Gates of Vienna News Feed 5/26/2017

According to British intelligence agencies, up to 23,000 possible jihadis may now be residing in the UK. Of those, about 3,000 are currently being investigated.

In other news, in the wake of the Manchester jihad attack, Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo called on European politicians to get up off their knees and defend the future of European children.

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USA
» Driver With ‘Private’ Plate in Custody After Traffic Stop on Hwy 26
» Gianforte Raises $100k Online in 24 Hours After Assault
» Harvard Study: Two Thirds of Americans Believe Mainstream Media is ‘Fake News’
» How Infowars Helped Unmask Antifa
» Leakers Beware: Donald Trump Has Utterly Defeated the Disloyal Coteries of the US Intelligence Community
» Navy Seal Tells Katy Perry “Go to Hell” Over Terrorism Comments
» The Final Nail in the Mainstream TV News Coffin: Fox News Ratings Plummet to 17 Year Low
» Trump Blasts Leaders of NATO, Calls Out Radical Islam
» Twitter Suspends WND for Linking Donna Brazile to Seth Rich Case
» Update: Wall Around Obama’s DC Home Complete!
» Will Donald Trump Reveal Who Killed JFK?
 
Europe and the EU
» Doctor Quits Profession After Urging Minorities to Rape Front National Voters to Create ‘Half-Breeds’
» EU Approves Plans to Force ‘Hate Speech’ Videos Off the Internet
» France: Macron, President of the Elites and Islamists
» Germany: Computer Scientist Receives Large Fine for ‘Hate Speech’ After Criticizing Soft Touch Police, Immigrants
» Manchester Police Not Sharing Intelligence With US After Leaks: Report
» Manchester Bomber Motivated by Anger Over ‘Islamophobia’
» Manchester Bombing: Police ‘Get Hold of Large Part’ of Terror Network
» Manchester Bombing: Police Arrest Man, 44, On Suspicion of Terrorism Offences, Wrestling Suspect to the Floor on a Bus in Dramatic Scenes
» MI5 Reveal ‘Up to 23,000 Jihadis Living in Britain’ Ahead of Bank Holiday Security Boost
» Polish PM on Manchester Attack: ‘Europe, Rise From Your Knees or You’ll be Crying Over Your Children Every Day’
» Teenage Couple, Teacher and Officer Among 22 Killed in Manchester Bombing
» Terror Expert: “Political Correctness” To Blame for Manchester Bomber Not Being Reported
» UK Hospitals Told to ‘Prepare for Further Incident’ In Wake of Manchester Attack
» UK: Broadcaster Censors Video of Muslim Woman in Full Burka Warning of ‘Retaliation’ Against Islamophobia
» UK: Leaflet From Mosque Attended by Bomber Decries “Western Lifestyle”
 
North Africa
» Dozens Dead as Gunmen Ambush Convoy Carrying Egyptian Coptic Christians
 
Israel and the Palestinians
» Caroline Glick: Netanyahu’s Challenge With Trump
 
Middle East
» RAF Crew Write ‘Love From Manchester’ On Side of Paveway Bomb on Its Way to Blast ISIS Targets in Syria
» Torture and Abuse Through the Eyes of Arkady
 
Far East
» Phillippines Violence: ISIS-Linked Fighters ‘Among Militants in Marawi’
 
Australia — Pacific
» Does Outspoken Imam Have a Point About Australia’s Muslim Leaders?
» Un-bee-lievable! Wife of Guantanamo Bay Inmate David Hicks’ Awarded PhD — for Claiming Bees Are More Dangerous to Australians Than Terrorists
 
Sub-Saharan Africa
» Racist SA Black Says Manchester Bombing is a ‘Blessing’
 
Immigration
» Australia Spy Boss Says There’s ‘No Evidence’ Children of Muslim Refugees Are Being ‘Radicalised’ — After Questions Raised by Pauline Hanson Following the Manchester Terror Attacks
» Merkel Land: Woman Shows Injuries After Being Beaten by Migrants
» More Than 60,000 Migrants Reach Europe by Sea in 2017
» Thousands of Migrants From Libya on Course for Europe
» Trump Immigration Pick Targeted by Soros-Backed Media
 
Culture Wars
» Police Tell Prof He’s in Danger for Not Participating in Campus ‘No Whites Day’
 
General
» Will Artificial Intelligence Help US Solve Every Problem?
 

