Solsticewitch13's BOS: [unitedstatesaction.com news] January 5, 2010

January 5, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

Pakistan: Taliban brainwashes kids with visions of virgins
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/05/pakistan.taliban.children/index.html

Pakistan: Militants blow up six shrines in Orakzai
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/national/16-militants-blow-up-six-shrines-in-orakzai-610-hs-04

Pakistan: Militants blow up Pakistan school: officials
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hK5ypwX9FlDJL_a-eQvkbiH7k8tg

Pakistani forces kill 5 militants, arrest 3 in Waziristan
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2052041&Language=en

(Pakistan/U.S.) US Terror Suspects Deny Al-Qaida Connection
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/human-rights/US-Suspects-in-Pakistan-to-Remain-in-Custody-80568172.html

'Pak terror groups have strategic intent to strike India'
-- Press Times of India: "Pakistan-based terror groups have a "strategic intent" to launch major new attacks on the Indian soil to trigger a conflict between the two countries, according to a US intelligence and security think-tank."
-- "In its annual forecast released today, Stratfor predicted that 2010 might see the US intensifying its drone strikes in Pakistan as the bulk of the al-Qaeda leadership is believed to be hiding there."
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Pak-terror-groups-have-strategic-intent-to-strike-India/H1-Article1-494004.aspx

India - Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) - Google News Alert on "Mujahideen" Shows Hizbul Mujahideen Plans to Target "Badami bagh cantonment"
http://bit.ly/8xAW1j
-- We have contacted the Hindustan Times, Express India, and India Defence news organizations on this

(Afghanistan) Taliban fighters killed by their own bomb
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20100105222048334C222227

Afghanistan - MEMRI: "In New Video: Children, Teens Train Alongside Taliban Militants; Commander Mullah Sangeen Sees Off Taliban Fighters Headed for the Afghanistan Battlefield"
-- "including dozens of children and teenagers"
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3880.htm

Afghanistan: Suspected Jordanian Bomber of CIA Base Deceived Family
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,582021,00.html

Afghanistan: "CIA suicide bomber was... a blogger" -- Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi
-- "It appears al-Balawi, writing under the nom-de-plume Abu Dujanah al-Khurasani, ran the extremely popular jihdaist bulletin board al-Hesbah. Among al-Hesbah's many users, some were people connected to the London tube bombers and others high-ranking al-Qaeda members."
-- "Al-Balawi/al-Khurasani was also a prolific blogger — URL abudujanakharasani.maktoobblog.com — who, apparently, liked to daydream about a future caliphate"
http://trueslant.com/nealungerleider/2010/01/05/cia-suicide-bomber-was-a-blogger/

Afghanistan: U.S. Retools Military Intelligence
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126273596828417151.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop
-- US military chief brands Afghan intelligence mission 'clueless'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6935138/US-military-chief-brands-Afghan-intelligence-mission-clueless.html
-- US military 'starved' of Afghan intelligence, says general
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6937658/US-military-starved-of-Afghan-intelligence-says-general.html

Afghanistan: Profile: Jordanian 'triple agent' who killed CIA agents
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6935815/Profile-Jordanian-triple-agent-who-killed-CIA-agents.html

(U.S.) Intelligence Sources: 'Tens of Thousands' of E-mailers Corresponded With Radical Cleric Linked to Underpants Bomber and Ft. Hood Shooter -- Anwar al-Awlaki
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/archive/2010/01/05/intelligence-sources-tens-of-thousands-of-e-mailers-corresponded-with-radical-cleric-linked-to-underpants-bomber-and-ft-hood-shooter.aspx

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(U.S.) Continuing Reports on Abdulmutallab Foiled Terror Plot
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/abdulmutallab.html

