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• Herman Cain's: "Communities have a right to ban Islamic mosques"anti-Islamic remarks slammed as unconstitutional by his opponents.(DailyMail).Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has caused outrage by saying that communities have a right to ban Islamic mosques.The former Godfather's Pizza CEO said protests and legal challenges to a planned mosque in Tennessee city are an example of local residents pushing back.Cain said his view doesn't amount to religious discrimination because he says Muslims are trying to inject Shariah law into the U.S.Shariah is a set of core principles that most Muslims recognize and a series of rulings from religious scholars. It covers many areas of life and different sects have different versions and interpretations of the code.While appearing on Fox News Sunday, he was asked if his view could lead any community to stand up in opposition to a proposed mosque.He replied: 'They could say that. Let's go back to the fundamental issue that the people are basically saying that they are objecting to.'They are objecting to the fact that Islam is both religion and a set of laws, Shariah law. That's the difference between any one of our other traditional religions where it's just about religious purposes.'The people in the community know best. And I happen to side with the people in the community.'Cain's comments were denounced as 'unconstitutional and un-American' by a spokesman for the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations.Council spokesman Ibrahim Hooper said: 'It's clear that Herman Cain has decided that he will score political points every time he bashes the Muslim community or its constitutional rights.'Cain previously stirred controversy by saying that he would not want a Muslim bent on killing Americans in his administration.Campaigning in Murfreesboro last week, Cain sided with mosque opponents.He said: 'I happen to also know that it's not just about a religious mosque. There are other things going on based upon talking to the people closest to the problem. It's not a mosque for religious purposes. This is what the people are objecting to.'Hooper called the remarks 'utter nonsense', saying Cain 'seems to have hitched his wagon to the most extreme anti-Muslim bigots out there'He called on Republican leaders to repudiate Cain's comments.'Each time you have someone who is regarded as a mainstream political leader expressing these kind of hate-filled views, it just fans the flames of anti-Muslim bigotry nationwide,' he said. 'And it gives legitimacy to intolerance and hatred. And he, of all people, should realize this, being African-American.'In Murfreesboro, the future new mosque has been the subject of protests and counter-protests in the city about 35 miles southeast of Nashville.Opponents have used the hearings to argue that the mosque is part of a plot to expand Islamic extremism in the U.S.Hmmmmm.......If it looks like a duck , talks like a duck ....chances are it's a duck!Read the full story here.

• By Refusing to Raise Debt Ceiling, Speaker Boehner Can End Obama’s Hopes for Re-election Now.(BigGovernment).In 2006, every Democrat Senator (including Senator Barack Obama) voted against raising the debt ceiling. Among the reasons Obama listed for voting against it was that doing so would be “a sign that the U.S. government can’t pay its own bills” and “a sign that we [were dependent] on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies.”Of course, that was under George W. Bush. But now that Obama is president, and the debt ceiling of $14.3 trillion is about to end the spending spree Democrats have been on since January 2009, Obama has reversed course. Now, he not only favors raising the debt ceiling but also talks as if our nation’s very continuance depends upon doing so.The truth, of course, is that Obama’s legacy and re-election are on the line and he knows it.Thus everything we’re hearing from him about raising the debt ceiling is nothing more than the cry of a president who has spent his country into oblivion and is looking for a way to avoid the blame for doing so.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (who also voted against raising the debt limit in 2006) is doing his best to lie to the public to save Obama from the consequences of reckless spending by pressuring Republicans into supporting he idea of raising the debt limit. To do this, he is giving them a fictional narrative of what life will be like if we decide to live within our means instead of continuing to spend money as fast as we can print it: Default won’t just roil the financial markets, pushing interest rates higher, and tank the stock markets; it will affect every American’s wallet as well. Here are a few things that will happen. Social Security checks and veterans’ benefits and paychecks to our troops would stop.Folks, think about it: This is a grand slam for Republicans. They can win by simply saying “no.”And this is why all eyes are on House Speaker John Boehner. If he can rally the Republicans in Congress to oppose raising the debt ceiling he will literally end any chance Obama has of being re-elected. That’s how big the stakes are in the current debt ceiling talks.By the way, Obama knows this is true. And that’s why he’s pressuring Speaker Boehner and the rest of the Republicans to come his way. (It’s also why he’s making outlandish claims about how “80%” of the American people want to pay higher taxes.)Pay attention: Obama’s entire economic team has left. “A bunch of czars have left,” and Defense Secretary Gates left. Although it’s normal for a few members of an administration to move on and pursue moneymaking opportunities in the private sector, Rush Limbaugh accurately described the defections from the Obama administration as “a greater exodus than is common.”In other words, Obama’s people have decided to jump ship rather than to go down with it.Look folks, we literally have Obama right where we want him. Not only is he beatable, he has actually already beat himself by spending this country into the ground. Now is no time to do him a favor by raising the debt ceiling and letting him off the hook.Speaker Boehner has the power to sink Obama’s ship, and he needs to go ahead and sink it right now by voting “no” on raising the debt limit.Hmmmmm........."CHANGE" America would LOVE!Read the full story here.

