Organizers of a dance music festival in Austria have tightened security for the event after recent terrorist attacks in Europe. And Spain has increased security at popular tourist spots for the same reason. Meanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that she will not reverse her migration policies — she still thinks that “Wir schaffen das” — “We can do that.”
In other news, a cook in an Alexandria, Virginia restaurant refused to prepare food for a policewoman in uniform. When the story made it into the media, two employees at the restaurant were fired.
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Catholics Must Resist Ethno-Nationalism
by Brandon McGinley
This neo-nativism is based on the myth of “white heritage” (about which Congressman Steve King of Iowa stupidly held forth during the Republican National Convention). It is, on the one hand, an understandable (if not excusable) reaction to the solidarity-starved society of secular liberalism. It is also, however, a peculiarly dangerous American tradition—the modern descendant of the laws and social codes once used to exclude everyone but northern European Protestants from full participation in American life.
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Cook Refuses Service to Virginia Police Officer, Union Says
The restaurant said it is interviewing the employees involved
A cook at a restaurant in Virginia refused to serve a police officer in uniform Monday night, a police union says.
An officer in the Alexandria Police Department stopped by Noodles & Company on Duke Street in Alexandria for dinner, Alexandria Committee of Police Vice President Peter Feltham said.
As she stood in line, a cook exited the kitchen, approached the cashier and pointed at the officer, Feltham said he was told.
“You’re going to have to take me off the line, I ain’t serving that,” the cook allegedly said…
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Dinesh D’Souza’s ‘Hillary’s America’ Is the Top-Grossing Documentary of 2016
Dinesh D’Souza’s anti-Hillary Clinton film, “Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party,” has quickly become the top-grossing documentary of 2016.
D’Souza’s doc has brought in $5.2 million in the first 12 days of its release, according to Box Office Mojo.
That puts the political documentary ahead of “A Beautiful Planet,” which only grossed $4.1 million this year.
“Hillary’s America” also beat out Michael Moore’s latest film, “Where to Invade Next,” which made $3.8 million, according to the Hollywood Reporter….
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A recently launched ‘reparations’ website is calling for white people to provide money and services to black people to relieve them of guilt and atonement from slavery.
Seattle-based artist Natasha Marin started the website that offers and suggests numerous ways where whites can give back to blacks to relieve their white guilt.
‘I invite People of Color to ask for what we need to feel better, be happier, be more productive by posting in this space. These may be both material and immaterial requests,’ she wrote.
‘I invite people who identify as White to offer services or contributions to People of Color in need of time, energy, substantive care, and support.’
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Seven Arrested After Breaching Perimeter Fence at DNC
Seven protesters who breached the outer perimeter fence surrounding the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia were arrested Wednesday night, according to the Secret Service.
The protesters got into the Secret Service designated zone, but did not enter the Wells Fargo Center, where the convention is being held, according to the security agency.
The seven were dressed in all black and had their faces covered.
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The American Muslim March on Washington Flops
The Muslim Brotherhood front group, Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), proved incapable of drumming up much interest for The American Muslim March on Washington, which turned out to be quite the flop for its organizers on the evening of 23 July 2016. The logistical planning for this “Star Spangled Shariah” program on the National Mall near the Capitol Building began months ago, including a video introducing the event on the 9 May 2016 and a press conference held just 2 1/2 weeks after the 12 June jihadist rampage at the Orlando, Florida nightclub. Effusively portrayed as an opportunity for Muslims to unite “Against terrorism, hate, and violence” and rally for “Peace, Truth, Unity”, the American Muslim March on Washington instead went wobbly in its goal to “send a strong message to the rest of our nation and to the world.” It would appear that the dismal turnout of fewer than 200 people may indicate something of a factional division between Muslim Brotherhood rivals in North America.
While the Brotherhood leadership in the United States should have had ample time to rally its memberships, neither the United States Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) nor the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) promoted this gathering, intended to deliver a patriotic-themed taqiyya narrative about a peaceful Islam after a series of bloody jihadist attacks in the U.S. and Europe. A possible internal conflict between the leadership of ISNA and USCMO members has resulted (thus far) in ISNA still declining to become a member of the USCMO long after the announcement of its formation in March 2014…
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Attack Inside French Church Shocks West, But Not Christians in Africa
The murder Tuesday of an elderly priest inside a church in France during Mass shocked and sickened the West, but Christians in Africa have long known there is no sanctuary from radical Islamic terrorism.
