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US postpones award for Egyptian woman after anti-Semitic tweets surface
Associated Press ^ | 3/7/13 | Staff

Posted on 03/07/2013 3:39:51 PM PST by Nachum

The Obama administration is postponing an award for an Egyptian activist who was subjected to a "virginity test" after protesting in Cairo´s Tahrir Square. The State Department had said Samira Ibrahim would be among recipients of an International Women of Courage award presented by Secretary of State John Kerry and first lady Michelle Obama on Friday. Now the State Department says she won´t be honored Friday because of anti-American and anti-Semitic comments on her Twitter account. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Thursday officials will first study the tweets, which include support for attacks against U.S. diplomatic

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TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antiamericanism; antisemitic; antisemitism; asspress; award; egypt; egyptian; israel; kneepadbrigade; lapdogmedia; obamaforeignpolicy; obamascandals; proislamist; proterrorist; samiraibrahim; waronterror; womanterrorist; womenofcourage
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To: jsanders2001

We are in serious trouble.


21 posted on 03/07/2013 5:37:49 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Nachum

Uck! Imagine what she’s going to look like in 20 years! No, actually, DON’T imagine it.


22 posted on 03/07/2013 5:38:37 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Nachum

JUST the anti-semitics tweets are a problem, no issue with the PRO-9/11 attacks tweets from this vile b!tch?


24 posted on 03/07/2013 9:24:02 PM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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