• Barack Obama accused of crimes against humanity for Osama bin Laden killing.(Telegraph).A Spanish lawyer has formally accused Barack Obama of crimes against humanity for ordering the assassination of Osama bin Laden. Daniel Fiol lodged a written complaint at the International Criminal Court accusing the US president of breaching the Geneva Convention.Navy Seals acting on Mr Obama's orders shot the al-Qaeda leader dead on May 2 after storming his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.In his written complaint, the Majorca-based lawyer said bin Laden should have been "pursued, arrested, tried and convicted" on behalf of "the victims of some terrible and appalling atrocities". The killing of bin Laden was even worse as it took place in foreign territory, Pakistan, without the permission of that government, he said."I am not being paid by al-Qaeda," Mr Fiol joked. Former prime minister Tony Blair has said he would not have hesitated to order the assassination of bin Laden if the decision had been his.Hmmmm.......Comes in time to boost Barry's popularity?Read the full story here.

• A "Case of Role Reversal"?Woman accused of groping TSA agent at Phoenix airport.(MSN). Flier allegedly grabbed the breast of a security agent at an airport checkpoint.PHOENIX — Authorities say a Colorado woman who allegedly groped a female Transportation Security Administration agent at Phoenix's international airport is facing a felony count of sexual abuse. Phoenix police say 61-year-old Yukari Mihamae is accused of grabbing the left breast of the unidentified TSA agent Thursday at an airport checkpoint.TSA spokesperson Kawika Riley confirmed the altercation to msnbc.com in a statement: "On July 14 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, local law enforcement arrested a passenger for assaulting a TSA officer during the screening process."  TSA staff say Mihamae refused to be go through passenger screening and became argumentative before she squeezed and twisted the agent's breast with both hands.Police were called and say Mihamae admitted grabbing the TSA agent and continued to argue with officers before she was arrested. Maricopa County jail officials say Mihamae was released from custody Friday. They couldn't immediately provide any information about her case status. Phoenix TV station KSAZ says Mihamae lives in Longmont, Colo., and is self-employed.Read the full story here.

