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Obama to Outline Programs to Counter Lure of Extremist Groups Like ISIS

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Obama to Outline Programs to Counter Lure of Extremist Groups Like ISIS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         JULI HIRSCHFLD DAVIS F. 18, 2015 WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday will outline his administration’s efforts to counter what he calls “violent extremism” in a speech to law enforcement, community and religious leaders gathered to discuss how to prevent groups like the Islamic State from recruiting disaffected young people to their ranks.

 

The sessions on Wednesday — part of a three­ day meeting here — will focus on government ­backed community pilot programs in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Los Angeles and Boston in which law enforcement and civic and religious leaders have worked together to counter extremist influences.

 

“We know from experience that the best way to protect people, especially young people, from falling into the grip of violent extremists is the support of their family, friends, teachers and faith leaders,” Mr. Obama wrote in an opinion piece published in Wednesday’s editions of The Los Angeles Times.

 

“Governments that deny human rights play into the hands of extremists who claim that violence is the only way to achieve change, Mr. Obama wrote in his piece, timed to appear on the first full day of the conference on countering violent extremism. On Thursday, leaders from more than 60 nations will gather at the State Department to discuss the challenge. The White House said that domestic anti­ extremism programs were a vital nonmilitary way to counter extremism of all kinds, a task that has taken on greater urgency after the terrorist attacks in Paris and Copenhagen.

 

But civil liberties groups have grave concerns about such programs, arguing that they could morph into fear ­mongering secret surveillance efforts that trample on civil rights and privacy, and that the administration could be giving tacit approval to foreign governments that crack down on their citizens in the name of countering terrorism.

 

“The concern is that they’re going to create a permanent state of suspicion and fear ­based reporting, asking communities all over the United States to report on suspicious behavior without defining what that really means,” said Naureen Shah, the director of the Security and Human Rights Program at Amnesty International USA.

 

“The fear is that you will have situations where people’s political beliefs are used to brand them as suspicious in a kind of ‘1984’ approach,” she added.

 

Mr. Obama’s top advisers spoke privately with civil liberties groups before the meeting and indicated that the administration was open to addressing those concerns, Ms. Shah said. Still, the conference agenda, which includes 13 sessions on Wednesday alone, did not offer one on civil liberties or privacy concerns.

 

The White House said the programs it was highlighting were meant to be run by the communities themselves and not the federal government.

 

Although the nation’s top federal law enforcement agencies will be involved, officials said, the program is an opportunity for communities to devise their own strategies.

 

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh C. Johnson opened the summit on Wednesday morning noting that terrorist organizations have made dramatic progress over the last decade in their ability to communicate via technology.

 

“We see very effective and slick use of the Internet by terrorist organizations — very effective, slick use of social media,” Mr. Johnson said. “They have the ability to reach into our communities and attempt to recruit and inspire individuals who may turn toward violence, right here in the homeland.”

 

He also addressed the difficulties that some American Muslims feel, arguing that Americans have to “develop a counter narrative” to rebut the message trumpeted by extremist groups.

 

“We in the administration and the government should give voice to the plight of Muslims living in this country and the discrimination that they face,” Mr. Johnson said.

 

The White House has been careful to describe the meeting in generic terms, avoiding the phrases “Islamic extremism” or “Muslim extremism” and arguing that the sessions are not focused on any one group.

 

Some Muslim leaders were invited to the summit but declined to attend, including Fahd Ahmed, the acting director of the DRUM South Asian Organizing Center, an immigrant community group in Queens, N.Y. The government’s approach to countering violent extremism “continues to see Muslim communities only through the lens of security, which inherently implies suspicion,” he said in an interview, calling the programs “discriminatory.”

 

“We know it is a flawed model,” said Mr. Ahmed, who added that he could not “in good conscience” attend the Washington conference. 2/18/2015 Obama to Outline Programs to Counter Lure of Extremist Groups Like ISIS ­ …

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How about, concentrating on keeping the boarders secure for a start. Then give small business breaks, keep people working and follow the immigration laws we have had in place for many years now. If you can't keep track of all the visa holders it probably means there are too many. Less tax and spending. Too bad it takes 2 parents to pay the bills now a days, due to our government mismanagement.

