Posted on 08/07/2006 3:43:15 PM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT
Tehran & Damascus Move to Lebanon Lebanon-born Walid Phares is a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. Author of the recent book Future Jihad, he was also one of the architects of 2004’s United Nations resolution 1559, which called for the disarming of Hezbollah. NRO editor Kathryn Lopez recently talked to Phares about what’s going on in the Mideast, what happened to the Cedar Revolution, and this war we’re all in.
Kathryn Jean Lopez: What is “Future Jihad”? Are we seeing it in the Mideast now?
Walid Phares: “Future Jihad,” which has already begun, refers to a new and potent form of Islamic terrorism, characterized by a Khumeinist-Baathist axis. These are the two trees of jihadism, so to speak — the Salafism and Wahabism embodied in al Qaeda and the sort of jihadism led by Iran and also including Syria, Hezbollah, and their allies in Lebanon.
The alliance has not been in entire agreement as to strategy. The al Qaeda branch began its “Future Jihad” in the 1990s; its efforts culminated on 9/11 and have continued explosively since then. The international “Salafists” aimed at the U.S. in the past decade in order to strengthen their jihads on various battlefields (Chechnya, India, Sudan, Algeria, Indonesia, Palestine, etc.). “Weaken the resolve of America,” their ideologues said, “and the jihadists would overwhelm all the regional battlefields.”
As I argue in Future Jihad, bin Laden and his colleagues miscalculated on the timing of the massive attack against the U.S. in 2001. While they wounded America, they didn’t kill its will to fight (as was the case, for instance, in the Madrid 3/11 attacks). I have heard many jihadi cadres online, and have seen al Jazeera commentators on television, offering hints of criticism about the timing. They were blaming al Qaeda for shooting its imagined “silver bullet” before insuring a strategic follow up. But bin Laden and Zawahiri believe 9/11 served them well, and has put a global mobilization into motion. Perhaps it has, but the U.S. counter strategy in the Middle East, chaotic as the region currently appears, has unleashed counter jihadi forces. The jury is still out as to the time factor: when these forces will begin to weaken the jihadists depends on our perseverance and the public understanding of the whole conflict.
The other “tree” of jihadism, with its roots in Iran, withheld fire after 9/11. They were content to watch the Salafists fight it out with the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan and Iraq, not to mention within the West, as terror cells were hunted down. Ahmedinejad, Assad, and Nasrallah were analyzing how far the US would go, and how far the Sunnis and Salafis would go as well.
The fall of the Taliban and of the Baath in Iraq, however, changed Iran and Syria’s patient plans. The political changes in the neighborhood, regardless of their immediate instability, were strongly felt in Tehran and Damascus (but unfortunately not in the U.S., judging from the political debate here), and pushed the Khumeinists and the Syrian Baathists to enter the dance, but carefully. Assad opened his borders to the jihadists in an attempt to crumble the U.S. role in Iraq, while Iran articulated al Sadr’s ideology for Iraq’s Shiia majority.
A U.S.-led response came swiftly in 2004 with the voting of UNSCR 1559, smashing Syria’s role in Lebanon and forcing Assad to withdraw his troops by April 2005. In response, the “axis” prepared for a counter attack on the Lebanese battlefield by assassinating a number of the Cedar Revolution leaders, including MP Jebran Tueni. In short, the attacks by Hamas and Hezbollah and the kidnappings of soldiers were the tip of an offensive aimed at drawing attention away from Iran’s nuclear weapons programs and Syria’s assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri. Hezbollah was awaiting its moment for revenge against the Cedar Revolution too.
What we see now is 1) a Syro-Iranian sponsored offensive aimed at all democracies in the region and fought in Lebanon; 2) Israel’s counter offensive (which it seems to have prepared earlier); and 3) an attempt by Hezbollah to take over or crumble the Lebanese government.
Lopez: So…did the Cedar Revolution fail?
Phares: Actually, it would be more accurate to say that the Cedar Revolution was failed. The masses in Lebanon responded courageously in March 2005 by putting 1.5 million people on the streets of Beirut. They did it without “no-fly-zones,” expeditionary forces, or any weapons at all, for that matter, and against the power of three regimes, Iran, Syria, and pro-Syrian Lebanon, in addition to Hezbollah terror. The “revolution” was for a time astoundingly successful; since then it has been horribly failed, and first of all by Lebanon’s politicians themselves. One of their leaders, General Michel Aoun, shifted his allegiances to Syria and signed a document with Hezbollah. Other politicians from the “March 14 Movement” then stopped the demonstrations, leaving them with the support of God knows what. They failed in removing the pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud and brought back a pro-Syrian politician to serve as a speaker of the house, Nabih Berri. Meanwhile, even as they were elected by the faithful Cedar Revolution masses, they engaged in a round table dialogue with Hezbollah, a clear trap set by Hassan Nasrallah: “Let’s talk about the future,” he said — with the implication, of course, that they forget about the Cedar Revolution and the militia’s disarming. While political leaders sat for months, enjoying the photo ops with Hassan Nasrallah, he was preparing his counter offensive, which he unleashed just a few days before the Security Council would discuss the future of Iran’s nuclear programs.
The Lebanese government of Prime Minister Seniora also abandoned the Cedar Revolution. His cabinet neither disarmed Hezbollah nor called on the U.N. to help in implementing UNSCR 1559. This omission is baffling. The government was given so much support by the international community and, more importantly, overwhelming popular support inside Lebanon: 80 percent of the people were hoping the Cedar Revolution-backed government would be the one to resume the liberation of the country. Now Hezbollah has an upper hand and the government is on the defensive.
