A 23-year-old Palestinian-American named Samy Mohamed Hamzeh (Mohammed Coefficient: 100%) has been arrested by the FBI for plotting an attack on a Masonic temple in Milwaukee. Mr. Hamzeh originally planned to travel to Israel to kill Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, but that proved too difficult, so he decided to go after the Masons instead. Authorities are not filing any terrorism charges against the suspected alleged would-be perpetrator, and although he said his planned actions were intended to “defend the Muslim religion”, they reassured the public that the incident had nothing to do with Islam.
All right, all right; I cannot tell a lie: I made that last part up.
In other news, the Polish interior minister says that his country will veto any attempt by Brussels to impose mandatory refugee quotas on EU member states. Meanwhile, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico says the EU is “committing ritual suicide” with its migration policies.
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Italy Primary Surplus Must Rise to Reduce Debt, EC Says
Would need to increase to 3.8% of GDP
(ANSA) — Brussels, January 25 — The European Commission said Monday Italy could reduce its debt to “almost 100% of GDP” by 2026.
However it must keep “the convergence of the structural budget towards medium-term goals” were respected with regards to the Stability Pact “in line with fiscal adjustment” in the communication on flexibility, the EC said in its report on the sustainability of public finances.
This would require a primary surplus of 3.8% of GDP between 2017 and 2016, a figure “significantly higher” than the 2.5% forecast for 2017.
Italy’s debt was 134.6% of GDP in the third quarter of 2015, against Germany’s 71.9% and Spain’s 99.3%, according to Eurostat.
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FBI Arrests Milwaukee Man for Plotting Temple Attack
MILWAUKEE — Federal officials in Milwaukee have arrested a 23-year-old man who planned to attack a Masonic temple, CBS affiliate WDJT reported.
In a statement, the FBI said agents received a tip in September that Samy Mohamed Hamzeh, 23, had planned to travel to Israel to attack Israeli soldiers and citizens in the West Bank, but abandoned the plan as too difficult and later decided on a domestic attack.
A criminal affidavit said Hamzeh toured a Masonic center in Milwaukee on Jan. 19 with two confidential informants and was tape-recorded discussing his plans to attack it in the name of “defending Muslim religion.”
“I am telling you, if this hit is executed, it will be known all over the world,” Hamzeh allegedly said on the recording. “Sure, all over the world, all the Mujahedeen will be talking and they will be proud of us… Such operations will increase in America, when they hear about it.”
He continued, “The people will be scared and the operations will increase, and there will be problems all over, because more than one problem took place, and this will be the third problem, this will lead to people clashing with each other. This way we will be igniting it. I mean we are marching at the front of the war.”
Of the potential victims, Hamzeh allegedly said, “30 is excellent. If I got out, after killing thirty people, I will be happy 100 percent… 100 percent happy, because these 30 will terrify the world.”
The affidavit said Hamzeh was arrested Monday after buying machine guns and silencers from two undercover FBI employees.
He is charged with unlawfully possessing a machine gun and unlawfully receiving and possessing unregistered firearms.
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FBI Thwarts Mass Shooting at Milwaukee Masonic Temple
FBI agents have interrupted what federal prosecutors describe as a planned mass shooting with automatic rifles at a Masonic Temple in downtown Milwaukee, it was announced Tuesday.
Samy Mohamed Hamzeh, 23, has been charged with possessing machine guns and a silencer. Despite indications of an attempted act of terrorism, Hamzeh is not charged with any terrorism counts. He appeared in federal court in Milwaukee Tuesday and remains in custody.
“We are Muslims, defending Muslim religion, we are on our own, my dear, we have organized our own group,” Hamzeh said, according to the criminal complaint, later adding “And we will eliminate everyone” as he described in detail how he and others would attack the temple.
Hamzeh was planning to attack the Humphrey Scottish Rite Masonic, on N. Van Buren St., according to sources familiar with the case. Hamzeh had scouted out the temple by taking a tour and spoke in detail about how the attack would occur, the complaint said. A woman in the lobby of the temple Tuesday afternoon told a reporter Tuesday that the staff had no comment.
Hamzeh had been under investigation by the FBI since September 2015, using confidential informants close to him, who secretly recorded him, and undercover FBI agents, who arrested him this week.
Hamzeh had originally planned to travel to Jordan to attack Israeli soldiers and civilans in the West Bank, but ditched those plans because of logistical issues and focused his efforts on attacking a target in the U.S., according to the criminal complaint.
He focused on attacking the Mason Temple in Milwaukee with two others, who were actually cooperating with the FBI.
Last week, Hamzeh and the informants went to a local shooting range and practiced firing a handgun. Afterward, they went to the Masonic Center and got a tour of the facility. Later, he spoke with the informants in details about the planned attack, according to the complaint.