In 2015, more than 2,000 Christian churches in Africa were attacked by terrorists, and more than 7,000 Christians were killed, according to the advocacy group Open Doors USA. Those figures show terrorist groups like ISIS, which claimed credit for Tuesday’s attack, as well as Al Shabaab and Boko Haram, will not hesitate to kill inside a house of worship.
“News of the murdered priest in Normandy has shaken many to the core,” David Curry, president and CEO of Christian Watchdog group Open Doors USA told FoxNews.com. “While in Nigeria, an average of five churches are attacked every Sunday, this is the first documented case of Western Christians being attacked by ISIS during a worship service.”
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Austrian Festival Ups Security in Wake of Attacks
Organisers of a festival in Austria expected to see hundreds of thousands of visitors say they have tightened security at the site following recent terror attacks around Europe.
Tightened security at the dance music Lake Festival being held today, Friday, and Saturday means festival-goers may have to wait longer than usual to enter, organiser Klaus Leutgeb told the ORF.
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Catalan Parliament Defies Court in Independence Drive
Catalan lawmakers defied Spain’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday and approved a text calling on the region to push ahead with its bid to forge a separate state with or without Madrid’s approval.
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Corsican Militants Warn ‘Islamist Radicals’ Over Attacks
A militant splinter group on the French island of Corsica has warned Islamist extremists that they would respond to any attack that took place on the island.
In a statement sent to Corsica’s newspaper Corse Matin the group FLNC October 22, a splinter group from the main separatist group the National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC), said any attack would trigger “a determined response without any qualms”.
The splinter group also warned the French government that “if a tragedy were to happen it would bare substantial share of responsibility because it knows who the radicals Islamists are in Corsica.”
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Danish Pokémon Hunter Killed in Traffic Accident
A 21-year-old man was found dead in a traffic accident near Aarhus on Thursday, according to a press release issued by the local police. The man was driving a small delivery van, and in a comment to TV2, police said they found the popular Pokémon Go app still running on the man’s phone when they arrived on the scene.
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Danish Villagers Band Together to Catch Berry Booth Bandits
Residents of the Jutland town of Saltum hatched up a plan to catch a pair of thieves who had snuck into their local strawberry booth and stolen the cash left by other customers several nights in a row.
Naïve as it may appear to nationals of many other countries, it is fairly common to see unmanned booths and shacks in the Danish countryside where customers are trusted to leave cash in a tray or collection box to pay for the produce they take.
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Floating Underwater Tunnels Planned for Norway
Geographically speaking, Norway is an especially tricky place for motorists. With more than 1,100 fjords — the deep glacial water inlets that divide land masses — driving from point A to point B typically requires points C through Z, several bridges, and a couple of ferry rides.
To remedy the problem, Norway is undertaking an ambitious project to build a fully submerged floating traffic tunnel beneath the waves of the Sognefjord, a troublesome body of water that runs 3,000 feet wide and 4,000 feet deep.
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France to Create New National Guard ‘To Protect Its Citizens’
France will soon have its own National Guard the president announced on Thursday as he aims to boost security to protect the French population facing repeated terror attacks.
President François Hollande announced on Thursday that a new National Guard would be created from existing reserve forces.
The move comes after a spate of recent terror attacks, including the killing of a priest as he gave mass in Normandy on Tuesday and the horrendous Nice truck attack which left 84 dead.
Following the atrocity in Nice, Hollande had announced that thousands of reservists would be called up to boost the under-pressure security forces suffering from fatigue after 18 months of heightened alert and repeated attacks.
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French Priest Murderer: He Was a ‘Gentle’ Child
Abdel Malik Petitjean, 19, identified as the second attacker involved in the killing of a French priest, was described as perfectly normal by his incredulous family and friends.