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There is nothing ethical about this administration.  This administration works behind the scenes with no moral bounds.  Is it me, or is anyone reading between the lines. He's speaking two different languages... he's hiding behind the Muslim extremism, when in reality he's thinking the extremist are anyone who disagrees with his thinking.  Sounds like a Hitler plan.  He's using the community to do his dirty work. 

 

Do not be deceived, know your enemy.

 

A French lawyer, Jean Hugho Lapointe wrote an essay..." I firmly believe that political abuses of language...have contributed much to help socialist policies gain much more popularity than they deserve.  By hiding themselves under the cover of the very principles and values which they actually intend to fight against.."

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Happy to be of service!  Shallow discourse bores me... Up your game ever?

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No point....you've yet to comprehend the subtle "nuances".   B)  It's interesting when the president says something people disagree with (which is a lot), they take it a face value.  When he says things that make sense (hardly ever happens).....they say, he is covering up his true beliefs or read between the lines.   :shakehead:  

 

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No point....you've yet to comprehend the subtle "nuances".   B)  It's interesting when the president says something people disagree with (which is a lot), they take it a face value.  When he says things that make sense (hardly ever happens).....they say, he is covering up his true beliefs or read between the lines.   :shakehead:  

 

#worsetheyarerepubs

 

Like the time obama said he was for marriage between one man and one woman?  Or the "if you like your plan, you can keep it" BS?  How about when he said the debt and deficit under Bush was "unpatriotic"?  All empty rhetoric and examples of him "covering up his true beliefs" to mislead the American people.  I could go on and on but the point is, he is a brazen, proven liar.  Trust is EARNED... and so is MISTRUST!

obama's pathological attempt to strip Islam from ISIS is very telling.  Just random folks killing other random folks.  I will "read between the lines" for you concerning this 'violent EXTREMISM summit' crap... the regime is eventually going to attempt to lump people like me (those who strongly oppose him) in with the likes of radical Islamic terrorists.  Christians, Conservatives, proponents of the 2nd amendment, home-schoolers, critics and ideological dissenters... we're all on the enemys list.  

Now if only some right-winger would just snap and go on a killing spree... (don't worry... that can be manufactured if necessary)... yeah, that would produce some very helpful rhetoric  

Oh brother.   :facepalm: 

 

GO RV, then BV

:lmao:   I feel ya!  But...  I just... can't help myself....... OBAMA IS SATAN'S ANUS!!!  Hehe!  :eyebrows:

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Obama uses Bmtatef with the Muslim Brotherhood to confront the machine "Daash" media

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 BAGHDAD - Iraq Press - February 19: decided to US President Barack Obama administration, IT Bomirka Muslims participated in a group linked to the Muslim Brotherhood events, and in the context of its efforts to combat propaganda (Daash), according to the New York Times reported.

 

The newspaper pointed out that "Daash the deployment of up to 90 thousand tweets and other responses to social media every day," pointing out that "communications strategy center for combating terrorism, which is a fraction of the US State Department components component, will launch a new campaign to fight the propaganda machine Bdaash own. "

 

She said the "so-called, Rashad Hussain, a Muslim American with close White House ties, will replace Alberto Fernandez, director of the center, while running Hussein now and who is said to have participated in the linked Muslim Brotherhood events, the position of Obama's special envoy to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, where he will lead the center when Fernandez retire in April next. " 

 

And according to well-informed sources, "Hussein, a devout Muslim, has a history of participating in associated with the Muslim Brotherhood events and he maintained close ties with the people and groups make up the Muslim Brotherhood network in America which is sympathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood, but it is not certain that he was a member in the community. "

 

 To that expressed by some skeptics of the new campaign of anti-propaganda for fears that "the program is an attempt by the White House to end the guerrilla war lasted a long time with the Director of the Combating Terrorism Center, Alberto Fernandez, and exercise more control over the types of messages that are produced and coordinated with local and international partners. " Admiral ended 

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