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THE BALKANS – ORGANIZED CRIME AND POLITICAL CORRUPTION PART 4

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<br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><span style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"></span></b></span> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeSCAivwrKtzGL0oXRoU4oThiXfN71Gq9iNhFK2ao_A4FG8jAzOJXae3Ns6UTz3BTrWiuuXYpHaiHY2fzV9gKMmL8dtUUdxhKkSIMsdGOBKBe2SJq9ZTtuwZiqI40gWGFCXVfcd3BGWGOg/s1600/AlbaniaIslam.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeSCAivwrKtzGL0oXRoU4oThiXfN71Gq9iNhFK2ao_A4FG8jAzOJXae3Ns6UTz3BTrWiuuXYpHaiHY2fzV9gKMmL8dtUUdxhKkSIMsdGOBKBe2SJq9ZTtuwZiqI40gWGFCXVfcd3BGWGOg/s320/AlbaniaIslam.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><span style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"></span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE INVOLVEMENT IN THE BALKANS</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Adapted by Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring from Ioannis Michaletos</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Since the early 1990s, Bonn and Washington have joined hands in establishing their respective spheres of influence in the Balkans. Their intelligence agencies have also collaborated. According to intelligence sources, covert support to the KOSOVO rebel army was established as a joint endeavor between the CIA and GERMANY’S Bundes Nachrichten Dienst (BND) (which previously played a key role in installing a right wing nationalist government under Franjo Tudjman in CROATIA). The task to create and finance the KLA was initially given to GERMANY. Allegedly they used GERMAN uniforms, East GERMAN weapons and were financed, in part, with drug money. The CIA on the other hand was, subsequently instrumental in training and equipping the KLA in ALBANIA.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ALLEGEDLY, GERMANY AND THE USA FAVORED THE FORMATION OF A “GREATER ALBANIA”</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The covert activities of GERMANY’S BND were consistent with Bonn’s intent to expand its “Lebensraum” into the BALKANS. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>See also: “How GERMANY backed KLA”. Website: <a href="http://www.bretagnenet.com/reporter-breton/archives/germany.htm">http://www.bretagnenet.com/reporter-breton/archives/germany.htm</a></i></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPKVny03PHxHjZbCtbTJrNynUpNBwcLOeCCgwGVpQ189pxm5TqFaDCVtcxBDWSkm5s3lC7pH7TNwnh3W3NdkBtmdX_haT50TVhTvIXZY56GVhCWRj5I66GkKElgb7ZkHNlxZryR0C6nDtb/s1600/free-poster-hhzi2muqc0-ALBANIAN-MAFIA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPKVny03PHxHjZbCtbTJrNynUpNBwcLOeCCgwGVpQ189pxm5TqFaDCVtcxBDWSkm5s3lC7pH7TNwnh3W3NdkBtmdX_haT50TVhTvIXZY56GVhCWRj5I66GkKElgb7ZkHNlxZryR0C6nDtb/s200/free-poster-hhzi2muqc0-ALBANIAN-MAFIA.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Prior to the onset of the civil war in BOSNIA, GERMANY and its Foreign Minister Hans Dietrich Genscher had actively supported secession; it had “forced the pace of international diplomacy” and pressured its Western allies to recognize SLOVENIA and CROATIA. According to Geopolitical Drug Watch, both GERMANY and the US favored (although not officially) the formation of a “GREATER ALBANIA” encompassing ALBANIA, KOSOVO and parts of FYROM. According to Sean Gervasi, US economist, GERMANY was seeking a free hand among its allies “to pursue economic dominance in the whole of “MITTELEUROPA“.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">See: “GREATER ALBANIA” <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/01/greater-albania-united-states-project.html"><span>http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/01/greater-albania-united-states-project.html</span></a></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">THE EMERGENCE OF “BALKAN JIHAD” AND ITS PROGRESS IN THE REGION</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">After the 9/11, a worldwide “War on terror” begun in order to disband and neutralize Islamic terrorist networks across the globe. The main focus of the largest anti-terrorist campaign in history is focused in the MIDDLE EAST area, as well as in AFGHANISTAN.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The BALKAN Peninsula is EUROPE’S “turf “where this campaign also took place, with numerous arrests and a continuous effort into riding fundamentalist cells out of the area. The question arising though, is how did the extremists gain a foothold in South Eastern EUROPE in the first place, and what was the reaction of the IC (International Community) over the previous years?