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09/10/12

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Ethiopia Pardons Jailed Swedish Journalists

Ethiopia Pardons Jailed Swedish Journalists

By Ricci Shryock

VOA News

The Ethiopian government will release two imprisoned Swedish journalists, as part of an annual mass amnesty to mark Ethiopia’s New Year. Some 1900 prisoners are part of an official pardon granted by the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.

The journalists, Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye, were convicted of supporting an illegal terrorist group and crossing the border without proper documentation. They were sentenced to 11 years in prison.

The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, welcomed the decision.

“We still believe that they should never have been jailed, because they were carrying out legitimate news-gathering activities,” Mohamed Keita, the group’s Africa Advocacy Coordinator said on Monday.

He added that the journalists were forced to admit to guilt in order to receive the pardon, though the terrorism charges were “a crime they did not commit.”

“They [the journalists] took the risk of entering the country illegally only because of the Ethiopian government’s restrictions and censorship banning independent media access to the Ogaden, and these are practices that reporters and news organizations the world over engage in to cover both sides of the story.

There are serious allegations of abuses in the Ogaden that the Ethiopian government denies, but it is not providing an opportunity for international or local media to independently report or investigate,” he said.

Keita said CPJ hopes the country will use the opportunity of Mr. Meles’ death to loosen what he says are restrictions on journalists operating in Ethiopia.

“We believe they have an opportunity to usher in national reconciliation,” he said, “and to turn the page. And they have an opportunity to do so by releasing the six other journalists behind bars.”

In July, prominent journalist and blogger Eskinder Nega was jailed for 18 years for what the government said was breaching anti-terror laws, while Andualem Arage, a member of the Unity for Democracy and Justice Party, was given a life term in prison.

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75 comments

Comment from: kul [Visitor]
*****
Woyanes are saying that the last thing Meles did before he went to hospital was to pardon 1900 of his prisoners. Good for him. I hope he gets pardon up there too.
09/10/12 @ 23:57
Comment from: hagos [Visitor]
*****
The Ethiopian gov't must do pardon to all political
prisoners , journalist and call all political party to discuss and solve our difference forever. This is the
right time .This is not defeat way , This is the smart way .




09/11/12 @ 00:24
Comment from: Alemayehu [Visitor]
This is a good sign, not because I care or respect the journalists, but because CPJ and HRW will run out of trash to say. In the 90s, all these pseudo journalists used to write all kinds of useless fabricated trash, but the government totally ignored them. Because of that, people, as in everybody, stopped paying attention. They were a laughing stock for the locals. By going after these idiots, the government raised their profile as if they were legit journalists. Of-course, the government should still go after people that genuinely instigate violence the way Eskinder Nega was doing during the Arab Spring. He was daring the public to go out and replicate the Egyptians. That’s not journalism, it’s violent activism.
09/11/12 @ 00:27
Comment from: C'est moi senait [Visitor]
Now,let us see what they say about Ethiopia...baaaaad
09/11/12 @ 00:31
Comment from: branu [Visitor]
Bravo Mr.Desalegn Haile Mariam, good job! It has been only one week since the dictators is put down. If you get a couple of months you will free 85,000,000 of your brothers and sisters from the brutal slavery under TPLF. The problem is there is no such EPDRF political organization that embraces individuals from other ethnic group,so it is clear that they will remove you to bring their own Tigre man loyal to TPLF.
09/11/12 @ 01:23
Comment from: TEDDY [Visitor]
Have you seen what the Agazi bandits made them tell after leaving jail .The two journalists were repeating an already written speech by a TPLF cadre .Just wait and see in the next days what are they going to really say .The then Crime Minister 's Pardon or not ,afterall the TPLF Regime was already under pressures .Without USA and Western Allies Moneys ,Woyane Bandits and Tigre Mafiosis are KAPUT...LOL!!!!!
09/11/12 @ 01:27
Comment from: ment4you [Visitor]
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Well that is what you get for interfering with another country's internal affairs. Stick to Swedish affairs next time. I have no sympathy for twist western and European 'journalists'!
09/11/12 @ 02:32
Comment from: Me [Visitor]
As to one of the elders, Meles and Ethiopian Gov. pardoned prisoners every year. This is a continuation of that.

Meles never believed in war or killing. Instead He always advise and warn his opponent to come to table for negotiation.He likes to fight with ideas not people.But when they start fight He fight and finish the fight as quick as possible with victory.Once he defeated them.He doesnt boast but tell them to confess and help them for a fresh start.
He pardoned Derg. He pardoned Dr Birhanu and the rest. This was not part of our history. At one time Yohannes was deliberately ignored When teddy needed help. Menilik did the same to Yohannes. Haileselase did to Eyasu Derg did to Haileselase. But Meles pardoned Derg.
Meles is a man who make new history in Ethiopia.
Dont fight with me fight with my idea.Dont try to lebel me with anything . I am just a citizen of great nation Ethiopia.
09/11/12 @ 03:04
Comment from: Gaga [Visitor]
Now the hate campaign of western journalists shall begin. Ethiopia did good pardoning these two pathetic fools. CPJ is like HRW and other neo colonialist orgs who are anti peace and prosperity in Africa. Journalists with Khalashinkov with bunch of terrorists are called peaceful Journalists who are there to investigate what the other crooks of HRW inventions of genocide. It is endless. The whole theater of HRW and CPJ is: They have smelled oil and gas in the Ogaden and wants to creat problems like they do everywhere who have found oil in third world countries.

These days if you want to neo colonise African countries you don't send soldiers but Human Right activists, journalists with out boarders and clueless enviormentalists to creat havok and destructions, ethnic strifes and total chaos.
09/11/12 @ 03:19
Comment from: prince-somali [Visitor]
The two swedish journalists were simply perfoming their moral and ethic obligation to highlight abuses in the Ogaden region and portray the message to the swedish masses for them to fully understand how their hard earned tax is used in Ethiopia.

I am glad that these 2 outstanding and brave swedish journalists are free at long last to tell the world about the atrocities in Ogaden, which is fully paid and financed by the West, the same countries that are drumming and preaching democracy.

The evil dictator is dead so is his policies of death and destruction. A new dawn a new beginning for Ethiopia has began

The leastthe Ethiopia government could do to these two brave journalists is to apologise publicly for the mistreatment and pay compensation to their families for the suffering endured.

The people of Scandivia have a choice to know on how their hard earned tax is used in the developing world. It is a moral duty to ensure that no Aid money is misused to create havoc and destruction.
09/11/12 @ 04:35
Comment from: addis zemen [Visitor]
Prince wanna be somali,...

