The German government is considering revoking the citizenship of mujahideen who have dual nationality. The interior minister said that “Germans” who travel to Syria to fight in the jihad may lose their German citizenship.
In other news, two bombs exploded in the popular Thai seaside resort of Hua Hin, killing one person and wounding 23 others, including two British tourists. Those wounded by the blasts were relieved when they learned that the incident had nothing to do with Islam. The dead person could not be reached for comment.
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2 Deaths Confirmed in Silver Spring Apartment Fire
SILVER SPRING, Md.- Authorities in Maryland have confirmed two deaths following an apartment fire that injured dozens at a Montgomery County apartment complex overnight.
Assistant Chief Russ Hamill of the Montgomery County Police confirmed the deaths at a Thursday news conference outside the apartments.
More than 30 people have been injured and as many as seven people are unaccounted for after a massive explosion and fire at a Montgomery County apartment complex overnight.
The fire was reported around 11:55 p.m. Wednesday night at the Flower Branch Apartments on Piney Branch Road in Silver Spring.
Officials at the scene say 31 people suffered injuries ranging from minor to severe that required them to be hospitalized. Three firefighters suffered minor injuries and five to seven residents of the four-level garden style apartment complex were unaccounted for. Several of those hospitalized for minor injuries have been released…
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A Magnificent Con by the Muslim Khan
At the Democratic National Convention in July, Pakistani immigrant and Muslim Brotherhood member Khizr Muazzam Khan held up a booklet containing our U.S. Constitution in condemnation of Donald J. Trump’s plans to ban Muslim immigration.
Did the mainstream media speak up to expose the fact that Khan advocates for Sharia Law to be implemented in the United States? Did “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd expose the fact that Khan’s membership in the Muslim Brotherhood equates to conquering and destroying America’s constitution? Did John Dickerson at “Face the Nation” expose Khan’s legal firm ‘buying’ U.S. citizenships for his Muslim brothers in Saudi Arabia?
Not a word! In fact, the mainstream media jumped all over Trump rather than defend their own country from the Muslim immigration threat. Its consequences play out all over Europe in accelerating lone wolf massacres and subsequent parallel societies.
Journalist Daniel Greenfield wrote, “When you turn on the evening news and see a running death toll, it’s happening more and more often. The new brand of Islamic terror only needs one thing… Muslims. Lone wolf terrorism operates off the existing Muslim population in a particular country. The bigger the Muslim population, the bigger the risk. The FBI or other law enforcement agencies cannot monitor even a fraction of the Islamic settler population sympathetic to terror. As the Muslim settler population in the country increases, the number of cases will grow.” (Source: Right Side News, Stop Lone Wolf Terrorism by Ending Muslim Immigration, August 2, 2016)
Notice none of the mainstream outlets expose Hillary Clinton’s top aid Huma Abedin stands first, last and always-a Muslim. The same media that enjoys our 1st Amendment rights never touches the fact that Obama employs 13 Muslims on his staff. One of them named Mr. Magid works on implementing Sharia Law in America. He’s known as the Sharia Law czar in the White House.
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As Puerto Ricans Move to Florida, The Clinton Campaign is Waiting for Them
Amid the commonwealth’s devastating debt crisis, Puerto Ricans have moved in droves to the American mainland, with as many as 1,000 families a month relocating to Florida, according to the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration.
In that exodus, Clinton campaign organizers have recognized an opportunity, setting off a furious scramble to register a coveted class of new voters: those who arrive as full-fledged citizens.
Many are settling in Central Florida, a swing region in a swing state with a peerless record of razor-thin electoral margins.
Campaign officials and outside groups have responded accordingly.
In the Orlando area — which for years has been a de facto San Juan suburb, with an estimated 400,000 Puerto Ricans calling it home — the Clinton campaign has assigned organizers to neighborhoods, churches and even bus stops. “Caravanas” of cars blasting reggaeton music and reminders to vote call to mind similar processions through San Juan’s cobblestone streets during elections on the island. When neighbors come outside to investigate the fuss, they are offered brochures about the candidate, known to many Latinos simply as “La Hillary,” and about her plans for education and health care.