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">THE PRESENCE OF ISLAM IN THE BALKANS DATES BACK TO THE 13TH CENTURY</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In order to create the much needed mercenary armies, against the then archenemy, the FRANCS, BYZANTINE Emperors allowed Muslim TURKS into modern day BULGARIA. They were used mainly as cavalry forces due to their excellent techniques in that kind of war. Over the coming decades the antagonism between the FRANCS and the VATICAN from one side and the BYZANTIUM from the other, led to the final conquest of Constantinople by the OTTOMAN TURKS in 1453. Gradually virtually the whole of the BALKANS came under Muslim dominance and were included in the Dar al Islam territory stretching from the Hindu river and up to Gibraltar.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJkipnj6CgYhZX_3n303LQKqFq5LnF3mgjG7LM_6L35MxvUVxNJ8pSjEsgg2Q8NT-rskZ6jeJf1I1pRtlJaz8gefBtVlv6MumLVc4QZvWSrDfi1oihpnMLA1g_vQC21xrKeDoTqZhDnoc0/s1600/792px-Bogomilist_expansion.svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJkipnj6CgYhZX_3n303LQKqFq5LnF3mgjG7LM_6L35MxvUVxNJ8pSjEsgg2Q8NT-rskZ6jeJf1I1pRtlJaz8gefBtVlv6MumLVc4QZvWSrDfi1oihpnMLA1g_vQC21xrKeDoTqZhDnoc0/s320/792px-Bogomilist_expansion.svg.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bogomils expansion </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In BOSNIA in particular the sect of Bogomils –Eastern Orthodox sect-, converted to Islam for a variety of societal and spiritual reasons. Since the Bogomils were the affluent class of the central BALKANS they soon became the ruling class over millions of Christians of mostly Slavic descent. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><i>See: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogomilism"><span>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogomilism</span></a></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In ALBANIA the Islamic takeover had a dramatic effect and in a matter of 150 years 2/3rds of the population converted from the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholicism to Islam. The main reason for such a large proselytism in ALBANIA had been the traditional adherence towards stronger rulers that the mountainous ALBANIANS had since their early history. During the time of the Roman Empire, the ALBANIANS served as elite corps in the Armies of the Emperors Empires –i.e. Diocletian was of ALBANIAN descent- and tended to absorb the cultural and religious norms of their regional superintendents. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The same was the case in the more or less GREEK dominated Byzantium. As soon as the “Eastern Roman Empire” waned in favor of the Western one; there was a mass conversion to Catholicism in the early 13th century.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The historical collective path of the ALBANIAN people can be compared with that of the mountainous SWITZERLAND, that absorbed influences and norms from the much larger and influential neighbors (GERMANY, FRANCE, and ITALY ).</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA IN 1992 - TRYING TO ESTABLISH THE FIRST ISLAMIC STATE IN EUROPE?</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">It is against this historical background that the Islamic fundamentalist drama in the BALKANS evolved in the 1990s. Evan F. Kohlmann, author of Al-Qaeda’s Jihad in EUROPE: The AFGHAN-BOSNIAN Network argues that “key to understanding Al Qaida’s EUROPEAN cells lies in the BOSNIAN war of the 1990s”. Using the BOSNIAN war as their cover, AFGHAN-TRAINED Islamic militants loyal to Osama bin Laden convened in the BALKANS in 1992 to establish a EUROPEAN domestic terrorist infrastructure in order to plot their violent strikes against the UNITED STATES.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV1S9KxcLAP29l-wqKU7gZcROmVQzE-Za9cxPvZXHC5NQsXXo2Jc1mmwdsr5MyfWP7iRAr38mBObq0AajrAQ_pZ5XLxUdv-thuTaQrWYXNYt2qs3JY9vDf_3LNw_yf471n0yM-15LPmo-j/s1600/image.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV1S9KxcLAP29l-wqKU7gZcROmVQzE-Za9cxPvZXHC5NQsXXo2Jc1mmwdsr5MyfWP7iRAr38mBObq0AajrAQ_pZ5XLxUdv-thuTaQrWYXNYt2qs3JY9vDf_3LNw_yf471n0yM-15LPmo-j/s320/image.gif" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">So, the outbreak of the civil war in BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA in 1992 presented an unparalleled opportunity for the international Mujaheedin to storm EUROPE, establish safe havens in the area and thus initiate re-conquest of regions they previously ruled. The leader of BOSNIA, Alia Izebegovic was eager to obtain as much assistance as possible and didn’t hesitate in providing the necessary framework by which Islamic ties were forged. