US Attorney's Office - District of Columbia The United States Attorney's Office In Your Neighborhood Making sure that victims of crimes are treated with compassion, fairness and respect. Our nation-wide commitment to reducing gun crime in America. Ali Mohamed Ali Abdul Saoud Mohamed, (علي محمد) (born June 3, 1952) is a double agent[1] who worked for both the CIA and Egyptian Islamic Jihad simultaneously, reporting on the workings of each for the benefit of the other. Mohamed has been described as "Six-foot one, 200 pounds, and exceptionally fit, ... a martial artist and skilled linguist who spoke fluent English, French, and Hebrew in addition to his native Arabic. He was disciplined, clever, and gregarious, with a marked facility for making friends."[4] Mohamed was a major in the Egyptian army's military intelligence unit, until being discharged for suspected fundamentalism in 1984. In Afghanistan[edit] During the 1980s, Ali Mohamed was involved in the training of the anti-soviet forces which included members of the mujahideen, the local force of Afghanistan established to fight the Soviet Union. In the United States[edit] In 1984 Mohamed offered his services to the CIA in Cairo station and was stationed in Hamburg, Germany. See also[edit]
INTELWIRE :: Ali Mohamed: The Terrorist Who Built Al Qaeda's 9/11 Network -- Former Green Beret Ali Mohamed Built The Critical Infrastructure That Hijackers, Including Mohammed Atta, Used For the September 11 Attack By J.M. Berger INTELWIRE.com U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is widely regarded as the Justice Department's top gun on al Qaeda. Fitzgerald spent almost an entire page of his five-page prepared statement[1] discussing one man -- Ali A. Sidebar: Who is Ali Mohamed? National Geographic Documentary on Mohamed; J.M. Fitzgerald did not spare a single word for Ramzi Yousef. The emphasis could not have been more clear. While Yousef likely played a critical role devising the plot that eventually became the September 11 attack, Ali Mohamed was the utility player who created al Qaeda's terrorist infrastructure in the United States -- a series of connections, ideas, techniques and specific tools used by the plot's hijackers and masterminds. Although Mohamed was arrested in 1998, his infrastructure remained not only intact but virtually unmonitored until after 9/11. Despite this secrecy, Mohamed's operations and connections can be tracked by painstakingly combing through the public record.
Ali Mohamed Egyptian militants open fire on Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. [Source: Public domain]Ali Mohamed is a major in the Egyptian army. He is highly educated, speaking several languages and possessing two bachelor’s degrees and a master’s degree. In 1981 he was taking part in a special program for foreign officers at the US Army Special Forces school at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, while soldiers with radical Islamic beliefs from his Egyptian army unit assassinated Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. He is forced to quit in early 1984 on suspicions of becoming too religious. Al Mohamed, pictured in a US army video. Ali Mohamed, in one of the US military videos he helped create. William Casey [Source: CIA]Following an agreement between the CIA and Pakistan’s ISI to make more use of Arabs in the Soviet-Afghan War, recruitment of potential fighters increases significantly. Ali Mohamed’s house in Santa Clara, California. The al-Kifah Refugee Center shared the same building as the Al-Farooq Mosque.