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Chaos, Confusion, Booing, WikiLeaks and the DNC Convention
Okay, let’s try to take a look at the mess the democrats have created and continue to create. What I find extremely humorous is that Soros and the DNC had to hire people to be protestors at Trump rallies and the GOP convention, but for the DNC convention, they had to hire people to fill the vacant seats!
Hillary and the Military
Tig Tiegen and Mark Geist were guest speakers at the Republican Convention. These two men disobeyed the order to stand down at Benghazi. The audience loved them.
As you watched the DNC speeches, the Trump bashing, the anti-gun rancor, the hypocrisy of the left spewing their hate against everything American, just stop and think what kind of leadership will be in charge of our military. It’s now apparent the folks serving in our armed forces are one step ahead of them, and they already have a plan, if Hillary takes the oval. [Link]
Benghazi survivor and former CIA operative John “Tig” Tiegen, said special forces are already leaving in droves, and even more will leave if Hillary is elected. Why? Because they know that if they call for help, they may never receive it. That’s not the America they signed up to serve and protect.
Trump wants to make the military strong again. He also wants our veterans to get the best possible health care which they greatly deserve, without waiting so long that they die.
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Claremont Students Refuse to Live With Whites
A group of students at the Claremont Colleges in search of a roommate insist that the roommate not be white.
Student Karé Ureña (PZ ‘18) posted on Facebook that non-white students in need of housing arrangements should reach out to either her or two other students with whom she plans to live in an off-campus house. The post states that “POC [people of color] only” will be considered for this living opportunity. “I don’t want to live with any white folks,” Ureña added.
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Clinton-Obama-Democrat ‘Coincidences’ Never Stop
It was no coincidence that a Muslim Gold Star Family, Khizr Muazzam Khan, a Pakistani American, who lost his son in Iraq in 2004, spoke at the Democrat National Convention. His son may be a war hero but Khan, the elder, is hardly a model American. He’s a lawyer, which is one strike against him. He specializes in international trade law in Saudi Arabia. What is he doing in America? He studied in Saudi Arabia and is a scholar and promoter of fundamentalist Sharia Law here in the U. S., which is a second strike. Finally, the third strike is that he appears to be an open advocate and associate of the Muslim Brotherhood. Khan acknowledges the contribution to one of his Sharia articles as Said Ramadan, head of the Islamic Center in Geneva and a major icon of the Muslim Brotherhood. Ramadan is the grandson of Hassan Al-Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood. Ramadan also has connections to Huma Abedin and Abedin’s parents, (all Muslims) a Hillary Clinton confident and aid. Abedin, raised in Saudi Arabia, is, or was, married to ex-congressman and sexual pervert, Anthony (take my naked picture) Weiner. (source: Click here)
So why are Obama, Hillary Clinton and the Democrat Party attaching themselves to all kinds of Muslims, as well as members of the Muslim Brotherhood? It is not a coincidence. This has a “Muslim Trojan Horse” written all over it.
Do you think it is a coincidence that our borders are wide open and the Border Patrol’s website tells illegal aliens how to avoid being caught? That is a directive from higher up. Higher up leads all the way to the White House and Barack Obama.
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Dems Worried Another Hacked Email Trove Could Surface Before November
Democratic Party officials reportedly are bracing for the possibility that another batch of damaging or embarrassing internal emails — the kind that cost the party chairman her job on the eve of the Democratic National Convention — could become public before the November presidential election.
That fear reportedly comes as officials with knowledge of a Russian cyberattack that targeted Democratic politicians and organizations told The New York Times that the breach was bigger than first thought and exposed the private email accounts of more than 100 party officials and groups — including the personal email accounts of Hillary Clinton’s key campaign officials.
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Donald Trump: I Meant That Obama Founded ISIS, Literally
Donald Trump said Thursday that he meant exactly what he said when he called President Barack Obama the “founder of ISIS” and objected when a conservative radio show host tried to clarify the GOP nominee’s position.
Trump was asked by host Hugh Hewitt about the comments Trump made Wednesday night in Florida, and Hewitt said he understood Trump to mean “that he (Obama) created the vacuum, he lost the peace.”
Trump objected.
“No, I meant he’s the founder of ISIS,” Trump said. “I do. He was the most valuable player. I give him the most valuable player award. I give her, too, by the way, Hillary Clinton.”