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In the same year, a variety of Islamic mercenaries flocked into the Balkans in order to support the “Holy cause”, meaning the establishment of the first Islamic state in Europe. <i>See: <span> </span><a href="http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/islamic_terrorism.htm">http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/islamic_terrorism.htm</a></i>The end of the war in 1995 saw quite a few of those mujahedin, acquiring BOSNIAN citizenship and establishing the first Islamic community in the village of Bocinja Donja. <i>See: <a href="http://www.balkanpeace.org/index.php?index=/content/wtb/wtb12.incl">http://www.balkanpeace.org/index.php?index=/content/wtb/wtb12.incl</a></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_AdLnjc9f0vfp27eDFBAEOSH3RL9WyvpbdDrOF4VasOtV3Edi1kZPge16sCm_XeVxPoePIrB743Wkc2DQsITqrHdr0czZKEeFvL32bnBeHrQJLr6S2ROBecwBevVUTQ2FmdVdh9V52Px/s1600/sandzac.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_AdLnjc9f0vfp27eDFBAEOSH3RL9WyvpbdDrOF4VasOtV3Edi1kZPge16sCm_XeVxPoePIrB743Wkc2DQsITqrHdr0czZKEeFvL32bnBeHrQJLr6S2ROBecwBevVUTQ2FmdVdh9V52Px/s1600/sandzac.gif" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">SANDŽAK Region </span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">During 2006 and 2007, hundreds of citizenships were revoked by Islamists residing in BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. Nevertheless the whereabouts of most of them remain unknown, raising fears for potential terrorist acts in the future and on European soil. Furthermore, Novi Pazar a town in </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">SANDŽAK</span></span>, an area in SOUTHERN SERBIA; which has become a core for Islamic fundamentalism, linked with Al-Qaeda cells. Novi Pazar is the focus of the Islamist attempt to build a ‘land bridge “from ALBANIA and KOSOVO to BOSNIA. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Background Information: </span></u></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">SANDŽAK REGION, NOT ONLY THE GATEWAY FOR BALKANS ORGANIZED CRIME SYNDICATES, BUT ALSO FOR SPREADING WAHHBISM TO EUROPE? </span></b></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">See:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/wahhabism-in-bosnia-herzegovina-part-4.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/wahhabism-in-bosnia-herzegovina-part-4.html</a></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ORGANIZED CRIME AND “GREY” ECONOMY OF BIH AND </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">SAND</span></b></i></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Ž</span></b></i></span></span>AK </span></b></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">See:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/07/bosnia-european-unions-stepchild.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/07/bosnia-european-unions-stepchild.html</a></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">  </span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/10/kosovo-and-radical-islam.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/10/kosovo-and-radical-islam.html</a></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: blue;">EXTREMISTS ESTABLISH FOOTHOLD IN THE BALKANS</span> </span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">See:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/10/kosovo.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/10/kosovo.html</a></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjxQ4RglyyCTvk5nD4I2RxxPFeoZ1vuxnv587xHnoA76o38hAXHkIIuG9-wPJvTtBnL0TV4t89J5b45S-i2ZDQSX9GlDpm77cJRjMCCkG6naUodrT70obIMI2dimsd99NQv9OGxAhlVw2/s1600/sandzak-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjxQ4RglyyCTvk5nD4I2RxxPFeoZ1vuxnv587xHnoA76o38hAXHkIIuG9-wPJvTtBnL0TV4t89J5b45S-i2ZDQSX9GlDpm77cJRjMCCkG6naUodrT70obIMI2dimsd99NQv9OGxAhlVw2/s320/sandzak-4.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">overwrite Sandzak stamp </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Further to the East, in southern SERBIA’S Raška Oblast, are three other concentrations of Muslims: Sjenica and Pester area (lightly populated but mostly Muslim), Prijepolje (some 50 percent Muslim) and — very close to the BOSNIA border where REPUBLICA SRPSKA controls the slender Gorazde corridor — Priboj (also some 50 percent Muslim). The land between is SERBIAN farmland, but the Islamist goal is to link the cities as “evidence” that the entire region is, or should be, Muslim territory. The same strategy worked successfully in BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, where SERBIAN farmers were driven off their lands during the civil war.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">  </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Just south of the SERBIAN area of Raška Oblast is the MONTENEGRIN part of Raška region, where, 60 to 80 percent of Bijeljo Polje inhabitants are Muslims. Pijevlja, close to the BOSNIAN border, is 40 percent Muslim. These MONTENEGRIN towns, like those of the WESTERN SERBIAN Raška region, are the key to the illicit arms and narco-trafficking across the Gorazde Corridor to BOSNIA.</span></span></div>