You told us that you were a high ranking official in the 70s during Ethio-Somali war. That's more than 40 years ago. That makes you a senior citizen between the ages of 70 and 85 years old.
Isn't that too late to tell lies. Atleast you should live the rest of your life confessing your sins and praying for forgivness. What a looser!!
09/11/12 @ 05:34
Comment from: Marcus [Visitor]
These two Swedish journalists are simply useful idiots. What are they doing in Ethiopia flirting with terrorists?

There is a massive of issue of takeover of Sweden and Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway) in general, by Muslim immigrants right now. The rate of increase of their numbers is alarming and more than half of them are on Welfare.

They commit a lot of crimes such as thefts and rapes, drain the host countries’ Welfare system, and refuse to integrate, and put no value in education and bring a security risk.

They contribute nothing to these countries’ scientific research and development, and as the German Thilo Sarrazin said, they lower the host countries’ IQ (aptitude).

A ‘useful idiot’ is a term attributed to Lenin, which means someone who feeds or enables an enemy who will eventually come back to kill him.
09/11/12 @ 05:36
Comment from: Extraterrestrial [Visitor]
TEDDY [Visitor]

Ante aram gonderie yehie kezache shermuta entahe bete gwro yalewe yetewate arhe newe endzihe yemigemawe?!
09/11/12 @ 05:59
Comment from: Mr. Fair [Visitor]
Who didn't know that they would be convicted then pardoned?
The conviction is for saving governments's face, whereas the pardoning is for having some more money come into the begging bowl.

If they were Ethiopians of any ethnicity or religion, they would have been shot on the spot.
They must love their white color today. It is sad, but in Africa only Africans suffer.
09/11/12 @ 06:05
Comment from: Heny [Visitor]

“We still believe that they should never have been jailed, because they were carrying out legitimate news-gathering activities,” Mohamed Keita, the group’s Africa Advocacy Coordinator said on Monday:

Mohammed Keita, next time try it yourself and you will see how we will deal with you, loser - African servant of the neo-colonialists. You may be acustomed to colonialism. You are used to it and is part of your history. But for us Ethioppians, we hate it to our bone. We hate colonialism and neo-colonialists and their footsoldiers like you, Keita. If that is your belief regarding these losers, send another batch including yourself and see how we deal with them/you.
Shame on you. shame on your orgnaization. shame shame shame
09/11/12 @ 06:08
Comment from: Ash [Visitor]

Guess what CPJ and HRW will take credit and they ask for more money to do miracles..

To those who say they were forced to read then I am waiting what they going to say in Sweden

To those who say exposed to fleas and lice...I say u never been to West... In 5star hotal u find bed bug.. And other kind of fleas and lice... Most rundown apartment are full of them...even the city of NY declare war on fleas and lice.. A while ago they put aside millions of dollars to fight it... Now u guys come out saying BS as if it only exist in Ethiopia even Canada also in Toronto called bedbug capital..

09/11/12 @ 06:32
Comment from: addis zemen [Visitor]
Marcus,...

You got that right about the muslims taking over Europe. Mostly by the hard line extrimist muslims who are vowing to impliment the sheria law in the whole Europe soon. Very alarming, but the Europeans seem to do nothing about it.
09/11/12 @ 06:33
Comment from: TEDDY [Visitor]
Extraterrorist ,DEDEB WUSHA BANDA ,you become more a Senile Toothlees aged enslaved guy ,embittered by the death of his master .YA LEBAH MERIH AFER KEGATTE DJEMIRRO LANTENA LEMESSELOTCHEH KENU TCHELIMOBATCHEW MOTCHIEWUNA MEGEBYAHU TASSENATCHEW ANDE ABDE WUSHA TEKBEZEBZZALATCHEW .KENDIH WODIH WODE METCHERESHAW BOTATCHEW ENDEDEBENOHU MERYATCHEW TEBBIA WONATCHEW KERTATCHEWAL !!!!By the way GONDERES are the great HEROES who recently sent to hell your leba master .YE AGAME WUDAKI TEMB ANSA BANDA !!!!!
09/11/12 @ 06:33
Comment from: Marcus [Visitor]
addis zemen said:

"Marcus,...
You got that right about the muslims taking over Europe. Mostly by the hard line extrimist muslims who are vowing to impliment the sheria law in the whole Europe soon. Very alarming, but the Europeans seem to do nothing about it."

During World War II, Europe killed 6 million Jews who had among them creative artists, Musicians, doctors, social scientists, Engineers, Physicists, Chemists and Mathematicians.

In return, they have now imported 20 to 25 million walking, talking, welfare dependant, lazy, robotic, West hating and suicidal Muslims.

Yes, slowly but surely Europe will end up being Islamized in 30 to 40 years’ time. Then, the Muslims do not have to fire a single shot. Because of demographic dominance, they will simply win through the ballot box.

That is the price a post-Christian and liberal leftist dominated Europe will pay.
09/11/12 @ 07:04
Comment from: Dagmawi [Visitor]
what teddy and extraterrestrial try hier is not normal comment. either it is one in two name or they are identical twin of idiots. please do not let such person in this site, oder nazret come is a free place for mentaly disorderd persons?
09/11/12 @ 07:12
Comment from: JIMMA [Visitor]
BRAVO FACEBOOK JOURNALISTS

WOYANE FINALLY REALIZED NOMATTER HOW MANY JOURNALISTS THEY IMPRISON NEWS WILL STILL TRAVEL THROUGH VARIOUS CHANELLS.

WOYANE TRIED TO BREAK COMMUNICATION BUT THEY FAILED.
09/11/12 @ 08:10
Comment from: Extraterrestrial [Visitor]
TEDDY [Visitor]

I don't read your ARE comment, I only smell it when i came to this site and it stink.

Arame gonderie enthe shente bete marate betstemerhe noro ezihe hezebe fite laye ataram neber. Teframe nehe Kelitame shemagelie.
09/11/12 @ 08:19
Comment from: Oumer [Visitor]
Ethiopian New Year pardon doesn’t include political prisoners.

The only ones that are geting pardon are convicted criminals and terrorists.

Time to get armed and defend our property.

Criminals are on loose.
09/11/12 @ 08:49
Comment from: Gondar [Visitor]
ABOUT WHICH MELES YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ?
I THINK YOU MEAN THE ONE WHO WAS SHOT DEAD AND PUTTED IN ONE OF HIS FRIEND
HOME DI-FREEZER FOR A WEEK IN BEGIUM,

WARDA YEWORAD ZER ANTE BELOO YEMELSE
TEMOGACHE,
09/11/12 @ 08:54
Comment from: kul [Visitor]
*****
ዘመነ ገብረ ማርያምን ጨርሰን ዘመነ ኃይለ ማርያምን ልንጀምር እኮ ነው
ወይ ገብረ ማርያም!!!!
09/11/12 @ 09:53
Comment from: Gragn Ahmed [Visitor]
Addis Zaman and Marcus two losers of wayane and shabiya. can you not be shameful when you claim Islam is respected in Ethiopia yet you hate to see Islam in europe?

