http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20070308-111426-4682r.htm
"Arabic speakers monitor Net chats"
By Nicholas Kralev
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
March 9, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""We want to make sure that U.S. views are present in the Arabic cyberspace," said Jeremy Curtin, acting coordinator of the Bureau of International Information Programs at the State Department.
"The two people who were hired just before Christmas monitor Arabic sites on current affairs in the Middle East and other issues we are interested in," he said. "They identify themselves as U.S. government employees.""
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In addition to the new digital outreach team, the State Department employs as many as a dozen Arabic speakers who monitor various news outlets in the Middle East. Some of them also help a so-called rapid-response team that reads all lead stories in the Arab press and writes guidance for U.S. embassies in the region if a response is deemed necessary or useful."
from the you-just-can't-make-this-stuff-up files:
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/015574.php
March 09, 2007
Muslims call for beheading of Christian preacher who called them killers
But of course. What better way to prove to Eli Soriano that Islam is peaceful than peacefully to separate his head from his body?
From AP, with thanks to Davsmi:
Filipino Muslims display a banner, which reads 'Behead Those Who Insult Islam,' and t-shirts with a wanted sign during a rally Wednesday March 7, 2007, at a downtown Manila square , to protest recent televised preaching by a Christian sect leader Eli Soriano, who alleges that Muslims are killers. More than 1,000 Muslims took part in the rally and demanded Soriano, who is currently in hiding, be extradited back to the Philippines so he can face charges being brought against him. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Posted by Robert at March 9, 2007 04:14 AM