THE BALKANS – ORGANIZED CRIME AND POLITICAL CORRUPTION PART 4

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE INVOLVEMENT IN THE BALKANS Adapted by Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring from Ioannis Michaletos Since the early ...

Goody Good Stuff

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<div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Goody Good Stuff Candies</span></u><br /><u><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyWJo24g2vOT8iMtt934gcOEs0BqH1WrhnbbqWEDe0PWVqD2b8iqBJD25kLvxDK0Y53e7Oj9FuKE497hytczxZYC7nRpQ2xWfYkXuuiVusXeYCbX3SLlsDpcR6L3wnkqM1VUu7HcLBN6o/s1600/goody+good+stuff.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyWJo24g2vOT8iMtt934gcOEs0BqH1WrhnbbqWEDe0PWVqD2b8iqBJD25kLvxDK0Y53e7Oj9FuKE497hytczxZYC7nRpQ2xWfYkXuuiVusXeYCbX3SLlsDpcR6L3wnkqM1VUu7HcLBN6o/s200/goody+good+stuff.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><u><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why can't all candies be like this one?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.goodygoodstuff.com/">Goody Good Stuff</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A great candy company that makes all natural gummy and sour candies that are all natural and free of additives making them nutritious with just the right amount of sweetness. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Facts:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gluten Free</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fat Free</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GMO Free</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soy Free</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nut Free</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dairy Free</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Egg free</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meat free</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alcohol free</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tree nut free and guilt free </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzm2bBBeqGwdG1-rZdTy5vzqn_Cx9zwVBGyPYNMXwW6SwcJgJxI6OW8uOkKYcOk23Ta-DezhjDlbeu9JRpsjn_djKntdki536ePw0ueKFbaGeOe9KFvbgjSNEAFQ-Tk74dx0Qh7VjobQ/s1600/goody+good+stuff+packages.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzm2bBBeqGwdG1-rZdTy5vzqn_Cx9zwVBGyPYNMXwW6SwcJgJxI6OW8uOkKYcOk23Ta-DezhjDlbeu9JRpsjn_djKntdki536ePw0ueKFbaGeOe9KFvbgjSNEAFQ-Tk74dx0Qh7VjobQ/s200/goody+good+stuff+packages.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: right;">I was sent these wonderful and delicious candies to review.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: right;">The flavors I received were:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: right;">Tropical Fruit</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: right;">Strawberries and cream</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: right;">Koala Gummy Bears</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: right;">Sour Fruit Salad</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: right;">Summer peaches</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: right;">Sour Mix and Match</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: right;">Cheery Cherries</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: right;">Cola Breeze</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: right;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: right;">My mom and I decided to test them out tonight, so I took two small bowls and put a little from each bag into the bowls.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXkC_LZS9Dt5tF7wJxkfSBP7RQnxF-T8ufuHS3IeL117xTqU_Eg-tET4TRpfe1lOiIRsn21EYzlxp8pdBeXg5R3NWHijoZiF4f6ZJx22EJmAJGICgOZmUC-BwkE1j2BPqElPEcA2aj1M/s1600/goody+mixture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXkC_LZS9Dt5tF7wJxkfSBP7RQnxF-T8ufuHS3IeL117xTqU_Eg-tET4TRpfe1lOiIRsn21EYzlxp8pdBeXg5R3NWHijoZiF4f6ZJx22EJmAJGICgOZmUC-BwkE1j2BPqElPEcA2aj1M/s200/goody+mixture.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><u style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: right;">Summer Peaches</u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: right;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I absolutely love peach candies especially peach rings!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To me they taste just like them but better!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are soft not chewy at all and offer a ton of peach flavor which I love.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Sour Mix and Match</u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Delicious fruity sour sweets </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Cola Breeze</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Great flavor and shaped like a cola bottle!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How cute is that!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can enjoy the taste of cola without all of those artificial sweeteners and extra calories in just one bite!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Cheery Cherries</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tiny little gummy cherry shaped bites that are sweet and delicious!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Strawberries and Cream</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Enjoy the sweet and creamy flavor of Strawberries and cream.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Sour Fruit Salad</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">enjoy a guilt free mixture of sweet and sour fruits!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Tropical Fruit</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You might want to pack your bags on this one!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In just one bite of these delicious tropical gummy candies you'll feel like your on an island!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are that good!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Koala Gummy Bears</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a kid I would always put gummy bears on my ice cream!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just loved the sweetness of the cold ice cream along with the chewiness of the gummy bears.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are amazing!</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfsBfcOCohxaXO5o9hr7vRp2szwBSAji_cLvFMe4bt4l8RPqIHw5PT7NggS_WadqAKUSo7gG79368wN0z7MbBr6gPVtG1wii7v6ZelacVdfAoidLMd9xOjEsReqDUCBOxLqxqq29Tt54/s1600/koala.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfsBfcOCohxaXO5o9hr7vRp2szwBSAji_cLvFMe4bt4l8RPqIHw5PT7NggS_WadqAKUSo7gG79368wN0z7MbBr6gPVtG1wii7v6ZelacVdfAoidLMd9xOjEsReqDUCBOxLqxqq29Tt54/s200/koala.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Interested in trying their products?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check them out online here!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.goodygoodstuff.com/">http://www.goodygoodstuff.com/</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Goody-Good-Stuff/464957200104?fref=ts">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Goody-Good-Stuff/464957200104?fref=ts</a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/GoodyGoodStuff"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">https://twitter.com/GoodyGoodStuff</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can find them at these local retailers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stop & Shop</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Giant Eagle</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dierbergs</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tops Friendly Market's</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Coming soon to 7 Eleven's!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