Your days are numbered, kemalam weayane. You cant ride on ogaden like that.
you are not equal to prince somali. Shut your filthy mouth.
09/11/12 @ 11:18
Comment from: Gragn Ahmed [Visitor]
these journalists were released because Meles signed it. You know Abebe Belew strike? So Meles was pushed to do something to cheat the West. Copts are big time liars like Marcus.

You are to be called educated, Marcus? Indeed you are ashaming Eritrea.
09/11/12 @ 11:23
Comment from: Ash [Visitor]

Dear Oumer ,
Ask 

Ethiopian New Year pardon doesn’t include political prisoners.

The only ones that are geting pardon are convicted criminals and terrorists.

Answer:-

In Ethiopia there is no Political prisoners. 

Thanks God u didn't say "jailed journalist...."

Humor me tell us from what university those "politician and  journalist got their degree 
09/11/12 @ 12:08
Comment from: oneluv21 [Visitor]
That is not fair, you leave the blacks locked and you let the Whites free... Don't get me wrong I am happy they are free but what about the jailed Ethiopian? Why is the Wayane government determined to have an Uncle Tom like government?
09/11/12 @ 13:08
Comment from: addis zemen [Visitor]
Garbage ahimed, the talliban from TORRA BORRA,

We know you're #1 extrimist terrorist who is bent to advocate for the likes of alshebab, taliban and anything related with terorrism and alqaida.
Why can't islam be worshiped like any other religion with tolerant to others and mutual understanding?
What is the problem with most of hardline muslims in Europe who cannot intigrate with the society?
Is it because their mentality is trapped in a 7th century mentaqlity like you. Come on, we are in the 21st century. Its been more than 1400 years. You should be able to understand modern society. It doesn't have to be whenever you apply for imigration you become modern, then after few years you tell everybody that you're implimenting sheria law all over the world.
Looser!!
09/11/12 @ 13:46
Comment from: to-addis zemen [Visitor]
Your attact anything muslim is unhealty. Just in case you forgot a lot of Christians live side by side with muslims for thousands of years.

Now all of a sudden, we cant be enemies. Do not let yourself be fooled by hatful, western media.

The west uses race,religion to divide HUMANITY. Create war so that they can "MANAGE CRISIS"
09/11/12 @ 14:11
Comment from: Grang Ahmed [Visitor]
Addis Zemen,

You have no authroity to claim Islam is 1400 years old. If I am a citizen I have a choice. if I am not citizen then I am ready to be sent back. How is that good for you? You have no right to insult people's faith by calling them 7 th century while your orthodox is still older than that and you don't say any thing about it when toursist come to visit you and you also build churchs in the west. If West does not need their culture it can simply say go back instead of harrasing them in the name of assimilation. Should they give up whatever they believe in? No wonder you come from the same water as Meles who declared in his navity after taking power that Afar women don't wear hijab because it is scortching hot on state tv. What an idiot he was in 1991.

he now imported a liberal Ah Bash which claims any thing is possible in Islam you just have to find a way or loophole.

Although I agree with integration I don't advocate for total loss of one's culture. Most of us come her ebecaue of economics and we should not be slaves to that. We need integrity and conscience. I respect their but if my vote allows it I will vote for the right one. Most of Euripe's problem comes from right wing Americans who fund Addis ZXemen and Marcus to tarnish Islam. That is when I get really upset about what is going on in a democratic country like the West. Money simply hijacks the true discussion. If there is any modernity we need we Muslims should talk about it not you stupid idiot Addis Zemen or the dead body Of Meles chenawi.
09/11/12 @ 14:38
Comment from: Grang Ahmed [Visitor]
Addis Zirfit,

You have no authority to claim Islam is 1400 years old. If I am a citizen I have a choice to make in the West. If I am not citizen then I am ready to be sent back. How is that good for you? You have no right to insult people's faith by calling them 7th century religion while your orthodox is still older than that and you don't say any thing about it when tourists come to visit you and you also build churchs in the west. If West does not need their culture, it can simply say go back instead of harassing them in the name of assimilation. Should they give up whatever they believe in? No wonder you come from the same water as Meles was who declared in his naivety after taking power that Afar women don't wear hijab because it is scortching hot on state TV. What an idiot he was in 1991.

He now imported a liberal Ah Bash cult of Islam from Lebanon by its Harari born founder now deceased which claims anything is possible in Islam you just have to find a way or loophole.

Although I agree with integration, I don't advocate for complete loss of one's culture. Most of us come here because of economics and we should not be slaves to that. We need integrity and conscience. I respect theirs but if my vote allows it I will vote for the right party. Most of Europe's problem comes from right wing Americans who fund Addis temen(snake) and Marcus to tarnish Islam. That is when I get really upset about what is going on in a democratic country like the West. Money simply hijacks the true discussion. If there is any modernity we need, we Muslims should talk about it not you a stupid idiot Addis Temen or the dead body Of Meles chenawi.
09/11/12 @ 14:38
09/11/12 @ 14:44
Comment from: kul [Visitor]
*****
አንድ የተረጋገጠ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር የሌላት ሀገሬ ኢትዮጵያ ተጨማሪ 37 ጀነራሎች ዛሬ ተሾሙላት:: ሳቅቼ ሞትኩ አለች……
09/11/12 @ 16:15
Comment from: Eden1 [Visitor]
Good for them.
--------------
Well Melkam Addis Amet to political prisoners and their families.

It is sad to ignore the tradition of releasing some Ethiopian political prisoners on Ethiopian New Year. They could have done better.

After Meles' death, they were so invested on propaganda that highly benefited from some public relation experts. They could have mend the bridge on this day as well by showing some reasonable compromise. The very least, change it to house arrest while the "trial" ( that is if there is justice) goes on.

I am most familisr what Eskinder used to write and the his back ground story along with his wife and son. He and his family remain in my thoughts as well as the rest of journalists and innocent prisoners. What is being done collectivly, I am not quite sure.
09/11/12 @ 16:34
Comment from: TEDDY [Visitor]
EXtraterrorist ,Yeh Yante bahelena ye zewoter nuro nehu ye Agazin Egir lesso banda mehone .Hidena le mayekuh hedeh taten ye mende awdeldai LEKAMMI BOZENE BANDA !!! By the way Admin ,time to take care of the Intruder called Extraterrestre who is in need of psychiatric Treatement actually infecting your website with his usaual insanities .
09/11/12 @ 16:47
Comment from: Tadelech Abuye [Visitor]
C'est moi senait [Visitor]
we say clean up yourself--do not destroy women's name.
You must clean your mouth and body.
Kerfatam arogit.
09/11/12 @ 17:14
Comment from: Extraterrestrial [Visitor]
TEDDY [Visitor]

Entehe tebeda be shenkora ageda ;)

ketele ye gema arehene marate ezihe deregetse laye dedebe kelitame shemagelie.
09/11/12 @ 17:17
Comment from: Ash [Visitor]

Dear 1lv21,

U ask why freed the whites and left the Black.