During this meeting, which was recorded and subsequently translated from Arabic to English, Hamzeh said they needed three automatic weapons, each with a silencer to launch the attack.
He discussed how the attack would begin: “…one of us will stay at the door at the entrance and lock the door down, he will be at the main door down, two will get to the lift up, they will enter the room, and spray everyone in the room. The one who is standing downstairs will spray anyone he finds. We will shot them, kill them and get out.”
He went on to say the attack could bring global attention.
“I am telling you, if this hit is executed, it will be known all over the world. Sure, all over the world, all the Mujahedeen will be talking and they will be proud of us, what is wrong with you, such operations will increase in America, when they hear about it. The people will be scared and the operations will increase, and there will be problems all over, because more than one problem took place, and this will be the third problem, this will lead to people clashing with each other. This way we will be igniting it. I mean we are marching at the front of the war.”
Of the target, he said: “They are all Masonic; they are playing with the world like a game, man, and we are like asses, we don’t know what is going on, these are the ones who are fighting, these are the ones that needs to be killed, not the Shi’iat, because these are the ones who are against us, these are the ones who are making living for us like hell,” he said. “Thirty is excellent. If I got out, after killing thirty people, I will be happy 100%… 100% happy, because these 30 will terrify the world.”
Hamzeh met with undercover FBI agents on Monday. The undercover agents showed the weapons and a silencer to Hamzeh, told him that the weapons were capable of automatic fire, and explained to him the functioning of the selector switch that allowed the weapons to fire automatically.
Hamzeh agreed to a price and paid it to the undercover agents, who then handed Hamzeh a bag containing two automatic weapons and a silencer. Hamzeh carried the bag to the vehicle in which he had traveled to the meeting, and he placed the bag in the trunk of the vehicle. He then was arrested and has been charged with illegally possessing machine guns…
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GOP Controlled Congress Gave Obama Legislative Action Power on Guns
Look at what Lynch just told members of a Senate Appropriations subcommittee, with a straight face: “The Gun Control Act lists the people who are not allowed to have firearms, such as felons, domestic abusers and others. Congress has also required that background checks be conducted as part of sales made by federally licensed firearms dealers to make sure guns stay out of the wrong hands. … The actions announced by the president, which focus on background checks and keeping guns out of the wrong hands, are fully consistent with the laws passed by Congress.”
By that logic, the president doesn’t need a Congress at all.
Think about it. What Lynch is saying is that if a law exists on a particular topic, then the president of the United States is free to run with that law in whatever direction his (or one day perhaps, her) personal agenda leads. The only standard to abide would be to show the executive action is “consistent” with the previously passed law.
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Hillary’s Emails Miraculously Contained Secret Info ‘Cut and Pasted’ From Classified Federal Network
Hillary Clinton’s use of an insecure secret email server was obviously a problem in and of itself, but the steady drip, drip, drip of information has revealed that Mrs. Clinton’s latest scandal goes well beyond mere procedural issues. Just last week we learned that her communications contained information from some of the country’s most secretive and highly guarded programs. We also learned that China and Russia probably had access to it. Now, because it’s a day that ends in ‘Y,’ Hillary’s email scandal has gotten worse.
According to the New York Post, the FBI is interested in exactly how such sensitive and tightly controlled information made its way to Hillary’s server. The answer seems to be “her team ignored regulations and cut & pasted it into their emails.”
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My Ideas Aren’t Radical, Sanders Tells Democrat Skeptics
Fighting tooth and nail against frontrunner Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, Bernie Sanders said that he is no radical and that voters will embrace his agenda to end US income inequality.
Sanders, an independent senator putting up a challenge whose success to date has surprised even himself, is a self-described democratic socialist, a characterization that flies in the face of the traditional norms of a Democratic-Republican US presidential race.
But he staunchly defended his record to a questioner asking about his socialist principles at a televised town hall event at a university in Des Moines, Iowa, the state where voters kick off the long presidential nomination race with their February 1 poll.
Clinton and Sanders are running neck and neck here, with former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley a distant third…
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Pat Caddell: 2016 Election About Insurgency, Not Ideology
“The election is not about ideology, not about issues, it’s about insurgency,” noted Democrat pollster Pat Caddell told Breitbart News Network editor-in-chief Alexander Marlow.
Appearing on the Sunday edition of Breitbart’s radio show on Sirius XM 125 the Patriot Channel, Caddell gave his take on the state of the Presidential race.
With voting set to begin with the Iowa caucuses next week, Caddell’s take is a must-listen for those closely following the nomination contest in both parties. A veteran of Presidential campaigns stretching over four decades, Caddell has had a front-row seat at many political defining moments in recent history.
