Al-Qaeda Propagandist Called For Attacks On Sports Events

(CNSNews.com) – Although no group has claimed responsibility for Monday’s deadly bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon, a leading al-Qaeda ideologue last year recommended that jihadists in America include sporting events in their list of prospective terror targets.

ADDING to post no. 19:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/04/19/investigators-looking-at-boston-suspects-travel-records/

“Officials comb travel and electronic records of Boston suspects, find Russian trip”

Published April 19, 2013
FoxNews.com

SNIPPET: “Law enforcement officials are scouring all travel records and electronic traffic connected to the two suspects in the Boston bombing, and have so far discovered that the older brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev made a prolonged trip to Russia in early 2012.”

SNIPPET: “Fox News is also told that all electronic traffic associated with the radical Muslims is now being “combed,” including the YouTube sites attributed to the suspects which included radical Islamist videos and propaganda.”

SNIPPET: “Fox News is told investigators will be looking for computer traffic to the Al Qaeda web magazine Inspire which provides a how-to guide to build pressure cooker bombs — which were used in the Boston Marathon attack.”

SNIPPET: “The source said officials know the two suspects are Muslim, but don’t know if they attended a mosque in the area — and are looking closely at that possibility.”

Fox News’ Catherine Herridge and Bret Baier contributed to this report.

NOTE The following text is a quote:

www.fbi.gov/boston/press-releases/2013/remarks-of-special-agent-in-charge-richard-deslauriers-at-press-conference-on-capture-of-bombing-suspect

Remarks of Special Agent in Charge Richard DesLauriers at Press Conference on Capture of Bombing Suspect

FBI Boston
April 19, 2013

Good evening. I’m Rick DesLauriers, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Boston Division.

It seems like many months since Monday, April 15, the day of the Boston Marathon bombings. Yet, it has merely been five days since the tragic explosions that took three lives, critically injured over 180 spectators, and instilled terror and fear among the citizens of the city of Boston, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and elsewhere.

Today, the city of Boston, the city of Cambridge, and the city of Watertown—and many other communities—can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that two perpetrators who caused so much pain and anguish are no longer a threat to our personal safety and our communities.

Together, with the action and support of our Joint Terrorism Task Force partners—many of which are on the stage with me this evening.

The FBI and our partners remained vigilant and continued to follow through thousands of leads and sifted through hundreds of tips—through thousands of man hours—to reach this moment.

This truly was an absolutely intense investigation—and I do emphasize, a truly intense investigation. As a result of that, justice is being served for the victims of these terrible crimes.

I want to personally express the FBI’s profound thanks to each of our partners for bringing us to this moment here this evening.

No one agency alone accomplished the critically important task of keeping the city of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts safe.

Thank you very much. And I thank you for the support of our media campaign the other day which publicized the photos—I thank you very, very much for the support that the media provided us on that. It was phenomenal. Thank you.

NOTE The following text is a quote:

www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/message-from-fbi-director-robert-mueller-regarding-arrest-of-boston-bombing-suspect

Message from FBI Director Robert Mueller Regarding Arrest of Boston Bombing Suspect

Washington, D.C.
April 19, 2013

FBI National Press Office

Message from FBI Director Robert S. Mueller:

During this long week, we have seen an extraordinary effort by law enforcement, intelligence, and public safety agencies. These collaborative efforts, with the help and cooperation of the public, resulted in the successful outcome we have seen tonight. The investigation will continue as part of our efforts to seek answers and justice, and there will be no pause in that effort. But tonight, I wish to thank all those who worked so tirelessly throughout the week in the pursuit of safety and justice.

A bit Off Topic — Local History:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2785221/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2391905/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131072/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1869336/posts

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/stay-strong-boston-article-1.1318038

“Stay strong, Boston
I know that one of the nation’s great cities will rally in the wake of marathon attacks”

by S.E. Cupps
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013, 10:41 AM

SNIPPET: “According to a 2011 infographic from Boston.com, the website of the Boston Globe, Boston’s high-profile events, including the marathon, made it one of the top 10 potential terror targets in the country, even though there had been no attacks in Massachusetts over the last decade.

And though there had been no attacks, there had recently been some significant ties to terrorist plots hatched in the area.

In 2007, Daniel Maldonado, who had ties to Methuen and Lowell, was charged with supporting terrorists in Somalia.

In 2008, Sudbury resident Tarek Mehanna was arrested for allegedly plotting to kill U.S. troops in Iraq, conspiring to support Al Qaeda and traveling to Yemen in an attempt to get terrorist training.