Goody Good Stuff

Goody Good Stuff Candies Why can't all candies be like this one? Goody Good Stuff A great candy company that makes all natural gummy a...

Lara Bars

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZ0_xSY5z17jZ6W4hOL35OfjHT6rtcggNBN0aG_Nz8DeiHrNLtEnro2D28qdrxLvtj8mBuT2XqDRBoKTrQNdkuJjF6vR2KDfrqM3TtNjzLbrNYiJBosPTzX5J8020gjQQUGuRFRHFgoM/s1600/larabars+package.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZ0_xSY5z17jZ6W4hOL35OfjHT6rtcggNBN0aG_Nz8DeiHrNLtEnro2D28qdrxLvtj8mBuT2XqDRBoKTrQNdkuJjF6vR2KDfrqM3TtNjzLbrNYiJBosPTzX5J8020gjQQUGuRFRHFgoM/s200/larabars+package.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.larabar.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lara Bar</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">believes in making healthy snacks for us that are made from whole foods products such as fruits and nuts to give our bodies what it deserves to maintain a healthy lifestyle.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They offer an array of varieties ranging from Apple pie to Tropical fruit tart.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't worry chocoholics they have us covered!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1pf1W_4e174fBm8bLYvRPc0MufJ-lp4qviXNGBBaFtdb1O3Wk2YZImNzxiGS5GAQ77jsiw0VseBuGiBeLPvhHHSqDTnsrCo2Ja-sV1objC9qyem6_mu09BbtCwhK5TEjbim5oO2KL5jY/s1600/Larabars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1pf1W_4e174fBm8bLYvRPc0MufJ-lp4qviXNGBBaFtdb1O3Wk2YZImNzxiGS5GAQ77jsiw0VseBuGiBeLPvhHHSqDTnsrCo2Ja-sV1objC9qyem6_mu09BbtCwhK5TEjbim5oO2KL5jY/s200/Larabars.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was sent these flavor of Lara Bars to review.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The ones I chose were coconut cream pie and blueberry muffin.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was also sent </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(favorites of Stacy's) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Which was the Carrot Cake and Peanut Butter and Jelly to try as well. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Coconut Cream Pie:</span></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7d1OAckIeKERsuv5zYmAb4kCt8yCtg3HCpXzh2ZwuuQM_T-PqfjfFwjXxuiPqL1Utanp5_l10PyGsZDCA0CP6elTUWBJpo_u71gomzBoA-ddxwx_1Q6Fz3PBK7LHb950QQSGTy3lAfV8/s1600/coconut+cream+pie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7d1OAckIeKERsuv5zYmAb4kCt8yCtg3HCpXzh2ZwuuQM_T-PqfjfFwjXxuiPqL1Utanp5_l10PyGsZDCA0CP6elTUWBJpo_u71gomzBoA-ddxwx_1Q6Fz3PBK7LHb950QQSGTy3lAfV8/s200/coconut+cream+pie.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love all things coconut whether it's a drink or food.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When craving something sweet I unwrapped the coconut cream pie bar and wow was I amazed!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The coconut flavor was hit right on and is soft not hard like other bars I've tried.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tastes just like a pie!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Peanut Butter and Jelly:</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7b2qymmMv_PIpFU-p__YCIjhIcNSHjFwLLJmIzh2JUJm-m_rJZQoFp-MiSDgDZgd6xMNXcBsFxp2OsbifKcziJI_flSW3r_Dwlv4jqh-XwUwwKhHQ9c1qWDZ1rqVx1XOSy0zELi9ipPk/s1600/peanut+butter+and+jelly+lara+bar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7b2qymmMv_PIpFU-p__YCIjhIcNSHjFwLLJmIzh2JUJm-m_rJZQoFp-MiSDgDZgd6xMNXcBsFxp2OsbifKcziJI_flSW3r_Dwlv4jqh-XwUwwKhHQ9c1qWDZ1rqVx1XOSy0zELi9ipPk/s200/peanut+butter+and+jelly+lara+bar.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How can this taste so good made with just peanuts and cherries?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It tastes just like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich which was an old time favorite as a kid!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can't believe how good it tastes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Carrot Cake:</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioncxD1NwVLbxn1Ubea75eMGtMVcdUel84F1J2iw2VxbCl6PN3phlzrM9WvR4TL6UkYVbKcse0R-Xq9lsgx9d1n_RlKaV9A23xd6h15H68LeM4Nk8wd9t-1yx3YFXm3Mhu0Skuj18WBbo/s1600/carrot+cake+lara+bar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioncxD1NwVLbxn1Ubea75eMGtMVcdUel84F1J2iw2VxbCl6PN3phlzrM9WvR4TL6UkYVbKcse0R-Xq9lsgx9d1n_RlKaV9A23xd6h15H68LeM4Nk8wd9t-1yx3YFXm3Mhu0Skuj18WBbo/s200/carrot+cake+lara+bar.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Made with raisins, dates, carrots, almonds,walnuts,unsweetened coconut, pineapple, cinnamon and extra virgin coconut oil.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the sweetness of this bar it's so delicious.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love fruits especially pineapple, but when it's paired with coconut it's so much better!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tastes just like a real carrot cake but without the fatty cream cheese on the top. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have to admit, I don't miss the cream cheese on it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't need it at all.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Has healthy ingredients mixed in and that's all I need is something sweet and not to mention healthy. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Blueberry Muffin:</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have to say it was a bit different than your average blueberry muffin but tasted good.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Want to find them online?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.larabar.com/">http://www.larabar.com/</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Steak Saturday!