• Which Was Worse: Iran/Contra or Operation ‘Fast and Furious’?(BigGovernment).In the summer of 1985, persons within the Reagan administration sold hundreds of anti-tank missiles to Iran in exchange for the release of an American hostage named Benjamin Weir. For more than a year afterward, hundreds upon hundreds more missiles and missile parts were sold for the release of other hostages being held in Iran as well.The money received for the missiles was then sent to Contras in Nicaragua to support their efforts against the communist Sandinistas. (The Sandinistas were revolutionaries who had seized power in Nicaragua a year before Reagan was elected president, while the Contras were counter revolutionaries whom persons inside the Reagan administration were relying on to curb the further spread of communism.)With subtle changes along the way regarding the price paid for the weapons, the way the weapons were delivered, and the recipients of the weapons, the sales to Iran and the flow of money to the Contras continued unabated for over a year.Then, in late 1986, everything came to light and what we all know now as the “Iran/Contra scandal” was underway. It would result in an independent prosecutor, Lawrence E. Walsh, charging 14 members of the Reagan administration, 11 of whom were convicted: included in these 11 were “employees of the National Security Council staff, the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the Central Intelligence Agency.”Reagan was not found guilty, as there was not sufficient evidence that he knew about the sales or the subsequent monies that were sent to the Contras. (There definitely weren’t any speeches wherein he boasted of overseeing the program, as there are with Obama’s Attorney General Eric Holder and Operation “Gun Runner.”)Now, jump to 2011. It’s simply undeniable that Holder is smack dab in the middle of “Gun Runner” and “Fast and Furious.”It’s also undeniable that as a result of these two programs, approximately 2,500 guns were sold to “straw purchasers” who were then allowed to smuggle the weapons illegally into Mexico with the DOJ’s knowledge.It’s undeniable that only 1300 of the approximately 2500 guns have been recovered: which leaves 1200 guns in the hands of criminals in Mexico and, according to one of the ATF’s own supervisors, has to be factored into the mix when one considers that in March 2010 alone, 958 people were killed in Mexico.It’s undeniable that U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was killed with weapons obtained via “Gun Runner,” and roughly 150 Mexican law enforcement agents are believed to have been killed by weapons from “Gun Runner” as well.

Said Issa and Grassley:  We have recently learned that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has afforded potential witnesses for the Committees’ investigation into Operation Fast and Furious access to a shared drive on its computer system replete with pertinent investigative documents, including official ATF e-mails.  Iran/Contra was overseen by a few mavericks without official administration approval. Yet even those involved appear to have been motivated by the chance to curb the influence of a fanatical anti-Western regime in Iran and a freedom-crushing communist regime in Nicaragua.On the other hand, Operations “Gun Runner” and “Fast and Furious” were conducted with the current administration’s knowledge, and over a thousand people are dead as a result. And now, in the midst of the desperate cover-up before us, participants in the operations are apparently being coached on what to say to investigators. (And don’t forget that the ultimate goal of these operations was not near as lofty as that of Iran/Contra. Rather, it seems to have been to pass new laws infringing even further on our 2nd Amendment freedoms.)Oh, and I almost forgot to mention that the Stimulus package Obama signed, and of which he is so proud, included $10,000,000.00 in funding for “Gun Runner.”Unlike Iran/Contra, it looks like this mess goes all the way to the top.Hmmmm........"These boots will keep on walking".Read the full story here.

• The Obama administration wants to send bureaucrats from federal agencies that are notorious for wasting other people’s money to help local bureaucrats do a more “efficient” job of spending other people’s money.(DownSizingGovernment).When government officials come up with what they claim to be a wonderful new idea, I often think of an old Saturday Night Live skit from 1990 poking fun at commercials for blue jeans. The skit’s scene is a group of middle-aged buddies getting ready to play basketball in their new “Bad Idea Jeans.” Each guy optimistically announces a plan to do something that is actually a “bad idea.” For example, a character says “I don’t know the guy but I’ve got two kidneys and he needs one, so I figured…” and “BAD IDEA” flashes across the screen. (The skit can be watched here.) The White House’s new “Strong Cities, Strong Communities” initiative had that BAD IDEA screen shot flashing repeatedly in my mind as I read the press release:

Today, the Obama Administration launched Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2), a new and customized pilot initiative to strengthen local capacity and spark economic growth in local communities while ensuring taxpayer dollars are used wisely and efficiently. To accomplish this, federal agencies will provide experienced staff to work directly with six cities: Chester, PA; Cleveland, OH; Detroit, MI; Fresno, CA; Memphis, TN; and New Orleans, LA. These teams will work with local governments, the private sector, and other institutions to leverage federal dollars and support the work being done at the local level to encourage economic growth and community development. Additionally, communities nationwide will be eligible to compete for comprehensive economic planning assistance through a grant competition designed to spark local innovation. By integrating government investments and partnering with local communities, SC2 channels the resources of the federal government to help empower cities as they develop and implement their vision for economic growth.

