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Generational Dynamics Web Log for 20-Mar-2012
20-Mar-12 World View -- Toulouse France massacre raises concerns of xenophobia towards Jews and Muslims

Web Log - March, 2012

20-Mar-12 World View -- Toulouse France massacre raises concerns of xenophobia towards Jews and Muslims

Russia agrees to bizarre daily two-hour ceasefire proposal in Syria

This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com.

France on high alert after shooting at Jewish school in Toulouse
Nazi gang hunted for massacre of Jewish kids in France
Concerns rise over xenophobia in Europe toward Jews and Muslims
NYPD heightens security at Jewish sites
Russia agrees to bizarre daily two-hour ceasefire proposal in Syria
Cyber warfare will be war, and will likely also be war crimes
Nicolas Sarkozy rejects election help from Angela Merkel

France on high alert after shooting at Jewish school in Toulouse

Nazi gang hunted for massacre of Jewish kids

Nazi gang hunted for massacre of Jewish kids

France was on the highest level of security of security alert on Monday night after a serial killer coldly shot dead three Jewish children and a teacher in the worst attack on a school the country has known. The murder weapon was the same as the one used in two other shootings – one last Thursday in which two soldiers died and a third is in a coma, and another four days earlier in which an off-duty soldier was shot dead. Three of the men were of north African descent and one was of West Indian origin. President Nicolas Sarkozy said that it appeared "obvious" the attack was anti-Semitic and that he was suspending his re-election campaign until at least Wednesday. He said "exceptional security measures" would be taken, while officials raised the terror alert in the area to "scarlet," the highest possible. Telegraph

Nazi gang hunted for massacre of Jewish kids in France

Police at first had thought they were dealing with a lone extremist opposed to France’s military involvement in Afghanistan. But now their investigation is centered on a group of at least three renegade soldiers, from the same regiment as the murdered soldiers, who were kicked out of the French army in disgrace. They were discharged in 2008 for allegedly having neo-Nazi links – after pictures were found showing them posing in front of a flag emblazoned with a swastika in the photo shown above. Mirror

Concerns rise over xenophobia in Europe toward Jews and Muslims

There have been numerous articles in recent weeks over increasing xenophobia directed towards Muslims in Europe, and concerns are now being raised for the safety of both Jews and Muslims. France’s presidential election campaign, which is heating up ahead of the April 22 vote, has been marred with xenophobic elements directed at both Jews and Muslims. Earlier this month, French Prime Minister François Fillon, a member of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s Union for Popular Movement (UMP) party, publicly criticized ritual slaughter in an apparent attempt to curry favor among France’s right wing and take away votes from Marine Le Pen, the presidential candidate of the anti-immigration National Front. The statement was directed Jewish kosher rituals and Muslim halal rituals. These statements, among others, have caused Jewish and Muslim leaders to express concern about the increase in xenophobia. Jerusalem Post and ENInews (Switzerland)

NYPD heightens security at Jewish sites

The New York Police Department stepped up security at synagogues and other sites on Monday after the deadly attack on a Jewish school in France, dispatching extra patrols to more than 50 locations throughout New York. NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly said though there were no specific threats against New York, which has the largest Jewish population outside Israel, the police department decided to take the measures as a precaution. "We have to be concerned about what happens overseas. We have a significant Jewish population in this city, and we have to take that into account. We know that we’re the top of the terrorist target list, so we’re concerned about the so-called copycat syndrome, where someone might see the events unfolding in Toulouse and take it upon themselves to act out." AP

Nicolas Sarkozy rejects election help from Angela Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is annoyed at French President Nicolas Sarkozy for no longer wanting her help in his re-election campaign, At the start of 2012, Sarkozy asked Merkel, his close ally in the fight against the euro crisis, to make several joint appearances with him ahead of the French presidential election, to be held on April 22, with a possible run-off vote on May 6. She agreed, in an unusual intervention in a foreign country's domestic politics, because she wants Sarkozy to win. But at the end of February, when it became clear that his close ties with the German leader weren't helping his opinion poll ratings, Sarkozy changed his strategy. Last Wednesday, he made his change in campaign strategy public when he said in a radio interview: "The election campaign is a matter for the French people." Spiegel

Russia agrees to bizarre daily two-hour ceasefire proposal in Syria

Syrian security officers inspect the scene of a destroyed building following twin bomb attacks in Damascus on Saturday. (CNN)

Syrian security officers inspect the scene of a destroyed building following twin bomb attacks in Damascus on Saturday. (CNN)

Apparently tired of being criticized for opposing anything that criticizes the regime of Syria's president Bashar al-Assad, Russia is now going along with a proposal by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for a daily two-hour ceasefire in Syria to allow time for humanitarian aid to come in. The parties said that at the present moment, providing humanitarian aid for those in need is the absolute priority. As absurd and bizarre as this proposal is, it's what we can expect these days from politicians. Imagine the proposal being adopted. Each day at noon, the firing stops. The Red Cross rushes in and patches up the victims. Then, at 2 pm, the firing starts again, creating more victims. I doubt that such a ceasefire would survive even the first two hours. Russia Today

Cyber warfare will be war, and will likely also be war crimes

According to network security research Marcus Ranum, the big problem with a cyber war is that the target would not just be military electronic infrastructure. It would likely be a nation's critical infrastructure.

"If you look at international humanitarian law, I think it would be very difficult to launch a military cyber attack, not only that isn't an act of war but that is not inherently a war crime."

Fierce Government IT

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