Answer:-

Ethiopian king  Menelik, answered ur question when he was asked why he cut right hand of "Eritrean Banda" and freed  italian fascist soldier who are surrender 

Menelik said the Italian are fighting for their country.. U guys u should know better fighting against. Ur own country
09/11/12 @ 17:58
Comment from: TEDDY [Visitor]
Extraterrorist ,you have lost your mask ,keep on barking Touthless Hyena ,Agame Stooge Banda !!!By the way it's not by jerking on your laptop that you will resolve your COMPLEX OF INFERIORITY !!!AMBETTA LEKAMI DENGAY GATCHI BANDA !!!!! Admin your site in infected by this psycopath !!!
09/11/12 @ 18:06
Comment from: Yeha [Visitor]
*****
Debretsion Gebremichael, the most dangerous person in TPLF

The death of dictator Meles Zenawi has left the Ethiopian ruling junta, TPLF, in disarray. Because Meles did not put a succession plan in place, TPLF and its umbrella organization, EPRDF, are now engulfed in a dangerous power struggle that could erupt in a bloody clash.

The major actors in the power struggle include: Azeb Mesfin (TPLF), Abay Woldu (TPLF vice chair), Sebhat Nega (TPLF), Seyoum Mesfin (TPLF), Debretsion Gebremichael (TPLF), Tewodros Hagos (TPLF), Bereket Simon (ANDM), Addisu Legesse (ANDM), Hailemariam Desalegn (SEPDM), Duma Demeksa (OPDO), Abadula Gemeda (OPDO), Aster Mamo (OPDO), to mention a few of them.

Debretsion Gebremichael The most dangerous of all these guys is TPLF Politburo member and Minster of Communication & Information Technology Debretsion Gebremichael. All the TPLF/EPRDF intelligence and security apparatus report to him. He chairs the join security commission whose members include Getachew Assefa, head of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), and Workneh Gebeyehu, head the Federal Police, among others. His agents and assassins are also embedded through out the bureaucracy and the military. In short, Debretsion is the Henrich Himmler of TPLF.

Before becoming a TPLF politburo member, Debretsion was responsible for jamming radio and TV signals, blocking web sites, tapping phones, other forms of electronic security. Before that he was a spy and member of Meles Zenawi’s death squads who were sent out at night to knock off opponents.

Now Debretsion is the one who is expected to execute decisions if TPLF decides to carry out purges and assassinations in EPRDF. According to Ethiopian Review sources, Debretsion is currently tracking the movements of Hailemariam Desalegn and all those who are suspected of posing a threat to the TPLF domination. He listens to their phone conversations, records all their meetings, and their bodyguards report to him any suspicious activities.

If Hailemariam wants to have any chance of survival, he must move to immediately fire Debretsion and appoint some one who is loyal to him. Otherwise, in the coming few days it is possible that Hailemariam will be another Teferi Benti, Aman Andom, or Atnafu Abate.
09/11/12 @ 18:28
Comment from: Chube [Visitor]
@Extradedeb

What u r writing says more about you than the other person :|. I really dont read your comments but you are too embarassing/retarded/insecured and attention seeker. You dont have anything to say, that is b/c u r doma, and if u do the only thing that comes out of u is poop. U r on a poop stage... Without a doubt.

You realy stink!!!
09/12/12 @ 03:19
Comment from: Seattle [Visitor]
Addis Zefen ye woyane affe kelate,
How about leaving Islam\religion\Europe to the others and concentrate at what you good at.
ante acheberbari. You know religion is not your forte
Lekso ena Deret memtat Aleke? You want to start a new line business now your idol is dead? How about changing your birth place to Sodo? Ops never mind you already did that…

09/12/12 @ 03:57
Comment from: Seattle [Visitor]
Aye ye Habesha neger, gud new
Listening to the two Woyane and Shabia loud mouths on this site, you feel that the Orthodox Habeshas from the horn are treated better than the rest of immigrants in Europe.
It is the opposite, The Majority of the Eritreans who scape Essyas's iron fist and their hell hole\Paradise Eritrea don't make it to Europe. They either die in the desert or die crossing the seas. The rest end up refugees in Muslim countries. Even if they make it to Europe they are treated like a shit.
With no education, wealth, or smartness, statistic show they are the one who drain the welfare system the most.
Show me any Orthodox who graduated from welfare system and become and successful person in any field in Europe.
No one, Nada, Zilch!

We got retard Marcus the Shabia bastard as a living proof.
09/12/12 @ 04:02
Comment from: Marcus [Visitor]
'Seattle' the settler and Muslim sleeper cell member, there is lot of good news and some depressing news for you.

First the good news for you:

- Egypt: Muslim storm U.S. embassy in rage over film “insulting Muhammad”.

- Libya: Muslims burn down U.S. consulate and murder one American in rage over film “insulting Muhammad”.

- Egypt: Muslims Besiege Court Sentencing Christian for “Insulting Islam”

- Iraq: Islamic supremacists murder 58 in bombings across country, including outside French consulate.

- Iran threatens retaliation against "racist government in Canada" for ties downgrade.

"Racist?" -- all Islamic supremacists read from the same playbook. "Iran says it may retaliate for Canada ties downgrade.

- Somalia: Muslims shoot three converts from Islam to Christianity.

- Muslim mob from "Palestinian" Authority shouting "Allahu akbar" and "slaughter the Jews!" assault Jewish village.

"Thou wilt surely find the most hostile of men to the believers are the Jews..." -- Qur'an 5:82

- UK: Muslim clerics agreeing to marry girls as young as 12, as long as parents don't tell anyone.

- Nashville a Somali Muslima threatens coworkers, saying she was "ready to die for Allah" and should "shoot all these people".

A Nashville woman was charged with attempted terrorism Friday after investigators said she threatened to hurt co-workers at the South Nashville Dell facility last weekend.

The trouble began when a CEVA Logistics employee said his co-worker Amal Ahmed Abdullahi, 29, of Zermatt Avenue, approached him during his shift last Saturday.
According to a release from Metro police, Abdullahi told the employee that “her people were dying for Allah every day; that she was ready to die for Allah; that this whole country will be Muslim soon; that this country is full of non-believers and that this place (her work place) is full of non-believers; that all unbelievers should die; that her life starts after death; that her life is not here, nobody pays attention to her and she should pick up a gun and shoot all these people.”

