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Slain journalist's Western Pa. friend scrambled to save his life by hiding Jewish, Israeli links
Pittsburgh Tribune Review ^ | September 6 | Jason Cato

Posted on 09/06/2014 8:50:39 AM PDT by PghBaldy

... Sotloff's death by videotaped beheading, made public on Tuesday, ended a frantic two-week campaign by Roman and a network of people scouring the Internet and scrubbing references to Sotloff's being a Jew, having studied in Israel or becoming an Israeli citizen, a fact few knew.

“Gregg and his team played a crucial role once Steve appeared in the Jim Foley video,” said a Sotloff family representative, who asked not to be named...

(Excerpt) Read more at triblive.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: isis; islam; sotloff; stevensotloff
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To: PghBaldy

Since he chose Israeli citizenship, I don’t see where this country has any obligation toward him. Leave it to the Israelis to react (or not) as they see fit.


21 posted on 09/06/2014 9:36:03 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: PghBaldy

The average person is well aware of what Islam is about. It is the ruling elite and the liberals who are deliberately blind to the danger of Islam.


22 posted on 09/06/2014 9:44:43 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: luvbach1

ARe you kidding? There’s a guy standing next to you with a knife to your throat and you’re NOT going to to what they say?


23 posted on 09/06/2014 10:26:12 AM PDT by blu
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To: blu
ARe you kidding? There’s a guy standing next to you with a knife to your throat and you’re NOT going to to what they say?

Are you suggesting they didn't mean what they said (re sympathies with Islam)? If they knew they were about to be have their heads sawed off, what were they to lose by refusing if they didn't believe what they were about to say? However, you may have a point because I read they had been subjected to mock executions so perhaps they could have hoped this was one of them.

24 posted on 09/06/2014 10:47:12 AM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
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To: PghBaldy

“What will it take for people, Jews and Americans in particular, to see what islam is about? “

Recapturing the education system from liberals. Doing away with political correctness.

Here are the origins of political correctness.

http://www.academia.org/the-origins-of-political-correctness/


25 posted on 09/06/2014 11:20:27 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: lastchance
He was a journalist and was kidnapped from Syria while on an assignment.

Not entirely. He was a Muzzie fanboy who lived in Yemen for a number of years. His JINO reporting always put a good face on the allies and associates of his killers.

See post #12

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26 posted on 09/06/2014 11:29:29 AM PDT by JCG (Anti-medical cannabis = ignorance, hysteria, or worse ... [Haven't tried it but intend to.])
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To: PghBaldy

Assuming that the savages knew the guy’s real name and had seen the video his mother released shortly before his death I doubt that they failed to figure out that he was Jewish.And I’ll wager that that fact didn’t help him when the savages were deciding what to do.


27 posted on 09/06/2014 12:08:55 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Islamopobia:The Irrational Fear Of Being Beheaded)
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To: PAR35
Since he chose Israeli citizenship, I don’t see where this country has any obligation toward him.

I'd be willing to bet that he retained his US citizenship (that is,he didn't renounce it) which makes him,in the eyes of the US government,just as entitled to diplomatic protection as any other citizen.

28 posted on 09/06/2014 12:11:25 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Islamopobia:The Irrational Fear Of Being Beheaded)
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To: Incorrigible

I don’t consider her a credible source.


29 posted on 09/06/2014 2:47:09 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: JCG

Here is an article by him warning about the Muslim Brotherhood. Sure does not read like he is an apologist for Hamas as claimed by the article referenced in post #12

http://dailycaller.com/2011/02/09/why-washington-should-be-wary-of-the-muslim-brotherhood/


30 posted on 09/06/2014 3:03:20 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: lastchance
Here is an article by him warning about the Muslim Brotherhood. Sure does not read like he is an apologist for Hamas as claimed by the article referenced in post #12

He also wrote this a couple of years later:

The Muslim Brotherhood's Legitimate Grievances

http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/index.php?q=article/muslim-brotherhoods-legitimate-grievances

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31 posted on 09/06/2014 7:00:55 PM PDT by JCG (Anti-medical cannabis = ignorance, hysteria, or worse ... [Haven't tried it but intend to.])
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To: JCG

Thanks. I’ll take a look.


32 posted on 09/06/2014 8:55:51 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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