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Ayn al-Arab families foil a new attack by Isis
01/11/2014
Aleppo, SANA - Families of the Syrian city of Ayn al-Arab foiled Saturday anew attacks by Isis terrorists on their city, inflicting them [the Isis terrorists] heavy losses in the souls and equipment.
Local sources said that Ayn al-Arab families foiled a new attack by Isis in the north of the city, adding that the death toll among the terrorists during the last three days rose to nearly 100, increasing to 567 the number of terrorists who have been killed since the start of the attack.
The sources affirmed the city is witnessing cautious calm after a night-long of fierce clashes.
Al-Tifour military airport operating normally, contrary to media reports, source stresses
01/11/2014
Homs, SANA – A military source at al-Tifour military airport dismissed as groundless media reports which claimed that terrorists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have seized the airport.
The reports, circulated by anti-Syria satellite TV channels and some social networking sites, said ISIS terrorists took over the airport, which is located in the countryside of the central province of Homs, after detonating a car bomb at its main entrance.
The military source confirmed in a statement to SANA reporter that al-Tifour airport is “operating as normal,” stressing the airport’s high level of preparedness where “all assigned missions in defense of the homeland are being performed normally.”
Nov 1, 10:03 AM EDT
DOUBTS CHIP AWAY AT NATION'S MOST TRUSTED AGENCIES [Excerpts]
Even as Americans' trust in government eroded in recent years, people kept faith in a handful of agencies and institutions admired for their steadiness in ensuring the country's protection.
To safeguard the president, there was the solidity of the Secret Service.
To stand vigil against distant enemies, the U.S. nuclear missile corps was assumed to be on the job.
And to ward off threats to public health, the nation counted on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Now, in the space of just a few months, the reputations of *all* those agencies - *as well as* the Veterans Administration - have been tarred by scandal or tarnished by doubt.
Government is about doing collectively what citizens can't do alone, but its effectiveness is premised on trust.
. . .[Nathan Carter, a University of Georgia psychology professor who has looked at declining trust in institutions over the last four decades] said data on public trust over time is worrisome because it shows that even when events like the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks rally people around the government, the peaks of trust are never as high as in the past.
It points to a gradual but unmistakable degradation in the public's belief in its institutions that he finds worrisome.
If Americans' belief in their government continues to ebb, he said, its raises the inevitable question: How long before trust runs out?
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