The U.S. and its allies can be accused of certain shortcomings as well. While the speeches by the U.S. president, congressional leaders from both parties, Tony Blair, and Jacques Chirac were right on target regarding Lebanon, and while the U.S. and its counterparts on the Security Council were diligent in their follow up on the Hariri assassination and on implementing UNSCR 1559, there was no policy or plan to support the popular movement in Lebanon. Incredibly, while billions were spent on the war of ideas in the region, Lebanese NGOs that wanted to resume the struggle of the Cedar Revolution and fighting alone for this purpose were not taken seriously at various levels. Policy planners thought they were dealing with the “Cedar Revolution” when they were meeting Lebanon’s government and Lebanese politicians. The difference between the high level speeches on Lebanon and the laissez-faire approach from lower levels is amazing. Simply put, there was no policy on supporting the Cedar Revolution against the three regimes opposing it and the $400 million received by Hezbollah from Iran.
The Cedar Revolution was basically betrayed by its own politicians and is now essentially without a head. Nevertheless, as long as the international support remains, the Revolution will find its way and will face the dangers. The one and a half million ordinary citizens who braved all the dangers didn’t change their minds about Hezbollah’s terror. The resistance and counter-attack was to be expected. Unfortunately, thus far Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah have outmaneuvered the West and are at the throats of the Cedar Revolution. The international community must revise its plans, and, if it is strongly backed by the U.S. and its allies, including France, the situation can be salvaged. The good seeds are still inside the country.
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they brought a bus load of tree huggers, who moved the mice, snakes, lizards and rattlesnakes, so they would not be harmed by the men working.
Arline Incidents (G) More Stuff!
All believable, but un-verrified at this time.
22 November 1996 -- Any More Complaints? The controller working a busy pattern told the 727 on downwind to make a three-sixty (do a complete circle, usually to provide spacing between aircraft). The pilot of the 727 complained, 'Do you know it costs us two thousand dollars to make a three-sixty in this airplane?' Without missing a beat the controller replied, 'Roger, give me four thousand dollars worth!'
15 November 1996 -- What the...?! PSA was following United, taxiing out for departure. PSA called the tower and said 'Tower, this is United 586. We've got a little problem, so go ahead and let PSA go first'. The tower promptly cleared PSA for takeoff before United had a chance to object to the impersonation!
8 November 1996 -- Which Exit Did You Say That Was? A DC-10 had an exceedingly long landing roll out after landing with his Approach speed just a little too high. San Jose Tower: 'American 751 Heavy, turn right at the end if able. If not able, take the Guadeloupe exit off of Highway 101 back to the airport.'
1 November 1996 -- Ouch! Western Airlines had a term for its second officers. The term was 'GIB,' which stood for, 'Guy In Back.' The term was strictly unofficial and was actually frowned upon by the management at Western. It seems that some wise-guy pilot had been browsing through a dictionary and had made the discovery that a 'gib' is a castrated tomcat.
A male pilot is a confused soul who talks about women when he's flying and about flying when he's with a woman.
11 October 1996 -- What Is That Thang? It was a really nice day, right about dusk, and a Piper Malibu was being vectored into a long line of airliners in order to land at Kansas City. KC Approach: 'Malibu three-two-Charlie, you're following a 727, one o'clock and three miles.' Three-two-Charlie: 'We've got him. We'll follow him.' KC Approach: 'Delta 105, your traffic to follow is a Malibu, eleven o'clock and three miles. Do you have that traffic?' Delta 105: (long pause and then in a thick southern drawl): 'Well ... I've Got something down there. Can't quite tell if it's a Malibu or a Chevelle, though.'
13 September 1996 -- Mama Didn't Raise No Fools! Unknown Aircraft: 'I'm f--king bored!' Air Traffic Control: 'Last aircraft transmitting, identify yourself immediately!!' Unknown Aircraft: 'I said I was f--king bored, not f--king stupid!'
6 September 1994 -- Mmmm, Mmmm, Good! Tower: 'Eastern 702, cleared for takeoff, contact Departure on 124.7.' Eastern 702: 'Tower, Eastern 702 switching to Departure ... by the way, as we lifted off, we saw some kind of dead animal on the far end of the runway.' Tower: 'Continental 635, cleared for takeoff, contact Departure on 124.7 ...did you copy the report from Eastern?' Continental 635: 'Continental 635, cleared for takeoff ... and, yes, we copied Eastern and we've already notified Eastern's caterers.'
28 June 1996 -- No, That's Not What I Said! O'Hare Approach Control: 'United 329, traffic is a Fokker, one o'clock, 3 miles, eastbound.' United 329: 'Approach, I've always wanted to say this ... I've got that Fokker in sight.'
[The devil made me do it.........granny]
Daddy bush made the plans and Clinton took them further, now to find out what President Bush has in store for us.
I have heard that he did not like all of daddy's plans and that he did not seek advise from him.
Davey, I cannot help you with President Johnson, as I never liked him and felt that he was little more than a common thug.
I don't see him making any real plans, not with deep conviction, but rather as going with what he was told to do.
I have never heard much that would change my mind.
You are welcome.
I can't seem to get far enough ahead to read the posts that you sent to me.
Keep going down strange paths.
that he was little more than a common thug
http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0608080376005519.htm
Official says regional support for Lebanon means Israel's failure
Tehran, Aug 8, IRNA
Iran-Lebanon-Support
Deputy Foreign Minister, Mehdi Mostafavi, said all-out support of regional nations for Lebanon's Hezbollah and condemnation of Israel by the public opinion indicate the failure of the Israeli regime in its war against Lebanon.
Addressing the conference dubbed "Assault of the Israeli Regime:
Regional and Global Consequences", he said recent developments in Lebanon is a clear indication of genocide, war crimes and failure to observe the basic human rights of the Israeli regime.
"The Israeli regime is supported by those who claim to have established democracy and human rights in Iraq and Afghanistan," he said.
Mostafavi noted that killing defenseless people of Lebanon is the evidence of the double standards and incompetency of the West and international organizations.
"The Zionist regime and its western allies, which blame Hezbollah for crisis in Lebanon, have recorded some 2,400 cases of violating the sovereignty of Lebanon," he said.
