According to award-winning novelist and relative of Columbine shooting victim, Daniel Rohrbough, there is a direct link to school shootings and Al-Qaeda. “When I researched school shootings, more and more evidence pointed to how the Internet is being used to infiltrate, deceive, and recruit boys into the dark world of terrorism,” says Linda Rohrbough.

Formerly a computer book author, Rohrbough discovered a link between school shootings and Al-Qaeda while searching for answers after her nephew was gunned down at Columbine. “My first inkling of the connection to Al-Qaeda was when I attended the Columbine memorial service. I recognized General Colin Powell at the center of the platform in full military dress. He was never mentioned or introduced, and he never spoke. He was just there.”

Powell is an expert on the Middle East, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and credited for successful execution of Operation Desert Storm, which expelled the Iraqi army from Kuwait.

Further reports unveiled the Columbine shooters bragged theirs would be the first of many shootings. Also, the teenage shooters low-level formatted the hard disk drives of their computers before heading out to kill. Rohrbough wanted to know, “How could they know other shootings would follow? And why erase their hard disk drives? What were they trying to hide?”

Fortunately, in two cases, the authorities got to computers before the low-level format was complete. First, in a school shooting in Paris, and second, when a teenager in Florida flew his dad’s plane into a building. In both cases, e-mails traced back to Al-Qaeda operatives. Most recently, three teens in Louisiana were caught before shooting and are being held on conspiracy to commit terrorism charges.

Rohrbough’s extensive research resulted in her new novel, The Prophetess One: At Risk, published on April 20th, 2011, the 12th anniversary of the Columbine shooting.

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Rapper 50 Cent,  real name Curtis Jackson is certainly a jack of all trades.  The mogul a jack of all tradesjack of all trades jack of all trades who became famous for singing about violence and drugs, well-known for his song, “In the Club” jack of all tradeswill be picking up his pen and paper and writing. This time he will be targeting teenagers by writing about bullying and attempting to prevent bullying in schools in his new book, “Playground.”

According to his publisher the book will make its debut in stores in January.

“I had a strong desire to write Playground because I wanted to explore how a kid becomes a bully,” the rapper said about the proposed book. “I drew on events from my own childhood and adolescence, but was excited to see the story take on its own life. This book would have been very helpful for me growing up and now that I have a teenage son, it is my goal that this will have a positive influence on all teenagers.”

The book will tell the tale about what will happen to a 13-year-old bully who has to face the consequences of his actions, RollingStone reports.

50 Cent is already familiar with the world of books; he published a memoir titled, From Pieces to Weight, in 2005 about his crack dealing days and co-wrote a self-help book called, The 50th Law, in 2008 with established writer, Robert Greene. Playground will be 50 Cent’s debut as a novelist.

Kidshealth.org reports, thousands of teens every day wake up afraid to go to school. Bullying is a problem that affects millions of students, and it has everyone worried, not just the kids on its receiving end,” Bullying has always been a problem and today with the advancement of technology it provides bullies’ more options to bully. “Bullying is when a person is picked on over and over again by an individual or group with more power, either in terms of physical strength or social standing.” 50 Cent’s book couldn’t come at a better time.

50 Cent was born on July 6, 1976 in Queens, New York and has had 5 albums
Get Rich Or Die Tryin, Bulletproof, The Massacre, Curtis, and Before I self Destruct.

50 Cent toped Forbes’ List as one of the richest rappers in 2008.

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