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Former NATO Chief: Donald Trump is a Global Risk
Donald Trump’s “America First” doctrine would weaken the United States and empower autocrats around the world, said former NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
In a wide-ranging interview with POLITICO — the full text of which can be read here — Rasmussen condemned the “outrageous” statements by Trump and his supporter Newt Gingrich.
However, Hillary Clinton would be “more determined to defend the United States’ allies” than Trump, he said
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Gingrich Says Trump Needs to Model Campaign Off This Fmr. Democratic President
Can Donald Trump pull off one of the greatest election upsets in American history? Historian Newt Gingrich, in an interview with the FOX Business Network’s Lou Dobbs, compared the Republican candidate’s campaign to that of the 33rd President of the United States — Harry S. Truman.
“The elite media understands that if they allow Donald Trump to communicate directly to the American people, he’s just plain going to beat them. And he’s going to win, and Hillary is going to lose And the elite media in newsroom after newsroom is dedicated to defeating Trump and I think every chance they get to try to get him off message, they will,” he said. “I hope that Donald Trump will take, as his model, Harry Truman’s campaign in 1948 where the entire elite media had written Truman off and he came back, he pounded away, and he won the presidency despite every expectation of the national establishment. I think Trump has the same opportunity this year.”
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Homophobia, Taliban Support, And a Fake Presidency: Papa Mateen’s Greatest YouTube Hits
Besides being the father of the worst jihadi killer to attack on American soil since 9/11, Mateen is the self-declared rightful president of Afghanistan and an admirer of the Taliban.
“Our brothers in Waziristan, our warrior brothers in the Taliban movement, and national Afghan Taliban are rising up. Inshallah, the Durand Line issue will be solved soon,” he said during one installment of his 2012-2015 YouTube video series, which he called the “Durand Jirga Show.” As the Washington Post explained, the “Durand Line” is a border dispute between ethnic Pashtuns and the Pakistani government.
Given the number of American troops that have died fighting the Taliban, Mateen calling them his “warrior brothers” and encouraging them to “rise up,” might complicate Hillary Clinton’s I-love-the-troops narrative.
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Huffington Post Founder Arianna Huffington to Step Down
Arianna Huffington, who co-founded the liberal news website Huffington Post 11 years ago, has announced she is to step down as editor-in-chief. She will leave the AOL-owned site to run a new venture, Thrive Global, she said on her Twitter feed.
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Bård Larsen, Norwegian historian and project manager at the liberal think-tank Civita.
Some have claimed that Donald Trump represents a kind of fascism. Is there any substance to it? Nonetheless, what is most unnerving is Trump’s authoritarian personality — which, in many respects, is embedded in the character of fascism.
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Newspapers Rethink Paywalls as Digital Efforts Sputter
A survey this year by the American Press Institute showed 77 of the 98 US newspapers with circulations above 50,000 used some type of online subscription, which could be a “hard” paywall that fences off all content or allows some free.
But a number of English-language news organizations have dropped their paywalls in recent months, including the Toronto Star, and British dailies The Independent and The Sun.
Among US dailies, the San Francisco Chronicle dropped its paywall in 2013. The Dallas Morning News did the same in 2014 before reinstituting a “metered” system allowing up to 10 free articles.
Newsweek lifted its paywall for most content in February, limiting the number of free magazine features for nonsubscribers.
A study this year by Oxford University’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism found only 10 percent of readers in English-speaking countries were willing to pay for digital news.
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ObamaCare on “Verge of Collapse” As Premiums Set to Soar Again in 2017
If Obamacare enrollments continue their current trend and insurers continue to hike premiums at alarming rates then Republicans may not have to worry about “repealing and replacing Obamacare” as it might just work itself out “naturally”. The 4th open enrollment period for Obamacare begins on November 1, 2016 and industry experts are warning that another year of tepid demand from “young and healthy” Americans could force more insurers out of the exchanges effectively marking the end of Obamacare as we know it. According to a story published by The Hill, 11 million people bought health insurance through the exchanges for 2016 which was drastically below the Congressional Budget Office’s initial projection of 21 million.