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Steak Saturday!

Fillet steak, fried onions, wedges & garlic bread for dinner tonight.

Homemade peanut butter sweets

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<p>I made these delicious sweets today.  So easy, just 4 ingredients. Peanut butter, icing sugar (powdered sugar), butter and then melted chocolate to cover the sweets.</p><p>All you have to do is mix the peanut butter with the icing sugar and then add melted butter. Roll the mix in to balls and then cover in chocolate. </p><p>Voila - little bites of heaven!</p><p>I should add that peanut butter and chocolate is not a common flavour combination here in Ireland. I have to travel to USA to get my fix!!!</p><p>* sorry for the out of sequence photos - the blogging app on my tablet causes this </p><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7EwX5cPHKTIYAKgrwyXbq2yyI-MhgJmfvRmSaEVQ4NJbdzT1tQ8W0v4bHij_7WSe_hvBLnAuHppk9trHoEn1aMcf0bYSG6AYzPWWn4rqervGdI4tuQXuDZ-vliFKaKi8veTwJ7j3krihN/s1600/20130126_185125.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7EwX5cPHKTIYAKgrwyXbq2yyI-MhgJmfvRmSaEVQ4NJbdzT1tQ8W0v4bHij_7WSe_hvBLnAuHppk9trHoEn1aMcf0bYSG6AYzPWWn4rqervGdI4tuQXuDZ-vliFKaKi8veTwJ7j3krihN/s400/20130126_185125.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEoUUQp8AVEA4FpQmdDZPjundroYBFtjeJ68cpQh44_eDoUgpEsk_HgzzVmS1Zb147LQCZQyd8heQB_fgsq7r75-rckKIFopJ5MymUrDtS9JC_LvvFx1wSlfI4akSIsLqaZ4tPrRHxtQnS/s1600/20130126_180723.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEoUUQp8AVEA4FpQmdDZPjundroYBFtjeJ68cpQh44_eDoUgpEsk_HgzzVmS1Zb147LQCZQyd8heQB_fgsq7r75-rckKIFopJ5MymUrDtS9JC_LvvFx1wSlfI4akSIsLqaZ4tPrRHxtQnS/s400/20130126_180723.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQ50O2yhl3tHyvqa-xP5Y6T25ue6R8Y8d3p8fBhAc550psJO9oEA4I3oWcISH-6HBH-BI89t16JFebXxmDO73Iu3ZH-JcCDagmE5vTfDw16KousFNZMt-Epa0lt4Z0Ki48FftyzVnvXiA/s1600/20130126_194318.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQ50O2yhl3tHyvqa-xP5Y6T25ue6R8Y8d3p8fBhAc550psJO9oEA4I3oWcISH-6HBH-BI89t16JFebXxmDO73Iu3ZH-JcCDagmE5vTfDw16KousFNZMt-Epa0lt4Z0Ki48FftyzVnvXiA/s400/20130126_194318.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcQPxxQK_D3LQ4elDZLNmPMlBKVjkDnUi66Gw9aBMIinT12zn2BTJOD53ArtUFBNzxYGjAtMWh_IY6qSEKePA6pxx6UvKMmFcMcCQrtd4D22v6CnfUjHnsGtkRrF1EP01eRsf7xnTc6LUf/s1600/20130126_193342.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcQPxxQK_D3LQ4elDZLNmPMlBKVjkDnUi66Gw9aBMIinT12zn2BTJOD53ArtUFBNzxYGjAtMWh_IY6qSEKePA6pxx6UvKMmFcMcCQrtd4D22v6CnfUjHnsGtkRrF1EP01eRsf7xnTc6LUf/s400/20130126_193342.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUIUGmbtRt11Itt73xTHC0M3MUzkmsG6uNP0NsphknkghBkCj-UOgEZxXou5XES_qcLS8V0vf_QGLRqIfpiPksXu8M2QZ7T0zCYOMFysqhcxInGrGIdyNoGD4_QqDugGZn4jms29n2ci_L/s1600/20130126_171256.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUIUGmbtRt11Itt73xTHC0M3MUzkmsG6uNP0NsphknkghBkCj-UOgEZxXou5XES_qcLS8V0vf_QGLRqIfpiPksXu8M2QZ7T0zCYOMFysqhcxInGrGIdyNoGD4_QqDugGZn4jms29n2ci_L/s400/20130126_171256.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDbm9nxzCIwwJ0Nb-qBid0P3ispHavVOkcPNurWsA1zUMG2g5YFqmB4lDVNlZCRWTXhCAkAv8aR1hv261GfdEHmrOPqEVaY0WyDLUkndvtQS_EA8nl515TxhZXaHxlgjZZTaBNtsoeHYf/s1600/20130126_180717.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDbm9nxzCIwwJ0Nb-qBid0P3ispHavVOkcPNurWsA1zUMG2g5YFqmB4lDVNlZCRWTXhCAkAv8aR1hv261GfdEHmrOPqEVaY0WyDLUkndvtQS_EA8nl515TxhZXaHxlgjZZTaBNtsoeHYf/s400/20130126_180717.jpg" /> </a> </div>