The bad new for you is:

Yesterday (11/09/2012) in New York: SION's World Freedom Congress met to combat the war against free speech.

Yesterday in New York at 3PM, Stop Islamization of Nations' World Freedom Congress convened. We have exposed and countered Leftist and Islamic supremacist attempts to restrict the freedom of speech in the free world, and the smear campaigns against freedom fighters in newspapers and media institutions in the West.

'Seattle', there is depressing news for you all over Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. You have been found out. In every country I mentioned, people are forming Defence Leagues to counter violent or silent demographic expansion of Islam.

What are you going to do?


09/12/12 @ 05:19
Comment from: Tamrat Tamrat [Visitor]
The talkativ's new CDs are released. Ai woyane! What infirior complexe infested is woyane. As if the talkative was a great singer, they started to fabricate new talk. I regrate the time and energy i used to be Ethiopian. Shameless tugs!
09/12/12 @ 05:35
Comment from: Seattle [Visitor]


Marcus the cut and paste troll,

That is all you purpose in life. Collect a welfare, cut and paste and be a troll.
Life must be depressing and frustrating spending your time reading all these useless news and then got to go and do the cut and paste. While your relatives back in Shabia land enjoy Paradise.
09/12/12 @ 05:51
Comment from: Marcus [Visitor]
‘Seattle’ the settler and Muslim sleeper cell member,

Whether you like it or not the News about you needs to be gathered from the 4 corners of the World. Whether they are cut and pasted or sliced and diced, whether I am on welfare or not they are irrelevant; but the facts about you Muslims remain as they are.

‘Seattle’ the settler, what do you feel when you read about the Nashville Somali Muslima who threatened co-workers, saying she was "ready to die for Allah" and should "shoot all these people".

You have been given food, shelter and protection in the USA, and is this the way you pay back your generous host?

There is this story I heard a long time ago, it goes as follows: An old woman walking in a forest comes across a snake writhing on the ground suffering in pain from some injury. The woman feels pity on the snake, picks it up and takes it home. She feeds and nurses the snake back to full health. One fine day the snake suddenly attacks the woman with its deadly bite. When the women asks why she deserves the snakes fury, the snake replies: “B-i-t-c-h, you should have known who I am when you picked me up in the first place”.

‘Seattle’ the settler, who and what does this story remind you of?
09/12/12 @ 07:31
Comment from: Marcus [Visitor]
i meant to say:

"When the women asks why she deserves the snake's fury"
09/12/12 @ 07:33
Comment from: addis zemen [Visitor]
It is sad but true, looks like the Arab spring came for the muslim extrimist hardliners. They are the ones who benefited so far as we see it everywhere roaming freely and instigating violence.
Last night the American embassy in Bengazi, Libiya was attacked by muslim extrimists who were angry over an amateurish a 13 minute video produced by an individual in the US, redicueling the prophet mohamed.
Four Americans were killed. Among them was Ambassador Chris Stevens who helped the Libyan uprising and played a big roll of toppling dictator Mohamed Gadafi.
09/12/12 @ 08:07
Comment from: Marcus [Visitor]
According to the REUTERS news agency,

“The American consular officials had died after clashes between Libyan security forces and Islamist militants around the consulate building.”

“Clashes between Libyan security forces and Islamist militants”?

There is no difference between the two. As I said before, there is no conclusive way of distinguishing a peaceful Muslim from non-peaceful one.

Now the key question is: what is the USA going to do about it? Would there be some shock and awe type of measures?

With Hussein Obama in the White House, I think it is likely that there will be more grovelling apology to the Muslim terrorists.
09/12/12 @ 08:57
Comment from: Gragn Ahmed [Visitor]
Marcus the hidden enemy of the West. Your likes are the ones that infuriate the Muslims as if they are going to be the enemies of the West. Bush failed and you are just like the dead body of osama Bin laden. You have no reason or intellect whatsoever to analyse information and what you want is death for any Muslim around the world and we will stand up to your trash and get you locked up wherever you may be. Muslims are peaceful and the death of this American is regrettable but the circumstances should be found out. You kimalam Tigre Shabiya it will be the end of your Shabia dictator soon. America simply should stop siding with dictators and side with Muslims. Especially it should stop supporting the minority copts of Meles and Essayas the two asses that are destroying our Muslim populations. The situation in East Africa is geting volatile by each day and America should never make the mistake of hailemariam in post who is a pente and loyal to some right wing American the likes of Marcus.

If this site continues to post the toxins of Marcus it will not be long before there will be another clash in American Embassy. Pentes are wearing hijab and mingling with Muslims in Addis Ababa because when their cell phone rings it rings pente mezmure tone.

such is the degree of mischief in pente right wing world. Copts hsould not be instruments of pente.


09/12/12 @ 11:02
Comment from: Gragn Ahmed [Visitor]
acile said the two-hour movie cost $5 million to make and was financed with the help of more than 100 Jewish donors, the AP reported.
09/12/12 @ 11:10
Comment from: Gragn Ahmed [Visitor]
"Hitler said i left some jews alive so the world could see why i killed the rest fuck jews muslims never said bad thing abt jesus we respect other religons"
09/12/12 @ 11:27
Comment from: Gragn Ahmed [Visitor]
How many times have you organized this type of meeting in a Jewish city of New York marcus? is this going to be the last? I am sure it was not your first either?

I ask you this simple question when will you stop organizing meetings in American beautiful city of New York about anti Islamic agenda??

Just curious. The matter of the fact is you will be a disaster as always endangering
american boys and girls on harms way. Jewish benefit when one Ameican die because that is the only way they can justify their presence in the West. Otherwise they will be history like Hitler did to them I hope Hitler did not kill them for Holocaust was a hoax I wish he did too at the same time.

Marcus is now a happy guy one American soul has been lost and he will call his Jewsih friends and his right wing defense leagues and bring them to the streets and he will tell us Mohammed is pedophile. Such are the Moron that live in the West. They use the resources of the poor white and country music singers. I have not seen any decent man joining the causes of Marcus and his jewish extremists.
09/12/12 @ 11:39
Comment from: Gragn Ahmed [Visitor]
Please follow the comments on Fox (mouth piece of marcus) news one of which shows me how Americans are brave:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/12/us-ambassador-to-libya-and-3-embassy-staff-members-reportedly-killed-in-libya/



ORB 1943

Sam Bacile ( a jewish author of the film0 is an IMBECILE. He knew that his film would cause trouble - that's why he made it. That said, the West should show Fundamentalist Islam exactly rhe same degree of tolerance they offer anyone else.

62 votes

#1.1 - Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:55 AM EDT


nazret.com is doing not good service by posting the comments of marcus.

