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Timeline of Jewish Persecutions


whatreallyhappened.com
Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:02 UTC
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Date Place Event

580 B.C. Babylon/Judea "Nebuchadnezzar conquers Judea, burns Temple"

38 B.C. "Alexandria, Egypt" Mob Attacks

3 B.C. Egypt Expulsion

66 C.E. "Alexandria, Egypt" Mob Attacks

70 C.E. Jerusalem Expulsion following revolt

250 C.E. Carthage Expulsion

224 C.E. Italy Forced Conversion

325 C.E. Jerusalem Expulsion renewed by Constantine

351 C.E Persia Book Burning

357 C.E. Italy Property Confiscation

379 C.E. Milan Synagogue Burning

415 C.E. Alexandria Expulsion

418 C.E. Minorca Forced Conversion

468 C.E. Babylon/Judea Expulsion

469 C.E. Ipahan Holocaust

470 C.E. Babylon/Judea Expulsion

489 C.E. Antioch Synagogue Burning

506 C.E. Daphne Synagogue Burning

519 C.E. Ravenna Synagogue Burning

554 C.E. Diocese of Clement (France) Expulsion

561 C.E. Diocese of Uzes (France) Expulsion or Conversion

582 C.E Merovingia Forced Conversion

612 C.E. Visigoth Spain Expulsion

624 C.E. Hejaz Expulsion

628 C.E. Byzantium Forced Conversion

629 C.E. Merovingia Forced Conversion

633 C.E. Toledo Forced Conversion
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Hanging corpses carry threat to Mexico Internet users


Agence France-Presse
Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:23 UTC
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Forensic personnel remove a body found in Monterrey city, Mexico in August.
The bloodstained bodies of a man and a woman were found hanging from a bridge in northeast Mexico Tuesday, along with threatening messages to people who report drug violence on social networks.

The messages lay near the two bodies, found half naked, alluding to websites set up for people to report drug violence in the area, police said.

"That will happen to all of them," read the text of one message signed with the letter 'Z' usually associated with the Zetas drug gang.

Nuevo Laredo lies in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, on the US border, where the Zetas are blamed for many violent attacks.
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US: Attack Watch, New Obama Campaign Site to 'Fight Smears,' Becomes Laughing Stock of Conservatives

Elizabeth Flock
The Washington Post
Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:56 UTC
As the 2012 presidential campaign heats up, President Obama's campaign team has set up a new Web site, AttackWatch.com, to challenge negative statements about the president made by Republican presidential candidates and conservatives.

Obama for America national field director Jeremy Bird told ABC News that the site's goal is to offer "resources to fight back" against attacks. Mostly, that means fact checking statements from the likes of GOP presidential contenders Mitt Romney and Rick Perry and conservative commentator Glenn Beck and offering evidence to the contrary. The site is designed in bold red and black colors, and uses statements like "support the truth" and "fight the smears."

The response to the site has been less than stellar.

On Twitter, where the Web site has an account to help Obama supporters submit evidence of "attacks" on the president using the hashtag #attackwatch, nearly every tweet about the site - mostly from conservatives - has ridiculed it.

Comment: Obama's record speaks for itself, nothing has changed since the Bush years. So what are Conservatives complaining about?

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Global Stock Markets Down on Debt Fears as Euro Falls


BBC News Business
Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:44 UTC
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The FTSE 100 has been falling in general for a few weeks
US shares staged a late recovery on Monday to post only their second positive close of the month.

Earlier, European and Asian markets fell on fears that Greece may default.

A series of news reports that Germany may be preparing for an "orderly default" by Greece also sent the euro lower.

German officials sought to shore up confidence on Monday, saying the stability of Greece and the euro was "the common goal".

Bank shares were hardest hit, with France's BNP Paribas closing down 12%.
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Attention

Africa: ANC Julius Malema's Shoot the Boer Ruled 'Hate Speech'

Karen Allen
BBC News Africa
Mon, 12 Sep 2011 08:14 UTC
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The BBC's Karen Allen says Julius Malema "seems like a broken man"
South Africa's high court has ruled that the anti-apartheid song Shoot the Boer is hate speech and banned the ruling ANC from singing it.

Afrikaans interest group Afriforum had complained about ANC youth league leader Julius Malema singing the song, which refers to white farmers.

Mr Malema and other ANC leaders had argued that the song was a celebration of the fight against minority rule.

They said the words were not meant to be taken literally.

The high court upheld a ruling by a lower court and ordered Mr Malema to pay legal costs.

"Those words are derogatory, dehumanising," said judge Collin Lamont, adding that in post-apartheid South Africa, all citizens are called to treat each other equally.

He urged the ANC to find new customs which did not bring disunity.
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UK: Cameron Rejects Russia Security Call Over Litvinenko

Daniel Sandford
BBC News
Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:26 UTC
David Cameron has rejected a call by Russia to restore links with its security services, which were frozen after the Alexander Litvinenko murder.

