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Friday, August 3, 2012

Muslim cleric: Gay sex OK in the service of jihad

Homosexual behavior is strictly forbidden under Islam, with penalties in some Middle Eastern countries ranging from imprisonment to death. But according to one Muslim cleric who cited a sheik?s fatwa, jihadis who want to smuggle explosives in their rectums can ? and should ? accept being ?sodomized? to make room for the mini-bombs.

Fatwas are pronouncements on Islamic law. They are commonly issued by specialist clerics on narrow issues related to integrating Islam with everyday life.

In a video originally broadcast on the Shia Muslim Fadak-TV channel in Great Britain, and posted on YouTube in June, a cleric refers to a Yemeni al-Qaida terrorist named?Ibrahim al-Asiri who helped his younger brother Abdullah prepare for a 2009 attack on Saudi?Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz.

The older brother?s chosen method of attack: a small bomb inserted into the younger Abdullah?s rear end. Abdul reportedly passed security checkpoints after persuading Saudi police that he was a repentant militant who wanted to surrender to the prince personally. Once inside the prince?s office, he blew himself up. But the prince ? then the Saudi interior minister ? survived?until his June 2012 death of natural causes. He was 84.

Ibrahim al-Asiri was thought to have died in a Sept. 31, 2011?U.S. drone strike on a truck convoy in Yemen, but he has since been placed on the ?most wanted? lists of several foreign governments. After the death of his brother, he?assembled the ?underwear bomb? that the Nigerian-born?Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried unsuccessfully to detonate?aboard a Northwest Airlines flight near Detroit in December 2009.

In the video, as?first reported by the New York-based Gatestone Institute, the cleric tells the story of a Wahhabi student who asked a sheik for permission to follow in Abdul al-Azira?s footsteps and carry out a rectal suicide mission.

?Sodomy is forbidden, and not permitted,? the cleric replies on video, according to a translation The Daily Caller has obtained, ?but jihad takes priority because it makes Islam dominant. And if the dominance of Islam cannot be achieved except through sodomy, then it is OK?

?The rule is: ?Necessities permit the forbidden,?? he added. ?So what must be done to achieve a goal becomes a duty. And there is no duty better than jihad. And after you are sodomized you must ask God for forgiveness and praise him more.?

The cleric went on to say that hiding contraband in the anal cavity has become commonplace in the Middle East. ?I read in newspapers every day about the arrest of an Afghani who is smuggling drugs in his rectum,? he said. ?We are at the point where Kuwaitis search Afghanis? and Pakistanis? rectums first, before their luggage.?

A complete translation of the video is on the next page.

First we will introduce you to the fatwa that is on the website ?Lions of Sunna.??

The Wahhabi asked, ?Our Sheik, may Allah give you martyrdom and virgins in paradise. I wanted to do a suicide operation and I asked Sheikh Abu al-Dema al-Qasab, who told me, ?We invented a new and unprecedented way to execute a martyrdom mission by inserting explosive capsules in your anus. To be trained in this jihadist way you must agree to be sodomized in order to enlarge your anus so the explosive capsules can fit inside it.??

?My question ? may Allah be merciful to you: Should I allow one of my jihadist brothers to sodomize me if the intention is good and the goal is jihad??

The Sheik thanked and praised God and said: ?Sodomy is forbidden, and not permitted, but jihad takes priority because it makes Islam dominant. And if the dominance of Islam cannot be achieved except through sodomy, then it is OK.?

?The rule is: ?Necessities permit the forbidden.? So what must be done to achieve a goal becomes a duty. And there is no duty better than jihad. And after you are sodomized you must ask God for forgiveness and praise him more.

?Rest assured, my son, that God will reward jihadis on the judgment day according to their intentions. And your intention is ? Allah willing ? the victory of Islam. We ask God to give you wisdom and guidance.?

This fatwa inspired a man to undertake a suicide operation: Malek Ibn Abd Al-Aziz, the interior minister who placed explosives in his rectum.