I am not against freedom of speech but not this cheap trash insult like that of Marcus who does not believe in the existence of good Muslims. Are you going to get rid of him or not nazret.com? He does not think he will find a single Muslim for peace and yet he preaches this stupid thing called 'freedom of speech'" only for Jews?

Every religious extremism should be given equal tolerance not just jewish.
09/12/12 @ 11:46
Comment from: HagereEthiopia [Visitor]
Gragn don't lose your cool over the Marcus. There are these types from both sides. What you need to know and make sure never changes is where you are on this extremist issue. I for one believe, my view, if there was no religion per-say, we will be better off. But no one listens.. As the actor Mel Gibson has once said, and I quote "Fucking Jews... the jews are responsible for all the wars in the worled" Frankly I tend to agree on the "wars" and not the "fuking" part.. we all do that:)

Relax Gragn, do not let relegion take over your life it is all bullshit. Only GOD/ALLAH matters. I say Fak relegion, people of the world unite, care for one another, be gentle with our young ones and do not be so greedy like Meles and Co., let the poor eat too.

Peace to all on the new year!!!!
09/12/12 @ 22:39
Comment from: Gragn Ahmed [Visitor]
Hagere,

I don't really care about what Marcus posts. But it seems to me that he has nothing to do other than commenting against Muslims trying to disparage them. But he never tolerates other's point of view. If people get angry just for cheap propoganda then it will be their fault. I am just warning him. Unless he has solutions why do we want him to make us look bad. If nazret.com opens the door for right wing extremists then it has also to allow for any other extremists also such as Muslim extremists.

When discussions leave their point then it becomes a bit un tolerable. By the way I never started this type of cursing on this website. But it is upto you guys and i care less about what nazret does any ways.

nazret.com I am not going to sue you you can post anything you want.

09/13/12 @ 11:56
Comment from: Marcus [Visitor]
'Gragn Ahmed' said:

"nazret.com I am not going to sue you you can post anything you want."

This is a case of a thief crying "thief"!

You will be the first to land in hot water for inciting violence against non-Muslims. The evidence is well documented.
09/13/12 @ 13:27
Comment from: Gragn Ahmed [Visitor]
Marcus,

You better shut up. Your idiology is rotten. I have all the evidence to show that I never insulted any one just out of a blue. My responses were targeted to a segment of coptic christians who posted harsh accusations against my religion and people.

As if you want to hide your thief nature you accuse me of being a theif. How stupid you can get. You should know that we are not going to sit and get insulted by extremist copts and people of the right evangelicals of America. You are just pompous moron who thinks you can round every Muslim on earth. for any action you do I will have to retaliate and from now on you should know that unless you attack Islam no body even wants to know your name. But if you instigate any negative reaction rest assured that we will come back at you. You are the one who will fire the first shot. Remember you will the first to fire the first shot of insulting us. Then it will be you who will take the responsibility for what ever comes after that.
09/13/12 @ 13:45
Comment from: Marcus [Visitor]
'Gragn Ahmed', why don't you go to the nearest tall bridge and jump?

That way, you will do service to humanity.

09/13/12 @ 15:20
Comment from: HagereEthiopia [Visitor]
Not to get in between the two musketeers here but, what I see here is, Marcus no like Islam and Gragn no like Christian or Copts as he calls them. If you two were countries, you would be at war and killing not only your economies but your people too. Is it worth your time guys? Is it?

Lets all agree to dis agree and move on. Stop hating, discuss your differences. Both religions are not beyond reproach so, lets just drop the topic and try and find out what killed the little midget honcho Meles. :)
09/13/12 @ 16:32
Comment from: Seattle [Visitor]
I don't condone violence in any form, but this incident in the Middle East shows how lunatic and coward Copts are the source of some of heinous crimes. They bring mayhem to the world but nowhere to be seen when the calamity unfolds.
Where is Marcus the Shabia troll? He must be in hiding somewhere. The FBI is looking for someone who fits his description. This is not only related to the trashy movie trail but also other financial crime.
09/13/12 @ 19:06
Comment from: addis zemen [Visitor]
Hagereethiopia aka Xethioman,...

Why can't you move on and leave the late PM alone? You stupid asshole drunkard, you must be in your areqe bet, drunk and dellusional.
Let me hear you one more squeaking. LOOSER!!
09/13/12 @ 21:35
Comment from: Red Sea State [Visitor]
@marcus

why don't you leave moslem religion alone?your comments is existed based hate,lie and inferiority.who do you think steal resource, oil and killed civilans in all over the world.who is the behind of the all crises in africa?.isn't the western?when the western killed half millions civillans in iraq,afaganistan..it is ok.they are moslem or terrorist.this is the way you think because you are enough moron.how can you call your self?you are a teacher in addis ababe university while you are acting lier and elementary student.if you stand for your religion,you should be stand basic the facts,true.I am christan my self but your comment is trash,hate.that all.No body can buy it your cheap propangda.we all know,what is going in the world now.
you call them idiots swedish jouranls.wow you are the one idiot,you don't your self while your woyanes budget run by western donors.if you like it or not.you don't have choose to hold them 14 years in prison
09/14/12 @ 01:53
Comment from: Marcus [Visitor]
‘Seattle’ the settler and Muslim sleeper cell member said:

“I don't condone violence in any form, but this incident in the Middle East shows how lunatic and coward Copts are the source of some of heinous crimes. They bring mayhem to the world but nowhere to be seen when the calamity unfolds.”

Cowardly Muslims go on a mission of murder and mayhem of a defenceless Ambassador and his workers, and Seattle blames Copts for the “source of some of heinous crimes.”

What can people make of this stupid argument from a remote controlled Muslim living in the West?

Muslims can only attack innocent civilians, defenceless women and children. To date, in my life time, I have never seen Muslims fight and win any war.

‘Seattle’ the settler, if you have got the guts come out on a public square in Seattle and jump up and down screaming with the black/green flags of Islam. You will see many surprises.

I hear many people in the USA, Europe and other places in the West roaring to act against Islam, but restrain themselves in order not to antagonise the law of the land.

It is frustrating to see the lawless and barbaric Muslims free to do as they will inside their countries while patriots in the West have their hands tied. But there is limit in how far people can tolerate.

Now, ‘Seattle’ the settler, what can you do if some country that had had enough of your terrorism takes out that hell-hole called Mecca with a Nuclear weapon?

You can do absolutely nothing, other than scream and shout, jump up and down. Do not dig your own grave!
09/14/12 @ 04:30
Comment from: Gragn Ahmed [Visitor]
Marcus, the Ethiopian Eritrean Jew or Ethiopio-Egypt copt conspiracy partner.

