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Israel holds American 'planning attacks on Muslim sites'

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  1. da1

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    A man walks past a mosque in the Israeli Arab village of Abu Ghosh in Israel
    Israeli police did not say whether Adam Everett Livix had identified any specific targets
    An American being held in Israel on weapons charges has told investigators he was considering attacking Muslim holy sites, Israeli police say.
    Adam Everett Livix, a Christian wanted in the US on drugs charges, was arrested last month after an undercover agent discovered the alleged plot.
    Weapons and ammunition stolen from the Israeli army were found at his home.
    Mr Livix's lawyer said the Israeli authorities were exaggerating the security implications of the case.
    His arrest comes with tensions between Israelis and Palestinians running high because of a dispute over access to a major holy site in Jerusalem known to Jews as the Temple Mount and Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif.
    Psychiatric assessment
    Mr Livix was charged on Monday with conspiring with his roommate, an Israeli soldier, to steal 1.4kg (3lb) of explosives from the Israeli army and being in the country illegally.
    The Israeli authorities said the 30-year-old Texan was believed to have arrived in the Palestinian territories in 2013.
    At first he lived in Hebron and Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, where he was allegedly asked by a Palestinian if he would be willing to assassinate US President Barack Obama during a visit to the region. Mr Livix refused the request, according to police.
    Mr Livix moved to Israel a year and a half ago, after which he passed himself off to Israeli acquaintances as a US Navy Seal commando.
    He also told them "about his negative opinions towards the Arab population in Israel and his desire to cause harm to Muslim holy sites in Israel", the indictment said, something he subsequently allegedly admitted during questioning by the police and security services.
    A court has ordered that Mr Livix be remanded in custody and be sent for a psychiatric assessment before entering a plea.
    Mr Livix's lawyer, Gal Wolf, complained that he had been denied access to legal counsel for eight days after his arrest on 19 November, and that hearings were held without a lawyer being present.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-30404688
     
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  2. Deji McGever

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    I'm glad to hear Israel is treating its terror suspects with consistency.

    But crazy western Christians wanting to blow up Al-Aqsa are a pretty common thing. Shin Bet is really uncanny at sniffing them out.
     
    #2 Deji McGever, Dec 10, 2014
  3. JuanValdez

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    Texan? Ah, man!

    *Crosses fingers for Dallasite *
     
    #3 JuanValdez, Dec 10, 2014
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    So could Israel pump hummus up his ass in an effort to get information about other potential terrorists without repercussions?
     
    #4 rhadamanthus, Dec 10, 2014
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    Hummus? He's Texan. Queso.
     
    #5 Buck Turgidson, Dec 10, 2014
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    Damn, I thought this was going to be some funny joke.....
     
    #6 rudan, Dec 10, 2014
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    I can't even imagine the mayhem that would result if this were to have been pulled off. It honestly has the potential to start World War III.

    Israel should make a concerted effort to ensure that they punish those who dare to attempt such acts, whether they be American, Israeli, or from wherever. Had this of gone as planned, Palestinians would have had no doubt that Israel allowed it to happen. If they can stop some of their own extremists, perhaps it will slowly rebuild trust between the two. One can dream.
     
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    Why would you think they don't?

    The worst so far happened in 1994 -- by an American.


    Jerusalem has attracted so many crazies from all over world it has a syndrome named after it.
     
    #8 Deji McGever, Dec 11, 2014
  9. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    That's probably child's play for the Mossad.
     
    #9 bobrek, Dec 11, 2014
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    Can anyone explain why we like Israel? Because they do some killing that we like. And?
     
    #10 sirbaihu, Dec 12, 2014
  11. AroundTheWorld

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    It's the only democracy in the region. It's the only country in the region that treats women as equal human beings. It's the only country in the region that has contributed significantly to progress in science in the last 50 years. It's the only country in the region that does not have a death cult ideology as its state religion. And so on.
     
    #11 AroundTheWorld, Dec 12, 2014
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    It's the only country in the region that hasn't had its government toppled by the U.S. at some point, so general sentiment toward the US government is positive (relative to the other countries in that area). This sentiment, coupled with its desperate reliance on US military aid to secure its borders, allows us to use it to project our interests in the region.

    Oil.
     
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    then why does the US have a somewhat good relationship with Saudi Arabia

    I truly doubt US foreign policies and who they align with in the world have much to do with how the country treats women.
     
    #13 apollo33, Dec 12, 2014
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    You are right, sadly. It's a shame that the USA and other countries of the Western world have been enablers of Saudi Arabia. This has contributed to many problems around the world.
     
    #14 AroundTheWorld, Dec 12, 2014
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