For Caddell, the 2016 election is about voters revolting against Washington and the political classes that have dominated government and policy in recent years. “The system is on the verge of coming apart,” Caddell noted. “The politicians in Washington aren’t going to be able to put the genie back in the bottle.”
Most Republican campaigns have been left flat-footed in response, according to Caddell. He places the blame squarely on Republican party consultants, coming out of DC and the Republican National Committee, misunderstanding the mood of voters.
“They have less feel for the electorate than the man in the moon,” Caddell observed…
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NaturalNews) In a blatant attack on those who prefer living as self-sufficiently as possible, citizens of Montreal have been ordered to first register their wood-burning stoves, and then ultimately get rid of them within three years, unless they meet rigid air quality standards.
The deadline to register wood-burning stoves and fireplaces in Montreal was December 22, 2015, and the new emissions regulations will be implemented in 2018. Those who refuse to comply will be subject to fines, and those who are willing to adjust will be forced to pay for expensive modifications to their wood-burning stoves and fireplaces.
“Starting in 2018, wood-burning appliances will be banned unless they meet the rigorous new emission standards of 2.5 grams of fine particles or less per hour. The bylaw is among the strictest in North America, said Real Menard, the city’s executive committee responsible for the environment. Presently, transforming a stove or fireplace with inserts so that it is in compliance with the coming regulations costs between $2,000 and $8,000.”
Many outraged Montreal citizens have left comments on news articles and social media platforms regarding the new regulations, voicing the fact that they see the new standards for exactly what they are: an attempt to demonize those who prefer to avoid dependence on the grid for their heating and cooking needs.
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EU Funds Misspent in Central and Eastern Europe, Report
Lack of climate commitments undermines fossil free future
(ANSA) — BRUSSELS — EU billions destined to transform the carbon-intensive, inefficient energy systems of central and eastern Europe (CEE) are being misspent, finds a new report by CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the Earth Europe. Bad spending plans and a lack of climate commitments from nine central and eastern European governments is hampering Europe’s transition away from fossil fuels, the groups say.
The new research reveals that in CEE countries only 7 per cent of the 178 billion euros in European Regional Development and Cohesion Funds allocated until 2020 will be invested into renewables, energy efficiency and SMART grids, and that the integration of climate considerations into all plans and projects — as required under EU law — remains superficial.
“CEE countries are prioritising energy intensive transport and fossil fuels over solutions to climate change” Markus Trilling, campaigner for CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the Earth Europe said.
The European Commission asked member states to concentrate EU funding on climate action and climate mainstreaming within the EU’s seven year, one trillion euro budget for 2014 to 2020. The new report lays the blame squarely on the insufficient spending plans and absent climate commitments of the countries receiving the funding. For example, both Poland and the Czech Republic will offer financial support for the replacement of ‘old coal boilers’ with ‘modern coal boilers’ under the heading of environmental protection. According to the report, Estonia will retain carbon-intensive oil shale as its major energy source; Croatia and Estonia have received support for airport extensions — usually excluded from EU funds. In Romania, a third of all the money received will be spent on the transport sector, without any integral climate considerations.
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Germany: Report on Army, Staff and Armaments Are Deficient
Only 177,000 soldiers. “The deficit should be recognised”
(ANSA) — BERLIN — Since the Cold War, the German army has been gradually reduced until it reached “only 177,000 active soldiers at the end of 2015”. This announcement was made in Berlin, during the presentation of an official report on the Bundeswehr, by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces Hans-Peter Bartels. “Staff and armaments are deficient”, he explained. The army has hit a “turning point, further reductions are not possible, since our tasks are getting harder. We have to recognise the deficit and fill our defensive holes”.
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Greece Rejects European Plan for Tighter Border Controls
Stricter security at Macedonia border with would turn Greece into ‘cemetery of souls’
Greece has hit back at European proposals for tightened security on its northern border with Macedonia, describing the latest plans to staunch the flow of refugees into Europe as a dangerous experiment that would turn the country into a “cemetery of souls”.
The proposals to dispatch joint police forces along Macedonia’s border with Greece — first proposed by Miro Cerar, prime minister of Slovenia, in a letter to fellow EU leaders last week — gained political momentum after the European Commission threw its weight behind the plan.
The plan seeks to shift the frontline of Europe’s refugee control efforts to the northern part of Greece, where the government is already straining to manage the influx with limited resources. Some 2,000 migrants are arriving in the EU each day.
But Ioannis Mouzalas, Greece’s minister for migration, said ringfencing Greece from the Schengen zone would not stop asylum seekers making their way to northern Europe, adding that Athens had not been consulted on the plan in advance…
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Italy: Judge Orders Libyan Researcher Held in Jail
Suspected of instigation to terrorist crimes
(ANSA) — Palermo, January 26 — A Palermo custody review court on Tuesday ordered Libyan university researcher Kadga Shabbi to pretrial custody in jail, following an appeal from the prosecutor’s office over a December arrest for instigation to terrorist crimes.
