Ankara to tighten security on pipelines

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Energy Resources

Published: Sept. 27, 2010 at 7:18 AM

ANKARA, Turkey, Sept. 27 (UPI) — Ankara will deploy national and private security forces to protect oil and gas pipelines running through the country, the Turkish energy minister said.

Militants with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, have frequently made oil and gas pipelines in Turkey a target of attacks.

An August explosion in the province of Agri in eastern Turkey forced authorities to shut down a natural gas pipeline from Iran.

Turkish authorities blamed the PKK for a July 21 attack on a separate section of the same pipeline. Both countries are fighting Kurdish militants along their shared border.

Scottish aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan

Search for hostages after firefight

Published: 27/09/2010

AN URGENT search is under way to find a female British aid worker abducted in Afghanistan.

The woman, who is reported to be Scottish and in her 30s, was kidnapped in Kunar province, alongside three Afghans with whom she is thought to have been working.

The best way to combat Islam may begin in the bedroom

 

Thursday September 9, 2010

Categories: Pro-life, Ripped from the headlines

Or so argues a Catholic priest in Italy, who clearly believes we need to make love, not war:

A prominent Catholic priest wants European Christians to fight off Islam with a unique weapon: babies.
Father Piero Gheddo, an Italian missionary priest, said Wednesday he believes a declining birth rate among Europeans combined with a rising tide of Muslim immigrants could mean that Islam will soon dominate Europe.
"Certainly from a demographic point of view, as it is clear to everyone that Italians are decreasing by 120,000 or 130,000 persons a year because of abortion and broken families; while among the more than 200,000 legal immigrants a year in Italy, more than half are Muslims and Muslim families, which have a much higher level of growth," he said, according to Rome’s Catholic news service Zenit News Agency.

Islam & Politics

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September 8, 2010 10:56 P.M. By Jonah Goldberg New ABC Poll: The debate over construction of a Muslim community center in Lower Manhattan could carry political risks: Four in 10 registered voters — overwhelmingly opponents of the plan — say they feel strongly enough about it that it could influence their vote for Congress this fall.

Democratization And Reform In The Arab And Muslim World

September 10, 2010 Special Dispatch No.3222

Palestinian Intellectual in Norway: Muslims Living Here Must Look Out For Their Country’s Security

In early July 2010, Norwegian police announced the arrest of three individuals living in Oslo for involvement in planning terror attacks on Norwegian soil. The Norwegian press reported that the attacks were thwarted and the arrests made possible due to information provided to authorities by members of the local Muslim community.

In the wake of these events, Ahmad Abu Matar, a Palestinian intellectual residing in Norway, wrote a column praising the Muslims in the country for their moderation and for their cooperation with the authorities in the fight against terror elements. He said that the Arabs and Muslims in Norway should help maintain security out of their religious beliefs.

The following are excerpts from the column:[1]

This Moderate Preacher "Called on Muslims to Respect the Laws of the Countries in Which They Resided – Because Each of Them Is an Ambassador of the Prophet [Muhammad]"

BEHIND MEXICO’S BLOODSHED Pt. 2

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BEHIND MEXICO’S BLOODSHED

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