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Date Sent: 2015-01-02
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Friday, January 2, 2015 |
Gun owners fear Maryland cops target them for traffic stops
Police fatally shoot sovereign citizen after he refuses to show ID -- Graffiti of angel pointing gun at police investigated -- New LAPD union head was once called 'problem officer' in report following Rodney King beatin -- N. Korea to Get 100K Copies of The Interview ... by Balloon -- Protestor Arrested for Recording Violent Arrest and Tasering in Walmart Parking Lot -- Fired cop says she tried to stop another from choking suspect -- NYPD Cop Accused of Choking Subway Worker Who Did Not Want Photo Taken -- Cops' Response: Shooting Blanks -- Anonymous SpaceX engineer reveals how crazy it is working for Elon Musk -- NYPD Cop Threatens to Arrest Man with Camera for Standing on Street as Hundreds March -- Here's How Every Major Asset Class On The Planet Did In 2014 -- Kim Jong Un Says He Would Resume 'High-Level Meetings' With South Korea -- Since 1980, The S&P 500 Has Dumped 320 Stocks Because They Stunk -- Inside Obama's Secret Outreach to Russia -- Did Your State Raise Its Minimum Wage Today? -- A Radical Question about the CIA in the Mainstream Press -- 33 Killed in Central Yemen Suicide Bombing -- Afghan Troops Kill 28 Civilians in Wedding Party Rocket Fire -- Martin Armstrong-Next Decline Will Be Far Worse Than Last One -- The Police Need Competition -- Police Checkpoints: I'm Not Doing Anything Wrong -- Is The CDS Market Manipulated? -- Hugh Hendry Embraces The Central-Planning Matrix: "I Am Taking The Blue Pills Now" -- 01-01-15 -- Bob Anderson In Studio - Off Grid Living (MP3 & VIDEO LOADED) -- Why Is The Fed Hiring An "Emergency Preparedness Specialist Familiar With ..." -- Delivery drone test success in France -- 'You're Either a Cop or Little People': The American Police State in 2014 -- Why Palestinian Sovereignty Matters -- Vermont Throws in the Towel on Inane Single-Payer "Medicare for All" Proposal -- THE FORECASTER trailer -- The Neocon Menace -- Iran's Drone Bombs Will Be Pretty Lousy Cruise Missiles -- Most Ukrainians Don't Want to Fight -- Why I Still Dislike Israel -- US Made Spyware Found on Merkel Aide's USB Drive -- FBI Won't Stop Blaming North Korea for Sony Hack Despite New Evidence -- Why the U.S. Really Isn't Done In Afghanistan -- At Year's End US Remains at War, But Less Public About It -- Military hardware still flowing to local police after Ferguson -- Russian Company Proposes to Build Lunar Base -- Oliver Stone on Ukraine Protests: "The Truth Is Not Being Aired in the West" -- Why is it Illegal to Buy Food From Your Neighbors? -- Hitler tried to develop atomic bomb ... secret lab found
AZ: Arizona Breakfast Club, Saturday - January 3rd, 2015; AZ Legislative Forecast Luncheon featuring Governor-elect Doug Ducey 01-09-15; World Liberty Conference Bali 2015 - June 29-July 3rd, 2015 (ISIL)
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gun owners fear Maryland cops target them for traffic stops
01-01-2015
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http://www.washingtontimes.com, By Kelly Riddell
Stories pile up but police say searches are legal
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police fatally shoot sovereign citizen after he refuses to show ID
01-01-2015
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Rawstory
Investigators said 30-year-old Robert Earl Lawrence became disorderly as he attempted to turn over a stray animal to the Dothan City Animal Shelter when an employee told him he could not leave without showing identification.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Graffiti of angel pointing gun at police investigated
01-01-2015
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Detroit Free Press
Graffiti discovered on the side of a building in Detroit depicting an angel holding a gun against a police officer has upset the community and police, who called the image disturbing and unsettling and police are investigating
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
New LAPD union head was once called 'problem officer' in report following Rodney King beatin
01-01-2015
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Rawstory
The newly elected head of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, representing close to 10,000 law enforcement officers, was once listed as a "problem officer" in the wake of the Rodney King beating
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
N. Korea to Get 100K Copies of The Interview--by Balloon
01-01-2015
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Newser
A South Korean activist said he will launch balloons carrying DVDs of The Interview toward North Korea to try to break down a personality cult built around dictator Kim Jong Un. Activist Park Sang-hak said he will start dropping
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Protestor Arrested for Recording Violent Arrest and Tasering in Walmart Parking Lot
01-01-2015
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Photography Is Not a Crime
After minutes of incredulously asking what he was being arrested for, Anderson was eventually told, "You're going to jail for disobeying a police officer."
"I was going to my car," replied Anderson.