The Wall Street Journal reports that federal officials from HUD, Labor, Commerce, Transportation, and the Small Business Administration will be “deployed” to the cities. In other words, the Obama administration wants to send bureaucrats from federal agencies that are notorious for wasting other people’s money to help local bureaucrats do a more “efficient” job of spending other people’s money. That’s like asking Hannibal Lextor to plan your Wedding Dinner.Read the full story here.

• Thilo Sarrazin chased by Angry Muslims from a Turkish restaurant in Berlin.(Spiegel).Angry Muslims reportedly drove controversial author Thilo Sarrazin from a Turkish restaurant in Berlin. Though his bestselling book claims Muslims are dumbing down German society, their accusations of racism have left the former central bank board member shocked and indignant."Get lost!" and "Nazis out!" were among the epithets lobbed at controversial author Thilo Sarrazin during a recent trip to Berlin's Kreuzberg district, according to newspaper reports on Monday. The city's former finance senator had taken a trip to the area with broadcaster ZDF to film a TV special ahead of the one-year anniversary of the publication of his controversial book, "Deutschland schafft sich ab" ("Germany Does Itself In"). The memory of the book's content, which sparked massive controversy in Germany for what many called its anti-immigrant sentiments, was apparently still fresh in the minds of some residents of the district, known for its high concentration of Muslim immigrants. Accompanied by Turkish-German journalist Güner Balci, Sarrazin took a tour of the district, stopping by a Turkish market where he wrote in Die Welt he was yelled at by an "angry man in his fifties" who he dubbed "the squaller," before a group of other "politically correct" market patrons joined in, calling him a racist until he and the camera team left.The show's camera team then followed Sarrazin to the popular Turkish restaurant Hasir, where they had planned a talk with co-owner Ahmet Aygün, who with his five brothers owns a number of successful restaurants across the city. But before they reached the eatery, a "well-dressed" couple of "obviously Turkish decent" began shouting at him, he wrote. The woman, who "seemed intellectual in a somewhat anemic way," called him a "racist," and the man called for him to leave Kreuzberg, Sarrazin reported. "A rational discussion was impossible," he added. The couple's outrage at Sarrazin's entry into the restaurant drew such a crowd that the management apparently became uncomfortable. "We Turks are usually very hospitable, but I don't think I can serve you," one of the managers reportedly said. Sarrazin and the television crew left the restaurant "like beaten dogs," Sarrazin wrote. "Under pressure the loyalty of this successful German-Turkish businessman belongs more to the rioters of his own ethnic group that to his German guest," he added. On Monday manager Mehmet Özkan told daily Bild that the situation became "too hot" and he had asked Sarrazin to leave. "I didn't want rumors in Kreuzberg that he eats in our restaurant," he told the paper. The TV team was also reportedly prevented by a crowd from entering a center for the Turkish Alevi community.The "tendency of representatives of Muslim immigrants to take offence to uncomfortable truths" is part of the "oriental mentality and deeply anchored in Islamic belief," Turkish-German feminist and social scientist Necla Kelek told him last year, he wrote in Die Welt."A merit-worthy former Berlin senator, who is guilty of nothing more than writing a book with unwelcome numbers and analysis, is literally mobbed out of a central Berlin district that calls itself the spearhead of German integration," Sarrazin wrote. "Woe betide us if, as many hope, the conditions in Kreuzberg are the workshop for future Germany."Hmmmm......Read the full story here.