And in 2011, Rezwan Ferdaus, an Ashland man with a physics degree from Northeastern University, was charged with an Al Qaeda-inspired plot to send a remote-controlled aircraft carrying explosives into the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol.

His arrest prompted Rep. William Keating, the state’s only member of the House Homeland Security Committee, to remind his constituents of the dangers of homegrown extremists, even in Boston’s tony suburbs.”

ADDING to post no. 53:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3009907/posts

Bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev Inspired by Radical Muslim Preacher
The Gateway Pundit ^ | Friday, April 19, 2013 | Walter Stark
Posted on April 19, 2013 1:03:10 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse

Feiz Mohammad, the radical preacher cited by dead Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, is a former boxer who blames women for being raped and called for a prominent Dutch politician to be beheaded.

Widely known as ‘Sheikh Feiz’, the preacher was born in Australia circa 1970-1 but fled to Lebanon, the homeland of his parents, eight years ago after becoming one of the world’s most controversial Islamic lecturers.

He has been investigated by Australian police for inciting violence and terrorism, and was even captured on a British TV documentary encouraging children to become martyrs for Islam six years ago.

Feiz has been described by some as Australia’s most dangerous sheikh, because of the number of connections he holds to known terrorists.

Although it is not known whether the hardline sheikh has any direct links to Al-Qaeda, he has regularly broadcast sermons from the group’s spiritual leader, Anwar al-Awlaki, on his website.

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Quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2476551/posts

FEIZ MUHAMMAD: PRO-JIHAD IDEOLOGUE WITH INFLUENCE IN THE U.S.

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org ^ | March 19, 2010 10:39 AM | By Madeleine Gruen

Posted on March 21, 2010 8:19:57 PM PDT by Cindy

Note: Photo included.

SNIPPET: “Feiz Muhammad is an Australian citizen now residing in Malaysia. He has been labeled Australia’s “most dangerous sheikh” due to the number of connections he has to known and suspected terrorists.

Muhammad’s target audience is young Muslims who feel disaffected and disassociated from local Muslim communities, where mosque clerics show “a lack of interest toward the youth.” His lectures frame the United States as the enemy of all Muslims, including those living in the United States and Americans living in other Western countries. He emphasizes that Muslims should regard Western culture as corrupt and immoral, and Muslims should not associate with non-Muslims.”

(Excerpt) Read more at counterterrorismblog.org ...

NOTE The following text is a quote:

www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/2011-request-for-information-on-tamerlan-tsarnaev-from-foreign-government

2011 Request for Information on Tamerlan Tsarnaev from Foreign Government
Washington, D.C.
April 19, 2013

FBI National Press Office

The two individuals believed to be responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday have been positively identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, now deceased, and Dzhokar Tsarnaev, now in custody. These individuals are brothers and residents of Massachusetts. Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a legal permanent resident and Dzhokar Tsarnaev is a naturalized U.S. citizen. Charges have not yet been filed against Dzhokar Tsarnaev and he is presumed innocent.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev, age 26, was previously designated as Suspect 1, wearing a black hat. Dzhokar A. Tsarnaev, age 19, was designated as Suspect 2, wearing a white hat. Both were born in Kyrgyzstan.

Once the FBI learned the identities of the two brothers today, the FBI reviewed its records and determined that in early 2011, a foreign government asked the FBI for information about Tamerlan Tsarnaev. The request stated that it was based on information that he was a follower of radical Islam and a strong believer, and that he had changed drastically since 2010 as he prepared to leave the United States for travel to the country’s region to join unspecified underground groups.

In response to this 2011 request, the FBI checked U.S. government databases and other information to look for such things as derogatory telephone communications, possible use of online sites associated with the promotion of radical activity, associations with other persons of interest, travel history and plans, and education history. The FBI also interviewed Tamerlan Tsarnaev and family members. The FBI did not find any terrorism activity, domestic or foreign, and those results were provided to the foreign government in the summer of 2011. The FBI requested but did not receive more specific or additional information from the foreign government.

NOTE: A post on a forum board thread by A. Aaron Weisburd.

http://forum.internet-haganah.com/showthread.php?1139-Boston-Marathon-bombing-and-aftermath

20 April 2013, 08:04 #1
Aaron

“Boston Marathon bombing and aftermath”

SNIPPET: “A few points I think worth noting, in no particular order:

The bombings were remarkably well-planned and well-executed. That alone makes this event noteworthy. While that doesn’t prove that at least one of the brothers Tsarnaev received training, it does make it rather more likely that they did - particularly in light of other information.”

