| | September 17, 2012 | | MUSLIM RAGE Once again the streets of the Arab world are burning with false outrage. But we must hold our heads up high. In Newsweek, Infidel author Ayaan Hirsi Ali on how she survived Muslim rage—and how we can end it. MUSLIM WORLD Crowds protested in Kabul on Monday, the latest Muslim-world demonstration in an outpouring of anti-American sentiment, as the militant group Hizbullah called for more unrest. Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the militant group based in Lebanon, said that Muslims “would not be silent in the face of this insult.” Police officials in Afghanistan said 3,000 to 4,000 demonstrators marched in the capital city Monday and succeeded in burning some police cars, but were mostly contained by security forces. “We will defend our prophet until we have blood across our bodies,” one protester told reporters. “Americans will pay for their dishonor.” FEMALE AGENTS In an unauthorized account of the raid on Osama bin Laden, a Navy SEAL revealed that the intelligence analyst who led his team was a woman—and there are plenty more like her in the ranks. Eli Lake reveals the world of the superstar female agents of the CIA. DREAMS Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is set to say on Monday that he’ll mend America’s immigration woes in a speech to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. The majority of Hispanic-American voters support President Obama’s reelection, and Romney’s speech is a bid to gain traction among the crucial demographic as the campaigns come in to the homestretch of the election season. “Americans may disagree about how to fix our immigration system, but I think we can all agree that it is broken,” Romney plans to say according to excerpts from his speech released in advance to the press. LABOR Chicago’s first teachers strike in 25 years enters its second week Monday as Hizzoner Rahm Emanuel scrambled to the courts seeking an order to get the city’s educators back in the classrooms. The Chicago Teachers Union and city leaders seemed close to a deal Sunday, but that fell apart, and teachers opted to return to the picket lines Monday. The strike, which added an extra week to the summer vacations of about 350,000 of Chicago’s children, has left parents aggravated. “You had a whole week,” said Dequita Wade, a mother in the city. “This is beginning to be ridiculous.” | |
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