• Castro, Chavez smuggle 1,700-2,000 Cuban troops into Venezuela aboard Caracas’ Hercules troop transports, shore up Chavez regime as Hugo returns to Havana for chemotherapy.(OUATIW).Following Hugo Chavez’s extended medical stay in Havana, during which time he revealed his battle with cancer, and in the light of a possible return to Cuba for chemotherapy, Cuba’s communist dictatorship is anxious to shore up its ally in Caracas. The Cubapolidata blog, citing Venezuela’s former top general, reports that Presidents Raul Castro and Chavez have smuggled 1,700-2,000 Cuban troops into Venezuela under the guise of participating in Venezuela’s bicentennial celebrations: General Carlos Julio Peñaloza, the former chief of the Unified Command of Venezuela’s Armed Forces, tweeted Sunday (July 3rd) about the arrival of Cuban troops in Port Cabello in Venezuela for the bicentennial independence celebration on Monday (July 4). In a subsequent tweet dated July 5, the general said there are 2000 Cuban troops in the country with the excuse of participating in Monday’s military parade. Will this near battalion strength formation make a permanent presence to shore up Chavez’s security if a threat materializes to his regime? The reported Cuban military presence in Venezuela, which has been confirmed through other sources, appears to be a little reminder to Chavez’s opposition that a repeat of the events of 2002, which almost dislodged Comrade Hugo from power, will not be tolerated. Read the full story here.

• Now even unions see Obama regime and EPA are moving to kill coal, quarter-million jobs.(WashingtonExaminer).President Obama's cap-and-trade bill died in the Democrat-run 111th Congress, but that hasn't stopped the chief executive and Lisa Jackson, his U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator, from finding regulatory paths to achieve the same goals. Topping those goals is the abolition of coal as an electrical power-generating fuel. More than half of the electrical power used every day by Americans is generated by power plants fueled by coal. And 90 percent of all the coal consumed in the U.S. goes to electrical power generation. But that doesn't matter to Obama and Big Green, they are determined to kill the coal industry because of its alleged contribution to global warming.It appears that Jackson's EPA has now found the perfect regulatory tool to accomplish that goal - the proposed Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS), which, according to the agency, would apply to all "Coal and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units and Standards of Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Electric Utility, Industrial-Commercial-Institutional, and Small Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units."The MATS proposal has sparked massive opposition from among energy industry groups and conservative think tanks, but now a huge coalition of unions that normally are vocal supporters of Obama are warning of the loss of millions of jobs, substantial power-generation capability, and other harmful consequences radiating throughout the entire U.S. economy.Naturally, the union coalition's first concern is the impact of MATS on employment. In a July 8 letter to EPA, UJAE notes that, while some"tens of thousands of jobs" would be created by the proposed rule's requirement for installation of new emissions equipment, "on the other hand, a potentially much larger number of permanent jobs may be lost in the mining, electric utility, and transport sectors if large numbers of coal-fired generating plants were closed in response to the rule. We regard this risk as real and substantial."The UJAE also cautions EPA that its proposed three-year grace period for compliance with MATS is "utterly inadequate for designing,financing, permitting, and constructing the multitude of retrofit pollution controls needed to comply with the rule."Most worrisome for UJAE's members, however, is the terrible impact MATS would have on the ability of the U.S. to build new electrical power-generating plants in the future. The proposed rule would effectively ban construction of any new plants using coal:"The proposed MATS rule would preclude the construction of any new coal-based electric generating units due to the severity of its emission limitations for mercury, acid gases and particulate matter ('PM.')," UJAE said in its letter."Data provided by EPA on June 8, 2011, show that no unit in EPA’s sample of more than 200 coal-based generating units meets the combined MATS new source emission limits for mercury, acid gases and PM."Hmmmm......."Here lays the Coal Industry... R.I.P...."Change" you never believed in.Read the full story here.