SNIPPET: “The most worrisome aspect of this case for me lies in the fact the FBI - having received fairly specific intelligence that Tamerlan was in the process of joining up with a underground radical Islamist group - was unable to uncover any evidence to corroborate that information. Either the right questions were not asked, or the right places were not searched. Or perhaps the foreign report was based on human intelligence sources, and our own over-reliance on technical sources effectively blinded us to what the foreign government saw as obvious.”

ADDING to post no. 60 - Re Tsarnaev background:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/20/us-usa-explosions-boston-kyrgyzstan-idUSBRE93J0AL20130420

“Boston accusations shock brothers’ former Kyrgyz hometown”

By Olga Dzyubenko
TOKMOK, Kyrgyzstan | Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:44am EDT

(Reuters) -

SNIPPET: “Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are remembered as decent and obedient boys from their time in the 1990s in the small community of Chechens in Tokmok, a leafy town under the snow-capped Tien Shan mountains outside the capital Bishkek.

Tamerlan, the elder of the two, studied well. His father, Anzor, made a living selling used cars and was welcomed with open arms when he visited the town again two years ago, 10 years after the family left for Russia and then the United States.”

SNIPPET: “He said Anzor Tsarnaev had been fiercely proud of Tamerlan’s prowess in the boxing ring and said his son had been looking forward to going to the Russian city of Sochi to watch the 2014 Winter Olympics next February.”

SNIPPET: “Kyrgyzstan, a mainly Muslim nation of 5.5 million which hosts U.S. and Russian military air bases, had a huge influx of ethnic Chechens in 1944.”

ADDING to post no. 1:

Speaking of jihadis threatening sports events; here’s Doku Umarov:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2267691/posts

QUOTE:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2994492/posts

Militants from Russia’s North Caucasus join “jihad” in Syria
reuters ^ | Mar 6, 2013 | Thomas Grove and Mariam Karouny
Posted on March 7, 2013 10:46:57 AM PST by Mount Athos

Flanked by almost 20 men with rifles, Omar Abu al-Chechen kneels on a carpet and delivers a rousing speech urging fellow Muslims to support the ‘jihad’ against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Dressed almost entirely in black, the militant from Russia’s Chechnya region declares an Islamist state is within reach. Fellow fighters from the brigade of foreign militants he leads translate his Russian words into Arabic.

“Jihad needs very many things. Firstly it needs money. Much is dependent on money today for jihad,” said al-Chechen, his nomme de guerre, the leader of what rebels and websites call the Brigade of Migrants, an opposition group of foreign fighters.

“(We) have missed many chances, but truly today there is a chance to establish (an Islamic state) on Earth,” he said.

Syrian rebels confirmed separately that he is in Syria and the leader of the brigade.

One Syrian opposition source said the Chechens are the second biggest force of foreigners after Libyans who joined the Syrian uprising after overthrowing and killing Muammar Gaddafi.

A rebel source said 17 fighters from the North Caucasus were killed in fighting outside Aleppo last month.

Calling itself the Caucasus Emirate, Umarov’s Islamist militant group has promised to attack the [Winter Olympic] Games. It claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport in January 2011 that killed 37 people and also said it was behind near-simultaneous suicide bombings in the Moscow subway that killed 40 people in 2010.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...

ADDING to post no. 1...More Threats to Sporting Events:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/24/us-russia-blast-airport-idUSTRE70N2TQ20110124

“Suicide bomber kills 35 at Russia’s biggest airport”

“Suicide bomber hits Russian airport”

Mon, Jan 24 2011
By Alexei Anishchuk
MOSCOW | Mon Jan 24, 2011 6:40pm EST

(Reuters) -

SNIPPET: “Islamist rebels have vowed to take their bombing campaign from the North Caucasus to the Russian heartland in the year before presidential elections, hitting transport and economic targets. They have also leveled threats at the 2014 Winter Olympics, scheduled for the Black Sea resort town of Sochi, a region some militants consider “occupied.””

SNIPPET: “No group has yet taken responsibility for the attack, but dozens of Internet surfers, writing in Russian, praised the suicide bomber on unofficial Islamist site kavkazcenter.com.”

SNIPPET: “The attack raised questions over Russian security — one month after it won the right to host the 2018 World Cup.”

ADDING to post no. 69:

Note: Re Zubeidat Tsarnaeva (the Mother of Suspects no. 1 & 2 in the Boston Marathon Bombing):

http://mugshots.com/Current-Events/Zubeidat-Tsarnaev.55569628.html

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/19/does-the-mom-of-alleged-boston-bombing-brothers-have-a-criminal-past/

Note: Re Family History and background. I suggest to researchers interested in this subject to click on The Blaze link to read the whole article and view the hypertext linked articles.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/19/heres-what-we-know-so-far-about-the-alleged-boston-bomber-brothers/

CRIME

“WHO’S WHO IN THE ALLEGED BOSTON BOMBERS’ FAMILY — AND HOW ARE THEY RESPONDING? HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR”

Apr. 19, 2013 3:45pm Billy Hallowell

SNIPPET: “Globe reporter Mark Arsenault goes on to confirm some of the details in our previous post — that Tamerlan, who was killed last night, was a talented boxer who wanted to join the U.S. Olympic team. He had hopes of being an engineer and had studied at a local community college.”