I remember that Wahhabis in Kuwait used to smuggle drugs ? cocaine from Afghanistan and Pakistan ? that the Mujahideen of al-Qaida planted. I read in newspapers every day about the arrest of an Afghani who is smuggling drugs in his rectum. We are at the point where Kuwaitis search Afghanis? and Pakistanis? rectums first, before their luggage.

The Gatestone Institute reports that the Middle East Forum has examined the video and determined that criticisms calling it a hoax are unfounded.

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Mass. Picks Charities to Test 'Pay for Success' Program ...

Massachusetts has selected two nonprofit groups to build privately supported programs tackling homelessness and juvenile crime in what appears to be the first U.S. test of the ?pay for success? model of providing social services, says?The Boston Globe.

The approach, termed Social Innovation Financing in Massachusetts but also known as social-impact bonds, has been tried in the United Kingdom and Australia. It enlists charities to develop programs addressing chronic problems with support from foundations, philanthropists, and other private entities.

The state chose the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance and Roca to develop initiatives to reduce chronic homelessness and juvenile recidivism, respectively.

If the programs meet pre-set targets and demonstrate cost savings, the state could provide additional financing and repay the initial investors; if they do not, the investors could lose their investment. The model ?has political appeal, because it?s both socially progressive and fiscally conservative,? said George Overholser of Third Sector Capital Partners, a nonprofit advisory firm helping to oversee the Massachusetts effort.

Source: http://philanthropy.com/blogs/philanthropytoday/mass-picks-charities-to-test-pay-for-success-program/51365

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Romney in Olympic spotlight with horse competition

Jan Ebeling of the United States, rides his horse Rafalca during a training session for the equestrian dressage competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. Rafalca is co-owned by Ann Romney, the wife of U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

LONDON (AP) ? Rarely has an Olympic dressage horse received as much attention as Rafalca.

The 15-year-old, German-bred mare is part-owned by Mitt Romney's wife and has been the source of political jokes questioning how the Republican presidential candidate can claim to know the problems of ordinary Americans when he inhabits the rarified world of dressage.

The sport, which is better known in Europe than the U.S., is the equine equivalent of ballet. Horse and rider (wearing top hat and tails) go through a series of steps that look like the horse is dancing: twirling pirouettes, prancing trots and the crowd-pleasing "flying change," which looks like the horse is skipping.

Ann Romney is expected to attend Rafalca's Olympic debut, which gets under way Thursday with the Grand Prix dressage test at Greenwich Park, home of all Olympic equestrian events.

She returned to London after her husband unleashed a torrent of criticism in the British press when, shortly after arriving for the Olympics' opening ceremony, he said the problems facing Olympic organizers were "disconcerting." It was the first of several gaffes that followed during campaign-style visits to Israel and Poland that were supposed to show off his foreign policy chops.

Rafalca's turn in the equestrian arena might focus an Olympic spotlight on another issue facing Romney, his vast personal wealth during tough economic times in the United States. He is worth as much as $250 million.

His wife's financial interest in Rafalca, a bay Oldenburg, has fed criticism that Romney is out of touch with the concerns of more modest-income voters. A top-flight dressage horse can cost more than six-figures, with upkeep running from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars a month. The Romneys own several horses.

The issue has been the inspiration of several episodes of political satirist Stephen Colbert's "The Colbert Report." Just this week Comedy Central aired a piece about Colbert taking a dressage lesson from Michael Barisone, the U.S. dressage team's reserve rider in the 2008 Olympics, in a bid to disprove the sport's elitist reputation.

"Dressage is the new American pastime!" Colbert declared.

Dressed like Roy Rogers, Colbert pressed Barisone to explain how a horse is selected to undergo the intense, years-long training that dressage requires, wondering out loud if at one point the horse just says: "Dad, I don't want to go into battle, I just want to DANCE!"

Out at Greenwich Park on Wednesday, such jokes were far from the minds of the U.S. dressage team, which has a shot at the bronze team medal. Germany and Britain are currently favored for the top medals.

"All of our horses are peaking at the right time," said U.S. team member Tina Konyot, who will ride Calecto V. "The other competitors are watching us."