• Al-Hayat: U.S. Considering Handing Over Control of S. Afghanistan to Taliban.(Memri).The daily Al-Hayat, citing Afghan sources, reports that the U.S. is considering handing over control of southern Afghanistan to the Taliban, similar to what it did with the Sahwat (Sunni tribal forces that fought against Al-Qaeda alongside the Americans and the Iraqi army), which were granted control over parts of Iraq and thereafter assimilated into Iraq's military and civilian life.Additionally, citing Pakistani sources, the daily reported that 'Abd Al-Salam Da'if, the Taliban's ambassador to Afghanistan, had convinced the U.S. to allow his organization to open a political bureau in a Muslim country (Qatar, Turkey, or Turkmenistan) so that the Taliban could maintain diplomatic relations out of sight of the Afghan regime.Hmmmm......My thoughts go out to all the women and Children who will wake up again in a living Hell,Thank you for betraying their hopes, sleepwell MR President.Read the full story here.

• Pakistani President in Tehran: Iran – An Exemplar of Steadfastness and Progress.(Memri).In his July 16, 2011 meeting with Pakistani President Asif 'Ali Zardari, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said that the West, and chiefly the U.S., was the greatest threat to the Pakistani people and its national unity, and expressed hope that Pakistan would be rid of its enemies. Zardari said that Iran was a model of steadfastness and progress, and called for continued cooperation between Pakistan and Iran.Hmmmm.....Perhaps the Obama regime should give Pakistan another Ten Billion Dollar?Read the full story here.

• "Blind Sheikh" Asks for Help from Egypt.(Memri).Sheikh 'Omar 'Abd Al-Rahman, also known as the "Blind Sheikh," the spiritual leader of the Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiyya movement who is currently in prison in the U.S., asked his family to set up a committee of Islamist lawyers to appeal, along with Al-Gama'a activists, to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) for assistance in effecting his release. It was reported that his family is organizing a rally to demand his release, set for July 22, 2011.Hmmmm......I'm sure the Muslim Brotherhood and AG Holder will come to a 'deal'.Read the full story here.

• Nicolas Sarkozy accused of 'grave attack on memory of Allied troops' after approving massive wind farm off D-Day beaches.(DailyMail).Nicolas Sarkozy has come in for heavy criticism after approving plans for a large wind farm complex off the D-Day coast where Allied troops launched their World War Two assault in 1944.The French President was accused of a 'grave attack on the collective memory' of Allied forces after giving the go-ahead for the plans on the Calvados coast near the Normandy landing beaches.The proposed project will see more than 100 turbines more than 525ft high erected just seven miles from the beaches, synonymous with the D-Day landings.Mr Sarkozy's decision to open the bidding process on the €20 billion (£17.5 billion) project has been branded 'sacrilegious' by critics, including British veterans' families.It was claimed the windmills' flashing lights would ruin poignant night remembrances on Juno and Omaha beaches by giving off a 'disco' effect.Juno was the target of 3rd Canadian Infantry Division supported by British Royal Marine Commandos.It is less than 20 miles from the coastline codenamed Omaha Beach in 1944, where U.S. forces suffered more than 2,000 casualties during the operation.The aim of the project is to create 1,200 windfarms off the French Atlantic seaboard by the year 2020.France remains behind other European countries, included Britain, in the use of sea turbine energy, and plans are in place to narrow the gap and lessen the French reliance on nuclear power.One of the five projects in the first batch of tenders is off Courseulles-sur-Mer, nearest to Juno Beach, on which 2,500 Allied soldiers died on D-Day.Construction is due to begin on the wind farms in 2015, but Mr Sarkozy faces tough opposition as over 4,000 people from 50 countries have signed an online petition against the plan.Gérard Lecornu, president of the Port Winston Churchill Association of Arromanches, told the Daily Telegraph: 'They will be visible from all the Normandy landing beaches: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword.'Three million tourists come from the world over to the landing beaches. The first thing they do is look at the line of horizon from where the landings came.'D-Day is in our collective memory. To touch this is a very grave attack on that memory.'David Churchcroft, a former infantryman who stormed ashore with the British 2nd Army on June 6th 1944, said: 'It will change the entire seascape, destroying a view which evokes memories of the most astonishing invasion in military history.'This is sacred ground, and the French should not be allowed to alter its character.'Read and see the full story here.

