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US Tolerance, Not Abuse, Breeds Gitmo Terrorists

(Newser) - When a January Pentagon report revealed that 61 ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees had engaged in terrorist activities, commentators wondered if Gitmo was breeding terrorists. And it has, Guantanamo proponent Gary Bauer writes for Politico, but not, as liberals assume, because it’s so brutal and repressive. Guantanamo is actually so sensitive... More »

Muhammad Cartoon Artist Now Homeless

Dane deemed 'too much of a security risk' for police protection

(Newser) - A Danish cartoonist who enraged the Muslim world in 2005 with his depiction of the prophet Muhammad with a bomb in his turban is now homeless, Der Spiegel reports. Kurt Westergaard, 73, has been thrown out of his police-protected hotel room—where he was sent when authorities uncovered a plot... More »

Obama Rebuttal of Muslim Slurs May Hurt, Not Help

Viral videos could make public suspicious candidate is hiding something

(Newser) - Barack Obama is refuting an Internet smear campaign about his religious beliefs with a viral video campaign of his own, but social psychologists and folklore experts say the move could backfire—and instead persuade the uninitiated that the lies carry weight. Obama's campaign site enables users to send the candidate's... More »

Fort Dix Terror Plot Foiled

(Newser) - Six alleged terrorists are under arrest after plotting an attack against New Jersey's Fort Dix Army Base. The men, Islamic radicals from Albania and the former Yugoslavia, had hatched a deadly (if decidedly low-tech) plan: storm the base with automatic weapons and execute as many soldiers as possible. More »

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