Homemade peanut butter sweets

I made these delicious sweets today. So easy, just 4 ingredients. Peanut butter, icing sugar (powdered sugar), butter and then melted choco...

Victoria Azarenka’s Timeout Jeered Round the World - NYTimes.com

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MELBOURNE, Australia — When the world's top-ranked female tennis player was examined on the court and then granted a medical timeout Thursday during her semifinal match at the Australian Open, the howling commenced immediately. Skeptical fans at Rod Laver Arena and those watching on television worldwide were convinced that the player, Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, was suffering from nothing more than an attack of nerves and perhaps faked an injury to collect herself after losing several crucial points.<br /><br><br /><br>After her 10-minute reprieve — six minutes of it off the court — Azarenka closed out a 6-1, 6-4 victory. A sport that in recent years has dealt with loudly grunting players and accusations of match fixing is now facing another vexation: determining what constitutes a real injury.<br /><br><br /><br>Azarenka's opponent, Sloane Stephens of the United States, called injury timeouts — legitimate or not — "the in thing," noting that Azarenka was one of many recent opponents to use a medical timeout. "It's trendy," Stephens said.<br /><br><br /><br>Others were more critical. "I thought it was a little unfair play," said David Nainkin, Stephens's coach. "I thought she bent the rules. I don't think she broke the rules, but she bent them, and I think those rules need to be looked at because I think there's a gray area there."<br /><br><br /><br>The TV analyst Patrick McEnroe called the timeout an "absolute travesty" in a post on his Twitter page. (McEnroe also heads the United States Tennis Association's player development program, which has supported Stephens.) "I mean, everybody's appalled by it," said Pam Shriver, an analyst and a former player.<br /><br><br /><br>The controversy arose when Azarenka, serving for the match against the 29th-seeded Stephens at 5-3 in the second set, failed to convert on five match points and was eventually broken. When she took her seat during the changeover, she wrapped a towel stuffed with ice around her neck and was examined by the primary health care provider for the women's tour, Victoria Simpson, and by a tournament doctor, Tim Wood. She then left the court for further treatment, leaving Stephens, in her first Grand Slam semifinal, waiting nearly 10 minutes for the next game.<br /><br><br /><br>Stephens, who had upset the tournament favorite, Serena Williams, in the quarterfinals, proceeded to lose her serve and the match. She did not blame Azarenka's timeout for her loss.<br /><br><br /><br>Azarenka did not mention an injury during her on-court interview after the match, but she did refer to a feeling of crisis at the 5-4 changeover. "I almost did the choke of the year," she said. "I just felt a little bit overwhelmed. I realized I'm one step away from the final, and nerves got into me, for sure." Azarenka added: "I love to play here and I just couldn't lose. That's why I was so upset."<br /><br><br /><br>Later, in a news conference, she said that she left the court for treatment of a rib injury and that she had not mentioned the injury in her on-court interview because she had misunderstood the question.<br /><br><br /><br>Shriver, who noted that Azarenka had also not mentioned the injury in an ESPN interview while coming off the court, was skeptical. "I think her response at the time was very honest and truthful, that she was stretching the rules," Shriver said. "That was my reaction coming off the interview, and so that's why I think all of us, many of us, jumped on it. Because we've seen the rule abused for years. I abused the rule when I played."<br /><br><br /><br>If Azarenka was not legitimately injured, was calling a medical timeout cheating? Playing at the edge of the rules? Good old win-at-any-cost strategy?<br /><br><br /><br>To Michael F. Bergeron, executive director of the National Youth Sports Health & Safety Institute, it is part of a disturbing trend extending to youth sports: emphasizing winning over sportsmanship and developing character.