The preliminary hearing judge in December said Shabbi wasn’t a flight risk and issued a mandatory residence order.
Shabbi is accused of having ties to fundamentalist organisations and promoting them.
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Letter From Spain: Post-Election Imbroglio
by Srdja Trifkovic
This year my winter retreat in Gran Canaria coincides with an unprecedented political crisis in Spain which may herald some trouble for the Brussels-based superstate. More than a month has passed since the inconclusive general election on December 20. It has marked the end of the decades-long duopoly enjoyed by the center-right People’s Party (Partido Popular, PP) and the center-left Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español, PSOE). The scene is rather exciting: many Spaniards feel that a long-standing arrangement has been broken by antiestablishmentarian newcomers.
Former, now acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s PP (in power since December 2011) still commands the largest bloc with 123 seats in the 350-seat Cortes; but it scored its worst result in 26 years, and the worst result ever recorded by a leading party. The Socialists, with 90 seats, fared more badly than at any time since their victory in the second post-Franco election in 1982. The new, leftist and Euroskeptic Podemos (“We can!”)—similar in rhetoric and policies to the Greek Syriza—came a close third with 20 percent of the vote and 69 mandates. Catalan-based Citizens (C’s) is represented for the first time with 40 seats. The writing already was on the wall at the time of the 2014 European Parliament election. Both duopoly parties suffered major losses, failing jointly for the first time to exceed 50 percent, while Podemos and the C’s—newcomers to the game—did remarkably well.
The two establishment parties had excluded the possibility of a grand coalition during the campaign, even though it is the preferred option for the business community (and the barely concealed preference of the EU regime in Brussels and Angela Merkel in Berlin, who is known to be horrified by Podemos). Last Friday Rajoy declined an offer by King Felipe VI to form a government, saying he did not have sufficient parliamentary support. Both PP and PSOE are aware that a grand coalition would look to the majority of Spaniards like an old boys’ ploy to keep power at a time when, for the first time after Franco, the EU’s third-largest country has moved from a two-party arrangement to a genuinely multiparty system.
A grand coalition is possible, but it would be tense and precarious. The big two parties’ punishment at a subsequent early election would be even more severe than that experienced last December. PSOE is loath to be Rajoy’s partner, in view of his hugely unpopular austerity packages (VAT went up from 18% to 21% four years ago), his de facto amnesty of tax evaders, and his government’s implication in corruption affairs (such as the crash of the Bankia banking conglomerate in 2012 and the Bárcenas affair a year later). Some PP leaders might be willing to consider the possibility, but Rajoy is heartily hated by the Socialist base who accuse him of kow-towing to the IMF and dismantling the Spanish welfare state. Other parties’ voters want a coalition of some sort, but without Rajoy. My local contacts are adamant that a grand coalition would be the duopoly’s short-lived swansong.
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Israeli Woman Stabbed by Palestinians in Settlement Dies: Hospital
An Israeli woman stabbed by two Palestinians in a West Bank settlement has died of her wounds, a spokeswoman for Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem said on Tuesday.
Another woman who was less severely wounded in the same attack Monday at a grocery store in Beit Horon settlement, northwest of Jerusalem, was being treated at another hospital.
The two attackers were shot dead by security guards. Israeli police said one was in his early 20s while the other was a teenager.
The attack was the third inside a West Bank settlement since January 17, when an Israeli woman was stabbed to death at the entrance to her home in Otniel…
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ISIS Thug Proposes to Undercover Reporter as She Researches Jihadis Online
An undercover reporter researching jihadis online was asked to marry an ISIS terrorist called Mario and come to Syria to be with him after talking to him over the internet for just half an hour.
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ISIS: Media: 150 Fighters From Kosovo, Including 42 Women
Daily ‘Zeros’ reported today in Pristina
(ANSA) — PRISTINA — More than 150 Islamic extremists from Kosovo fight in Syria alongside the jihadist formations of the Islamic state, including 42 women whose average age is 23, the daily ‘Zeros’ reported today in Pristina. One of the women fighters from Kosovo is Chamilje Tahiri, who is the head of the women training programme of the Islamic state in Syria and Iraq.
Tahiri, the daily reported, originates from Shipov, near Kosovska Mitrovica, and went to Syria along with her husband, who died while he was fighting in the ranks of IS. This woman lives in Syria with two young children and is involved actively in the recruitment of other women and girls fighters in Kosovo.
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Italy: Iran ‘To Sign 5.4 Bn Minerals Deal’
Trade minister Karbasian tells Tasmin news agency
(ANSA) — Rome, January 25 — Italy and Iran are to sign multi-billion-euro agreements in the minerals sector during Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Rome, a member of the delegation from Tehran told Iranian agency Tasnim on Monday.