He noted that the people and political movements in Lebanon have acknowledged that Israel's premeditated assault against Lebanon has failed facing resistance of Hezbollah despite western aid.
"The Middle East, today, is at risk. Americans and Israelis are clearly talking about a Greater Middle East, an initiative which is doomed to failure," he said.
Referring to the draft resolution of the UN Security Council about ending war in Lebanon, Mostafavi said no Lebanese will accept such a draft which extends support for Israeli hostilities.
News sent: 00:55 Tuesday August 08, 2006
http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-17/0608084296000854.htm
Ahmadinejad, Annan discuss draft resolution on Lebanon
Tehran, Aug 8, IRNA
Iran-UN-Lebanon
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on the United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, to take " a courageous measure" to establish an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon.
In a telephone conversation on Monday, President Ahmadinejad said the issue of Lebanon can be resolved through ceasefire, punishment of criminals and observing the rights of the Lebanese people.
"The Zionist regime has been attacking Lebanon for 27 days on the pretext of releasing two captured Israeli soldiers and has destroyed its infrastructure and has killed dozens of Lebanese children and women," he said.
President Ahmadinejad said the Israeli regime and its staunch ally, the United States, are not afraid to state their major objectives such as changing the map of the Middle East.
He said it's a shame for humanity that the United States has vetoed the establishment of a ceasefire in Lebanon.
Referring to the extreme anger of regional nations about the indifference of international organizations regarding the continued Israeli attacks on Lebanon, he warned against an "explosion" in the Middle East which can be uncontrollable and spread to other countries.
President Ahmadinejad urged Annan to defend the rights of the Lebanese people.
"You can prevent the continuation of the crimes of Israel and the warmongering of the United States and Britain," he told Annan.
Ahmadinejad said the latest UN Security Council's resolution on Israel's war against Lebanon is in line with the interests of the Zionist regime.
"Lebanon is a sovereign nation and it is not likely to accept a resolution which insures the interests of the Qods-occupying regime," he noted.
UN Chief Annan, who made this telephone call, expressed sorry and regret over the continued Israeli assaults on Lebanon, stressing that he is trying his best to stop these hostilities.
"I hope this crisis will be weathered through long-term measures," Annan said.
Referring to the shame of a majority of the member-states to the Security Council for their failure to stop the war, Annan said they are currently working on a draft resolution to end the war in Lebanon due to the pressures from public opinions.
"I also accept the views of the Islamic Republic about the necessity of adopting a just and basic solution to this issue," he said.
Annan underscored that the United Nations is seeking Iran's help to resolve the crisis in the Middle East.
He added many countries are preparing their views about this draft, saying a delegation from the Arab League is presently in New York to discuss the resolution draft.
News sent: 00:08 Tuesday August 08, 2006
"I can't seem to get far enough ahead to read the posts that you sent to me.
Keep going down strange paths."
Me too...check freepmail.
#20 Prior threads ping (list of US elected belonging to Socialist Party)
My thanks to Milford421 for this article, see his group link at the end, and join him.
I never get all that he sends posted.
granny............
Freight cars derail in Moriah - NY to Montreal Carried Undisclosed Haz. Mat.
http://www.pressrepublican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
AID=/20060807/NEWS/608070318/1001&ts=ts2
By: Suzanne Moore
Staff Writer
August 07, 2006
MORIAH — Twelve freight cars jumped the rails here on Sunday,
closing Mullen Bay Road for a few hours and shutting down train
traffic for an anticipated 24 hours.
The 107-car freight train, traveling from Saratoga to Montreal,
carried some undisclosed hazardous material.
"But nothing involved with the derailment itself," said Donald
Jaquish, assistant director of Essex County Emergency Services.
Some children playing along the CP Rail tracks saw the car tip over
that began the incident, he said.
Another witness who called in the accident described a large dust
cloud erupting from the long line of cars, said a state trooper
based at Westport.
And there was a lot of noise, she added.
"Everybody down there heard it," said Jaquish.
That didn't include the engineer, who needed his gauges to tip him
off. Police said he noticed the train had lost pressure, so braked
to a halt.
That was when the CP Rail dispatcher called with the report of cars
off the tracks. The engineer walked the length of the train,
counting the dozen derailed cars, some of which, said Jaquish,
suffered a great deal of damage.
The mishap occurred between Mullen Bay Road and Woodall Way. No
major vehicular routes were blocked, said Jaquish, but access was
cut off to Mullen Bay, where several camps are situated.
"They had to disconnect the derailed cars then move the train
forward," he said.
Reopening rail traffic would be a far more lengthy task, he
continued.
"There's a lot of track damage," he said, noting CP Rail officials
thought it would be 24 hours before the rail would reopen.
Sections were shifted as much as three feet from the railroad bed,
he marveled.
"It looked as if something failed on the car" that derailed first,
he said, describing deep slices in the railroad ties from the rogue
cars.
And it appeared as if, after the cars left the rails, the train had
continued on for some distance, he said.
State Police said the damage extends about three miles.
Both freight trains and Amtrak passenger service relies on that
single track; Sunday, travelers heading south disembarked at
Plattsburgh and were bused from that point.
An Amtrak representative said late Sunday that while the derailment
was noted, it appeared the trains would be running today.
"All sold out," she said.
No one was hurt in the wreck, Jaquish said, noting the train carried
only two riders, the engineer and conductor.
And most of the cars, 96 of them, rode empty.
One of the 11 loaded cars did rupture in the derailment, spilling
its contents on the ground.
"That was a concern at first, because we didn't know what it was,"
Jaquish said. "(But) it was plasticized pellets."
The tracks running through that part of Essex County seem to have
more than their fair share of train accidents, he noted.
In May 2002, while traveling through an area off Route 9N
called "The Rock Cuts," a locomotive struck a boulder, rupturing its
fuel tank and spilling 700 gallons of diesel fuel.
A derailment south of Westport that August included a chemical
spill — the sodium chlorate ignited small blazes and sparked a
forest fire of about an acre in size.
