1 Today in SPORTS: Kalispell youth wins gold' in taekwondo B1 DAILY INTER www.dailyinterlake.com FRIDAY FEBRUARY 6, 2015 $1.00 Serving the Flathead Valley since 1889 Terror expert: 'It's their problem' 1P, LORETTA NAPOLEONI speaks to the Rotary Club of Kalispell on Thursday, Feb. 5. (Brenda Inter Lake) Whitefish writer provides insights about Islamic State By LYNNETTE HINTZE The Daily Inter Lake The solution to stopping the expanding grip of the Islamic State must come from the Middle East itself, an international terrorism expert told Kalispell Rotary Club members on Thursday. "It's their problem. It's not our problem," Loretta Napoleoni said.
"Why are we fighting the wars of other people? Let's get the Saudis to go and fight." Napoleoni, born and raised in Italy, lives part time in Whitefish and has written a dozen books largely about the intricacies of terrorism. She is an expert on terrorist financing and money laundering and advises several governments and international organizations on counter-terrorisin. "The Islamic State doesn't want to destroy," Napoleoni said. "They want to build the 21st century version of the caliphate and that is what makes them so dangerous." A caliphate is a form of Islamic government led by a caliph, a Muslim leader considered to be a successor to Bullock, Ankney By ALISON NOON Associated Press HELENA Montana's Democratic governor and a Republican state senator are pushing for full disclosure of political donations under proposed legislation. At a news conference Thursday, Gov.
Steve Bullock and Sen. Duane Ankney of Colstrip touted four bills that would require political donation disclosures. "We can't solve all the national problems, but we certainly can make sure that we ensure the integrity of our state elections," Bullock said. "Because dark money RadioShack files for bankruptcy By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers NEW YORK A diminished RadioShack will live on, but its future may lie with Sprint. Struggling consumer electronics chain RadioShack, founded nearly a century ago, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late Thursday.
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And Sprint would be the primary brand on those RadioShack storefronts and marketing materials. See RADIOSHACK on A8 Reappraisal bill gets mixed response BY CHARLES S. JOHNSON The Montana Standard the prophet Mohammed. Napoleoni prefers to use the term Islamic State because it "carries a much more realistic message to the world than does ISIS or ISIL. "Using less precise acronyms for propaganda reasons will not help us face the current threat," she said in her latest book, "The Islamist Phoenix: The Islamic State and the Redrawing of the Middle East." For centuries Muslims have felt oppressed because they haven't been able to create their own state, Napoleoni told Rotary members.
Now that the Islamic State is determined to succeed in creating a kind of "political utopia," it's alluring to a broad spectrum of sympathizers who want to be part of this modern version of the caliphate. "It's a true seduction," she said "They're saying, 'Come and help us build our new state and we'll offer deliverance from centuries of humiliation and suffering." Supporters who can't come to the Middle East are being encouraged to conduct their own small attacks wherever they live, she said, push bills does corrupt our elections." The governor said eight bills to reform various campaign finance laws already have died this session. Ankney said their bills may fare differently given his of approval. Both parties, Ankney said, have problems with undisclosed donations and unfair political attacks that make puppets out of candidates. "When somebody's hiding in the shadows and gutshoots you, you have a right to know who's taking a shot at you," Ankney said.
Three of the four proposals arrived in the Legislature this week. House Bill 406, sponsored such as the recent attack at the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris that killed 12 people. It isn't only young western idealists being lured to. the Islamic state through social media and other forces. "Even people with good jobs are going there," she said.
"They tout patriotism. It's an adventure they don't know what war is." Napoleoni shared insight about the most recent acts of brutality by the Islamic State: the Jordanian pilot who was burned to death and the two Japanese prisoners who were beheaded. "It's a provocation," she said. In the case of the Jordanian pilot, "burning a body is prohibited by the Koran," she said. "It's the worst possible thing one can do to a Muslim.