“Contracts worth $5.4 billion are ready for investment with Italy in the mineral sector,” said Iranian Trade Minister Mehdi Karbasian, who also heads up state-owned holding company Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation (IMIDRO). The contracts “need to be perfected and signed” in the next few hours, he added. IMIDRO has over 50,000 employees and is active in steel, aluminium, copper, and cement production and in exploiting mineral deposits.
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Syria: Attack in Homs Loyalist Neighbourhood, 20 Dead
Isis claimed responsibility
(ANSAmed) — BEIRUT, JANUARY 26 — Isis claimed responsibility for two deadly attacks that killed at least 20 people, among which many members of government militias, in central Syria today, pan-Arab tv al Arabiya reported, adding that the jihadi group said it committed the two attacks, one of which carried out by a suicide bomber, in the Zahra neighbourhood in Homs, a town controlled by Damascus loyalist troops which is not far from Isis-held territory.
The previous deathtoll amounted to 11 people, but according to local sources, victims could actually be as many as 20.
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Turkey to Build 165 Prisons — Reports
The Turkish government is reportedly constructing 165 prisons in the country.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Turkish government ruled by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) is constructing 165 prisons in the country to cope with growing number of prisoners, local media reported on Monday.
AKP’s move is caused by the fact that the number of inmates has been steadily growing since 2002 and increased by 287 percent in 13 years, the Today’s Zaman newspaper reported, citing General Director of Jails and Penitentiaries Yavuz Yildirim.
According to the data released by the Turkish penitentiary system, there were about 355 detention facilities with some 180,000 people in custody as of January 13, 2016. Some 170,000 of inmates are male, while more than 6,000 are female and the rest are juveniles.
According to the newspaper, currently Turkey has capacity for additional detention of less than 600 prisoners.
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Mysterious Virus Kills 20 Ukrainian Soldiers, Separatists Blame U.S. Lab
To date, nobody really knows what the strain is
Beginning in early December, reports emerged regarding a strange new virus infecting military personnel in Eastern Ukraine.
To date, nobody really knows what the strain is, and the Western mainstream media has neglected to report on it. A recent update from the Donbass International News Agency (which appears to be a pro-Russian separatist website) suggests that the virus has an American origin.
The strain, which has since been dubbed the “California Flu,” has reportedly killed 20 Ukrainian soldiers and hospitalized 200 more. The virus causes a high fever, seems immune to modern medicine, and the infected that die typically succumb within 2 days. According to the Vice Commander of the Russian separatists, the virus was leaked from a research lab near the city of Kharkov, which is run by “US military experts.”
Regardless of its origin, the virus has started to infect the civilian population as well, and is making its way through the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. Doctors on the Ukrainian side of the border have failed to identify the viral strain, because the lab they need resides in separatist territory.
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Putin Still Has His Communist Party Card, Likes Socialist Ideals
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday revealed he has kept his USSR Communist Party membership card, and still has a soft spot for socialist ideals.
“I didn’t throw out my party card, I didn’t burn it,” said Putin, a former KGB agent in East Germany, at a meeting with supporters, quoted by Interfax news agency. “My card is lying round somewhere.”
To older Russians, holding onto a Soviet Communist party card — once compulsory for top officials — shows a degree of nostalgia for the previous regime.
“I wasn’t a party member through necessity. I can’t say I was totally an ideological Communist but I did really treasure it (the card),” said Putin, pointing out that he served for nearly 20 years in the “armed wing of the party”…
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India: France to Build 6 Nuclear Reactors at Jaitapur Plant
India’s Foreign Secretary stated that India and France intend to construct six nuclear reactors within the framework of the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project.
NEW DELHI (Sputnik) — India and France intend to construct six nuclear reactors within the framework of the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project, India’s Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said Monday.
“India and France have decided to build 6 nuclear reactors in Jaitapur as opposed to two [as previously planned],” Jaishankar said at a press conference in New Delhi.
According to a statement issued following the meeting of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande on Monday, the final stage of the negotiations on the issue is expected to conclude within 2016 while construction should begin in early 2017.
The 9,900-MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant with reactors supplied by the French nuclear company Areva could become the world’s largest nuclear power generating station.
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Islamic Murderer: Christian Girls Exist to “Pleasure Muslim Men”
“Christian girls are only meant for one thing, the pleasure of Muslim men,” Muslim killer said.
A group of Muslims reportedly mowed down three Christians with their car, killing one of them, while claiming Christian girls are only meant for “the pleasure of Muslim men.”
Pakistani police are slow to investigate the Jan. 13 attack by four Muslims who spotted the girls while they were walking home to the Christian community of Baowala and proceeded to flirt with them unsuccessfully.