Unlike his accomplice Adel Kermiche, also 19, Petitjean never raised suspicions for radicalisation among his neighbours, and was unknown to police until last month when he tried to go to Syria.
He and Kermiche, also a Frenchman born to an Algerian family, slit the 86-year-old priest’s throat at the altar. Another elderly worshipper was severely injured but several other hostages escaped unharmed.
Both assailants were shot dead by police.
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Germany: How Merkel Reacts to Crises Better Than Other Leaders
It is of critical importance for a country how a leader chooses to react to an act of terrorism. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cool head sets an example for the rest of the country.
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Horror of Priest’s Murder Exposes the True Evil of IS, Says Leo McKinstry
EVEN in the gruesome wave of Islamic violence this week’s atrocity in a French Catholic church marks a new low point in depravity.
In its savagery and lethal bigotry the murder of 85-year-old Father Jacques Hamel in Normandy encapsulates the monstrous evil of Muslim radicalism.
This was the ultimate hate crime perpetrated against a priest whose offence was to embody the selfless doctrines of Christianity.
The contrast between his lifetime of gentle compassion and the barbarity of his killers could not be more stark.
What we are witnessing in western Europe is increasing intimidation, domination and occupation by Islam, while our leaders, instead of responding, just retreat behind their empty platitudes about the need for tolerance.
In the wars of the past the enemy had to use tanks, guns and planes.
Today the Islamist invaders are not only welcomed in ever growing numbers but are lavished with welfare support and official approval.
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ISIS Terrorist Bragged About Plans Before Normandy Attack, Report Says
The ISIS terrorist who slit a priest’s throat and used a nun as a human shield during an attack in France on Tuesday bragged about his intended assault to an audience of up to 200 people on an encrypted communications app nearly a week before the spree.
The audio files recorded by Adel Kermiche for a private group on the Telegram app were obtained by L’Express magazine and verified for the publication by a source close to the investigation.
Kermiche, 19, says he will “enter a church, take a knife and make a carnage,” according to a translation of one chilling message.
The messages were found during the subsequent investigation into Kermiche, the source told L’Express. Kermiche and his partner, Abdel Malik, were killed by police as they exited the Normandy-area church, attempting to use nuns to shield themselves from bullets.
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Not Just “An Absurd Murder, “ Pope Francis
by Lawrence A. Franklin
Yesterday at a Catholic church in France, there were two quite different types of martyrdoms.
Two young male Muslims, bent on waging personal jihad and thereby securing salvation through martyrdom, burst into the old church of St. Étienne-du-Rouvray in Rouen, Normandy during the morning Mass. There they martyred the 85-year old priest, Father Jacques Hamel. They slit his throat as if he were an animal killed for the recent Eid-al-Adha (“The Feast of Sacrifice”), celebrated by Muslims all over the world on the last day of Ramadan.
Pope Francis, in the Vatican, referred to this killing as “an absurd murder.” He could not be more wrong. This was a purposeful act of war against Judeo-Christian civilization. The murder of Father Jacques has great meaning. Our would-be replacements are telling us, “it is time for you to leave the stage of history.”
How ironic that this murder took place within a two-hour train ride of the Normandy Beaches. How tragic that the spirits of our fallen soldiers beneath the Crosses and Stars of David in the American Cemetery had to witness this act of aggression by still another totalitarian ideology.
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NRK: Norway PM to Consider Offering Mountain to Finland
Norway’s Prime Minister is to consider a proposal to give Finland the peak of a spur on Halti mountain in Lapland as a present to make a hundred years of Finnish independence. The idea originated with a retired geographer and was then presented to the government by Kåfjord municipality where the peak is located.
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Prehistoric Village Likely Torched by Bronze-Age Warriors
A fire that destroyed a Bronze Age village in the marshlands of eastern England around 3,000 years ago may have been set on purpose, possibly in a raid by warriors from a hostile group, according to a new archaeological study.
“We’ve been working with [a fire] investigator who works a lot with modern fires, and he thinks there’s a good chance that the fire was set deliberately,” said Selina Davenport, an archaeologist at the University of Cambridge.
