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An Arab specialist on French television yesterday : America is winning the War in Iraq
http://www.france5.fr/cdanslair/008322/0/138269.cfm ^ | 10.20.2006 | drzz

Posted on 10/29/2006 4:22:42 AM PST by drzz

Antoine Sfeir, Arab expert, Middle East specialist from France, Arab himself, author of books on Islamic terrorism and the Middle East, editor of the "Tribune of the Middle East" was today on French television.


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Here's what he said : "The violence was very hard these days in Iraq, but America is winning the war. The federalism is now etablished in Iraq and the bloks of communities are made."

The new equilibrium Sunnis-Shiites is a revolution in the Middle East and it will put down Islamic terrorism said Sfeir. Zarkawi and Bin Laden have already been attacked by Muslims in Jordania, Iraq and Egypt.

A revolution is made, just like George W. Bush said.

This Arab specialist said that it was a ongoing revolution in the Arab world which was made by the Americans and was still sucessful. He also told a lot about the 2005 "triumph of the elections" which was a earthquake in the Arab world.

What Mister Sfeir wants to point out is that beside the violence, and also the sectarian violence mostly done by the Mahdi Army, the Iraq democratic revolution is still on stage, and no defeat is coming.

No civil war is coming, says Sfeir, because federalism is really taking place in Iraq. Sfeir, who is a worldwide specialist of the Arab world, said that most of the media, and especially American ones which are supporting amazing anti-US propaganda before the elections, are not understanding the deep change that is made in Iraq.

Sfeir also said that Al Qaeda has already lost most of the ground in Iraq, and that the violence shows its deep frustration.

Very interestingly, Sfeir concludes that the terrorists in Iraq are hoping that the American people will give them a hand by putting Democrats in Congress.

The only way the Iraq war would be lost is if the Administration in Washington, including Congress, are not understanding the revolution.

Sfeir believes that a Democratic power in Congress or even in the House would probably damage the whole War on Terror.

1 posted on 10/29/2006 4:22:46 AM PST by drzz
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To: drzz

a Democratic power in Congress or even in the House would probably damage the whole War on Terror.

Bump.


2 posted on 10/29/2006 4:25:37 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: drzz

thanks for your post - what a gift is the net and people like you who find the facts that help others have hope for the future.


3 posted on 10/29/2006 4:26:12 AM PST by q_an_a
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To: drzz

An Arab on French TV supporting Bush?

Uh-oh, now I am starting to get worried. Time to pinch myself very hard :-)


4 posted on 10/29/2006 4:26:22 AM PST by American in Singapore (Bill Clinton: The Human Stain)
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To: Cannonette

ping


5 posted on 10/29/2006 4:26:23 AM PST by Cannoneer No. 4 (Either we bring them freedom, or they destroy us.)
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To: tet68

Do not look to see this on the evening news.


6 posted on 10/29/2006 4:27:57 AM PST by PeteB570 (Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
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To: tet68

Who is paying the democrats in Congress?

I can not believe that the democrats are not on the payroll of known islamofascists.


7 posted on 10/29/2006 4:29:25 AM PST by 2ndClassCitizen
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To: tet68

Yeah, but the Democrats are probably coming. Until we get the word out that the MSM is in the pocket of the DNC we are going to continuely have to fight for media time.

The MSM sucks.


8 posted on 10/29/2006 4:32:39 AM PST by kjo
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To: 2ndClassCitizen
"I can not believe that the democrats are not on the payroll of known islamofascists."

I think it is just a case of the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
9 posted on 10/29/2006 4:34:38 AM PST by Ninian Dryhope ("Bush lied, people dyed. Their fingers." The inestimable Mark Steyn)
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To: drzz

Yes and when they move out of Iraq they will move into Europe.

What is more amazing then the Democrats supporting the terrorists for political gain is the Europeans hoping the war will continue in Iraq so they won't have to deal with it.