“How dare you run away from us, Christian girls are only meant for one thing, the pleasure of Muslim men,” one of the murderers shouted.
The men then rammed their cars into the girls.
“Two girls fell to the ground; one’s hip was broken, the other’s ribs were shattered,” journalist Raymond Ibrahim reported. “The youngest, Kiran Masih, aged 17, flew up in the air and crashed into the speeding car’s windshield.”
The killers laughed as Masih died from her injuries.
“In any other nation, the perpetrators would be arrested, convicted for murder and sentenced for a long term,” human rights activist Wilson Chowdhry said. “Violence against Christians is rarely investigated and highly unlikely to be met with justice.”
“Women have a low status in Pakistan, but none more so than Christian women who find themselves under the grip or terror, especially after this attack.”
Meanwhile, in Lübben, Germany, a pregnant woman was sexually assaulted by six Muslim migrants, who only stopped their attack when a bystander stepped in and distracted the migrants.
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South African Mayor Wants to Award Scholarships to Virgin Women
A mayor in a south-eastern district of South Africa recently announced an initiative to grant scholarships to sixteen girls who preserve, and submit to a test to prove, their virginity. The measure is believed to be linked to high tuition costs in the country’s universities.
Uthukela mayor Dudu Mazibuko decided that the best way to fight a high local rape rate, widespread HIV and high numbers of adolescent pregnancies would be to test girls for virginity and, if they were shown to be pure in his moral view, to award scholarships.
The mayor’s initiative has prompted human rights organizations to raise awareness of “scientifically baseless” virginity testing.
The mayor’s office hasn’t responded to allegations that the measure is a violation of a women’s rights to privacy, a concept codified in South Africa’s constitution.
The recent announcement has many opponents pointing out that the measure stifles education, and is not fair to rape victims. According to statistics as of 2009, every fourth man in South Africa has confessed to committing rape. Some 50% of those who did admit to rape said that they had committed the crime more than once.
The International Rehabilitation Centre for Torture observes that virginity testing is a violation of women’s rights and could be considered a “torture under international law.”
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Dentists: ‘Catastrophic’ Teeth in Germany’s Migrants
(BREITBART) That mass migration is adding enormous pressure to public services has been confirmed by German dental professionals, who have warned the teeth of many immigrants are so bad they require significant work, which will cost the tax payer billions of Euros.
Describing the teeth of migrants who are coming to German dentists for work as “catastrophic” and often requiring total replacement, Baden-Württemberg dentists’ association chief Knuth Wolf said: “For the majority of refugees there is a need for a comprehensive dental treatment, or even dentures. There are corresponding costs with this”.
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Ethnic Minorities Want Britain to Leave the EU Due to Immigration, UKIP Claims
Migration spokesman Steven Woolfe claimed Ukip viewed immigration as a ‘positive’ thing. But he said black, mixed race and Asian communities were now ‘feeling the strain’ of immigration to Britain.
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German Amazon Withdraws Carnival Refugee Costumes for Children
Carnival costumes for children to dress up as wartime refugees have been taken off the German Amazon website — in case they offend refugees.
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‘It is Swedish Politicians’ Fault That She is Dead.’
Family of murdered Swedish refugee worker blame migration crisis for her death as police warn they cannot cope with rising violence
The mother of the young social worker who was allegedly stabbed to death by a 15-year-old asylum seeker at a shelter for refugee children today spoke of her anguish as the family blamed Sweden’s migration crisis for her death.
Alexandra Mezher, 22, was working alone with ten youths aged between 14 and 17 when she was attacked at the home for unaccompanied young refugees in Mölndal, near Gothenburg. She later died of her injuries in hospital.
Chiméne Mezher, 42, today told how she had lost her ‘angel’, as a close cousin said: ‘It is the Swedish politicians’ fault that she is dead.’
Sweden is one of the main destinations for refugees and migrants entering the EU and police warn they cannot cope with the tide of migrant-related crime.
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Minister: Poland Will Veto Forced Relocation of Migrants
Temporary border controls “most probably” in July
(ANSA-AP) — WARSAW — Poland’s interior minister says the nation will veto any plan by the European Union that would oblige member states to accept set numbers of migrants.
Last year, Poland and other countries in the region opposed a plan to redistribute over 120,000 migrants from Africa and the Middle East among the EU members. Warsaw agreed to accept no more than 7,000 asylum-seekers.
Mariusz Blaszczak said Tuesday that Poland would veto any new relocation plan that would impose quota of migrants to be accepted, saying such a plan would encourage more arrivals.
Blaszczak also said that Poland will “most probably” introduce temporary border controls in July when it will host NATO summit and world youth’s meeting with Pope Francis.