The researchers found four houses that were likely all burned at the same time, which suggests it was a large fire, they said.
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Spain Ups Security at Tourist Spots as Terrorism Fears Grow
A spate of terror attacks carried out by individuals in France and Germany has prompted Spain to boost security at tourist spots.
Spain’s tourist season is in full swing, one of its busiest ever due to the fact that holidaymakers are eschewing resorts in less secure countries such as Turkey and Egypt in favour for the relative safety of the Spanish costas.
“We remain vigilant in light of the call by Islamic State to cause harm to the powers involved in the international coalition,” anti-terrorism sources told Europa Press in a report published on Wednesday.
Security has been increased at key tourist sites across Spain, as well as on the country’s trains, where passengers have to put their bags through security scanners to check for firearms.
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Swedish State Agencies ‘Outsource Jobs to Spies’
Several attempts by foreign countries to infiltrate the Swedish state through winning government contracts have been detected, according to country’s security service, Säpo.
According to a statement by Säpo to Swedish Radio on Thursday, foreign countries have tried winning government contracts for IT management, security or cleaning. The purpose in each case was either to spy or to somehow affect the working of the government agency concerned.
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Terror in Europe Mapped — Shocking Number of Deaths and Injuries From Attacks in 2016
THIS map shows the shocking number of deaths and injuries inflicted on European nations in just the first seven months of 2016 — a year which has proved to be one of the bloodiest in Europe’s recent history.
Islamist attackers spurred on by calls from Islamic State to wage jihad in the West have left the continent reeling after a string of deadly attacks.
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Verdict in on Bukovsky Libel Trial
by Diana West
A British court has ruled against Vladimir Bukovsky’s libel suit against the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
In brief (background here, verdict here, Bukovsky statement below), Bukovsky sued the CPS for libel over its public announcement in May 2015 that he was to be prosecuted for “making” five images of child pornography. This term of legal art, Bukovsky argued logically, implies to the average person that he was to be prosecuted as a child pornographer for “making” five images of child pornography. In fact, the state’s criminal case against Bukovsky, which will come to court in December, will turn on whether Bukovsky possesed five mages of child pornography on his laptop — which was very mysteriously seized by British authorities in October 2014.
Bukovsky denies all charges, and, further, sees his public torment as the latest phases in his 57-year-battle against the Russian intelligence behemoth.
A burning question remains as to why British authorities suddenly decided in October 2014 to seize the laptop of one of Britain’s leading citizens, a man of unsurpassed moral standing, living quietly, peacefully, lawfully in Cambridge. Who or what tipped them off?
Remember, this is the same Britain whose British authories have for years turned the blindest, coldest and most amoral eye to the despoliation of thousands and thousands of British girls throughout the country who have been sexually abused and marketed by Muslim “grooming gangs.”
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When Will Our Politicians Accept the Reality of Islamic Terrorism?
by Douglas Murray
How is your Merkelsommer going? For now, Britain seems to be missing the worst. True, a couple of men of Middle Eastern appearance tried to abduct a soldier near his base in Norfolk for what was unlikely to have been an interfaith dialogue session. But Britain’s geographical good fortune, relative success in limiting weapons and our justified scepticism of the undiscriminating ‘open borders’ brigade mean that we have so far been spared the delights of what Angela Merkel’s growing army of critics refer to as her summer of terror.
A poll carried out two years before the Charlie Hebdo attacks showed that 74 per cent of the French public believe Islam to be an intolerant religion incompatible with the values of the French state. The reaction of most politicians to findings such as this is that the public don’t know enough about Islam or haven’t experienced enough Islam. On the contrary many French people — like the Christians of the Middle East — have experienced quite enough, and do not like it.
Mainstream politicians cannot agree with this, not least because they (and Merkel in particular) are responsible for the massive upsurge of Muslim migration into Europe that is fundamentally changing its future.
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Cleric’s Kosovo Arrest Puts Iran’s Balkan Activities Under Spotlight
Iran’s promotion of its brand of Shi’ite Islam across the Middle East has been obvious for decades, but such activities in Europe largely managed to fly under the radar.