<br /><br><br /><br>"I'm not saying everyone does that, and I'd like to think there are still players who would never do it," Bergeron said. "It shows a lack of character, a lack of respect for her opponent and the game. You'd like to think sports would be developing those traits. But in the bigger picture, this emphasis on winning and losing over everything else is doing athletes a disservice. It's not making them better people. It's not making them better athletes."<br /><br><br /><br>Bergeron, a clinical and scientific consultant to the Women's Tennis Association, acknowledged that tennis was harder on athletes' bodies than ever before. But he suspected that Azarenka had used the timeout as a strategy to stop Stephens's momentum.<br /><br><br /><br>Other sports have had similar issues. In football, there have been debates over timeouts taken just before field goals. During a college game between Cincinnati and Duke this season, Cincinnati took a too-many-men-on-the-field penalty to negate a 53-yard field goal, leaving Duke Coach David Cutcliffe irate. And after an N.F.L. game last season in which the Giants appeared to fake injuries to slow the Rams' offense, Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll said the phenomenon was nothing new or alarming.<br /><br><br /><br>In tennis, though, the injury timeout is tricky because medical personnel have to treat all calls for treatment seriously, no matter when they happen. The Grand Slam rule book does include some restrictions: all medical timeouts must take place during a changeover or a set break except in the case of an "acute medical condition."<br /><br><br /><br>The Grand Slam supervisor Donna Kelso confirmed that Azarenka had been given two consecutive medical timeouts of three minutes each to be treated for two separate injuries: one to a rib and one to her left knee. Azarenka explained that she was having trouble breathing on court because of a rib problem that was causing her back to seize up.<br /><br><br /><br>"I had to unlock my rib, which was causing my back problem," she said. "The trainer said, 'We have to go off court to treat that.' I just didn't really want to take off my dress on the court."<br /><br><br /><br>Nainkin, Stephens's coach, said he had "never heard of two medical timeouts back to back."<br /><br><br /><br>"In all my years, that's a first," he said. "Two different injuries? I think it's unprofessional. Saying that, she did win the match and played a great game at 5-4, but tennis is a game of momentum and Sloane had the momentum, and obviously the little break definitely changed things."<br /><br><br /><br>Azarenka agreed that the timing of her timeout was unfortunate. "The timing, yeah, it was my bad," she said. "The game before that, when I lost my service game, it kept getting worse. I thought I would have to play through it and keep calm. But it just got worse. You know, I had to do it."<br /><br><br /><br>Several coaches and analysts expressed hope that the incident Thursday would lead to a re-examination of the medical timeout rule at Grand Slam events and on the WTA Tour. "I think if you can continue to play in any way, it's bad luck but you've got to wait until the person is finished serving," Shriver said.<br /><br><br /><br>But ultimately, the decision lies with the medical personnel on court. According to the Grand Slam rule book, if they determine that a player needs a medical timeout, their word is final.<br /><br><br /><br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/sports/tennis/timeout-by-victoria-azarenka-in-match-with-sloane-stephens-at-australian-open-raises-questions.html?src=mv&ref=general&pagewanted=all&pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/sports/tennis/timeout-by-victoria-azarenka-in-match-with-sloane-stephens-at-australian-open-raises-questions.html?src=mv&ref=general&pagewanted=all&pagewanted=print</a>

Victoria Azarenka’s Timeout Jeered Round the World - NYTimes.com

MELBOURNE, Australia — When the world's top-ranked female tennis player was examined on the court and then granted a medical timeout Thu...