Driver With ‘Private’ Plate in Custody After Traffic Stop on Hwy 26

Plate read: ‘PRIVATE, no driver license or insurance required, not for commerce use — private mode of travel’

Deputies took a driver into custody Wednesday after stopping their pickup on Highway 26, noting that the truck had a “PRIVATE” plate.

The driver was non-compliant with deputies during the traffic stop near 185th Avenue, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said.

The pickup truck had a plate on the back that said “PRIVATE, no driver license or insurance required, not for commerce use — private mode of travel.”

There are several posts and articles that use excerpts from Supreme Court cases to claim that drivers do not need insurance or state-issued licenses (or permits) to drive on public roads — requirements to operate vehicles in Oregon and Washington.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Gianforte Raises $100k Online in 24 Hours After Assault

Republican businessman Greg Gianforte is favored to win the special election in Montana to replace Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, but he made headlines for all the wrong reasons after assaulting a reporter Wednesday night. He has been charged with misdemeanor assault, but that hasn’t pushed away online donors. In fact, he has raised over $100,000 in the 24 hours after the assault.

[Comment: Heh. Gianforte won by the way.]

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Harvard Study: Two Thirds of Americans Believe Mainstream Media is ‘Fake News’

“Much of the media is now just another part of the partisan divide in the country.”

A Harvard University study has confirmed that a majority of Americans across the political spectrum believe that the mainstream media publishes ‘fake news’.

The survey found that a whopping 65 percent of voters do not trust the media, and concur with President Trump that the likes of CNN and the Washington Post push false information.

The poll indicated that 80 percent of Republicans, 60 percent of independents and 53 percent of Democrats all share the opinion. The results were provided exclusively to The Hill.

The authors of the study also noted that it seems to be the media’s obsession with attacking Trump over anything and everything, even though most topics are non-issues, that is driving the backlash.

[Comment: Considering it was mainstream news that tried to label truth tellers as “fake news” — it is sweet that mainstream news is now known as the real “fake news”.]

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

How Infowars Helped Unmask Antifa

A man assaulting people with a bike lock has been arrested

Millie Weaver joins Alex Jones live in studio to discuss how her reporting for Infowars led to the arrest of a college professor who is allegedly responsible for smashing a bike lock into someone’s head at an anti-Trump rally.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Leakers Beware: Donald Trump Has Utterly Defeated the Disloyal Coteries of the US Intelligence Community

President Trump has defeated Democrats in the intelligence community (IC) who were leaking classified information to the press. Such leaks have been a problem for many presidents, but Trump is the first who took a proactive approach and set up a sting operation that identified the leakers. It’s highly illegal to leak classified information. It’s also illegal to PUBLISH this information, but Trump is too smart to try and prosecute reporters.

I thought that Trump would fire members of the IC until the leaks stopped, but the president solved the problem with a much more imaginative and deadly approach: He fed the IC false information. When this information was published, Trump was able to identify individual leakers.

How?

Each group or individual who leaked was given a different version of events. This is CLASSIC spycraft. If nine individuals are told nine different stories, and then each of those stories is published, you know the identity of each person who talked to the press.

It’s called a “barium meal,” after the medical test used to detect problems in the gastrointestinal tract. Soft tissues don’t show up on X-rays. Barium salts are “radio-opaque,” meaning that they show up in a radiograph or X-ray…

           — Hat tip: JN [Return to headlines]
 

Navy Seal Tells Katy Perry “Go to Hell” Over Terrorism Comments

“Hold one of your concerts in Syria and see how that goes”

A former Navy Seal has taken issue with comments made by pop singer Katy Perry following the terrorist attack in Manchester at an Ariana Grande concert.