Rafalca's rider Jan Ebeling said he welcomed the attention, negative or not, that the Romneys' stake in Rafalca has given the sport since it's given him a chance to show that dressage isn't about millionaires but hard work.

"I think the biggest misconception is always that people think that you just sit on a horse and they just kind of trot around in circles," he said. "That really is not the case."

A typical dressage horse requires up to a decade of training to compete at Olympic levels. Horse and rider work very much as a team, with the rider giving the horse invisible cues through subtle leg, hand and seat shifts. The horse is judged from 0-10 on executing a standard test of 33 movements:

?PASSAGE: a prancing, high-striding step

?PIAFFE: a passage done in place

?HALF-PASS: where the horse moves forward and sideways at the same time by crossing over its legs

?PIROUETTE: where the horse completes a full circle in place while cantering

?FLYING CHANGE: where the horse changes the sequence of its steps

The highest scoring teams from Thursday's Grand Prix advance to a second, harder test called the Grand Prix Special on Aug. 7. The 18 highest-scoring individual riders then perform a freestyle set to music to determine individual medal scores. That competition is Aug. 9.

The German-born Ebeling, who became a U.S. citizen in 1998, said the Romneys have been great supporters of the sport and have helped boost its visibility.

"I really welcome the attention," he said. "It's given us a fantastic opportunity to have our sport ? have visibility in our sport ? and show what we're really about, show that it is an Olympic discipline and show people how much we work to get there."

A campaign spokeswoman said Mrs. Romney's schedule in London was too busy for her to comment.

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Margaret Freeman contributed.

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Secret US spy satellite set to launch

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Ready to take a classified national security payload and a batch of hitchhiking cubesats into space early Thursday from California, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket is in the final days of preparations for blastoff.

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Great Nutritional and Fitness Tips to Prevent and Combat Heart ...

How To Prevent and Combat Heart Diseases
Heart is also called THE ENGINE OF THE BODY. Usually, the heart pumps 100,000 times per day, 35 million times a year, 2.5 billion times in a lifetime. Human blood covers 19,000 km (11 806.0527 miles) every day. Each year, 17 million people are killed by cardiovascular diseases. This means that heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide.

According to Dr. Ioan Coman, from the Romanian Society of Cardiology, fats are those that cause most cardiovascular illnesses. It recommends as a first step, reducing consumption of saturated vegetable fat, which serve to reduce blood cholesterol.

World Health Organization advises us all to ensure that:

- The value of blood pressure is below 140/90 mmHg
- Weight does not exceed the limits of normality
- We are not addicted to cigarettes, in other words to give up smoking
- Cholesterol is below 190 mg / dl
- we're doing 30 minutes exercise per day
- we're reducing as much stress as possible.

Daily physical movement is a great way to prevent heart problems. Aerobic exercise, such as walking, swimming, jogging, cycling, provides better immunity against heart disease.

Also, another important factor is avoiding excessive alcohol consumption.

According to Dr. Ioan Coman, we must respect a few simple principles: balanced diet with a low consumption of salt and animal fats, exercise, avoid smoking or?excessive?alcohol drinking. Start with low consumption of saturated animal fat to protect your heart.

Saturated?animal?fats are also called bad fats, they are found in red meat, dairy products like butter, cream cheese, in pastry, biscuits. From eating these foods in high quantities results high cholesterol and cardiovascular illness.

Good fats, ?mono and polyunsaturated?vegetables, are effective elements that prevent heart disease. Poor fish, vegetable oils, spreadable margarine, ?peanuts, pistachios, seeds, are foods high in fats and unsaturated fatty acids Omega 3 and Omega 6, important for a healthy heart.

Royal Jelly and Honey

European Guidelines on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention urges us to stay away from fatty meats, fats, butter, sugar, oil produced by hot pressing, white bread, salt, pepper, paprika, ginger, marjoram or curry.

If you suffer from any heart disease, make sure every day to eat foods rich in fiber, fatty acids, vitamin K and magnesium. Do not forget to physical and breathing exercises, which also serve to prevent heart diseases.

