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micklethwait

Ex-Cisco Engineer Caught On Google Maps Pled Guilty to Wife's Murder - 0 views

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google maps maps wife murder

shared by micklethwait on 23 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • micklethwait on 23 Sep 14
     
    Other uses for Google Maps
micklethwait

جيش مصر يأمر بإخلاء رفح لإقامة منطقة عازلة - 0 views

www.aljazeera.net/...D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9

Egypt Gaza border DMZ Israel Sinai

shared by micklethwait on 29 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • micklethwait on 29 Oct 14
     
    You can run this through Google Translate if you're interested. It's an article about Egypt demolishing a band of homes along the border with Gaza at the city Rafah.
jordanbrown16

Google Image Result for http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gXofDc0zjQM/TrNv2cE_DSI/AAAAAAAADdA/_... - 4 views

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politics cartoon United States Israel Iran Nuclear Program

shared by jordanbrown16 on 23 Feb 15 - No Cached
  • jordanbrown16 on 23 Feb 15
     
    I found this political cartoon that I think illustrates the United States and Israel's concerns, regarding Iran's nuclear program.
mcooka

The conviction of Radovan Karadzic has lessons for Syria's war | Middle East Eye - 0 views

www.middleeasteye.net/...karadzic-trial-1309000654

Bosnia Yugoslavia Middle East War Prisoner

shared by mcooka on 28 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • Thursday saw the closure of a long and drawn out story for the victims of Bosnia’s bloody civil war as the guilty verdict was finally delivered in the trial of Radovan Karadzic.
  • of a 40-year jail sentence for Karadzic for genocide and war crimes.
  • Memory and justice are two themes
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  • So much of the strife afflicting Europe and the Middle East today has its roots in the Bosnian conflict, yet scant attention has been paid to the country in the years following the war.
  • Up to 100,000 people were killed in the Bosnia conflict between 1992 and 1995 when, following a referendum to secede from Yugoslavia, the country was plunged into an inter-ethnic war between Serbs, Croats and Muslims (or Bosniaks).
  • Karadzic and his Serb forces have long been considered the worst perpetrators of the violence - which nevertheless saw atrocities on all sides - and culminated in the brutal Srebrenica massacre in which over 8,000 Muslim men and boys were slaughtered in 1995 in full view of the UN peacekeeping forces. 
  • n forging notions of global Muslim solidarity and identity which has played such a major role in the conflicts of the Middle East.
  • Much as in Syria today, hundreds - potentially thousands - of foreigners travelled to Bosnia to join the mujahideen and protect Bosnian Muslims from the Bosnian Serb forces
  • It's hard not to draw parallels between such language and the language of anti-Muslim demagogues in Europe, India, Myanmar and America today.
  • When the dust settles in Syria, and should the war criminals survive long enough to be put on trial, the long-term work of reconstruction and reconciliation will begin
  • mcooka on 28 Mar 16
     
    This article looks at the trial of the Bosnia war criminal. He was persecuted and given 40 years in prison after 20 years of being chased and waiting for trial. The Bosnia war has roots of strife which still exist in the Middle East today. 
sgriffi2

FGM - 0 views

While doing research on women's rights in Egypt I came across the term "female genital mutilation" which is something we have all heard of, but I had not thought about this concept lately, nor in t...

#egypt #women #womensrights #feminism #equality

started by sgriffi2 on 03 Mar 15 no follow-up yet
jsawin

IMF Fact Sheet - 1 views

www.google.com/...edit

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  • jsawin on 16 Feb 15
     
    The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank were both created at an international conference convened in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States in July 1944. The goal of the conference was to establish a framework for economic cooperation and development that would lead to a more stable and prosperous global economy. While this goal remains central to both institutions, their work is constantly evolving in response to new economic developments and challenges.
nicolet1189

Al-Qaida and ISIS Use Twitter Differently. Here's How and Why. - NationalJournal.com - 1 views

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Al-Qaida ISIS social media Twitter facebook communication

shared by nicolet1189 on 27 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • Al-Qaida has an Internet presence nearly two decades old
  • their separate techniques not only reveal key divisions between the two terrorist groups, but also illustrate the depths of extremism that ISIS will plumb—and that al-Qaida won't.
  • Social media's public and instantaneous nature is ideal for reaching ISIS's target audience—young, disillusioned Westerners who are ripe for radicalization—and it gives them a sense of community.
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      nicolet1189 on 27 Oct 14
       
      Wait, seriously? 
  • while ISIS focuses on fighting a nearby enemy to defend the Islamic State, al-Qaida focuses on fighting an external enemy, i.e. the United States.,
  • e group still relies heavily on "older" platforms, like websites and forums, according to Weimann.
  • ecause al-Qaida is more focused on fighting Western influence, it is much more concerned with currying favor with the wider Muslim community.
  • ISIS glorifies violence
  • ISIS, all attention is good attention
  • ISIS's propaganda documentary Flames of War is produced in a Hollywood-esque fashion, complete with pyrotechnics and voice
  • appeal to a younger audience
  • al-Qaida's online magazine, Inspire,
  • al-Qaida leader Anwar al-Awlaki, which numbered over a thousand at one point before Google took them down. Al-Awlaki preaching directly into the camera for close to an hour is in stark contrast to ISIS's sophisticated and sensational production.
  • Weimann predicts al-Qaida will outlast ISIS. I
  • l-Qaida's network is much wider and more deeply rooted than that of ISIS.
  • nicolet1189 on 27 Oct 14
     
    This article contrasts communication techniques of Al-Qaida and ISIS. It outlines how ISIS communication strategy uses more dominant forms of social media such as facebook, youtube, and twitter while Al-Qaida still uses web pages, forums, and their own magazine they publish to speak to their audience.
micklethwait

Diigo Web Highlighter and Bookmark for Chrome | Diigo - 0 views

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diigo chrome extension social bookmarking CULF 3331

shared by micklethwait on 28 Jan 16 - No Cached
  • Share to Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz, Email.
    • micklethwait
      micklethwait on 28 Jan 16
       
      Really, get this plug-in. It will make this assignment so much easier for you.
  • micklethwait on 28 Jan 16
     
    This link will take you to a page from which you can add a Chrome extension to make social bookmarking easier. You can search for other add-ons and plug-ins for different browsers.
aacosta8

Impact of Social Media on Global Awareness - 0 views

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social media globalization Syria

shared by aacosta8 on 04 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • aacosta8 on 04 Mar 16
     
    In today's globalizing world, we are increasingly bombarded with a myriad of social media tools: Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Weibo, Tumblr, Google Plus, Instagram, blogs, forums, to name but a few. Social media has indeed made a profound impact on our personal lives that enables us to be closely interconnected in a "global village". From the use of chemical weapons in Syria to the launch of iPhone 5s , we can always keep abreast with up to the minute news from around the world via different kinds of social media
mportie

Two-Factor Authentication Phishing From Iran - 0 views

citizenlab.org/...iran_two_factor_phishing

Iran US hack cyber Google

shared by mportie on 06 Apr 16 - No Cached
  • mportie on 06 Apr 16
     
    A new method to bypass G-mail's two step authentication is being implemented by Iranian hackers. Essentially it is a very active method of phishing in which the Iran hackers monitor a phone while triggering password verification. This puts everyone at risk and not just state actors or significant public figures.
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