Appearing in an interview on Fox News Carl Higbie told Perry to “go to hell” after the singer said during a radio interview that the answer to such terrorist attacks was “no borders”…

“And I think what this is is we don’t have people who respect the culture of the United States of America. I mean, you have people like Katy Perry, for instance. I mean this woman has said, ‘Oh, we need to give them hugs.’“ Higbie said, adding “these people fundamentally do not understand what is going on here.”

“We are putting political correctness over the Islamic culture over the lives of our citizens, and we need to stop that immediately.” Higbie urged.

Higbie further argued that it makes no sense to argue that social exclusion or ‘Islamophobia’ in Britain is to blame for extremism.

“They feel isolated from the community because they isolate themselves… they’ve made no attempt to assimilate to the surrounding population,” Higbie said. “It is unbelievable that they feel that they are isolated because of some external force. No, they are doing it to themselves.”

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

The Final Nail in the Mainstream TV News Coffin: Fox News Ratings Plummet to 17 Year Low

The only news channel, at least in the US, that still commands solid ratings is Fox News

The mainstream media has been fighting a losing battle against independent news outlets (AKA fake news) ever since the internet took hold in our society. Countless newspapers have filed for bankruptcy, and news channels have faced dwindling ratings.

The only news channel, at least in the US, that still commands solid ratings is Fox News. Unfortunately for Fox, the average age of their viewers is 68, which isn’t exactly a profitable age group for advertisers. And more importantly, that statistic suggests that the company’s viewership is literally dying out.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Trump Blasts Leaders of NATO, Calls Out Radical Islam

Trump calls out European leaders in Brussels

President Trump put fellow NATO leaders in their place Thursday, demanding they meet their financial obligations, as he said he would during the 2016 campaign.

Trump said, “23 of the 28 member nations are still not paying what they should be paying and what they are supposed to be paying for their defense. This is not fair to the people and taxpayers of the United States. And many of these nations owe massive amounts of money from past years and not paying in those past years. Over the last eight years, the United States spent more on defense than all other NATO countries combined.”

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Twitter Suspends WND for Linking Donna Brazile to Seth Rich Case

Social media giant admits bombshell tweet led to suspension

Twitter suspended WND News for 12 hours for revealing that DNC insider Donna Brazile reportedly panicked over the private investigation into the death of staffer Seth Rich.

The social media giant even admitted WND’s tweet “Bombshell: Donna Brazile warned off private eye on Seth Rich murder” was the reason for the suspension.

“A WND company official confirmed the tweet was deleted per the company’s instructions,” reported WND’s Bob Unruh. “The news story was about a private detective’s revelation that former Democratic National Committee interim chairwoman Donna Brazile was the high-ranking DNC representative who allegedly called police and the Rich family and demanded to know why a private investigator was ‘snooping’ into the case.”

And that’s definitely news: why would Brazile care whether a private detective was looking into the case, as the source claimed?

Interestingly, the tweet apparently didn’t violate any of Twitter’s policies concerning copyright, harassment or spam, meaning that the content of the tweet — the news that Brazile allegedly freaked out over the private investigation into Rich’s murder — was the sole reason for the suspension.

Of course the story will now go more viral than it did before Twitter tried to censor the article.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Update: Wall Around Obama’s DC Home Complete!

As Barack Obama waxes eloquent about the supposed negative impact of walls on humanity, crews have completed the wall surrounding his Washington, DC home.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Will Donald Trump Reveal Who Killed JFK?

Releasing this information could stop Trump from suffering the same fate

This year, Donald Trump has the opportunity to declassify all documents relating to the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Roger Stone breaks down why he should allow the documents to be made public, in opposition to the CIA.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Doctor Quits Profession After Urging Minorities to Rape Front National Voters to Create ‘Half-Breeds’

“Since [right wing women] are part of the recipe for crossbreeding their own pale race, let’s use it against her side.”

A doctor who called for ethnic minorities to rape female Front National (FN) voters so as to bring France “multicoloured descendants” and “kill right wing poison in the egg” has quit work after a ruling by the Order of Physicians.