But its Balkans-centered efforts have come under scrutiny in recent years, leading to the arrest this week of an Iranian cleric in Kosovo on charges of financing terrorism and money laundering through a nominally nongovernmental organization he operates. Kosovar authorities claim Hasan Azari Bejandi, charged on July 26, ran five Shi’ite organizations with links to Tehran.
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Ancient Egypt: A Brief History
Egyptian civilization has flourished continuously since prehistoric times. While the civilization’s rulers, writing, natural climate, religion and borders have changed many times over the millennia, Egypt still exists as a modern-day country.
The civilization has always been strongly connected with other parts of the world, bringing in and exporting goods, religions, food, people and ideas. At times ancient Egypt ruled territory outside the modern-day country’s border, controlling territory in what is now Sudan, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Israel and Palestine.
The country was also occupied by other powers — the Persians, Nubians, Greeks and Romans all conquered the country at different points in time.
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Girl Dies After Elephant Throws Stone in Morocco Zoo
A seven-year-old girl has died after being hit by a stone thrown by an elephant from its enclosure at Rabat Zoo in Morocco.
The stone got past the elephant’s fence and a ditch separating the animal and visitors, the zoo said in a statement.
The girl was taken to hospital and died within a few hours, the zoo added.
The zoo statement said the enclosure met international standards and said “this kind of accident is rare, unpredictable and unusual”.
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Iran Threatens to Close Strait of Hormuz if it Faces Military Action From ‘Enemies’
Iran is threatening again to close the Strait of Hormuz — a key Persian Gulf shipping route — “if the enemy makes a small mistake” and threatens the Islamic Republic, one of its generals boasted Tuesday.
The oil shipping waterway has frequently been the subject of diplomatic clashes between Tehran and Washington.
“If the enemy makes a small mistake, we will shut the Strait of Hormuz, kill their sedition in the bud and endanger the arrogant powers’ interests,” Iranian army’s Deputy Chief of Staff Brigadier General Ali Shadmani said, according to the Fars news agency.
Iran has used the Persian Gulf as a test site for rocket launches, the Times of Israel reports.
In January, Iran detained 10 American sailors whose patrol boats were traveling inside Iranian territorial waters near Farsi Island.
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Syrian Nusra Front Announces Split From Al-Qaeda
Syrian jihadist group Jabhat al-Nusra, also known as the Nusra Front, has announced it has split from al-Qaeda.
Leader Abu Mohammed al-Julani, in his first recorded message, said its new name would be Jabhat Fateh al-Sham [Front for the Conquest of Syria].
It is understood the group hopes to form closer alliances with other Islamist groups fighting in Syria.
Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command had previously given the group’s backing to the move.
Analysts say the Nusra Front decided to rebrand itself after the US and Russia stepped up their military efforts against the group.
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Turkey Demands Germany Extradite Gülen Supporters
Ankara called on Germany on Thursday to extradite supporters of Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen, whom the Turkish government accuses of plotting a failed coup earlier this month.
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Cavusoglu made the announcement to broadcaster CNN Turk.
Without naming names, Cavusoglu said that “some judges and lawyers” who are supporters of Gülen reside in Germany, and that “their extradition is also necessary”.
Turkey has already demanded that the USA extradite Gülen, who lives there.
After the coup attempt, which took place on July 15th, Ankara has been heavily criticized for its clampdown on opposition.
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Afghan Man Mutilated Pregnant Wife
A woman is critically ill in northern Afghanistan after her husband nearly beat her to death, and cut part of her genitals, family members say.
The incident happened in the Ashkamish district of Takhar province.
The victim, who is in her 20s, told the BBC that she did not know the reason for the attack.
Although such mutilation is rare in Afghanistan, reports of violence against women are increasing.
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China, Russia Plan Joint Military Drills in South China Sea
China’s military said Thursday it will hold joint exercises with Russian forces in the South China Sea, following a recent arbitration ruling that rejected Beijing’s claim to almost the entire strategic body of water.
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Chinese Satellite is One Giant Step for the Quantum Internet
Craft due to launch in August is first in a wave of planned quantum space experiments.
