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    "relId": "2012/09/20/the-terrorists-veto",
    "title": "The Terrorists' Veto",
    "author": "pmjones",
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            "relId": "world-war-iv",
            "title": "World War IV",
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    "created": "2012-09-21 04:29:30 UTC",
    "updated": [
        "2012-09-21 04:29:30 UTC"
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    "html": "<blockquote>\n<p>A week after region-wide riots started in Cairo, Hezbollah sent half a million supporters into the streets of Beirut\u00e2\u0080\u0099s southern suburbs, ostensibly to protest the trailer for the now-infamous movie on YouTube. The mob screamed the same tired slogans we\u00e2\u0080\u0099re accustomed to hearing--\u00e2\u0080\u009cDeath to America\u00e2\u0080\u009d and \u00e2\u0080\u009cDeath to Israel\u00e2\u0080\u009d--but Hezbollah\u00e2\u0080\u0099s secretary general Hassan Nasrallah said something new. \u00e2\u0080\u009cThe U.S. should understand that if it broadcasts the film in full it will face very dangerous repercussions around the world.\u00e2\u0080\u009d</p>\n<p>Hezbollah is technologically advanced and media-savvy. Nasrallah knows perfectly well that when an individual uploads a video to YouTube, it doesn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t count as \u00e2\u0080\u009cthe United States broadcasting a film.\u00e2\u0080\u009d That\u00e2\u0080\u0099s actually his point. He\u00e2\u0080\u0099s not threatening the United States in the abstract. He\u00e2\u0080\u0099s threatening <strong>you</strong>.. If you insult Hassan Nasrallah\u00e2\u0080\u0099s religion on the Internet, terrorists may come after <strong>you</strong>.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Emphasis in original. Via <em><a href=\"http://www.city-journal.org/2012/eon0920mt.html\">The Terrorists' Veto by Michael J. Totten - City Journal</a></em>.</p>\n"
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