After publishing a post entitled “Impregnate the female of the FN” in December 2015, Thierry Lecoquierre was taken in for police questioning, and the doctor was subjected to a ‘reminder of the law’ by a prosecutor for “incitement to commit a crime”.

“Since [right wing women] are part of the recipe for crossbreeding their own pale race, let’s use it against her side. Let us sexually overcome these stupid, brainless women without hesitation, for the survival of a smiling humanity.

“For the far right, ‘France is for the French’ types … let’s make curly [-haired] this frightened France which terrorises ‘otherness’,” he wrote in the post, which was published on L’Obs Le Plus.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

EU Approves Plans to Force ‘Hate Speech’ Videos Off the Internet

The European Union (EU) has signed off on proposals to make companies such as Facebook and Twitter remove videos containing ‘hate speech’.

The proposals for stronger internet regulation, which would be the first EU-level legislation on the issue, would establish a universal set of video content censorship rules that social media companies would be forced to follow.

“We need to take into account new ways of watching videos, and find the right balance to encourage innovative services, promote European films, protect children and tackle hate speech in a better way,” said Andrus Ansip, EU Commission vice-president for the Digital Single Market.

Tuesday’s agreement, which would see videos which contain “expressions of racism and xenophobia” wiped from media companies’ websites, came a day after a suicide bomber killed 22 people in Manchester. According to Euractiv, ministers offered their condolences to the British delegation at the meeting.

[Comment: The globalists will define what is “hate”. Hint: anything that opposes their tyrannical globalist policies. This plan should be called “Operation Stop The Public Learning The Truth.” ]

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

France: Macron, President of the Elites and Islamists

Emmanuel Macron — whose victory in the French presidential election on May 7, 2017 was declared decisive — was presented as a centrist, a newcomer in politics with strong ties to the business world, and a man who could bring a new impetus to a stagnant country.

The reality, however, is quite different.

His victory was actually not “decisive”. Although he received a high percentage of the votes cast (66%), the number of voters who cast a blank ballot or decided to abstain was the highest everin a French presidential election.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Germany: Computer Scientist Receives Large Fine for ‘Hate Speech’ After Criticizing Soft Touch Police, Immigrants

A computer scientist in Germany has been fined over 3,000 euros after he complained in 2015 that criminal asylum seekers were being let go by police after robbing supermarkets.

The 52-year-old German made his comments on August 22nd of 2015 at the height of the migrant crisis, Wochenblatt reports. He noted that asylum seekers were going into German supermarkets and helping themselves to items and instead of being arrested they were let go with warnings.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Manchester Police Not Sharing Intelligence With US After Leaks: Report

Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said leaked crime scene photos by The New York Times caused “understandable” distress and “upset”

British authorities will reportedly stop sharing intelligence with the U.S. about the Manchester Arena bombing following a string of leaks to American media outlets, the BBC reported Thursday.

The Manchester police hope the two-way information between the two countries can start up again soon, but they are currently “furious” about leaks that shared information about the crime scene and the bomber’s name, the British outlet reported.

Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said Thursday the leaked crime scene photos by The New York Times caused “understandable” distress and “upset” to the victims’ families .

[Comment: Public must not see the carnage…they may band together with pitchforks and try to oust political traitor class.]

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Manchester Bomber Motivated by Anger Over ‘Islamophobia’

Thought Muslims in UK were being “mistreated”

The terrorist who killed 23 people and injured dozens more in Manchester was partly motivated by his anger over ‘Islamophobia’ in the United Kingdom.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Manchester bomber Salman Abedi, “Grew increasingly angry about what he considered ill-treatment of Muslims in Britain.”

He was reportedly incensed by the death of his friend, 18-year-old Abdul Wahab Hafidah, who was murdered after being run down with a car and stabbed by members of a rival gang.

[Comment: What’s next? Demanding natives all pay jizya and bow every time a muslim walks by?]

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Manchester Bombing: Police ‘Get Hold of Large Part’ of Terror Network

Police say significant progress had been made to prevent a feared second attack.

