US Ousts Israel From Counterterrorism Forum

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.

"Our idea with the GCTF was to bring together a limited number of traditional donors, front line states, and emerging powers develop a more robust, yet representative, counterterrorism capacity-building platform. A number of our close partners with considerable experience countering and preventing terrorism are not included among the GCTF’s founding members,” a State Department spokesman said in response to questions about Israel's exclusion from the GCTF.

"We have discussed the GCTF and ways to involve Israel in its activities on a number of occasions, and are committed to making this happen," he added.

Pro-Israeli sources say that the Obama administration decided to ignore the fact that Turkey, which has a key role in the GCTF...

Some news this past week from some of the countries Dear Leader welcomed in this "Conference.:

Nigeria: Muslims attack two churches, murdering three and wounding dozens

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2012/06/nigeria-muslims-attack-two-churches-murdering-three-and-wounding-dozens.html

Turkey: New law requires Islamic prayer rooms in all shopping malls, movie theaters, and other public spaces such as theaters and operas

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2012/06/turkey-new-law-requires-islamic-prayer-rooms-in-all-shopping-malls-movie-theaters-and-other-public-s.html

Egyptian "Honor": Brothers Butcher Mother, Sister, and Aunt

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2012/06/egyptian-honor-brothers-butcher-mother-sister-and-aunt.html

Indonesian jihadist asks Muslims not to commit jihad at home: "If you want to do jihad, do it in another country such as Palestine, where Islamic people need help"

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2012/06/indonesian-jihadist-asks-muslims-not-to-commit-jihad-at-home-if-you-want-to-do-jihad-do-it-in-anothe.html

Egypt: Hundreds of men assault and molest women holding demo against sexual harassment

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2012/06/egypt-hundreds-of-men-assault-and-molest-women-holding-demo-against-sexual-harassment.html

Indonesia's Sharia province to ban sales of tight clothing

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2012/06/indonesias-sharia-province-to-ban-sales-of-tight-clothing.html

"Bomb kills eight at Pakistani madrassa,"

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2012/06/pakistan-islamophobes-murder-eight-with-bomb-at-madrassa----no-wait.html

0 is setting up a caliphate

Have you seen this ?

Jerusalem to become Egypt’s capital under Mursi’s rule, says Muslim cleric

Thursday, 07 June 2012
http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/06/07/219272.html

This is the real face of Islam , this is what the news in America is hiding from Americans while they run cover for 0. This is what 0 and his buddies have done to Egypt with their meddling . If Mursi is elected this month war can not be very far off . This is his fault

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