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  • FBI employee married ISIS fighter she was asked to investigate

    05/01/2017 4:59:54 PM PDT · by ameribbean expat · 51 replies
    An FBI translator assigned to investigate a German rapper-turned-terrorist instead traveled to Syria to marry him, according to CNN. Daniela Greene lied to the FBI about her whereabouts and warned her new husband, Denis Cuspert, about the investigation. Cuspert, who rapped under the name Deso Dogg, has been featured in videos for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria holding severed human heads, CNN reports. According to the report, Greene realized she had made a mistake just weeks after marrying Cuspert. She then fled back to the U.S., where she was arrested and agreed to cooperate with authorities.
  • My life of hell in an Afghan harem (Misadventures of Jewish feminist in burkaland)

    09/22/2013 2:52:22 PM PDT · by Zhang Fei · 86 replies
    NY Post ^ | September 21, 2013 | 10:55pm | Phyllis Chesler
    I once lived in a harem in Afghanistan. I did not enter the kingdom as a diplomat, soldier, teacher, journalist or foreign aid worker. I came as a young Jewish bride of the son of one of the country’s wealthiest men. I was held in a type of captivity — but it’s not as if I had been kidnapped. I walked into it of my own free will. It is 1959. I am only 18 when my prince — a dark, older, handsome, westernized foreigner who had traveled abroad from his native home in Afghanistan — bedazzles me. We meet...
  • Michigan man calls cops, suspects Al Qaeda putting subliminal messages in his porn

    01/06/2012 7:00:31 PM PST · by Free ThinkerNY · 35 replies
    macombdaily.com ^ | Jan. 6, 2012
    This from a Mason, Michigan, police blotter ... January 1 - A Mason resident called to report receiving subliminal messages he detected while watching a pornographic movie purchased in Jackson. The complainant replayed the portion of the DVD in slow motion for the officer, who did note four words he could read and a series of other words that passed so quickly they could not be read. The complainant stated he reported the incident only because he had read where Al Qaeda was inserting messages into pornographic movies.
  • Fire destroys The Oasis Restuarant in Austin, Texas (sad news indeed. This place was simply awesome)

    06/01/2005 9:05:05 AM PDT · by Horn_Dude · 50 replies · 1,532+ views
    KVUE.com & KXAN.com ^ | 06/01/05 | KVUE & KXAN
    A fire Wednesday morning destroyed a Lake Travis restaurant famed for the sunset views from its wooden outdoor decks. Officials say a fire of unknown origin swept through the Oasis before dawn today. Fire crews from surrounding areas were still battling flames as dawn broke over the lakeside bluff topped by the burning restaurant. Also see video here: (KXAN video link)
  • Caption This Pic of a Potential U.S. Peacenik 'Human Shield' in Baghdad!

    01/10/2003 9:26:33 AM PST · by ewing · 145 replies · 552+ views
    Mideast Truth ^ | January 8, 2003 | Kristina Olsen