The most memorable wreck, said Jaquish, was a derailment in 1995
that sent several freight cars through the ice of Lake Champlain
near Port Henry.
Sunday's accident drew response from State Police, Essex County
Sheriff's Department and Emergency Services as well as local fire
departments.
Said Jaquish, "Another day in Essex County."
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[Thanks go to Milford for this article. About this time, we were finding jihadi messages that had schools in them.
There was a fire, Canada, Australia, Russia and one other place.
I recall one school fire, that the muslims did not allow the girls to escape, as their heads were not covered.
There was a threat found on a CD and alerts sent to the US schools by the Gov. granny]
Baltimore Hebrew Univ Bombing - Debbie Schlussel column -
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2006/08/baltimore_hebre.html
August 03, 2006
Today's Baltimore Hebrew U Bombing is NO Suprise; Saudi Muslim &
Convert Wife Cased, Video'd Baltimore Jewish Establishments in ' 03
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By Debbie Schlussel
Is it any surprise (except to Neil Cavuto) that someone (probably a
Muslim) just bombed the Baltimore Hebrew University? It shouldn't
be.
It just so happens to be located next to a burgeoning Muslim
neighborhood filled with extremists and their mosques.
In 2003, a Saudi Muslim and his American Muslim convert wife cased
out and videotaped a Jewish women's school and several other Jewish
establishments. And yet, clueless federal authorities said they had
no reason to believe that a) anything was amiss; or that b) the
Muslims were targeting Jews by sneaking into Jewish institutions and
secretly videotaping them.
Get a clue, people. Take your heads out of the sand. Wake up,
America!
And by the way, why bomb a Jewish establishment, today? Maybe it's
because many Jews around the world, like me, are fasting today. It's
Tisha B'Av--a Jewish fast day. No food or liquid (incl. water) for
25 hours.
What follows is the not-so-old flashback from my site about the
Muslims casing the Jewish joints of Baltimore (it only mentions the
womens' school, but other Jewish locations were cased and videotaped
by the Muslim couple, too).
****
Why were an Islamic Saudi man and his American Muslim-convert wife
secretly videotaping a Jewish school in Baltimore? And why did they
send the footage back home to Saudi Arabia?
Gee, maybe they wanted to convert to Judaism and start a Jewish
girls' school in the Kingdom of Saud. Fat chance.
A reader sent us this frightening Boston Globe story from late 2003,
which is still relevant and frightening today:
The Saudi man, who came to the United States on a student visa four
years ago, and his wife were seen videotaping an Orthodox school for
girls, Beit Yakov, on Oct. 26 and fled after witnesses wrote down
their automobile's license plate number, officials said. Law
enforcement officials were contacted and later interviewed the
couple, who said the video was intended for the man's parents in
Saudi Arabia.
The couple has not been charged, and law enforcement officials have
declined to identify them.
Federal and local law enforcement officials emphasized that they
have not uncovered any reason to believe the couple was casing the
school.
Hmmm . . . . Maybe they were looking for a soda machine . . . or
doing an "architectural study."
We're less concerned that the feds won't release the names of the
videographer Muslims who've taken a sudden interest in Judaism.
We're more interested in getting the names of the feds.The feds
referred to in the story are Homeland Security and FBI personnel.
Which begs the question: Does one need a negative IQ to get hired by
either of them? A Muslim couple surreptitiously videotapes a Jewish
school and sends the tape back to "philo-Semitic" Saudi Arabia. And
the feds have "not uncovered any reason to believe the couple was
casing the school."
Remind us NOT to hire them as my security consultants. And, oh yeah,
they let the videotape go, too.
[A]uthorities reported that the man and his wife, a Muslim convert,
were not initially asked for a copy of the tape by local authorities
because they had no legal grounds to seize it. But he said officials
at the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia are trying to help the FBI recover
it as part of the investigation.
[DS: We're sure that effort will be really successful. Not.]
"The tape that he had used ended up not being seen by local
authorities," [Baltimore Jewish Community Council Executive Director
Arthur C.] Abramson said. "It ended up in Saudi Arabia." He added
that officials said the Saudi end of the investigation has been
delayed somewhat, in part because American officials there have been
focused on the aftermath of recent terrorist attacks on a housing
complex in the Saudi capital of Riyadh.
Jewish schools (and Christian ones, too) all around America need to
be on the alert. The feds certainly aren't doing it for them.
Posted by Debbie at August 3, 2006 03:40 PM
The airline report, was from Dr. Bill.
He does love to laugh and many years ago, wrote a book with his best jokes.
Did you find the elected communists list?
Should be on the first page of that link, as is the muslim
manifesto.
I first found the list of elected commies, by playing with google, it was on a senators federal website at:
http://bernie.house.gov/pc/members.asp
When you hear them say they are progressive, democratic socialist or new party, those are all names for the communist party.
I found a post a year or so ago, that was a group of those at the top, talking about it being time to change the name again, as folks do not like things that translate to communist.
The above link was good for years, then I put it in my tag line and left it there about 6 months, LOL, guess so many Freepers visited and I am sure some had comments, that all of a sudden the page was gone.
Calpernia did have a copy of the gov site list.
Got it and asked for opinions, noticed the ones that I wanted to see would not work, got no for the name.
Sent a copy of my letter to your mail.
[I remember finding a muslim list of complaints, most of them was passport / visa violations and wanting to sue, as they had been checked out............]
http://www.adl.org/Anti_semitism/anti-semitism_global_incidents.asp
Global Anti-Semitism:
Selected Incidents Around the World in 2002
Europe
Belgium Belarus Czech Republic Finland
France Germany Greece Ireland
Italy Latvia Lithuania Moldova
Poland Romania Russia Slovakia
Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine
United Kingdom
Americas (non-US)
Argentina Brazil Canada Mexico
Uraguay Venezuela
Others
Australia Morocco Tunisia South Africa
Argentina
January 28, 2002 - Mendoza - Swastikas were found painted on the building of the Holocaust Studies Foundation in Mendoza.
