Terrorism related links 010317

'Aleppo is being destroyed by the silence of the world'

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/13/world/aleppo-destroyed-by-worlds-silence-twitter/index.html?sr=twcnni121316aleppo-destroyed-by-worlds-silence-twitter0635PMStoryLink&linkId=32331790

 

The Perfect Weapon: How Russian Cyberpower Invaded the U.S.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/us/politics/russia-hack-election-dnc.html?_r=0

 

Aleppo’s Destroyers: Assad, Putin, Iran

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/opinion/aleppos-destroyers-assad-putin-iran.html?smid=fb-nytopinion&smtyp=cur&_r=0

 

The lessons from Aleppo’s tragic fate

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21711903-when-interests-triumph-over-values-terrible-things-can-happen-lessons-aleppos-tragic?cid1=cust/ednew/n/bl/n/20161215n/owned/n/n/nwl/n/n/NA/8374158/n

 

U.S. Officials: Putin Personally Involved in U.S. Election Hack

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/us-officials-putin-personally-involved-in-us-election-hack/ar-AAlzZQI?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp

 

Turning Point

https://nortonsafe.search.ask.com/web?q=getting+smart+on+extremism+brennan+center+&chn=2600&doi=2016-09-01&geo=US&guid=25491711-D827-11DF-B9DA-88AE1DF2667B&locale=en_US&o=APN11915&p2=%5EEQ%5Eih10us%5E&prt=NS&ver=22&tpr=2&ts=1481862629702

 

Car bomb in Turkey kills 13 soldiers amid growing resistance from separatist Kurds

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/car-bomb-in-turkey-kills-13-soldiers-and-wounds-dozens-of-people/2016/12/17/7fd2bd4e-c44a-11e6-aa03-f2e1260448ff_story.html?utm_term=.9ec1067cea20&wpisrc=nl_az_most

 

Trump and His Lieutenants Are Cyber Hawks. Will They Play Hardball With Putin?

https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/12/16/trump-and-his-lieutenants-are-cyber-hawks-will-they-play-hardball-with-putin/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=%2AEditors%20Picks

 

The Cynical Horror of Assad and Aleppo

https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/12/16/the-cynical-horror-of-assad-and-aleppo/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=%2AEditors%20Picks

 

China’s digital dictatorship

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21711904-worrying-experiments-new-form-social-control-chinas-digital-dictatorship?cid1=cust/ednew/n/bl/n/20161215n/owned/n/n/nwl/n/n/NA/8374158/n

 

The Battle to Retake Mosul Is Stalemated: Despite predictions that the Islamic State would soon be routed from Iraq’s second-largest city, the offensive is stuck, and casualties are piling up.

http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/12/22/the-battle-to-retake-mosul-is-stalemated/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=Flashpoints

 

Stop the Hand-Wringing About Aleppo: What’s happening in Syria is a tragedy – but nobody has ever been willing to do what’s necessary to stop it.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/12/19/stop-the-hand-wringing-about-aleppo/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=Flashpoints

 

ISIS-linked news agency releases video of Berlin attacker swearing allegiance to the radical group

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/new-terror-attack-thwarted-say-german-police/2016/12/23/7ea61604-c8e7-11e6-85b5-76616a33048d_story.html?utm_term=.c62c3517ec4c&wpisrc=nl_az_most

 

IG report: U.S. support to Kurds could be better

http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/ig-report-us-support-to-kurds-could-be-better?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Navy%20DNR%2012-21-16&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Navy%20-%20Daily%20News%20Roundup

 

Afghans who aided U.S. military face long, fearful visa wait

http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/afghans-who-aided-us-military-face-long-fearful-visa-wait?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Navy%20DNR%2012-21-16&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Navy%20-%20Daily%20News%20Roundup

 

Afghan Taliban reiterates demands for peace talks with U.S.

http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/afghan-taliban-reiterates-demands-for-peace-talks-with-us?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Navy%20DNR%2012-21-16&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Navy%20-%20Daily%20News%20Roundup

 

Sanchez: Seeing new Cuba through eyes of a refugee

http://www.redding.com/story/opinion/columnists/marc-beauchamp/2016/12/12/sanchez-cuba-through-eyes-refugee/95065750/

 

Fidel Castro Turned Out To Be Right About The US Role In Latin America

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-weisbrot/fidel-castro-turned-out-t_b_13436880.html

 

Trump’s Cabinet Members Want Jihad Against Political Islam, but Their Efforts Will Fail

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/why_trump_and_his_cabinets_jihad_against_political_islam_will_fail_20161204

 

Israeli official: Proof of US role in UN vote to be given to Trump

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/25/politics/israel-un-settlements-netanyahu-ambassadors/index.html

 

Read John Kerry’s Full Speech on Israeli Settlements and a Two-State Solution

http://time.com/4619064/john-kerrys-speech-israel-transcript/?xid=homepage

 

Obama administration was hypocritical on UN's Israeli settlements vote

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/26/opinions/us-role-in-israel-un-vote-was-hypocritical-goldfeder/index.html

 

Hours after John Kerry speech, Israel launches criminal probe into Benjamin Netanyahu

http://www.palmerreport.com/news/un-dust-israeli-government-launches-criminal-probe-benjamin-netanyahu/601/

 

Putin Is No Partner on Terrorism: It's a Mistake for Washington to Count Moscow an Ally

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russia-fsu/2016-12-22/putin-no-partner-terrorism?utm_source=FPRI+E-Mails&utm_campaign=c7504cc289-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e8d0f13be2-c7504cc289-165231757

 

How We Misunderstand the Sources of Religious Violence

http://www.fpri.org/article/2016/12/misunderstand-sources-religious-violence/?utm_source=FPRI+E-Mails&utm_campaign=c7504cc289-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e8d0f13be2-c7504cc289-165231757

 

Obama administration is close to announcing measures to punish Russia for election interference

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-white-house-is-scrambling-for-a-way-to-punish-russian-hackers-via-sanctions/2016/12/27/0eee2fdc-c58f-11e6-85b5-76616a33048d_story.html?ncid=newsltushpmgnews&utm_term=.7d13b366bad5

 

My Longest Day

https://thehumanist.com/magazine/january-february-2017/first-person/my-longest-day

 

The Story of Reason in Islam

https://thehumanist.com/magazine/january-february-2017/arts_entertainment/book-review-story-reason-islam-sari-nusseibeh

 

Islam’s Ex Factor: An Interview with Sarah Haider and Muhammad Syed

https://thehumanist.com/magazine/september-october-2016/features/islams-ex-factor-interview-sarah-haider-muhammad-syed