10 posted on 10/29/2006 4:36:57 AM PST by when the time is right
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To: drzz

Im sure this will get tons of attention by the msm... not


11 posted on 10/29/2006 4:37:42 AM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Defeat liberalism, its the right thing to do for America.)
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To: All

Dutch Troops In Afghanistan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGjFvSzaNIo


12 posted on 10/29/2006 4:37:54 AM PST by MaineVoter2002 (If you dont vote on election day, then who are you electing?)
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To: tet68
This is triple bad news for Democrats. The only issue Dems had was the Iraqi war. Democrats hoped that Americans' could be convinced that America was losing the war against terrorism.

The brutal truth seems to be that Democrats actually do want America to lose the war against terrorism.

The only other hope Democrats have to regain power is to organize a military coup.
13 posted on 10/29/2006 4:43:05 AM PST by R.W.Ratikal
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To: drzz

The problem is that this is a war that cannot be won in just a few days or even a few years. It may take 20 years or so of this kind of violence before things calm down. Our only real hope of winning that kind of a war is to train the Iraqis to fight it, and turn it over to them.

We're doing that, but even that is slow going.


14 posted on 10/29/2006 4:59:40 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: drzz

Could you find us a working link for this one and, also, let us know whether you translated a French article or whether this is simply your account of what you heard on the air or what exactly. The link you provided does not really tell this particular story although what I can gather on Sfeir on the web does indicate that this is his general view.


15 posted on 10/29/2006 5:10:34 AM PST by tomzz
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To: R.W.Ratikal

Excellent points. Ever wonder how the MSM is able to show insurgent videos and coverage of bombing attacks? It's because their "field reporters" are insurgents with cameras. That's how they roam insurgent areas freely and are able to cover bombings. Some even coordinate with and are escorted by AQ-in-Iraq. What the media is doing is akin to showing Nazi party footage of Germans machine-gunning American troops landing in Normandy. They are disloyal, traitorous bastards.


16 posted on 10/29/2006 5:12:32 AM PST by Justa (Politically Correct is morally wrong.)
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To: drzz

And French television broadcast this???


17 posted on 10/29/2006 5:21:17 AM PST by Savage Beast ("We can either fight the Democrats at the polls or...fight terrorists in our streets." ~jmaroneps37)
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To: drzz

THE ENEMY FAILS
By AMIR TAHERI

October 29, 2006 -- AMERICAN angst over Iraq typically misses two key points.

First: The United States has already achieved the goals it had proclaimed when it set out to liberate the country in 2003. Saddam Hussein and his war machinery are gone, with a democracy in their place, inspiring reform across the region.

Second: This success threatens countless interests - so the many enemies of the new Iraq are attempting to derail it. Yet their only real hope of victory lies with America public opinion.

Consider the events of the last month.

NEW Iraq's various enemies had designated the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan that has just ended as "The Month of Battle and Victory" (shahr al-maarakah wa al-nasr). Through their various statements, distributed on jihadist Web sites and TV channels owned by Arab despots, they had fixed a number of objectives that they had hoped to achieve with a view to demoralizing the American people and strengthening the cut-and-run party in Washington and London.

The average televiewer in the United States or Europe may well conclude that the enemies of new Iraq have achieved their Ramadan objectives. This has been the deadliest month in well over a year, with at least 600 civilians killed in several dozen insurgent operations. The Iraqi army and police lost more than 180 men, while U.S. forces suffered 98 dead.

The perception created is that of a situation in which the terrorists can strike where and when they want while U.S. and Iraqi forces are murdered without inflicting the slightest harm on the enemy.

Nevertheless, the Saddamites, the jihadists and the militias sponsored by Tehran not only achieved none of their objectives but also suffered their biggest losses since the start of the insurgency in 2004.

HERE are some of the objectives that the Jihadists, the Saddamites and other enemies of new Iraq had fixed for themselves but did not achieve:

* Seizing enough territory in and around the towns of Haditha and Aanah in the al-Anbar province to establish an "Islamic emirate" there. Despite several major attempts they failed, largely because a strong new coalition of Sunni Arab tribes in Anbar has entered the fight to flush the jihadists out of Iraq.