January 7, 2002 - Buenos Aires - Two stones were thrown at the Maccabi Club in the San Miguel section of Buenos Aires, damaging two cars.
January 6, 2002 - Buenos Aires - Stones were thrown into the Berazategui Jewish cemetery in the Quilmes section of Buenos Aires, damaging eight gravestones.
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Australia
April 20, 2002 - Canberra - A metal container filled with four liters of fuel attached to a burning rag was thrown at the Jewish community building in Canberra.
April 3, 2002 - Sydney - A Molotov cocktail was thrown at a synagogue in the Paramatta section of Sydney.
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Belgium
November 30, 2002 - Antwerp - A Molotov cocktail was thrown at a synagogue, causing minor damages but no injuries. The explosive was smashed against the center-city synagogue around 3:30 a.m., igniting a fire that was quickly extinguished by firefighters.
April 22, 2002 - Charleroi - During the night, eighteen bullets were fired at a synagogue, but no injuries resulted.
April 19, 2002 - Brussels - Graffiti reading, "Dirty Jew" and "We will burn you," was found on Jewish-owned shops in the Molenbeek section of Brussels.
April 18, 2002 - Brussels - The front window of a Kosher restaurant was shattered by an air rifle.
April 17, 2002 - Brussels -A judaica shop was set on fire.
April 4, 2002 - Antwerp - The word "Juif" was written on houses in a Jewish neighborhood in Antwerp.
April 3, 2002 - Antwerp - A Pro-Palestinian demonstration with approximately 2000 participants included the burning of an Israeli flag as well as vandalism of businesses and torching of automobiles in the Jewish quarter of the city.
April 1, 2002 - Brussels - A synagogue on Clinique Street in the Anderlecht district of Belgium was attacked with firebombs, causing damage to the building but no injuries.
February 4, 2002 - Brussels - Graffiti reading "Death to the Jews" was written on Jewish-owned shops.
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Belarus
July 12, 19, 2002 - Minsk and Borisov, Belarus - More than 70 tombstones were destroyed or damaged by vandals when the Jewish cemeteries was desecrated.
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Brazil
April 10, 2002 - Rio de Janeiro - One week after being attacked with eggs and a bottle of red ink, a synagogue in the Laranjeiras section of Rio de Janeiro had a stone thrown at it.
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Czech Republic
October 22, 2002 -- Domazlice -- An old Jewish cemetery was desecrated in a southwestern Czech town. Five tombstones were toppled at the cemetery in Domazlice, 94 miles southwest of Prague, and five copper lanterns stolen. Copper plaques with Hebrew inscriptions were removed from two tombstones
July 1, 2002 - Karlovy Vary - Red paint and posters denying the Holocaust were found both on a present-day synagogue and on a memorial recently erected in memory of a synagogue destroyed by the Nazis. Although the spa town where the vandalism occurred had a Jewish population of 5,000 before the Holocaust and now receives thousands of Jewish visitors each year, only 95 Jewish residents remain.
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Canada
May 20, 2002 - Quebec City - During the night, a Molotov cocktail was thrown at a synagogue in Quebec City. The resulting explosion made a hole in the building's door and shattered several windows.
April 13, 2002 - Montreal - Pictures of swastikas and graffiti reading, "Six million was not enough," were found on a memorial to Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg behind a synagogue in Montreal.
April 6, 2002 - Saskatoon - An arson attack destroyed one room in the synagogue in Saskatoon, burnt numerous books, and caused significant damage to the property.
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Finland
May 6, 2002 - Helsinki - The Jewish community building was pelted with eggs, and a window was broken on the building's second floor, where the synagogue is located.
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France
Overview
The number of violent anti-Semitic attacks in France increased sharply in 2002, to 193 attacks, up from 32 in 2001. Anti-Semitic attacks accounted for more than half of the total number of racist attacks in France in 2002, according to a report from the National Consulting Committee on Human Rights, an independent watchdog group. In 2002, the total number of racist attacks in France quadrupled to 313, the highest level of incidents in a decade. The group noted a “real explosion” in violent incidents against Jews.
December 4, 2002 – Perigueux – Vandals ransacked a synagogue in southwestern France, destroying holy books, artwork, and stealing money from the synagogue office.
November 14, 2002 – Paris - Three students were beaten at a Jewish school in a suburb of Paris by youths in an apparent anti-Semitic attack. One of the students was hospitalized. Three youths were taken into police custody. (Source: AFP)
April 29, 2002 - Toulouse - A man was attacked as he left the Sha'arei Emet synagogue, and suffered minor injuries.
April 28, 2002 - Sarcelles - Tipheret Israel, a Jewish day school in the suburbs of Paris, was set on fire, destroying a warehouse at the school.
April 14, 2002 - Paris - A Molotov cocktail was thrown inside the apartment of a Jewish family.
April 12, 2002 - Cronenbourg - In the Jewish cemetery, anti-Jewish graffiti and pictures of swastikas were found on about 20 gravestones and a cemetery wall.
April 10, 2002 - Marseille - Anti-Semitic graffiti and pictures of swastikas were found on Jewish-owned shops.
April 10, 2002 - Paris- The Maccabi Jewish soccer team training in a field in the Bondy district of Paris was attacked by youths with baseball bats. One Jewish youth was severely beaten.
April 10, 2002 - Paris - A school bus transporting children from the Gan Menahem school was pelted with stones while students were boarding the bus, resulting in broken windows and injury to one child.
April 9, 2002 - Paris - The Orthodox synagogue Garges-les-Gonesses was set on fire, but students inside the building controlled the fire.
April 7, 2002 - Marseille - The Gan-Pardess school set on fire, some of its windows were broken with stones, and anti-Jewish graffiti was written on the front of the building.
April 7, 2002 - Paris - Four Molotov cocktails were thrown at the door of a synagogue in the La Courneuve section of Paris, but no damage resulted.
