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Jim Hightower, Truthout: 'The greatest problem our nation faces can be summed up in one word: leadership. OK, make that three words: lack of leadership. America's corporate, political, media, academic and other leaders aren't.. They're not leaders - because they refuse to stand tall, be bold, offer vision, inspire and ... well, lead. We've got too many 5-watt bulbs sitting in 100-watt sockets. They're squishing the historic can-do spirit of the American people, reducing it to a dispiriting ethic of surrender that says we-shouldn't-even-try.'

http://www.truth-out.org/jim-hightower-americas-true-crisis68500



Islamophobia Can Create Radicalization

James C. Zogby, Arab American Institute: 'Let me state quite directly: Islamophobia and those who promote it are a greater threat to the United States of America than Anwar al Awlaqi and his rag-tag team of terrorists. On one level, al Awlaqi, from his cave hide-out in Yemen, can only prey off of alienation where it exists. Adopting the persona of a latter-day Malcolm X (though he seems not to have read the last chapters of the 'Autobiography' or learned the lessons of Malcolm's ultimate conversion), he appears street-smart, brash, self-assured and assertive - all of the assets needed to attract lost or wounded souls looking for certainty and an outlet for their rage. Like some parasites, al Awlaqi cannot create his own prey. He must wait for others to create his opportunities, which until now have been isolated and limited - a disturbed young man here, an increasingly deranged soldier there.'

http://www.truth-out.org/islamophobia-can-create-radicalization68503

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Anwar al-Awlaqi killed by drone had been in custody

US-born Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi, killed in a US drone attack in Yemen last year, had been in US custody at least twice in prior years but was released, a human rights group said.

http://is.gd/o0V9jN


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Islamophobia
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=radicalization
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Yemen
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Awlaki
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=custody
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=drone
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=human+rights+group
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jim+Hightower
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=James+C.+Zogby
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