After days of raids and arrests officers said a big blow has been dealt to killer Salman Abedi’s Islamic State-inspired group.

And over the past 48 hours anti-terror detectives have exposed a “large part” of his operationthat supported Monday’s slaughter.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Manchester Bombing: Police Arrest Man, 44, On Suspicion of Terrorism Offences, Wrestling Suspect to the Floor on a Bus in Dramatic Scenes

A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences in connection with the Manchester terror bombing.

The 44-year-old man was wrestled to the floor on a bus in the city’s Rusholme as police continue to investigate the horror that unfolded outside Ariana Grande’s concert on Monday.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

MI5 Reveal ‘Up to 23,000 Jihadis Living in Britain’ Ahead of Bank Holiday Security Boost

Security services revealed the figure as they said up to 3,000 would-be terrorists are being investigated as “subjects of interest”.

The announcement, unusual for security agencies such as MI5 and MI6, highlights the difficulties in investigating potential terror threats, according to insiders.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Polish PM on Manchester Attack: ‘Europe, Rise From Your Knees or You’ll be Crying Over Your Children Every Day’

The prime minister of Poland has launched a blistering attack on the “political elites” of Europe in the wake of the Manchester terror attack, warning the continent must put in place “strong politicians” willing to tackle the threat or risk “crying over your children”.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Teenage Couple, Teacher and Officer Among 22 Killed in Manchester Bombing

A teenage couple in love, dreaming of traveling the world together.

An off-duty police officer, taking a break from the stresses of fighting organized crime to enjoy a concert with her husband and two children.

A Polish couple, waiting to pick up their children from a concert and unaware it would be their last moments of parental duty.

On Thursday, the grim task of confirming those who had died in the Manchester attack appeared to be coming to an end.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Terror Expert: “Political Correctness” To Blame for Manchester Bomber Not Being Reported

Terrorist hanged ISIS flag from house but neighbors said nothing

Terror expert Erick Stakelbeck says that fears over “political correctness” prevented associates and neighbors of Manchester bomber Salman Abedi from reporting him to authorities despite clear signs that Abedi was a dangerous jihadist.

Amazingly, Abedi hanged an ISIS flag from the roof of his house that was visible to his neighbors but none of them reported him to the police.

He was also heard loudly chanting Islamic prayers in the street but this did not raise alarms either, nor did the innumerable people visiting his house at all hours of the day and night.

Fox News host Shannon Bream asked Stakelbeck if neighbors’ fear of appearing “racist” or “bigoted” might have prevented them from raising the alarm.

“Political correctness is going to be the death of us, it’s been the death of far too many people,” he responded, adding that moderate Muslims were also not identifying extremists in their communities for fear of retribution.

Stakelbeck also drew attention to comments made by Sheikh Mohammad Saeed, an imam at the mosque attended by the terrorist, who said that Abedi had ISIS sympathies.

After Saeed gave an anti-ISIS speech, Abedi showed him a “face of hate,” leading Saeed to conclude, “I could tell this person hates me. You understand, it’s no surprise to me [that he was the attacker].”

Despite this, Saeed made no effort to report Abedi to authorities.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

UK Hospitals Told to ‘Prepare for Further Incident’ In Wake of Manchester Attack

Memo urges trauma units prepare for “patients with blast and ballistic injuries”

The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) has issued an urgent alert to every hospital in England, including trauma centers in 27 cities, to “prepare for a further incident” during the upcoming bank holiday, British media report.

With the terror threat warning in the UK having been raised to its maximum “critical” level following the terrorist attack on the Manchester Arena concert hall on Monday, the UK’s national clinical director for trauma, Chris Moran, has released the warning calling on staff to be ready for a possible new attack in the coming days.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

UK: Broadcaster Censors Video of Muslim Woman in Full Burka Warning of ‘Retaliation’ Against Islamophobia

Channel 4 buries interview with individual in Manchester wearing hand grenade clothing

A video of a Muslim woman in a full Islamic veil emblazoned with a hand grenade and a machine gun warning of retaliation against Islamophobia after the Manchester terror attack was buried by UK broadcaster Channel 4.