January 5, 2010 Abdulmutallab Reports

-- Washington DC Islamic Supremacist Imam Blames Christmas Day Terror Attack on U.S. and Israel
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/dc-imam-blames-us-israel-for-1225-attack
-- "Washington DC Imam Abdul Alim Musa: Attempted Christmas Day Plane Bombing - the Work of US Government and the Mossad"
http://www.memri.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/2326.htm
--- Transcript
http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/2326.htm
--- "Imam Abdul Alim Musa (born 1945; Clarence Reams) is a Muslim American activist and director of Masjid Al-Islam in Washington, D.C.. He is a member of the Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought (ICIT) and a well-known speaker around the world. He is founder and director of As-Sabiqun."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Alim_Musa

-- Bombing suspect provided 'actionable intelligence,' White House says -- after arrest
--- CNN: "The FBI attained "actionable intelligence" from bombing suspect Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab in the first hours after his arrest on Christmas Day, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Tuesday."
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/01/05/terror.suspect/index.html

-- Obama: System Failed in 'Potentially Disastrous Way'
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/Politics/obama-briefed-terror-plot-reviews-meeting-national-security/story?id=9484260
-- Obama: 'System failed' in a major way
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/05/obama.terror.meeting/index.html
-- Obama: Airline attack was preventable
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34679532/ns/us_news-airliner_security/
-- Obama: U.S. Intelligence Should Have 'Uncovered' Christmas Day Plot
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/05/obama-meets-agency-heads/

-- Netherlands: Suspected Plane Bomber Raised No Suspicion in Amsterdam, Prosecutors Say
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,582031,00.html

-- When Did White House Know of Terror Attack Plot?
--- Newsweek talks about Saudi CT discussion of explosives being sown into underwear
http://video.newsweek.com/#?t=60440013001&l=49480684001

-- Obama: U.S. Intelligence Should Have 'Uncovered' Christmas Day Plot
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/05/obama-meets-agency-heads/
-- Obama vows changes to prevent future terrorism intelligence lapses
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-obama-terror6-2010jan06,0,1084370.story
-- Obama to get update on terror plot inquiry
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/05/obama.terror.meeting/
-- President Will Push Today for Intelligence Community to Constantly Challenge Its Assumptions
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/01/president-will-push-today-for-intelligence-community-to-constantly-challenge-its-assumptions.html
-- Obama to Meet With Security Officials, Unveil Reforms
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/05/obama-announce-new-airline-safety-measures/
-- Obama on impact on Guantanamo Bay Closure
http://www.thefoxnation.com/detroit-airliner-terror-plot/2010/01/05/obama-gitmo-root-cause-christmas-terror-plot

-- U.K. Didn't See Suspect as Threat
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126270285039316445.html?mod=article-outset-box
-- UK: White House accuses Downing Street of making 'a mistake' over intelligence claim
--- Daily Telegraph: "The White House has accused Downing Street of making "a mistake" over allegations that Britain told American intelligence agents more than a year ago that the Detroit bomber had links to extremists."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/6934672/White-House-accuses-Downing-Street-of-making-a-mistake-over-intelligence-claim.html
-- Downing Street blunders over Detroit plane bomber
--- London Times: "Downing Street was today forced to retreat from its claim that MI5 warned US intelligence over the alleged Christmas Day plane bomber – in the face of a blunt denial from America."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6976567.ece
-- Pressure on Barack Obama to reveal what Britain said about Detroit bomber
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/6938334/Pressure-on-Barack-Obama-to-reveal-what-Britain-said-about-Detroit-bomber.html
-- UK: Britain says had no warning of plane bomb plot
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6044SC20100105

-- UK: Islamic Supremacist Hate Rants Found on Videos Sold in UK Bookstore Near Mosque - that was "regularly attended" by Abdulmutallab -- Anwar al-Awlaki
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/uk-islamic-supremacist-rants-on-video/

-- Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) report on CNN: "Muslim-American group criticizes TSA plan as profiling"
--- CNN: "Enhanced screening procedures for U.S.-bound air passengers traveling through "state sponsors of terrorism or other countries of interest" such as Pakistan, Yemen and Nigeria amount to religious profiling of Muslims, the Council on American-Islamic Relations said Monday."
--- "The Transportation Security Administration announced the strengthened security steps Sunday, saying that 'effective aviation security must begin beyond our borders.' "
--- "A senior government official, not authorized to speak on the record, provided CNN with the list of 14 countries subject to the enhanced screening for travelers heading to the United States: Cuba, Sudan, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Yemen."
--- "The new guidelines target 13 Muslim-majority nations and will 'disproportionately target American Muslims who have family or spiritual ties to the Islamic world,' the Council on American-Islamic Relations said, adding that the tougher measures 'amount to religious and ethnic profiling' "
--- CNN quotes CAIR's Nihad Awad -- "A TSA spokesperson, Kristin Lee, responded that 'TSA does not profile.' "
--- " 'As is always the case, TSA security measures are based on threat, not ethnic or religious background,' Lee said."
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/01/04/tsa.measures.muslims/
--- No mention by CNN of CAIR's leadership support for Hamas - same Nihad Awad quoted by CNN
http://www.investigativeproject.org/223/cairs-awad-in-support-of-the-hamas-movement
http://www.investigativeproject.org/627/cair-remains-apologist-for-terrorist-hamas-seeks-to-silence
--- No mention by CNN of CAIR's links to anti-freedom Muslim Brotherhood group
http://www.investigativeproject.org/profile/172
--- No mention by CNN of CAIR as an unindicted co-conspirator organization in the Holy Land Foundation terrorist financing trial (page 5, III.11)
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/Attachment+A+(List+of+Unindicted+Co-conspirators).pdf
--- Dallas Morning News: "FBI: CAIR is a front group, and Holy Land Foundation tapped Hamas clerics for fundraisers"
http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/10/fbi-cair-is-a-front-group-and.html

-- Nigeria: Govt Protests U.S. List of Terrorist Nations
http://allafrica.com/stories/201001050013.html

-- US revoking 'additional visas'
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/us-revoking-additional-visas-after-plane-plot/story-e6frfkui-1225816466530

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(U.S.) Airport Scanners: Privacy Groups Say Slow Down
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/airport-scanners-privacy-groups-slow/story?id=9477841

(U.S.) US Airport Security Teams Arrest 28 Following Terror Attempt
-- Newscore: "The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reported 28 arrests Tuesday for suspicious behavior or fraudulent documents in the wake of the failed Christmas Day airline terror attempt."
-- "Between Dec. 27 and Jan. 3 the TSA reported the discovery of 12 firearms and four concealed prohibited items at airport security checkpoints."
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpps/news/dpgonc-us-airport-security-teams-arrest-28-fc-20100105_5417802

(U.S.) Deadlock Persists Over TSA Nominee
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126256796899214327.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

UK: Passenger profiling 'could be used in Britain', says Alan Johnson
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/6937734/Passenger-profiling-could-be-used-in-Britain-says-Alan-Johnson.html

UK: Passengers facing airport delays with start of new security code
-- London Times: "Full body scanners will be introduced at Heathrow within three weeks and the Government will consider profiling passengers. More sniffer dogs will be used and behavioural analysis will become commonplace under the revised code, Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, said."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/news/article6977082.ece
-- UK: New scanners break child porn laws
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jan/04/new-scanners-child-porn-laws

(UK) Belfast Telegraph: "MI5 'used blackmail to turn Muslims into informers'"
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/mi5-used-blackmail-to-turn-muslims-into-informers-14622490.html

Iran: China dismisses UN Security Council debate on Iran sanctions
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1262339403101&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Iran accepts Clinton non-deadline on nuclear talks
http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=NDc3MzQ1Mzk2

(Iran) Newsweek: "Bin Laden's Daughter Might Link Al Qaeda to Iran"
http://www.newsweek.com/id/229434

Gaza: Man killed as IAF bombs Gaza terror cell
-- "Palestinian sources report three others wounded in Israeli attack on terrorist cell near Khan Yunis"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1262339403641&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Gaza: "Egypt Steel Border Wall Could Choke Hamas in Gaza"
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/05/world/AP-ML-Palestinians-Sealing-Gaza.html

Israeli military cancels trip to Britain over arrest fears
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/6936691/Israeli-military-cancels-trip-to-Britain-over-arrest-fears.html