April 6, 2002 - Toulouse - Assailants broke into the Maccabee Association Center, a Jewish sports center, and set fire to several rooms.
April 5, 2002 - Nice - Arson was attempted on the Jewish Safra school.
April 5, 2002 - Nice - A Molotov cocktail was thrown at a synagogue.
April 5, 2002 - Strasbourg - A fire extinguisher containing 11 kg of explosives was found near the entrance to the Jewish cemetery but diffused by police.
April 4, 2002 - Kremlin-Bicetre - Two Molotov cocktails were thrown at and damaged a synagogue in this suburb of Paris.
April 4, 2002 - Montpellier - A building was destroyed by a fire from Molotov Cocktails, which were thought to have been aimed at a nearby synagogue.
April 3, 2002 - Montreuil - A garbage can containing flammable material caught fire near the fence of a synagogue on Parmentier Avenue, but was extinguished by police.
April 3, 2002 - Paris - Stones were thrown at worshippers at the Epinay Sous Senart synagogue as they were leaving the building.
April 2, 2002 - Marseille - During the night, stones and Molotov cocktails were thrown at police guarding the Heichal Shlomo synagogue.
April 2, 2002 - Paris - Anti-Semitic graffiti was found on Otzar HaTorah synagogue.
April 2, 2002 - Schieltenheim - The doors to a Jewish cemetery were burned during the night in this suburb of Strasbourg.
April 2, 2002 - Strasbourg - Arson was attempted on the Grande Synagogue of Strasbourg.
March 31, 2002 - Marseille - A fire in the Or Aviv synagogue, believed to be caused by arson, destroyed the religious objects and books.
March 31, 2002 - Nice - During the night, a Molotov cocktail was thrown at a synagogue in the Saint Augustin section of Nice, burning the synagogue's door.
March 31, 2002 - Sarcelles, Val d'Oise - A Jewish day school in this Paris suburb was broken into, and equipment inside the school was destroyed.
March 31, 2002 - Toulouse - Two shots were fired into the window of a kosher butcher shop.
March 31, 2002 - Villeurbanne - A Jewish couple was attacked in this suburb of Lyon and the pregnant woman required hospitalization.
March 30, 2002 - Lyon - Hooded vandals crashed two cars into a synagogue building, damaging the main gate, and set fire to one of the vehicles inside the sanctuary.
March 30, 2002 - Strasbourg - During the night, vandals set fire to a synagogue, leaving charred marks across the front of the building.
March 28, 2002 - Paris - A swastika was found on the wall of a synagogue on Vercingetorix Street.
March 13, 2002 - Lyon - A Molotov cocktail was thrown at the roof of Les Minguettes synagogue, but no damage resulted.
March 11, 2002 - Cronenbourg - A fire extinguisher attached to an explosive device was found near the entrance to the funeral chapel in a Jewish cemetery.
March 10, 2002 - Erstein, Alsace - The windows of a synagogue were smashed.
March 8, 2002 - Bordeaux - The rabbi of the Bordeaux Jewish community received an anonymous threatening letter containing a white powder.
February 5, 2002 - Paris - A statue of Albert Dreyfus was defaced.
February 2, 2002 - Paris - A man was attacked as he left a synagogue on Julien Lacroix Street, and required hospitalization.
January 30, 2002 - Avignon, Vaucluse - During the night, anti-Semitic graffiti and swastikas were painted on the front of the synagogue in Avignon.
January 28, 2002 - Toulouse - A star of David and the word "JUD" were found on the window of a Kosher butcher shop in Toulouse.
January 25, 2002 - d'Aulnay-sous-Bois, Senie-Saint-Denis - Stones were thrown at a synagogue in d'Aulnay-sous-Bois, breaking one window.
January 25, 2002 - La Courneuve, Seine-Saint-Denis - A school bus transporting sixty children from the Jewish Chné Or d'Aubervilliers school was attacked by a group of youths. One window was broken.
January 21, 2002 - Sarcelles, Val-d'Oise - A school bus transporting six children to the Sinai Jewish school was attacked by a group of seven or eight youths. A stone weighing about 2 lb. was thrown at the bus, shattering a window and injuring a six-year-old girl.
January 19, 2002 - Versailles - Red paint was found on the synagogue in Versailles and a nearby building.
January 5, 2002 - Goussinville - During an argument between police and local youths, stones and Molotov cocktails were thrown at a synagogue, breaking several windows.
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Germany
November 18, 2002 – Berlin – Vandals broke apart a brick memorial to victims on Nazi-era crimes in the town of Leegebruch, just north of Berlin. The memorial was erected in 1950 by the East German Organization for the Victims of the Nazi Regime at the site of a satellite camp belonging to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
September 5, 2002 - Wittstock - A museum in Germany honoring the victims of the Nazi death march was firebombed. The attack destroyed the main exhibition of the death march museum in the Belower Woods, which detailed how the Nazis drove concentration camp inmates deeper into Germany as the Soviet Army advanced at the end of World War II. More than 45,000 prisoners forced to march from Ravensbrueck and Sachsenhausen, both in Brandenburg state, were gathered in the Belower Woods near Wittstock, 65 miles northwest of Berlin, where 700-800 died of exhaustion and hunger within a few days. Outside the museum, vandals painted a large red swastika and two SS symbols on a memorial, and an anti-Semitic slogan three feet by 18 feet along the base of a large memorial column. German authorities have posted a $10,000 reward for clues leading to an arrest in the worst anti-Semitic attack on a Holocaust memorial in a decade.
April 28, 2002 - Berlin - A Molotov cocktail was thrown at the Frankelhoffer synagogue. No damage was caused to the building.
April 20, 2002 - Dachau - The monument near the site of the Dachau Concentration Camp was desecrated, and between 18 and 24 gravestones in the nearby Jewish cemetery were damaged as well. The attack occurred one day after a ceremony commemorating the 57th anniversary of the camp's liberation.