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David Cameron: "The fact is the two governments don't agree on Litvinenko"
Relations between the UK and Russia have been strained since the Russian dissident's death in London in 2006.

The PM said in Moscow the UK would continue to challenge Russia's refusal to extradite the prime suspect.

But he said his one-day trip - the first talks there by a UK leader since 2005 - had improved trade links.

During a news conference with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, he said they had agreed to increase co-operation in areas including commerce, technology and international issues.
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Saudi Official: US Veto for Palestinian State Will Cost Saudi Alliance

John Glaser
AntiWar.com
Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:44 UTC
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The United States would lose Saudi Arabia as an ally if it blocks the Palestinian bid for statehood at the United Nations this month, according to a New York Times piece written by a senior Saudi official.

"Saudi Arabia would no longer be able to cooperate with America in the same way it historically has," Prince Turki al-Faisal, the former Saudi intelligence chief, wrote in an opinion piece that was officially sanctioned by the monarchy. "Saudi leaders would be forced by domestic and regional pressures to adopt a far more independent and assertive foreign policy."

The Obama administration has been firm in denouncing Palestinian attempts to generate support for its bid for statehood and has promised to veto the resolution at the Security Council this month.
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Bad Guys

911 and the Mainstream Media, or There Are Such Things as Stupid Questions!

Harrison Koehli
Sott.net
Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:00 UTC
Bush 911 School
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'There is no such thing as a stupid question.' It's a phrase I've heard since Kindergarten, and for good reason. Often in a state of perfectly understandable ignorance, little tykes need to ask questions, and they need to feel comfortable doing so. Knowing that their questions will not be dismissed by their teachers and parents encourages children to begin the process of asking, seeking, and developing the ability to actually think and not just regurgitate mindless bits of nonsense. Of course, the answers to these sincere questions may seem self-evident to adults, but ridiculing children for asking them is pretty nasty. It kills curiosity and stunts learning. But even then, I think this maxim is in desperate need of revision. There's no such thing as a stupid question, but only if it is asked sincerely. There are definitely such things as stupid questions.

The power of a stupid question lies in its ability to promote rigid thinking, and to prevent the asking and answering of truly sincere questions. And unfortunately, like a bad cold or a catchy tune written for someone half our age, stupid questions are highly contagious. In fact, in our highly ponerized society, such questions are epidemic, particularly when it comes to the uncomfortable truths about what really happened on 9/11.
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Bad Guys

Secret Government Experiments Come to Light

Amy Enchelmeyer
Discovery News
Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:25 UTC
Secret Gov Experiments
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The government may not want you to know that it set off nuclear bombs willy-nilly in the atmosphere or tested LSD on unwitting subjects, but at least the Science Channel does!

In case you believed that elaborate government conspiracies were merely the driving force behind X-Files episodes, the Science Channel is setting the record straight. As a compendium to their latest show, Dark Matters, which explores the darker side of science, the Science Channel has published introductions and full transcripts from government hearings on some of the most unbelievable -- yet true -- conspiracies, including the highly-controversial MKULTRA project.

According to the 1977 transcript of the hearing before Congress, MKULTRA projects on behavioral modification, drug acquisition and testing took place over the better part of a decade, from 1953 through 1964.

Perhaps best known for administering the psychedelic drug LSD to unwitting participants, MKULTRA actually was composed of 149 (known) projects, across 86 universities and institutions, that dabbled in everything from harmless hypnosis to horrific human testing.

No one was spared. The CIA was an equal-opportunity abuser. The report details it as an "extensive testing and experimentation" program that included covert drug tests on unwitting citizens "at all social levels, high and low, native Americans and foreign."
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Attention

US 2010 Poverty Rate Highest Since 1993

Stephanie Pappas
Live Science
Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:29 UTC
Homeless Man
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A homeless man sits on the street.

New Census data suggests that even after the U.S. officially exited the recession in June 2009, the population continued to feel the echoes of economic trouble.

In 2010, the poverty rate increased to 15.1 percent, up from 14.3 percent from the previous year, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today (Sept. 13). That's the highest rate since 1993, which also saw a 15.1-percent poverty rate.

The poverty rate fell each year between 1993 and 2000, hitting a low of 11.3 percent in 2000. Between 2007 and 2010, the agency reported, the poverty rate has gone up 2.6 percentage points.

Social scientists have found a multitude of effects from the recession that started in December 2007 and continued through 2009. A May 2011 survey about personal finance found that more than a third of Americans felt their financial situation was getting worse, not better. Even pets are suffering, according to an April 2011 survey of veterinarians, which reported an increase in fleas, ticks, heartworm and other preventable conditions as pet owners try to save money by skipping the vet.
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