Friday, January 4, 2013

Israeli Military Chief Tours Golan After Incursion | Reduction

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Israeli Military Chief Tours Golan After Incursion

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Israel's military chief of staff has toured the Golan Heights a day after three Syrian tanks entered a demilitarized zone set up in a 1974 disengagement treaty between the sides. Israel complained to U.N. peacekeepers over the incursion. Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz told Israeli soldiers there Sunday to be on high alert, warning that violence from Syria's civil war might reach Israel. Several Syrian shells, apparently misfired, have exploded inside Israel. Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war. Before that, Syria used the highlands to shell Israeli villages below. Israel annexed the strategic territory in 1981 in a move that is not recognized internationally. The demilitarized zone was created after the 1973 Mideast war, when Syria tried to retake the plateau.

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Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz

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Overall Sentiment: -0.159425

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Country: Syria

Overall Sentiment: -0.456139

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

The NRA Isn't The Only Opponent Of Gun Control | Reduction

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The NRA Isn't The Only Opponent Of Gun Control

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Day 270 - West Midlands Police - Seized mini cannon by West Midlands Police
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A nascent discussion about gun laws has dominated the nation's agenda during the week following the school shootings in Newtown, Conn. But one dominant voice has been missing from the debate thus far. Since the massacre, the National Rifle Association, which is the largest group representing gun rights, has mostly been silent. That is about to change. The NRA is holding a news conference in Washington on Friday morning. In addition, Wayne LaPierre, the group's CEO, is scheduled to be a guest Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press. The group is not expected to come out in favor of any proposal to restrict gun ownership. "That flies in the face of everything they've done for years," says Scott Melzer, author of Gun Crusaders: The NRA's Culture War.

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Richard Feldman

Overall Sentiment: 0.239283

Relevance: 0.278662

SentimentQuote
0"There are 15 million self-identified liberals that own guns — that's four times the size of the NRA," he says. ...
-0.0717608"If Congress goes ahead and repasses the 1994 ban [on assault weapons], they can pat themselves on the back, but they are kidding the American people, and gun owners know it," Feldman says.
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.0717608
  • Mean: -0.0358804
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Scott Melzer

Overall Sentiment: -0.100287

Relevance: 0.266593

SentimentQuote
0"That flies in the face of everything they've done for years," says Scott Melzer, ...
-0.142241"That flies in the face of everything they've done for years," says Scott Melzer, author of Gun Crusaders: The NRA's Culture War. "They would lose a ton of support from their base, which believes if you lose any gun rights, eventually you're going to lose them all."
-0.0600806"If a Republican votes for any form of gun control, they are inviting the NRA and other groups to run a primary opponent against them, and they're asking to be unseated," says Melzer, ...
-0.0228123Melzer points out, there have been efforts over the years by various groups to "peel off" ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 4
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.2251339
  • Mean: -0.056283475
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Andrew Rotherham

Overall Sentiment: 0.314154

Relevance: 0.187572

SentimentQuote
0.152535"The NRA and its even more radical cousins are pretty much exclusively focused on maintaining access to all kinds of firearms and ammunition," he writes. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.152535
  • Mean: 0.152535
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Michael Hammond

Overall Sentiment: 0.0874254

Relevance: 0.187237

SentimentQuote
0"The difference with the NRA is that after Columbine, we took the position that no gun control was appropriate," he says,
-0.202718"The difference with the NRA is that after Columbine, we took the position that no gun control was appropriate," he says, referring to the mass school shooting in 1999. "After Columbine, the situation looks a lot worse than it does now, in terms of ineffectual gun control legislation, and we were able to stop it then."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.202718
  • Mean: -0.101359
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Wayne LaPierre

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.184417

Harry Wilson

Overall Sentiment: -0.263667

Relevance: 0.171995

SentimentQuote
0"When people say gun lobby, they mean NRA," says Harry Wilson, ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0
  • Mean: 0
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

President Obama

Overall Sentiment: -0.105352

Relevance: 0.169911

Phil Watson

Overall Sentiment: 0.242283

Relevance: 0.145326

SentimentQuote
-0.0396208"Basically, after the competition in gun rights started, the NRA was forced to rethink how to do things," says Phil Watson, ...
0.113976"Basically, after the competition in gun rights started, the NRA was forced to rethink how to do things," says Phil Watson, director of special projects for the Second Amendment Foundation, which has won a number of high-profile legal battles. "The presence of other groups being out there forced the NRA to become more of what they are today."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0743552
  • Mean: 0.0371776
  • Standard Deviation: 0

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Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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Organization: NRA

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.92062

Organization: Guns, Gun Control

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.37334

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Wave of Bombings Kills 19 Across Iraq | Synopsis

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Wave of Bombings Kills 19 Across Iraq

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Genocide Al-Anfal Campaign Kurdish Genocide by Kurdistan Photo كوردستان
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The attacks deepen fears that militants are seeking to reignite ethnic and sectarian violence in the country, where tensions remain high over areas contested between Iraq's central government and the Kurdish minority. The deadliest of Monday's attacks took place in al-Mouafaqiyah, a village inhabited by families from the Shabak ethnic group. Seven people were killed and 11 were wounded in the bombing, according to police officials. The village lies near the city of Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, and is claimed by Arabs, Turkomen and Kurds. The Shabak have their own distinct language and religious beliefs. Elsewhere in the north, two car bombs went off in a majority Turkomen neighborhood in the city of Tuz Khormato, killing five people and wounding 26, said Mohammed al-Asi, a spokesman for Salahuddin provincial council. A boy walks in rubble at the scene of a car...

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Tuz Khormato

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Organization: Iraqi police

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Organization: Shiite-led government

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Company: Salahuddin

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FieldTerminology: Iraqi

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FieldTerminology: Lebanese

Overall Sentiment: -0.325527

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City: Baghdad

Overall Sentiment: -0.279909

Relevance: 0.772113

City: Samarra

Overall Sentiment: -0.51339

Relevance: 0.439275

City: Mosul

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.387815

Country: Iraq

Overall Sentiment: -0.221213

Relevance: 0.447837

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