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Hiroshima: Keep Pokemon Away From Atom Bomb Memorial
The Japanese city of Hiroshima has asked Pokemon Go’s creators to keep its virtual monsters out of memorials to victims of the atomic bomb.
It wants the monsters removed by 6 August, when an annual ceremony is held on the anniversary of the 1945 bombing.
It follows a request by the operators of the Fukushima nuclear plant — highly radioactive after its 2011 meltdown — to keep Pokemon out of its plants.
The wildly popular Pokemon Go was released in Japan on Friday.
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Campfires May Have Made Humans More Susceptible to Disease
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA—Mark Tanaka of the University of New South Wales thinks that the use of fire by early humans may have triggered the development of tuberculosis as a deadly disease. Tanaka and a team of researchers used a mathematical model to investigate ways that Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is benign when it lives in soil and water, might have developed into a pathogen transmissible between people. Tanaka’s team found that adding fire to the equation increases the risk of just such a mutation. Campfires enjoyed by early humans could have caused smoke damage to lungs, making them more vulnerable to infection.
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Venezuela: Look Where the Gitmo Guy Went!
Authorities in seven countries spent the last month or two trying to locate Gitmo alumnusAbu Wael Dhiab, a.k.a. Jihad Ahmad Diyab, a.k.a. Abu Wael Dihab, a.k.a. Jihad Ahmed Mujstafa Diyab, who went missing from Uruguay.
For brevity’s sake, let’s call him Diyab.
The former member of the “ Syrian Group , which was comprised of dismantled terrorist cells that escaped Syrian authorities and fled to Afghanistan (AF) in 2000,” was released by the Obama administration from Guantanamo and sent to Uruguay. He went to Argentinalast February, and declared himself ready to fight ,
After that, Diyab tried to enter Brazil three times but was turned away at the border. Then authorities lost track of him, until now.
And he’s in Venezuela:
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After Rampages, Merkel Says Again: Wir Schaffen Das
Speaking for the first time after a Syrian refugee blew himself up in southern Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel reaffirmed her commitment to helping refugees on Thursday.
“Wir schaffen das [we’ll manage it],” Merkel said, repeating the famous phrase she uttered almost a year ago which set off a dramatic wave of migration to Germany.
Her government would stick to its course on refugees, but it would also reinforce efforts to fight the causes of the refugee crisis, she said.
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Angela Merkel Refuses to Change ‘Open-Door’ Refugee Policy in Face of Migrant Attacks
Angela Merkel on Thursday refused to back down from her “open-door” refugee policy in the wake of a week of violence in Germany, including three attacks by asylum seekers.
Mrs Merkel said Germany was “at war” with Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) after the jihadist group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing and an axe attack on train passengers in Bavaria.
But she insisted Germany would not fail in its “historic task” of integrating the more than one million asylum seekers who arrived last year.
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Danish MP: Ban Muslim Immigration to Denmark
A high-ranking Danish People’s Party MP came under fire on Thursday for his proposal to ban all immigration from ‘Muslim countries’ for a period of 4-6 years.
In an opinion piece in Berlingske on Thursday, MP Søren Espersen of the Danish People’s Party (DF) proposed that a ban on immigration from Muslim countries was needed until “we have gotten a handle on our future efforts” in combating Islamic extremism in Denmark.
The proposal has been likened by some critics to the one made by US presidential candidate Donald Trump, who also argued that such measures were necessary “until the country’s representatives can figure out what the Hell is going on.”
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Deputy Prime Minister Opposes Czech Republic Taking in 81 Syrian Refugees
The Czech Republic is to take in some 80 refugees from Turkish refugee camps under a European Union agreement. The country received details of the applicants earlier this month, and each will be vetted by the security services. Following the recent terrorist attacks in neighbouring Germany, some have already expressed opposition to their arrival — namely ANOleader Andrej Babiš.