Should the ‘Love Hormone’ Oxytocin Be Used in Couples Therapy TIME.com From Arizona comes word that oxytocin — known as the “cuddle chemical” or “love hormone” for its role in bonding parents to children and lovers to one another — is being used on couples in marriage therapy. KPHO reports: Dr. Matt French owns the Wellness Solutions Clinic in Glendale. Last September, his office began using a bio-identical form of oxytocin for patients struggling in their marriages. But research suggests that, in fact, oxytocin doesn’t always lead to peace, love or harmony for everyone. Similarly, other research in men has found that when they were asked recall their relationships with their mothers — while taking either oxytocin or placebo — those who had had secure relationships with their moms in early childhood tended to recall Mom as being warmer and more loving when taking oxytocin than when taking placebo. (More on TIME.com: ‘Love Hormone’ Enhances Men’s Memories of Mom — Good or Bad) (More on TIME.com: ‘Love Hormone’ Oxytocin Is Choosy, Not Necessarily Racist)
Is Love Contagious Connecting Dots…to God Is love contagious? Can trust be transmitted to others? Paul J. See an interview with Zak here Love is contagious Zak’s research shows that when oxytocin is introduced into subjects’ brains, there is a corresponding increase in kind and generous behavior. Zak’s wedding lab results suggest that expressions of love and trust breed more of the same; a morally rising social spiral. Naturalists and atheists might interpret this as evidence that morality has a biological basis after all. The Source of all goodness As a Christian, I see it differently. Lifting love levels Furthermore, if Zak’s thesis is true, think of all the love and trust Jesus’s life on this earth must have produced as he shared the pure love of God in his interactions with others. Or, put in terms of Jesus’s description of the Kingdom of God operating like yeast in a batch of dough, a little sprinkle of love can cause a whole batch to rise. “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.” Like this: Like Loading...
Oxytocin, Touch, Affection, Love - Toward Attention Anyone who studies animal behavior knows how territorial they can be. They can also be very caring not only for other animals outside their pack, but even for other species. It's quite remarkable. The affections that whoosh us off to tend to others may have a chemical impetus whose waves we ride (and which can be rationally and deliberately cultivated), but the choice to love someone beyond this affection, to act towards another in an ethical way (with, without, or even in spite of this affection) has never lacked language: we have different words for Affection, Friendship, Desire, Charity, etc. The capacity to love without or in spite of affection is not something that we've been blind to, either, but it clearly requires higher-level faculties than lower mammals have. [the] love and trust it promotes are not toward the world in general, just toward a person’s in-group.
Be Mine Forever Oxytocin May Help Build Long-Lasting Love Scientific American If cupid had studied neuroscience, he’d know to aim his arrows at the brain rather than the heart. Recent research suggests that for love to last, it’s best he dip those arrows in oxytocin. Although scientists have long known that this hormone is essential for monogamous rodents to stay true to their mates, and that it makes humans more trusting toward one another, they are now finding that it is also crucial to how we form and maintain romantic relationships. A handful of new studies show that oxytocin makes us more sympathetic, supportive and open with our feelings—all necessary for couples to celebrate not just one Valentine’s Day, but many. The first bit of evidence that points to oxytocin as nature’s love glue comes from researchers who measured the hormone in couples. Oxytocin was also correlated with the longevity of a relationship. One way to clarify that question is to give individuals oxytocin rather than just measure naturally occurring levels. How would that work?
Ralph Fox Over the past 6 months, we've been working with All About Trans on a project titled Patchwork. We've been meeting with 25 inspiring people, to create 25 short films, with All About Trans. Each short film features someone living in the UK, with passions, interests, upbringings, gender variance and experiences. Each film focus on the theme of support and celebration. The films are destined for the All About Trans website, My Genderation website, 4OD, and a selection of them will be broadcast on Channel 4, over the next few months, hopefully with us presenting them. What makes Patchwork entirely unique is that it's created by trans people (with experience both sides of the camera) about trans people, for a much wider audience. We hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoyed making them. allabouttrans.org.ukmygenderation.comluckytoothproductions.com Show less
Employment Non-Discrimination Act 2013: The 'T' In LGBT Protections (INFOGRAPHIC) When Congress last voted on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) in 2007, the bill would have prevented employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation but not gender identity or expression. House Democrats removed transgender protections from the legislation, claiming they wouldn't have enough votes to pass an inclusive ENDA. "There is more resistance to protection for people who are transgender than for people who are gay, lesbian and bisexual," Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said in a statement at the time. "This is not a good fact, but ignoring bad facts is a bad way to get legislation passed." The House did pass the bill, after quarreling over the non-inclusive language and repeatedly postponing a vote, but it died in the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Monday that he plans to take up ENDA "soon" and told reporters last month about a personal reason he supports a ban on workplace discrimination. "My niece is a lesbian," he said.