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Special Dispatch No. 6495 - AKP Media In Turkey Says Orlando Attack Was Carried Out By U.S To Stop Islam's Rise And 'So That 2% Of Americans [i.e. Jews] Do Not Lose Their Influence'; Islamist Groups Threaten LGBT Community, Pride Parades, Saying: If Gov't Won't 'Stop This Perversion, We... Will Do So By All Means Necessary' - 06/28/16

Following the June 12, 2016 attack on the gay nightclub in Orlando, many Islamist Turkish dailies close to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan featured articles accusing the U.S. government and foreign intelligence agencies of carrying out the attack, with the aim of curbing the rise of Islam in the U.S. in the aftermath of the passing of legendary Muslim boxer Muhammad Ali. Dozens of outlets of the ruling AKP's Islamist media circulated conspiracy theories, anti-gay sentiment, and hatred of ...

Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1258 - Both Before And After Lebanese Bank Bombing, Hizbullah Supporters Incited Against Banking Sector And Central Bank Governor, Threatened Further Escalation That Would Impact Country's Future - 06/27/16

Introduction On June 12, 2016, shortly after 20:00, while Beirut residents were breaking their Ramadan fast, an eight-kilogram bomb went off outside the headquarters of BLOM Bank, 1 one of Lebanon's leading banks, wounding two people and damaging the building. In light of the intensive conflict in the last month between Hizbullah and Lebanon's banking sector - chiefly Lebanon's central bank and several other banks, including BLOM Bank - over the implementation of U.S. sanctions against ...

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Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1257 - Criticism, Resentment Of Hizbullah On The Rise Among Shi'ites In Lebanon Over Organization's Military Involvement In Syria - 06/23/16

Introduction Over the past two years, Lebanese Shi'ite voices have emerged every so often to criticize and express resentment against Hizbullah over its military involvement in Syria. Beginning in August 2012, anti-Hizbullah Lebanese Shi'ites implicitly criticized Hizbullah in the Lebanese press for its joining the fighting in Syria. The Hizbullah-affiliated media have sharply condemned this criticism, even accusing these Shi'ites of treason and calling them "Shi'ites of the U.S. Embassy." 1 ...

E. B. Picali

Special Dispatch No. 6464 - Escalation In Political - And Perhaps Also Physical - Threats To Iranian Expediency Council Head Rafsanjani - 06/08/16

In recent weeks, Iran's ideological camp has stepped up its threats against pragmatic camp leader and Expediency Council chairman Hashemi Rafsanjani. The threats have included calls for prosecuting him - as it is, relatives of his are frequently imprisoned - and for defining him as a deviant, a traitor, and an accessory to, and torch-bearer today of, what the ideological camp terms "the 2009 fitna," that is, the civil unrest following the presidential elections. It will be recalled that the ...

Special Dispatch No. 6459 - Conspiracy Theories In Egypt Surrounding Crash Of EgyptAir Flight 804: Accusations Against U.S., U.K., Israel, Turkey; Claims Of Western Plot Against Egypt - 06/06/16

In the early morning of May 19, 2016, EgyptAir Flight 804, en route from Paris to Cairo, crashed in the Mediterranean, killing all 66 passengers and crew. Western media immediately began speculating about the cause of the crash - whether it was due to mechanical failure, a terrorist attack, or pilot suicide. Official elements in Egypt were furious at the profusion of unconfirmed reports in Western media even prior to the launch of the investigation. For instance, Egyptian Civil Aviation ...

Special Announcements No. 459 - From The MEMRI TV Archives: Clips Of Newly Elected Iranian Assembly Of Experts Head - 90-Year-Old Anti-U.S. Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati - 06/02/16

This week, following the February 2016 public elections in Iran for the Assembly of Experts - the body responsible for overseeing the activity of Iran's supreme leader and, if necessary, for choosing a new one - Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, 90, was chosen as the assembly head by its members. Ayatollah Jannati is also chairman of Guardian Council, which oversees legislation by the Iranian Majlis (parliament) and is authorized to disqualify candidates for elections in the country. Jannati, who was ...

Special Dispatch No. 6438 - Article In Saudi Daily: U.S. Planned, Carried Out 9/11 Attacks - But Blames Others For Them - 05/18/16

On the eve of President Obama's April 2016 visit to Saudi Arabia, the U.S. Congress began debating the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), that would, inter alia, allow the families of victims of the September 11 attacks to sue the Saudi government for damages. Also in April 2016, the New York Times published that a 2002 congressional inquiry into the 9/11 attacks had found that Saudi officials living in the United States at the time had a hand in the plot. The commission's ...

JTTM Weekly No. 213 - Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Weekend Summary - 05/12/16

The following are some of this week's reports from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project, which translates and analyzes content from sources monitored around the clock, among them the most important jihadi websites and blogs. (To view these reports in full, you must be a paying member of the JTTM; for membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line.) Note to media and government: For a full copy of these reports, send an ...

Special Dispatch No. 6421 - Syrian Opposition, Arab Writers: The U.S. Has A Hand In Aleppo Situation; The Syrians Are Being Slaughtered While The Arab World Does Nothing - 05/09/16

The massive attack on Aleppo by the Syrian regime with the help of the Russian air force, which began immediately following the end of the recent round of talks in Geneva, brokered by UN envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura, between the delegations of the Syrian opposition and regime, sparked many responses from the Syrian opposition and the countries that support it. Alongside the expected condemnation of the Assad regime and its allies, Russia and Iran, 1 there was also harsh criticism against ...

Special Dispatch No. 6420 - Al-Qaeda Leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri: The Mujahideen In Syria Must Unite; Syrians Must Beware Both Saudi And 'Crusader' Plots - 05/08/16

The following report is now a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here . On May 8, 2016, Al-Qaeda issued a new audio message from its leader, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, after several month of silence. In the message, Al-Zawahiri calls on the jihad groups in Syria to unite because this is a matter of life and death for them. He urges the Muslims of Syria to reject the initiatives of Saudi Arabia and its allies in the ...

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