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SecState Kerry and Michelle Obama WANTED to honor this woman...

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Friday, March 8, 2013 3:20 AM

America loves a winner!

But it seems, after word got out of who she really is, they decided not to, and sent her home.

The State Department, in the person of freshly minted Secretary of State John Kerry, is scheduled to present ten women with “International Women of Courage Awards.”

He’ll receive assistance from First Lady Michelle Obama at the ceremony. One of the honorees is an Egyptian named Samira Ibrahim, who was “among seven women subjected by the Egyptian military for forced ‘virginity tests’ in March 2011 after they were detained during a protest in Cairo’s Tahrir Square,” as the State Department’s profile of her explains. ”Resisting enormous cultural pressure to remain silent about her ordeal, she brought charges against the government.

A military tribunal in March 2012 exonerated the Army doctor involved, but Ms. Ibrahim succeeded in garnering worldwide attention, prompting the military to issue an order in December 2012 forbidding such procedures.”

On July 18 of last year, after five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian bus driver were killed a suicide bombing attack, Ibrahim jubilantly tweeted: “An explosion on a bus carrying Israelis in Burgas airport in Bulgaria on the Black Sea. Today is a very sweet day with a lot of very sweet news.”

Ibrahim frequently uses Twitter to air her anti-Semitic views. Last August 4, commenting on demonstrations in Saudi Arabia, she described the ruling Al Saud family as “dirtier than the Jews.” Seventeen days later she tweeted in reference to Adolf Hitler: “I have discovered with the passage of days, that no act contrary to morality, no crime against society, takes place, except with the Jews having a hand in it. Hitler.”

Ibrahim holds other repellent views as well. As a mob was attacking the United States embassy in Cairo on the eleventh anniversary of 9/11, pulling down the American flag and raising the flag of Al Qaeda, Ibrahim wrote on twitter: “Today is the anniversary of 9/11. May every year come with America burning.” Possibly fearing the consequences of her tweet, she deleted it a couple of hours later, but not before a screen shot was saved by an Egyptian activist.

http://www.humanevents.com/2013/03/07/john-kerrys-woman-of-courage-cel
ebrates-bus-bombings-embassy-attacks-hitler/

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Friday, March 8, 2013 3:58 AM

AGENTROUKA

I agree it shows a lack of proper research not to have checked this woman's public expressions before announcing the intention to honor her with an award.

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Friday, March 8, 2013 4:09 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Oh, their research was done alright. She was listed in Time magazines top 100 influential people of 2012, so that was good enough for this administration.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

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Friday, March 8, 2013 5:20 AM

AGENTROUKA

You're implying they read those twitter posts, thought they were super-awesome and saw no problem with honoring her in spite of them?

You think that's more likely than a shoddy check of her online persona?

Basically, Michelle Obama hates Jews and America and celebrates 9/11, at least vicariously through this woman's twitter posts?

Seriously?

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Friday, March 8, 2013 5:53 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

She fit the template the admin wants to push, so they saw what they wanted to see, and stopped looking. Kinda like howthe attack on our Amb in Libya was due to " a video from YouTube ", and not a coordinated effort by a terrorist group.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

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" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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Friday, March 8, 2013 6:01 AM

AGENTROUKA

So essentially you agree that this was a case of shoddy research into this person. Good.

Your general complaint, then, if I deduce correctly, is that your government should put a lot more effort into thoroughly checking into everything before they make definitive statements about something? I would also agree with that because it's always a good idea, for anyone, but especially representative government.

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