April 15, 2002 - Herford - Graffiti was found on a synagogue reading, "Six Million is not enough."
April 15, 2002 - Berlin - A young Jewish woman wearing a Star of David necklace was attacked in Berlin's underground rail system.
March 31 - Berlin - Two American Orthodox Jews were beaten, one of them seriously.
March 30 - Berlin - A swastika was painted on a Holocaust memorial.
March 16, 2002 - Berlin - An explosion at the entrance of a Jewish cemetery near Herr Street caused damage to windows and the walls of an office in the cemetery.
March 3, 2002 - Dusseldorf - Swastikas were found painted on the gates of a Jewish school.
January 25, 2002 - Berlin - A Molotov cocktail was thrown at a synagogue on Oranienburger Street; no damage resulted.
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Greece
April 15, 2002 - Ioannina - Four gravestones in a Jewish cemetery were smashed.
April 15, 2002 - Thessaloniki - A monument to Holocaust victims was vandalized with red paint, including graffiti of the word "Falastin."
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Ireland
April 19, 2002 - Dublin - Graffiti equating Jews with Nazis and the star of David with a swastika was found near Dublin's main synagogue.
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Italy
July 17, 2002 - Rome- Forty graves were desecrated in the Jewish section of the historic Verano cemetery in a nightime attack on a the 9th day of Av, Tisha B'Av, a traditional Jewish day of mourning. The perpetrators partially opened one coffin, smashed headstones, and ripped off parts of gravestones with Hebrew writing and Star of David decorations.
March 31, 2002 - Modena - Anti-Semitic graffiti and swastikas were found on the synagogue in Modena, and two arson threats were also received by telephone.
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Latvia
March 31, 2002 - Liepa - During Passover, 13 broken gravestones were discovered in the Jewish cemetery. Although local authorities suggested that the damage was due to the long-term decay of the synagogue, the Jewish community believes that the cemetery was vandalized.
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Lithuania
April 20, 2002 - Siauliai - On this anniversary of Hitler's birthday, swastikas were found painted on almost all of the gravestones of Jews in Kristijonas Donelaitis cemetary.
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Mexico
April 3 - 4, 2002 - Mexico City - During a demonstration by members of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation outside the Israeli embassy, protesters drew swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti on the road and on cement blocks.
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Moldova
March 31, 2002 - Kishinev - During Passover, and close to the anniversary of the 1903 Kishinev pogroms, a Jewish cemetery in Kishinev was desecrated, including damage to 50 gravestones.
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Morocco
May 21, 2002 - Casablanca - A Jewish doctor was stabbed by an intruder inside the WIZO clinic in the city.
April 9, 2002 - Casablanca - A Jewish man was attacked with an ax. The attack left the man blind in one eye and with permanent facial scars.
April 9, 2002 - Casablanca - A Jewish man visiting Casablanca during Passover was stabbed as he was leaving his hotel.
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Poland
May 11, 2002 - Wroclaw - The courtyard of a synagogue was set on fire during the congregation's Sabbath evening meal, but was soon controlled. The incident resulted in a May 13th ceremony by the town's Jewish community condemning the incident.
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Romania
October 11, 2002 - Bucharest - Swastikas and other Nazi slogans were painted on the walls of the Jewish Theater of Bucharest in Romania. Anti-Semitic slogans were scrawled on buildings and an alleyway in northwest Romania as well. One slogan read "Achtung Juden, "which is German for "Jews beware."
June 28, 2002 - Vatra-Dornei - During the night, a synagogue in this small town was ransacked in an unsuccessful attempt to find Torah scrolls. In order to prevent being detected by the synagogue’s alarm system, the vandals caused a city-wide power outage.
May 18, 2002 - Falticeni, Suceava - A synagogue in the small town of Falticeni, Romania was discovered to have been broken into and vandalized. The incident was believed to have occurred at some point after April 27. The vandals, who called themselves the "Anti-Semitic Battle Front," broke windows of the synagogue, stole Torah scrolls, and covered the walls of the synagogue with pro-Nazi graffiti including the statements, "Heil Hitler," and "Death and Gas Chambers to the Jews." The synagogue, built in 1862, is one of ten national Jewish monuments slated for restoration by the Romanian government. At the time of the synagogue's construction, Jews comprised half of Falticeni's population, but currently only 50 of Romania's 14,000 Jews reside in the town.
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Russia
September 17, 2002 -- Rybinsk -- An old Jewish cemetery in Rybinsk was desecrated. Twelve large monuments were destroyed. No perpetrators have been arrested.
May 27, 2002 - Moscow - On the Kiev highway, near Moscow, a young woman suffered injuries in from explosion while she was attempting to remove a roadside sign reading, "Death to the Jews!"
May 15, 2002 - Rostov - A stone was thrown at a synagogue, breaking a window.
May 5, 2002 - Rostov - Vandals smashed the windows of and set fire to a synagogue in Rostov. The fire was extinguished by a security guard. Later, the synagogue's windows were smashed
April 22, 2002 - Perm - The words "Death to the Jews," was found written on a wall of the synagogue in Perm.
April 22, 2002 - Rostov - A synagogue was desecrated with pictures of swastikas and graffiti reading, "Death to Jews" scrawled on the walls.
April 22, 2002 - Ulyanovsk - The leader of Ulyanovsk's Jewish community was physically attacked.
April 20, 2002 -Kostroma - On the anniversary of Hitler's birthday, three neo-Nazis threw bottles at a synagogue and attempted to enter it, but were arrested by police.
April 20, 2002 - Ulyanovsk - On the anniversary of Hitler's birthday, anti-Semitic graffiti was painted on the walls of a Jewish community building, and anti-Semitic statements including, "Kikes, get out of Russia," were shouted. Vandals also attempted to smash the windows of the building, but were prevented by the windows' heavy shutters.
April 19, 2002 - Krasnoyarsk - One day before the anniversary of Hitler's birthday, a bomb exploded near a synagogue in Krasnoyarsk, with no casualties.
