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On the Eve of Turkey's Elections …

by Daniel Pipes

June 9, 2011

http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2011/06/on-the-eve-of-turkey-elections

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Disgraceful.

Here is the Associated Press caption for the above picture: "Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gives Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu a high five at the start of their bilateral meeting at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, June 9, 2011."

And here is my comment: Clinton should be ashamed of herself, horsing around like this with the representative of a hostile state whose government is just three days away from elections. This sends precisely the wrong message of endorsement by the U.S. government. (June 9, 2011)

Related Topics: Turkey and Turks, US policy

Cupcake Recipe in a Terrorist Magazine: Someone Has Sense of Humor

by Daniel Pipes

June 2, 2011

updated Jun 5, 2011

http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2011/06/cupcake-recipe-in-a-terrorist-magazine-someone

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The British intelligence service MI6 hacked Inspire, an online Al-Qaeda English-language magazine produced by al-Awlaki, and … well, let Duncan Gardham, security correspondent for the Daily Telegraph tell it:

The cover of an earlier issue of Al-Qaeda's English-language "Inspire" magazine.

When followers [of Al-Qaeda] tried to download the 67-page colour magazine, instead of instructions about how to "Make a bomb in the Kitchen of your Mom" by "The AQ Chef" they were greeted with garbled computer code. The code, which had been inserted into the original magazine by the British intelligence hackers, was actually a web page of recipes for "The Best Cupcakes in America" published by the Ellen DeGeneres chat show.

By contrast, the original magazine featured a recipe showing how to make a lethal pipe bomb using sugar, match heads and a miniature lightbulb, attached to a timer. The cyber attack also removed articles by Osama bin Laden, his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri and a piece called "What to expect in Jihad."

Written by Dulcy Israel and produced by Main Street Cupcakes in Hudson, Ohio, it said "the little cupcake is big again" adding: "Self-contained and satisfying, it summons memories of childhood even as it's updated for today's sweet-toothed hipsters." It included a recipe for the Mojito Cupcake – "made of white rum cake and draped in vanilla buttercream"- and the Rocky Road Cupcake – "warning: sugar rush ahead!"

Comment: If stupid terrorists can amuse, why not funny counterterrorists? (June 2, 2011)

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