Deputy Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has warned before that the Czech Republic should not accept refugees from trouble spots and now he hasvoiced his concerns again. After the newspaper Lidové noviny reported the country was readying to accept 81 Syrian nationals currently living inTurkish refugee camps in the autumn, Mr Babiš said online that he didn’t believe the newcomers could integrate in Czech society. Nor did he leave out the possible security threat, pointing to recent atrocities in neighbouring Germany…
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Germany: In Hamburg, Mosques Struggle to Cope With Refugees
Many mosques all across Germany opened their doors to the people fleeing the war and mayhem of the Middle East. But many now find themselves overstretched, as Naomi Conrad reports from Hamburg.
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Italy Launches Hard-Hitting Campaign to Put Off Migrants
An online project seeking to discourage migrants dreaming of a better life in Italy from making the dangerous journey to central Europe was launched by the Italian government on Thursday.
“Europe’s migrant crisis is an epochal struggle,” Italy’s Interior Minister, Angelino Alfano told journalists in Rome. “This communication campaign is just one of the ways in which we are seeking to tackle the crisis.”
The €1.5 million project, called ‘Migrant Aware’, will use a series of videos and recordings published online to warn sub-Saharan Africans of the dangers they face when crossing the Sahara Desert and Mediterranean Sea with illegal trafficking networks.
The project seeks to reach the 16-35 age group, who are most likely to make the perilous journey and makes use of a website, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram to diffuse its message.
The message involves a series of harrowing first-person accounts of the horrors more than 150 migrants faced on their journeys, with all testimonies available in English, French and Arabic in a bid to reach as many people as possible.
“It is a road to hell,” says 36-year-old west African, Tchamba while looking at the camera. “The traffickers don’t care if you live or die.”
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Leading Danish Politician Calls for Ban on Muslim Asylum Seekers
Danish People’s Party deputy leader has said a ban should be implemented for up to six years, sparking outrage across the political spectrum. Denmark has already introduced laws believed to constrain immigrant rights.
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Merkel Rules Out Migrant Policy Reversal After Attacks
Recent attacks in Germany involving asylum-seekers would not change its willingness to take in refugees, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said.
She said the attackers “wanted to undermine our sense of community, our openness and our willingness to help people in need. We firmly reject this”.
But she did propose new measures to improve security.
These include information sharing, deciphering web chatter and tackling arms sales on the internet.
Two recent attacks in Bavaria were both by asylum seekers. A suicide bomb attack in Ansbach on Sunday that injured 15 people was carried out by a Syrian who had been denied asylum but given temporary leave to stay.
An axe and knife attack on a train in Wuerzburg on 18 July that wounded five people was carried out by an asylum seeker from Afghanistan.
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Merkel Thinks ‘We Can Still Do This’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel interrupted her holidays and took the hot seat at a press conference, facing questions on her refugee policies and the recent deadly attacks in Germany.
“We can do this” (“Wir schaffen das”), Angela Merkel said one year ago when she took the stage at her traditional summer press conference in Berlin.
It was her controversial declaration that Germany, in her opinion, was able to cope with the huge influx of refugees that came to the country that summer — and the start of her so called “welcome policy.”
In total, more than one million refugees arrived in the country in 2015. Merkel has been criticized for her comment ever since by right-wing populists and members of her own coalition alike.
After the string of recent attacks in Germany (three carried out by refugees), the pressure on Merkel is growing stronger. The populist AfD is attacking her policies of “uncontrolled immigration” as irresponsible; her sister party, the Bavarian CSU, has also sharpened its rhetoric.
But those, who expected a turn-around of her policies after the recent violence were persuaded otherwise at her press conference on Thursday. As calm and collected as ever, Merkel took the stage and emphasized: “We can still do this. We can manage this historic challenge.”
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Bacteria Made to Turn Sewage Into Clean Water — and Electricity
A self-powered waste water treatment plant using microbes has just passed its biggest test, bringing household-level water recycling a step closer.
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Chorus of Black Holes Sings in X-Rays
Supermassive black holes in the universe are like a raucous choir singing in the language of X-rays. When black holes pull in surrounding matter, they let out powerful X-ray bursts. This song of X-rays, coming from a chorus of millions of black holes, fills the entire sky — a phenomenon astronomers call the cosmic X-ray background.