Yemen orders troops into al-Qaeda strongholds
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/6937316/Yemen-orders-troops-into-al-Qaeda-strongholds.html

Yemeni officials, fearing backlash, play down partnership with U.S.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/05/AR2010010501383.html

Yemen: US Reopens Yemen Embassy, Commends Counter-Terror Efforts
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/US-Reopens-Yemen-Embassy-Commends-Counter-Terror-Efforts-80691207.html
-- Yemen: US embassy reopens after terror scare
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/6935567/Yemen-US-embassy-reopens-after-terror-scare.html

(Somalia) Food aid halted in Somalia's south over attacks
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0106/1224261731130.html

Denmark: Somali terrorist was role model for integration
-- "The Somali who tried to kill Kurt Westergaard this past Friday is Muhideen Jelle, according to the Kenyan media, or Muhudiin M. Geele. The Danish media now refer to him as MMG"
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/01/denmark-somali-terrorist-was-role-model.html
-- Lawyer claims terror suspect missing
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=1144023993&catid=159&a=1

France: Killer of Jewish DJ found insane - Adel Amastaibou
-- "Amastaibou, a 26-year-old French Muslim, stabbed Salem to death with a knife and fork in the basement of an apartment building they shared in November of 2003. He was arrested and discovered to be under the influence of marijuana."
-- "When interrogated Amastaibou said he had been 'under a spell' and that he was 'pleased by the death of that f-ing Jew' "
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/01/france-killer-of-jewish-dj-found-insane.html

Italy: Bullets 'mailed to anti-terror judge'
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4167298893

Europol gets new capabilities to fight terrorism
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2052066&Language=en

Germany: Airline Cancels German Family's Flight Over Terrorism Joke
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,582012,00.html

(Macedonia) Israel: Al Qaeda Eyeing Balkans for Bases
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/05/world/main6058162.shtml
-- Lieberman: Balkans the Next Target of Worldwide Jihad
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/177945

Colombia rebels, al Qaeda in "unholy" drug alliance -- FARC
-- Reuters: "Colombian guerrillas have entered into 'an unholy alliance' with Islamic extremists who are helping the Marxist rebels smuggle cocaine through Africa on its way to European consumers, a U.S. official told Reuters."
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6034L920100104

Philippines: Suspect pleads 'not guilty' to massacre murders
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4167373278

(Al-Qaeda) "Lurid details emerge of bin Laden's parenting"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34713251/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

Islamic Supremacist War on Women News:

Pakistan's acid attack victims pin hope on new laws -- another report
-- Daily Telegraph: "Pakistan is a conservative Muslim country, where women - especially in poor, rural areas - can be treated like commodities with little protection provided by the police and under pressure not to disgrace their families."
-- "Farhat was just 13 years old when a man threw acid in her face in 2003 because her parents refused to let him marry her."
-- "The attacker was sentenced to 12 years in prison and ordered to pay 1.2 million rupees (£8,882) in damages, but on appeal a high court reduced the damages and said the man could go free once the money was paid."
-- "Enraged, Farhat and ASF went to the supreme court - the first acid attack case to be taken to the highest court - where judges overturned the high court ruling within minutes."
-- "Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry took a personal interest in the case, and recommended that the government pass new legislation to control the sale of acid and increase punishment for acid attacks."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatnews/6935405/Pakistans-acid-attack-victims-pin-hope-on-new-laws.html

Somalia: Christian woman killed
-- "A Somalia Christian, 45 year old Amina Muse Ali was murdered in her home in Galkayo in Puntland region of Somalia on by three masked members of an militant Islamic group"
-- "The Overcomers (Somalia - December 2009)"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g7HFb_azsI&feature=player_embedded

Ohio - Rifqa Bary Case: Examiner - "The trial to determine if Rifqa will become a ward of the state of Ohio is scheduled for January 28, 2010"
http://www.examiner.com/x-25759-Richmond-Evangelical-Examiner~y2010m1d4-Rifqa-constitutionally-denied-3rd-party-communication

Other News:

Jamaica Will Monitor Extremist Muslim Cleric - Sheik Abdullah el-Faisal
-- AP: "A Jamaican-born Muslim cleric once jailed in Britain for urging the killing of Americans, Hindus and Jews will be a security concern for his Caribbean homeland when he is deported from Kenya, an official said Monday."
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/04/world/AP-CB-Jamaica-Extremist-Cleric.html?_r=1
--- January 4, 2010: Kenya to deport Jamaican Muslim cleric
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/world/africa/05kenya.html

UK: Radical muslim cleric Anjem Choudary debates with dead serviceman's father
http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/4833389.REDBRIDGE__Radical_muslim_cleric_debates_with_dead_serviceman_s_father/

(UK) Police boss: Let 'hate' Muslim march go ahead -- Sir Hugh Orde
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/115672/Police-boss-Let-hate-Muslim-march-go-ahead/
--- May 30, 2008 - Guardian: Time to talk to al-Qaida, senior police chief urges -- Sir Hugh Orde
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/30/alqaida.terrorism
--- May 30, 2008 - BBC: Britain 'could talk to al-Qaeda' -- Sir Hugh Orde
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7426874.stm

UK: Muslim mourners pay tribute to soldiers at Wootton Bassett as top officer says hate preacher 'DOES have right to march'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1240854/Muslim-mourners-pay-tribute-soldiers-Wootton-Bassett-officer-says-hate-preacher-DOES-right-march.html?ITO=1490

UK: "Seven go on trial over 'burn in Hell' insults to troops in Luton"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6976026.ece

"Swiss Marinet Ban Threatens Christians In Muslim Countries–report"
http://www.bosnewslife.com/10795-swiss-ban

(U.S.) Tawfik Hamid: "The missing 'balance' in US diplomacy with the Muslim world"
http://cicentre.net/wordpress/index.php/2010/01/04/tawfik-hamid-the-missing-balance-in-us-diplomacy-with-the-muslim-world/

(U.S.) California: Vandalism, Hate Mail, and Burning of Qur'an in Costa Mesa
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/california-vandalism-hate-mail-and-burning-of-quran-in-costa-mesa/

(U.S.) Ohio: Woman pleads guilty, apologizes for pulling Muslim woman's head scarf in grocery
http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2010/01/woman_pleads_guilty_apologizes_1.html

Malaysia: High Court rules against Orang Asli Christians over village church
http://malaysia.sompost.com/?p=12278

Malaysian Polygamy Club Draws Criticism
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/06/world/asia/06malaysia.html

Daphne Burdman: "The Potential for a Democratic Islam" - focus on pluralism described in review of Bassam Tibi's book on "Islamist expansionism"
http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DBID=1&TMID=111&LNGID=1&FID=388&PID=0&IID=2751

Iran warns protesters that they face execution -- "under Iran's Islamic sharia law"
http://televisionwashington.com/floater_article1.aspx?lang=en&t=1&id=16954

Iran: Tehran professors decry handling of protesters
-- CNN: "Nearly 90 professors at Iran's oldest and largest university signed a letter to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, criticizing the government's violent handling of student protesters."
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/05/iran.professors.unrest/

"N.Y. Yemenis: Don't compare us to Yemen-based Al Qaeda group that tried to blow up plane"
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/01/05/2010-01-05_were_not_whats_on_tv__ny_yemenis.html

Ireland: Irish Greens Impose Blasphemy Law
http://tendancecoatesy.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/irish-greens-impose-blasphemy-law/
-- Challenge to 'backward' blasphemy law
--- "Islamic states, led by Pakistan, are already using the wording of this Irish law to promote new blasphemy laws at UN level."
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/challenge-to-backward-blasphemy-law-1997067.html

Against Racial Supremacism News:

Texas: White Supremacist Ku Klux Klan (KKK) Recruiting Letters Found in Mailboxes
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/texas-kkk-letters-found-in-mailboxes/

Against Nazi News:

Florida: Jurors' questions revealed evidence, insight in Pasco neo-Nazi trial
-- murder case of Nazi John Ditullio
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/florida-jurors-questions-in-nazi-trial/

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