* To gain a foothold in Mosul, Iraq's largest Arab Sunni city, and turn it into a new base as Fallujah had been in 2004. Again, despite several attempts, the plan failed - thanks to the new Iraqi army backed by U.S. forces.

* To blow up the Shiite holy shrines in Karbala and Najaf just as was done in Samarrah last year. At least 12 suicide-bombers were sent to the two cities on the last day of Ramadan. The authorities decided to close the shrines for 48 hours, captured some of the would-be bombers and nipped the plot in the bud.

* Attacking the "Green Zone" in the heat of Baghdad, where most Iraqi government offices and the U.S. embassy are located. The insurgents made at least two attempts but failed, suffering heavy casualties.

* To paralyze the parliament by threatening to kill its members at a time they were discussing such key issues as federalism, a law for foreign investments in Iraq and the terms of an amnesty and national reconciliation. Again, despite several attempts on the lives of parliamentarians, the plot failed.

* To prevent Arab Sunni clerics from traveling to Mecca to sign a concordat with their Shiite clerics, calling for an end to sectarian killings. Again, the jihadist efforts failed, as all key figures in the Arab Sunni clerical elite of Iraq went to Mecca and signed the concordat.

* Muqtada al-Sadr and his Jaish al-Mahdi (Mahdi Army) tried to seize control of the southern Shiite city of al-Amarah with a well-planned attack reportedly designed by Iranian advisers. However, the attack failed and Sadr's gunmen were flushed out of the city.

* Sadr's militia, in alliance with local gangsters, tried to seize control of part of the border with Iran through which crude oil is smuggled from Iraq to the Iranian refinery at Kermanshah. The attempt failed - thanks to the new Iraqi army, which now controls virtually the whole of the border outside the Kurdish areas.

* Despite numerous murders and abductions, the jihadist promise to force the total closure of hospitals, universities, schools, newspapers, TV stations and even barber shops was not fulfilled.

* A plot by Sadr militias to seize the Interior Ministry and reinstate the 1,300 of their members who had been purged by the new minister failed, again thanks to the new Iraqi police.

* Despite explicit murder threats, more than a dozen prominent Iraqi political figures, among them former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and former Deputy Premier Ahmad Chalabi, returned to Baghdad after months spent abroad.

* Attempts at preventing the forthcoming local government elections by destroying voter lists and killing election organizers have failed. The elections will take place on schedule with all Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish and Christian parties already in the field.

* To drive a wedge between Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Grand Ayatollah Ali-Muhamamd Sistani, the primus inter pares of the Shiite clergy. The attempt, backed by Sadr and others, failed when Maliki went to Najaf to acknowledge Sistani's position and secure his blessing for planned amnesty measures.

* To prevent the marking of the Eid al-Fitr (the end of Ramadan) by threatening people with massive suicide attacks. Again, despite several murder operations, the terrorists failed as countless Iraqis celebrated the feast with greater determination than previous years.

The various enemies of new Iraq murdered a large number of people in Ramadan, but failed to translate their crimes into any political gains for themselves. Politically, the Saddamites, the jihadists and other enemies of new Iraq have passed their worst month ever.

THE only success they have had is in the field of perceptions in the United States and the West in general. They could point to the fact that the "Iraq is a failure" chorus is at its loudest yet in the United States, while signs of a possible British loss of nerve multiply.

It is largely the hope of breaking the will of the American people and its key allies that keeps the insurgency alive.

Tomorrow: The Big Picture


Amir Taheri is a member of Benador Associates and was an executive editor in chief of an Iranian newspaper.


18 posted on 10/29/2006 5:26:16 AM PST by OESY
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To: drzz

19 posted on 10/29/2006 5:27:45 AM PST by OESY
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To: drzz

Very interestingly, Sfeir concludes that the terrorists in Iraq are hoping that the American people will give them a hand by putting Democrats in Congress.

Think about that America

20 posted on 10/29/2006 5:29:40 AM PST by The Wizard (DemonRATS: enemies of America)
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To: drzz

Since when can anything French be taken at face value...?