"He gave you a command and you di
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Fired cop says she tried to stop another from choking suspect
01-01-2015
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ABC News
Former Buffalo Police Officer Cariol Horne is in a battle to get her pension after she was fired for trying to stop a fellow officer she says was abusing a suspect.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
NYPD Cop Accused of Choking Subway Worker Who Did Not Want Photo Taken
01-01-2015
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Photography Is Not a Crime
The NY City Police Dept released a surveillance video, asking the public for help in identifying a man who had attacked a subway worker. It turns out the man was an off-duty NYPD cop, who said he was simply defending himself
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Cops' Response: Shooting Blanks
01-01-2015
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Simple Justice
It's not certain that these voices reflect the best that rank and file police in NY City have to offer, but there is a smell about them that leads me to think that it's not happenstance that they showed up here and decided to offer rather long co
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Anonymous SpaceX engineer reveals how crazy it is working for Elon Musk
01-01-2015
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BGR
Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has drawn some comparisons to Apple cofounder Steve Jobs and at least one SpaceX employee thinks those comparisons are warranted. An anonymous SpaceX engineer
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
NYPD Cop Threatens to Arrest Man with Camera for Standing on Street as Hundreds March
01-01-2015
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Photography Is Not a Crime
As hundreds of protesters marched down the street in an anti-police brutality protest in NY City, a group of cops walking among them turned to a man recording them from the side, threatening to arrest him if he did not get back on the sidewalk.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Here's How Every Major Asset Class On The Planet Did In 2014
01-01-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Shane Ferro
This is the chart everyone is talking about right now: the 2014 performance of various futures. Let's hope you bet on coffee and beef, rather than oil and cotton.
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News Link • World News
Kim Jong Un Says He Would Resume 'High-Level Meetings' With South Korea
01-01-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Reuters
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said there was 'no reason' not to hold a high-level summit with neighboring South Korea, speaking in a new year's address broadcast by state media on Thursday.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Since 1980, The S&P 500 Has Dumped 320 Stocks Because They Stunk
01-01-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Sam Ro
The S&P 500 is probably the most popular benchmark against which stock market investors measure themselves.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Inside Obama's Secret Outreach to Russia
01-01-2015
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http://www.bloombergview.com, By Josh Rogin
President Barack Obama's administration has been working behind the scenes for months to forge a new working relationship with Russia, despite the fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin has shown little interest in repairing relations with Washin
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Did Your State Raise Its Minimum Wage Today?
01-01-2015
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http://dailysignal.com, Melissa Quinn
At the stroke of midnight today, 19 states increased their minimum wage. Residents of three more and the nation's capital can expect hikes later on this year.
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
A Radical Question about the CIA in the Mainstream Press
01-01-2015
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http://fff.org, by Jacob G. Hornberger
Several days ago, the New York Times, which of course epitomizes the mainstream press in America, asked a question that ordinarily would be found mainly on libertarian websites like that of The Future of Freedom Foundation.
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News Link • Afghanistan
Afghan Troops Kill 28 Civilians in Wedding Party Rocket Fire
01-01-2015
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
Scores Wounded, Children Still Missing After Helmand Incident
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News Link • Inventions
The Glass Age, Part 1: Flexible, Bendable Glass
01-01-2015
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https://www.youtube.com, Corning Incorporated
Be amazed as Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman introduce us to a whole new way of thinking about glass.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Martin Armstrong-Next Decline Will Be Far Worse Than Last One
01-01-2015
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https://www.youtube.com, Greg Hunter
On the recent strength of the U.S. dollar, financial expert Martin Armstrong says, "The central banks only have the dollar, that's it. It is the reserve currency.
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Opinion • General Opinion
CONNECTING THE DOTS
Crossing the Bridge into 2015
01-01-2015
Frosty Wooldridge
"If you advance confidently toward your dreams, and endeavor to live the life which you have imagined, you will meet with success unexpected in common hours. And, you will live with the license of a higher order of beings."
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News Link • Economy - International
Hugh Hendry Embraces The Central-Planning Matrix: "I Am Taking The Blue Pills Now"
01-01-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Hugh Hendry's Eclectica Fund has had a great Q4 (up 3.3%, 4.0%, and 5.0% in the last 3 months) despite portfolio risk being quadruple his 'old normal'. How did he achieve this?
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Why Is The Fed Hiring An "Emergency Preparedness Specialist Familiar With..."
01-01-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Why Is The Fed Hiring An "Emergency Preparedness Specialist Familiar With DHS Directives"
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News Link • Drones
Delivery drone test success in France
01-01-2015
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Paul Ridden
If pilot projects from companies like Bizzby and DHL Parcel are any indication, the skies of Europe could soon be buzzing with parcel delivery drones.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Robodynamics' Luna personal robot hits Kickstarter
01-01-2015
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http://www.gizmag.com, By David Szondy
Back in 2011, Gizmag looked at Robodynamics' Luna personal robot. At that time, the details were a bit scarce, though the company did say that the machine was shipping that year.
