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Nakoula Basseley Nakoula Film Could Spark Homegrown Terrorism, Warns FBI

Officials have placed local law enforcement on alert over the possibility that the Anti-American protests in the Middle East could spark domestic terrorism or violence.
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Gay Pride Parade 2012: A Chance for Serbia to Prove to Europe That It is Not Homophobic

This year's gay pride parade in Serbia will demonstrate the country’s progress towards ensuring human and minority rights and freedom of assembly.
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Susan Rice on "This Week": President Obama's Middle East Policy Isn't Impotent, It's Stronger Than Ever

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice appeared on "This Week" on Sunday to speak about the deadly attacks and anti-American protests that swept across the Middle East this week.
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Terry Jones and Sam Bacile Do Not Exercise Free Speech: They Practice Hate Speech Designed to Provoke Muslim Violence

If only Americans could see that the anti-Muslim film is yet another deliberate act of malice aimed at getting the kind of reaction that would demonstrate that Muslims are blood-thirst and violen
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Memo to Muslims: Free Speech is as Sacred in America as the Prophet Mohammed is to Islam

Muslims must come to understand that there's nothing Western governments can do to shut their citizens up from expressing their opinions, no matter how absurd they are.
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Pope Visit to Lebanon 2012: Why Now?

The Pope’s visit comes at a time of turmoil in the Middle East, and his trip represents both a religious and political statement to the Christians living across the region.
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Nakoula Basseley Nakoula Film Innocence of Muslims: Lessons from a Dreadful Movie

The organizers of these riots are nothing more than political operatives, much like those who organize Democratic and Republican campaigns for elective office.
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If Libya and Egypt Want to Keep Receiving US Aid, A Simple Apology Will Not Cut It

The U.S. government must make clear to their Egyptian and Libyan counterparts that apologies are not enough. Justice is needed, as is the assurance that this can never happen again.
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Pope Visit to Lebanon 2012: Pope Benedict XVI Preaches Tolerance Amidst Violent KFC Protests

Pope Benedict XVI began a three-day visit in Lebanon amid escalating tensions in the Muslim-dominated Middle East, preaching the message of inter-religious dialogue.
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Chris Stevens Death Highlights Instability in Post-Gaddafi Libya: America Must Lend More Support

The Libyan government and people are eager to solve their security problem. The consulate attack is a wake-up call to the U.S. to offer more assistance and support than it has.
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Arab Protesters and Mitt Romney Agree: America's Foreign Policy Needs Changing

The shared conceit of both political parties is that American values and interests overseas are synonymous, but if they aren’t, which ones do we sacrifice first?
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Sydney Protests: Muslims Violently Clash With Police Over Innocence of Muslims Film

The violent protests across the Muslim world triggered by an anti-Islam film have now spread to Sydney, Australia, where eight people were arrested and six officers injured.
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Nakoula Basseley Nakoula is Sam Bacile, and Robert Brownell is Alan Roberts: Behind Innocence of Muslims

The search for the person behind the film that's prompted deadly riots across the Muslim world keeps taking one weird twist after another.
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Chris Stevens and 3 Other Americans Died Because American Foreign Policy is Broken

American foreign policy is nonsensical and irrational. Time to make it explicit - you threaten American lives, America will threaten you right back.
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There Are 294 U.S. Embassies and Consulates Around the World: Do We Need All of Them?

Do this week’s attack on U.S. embassies send a signal that the U.S. should reduce its diplomatic footprint in the Middle East and elsewhere?
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Hillary Clinton is Wrong: Muslim Countries Are Not Fit for Democracy, US Should Withdraw From Middle East

Clearly, American efforts to "export democracy" to the Middle East are not working. It's time for a new course.
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Ron Paul and Gary John Were Right All Along: Time for America to Withdraw from the Middle East

Governor and Libertarian Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson is right that current U.S. foreign policy must change immediately.
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Al Qaeda Top Operative Killed: Said al Shihri Was AQAP Second in Command

In a significant blow to al-Qaeda, U.S. drone strikes killed senior officials of the terrorist group, including the second-in-command of the organization's Arabian Peninsula group.
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Obama Israel Policy: Why Clinton Is Wrong about Netanyaha and Israel-Palestine Peace

U.S.-Israel relations are likely to be a feature of the Republican campaign. Despite Clinton's claim that Netanyahu is to blame for lack of peace, we should stick with our allies.
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Euro Zone Technocrats Are Destroying Health Care in the Name of Profit

Technocrats may be effective economic managers, but they make for terrible country leaders because they put profits ahead of people.
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Sam Bacile Video Outrage: Proof That Islam Needs to Rethink Its World View, and the US Needs to Reform its Foreign Policy

The West must rethink its Middle East foreign policy. At the same time, Islam must reconsider its views as they relate to the rest of the world.
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Nakoula Basseley Nakoula Film Not the Reason For Riot at US Embassy in Yemen

The riot at the U.S. Embassy in Sana'a comes at a tumultuous time for U.S.-Yemen relations, and is more about the past year than about a YouTube movie.
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U.S. Embassy Breach in Cairo Sparks An Amusing Twitter War With the Muslim Brotherhood

Whoever runs the U.S. embassy in Cairo’s Twitter feed is snarky and not about to take any ... well you know.
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Chris Stevens Death Should Prompt America to Beef Up Security at U.S. Embassies

The protests that left the US ambassador to Libya dead will inevitably lead to questions about security/policy. Here are three thoughts that represent an inital reaction to the damage done.
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So, Let Me Get This Straight: America Liberated Libya, And This is How They Repay Us?

While we may have thought American aid during the Arab Spring was enough to smooth out anti-American rage, attacks in Cairo and Libya show that this is not the case.
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