"I hear many people in the USA, Europe and other places in the West roaring to act against Islam, but restrain themselves in order not to antagonise the law of the land."

Can you tell us how many they are because I am ready to leave this country if according to you if that is the case. You scare us to death. I am sure you will enjoy if we left already. How many Jews are tied in their hands? How many websites are being created every day against Islam? How many times have you insulted our Prophet (SAW) every day? How many times have you insulted Muslims within the past week? If you can not do anything about it why you just don't shut your mouth up?

"It is frustrating to see the lawless and barbaric Muslims free to do as they will inside their countries while patriots in the West have their hands tied. But there is limit in how far people can tolerate."

If you are frustrated why don't you go out and jump in the middle of Thames river? I am sure you are not American you just love to hate Islam. I hate christianity to my bone period. Because christianity does not teach manners. Whereas Islam is humble and does not touch any one. Give me a single case where Islam instigated War starting from our beloved Prophet. What Marcus loves is to hate our Prophet to mis label him etc. Have you heard a muslim hate any religious figure like Paul, or Pop or the Priest or the Bible>>???? Nothing at all. Nada.

So, why we see such hates? If America bombed Japan with nuclear power does it show that America is real power? If you bomb Mecca will it bring safety to America? Only moron Marcus thinks in his dream America will be safe with its military might. You have to win the souls. This will be another challenge for America in that if a country superior to America comes it will be logical to decimate America with super bomb?? That puts in the same shoes as America is today. Being a super power entails responsibility. What Marcus eventually wants is to kill or being killed. That is what will eventually happen if you are not responsible.

America has a clear choice either to treat Islam and Muslims as allies or enemies. There is no in between. Obama's comment on Egypt has already sent it to the chills. He should never have said this based on a single incidence and he cut all the heart of the Muslims.


Marcus, so try it with your nuclear bombs. It is a surprise that to know that Addis Ababa University had such lowly creature as its staff as I used to teach there too.

You warned Seattle that he was digging his own death. Well, too sad you are digging your own's too.

"hagere" you made an excellent point. There is no point to make with stupid Marcus.



09/14/12 @ 13:08
Comment from: C'est moi senait [Visitor]
What was I said about scandanavians. They used to support anty Ethiopia like those shabia in late 80-90 and want to destroy our unity and unique culture. Now they are supporting the terrorist from Somalia by helping the Muslim fanatics Ogaden . They even invite them on their media as if they are Ethiopian but these ppl. Are somalians pretending to be Ogaden and report a fals allegation about Ethiopia. The swede are anty Ethiopia, and want to destroy the Amhara unity and their culture. Never trust these ppl. Their journalist should have been shot dead and give their bodies to hyenas. .
Now the two swede are back home and start attaching the Ethiopians like a dirt.
09/15/12 @ 00:30
Comment from: Marcus [Visitor]
Muslims should not scream, shout and riot whenever Muhammad is described as a paedophile and a rapist.

Muslims should be proud of Muhammad’s deeds and should feel honoured as they believe he is “al Insan al Kamil” – the perfect human being.

His paedophilia and rapes are recorded in Muslims’ own Hadiths of Sahih al Bukhari and Sahih al Muslim. The two Hadiths are called Sahih (authentic) as they are the most trusted of all Hadiths by Muslims. Anybody can read these Hadiths and verify for themselves to see if these claims of Muhammad’s character are recorded there or not.

If Muslims continue their cowardly acts of killing innocent people it will only take one atrocity, one trigger for hell to be unleashed on Muslim countries and on Muslims living in the West. It will only require a strong and focused leader in the West, not the spineless hidden Muslim Hussein Obama.

An obvious prime target for a permanent knockout is Mecca.

Those Muslims living in the West should be quarantined, put in cages like wild animals and shipped back to their countries of Origin.

What can Muslims do except scream and shout inside these cages?
09/15/12 @ 02:54
Comment from: Seattle [Visitor]

Marcus the cut and paste troll,

Turn your self in. Coward copts and lunatic deacons like you can not hide among the populace for ever. Else we will turn you in. dirty bastard
09/15/12 @ 03:34
Comment from: Marcus [Visitor]
The latest Muslim madness news
==============================

- Australia: Muslim protesters chanting "Allahu akbar" turn violent, spit at police -- sign: "Behead all those who insult the prophet".

The crowd carried signs saying "Behead all those who insult the prophet".

Paramedics attended to several protesters suffering from the effects of tear gas.

Police have begun arresting people in Hyde Park amid violent

confrontations with protesters.
The protesters were pushed back as police dogs and capsicum spray were deployed.

Fairfax Media saw a number of arrests and seriously injured protesters. One protester being taken away by ambulance spat at officers and chanted "Allahu Akbar".

** What is needed is a shoot to kill policy. If any animal whether it is domestic, from the zoo or from the wild attacks a human being it will be shot dead.

- Google rejects Obama's request to pull Muhammad video clip.

** This is good news for free speech. But Hussein Obama, the hidden Muslim, is working tirelessly for the Muslim cause!

- $1.6 billion annual American aid to Egypt not in jeopardy.

** Why not? Seriously, why not? Because Hussein Obama, the hidden Muslim, is working tirelessly for the Muslim cause!

- Virginia: Muslim gets 30 years of prison for jihad martyrdom suicide bomb plot at U.S. Capitol.

Amine Mohamed El-Khalifi, a 29- year-old resident of Virginia, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for planning a suicide-bomb attack on the U.S. Capitol, the U.S. attorney in Alexandria, Virginia, said.

** Is there no death penalty in Virginia?

- Muslim phones in bomb threat to University of Texas and North Dakota State University evacuated after bomb threat.

- "Listen, listen Obama, we are all Osama" – say Muslims in Lebanon, Kuwait, Tunisia…
09/15/12 @ 06:29
Comment from: Gragn Ahmed [Visitor]
Where is your super hero with back bone like Marcus the idiot shabia going to come? If you think we will just shout and scream what the hell is that you are acting left and right and day and night as a moron christian copt. WE Muslims will stand against you stupid Nazis or we are not human beings. We will see whether the west is to continue to carry you on its shoulder in the name of coptism and protestantism. We shall see what you are going to do for the Muslims in the West. Otherwise, West will have to abandon the Islamic countries as allies and bomb us like Nagasaki. Then we will not the true Nazis coming from tne West.

Marcus,

Why you don't do it now? Why you complaining of Obama. Why your people are not helping you to elect a jew who can destroy the Muslims in the West?