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News Link • Police State
'You're Either a Cop or Little People': The American Police State in 2014
01-01-2015
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https://www.rutherford.org, By John W. Whitehead
For those of us who have managed to survive 2014 with our lives intact and our freedoms hanging by a thread...
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News Link • Healthcare
Vermont Throws in the Towel on Inane Single-Payer "Medicare for All" Proposal...
01-01-2015
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Mike Shedlock
Vermont Throws in the Towel on Inane Single-Payer "Medicare for All" Proposal; Live and Let Die; Why Does Single-Payer "Work" in Europe?
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
THE FORECASTER trailer
01-01-2015
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https://www.youtube.com, Lo Ze
THE FORECASTER is a feature documentary about Martin Armstrong a financial guru who used the number pi in the nineties to predict economic turning points with precision.
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News Link • NeoCons
The Neocon Menace
01-01-2015
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By Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
The ideological movement that calls itself neoconservative is small, potent, and extremely dangerous. Oh, and its members don't like lewrockwell.com, either.
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News Link • Drones
Iran's Drone Bombs Will Be Pretty Lousy Cruise Missiles
01-01-2015
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http://www.popsci.com, By Kelsey D. Atherton
But they're between five and fourteen times cheaper
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Welcome to Union Glacier
01-01-2015
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http://vimeo.com, from Studiocanoe
Union Glacier is located in the southern Ellsworth Mountains of West Antarctica. This is a documentary about a small team of people who live and work on the glacier during the Antarctic summer.
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
FBI Won't Stop Blaming North Korea for Sony Hack -- Despite New Evidence
01-01-2015
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http://www.thedailybeast.com, Shane Harris
The Bureau keeps publicly condemning Pyongyang for the Sony hack. But privately, it is listening to other theories, including those about an inside job.
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News Link • Afghanistan
Why the U.S. Really Isn't Done In Afghanistan
01-01-2015
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http://www.bloomberg.com, Davind Lerman
With the Taliban still fighting and Afghan troops still in training, some U.S. troops won't be coming home soon.
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News Link • Environment
Sea Ice Extent â€" Day 363
01-01-2015
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http://sunshinehours.wordpress.com
Sea Ice Extent â€" Day 363 â€" Highest Global Sea Ice and Highest Antarctic Sea Ice For The Day
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Sony Hackers Threaten U.S. News Media Organization
01-01-2015
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https://firstlook.org, By Jana Winter
The hackers who infiltrated Sony Pictures Entertainment's computer servers have threatened to attack an American news media organization, according to an FBI bulletin obtained by The Intercept.
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News Link • Food
Why is it Illegal to Buy Food From Your Neighbors?
01-01-2015
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http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org, by Kenric Ward
Virginians who try to sell homemade food from their kitchens are feeling the heat from state and local inspectors.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Hitler tried to develop atomic bomb as well. Now, the secret lab may finally have been found.
01-01-2015
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Newser.com
Suspiciously high radiation levels around the Austrian town of St. Georgen an der Gusen had long fueled theories that there was a buried bunker nearby where Nazis had tested nuclear weapons during WWII.
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Chip Saunders
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Feature Article • Events: Arizona
Arizona Breakfast Club, Saturday - January 3rd, 2015 - Coco's PV Mall - 8-10 a.m. AZ TIME.
Donna Hancock
It's 2015 - Now What? Various organizations and groups' ideas are shared....The legislative agenda vs the people's agenda (Rick Dalton, Matt Papke, Dave Hodges, Barry Hess, Alan Korwin, Leo Magpoc and Alma Sommer, Dennis Reed, Shane Krauser,
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Opinion • Future Predictions
Where Will 2015 Take Us?
01-01-2015
Chuck Baldwin
Every year about this time, we are inundated with self-proclaimed prognosticators telling us (with great certainty) what the New Year will bring. The vast majority of the time they are wrong; but, somehow, that doesn't keep people from listening to
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News Link • Spirituality
Harvard Study: This is What Meditation Literally Does to the Brain
01-01-2015
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arclein
"This study demonstrates that changes in brain structure may underlie some of these reported improvements and that people are not just feeling better because they are spending time relaxing." ?" (1) Sara Lazar of the MGH Psychiatric Neuroimagin
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News Link • Science
Even in Colour, Comet 67P is Grey
01-01-2015
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arclein
"We like to refer to Osiris as the eyes of Rosetta," said the instrument's principal investigator Dr Holger Sierks.
But the camera is unlike human eyes, and so the colour image had to be produced by combining three separate shots.
This w
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News Link • Foreign Policy
2015 A Pivot Year
01-01-2015
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arclein
Every oil state will lose its external cash flow and that means that all those who failed to reinvest heavily into their people will be running for their lives and leaving others to pick up the pieces. Even for those who were wise, it will be a mass
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Feature Article • Iraq
What Makes ISIS Tick?
Ivan Eland
According to The New York Times, Maj. Gen. Michael K. Nagata, the commander of American Special Operations forces in the Middle East, is trying to figure out why the brutal Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) is such a dynamic force in Iraq and
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