If you're heart these elements are important for you: cold-pressed oil, apricot seed, soya beans, whole grains, apples, peaches, underbrush, lemon, rosehip, grapefruit, nettle, grape tomatoes, parsley, lovage, celery garlic, fennel, cumin, rosemary, cinnamon and fish, especially ocean fish that are high in omega 3.

You can also enjoy if you want a pasteurized milk or cream, only if they're raw, because they lose their nutritional value.

Eat daily a raw yolk, it contains lecithin, essential for proper removal of cholesterol.

Royal jelly is just extraordinary, to tone the heart, prevents nervous asthenia, fatigue and hepatitis. Help eradicate tuberculosis or cirrhosis.

Honey is a true wonder. Improves heart muscle, reduces fatigue and heart pain. Eat a spoonful of honey diluted in tea made of hawthorn or pigweed. And after two hours you can dine.

The Best Herbs for Teas - They Prevent or Treat Cardiovascular Disease:

- Hawthorn tea is recommended for affections of nervous origin, arrhythmias, angina pectoris, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, oscillating voltage;

- Plantain is able to clean the circulatory system. Is very effective in case of diseases like atherosclerosis or hypercholesterolemia;

- Dandelion root and leaves, stimulates blood circulation;

- Sheperd's purse, improves blood pressure;

- Pigweed, get rid of pain and tachycardia;

- Mistletoe, for not to become toxic, make a cold maceration of an infinitesimal amount. It is very effective against hypertension, atherosclerosis and blood circulation problems;

- Black currant, for lower blood pressure, is also atherosclerotic and diuretic;

- Horsetail has a high level of minerals such as silica or potassium.

Source: http://bavaio.blogspot.com/2012/08/great-nutritional-and-fitness-tips-to.html

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Most significant Areas of Business Security Services ?

Corporate protection solutions less difficult more than merely using security guards to keep a wrist watch over a company premise. There are many aspects that need to be considered so that you can apply a strong protection protect. In case you are willing to hire one of these companies for the business business, here are a few important aspects you have to assess.

Proactive Safety Services

Companies offering security guard solutions as well as other providers with regard to business models need to assure practical approach within this direction. This involves threat evaluation to identify the potential risks towards the enterprise home. Put simply, the security team should help to make products to deal with different dangers inside the subsequent methods:

Providing assessment upon potential risks and the way to put together to deal with them.

* Rehearsals and also security workouts to check the degree of protection from time to time.

Preparation regarding call-out providers that must definitely be immediately obtainable when needed.

* Practicing the business workers to organize them for several circumstances.

Job of Peace of mind in Different Groups

The firm need to utilize security guard services that actually work twenty-four hours a day and on just about all events of the week. This calls for providing security guards from constructing entrances and other regions of concern. One more category is patrol security officer services that guarantee the protection with the business constructing as well as other areas of the actual property. Parking lots are other regions of a business product which demand supply of adequate protection.

Retail safety is another essential requirement the organization should be able to providing. This calls for safety regarding items as well as goods kept in the storerooms. Another important group is that of professional protection. Naturally, high-profile professionals of a company residence are inclined to dangers just like kidnapping. The company need to offer you safety to those individuals with office buildings, homes although they travel.

Nowadays, an essential part of business safety besides security guard providers may be the use of technical products. Select an organization that produces utilization of devices such as CCTVs and fingerprint products in order to discard the potential of not authorized actual accessibility. This kind of safety is important to protect hypersensitive info and information kept on business computers.

Problem Resolving Providers

Reactive business protection services are usually as important as practical services. These services come into play after a company safety issue arises and there is must get over it. The security staff has to be capable of undertaking investigations and also supplying proper assistance to accept the most suitable steps.

Coming from risk examining in order to threat managing, the protection organization you choose need to do much more than offering security officer services. Understand that a choice of an excellent security organization can easily determine the actual reputation and sleek functioning of the corporate device. Try to find reputed business safety suppliers from different areas using online business sites.

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