Channel 4 visited a Muslim community in south Manchester to get their take on the Islamic terror attack that killed 23 people and injured 120 others. Viewers were immediately drawn to a woman wearing a full black veil with only her eyes visible.

The woman’s clothing had the word “love” emblazoned on it, but on closer inspection, the letters are made up of a machine gun and a hand grenade.

Asked by host Krishnan Guru-Murthy about her “reactions and feelings” in the aftermath of the horrific attack, the woman said she didn’t “need to prove anything”.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

UK: Leaflet From Mosque Attended by Bomber Decries “Western Lifestyle”

An attendee of the mosque who was also in the audience said the mosque had a “multi-cultural community” and said the leaflet was “not official”.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Dozens Dead as Gunmen Ambush Convoy Carrying Egyptian Coptic Christians

Gunmen opened fire on two buses and a truck carrying Coptic Christians in Minya, Egypt on Friday, killing at least 23 and injuring 25.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

Caroline Glick: Netanyahu’s Challenge With Trump

On Thursday, less than 48 hours after US President Donald Trump completed his successful visit to Israel, his chief negotiator Jason Greenblatt was back in town.

On Wednesday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson set the tone for Greenblatt’s mission when he told reporters aboard Air Force One that during his visit, Trump “was putting a lot of pressure” on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas “to get back to the table” and negotiate a peace deal.

Tillerson went on to explain why Trump is so keen to make a deal.

“We solve the Israeli-Palestinian peace dilemma, we start solving a lot of the peace throughout the Middle East region,” he said.

Trump apparently agrees with his secretary of state.

At his joint appearance with Abbas in Bethlehem on Tuesday, Trump said, “I firmly believe that if Israel and the Palestinians can make peace, it will begin a process of peace all throughout the Middle East.”

These statements, and Greenblatt’s swift return here indicate that as of now, on a substantive, strategic level, Trump is maintaining Obama’s policies on Israel and the Palestinians. And Obama’s policies on the issue, it bears noting, were substantively all but indistinguishable from those of George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush before him…

           — Hat tip: Caroline Glick [Return to headlines]
 

RAF Crew Write ‘Love From Manchester’ On Side of Paveway Bomb on Its Way to Blast ISIS Targets in Syria

RAF crew scrawled a message on a missile on its way to blast ISIS targets in Syria that read ‘Love from Manchester.’

The defiant note was initially believed to be a social media hoax but RAF bosses confirmed its veracity later today.

It is understood it was the brainchild of a drone squadron based at a secret location in the Middle East, in response to Monday night’s terror attack at Manchester Arena that claimed 22 innocent victims.

It was reported to be a Hellfire missile on social media, although it was later confirmed as a Paveway IV bomb.

The message ‘Love from Manchester’ was written on a Hellfire missile destined for ISIS

The picture appeared on Twitter with the caption: ‘RAF Armourer on a Reaper UAV squadron wrote this on a Hellfire (sic) missile before taking off on a Syria mission’.

An RAF spokesman told MailOnline: ‘The RAF can confirm the photo was genuine’.

A source said: ‘The sentiment of the message is understandable under the circumstances.

‘There’s a history of messages being written on missiles in the RAF.

‘It’s unlikely the individual responsible for it will be disciplined.’

           — Hat tip: Dean [Return to headlines]
 

Torture and Abuse Through the Eyes of Arkady

BOUND.

TORTURED.

KILLED.

Iraqi photojournalist Ali Arkady was embedded with who he thought were the good guys — an elite unit of Iraqi soldiers battling Daesh in the name of a united Iraq, strong and free once and for all. But as the battle for Mosul intensified, the Iraqis lost the plot, descending into torture and murder of civilians.

The images are merciless: Iraqi detainees slung from ceilings by their wrists like rag dolls; a blindfold to hide the next torturous blow, a gag to muffle the screams.