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Eject Western Traitors, Beat Islamic Terrorists
by Raymond Ibrahim
Today, Muslim terrorists, rapists, and criminals are not entering the West against its will but because of it.
Consider it by analogy. What if zoologists began to maintain that it’s false to say that lions naturally prey on zebras? So zoo directors—most of whom come from the ranks of the zoologists—start introducing lions into zebra enclosures. The inevitable happens: although well fed, lions continue doing what they’ve always done—chase and kill zebras. Yet, because it is a slanderous stereotype to say that lions by nature prey on zebras, the zoologists continue insisting on placing the two together.
Surely only a great fool would blame the slaughter of zebras on lions—who, after all, are merely being lions—while ignoring those who place lions with zebras in the first place?
This is the situation we are in.
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Detailed analysis of data collected by Rosetta show that comets are the ancient leftovers of early Solar System formation, and not younger fragments resulting from subsequent collisions between other, larger bodies.
Understanding how and when objects like Comet 67P/Churyumov—Gerasimenko took shape is of utmost importance in determining how exactly they can be used to interpret the formation and early evolution of our Solar System.
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Likely a Massive Heat Source
New NASA-funded research suggests that Jupiter’s Great Red Spot may be the mysterious heat source behind Jupiter’s surprisingly high upper atmospheric temperatures.
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The Hunt for Exoplanets Turns to Earth’s Backyard
NASA’s next planet-hunting mission will take a census of Earth’s cosmic neighborhood.
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), which is scheduled to launch to Earth orbit in 2017 or 2018, will observe at least 200,000 relatively nearby stars during its two-year mission, and it should end up finding thousands of alien worlds, NASA officials said.
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The Nose Knows How to Kill MRSA
Bacteria from the human body produce an antibiotic that seems to kill resistant bacteria.
A new antibiotic was right under our noses — or rather, in them. Produced by a bacterium living in the human nose, the molecule kills the potentially deadly methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in mice and rats.
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When it Comes to Islam, Western Leaders Are Liars or Idiots
by Raymond Ibrahim
When it comes to the connection between Islam and violence against non-Muslims, one fact must be embraced: the majority of those in positions of leadership and authority in the West are either liars or fools, or both.
No other alternative exists.
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More security. Always more security, at gun point, for your own good, or else.
I agree these, inbred mutants, these cultural misfits kill,murder,maim, and slaughter us practically at will and the end result it more security, erosion of out freedoms and liberty, and the sickening and tepid response from the sycophants ,lackeys and groveling apologists of Islam in the political class, academia and the MSM (the government media complex). Few if any long term solutions or plans are put forward. What the hell ever happened to the cutting off of the finances and the devious groups transferring cash to ISIS and other radical groups? It looks like no punishment for the purchasers of the Oil stolen by ISIS and somehow just ‘pops up’ on the international petroleum market No mention of sanctioning those caught dealing in the gigantic ‘Black Market’ of arms and supplies, any competent investigation would be able to trace the flow of supplies.
This war on ISIS will never even get started with all of the double dealing and back stabbing behind the scenes.
she still thinks that “Wir schaffen das” — “We can do that.”
Sing along, everyone: https://youtu.be/hY43i5wQHBw
If Merkel wants to embrace these migrants, if Germany wants to let her have her way then I say, fine. Go for it. But know this, you are in it alone. You cannot farm out your migrants to other countries when they answer Angela’s invitation and overwhelm German society. You cannot try and compel/blackmail/threaten other sovereign nations who are unwilling to play your game, who have more regard for their own citizens and culture than you have, to take the ‘overflow’ your bleeding heart has created. You will have to deal with it alone.
Germany wants migrants which threaten the stability of the EU, Germany wants to push for Turkey’s admission to the EU to ameliorate the situation Germany has caused. Germany wants other countries to ‘do their part’ and accept a ‘fair share’ of these migrants which they had no part in encouraging.
Germany wants this, Germany wants that. When did Germany become the ruler of the EU?
http://www.thefederalistpapers.org/us/hilarious-cartoon-illustrates-liberal-lies-about-science
http://www.thefederalistpapers.org/us/libs-at-dnc-call-gop-racist-heres-the-historical-facts