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No Signs Balkan Migrant Curbs Divert Flow to Italy EU Says
Even if routes change according to circumstances
(ANSA) — Brussels, January 26 — There is no analytical evidence suggesting curbs on immigrants in the Balkans would lead to a new flow of people trying to enter Italy from Albania, EU Commission spokesperson for immigration Natasha Bertaud said Tuesday.
“I have seen no analysis of risks of this kind,” she said.
“Certainly migratory flows are not static and change with circumstances, so it is not completely predictable, but I have seen nothing of this type at the moment”.
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Swedish police warns that Stockholm’s main train station has become unsafe after being ‘taken over’ by dozens of Moroccan street children.
The all-male migrant teen gangs are spreading terror in the centre of the Swedish capital, stealing, groping girls and assaulting security guards, according to Stockholm police.
Members of the gangs, some as young as nine, roam central Stockholm day and night, refusing help provided by the Swedish authorities.
Sweden has seen a dramatic increase in the number of Moroccan under-18s who apply for asylum without a parent or guardian in the past four years, with many later running away from the housing provided to live on the streets in the capital.
Stockholm police estimate that at least 200 Moroccan street children move in the area around the main train station in the centre of the capital, sleeping rough, and living off criminal activity.
‘These guys are a huge problem for us. They steal stuff everywhere and assault security guards at the central station,’ one police officer told SVT.
‘They grope girls between their legs, and slap them in the face when they protest. All police officers are aware of this.
‘I would never let my children go to the central station. No officer would.’
The issue of the Moroccan teen gangs first made headlines last year, and the situation has since escalated with Stockholm police demanding authorities to take action.
Desperate officers have started arresting the teens for public drunkenness in order to get them off the streets for a few hours, with the policeman adding that they are ‘on our knees’.
The gangs are made up of orphans who have grown up on the streets of Casablanca and Tanger in Morocco, where authorities estimate there are around 800,000 homeless ‘street children’.
They have all applied for asylum Sweden as unaccompanied minors after travelling through Spain and Germany, a journey which may have taken them years.
But their troubled backgrounds have made them distrusting and wary of adults, and more than one in five have run away from migrant housing and foster families after applying to stay in Sweden.
Swedish migration authorities first reported and increase in Moroccan unaccompanied minors applying for asylum in 2012, when 145 arrived, a number which more than doubled in 2013.
Out of the 505 Moroccan children who applied for asylum in Sweden without any parent or guardian, 20 per cent ran away from provided group housing or foster families, disappearing off the radar.
In 2014 the number had increased to 381 children, out of which nearly one third have run away, according to the Swedish Migration society.
In the first quarter of 2015, 146 unaccompanied Moroccan minors applied for asylum in Sweden — 32 have since run away and are unaccounted for.
Yesterday, the Swedish government announced talks with Moroccan authorities to acknowledge that the child street gangs are a ‘mutual problem’.
Interior Minister Anders Ygeman said yesterday that Sweden is working on sending the children back to their home country.
‘We are in agreement that this is a joint problem for us to solve, and that we both need to find ways of identifying these people and achieve repatriation,’ Mr Ygeman said following a meeting with Moroccan representatives.
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The European Union is committing ‘ritual suicide’ with its migration policy, according to the Slovak prime minister.
Robert Fico urged the 28-member bloc to stop the inflow of migrants and called the EU’s proposed quota system for distributing migrants a ‘complete fiasco’.
His warning came as the Netherlands’ EU commissioner Frans Timmermans claimed 60 per cent of those flocking to Europe were economic migrants and not fleeing from war…
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Top Psychiatrist: Angela Merkel is Having a “Mental Breakdown”
Top psychiatrist and best-selling author Hans-Joachim Maaz says Angela Merkel’s refusal to reverse her “completely irrational” policy on accepting migrants is evidence that the German Chancellor is undergoing a “mental breakdown”.
Maaz, who was noted for his work studying the psychological impact of government repression on the population of the former East Germany, toldHuffington Post Germany that Merkel’s “emotional” decision to open the country’s borders to a flood of refugees was an expression of her own rampant narcissism.
According to Maaz, Merkel being dubbed the “most powerful woman in the world” has left her incapable of handling criticism and prone to hubris, with the psychiatrist adding that the German leader has, “lost touch with reality.”
[Comment: Don’t ascribe to stupidity what is best ascribed to duplicity and traitorous and evil intent. The migrant INVASION is an INTENTIONAL plan to destroy nation states.]
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We’re Saving Schengen by Applying it Says EU
But EC gearing to activate article restoring internal controls
(ANSA) — Brussels, January 26 — The European Union is saving Schengen by applying it, a European Commission spokesperson said Tuesday. “We are saving Schengen by applying Schengen”, said Margaritis Schinas, EU Commission spokeperson. Talking about the preparation of the procedures to activate article 26, the article that forsees the possibility to introduce controls at the internal borders for one or more member states for a maximum of two years, spokeperson Natasha Bertaud said: “We are preparing for all eventualities. From the Commission point of view we are not yet there, but we want to be ready”.