A glance jolts the sickening memory of Abu Ghraib prison, circa 2003, when the United States army and the CIA let their humanity slip away.

Yet here they are again, 14 years later — damning images from the ongoing battle of Mosul that incinerate the fog of war, revealing physical abuse, torture and the murder of Sunni Arab Iraqis perpetrated by a unit of American-trained, coalition-equipped Iraqi commandos on the front lines in the war against Daesh.

ON THE RUN: Photographer Ali Arkady, whose astonishing images from the battle of Mosul are unveiled here, fled to Europe with his wife and daughter amid death threats. Canada could be his next stop, thanks to an invitation from the Global Reporting Centre at University of British Columbia.

Published exclusively by the Toronto Star and ABC News, the photographs and video of Iraqi photographer Ali Arkady are evidence of war crimes committed by soldiers that Canada and its more than 60 coalition partners have designated the good guys in the battle against Daesh, also known as ISIS and ISIL.

Documented in Arkady’s images: Knives, guns and live electric wires held to detainees’ heads; gloved fingers pressed deep into eye sockets and hard beneath tongues with muscle-crushing force; video clips of suspects, suspended and beaten, screaming their innocence…

           — Hat tip: Gort [Return to headlines]
 

Phillippines Violence: ISIS-Linked Fighters ‘Among Militants in Marawi’

Foreign fighters believed to be linked to so-called Islamic State are among militants killed in a southern Philippine city, officials say.

The military has been conducting air strikes in Marawi, on Mindanao island, after it was overrun by jihadists.

The region is a stronghold for the local Maute group, which has pledged allegiance to IS.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Does Outspoken Imam Have a Point About Australia’s Muslim Leaders?

The hardline demands of local preachers — from bans on women showing their ears to men urinating next to each other because they’re ‘like animals’

A controversial Islamic preacher says Muslims feel ‘oppressed and depressed’ by recent statements by controversial local preachers.

           — Hat tip: SS [Return to headlines]
 

Un-bee-lievable! Wife of Guantanamo Bay Inmate David Hicks’ Awarded PhD — for Claiming Bees Are More Dangerous to Australians Than Terrorists

Ex-wife of Australian former Guantánamo Bay inmate David Hicks says bees are more lethal than terrorism and a lack of ‘war on bees’ shows counter-terrorism is political.

           — Hat tip: SS [Return to headlines]
 

Racist SA Black Says Manchester Bombing is a ‘Blessing’

The social media was abuzz last night after a tweet by an 18 year old black South African student from Port Elizabeth, called Abongile Gasa. He posted on Twitter (and later removed it) that he regarded the death of 22 white victims in Manchester as a “blessing from God” and he prayed for more such blessings.

I don’t plan to pay much attention to what he says. It is pure hatred, stupidity, racism and youthful ignorance. It was, however, the comments that followed his tweet, which made me think. Because, amongst the comments of white South Africans who gave Gasa a piece of their mind, I recognised at least three names of people who, the day before yesterday, stated: “That is what they deserve, they sold us out to the ANC!”

This made me think: Isn’t it time for us, as white South Africans, to admit that Manchester also tells us something about our own conduct and opinions? There are a number of questions that we need to ask ourselves:…

           — Hat tip: RRN [Return to headlines]
 

Australia Spy Boss Says There’s ‘No Evidence’ Children of Muslim Refugees Are Being ‘Radicalised’ — After Questions Raised by Pauline Hanson Following the Manchester Terror Attacks

ASIO boss Duncan Lewis (pictured) has shut down Pauline Hanson’s claims there’s a link between refugees and terrorism in Australia in the wake of the Manchester terror attack.

           — Hat tip: SS [Return to headlines]
 

Merkel Land: Woman Shows Injuries After Being Beaten by Migrants

Respondents call victim “racist” for complaining about it

A video that has gone viral on Facebook shows a German woman covered in bruises explaining how she was beaten by migrants for daring to respond to them calling her a “bitch”.

The clip, uploaded by the victim Stefanie Kirchhoff, has received almost 500,000 views since it was posted on Wednesday. In it, Kirchoff sardonically thanks Angela Merkel for opening the country’s borders to such ‘cultural enrichment’.