21 posted on 10/29/2006 5:34:20 AM PST by dakine
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To: 2ndClassCitizen

Conference calls each morning Soros, DNC, CNN, NYT, Hamas, Al-Queda


22 posted on 10/29/2006 5:37:35 AM PST by listenhillary (Islam = Religion of peace. If you say otherwise, we'll kill you!)
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To: listenhillary

Bttt


23 posted on 10/29/2006 5:41:54 AM PST by The Wizard (DemonRATS: enemies of America)
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To: drzz

no one can ever believe anything the french say or a muzzie...and a french muzzie????

but....let's see how much air time these remarks will get from the msm!!!!!


24 posted on 10/29/2006 5:45:59 AM PST by hnj_00
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To: tet68
most of the media, and especially American ones which are supporting amazing anti-US propaganda before the elections, are not understanding the deep change that is made in Iraq.

Just wanted to make sure this wasn't lost. This is an amazing statement.

25 posted on 10/29/2006 5:48:35 AM PST by McGavin999 (Republicans take out our trash, Democrats re-elect theirs)
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To: Savage Beast
And French television broadcast this???

My feet suddenly feel really cold.

I think h*ll just froze over!

26 posted on 10/29/2006 5:52:15 AM PST by Pontiac (All are worthy of freedom, none are incapable.)
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To: drzz

it's becoming clear that one of the main reasons AQ has not given up is because of the US media lifeline it provides it, and hopes it provides it in the f@ggy whorish claim of being ''fair and balanced''.

this means the media is the second or only leg of the terrorists... a sad say since the press was supposed to denounce evil governments here and abroad originaly... but dems and terrorists seem to be viewed as no such danger apparently.

by the way, ask any of these kumbaya tree huggers if they'd want their state like Ithaca to be part of anything but America, losing their perks, they'd go appopleptic. It's total nonsense.


27 posted on 10/29/2006 5:52:43 AM PST by JudgemAll (Condemn me, make me naked and kill me, or be silent for ever on my gun ownership and law enforcement)
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To: tet68

sshhh! MSM might get wind and publish this . (sarcasm thingies)


28 posted on 10/29/2006 5:53:47 AM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: The Wizard

Dems recruit for destroying or doing nothing when things get bad... it's the abortion and death party of hopelessness MO... it's not about freedom and choice, but a tyranny by a death cult.

by this they are very close to islamofascism and other misfit groups which only recruit to destroy and not to build.


29 posted on 10/29/2006 5:59:40 AM PST by JudgemAll (Condemn me, make me naked and kill me, or be silent for ever on my gun ownership and law enforcement)
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To: drzz

True. That's why the dems and their assistants in the media won't let us know this.


30 posted on 10/29/2006 6:02:02 AM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: OESY; Tony Snow

We need help getting this to the public. Somebody get it to Rush too.


31 posted on 10/29/2006 6:10:01 AM PST by WVNan
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To: kjo
>"Until we get the word out that the MSM is in the pocket of the DNC we are going to continuely have to fight for media time. "

At least we have a few outlets of objective information exchange nowadays.

Walter Comiekrite, has little sway today. This aint 69, JoKe wont decieve us again!

32 posted on 10/29/2006 6:30:25 AM PST by rawcatslyentist (This is a race for rubber ducks, not meat ducks! Product the tech! ~ Homer Simpson~)
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To: Ninian Dryhope

"I can not believe that the democrats are not on the payroll of known islamofascists."

Or, the enemy of my enemy is on my payroll.


33 posted on 10/29/2006 6:35:43 AM PST by Louis Foxwell (Here come I, gravitas in tow.)
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To: 2ndClassCitizen

It took 2 decades to find out that Ted Kennedy was willing to sell out America to Andropov.

I wonder how many decades it will take to find out who the Democratic Party sold out to today?


34 posted on 10/29/2006 6:37:44 AM PST by tcrlaf (VOTE DEM! You'll Look GREAT In A Burqa!)
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To: tomzz

I watched his address on TV yesterday. I also collected information about his views on the subject.