• Saudi-Arabia: Silence over incidents to blame for incest prevalent in society.(ArabNews).MAKKAH: Incest is becoming a noticeable problem in Saudi society. There are various reasons why male relatives, especially guardians, sexually abuse the girls in their families.Experts feel that the growing incidence of this scourge is largely due to the victims’ families not reporting such incidents to authorities concerned in order to save the so-called honor of themselves and victims.Arab News spoke to some of the victims and their relatives to get a wider picture. A bride in the first month of her marriage was shocked when her new husband’s niece told her that her paternal uncle had been sexually abusing her since she was 10.The new wife said she could not believe her ears and talked to the girl’s mother who said she knew about the abuse and kept quiet to avoid trouble.She decided to tell her husband who refused to accept his brother would do such a thing, accusing his niece of being a constant flirt with her uncle even when she was grown-up, kissing him playfully. He said had she been truthful, she would have stayed away from the uncle.The wife also came to know through another brother-in-law’s wife that the same uncle was making passes at her 11-year-old daughter when she once visited with the girl. The mother said she told her husband who preferred to keep quiet to protect the reputation of his daughter, but he has since refused to have any contact with his brother.A young and very beautiful girl in her 20s had a 25-year-old half uncle who was loved by all family members. She said the uncle started caressing her and praising her beauty. She said she became very close to the good-looking man who used to pick her up from her school.She said at times he would take her to his own apartment. “He started harassing me, but thank God we did not go beyond kissing and hugging. I have now stopped going out with him,” she said.A widowed mother-of-five said her own nephew came to her home and asked to stay with her during his university years. She said she welcomed him and considered him her own son.She recalled that one night he asked to sleep with her in her own bedroom because he could not sleep alone.“Naively I allowed him. He insisted on sleeping with me in the same bed and began to touch me. I ran out of the room but kept what he did secret so as not to destroy his future. I considered the whole case as typical of the rashness associated with young people,” she said.Commenting on the issue, psychiatry consultant Dr. Rajab Brisali said male relatives who abuse girls have no fear of their religion.“We should inculcate the principles and values of Islam in our children and separate boys and girls when they go to bed,” he said.Brisali said parents who fail to bring up their children properly could inadvertently cause improper relationships to develop between young men and women in the same family. “Parents should closely observe the behavior of their children and not allow them to cross the line when playing with one another,” he said.The psychiatrist said children who play games such as “bride and bridegroom” might want to try it for real when they grow up.“Some of the satellite channels do not shy away from airing sex scenes that influence young boys and girls,” he warned.Brisali also said family trust could lead to incestuous relationships. He asked girls not to wear revealing clothes in front of their male relatives.Hmmmm..........So how come women in Burkas get raped?Read the full story here.

• Islamic extremists kill four Russian police, wound nine others in Cacauses.(HurriyetDaily).Four Russian policemen were killed and nine others wounded Monday in two separate blasts in Russia's restive North Caucasus, news agencies quoted local law enforcement officials as saying.Two policemen were killed and seven injured in the wooded mountains of restive Chechnya, Interfax quoted a law enforcement official as saying.The blast occurred in the republic's Vedeno region, which has been the scene of recent battles between local security forces and Islamist gunmen.The second attack struck the neighboring Caspian Sea republic of Dagestan, which has borne the brunt of much of the North Caucasus violence since Moscow largely re-established control over Chechnya in the past decade.The explosive device went off in the town of Kaspiysk as a police patrol drove by in the middle of the night, with the blast also injuring one other person, RIA Novosti reported.It is now battling an Islamist-fuelled insurgency there and in the neighboring regions of the North Caucasus, which also include Ingushetia and other more stable regions.Hmmmm......Expect a very 'explosive' Olympics in Sochi.Read the full story here.