She has several huge welts and contusions all over her face as a result of the beating.

Showing how truly deluded many Germans are about the migrant crisis, some respondents to her Facebook post accused the woman of being a racist or staging the incident to make money.

           — Hat tip: JD [Return to headlines]
 

More Than 60,000 Migrants Reach Europe by Sea in 2017

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — The International Organization for Migration says more than 60,000 migrants have reached the shores of Europe so far in 2017, a sizeable decrease compared to the same period last year.

The Geneva- based U.N. agency said Friday that 60,521 migrants and refugees had entered Europe by sea with over 80 precent of them landing in Italy. The remainder arrived in Greece, Cyprus or Spain.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Thousands of Migrants From Libya on Course for Europe

TRIPOLI (AFP) — At least 20 boats carrying thousands of migrants on their way to Italy were spotted on Friday off the coast of the western city of Sabratha, the Libyan navy said.

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Trump Immigration Pick Targeted by Soros-Backed Media

President Donald Trump’s latest pick to aid in an “America First” immigration plan is now being attacked by a media agency funded by billionaire George Soros.

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Police Tell Prof He’s in Danger for Not Participating in Campus ‘No Whites Day’

Evergreen State College hosts an annual event called a “Day of Absence” where, traditionally, minority students and faculty step away from the campus for the day to show just how significant their impact is. Additionally, white students attend workshops on racism.

This year, the school apparently thought it would just be a hoot to change things up and just kick all the white folks off campus instead. Biology professor Bret Weinstein, however, took issue with the event.

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Will Artificial Intelligence Help US Solve Every Problem?

Artificial intelligence is going to change how we live to such a degree, that when we look back at driving a car, it will seem to us the way the Middle Ages looks from today’s perspective. That’s according to Sebastian Thrun, who gives his Brief but Spectacular take on imagining the future and the way we’ll all be transformed by the coming revolution.

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6 thoughts on “Gates of Vienna News Feed 5/26/2017

  1. How stupid are people these days? We all have a right to free speech and a right to do with our lives what we wish.

    End of story. I don’t know how all this stupidity covered America but in my opinion it has to stop.

    People, for the most part, can read and write so presumably they can also think. I realize that is a hope but not a fact.

    Better start thinking, people, before you see your rights disappear right in front of you. And yes, you will be sorry. Everyone takes all these rights for granted and then forget there are other people who don’t want you to have rights. George Soros comes to mind, as one example — he is not alone, there are many others who agree with him.

    I do think everyone has to concentrate on their rights and make sure they don’t lose any of them. I am not bothered by people who jaw on and on in a manner I can’t agree with — but they have every right to their free speech regardless. And we have every right to agree or not. That is America at its finest.

    Oh, please — stay strong, America! This is the last country of hope on earth.

    • Okay, Maria_dee: Time to stop ranting and start interacting with other commenters. This is a repetition of your last twenty or thirty comments. I just stuck a fork in you, Maria: you are definitely over-cooked. NOW, start responding to what others have to say. Or give us your opinion of the new immigrants in Garden, Kansas.

      But stop the rants. One rant a week, tops. Say on Wednesday.

      You can respond to others all you want, but the ranting is going to be very limited. Are you even listening?

      And I’m tired of cleaning up your language. Stop it. You know the rules and your age is no excuse.

  2. ** At least 20 boats carrying thousands of migrants parasites on their way to Italy were spotted **

    Italian government beside themselves with joy. More foreigners! More! More! More!

  3. The sooner the Brits and everyone else stops the incessant denying and wetting their rants the better for infidel humanity. Shouldn’t there be some kind of line drawn in the concrete Muslims? A poll for example – infidels only. Like Erdo the Islamist madman in Chicken says, “All Muslims are terrorists for the the mop the floor with infidel heads cause”, or words to that effect? At least start educating people on the crap in the so-called Koran, the Hadith and on the table at the local mosque and Jehadi recruitment “center”.

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