As usual you bring your hate from Coptic East Africa to USA. That is what exactly the coptic Egyptians did to Penetes and Jeews. What I am saying is why you right wing pente, Jews and copts collaborate and bomb the Muslim countries to eternity. What makes you so coward????
09/15/12 @ 11:38
Comment from: Gragn Ahmed [Visitor]
Where is your super hero with back bone like Marcus the idiot shabia going to come? If you think we will just shout and scream what the hell is that you are acting left and right and day and night as a moron christian copt. WE Muslims will stand against you stupid Nazis or we are not human beings. We will see whether the west is to continue to carry you on its shoulder in the name of coptism and protestantism. We shall see what you are going to do for the Muslims in the West. Otherwise, West will have to abandon the Islamic countries as allies and bomb us like Nagasaki. Then we will know the true Nazis are coming from tne West.

Marcus,

Why you don't do it now? Why you complaining of Obama. Why your people are not helping you to elect a jew who can destroy the Muslims in the West?

As usual you bring your hate from Coptic East Africa to USA. That is what exactly the coptic Egyptians did to Penetes and Jews. What I am saying is why you right wing pente, Jews and copts collaborate and bomb the Muslim countries to eternity. What makes you so coward????


Why is the West turning blind eye to Marcus, John Bolton, Egyptian copts and far right pentes???

09/15/12 @ 11:41
Comment from: Gragn Ahmed [Visitor]
WHEN WILL THE WEST SHOW BACKBONE TO CRIMINALIZE RIGHT WING HATERS INCLUDING RUMSFIELD, KLIEN, MARCUS, JOHN BOLTON AND ROMNEY. PENTES , JEWS AND COPTS???



READ THIS:


The anti-Islam video linked to this week's violence in Libya, Egypt and Yemen and the Sept. 11 killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya, originated in a web of U.S. right-wing extremists.


Wanis el-Sharef, eastern Libya's deputy interior minister, told the Associated Press that Tuesday's attack there was suspected to have been timed to mark the 9/11 anniversary and that heavily armed militiamen used civilians protesting the film as cover for their action.


The YouTube video, titled "Innocence of Muslims," is a crude 14-minute film portraying the Prophet Muhammad as a lecherous, violent schemer. First reports attributed it to an Israeli American individual in California who claimed it was funded by Jewish donors. It turns out that the "Israeli American" and Jewish donors do not exist, and the real architects of the film include a right-wing Egyptian American Christian convicted of bank fraud in 2010, and a longtime U.S. religious right activist with ties to Christian militias and Obama-hating clergy.

Justice Department investigators say Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, who lives in southern California, was a key player on the film. He is still under a five-year probation from the 2010 fraud case, which includes barring him from Internet use.

Nakoula is a Coptic Christian, a mainstream Egyptian branch of Christianity whose believers are about 10 percent of Egypt's population. Nakoula is said to be virulently anti-Muslim. Another right-wing Coptic Egyptian American, Morris Sadek, spread the video to the Middle East via his anti-Islam Arabic-language blog. The film is also linked to Joseph Nasralla Abdelmasih, another far-right Egyptian American Coptic Christian who has been promoted by many of the country's most vocal anti-Muslim agitators. The Coptic Orthodox Archdiocese of North America has issued a statement condemning the film and affirming that "such efforts to insult and offend a neighbor with which the Copts have coexisted for nearly fourteen centuries violate the fundamental teachings of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and contradict the virtues of love and tolerance by which Christians are governed."

Sadek apparently has close ties to extremist anti-Obama Flortida minister Terry Jones, who has promoted the film. Sadek's blog displays a photo of him with Jones at a June anti-Islam protest in Washington.

A writer for People for the American Way's Right Wing Watch looked at Sadek's Facebook page before Sadek took it down on Wednesday. It showed Sadek as a fan of the Republican Party, the right-wing Hudson Institute, right-wing ideologue Daniel Pipes, Terry Jones' extremist Stand for America, and similar groups.

Steve Klein, an ex-Marine described as a "consultant" to the film, "has been active in extremist movements for decades" and "is allied with Christian activist groups across California," according to a report this spring by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks extremist groups.

The report says in 2011 Klein worked with the Vista, Calif.-based Christian Anti-Defamation Commission "on a campaign to 'arm' students with the 'truth about Islam and Muhammad' - mainly by leafleting high schools with literature depicting the Prophet Mohammed as a sex-crazed pedophile."

The group's advisory board includes figures from a long list of far-right groups, including the Operation Rescue anti-abortion bombers, the Minuteman border vigilantes, and far-right minister Rick Scarborough, whose group VisionAmerica features a Sept. 5 "40 Days to Save America Letter" on its own website. The letter says its goal is "to elect and install Godly leaders at every level this November - from the smallest school and village to the President of the United States." It lists as future speakers for this supposed nonpartisan effort Gov. Rick Perry, "Sen." Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum - all right-wing Republicans.

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center report, Klein has recently formed close ties to the Church at Kaweah, "a secretive cohort of militant Christian fundamentalists" 70 miles from Fresno, Calif., that maintains a militia. Its website offers for sale a DVD titled, "To Teach Them War," in which "Christian audiences will be exhorted and equipped to begin to train martially."

Klein conducts drills with the Christian Guardians, a San Francisco-based group headed by an American-born Pakistani Christian who calls Islam "a giant crime syndicate" and hopes his group will become "the most feared militia in the world." The Church at Kaweah has sponsored joint trainings with the Christian Guardians.

Klein also has ties to extremist anti-abortion and anti-immigrant groups such as the Minutemen.

He has a weekly online satellite TV show called "Wake up America" carried on The Way, which says it is "made up of Christians from around the world who believe God can use Christian satellite television to transform the Middle East , North Africa, Europe, America and Canada." Nasralla is listed as producer.

Cairo-based journalist Ashraf Khalil writes in Time magazine about the video, "This was essentially a case of an American group of fringe Christian fundamentalists successfully provoking and enraging a similar group of fringe Muslim fundamentalists."

Max Blumenthal, from The Nation Institute, comments on the Egyptian violence in the UK Guardian, "A group of rightwing extremists aimed to destabilize post-Mubarak Egypt and roil US politicians. They got their wish."

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Wednesday appeared to identify the film as representing "America's values." Continuing his criticism of the Obama administration for condemning the film, Romney declared, "Apology for America's values is never the right course."

He was backed by Republican Sen. Jim DeMint, who said, "It was disheartening to hear the administration condemn Americans engaging in free speech that hurt the feelings of Muslims." Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus echoed the far-right mantra, saying: "Obama sympathizes with attackers in Egypt." Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld also tweeted support.

Bernard Haykel, professor of Near Eastern studies at Princeton University, told the New York Times, "This is really about political or symbolic opportunists, who use religious symbols to advance their own power or prestige against other groups." He was referring to the Libyan events, but the same clearly applies to the U.S.


09/15/12 @ 13:52
Comment from: Seattle [Visitor]

Well, All the dirts about Copts in America start to come out...
09/17/12 @ 01:04

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