It's symbolic. Islamic is saying we'll burn to ashes the order of the Middle East and we will create the true state. This is going to be the new order." Napoleoni said the Islamic State wants Jordan to be. drawn into the conflict so that country will be desta- to disclose by Republican Rep. Rob Cook 'of Conrad, would require people and organizations that enter into contracts with the state to acknowledge and comply with Montana campaign finance laws.
House Bill 409, sponsored by Democratic Rep. Bryce Bennett of Missoula, would allow the secretary of state to dissolve Montana corporations that violate the state's campaign finance laws. Bullock said the secretary of state already has the discretion to dissolve corporations for failing to file an annual report or maintain a registered agent. Senate Bill 267 would require corporations to dis- the state's reappraisal process and reduce the reappraisal cycle to two years from the current six years drew mixed reviews Wednesday, but its sponsor was confident most issues can be worked out. "We have a very complicated system." Sen.
Bruce Tutvedt, R-Kalispell, told the Senate Taxation Commit-. tee hearing on his Senate Bill 157. "The importance of property taxes shouldn't be lost on this committee." Tutvedt, who chairs the committee, said property taxes generate 39 percent of the money collected by the state and are the largest source of revenue for local governments. Besides reducing the length of the reappraisal cycle, Tutvedt said his Senate Bill 157 would end the need for phasing in new property values, the property tax rates and the exemptions for residential and presidential property, all of which can help complicate the system. "It's not good for the state to have a system their taxpayers can't understand," he said.
SB157 also would create a new class for commercial land and improvements, adjusts the tax rates to maintain taxable value neutrality between residential, agricultural and commercial property statewide and revises property tax assistance programs to allow for more incremental assistance based on income. State Revenue Director Mike Kadas supported the bill and seconded the call to simplify Montana's property tax system. "One of the huge challenges we have is explaining it to the policymakers so you can make rational decisions on how to simplify it." Kadas said. Others supporting the bill for various reasons were NorthWestern Energy, State Tax Appeal Board and Montana League of Cities and Towns. The bill ran into opposition from the Montana Taxpayers Association.
Montana Wood Products Association, Plum Creek Timber and Montana Association of Realtors. Their representatives took issue with parts of the bill. "I'm confident that we can work. out the differences and come out with a consensus bill." Tutvedt said. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency Inside COMMUNITY NATION FOR HOME Community A2 Opinion A4 2 dead in shooting DELIVERY, Lakeside Community Classified CI Records A6 at University of CALL 755-7018 Club donates 4.
$35,653 in 2014 Comics B7 Sports BI South Carolina Page A2 Crossword B6 NW Montana A3 Page A7 Obituaries A6 Weather B8 8 36118 00010 2015 The Daily Inter Lake 4 bilized like Syria and other areas of the Middle East. The provocation to Japan also was strategic, she added. In that case the Islamic State made demands that were impossible to meet, such as demanding $200 million $100 million for each man -in 72 hours. Japan's constitution outlaws war as a means to settle international disputes, other than for self Napoleoni said, so when the Japanese prime minister proposed a constitutional change that would allow the country to participate in coalitions and proposed $200 million in aid to the effort to combat the Middle East terrorism, the Islamic State took note. "This tells us the Islamic State knew what happened in Japan, so the killing of hostages is a good way to say to the West and Japan, 'Watch it if you come after she said.
"This is not the same enemy we faced before," Napoleoni said. In her book, she notes that "what distinguishes See INSIGHTS on A8 campaign money close the group's joint expenditures and communications in support or opposition of any political candidate or ballot issue. Sen. Sue Malek, D-Missoula, is sponsoring the bill, which would make those expenditures public on the Internet. The widest sweeping of their campaign finance measures likely will be introduced next week.
It would require political contributions be disclosed more frequently and despite tax status. Federal law exempts organizations filed under 501(c)(3) tax code, including ones that aim to influence See CAMPAIGN on A8 HELENA A major bill to revise Pr:.