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More Planned Parenthood Whistleblower Indicted. What We Know So Far…
Planned Parenthood, the billion dollar—with government funding—abortion mill, came out sunny and cheery today as the Center for Medical Progress leaders David Daleiden and Sandra Merrit, were indicted by a grand jury for their sting operation into the abortion conglomerate this past summer and fall.
If you don’t remember what happened, let me give you a refresher. David Daleiden captured Planned Parenthood doctors and directors talking about the selling and trafficking of abortion leftovers, i.e. dead baby parts. This got Planned Parenthood a little miffed, for despite all leftists touting how wonderful abortion is for women, they never want you to actually see what abortion is or what abortion does to unborn children. Or to women.
So, after several videos were released by the Center for Medical Progress, Planned Parenthood filed an injunction to suppress the release of a certain StemExpress video (which you can see here). CMP released different, additional videos, further illustrating the horror happening behind closed doors…with government funding. Always remember that. Your tax dollars, America.
The videos caused quite a stir on the internet (most mainstream news outlets would not show the videos) and even caused a congressional investigation into Planned Parenthood.
Planned Parenthood released several statements saying they did nothing wrong… then when it was clear their pants were causing global warming, said they’d stop the baby-part procurement program they’d been telling everyone they hadn’t done.
The narrative of the videos in the media and across all Democrat and liberal tables was: the videos were highly doctored/edited (even though CMP always released the full videos on YouTube). The videos, as it turned out, showed no evidence of tampering.
Fast forward to present day, and a grand jury has indicted CMP’s Daleiden on felony charges:
The grand jury in Harris County indicted David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt on a felony charge of tampering with a governmental record. Daleiden was also indicted on a misdemeanor charge of “prohibition of the purchase and sale of human organs,” Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson said in a statement.
The grand jury declined to indict anyone from Planned Parenthood of the Gulf Coast — the initial target of the investigation. Planned Parenthood officials said violence against clinics rose dramatically as the videos were released in mid-2015.
The Center for Medical Progress has released a statement:
The Center for Medical Progress uses the same undercover techniques that investigative journalists have used for decades in exercising our First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and of the press, and follows all applicable laws. We respect the processes of the Harris County District Attorney, and note that buying fetal tissue requires a seller as well. Planned Parenthood still cannot deny the admissions from their leadership about fetal organ sales captured on video for all the world to see.
Good point, right? How can you be a buyer without a seller?
Now for my thoughts and opinions on the matter.
Opinion: this will not stop David Daleiden. He has been adamantly against Planned Parenthood and abortion since the beginning of ever. He is a fighter. He is passionately pro-life, and wants to see Planned Parenthood defunded.
What happened in Texas today is a travesty. Whistleblowers got punished for trying to take down a grave human injustice. Is it surprising? Sadly no. As I stated at the opening of this post, Planned Parenthood rakes in billions of dollars. Abortion is a cash cow. Abortion is the sacrament of liberalism. Killing babies is a lucrative business and if you thought Planned Parenthood would lay down its curettages and aspirators… no.
Look no further than history and the Civil War. Like abortion, slavery was a huge issue for Democrats (yes, Democrats supported slavery). Like abortion, slavery was a money issue. The southern states needed slavery for their agricultural businesses to thrive. Like abortion, slavery wasn’t just going to go away with people seeing the truth of slavery (though that certainly helped in England, thank you William Wilberforce).
We’ll be watching this story closely. Like James O’Keefe, David Daleiden will be punished for exposing the tragedy that is abortion.
He’s not the only one, though. Abby Johnson also spoke with us about Planned Parenthood. Spoiler alert: they’re evil.
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Someone please email me when there’s some good news coming from Europe?
there are good news. Grandmothers 20 cm hair pins are back in fashion and they help to get rapists off the streets or whatever – stick them preferably into the eye – end of the story ! the girl will be safe !
It was also reported in the introduction that the Polish and the Slovak governmental Ministers have spoken. That’s the good news.
You think that these are bad news?
Wait until you see really BAD news comming from south Europe.
You haven’t seen anything yet.
I live in south Europe and i know what i am talking about.
Poland is good news!
My Mom recommended keeping a hat pin (when they were still around) as a self-defensive measure. . . ah, the good old days.
Funny though, how there are similarities between Islam and the nazis, but only one is banned.
“Christian girls are only meant for one thing, the pleasure of Muslim men,” – How is it different from Hitler’s thoughts about slavs, who were ment also for work only…
I wonder, If we find a way how to put Islam to the same level as the nazi regime.