April 16, 2002 - Rostov - The windows of a synagogue in Rostov were smashed.
April 16, 2002 - Taganrog - The building of the Jewish organization Hesed, which is frequently the victim of anti-Semitic graffiti, was attacked by vandals who broke the building's windows and stole plaques from inside the building.
April 16, 2002 - Volgograd - A representative of the Hillel Foundation was attacked and sent to the hospital in serious condition.
April 12, 2002 - Yoshkar Ola - Graffiti reading, "Jews go home" was found painted on the walls of the Jewish community building.
April 6, 2002 - Orenburg - A synagogue was desecrated with a Star of David and a swastika scratched on the door.
February 15, 2002 - Vladivostok - A monument to the Jewish Russian poet Osip Mandelshtam, who died in a labor camp during Stalin's rule, was found desecrated with green paint.
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Slovakia
April 21, 2002 - Kosice - One day after the anniversary of Hitler's birthday, over 100 gravestones in Slovakia's largest Jewish cemetery were found to have been defaced.
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South Africa
December 30, 2002 – Cape Town – Twenty-eight graves in Pinelands' Jewish Cemetery and another 10 graves at the Jewish Cemetery in the Strand in Cape Town were desecrated by vandals. Headstones of the graves were toppled and many were shattered.
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Spain
March 8, 2002 - Seuta - The door of a synagogue was set on fire around midnight.
January 5, 2002 - Madrid - Anti-Semitic graffiti was found on the door of a synagogue.
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Sweden
April 18, 2002 - Stockholm - Following a demonstration organized by the youth movement of the Liberal Party opposing recent anti-Semitic violence worldwide, the participants, including several Holocaust survivors, were physically attacked by a group wearing masks. The attack is suspected to have been linked to a pro-Palestinian demonstration that day.
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Switzerland
April 22, 2002 - Geneva - A window was smashed of the Guirsa Jewish school.
April 17, 2002 - Geneva - Anti-Semitic graffiti calling for the murder of Jews was found near the Jewish community building and outside the Guirsa Jewish school.
March 31, 2002 - Geneva - Anti-Semitic graffiti was found on the walls of a synagogue on Place de la Synagogue on two consecutive nights.
February 25, 2002 - Geneva - Swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti were found on a memorial to Holocaust victims. A nearby synagogue was pelted with beer bottles and street lamps.
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Tunisia
April 15, 2002 - La Marsa - Vandals broke into a synagogue in the suburbs of Tunis, destroying Torah scrolls and synagogue furniture, and leaving PLO flags and pictures of Arafat around the building.
April 11, 2002 - Djerbia - A gas truck was deliberately exploded near an ancient synagogue on this Tunisian island. Fourteen people were killed, including German tourists, as well as two Jewish synagogue employees. Al-Qaeda later claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Ukraine
April 19, 2002 - Mykolaiv - A stone was thrown into the window of a rabbi's office, landing on a computer keyboard.
April 19, 2002 - Mykolaiv - Swastikas were painted on the walls of a Jewish kindergarten.
April 13, 2002 - Kiev - During the night, a group of about 50 young people attacked the Grand Synagogue of Kiev, throwing stones, breaking windows of the synagogue, and physically attacking both the head of the yeshiva and the 14-year-old son of the synagogue's rabbi.
March 29 , 2002 - Lutsk - During Passover, an elderly Jewish man in a synagogue was stabbed in the face and head when he attempted to prevent a young man from entering the building. After attacking the elderly man, the young man yelled anti-Semitic insults and fled. The elderly man was hospitalized after the incident.
January 27, 2002 - Mykolaiv - Windowpanes were smashed and anti-Semitic signs were left on the walls of the Mykolaiv synogugue.
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United Kingdom
November 26, 2002 - London - Vandals desecrated Jewish graves in a cemetery north of London by daubing red Nazi swastikas on every headstone.
July 11 - Swansea, Wales - The Swansea Synagogue was desecrated by vandals with Nazi graffiti, including a swastika and the phrase "T4 Jewish c*** from Hitler." A 300-year-old Torah scroll was damaged and another was burned. The building was also covered in a flammable material, however, attempts to burn it down were unsuccessful.
May 6, 2002 - London - Following a rally in support of Israel, a boy wearing a shirt with a Star of David was attacked by three youths and hit on the head with a baseball bat.
April 27, 2002 - London - A synagogue in the Finsbury Park neighborhood was desecrated, destroying religious objects and books, shattering windows, and leaving swastikas sprayed on walls. The synagogue had been attacked six months earlier.
April 17, 2002 - London - Three times in the course of one hour, the Wembley United Synagogue was targeted in drive-by attacks during which stones were thrown at the synagogue.
April 6, 2002 - Manchester - The windows of the Shaare Hayim synagogue were smashed.
April 5, 2002 - Glasgow - The windows of the Langside Hebrew Congregation were smashed.
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Uraguay
April 30, 2002 - Montevideo - Anti-Semitic graffiti and pictures of swastikas were painted on the walls of buildings in the Pocitos section of Montevideo, where many of the city's Jews live.
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Venezuela
April 6, 2002 - Caracas - Anti-Semitic graffiti describing the "Palestinian Holocaust" and pictures of swastikas were found on a wall of the Hebraica Club and on nearby buildings.
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Sources:
The Coordination Forum for Countering Antisemitism. www.antisemitism.org.il
JTA - Jewish Telegraph Agency Daily News Bulletin www.jta.org
Union des Etudiants Juifs de France & SOS Racisme. Les AntiFeujs: Le Livre Blanc des Violences Antisemites en France depuis Septembre 2000. Paris: Calmann-Levy, 2002. Back to Country List
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This numeral represents the expression,"5 words," which signifies, "I have nothing to say." Alex Curtis, a San Diego-based white supremacist who coined the phrase, believes that white racists in the United States should use the five words to demonstrate a "code of silence" and to help avoid prosecution by law enforcement.
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