocked the Israeli Air Force from conducting Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s in areas where the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is present.

In particular, the Russian Air Force has deployed their Su-35 jets to areas where Israeli warplanes are reported to be targeting; this has allegedly prevented the latter from carrying out their strikes.

According to Taghvaee, the Russian Air Force may allow Israel to attack Hezbollah and Iranian targets in Syria; however, they take a different approach when it comes to the Syrian Arab Army (SAA).

Furthermore, Taghvaee highlighted the most recent incidents in which Russian jets reportedly blocked Israeli warplanes from bombing Syria on September 18th and 19th.

A source from the Syrian Armed Forces confirmed to al-Masdar that the Russian military has taken a more aggressive approach to these airstrikes.

The Syrian military source said the Russian Armed Forces have taken this approach to protect their assets in Syria, which are all located in areas controlled by the Syrian Army.

Posted by: Fred || 09/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria


Hezbollah leader warns Saudi Arabia will be destroyed if they go to war with Iran
[ALMASDARNEWS] Hezbollah leader His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
...The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...
has warned Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that dire consequences await them in the event that a confrontation with Iran
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: Fred || 09/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah

#1  They are throwing around the "destroy nation" phrase a lot lately. They must have assembled a few nukes.
Posted by: 3dc || 09/23/2019 11:54 Comments || Top||

#2  One of the great insights in "The Arab Mind" by Raphael Patai is that in Arab culture talking about something is the same as actually doing it. Seems to explain all the bloviation coming out of that part of the world.
Posted by: SteveS || 09/23/2019 12:16 Comments || Top||

#3  talking about something is the same as actually doing it

See The Origin of Consciousness in The Breakdown of The Bicameral Mind, by Julian Jaynes for a discussion of stunted brain growth indicators.

Wish we had an evolutionary biologist here for more input.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/23/2019 13:48 Comments || Top||


Iran shows off captured US, Israeli drones: Photos
[ALMASDARNEWS] Iranian authorities showed off US, UK and Israeli-made drones they claim to have downed in earlier times, as tensions with western powers escalate.

This came on the sidelines of the "Sacred Defense Week"; an Iranian annual commemoration of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.

Major General Hussein Salami, Commander-in-chief of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution, was pictured standing next to debris of the US-made RQ-4 Global Hawk.

Earlier, Salami warned that Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan, the abbreviation IRGC is a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA), the term Supreme Guide is a cognate form of either Shah or Führer or maybe both, and they hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
will hit back hard at any state that may attack the Islamic Theocratic Republic.

"Be careful, a limited aggression will not remain limited. We are after punishment and we will continue until the full destruction of any aggressor," Salami said in remarks broadcast on state TV on Saturday.

Tensions between Iran and the United States have significantly escalated recently as the US government decided to impose a new batch of sanctions against the Islamic Theocratic Republic.

US President Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons......
said he expected sanctions to "work" on Iran, adding that he preferred this strategy to one involving military action.

"I think the sanctions work," Trump said during a joint presser with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. "The military would work. That’s a very severe form of winning."

Posted by: Fred || 09/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Iran to present plan for Gulf security at UN General Assembly this week
[DAWN] Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
...Iran's moderate president, which he is, relative to his predecessor, which doesn't mean he's anything but a puppet of the nearest holy man...
will present a plan for creating security in the Gulf in cooperation with other countries in the region when he attends the United Nations
...where theory meets practice and practice loses...
General Assembly in New York this week.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: Fred || 09/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Iran to release seized Swedish tanker: shipowner
[DAWN] A Swedish-owned oil tanker held by Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan, the abbreviation IRGC is a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA), the term Supreme Guide is a cognate form of either Shah or Führer or maybe both, and they hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
in the Gulf is to be released, the shipowner said on Sunday, two months after it was seized amid heightened tensions in the region.

"We received information this morning indicating that the ship Stena Impero is going to be released in a few hours," Erik Hanell, the chief executive of the Stena Bulk company that owns the ship, told Swedish television SVT.

Contacted by AFP, a Stena Bulk spokeswoman, Lena Alvling, confirmed Hanell's remarks but said the ship had still not be freed, several hours later.

"We have nothing new to report," she said.

The ship has been held offshore near Iran's southern port of Bandar Abbas.

Hanell had expressed caution about the tanker's release.

"We understand that the political decision has been taken to release the ship," he told SVT.

"We hope it will be able to leave in a few hours, but we don't want to take anything for granted. We want to make sure the ship sails out of Iranian territorial waters," he said.

Iranian forces seized control of the British-flagged Stena Impero on July 19 as it was navigating through an international passage in the Strait of Hormuz at the entrance of the Gulf.

Tehran denied the seizure was a tit-for-tat move after British commandos seized an Iranian oil tanker on July 4 as it passed through Gibraltar's waters, under suspicion it was breaking EU sanctions on oil deliveries to Syria.

Posted by: Fred || 09/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Iran's president warns America to 'stay away'
[NEWS.YAHOO] Iran’s president has warned American and other foreign forces to "stay away" from the region, as Tehran paraded long-range missile capable of reaching American bases.

Hassan Rouhani
...Iran's moderate president, which he is, relative to his predecessor, which doesn't mean he's anything but a puppet of the nearest holy man...
said the presence of such troops in the Gulf has always brought "pain and misery", in a speech made at an annual military parade to commemorate the war with Iraq.

Mr Rouhani spoke in response to an announcement made by the US on Friday that it was sending more troops to Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
after an attack on Saudi oil facilities both nations blame on Iran.

"Wherever the Americans or our enemies have gone, there has been insecurity afterward," the Iranian president said. "The farther you keep yourselves from our region and our nations, the more security there will be."

At the parade, the Islamic republic displayed the Khordad-3 air defence system that shot down a US drone in June. It also showcased the long-range, surface-to-air Bavar 373 missile that can travel more than 1,250 miles, bringing it in range of US bases in the region and arch-foe Israel.

Posted by: Fred || 09/23/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran



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Mon 2019-09-23
  Aramco’s Repairs Could Take Months Longer Than Company Anticipates
Sun 2019-09-22
  Greek police make arrest in 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847
Sat 2019-09-21
  US to send troops to Saudi Arabia, hold off on striking Iran
Fri 2019-09-20
  NJ man charged with scouting landmarks for Hezbollah, trying to kill Israeli spy
Thu 2019-09-19
  Man arrested in terrorism probe told FBI he'd execute a US service member for ISIS
Wed 2019-09-18
  Half of Saudi Aramco production restored
Tue 2019-09-17
  Special Forces kill 14 Taliban militants; destroy multiple weapons caches in 3 provinces
Mon 2019-09-16
  Iran seizes another oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz as Gulf crisis erupts
Sun 2019-09-15
  Turkey orders arrest of 223 military personnel over suspected Gulen links: State media
Sat 2019-09-14
  Parliament to discuss removal of U.S. forces from Iraq in new session
Fri 2019-09-13
  Over 2,000 militants fled to Turkey from Idlib: Al-Watan
Thu 2019-09-12
  Illegal Alien Sentenced to Six Years for Having Enough Fentanyl to Kill Half a Million Americans
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