SNIPPET: “Other captions depict the elder Tsarnaev as a Muslim who abstains from alcohol and is bewildered by the immorality of the surrounding American culture.

Reports are that Tamerlan traveled to Russia for six months back in 2012. It’s unclear whether this trip has anything to do with his alleged involvement in the attack.

Dzhokhar, too, seemed to have a bright and promising future. As we noted, he won a scholarship and graduated from a well-known school called Cambridge Rindge & Latin School. He’s also allegedly studying at a local college.”

SNIPPET: “Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the AP notes, was registered as a student at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.”

SNIPPET: “The Tsarnaev brothers purportedly came from Chechnya, an area of Russia that has long struggled with Islamic extremism, but considering that they’ve been in America for quite some time, investigators don’t yet know why Tamerlan and Dzhokhar allegedly orchestrated this attack (the Daily Mail reports that Dzhokhar was born in Kyrgyzstan).”

SNIPPET: “RT apparently contacted a school in the Russian Republic of Dagestan, where the family is also said to have lived for a short time. A representative from the educational facility said that the family moved to Dagestan from Kyrgyzstan in 2001 and that Dzhokhar didn’t make an impression, good or bad.”

“He arrived at our school in the first form and departed in the second,” secretary Irina Bandurina told the outlet. “They arrived from Kyrgyzstan and departed to the US. I’m telling you they lived here for a year — not the whole year. They arrived at the school in 2001 and departed in March 2002””

SNIPPET: “In addition to the two brothers, there are two sisters in the family, named Bella and Amina.”

SNIPPET: “Two sisters of the Boston bombing suspects Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev have been identified as West New York residents Bella Tsarnaeva (spelled with an “a”) and 22-year-old Ailina Tsarnaev. The latter is reportedly cooperating with the police and has expressed shock and sorrow over her brothers’ actions.”

SNIPPET: “And it seems one of the brothers’ aunts has spoken out as well. During an interview with reporters that aired on CNN and other stations, she seemingly confirmed that at least one of the alleged bombers was a Muslim.

When asked if her nephews were “devout practicing Muslims,” Maret Tsarnaev replied: “He was not devout.”

“But just recently, maybe two years ago, he started praying about five times a day, which I don’t see anything bad in it,” she said from outside her Toronto home.”

SNIPPET: “She confirmed that she was talking about “Suspect 1,” Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26.”

SNIPPET: “Maret went on to note that she is used to being setup and that and that she experienced this dynamic regularly when she lived in the Soviet Union.

“I am a Chechen. I have to prove myself twice — triple times more than Kyrgyz or Kazakh who live on their own land,” she continued.”

SNIPPET: “And her other alleged son, Tamerian, was purportedly arrested for domestic assault and battery after purportedly abusing his girlfriend in 2009.”

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/04/20/Imam-connected-to-bombers-mosque

“IMAM CONNECTED TO SUSPECTED BOMBER’S MOSQUE PULLED AS SPEAKER AT MARATHON MEMORIAL”

by BREITBART NEWS 20 Apr 2013, 4:06 PM PDT

SNIPPET: “According to reports, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev attended the Islamic Society of Boston mosque in Cambridge, MA. The Islamic Society of Boston’s website states the mosque’s sister organization is the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center. They are both subordinate to the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), a known US Muslim Brotherhood associate and an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation Trial.”

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Previously...

http://www.investigativeproject.org/3981/bombing-suspects-lauded-jihad

“Bombing Suspects Lauded Jihad”
IPT News

April 19, 2013

Speaking of mosques...

http://www.investigativeproject.org/topics/11/yusuf-al-qaradawi

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/qaradawi/index

http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/2671

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343467/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2168627/posts

Stepping back in time...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1009964/posts

“Radical Islam: Outspoken cleric, jailed activist tied to new Hub mosque [Boston]”

Boston Herald ^ | October 28, 2003 | Jonathan Wells, Jack Meyers, Maggie Mulvihill and Kevin Wisniewski

Posted on October 28, 2003 2:45:28 PM PST by aculeus

SNIPPET: “The Islamic organization poised to build the largest mosque in the Northeast on a site in Roxbury has long-standing ties to an Egyptian cleric who praises suicide bombings and a Muslim activist indicted last week in a terrorism financing probe.

