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The MEMRI Daily: November 2, 2010

The following is research published today from MEMRI’s Special Dispatch Series, the MEMRI TV Project, and the Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor.

*Special Dispatch Series

Special Dispatch No. 3339—Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor

Jihadi Forum Member Suggests Booby-Trapping Bodies of Dead U.S. Soldiers

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A posting on the jihadi forum Shumukh Al-Islam, by a member calling himself "Al-Raya Al-Sawda" ("Black Flag"), suggests booby-trapping the bodies of American soldiers killed in "successful" jihad operations, and then detonating the charges by remote control when other troops come to collect the bodies or when they are on board a plane carrying them back to the U.S.

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Special Dispatch No. 3338—U.S. and the Arab and Muslim World

Iraqi Politician in Exile Mish'an Jabouri Criticizes Gulf Governments, Media for Permitting Anti-Shi'ite Incitement on TV; Says 'This [Cleric] Was Sent By Freemasonry, Or the Zionist Lobby – Or... Is Working For Israel'

Following are excerpts from statements by Iraqi politician in exile Mish'an Jabouri, owner of the Syria-based Arrai TV, discussing anti-Shi'ite incitement on a Gulf television channel. The statements were broadcast on Arrai TV on September 12, 2010. (To view this clip, visithttp://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/2620.htm.)

In 2009, Jabouri acknowledged financing terror attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq. After the U.S. House of Representatives' passage of H.R. 2278, on December 9, 2009, directing the President to send to Congress a report on anti-American incitement to violence in the Middle East, Jabouri appeared on the channel to discuss its policy (the interview includes false statements about MEMRI.

It should be noted that MEMRI has assisted U.S. government officials with research and translations about Arrai TV.

"A Certain Cleric" Talks of "Our Shi'ite Brothers in a Way That I Must Denounce"

Mish'an Jabouri: "There is a CD, or a recording, showing a certain cleric talking about our Shi'ite brothers in a way that I must denounce. I believe that many millions of Sunnis denounce such talk, and despite the person who utters it, a person who, in their view, does not represent them. Unfortunately, this was aired on a channel called Al-Khalijiya ["Gulf TV"].

To read the full dispatch, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4722.htm.

Special Dispatch No. 3337—Saudi Arabia/Democratization and Reform in the Arab and Muslim World

Former Saudi Navy Commodore and U.S. Liaison Officer Asks King Abdallah to Pardon Young Sri Lankan Maid in Saudi Infant Death Case

In an article titled "Nafeek, the Sri Lankan Maid I Never Met," former Royal Saudi Navy commodore and former Saudi Royal Navy liaison officer at Pensacola Naval Air Station (1991-95) Abdulateef Al-Mulhim discusses the case of the death in Saudi Arabia of an infant at the hands of a Sri Lankan maid; the maid has been sentenced to death. While expressing his sorrow over the incident, he also mentions how difficult circumstances must have been for the maid, and asks King Abdallah to pardon "this very young and naive girl from Sri Lanka."

To read the full dispatch, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4721.htm.

Special Dispatch No. 3340—Egypt/Democratization and Reform in the Arab & Muslim World

Egyptian Screenwriter Wahid Hamed Attacks the Muslim Brotherhood: They Are Taking Society Backward with 'Notions Stemming from a Desert Mindset'

Following are excerpts from an interview with Egyptian screenwriter Wahid Hamed, which aired on Dream2 TV on September 16, 2010:

To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/2634.htm.

Interviewer: "What is behind your dispute with the Muslim Brotherhood?"

Wahid Hamed: "I don't have any dispute with them as Muslims. Very simply, I am against religious rule. I do not want a religious state, while they strive for a religious state – even if they deny it. I am against a religious state because when you rule me with religion, I am not allowed to disagree with you. If you rule me or are in charge of me, in the framework of a religious state, then if I disagree with you, I am disagreeing with the religion, with God, which renders me an infidel."

To read the full dispatch, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4724.htm.

*From MEMRI TV

MEMRI TV Clip No. 2643 - Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah: "We Are Proud of Our Deep Faith in the Rule of the Wise, Courageous Jurisprudent"

Following are excerpts from an address by Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, which aired on Al-Manar TV on October 13, 2010.

To view this clip on MERMI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/2643.htm.