On December 13 2005, at a meeting about the Middle East, he said that the USA were completely changing the Arabic peninsula and that nobody should temper the joy of seeing Iraqis voting.

Sfeir : "US losses are not comparable to Vietnam in any way and the US troops are not in a quagmire. A lot of regions in Iraq are secured [Note : 14 states of 18 are secured and 63% of the Iraqis feel completely safe.]"

http://www.librairie-gaia.com/CML/Sfeir/AntoineSfeir.htm


35 posted on 10/29/2006 6:49:17 AM PST by drzz
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To: drzz

Sfeir : "Nobody should be scared by democracy. Arabs are ready for free elections. Dictatorships and jihad extremists took control of the Arab world where nothing was available to the Arab people. Now, free elections can change big things."


36 posted on 10/29/2006 6:58:01 AM PST by drzz
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To: tcrlaf

<--ping-->


37 posted on 10/29/2006 6:59:47 AM PST by BigSkyDream
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Unfortunately, the terrorists are far better versed in American history than the vast majority of Americans. They see just how easily the MSM can be manipulated into their strongest weapon in the war against America.

Mark


38 posted on 10/29/2006 7:01:46 AM PST by MarkL (When Kaylee says "No power in the `verse can stop me," it's cute. When River says it, it's scary!)
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To: drzz

bump


39 posted on 10/29/2006 7:03:31 AM PST by BunnySlippers (Never Forget)
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To: drzz

Complete victory in Iraq would mean the end of the DNC. They have far too much invested in our Defeat to recover when Victory is declared.

Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters


40 posted on 10/29/2006 7:04:32 AM PST by bray (Voting for the Rats is a Death Wish)
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To: drzz

From a worldly perspective, is it any wonder that the whole world would oppose the US, even if we succeed in bringing in democracy worldwide, when on a Sunday morning the LA Times headlines are devoted to broadcasting the hard work and efforts of homosexuals to find:

"Ready to be dads, but they're going to need help
For a baby of their own, David and Chad will have to draw on science, the law, their families -- and most of all, each other." http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-na-surrogacy29oct29,1,2051550.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

Is it really any wonder that the US can sit on edge of moral victory only to completely lose any status whatsoever by this type of ungodly behavior, thinking, and moral morass.


41 posted on 10/29/2006 7:08:59 AM PST by Cvengr
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To: drzz

Does anyone know what happened to the constitutional amendments that were to be drafted and voted on after the last election pursuant to the terms of the approved Iraqi constitution? Also the statute on implementation of federalism that was supposed to be passed by the legislature?


42 posted on 10/29/2006 7:11:28 AM PST by Unam Sanctam
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To: tomzz; drzz

You guys have the same last name - are you related?


43 posted on 10/29/2006 7:14:56 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: imahawk
Im sure this will get tons of attention by the msm...

***** sound of crickets chirping *****

44 posted on 10/29/2006 7:18:49 AM PST by Babu
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To: OESY

Thanks for posting Amir Taheri's article. We never hear about any of this from the mainstream media.


45 posted on 10/29/2006 7:18:51 AM PST by Unam Sanctam
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To: OESY

Good stuff. Probably deserves its own post.


46 posted on 10/29/2006 7:25:32 AM PST by Yardstick
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To: drzz

More bad news for the democrats....the MSM...the nuke Mecca crowd...the cut and runners.


47 posted on 10/29/2006 7:41:13 AM PST by Valin (http://www.irey.com/)
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To: drzz

BTTT


48 posted on 10/29/2006 7:41:13 AM PST by Earthdweller (All reality is based on faith in something.)
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To: Yardstick; OESY

Good stuff. Probably deserves its own post.


Agree!


49 posted on 10/29/2006 7:43:50 AM PST by Valin (http://www.irey.com/)
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To: OESY
Definitely ...post this on it's own right.
50 posted on 10/29/2006 8:16:19 AM PST by Earthdweller (All reality is based on faith in something.)
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