The Islamic Society of Boston, which has city approval to build a sprawling $22 million Islamic cultural center and mosque on Malcolm X Boulevard, has had a long association with Dr. Yusuf Abdullah al-Qaradawi, whose vocal support of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas prompted the State Department to bar him from entering the U.S. four years ago.

The local religious organization, now headquartered on Prospect Street in Cambridge, was founded by Abdurahman Muhammad Alamoudi - a high-profile Washington, D.C. activist who has publicly supported Hamas, Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations.”

http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-75546585/

“FBI: Boston suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev followed ‘radical Islam’”
BY ANDREW TANGEL AND ASHLEY POWERS
April 20, 2013, 5:33 p.m.

SNIPPET: “At the Cambridge mosque near where the bombing suspects lived, two worshipers who showed up for Saturday’s prayer service recalled seeing both men.”

SNIPPET: “Tamerlan Tsarnaev was thrown out of the mosque — the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center — about three months ago, after he stood up and shouted at the imam during a Friday prayer service, they said. The imam had held up slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. as an example of a man to emulate, recalled one worshiper who would give his name only as Muhammad.

Enraged, Tamerlan stood up and began shouting, Muhammad said.

“You cannot mention this guy because he’s not a Muslim!” Muhammad recalled Tamerlan shouting, shocking others in attendance.”

SNIPPET: “Still, Tamerlan returned to Friday prayer services and had no further outbursts, Muhammad said.”

ADDING to post no. 75 (More background re the Tsarnaeva family):

H/T to Freeper Fred Nerks and this post:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3009816/posts?page=55#55

NOTE: It’s always better to click the link and read the whole post, “I’ve Met the Boston Bombers” By Alyssa Lindley Kilzer.

http://alyssalindley.tumblr.com/tagged/Tsarnaeva

http://alyssalindley.tumblr.com/post/48368749553/ive-met-the-boston-bombers

“I’VE MET THE BOSTON BOMBERS”
By Alyssa Lindley Kilzer
Posted April 19, 2013

SNIPPET: “I started getting facials from Zubeidat Tsarnaeva (pronounced Zu-bey-da) six years ago when I was 17 at a spa in the Boston area. She soon after left the spa and contacted my mom to have us start coming to her house, at 410 Norfolk St., right on the line of Cambridge and Somerville. All throughout my senior year of high school and four years of college I went to her house about three times a year. The last time I went to the house was in December and January of 2011/2012.”

SNIPPET: Between 2008 and 2012 I got to know her pretty well. During those 2-3 hours I spent a lot of time asking her about her personal life, background and her family. (I’m a writer and tend to ask people exhaustive questions about their personal lives, especially as interesting a character as this.)”

SNIPPET: “In my last year of college I was getting a facial from her, and asking her about why she had originally come to the United States with her family about eight or ten years previously. She told me that she and her husband had been lawyers and political activists in Russia. They had fled the country after “something that her husband did.” Her daughter had recently been divorced at this time, and her daughter’s ex-husband had taken their child to Russia, refusing to return him. Finally the child was returned. When my mom asked Zubeidat how they had gotten the child back, she told her that “my [Zubeidat’s] husband is crazy” and everyone knew it. When he threatened the daughter’s ex-husband’s family, they returned the child. During this facial session she started quoting a conspiracy theory, telling me that she thought 9-11 was purposefully created by the American government to make America hate Muslims. “It’s real,” she said, “My son knows all about it. You can read on the internet.” I have to say I felt kind of scared and vulnerable when she said this, as I am distinctly American, and was lying practically naked in her living room.

Throughout my years of knowing Zubeidat I certainly had more contact with her daughters, one of whom attended the Catherine Hinds Institute and aspired to open a spa, and Dzhokar, than with the older brother Tamerlan. Those three children were always friendly and kind to me. I think I only met Tamerlan twice, and he wasn’t friendly.”

SNIPPET: She made one long trip to Russia in the period of 2011-2012.”

SNIPPET: “Articles online suggest that she is in Russia because of her husband’s poor health. I know that her husband often went to Russia without her, and for extended periods of time. She was also very close with her sons and showed many signs of political leanings herself. Of course this is only my personal conjecture, and to my knowledge there is no proof about the parent’s involvement at all.”

SNIPPET: “The actions of the two men have been atrocious beyond words. I wrote this story in order to help clarify some of the untruths I read online during the past few days, and I hope that any knowledge I have shared about the family can help investigators get to the bottom of these terrorist actions and not cause any further harm.”

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