Well we’re shocked! Turns out that whole “adverse selection bias” was a real thing. So you’re telling us that young, healthy people don’t want to pay for insurance they know they’ll never use? We guess America’s youth can actually do basic math, after all. Apparently they were able to figure out they would rather take the lower tax associated with Obamacare penalties than the larger tax associated with buying a healthcare policy they’ll never use. We guess Millennials are a little less enthusiastic about embracing socialism when the costs are coming out of their pockets.
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Police: Man Assaulted After Saying ‘All Lives Matter’ To Group at Bar
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Rochester police say a 25-year-old man was knocked unconscious and suffered a serious eye injury after a bar fight Saturday.
According to CBS affiliate KIMT in Iowa, the victim was assaulted outside of Top Shots bar around 1:30 a.m. Saturday after saying “All lives matter” to a group of people. The group became agitated and a suspect punched the victim, knocking him unconscious.
Medical personnel who helped the victim told police that his eyes weren’t responding properly and the man said he couldn’t see.
The suspect, who’s described as a 6-foot black man with dreadlocks wearing a red shirt, reportedly fled north after the incident.
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In order to shut down a debate they’re losing, Democrats find victims to make their arguments for them, pre-empting counter-argument by droning on about the suffering of their victim-spokesperson. Alternative opinions must be preceded by proof that the speaker has “sacrificed” more than someone who lost a child, a husband, or whatever.
Khan’s argument, delivered angrily and in a thick Pakistani accent at the DNC, is that “our” Constitution requires us to continue the nonstop importation of Muslims.
If the U.S. Constitution required us to admit more than 100,000 Muslims a year — as we do — we’d already be living in Pakistan, and Khan wouldn’t have had to move to get that nice feeling of home. So the “argument” part of Khan’s point is gibberish.
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Tom Bauerle: Can Satellites Reprogram Voting Machines?
A fervent prayer that radio talk show host Tom Bauerle and Yours Truly won’t become the ‘dearly departed’ following “mysterious deaths” while walking our dogs, hoisting barbells down at the gym or walking home.
Bauerle is the braver of the two because he is right in the U.S., in graver danger for digging like a terrier at the truth about the satellite-reliant election equipment that may now be being “rigged” to get Hillary Clinton elected as the next U.S. president.
Working in Buffalo, where he is beloved by WBEN listeners, brave Bauerle was already once unceremoniously dragged through the smear zone by the enemy, who tried to wreck his career and assassinate his reputation by categorizing him as “crazy”.
Since July 27 and today, Martin has had 10 death threats and had his phone hacked on Tuesday.
It’s because Bauerle began wondering aloud about “the recent and very close together deaths of John Ashe (bosom Clinton pal) and former president of the UN General Assembly; the brilliant, world renowned Molly Macauley (who knew how satellites can be used to “rig” elections) who tragically reached out to Ashe, according to my sources; and 27-year-old Seth Rich, who did voter outreach work for the muck-raking DNC, and until July 10th had his whole life before him”, that really raised the hackles on the back of the enemy’s neck…”I’m sure there is no connection whatsoever between the deaths of John Ashe (UN), the murder of Molly Macauley (think tank expert on space stuff, like how satellites can be used to f*** with data, who’d reportedly warned Ashe of this) and Seth Rich at DNC within days of each other,” Bauerle said.
“Ashe was set to testify in the trial of a huge Clinton donor with reputed ties to the Chinese government:
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‘Very Anti-Police’ Black Activist Robbed at Gunpoint — And Guess Who He Calls for Help
Black activist Ali Muhammad has become known in the Tampa area for speaking out against police violence and ending black crime.
And make no mistake: “I’m very anti-police,” he told WTVT-TV.
But Muhammad recently was granted a whole new perspective on what goes into law enforcement and the good that can come out of it.
He was robbed at gunpoint over the last weekend in July — a victim of black-on-black crime, the station said — and quickly called 911.
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What Trump Did to Blacks and Jews 30 Years Ago Just Surfaced… This Could Change the Whole Election
Donald Trump as well as his fellow Republicans have been often accused of having no tolerance for the Blacks nor the Jews- basically they were racists.
Even though Trump shows an array of people of different race and background actively supporting him and working for him, the media cannot get enough in blaming him for things he did not do.
Now, new information about his so-called discriminatory and racist nature are surfacing- and we have all the scoop!
VIA Western Journalism
In 1997, Trump defied societal conventions when he purchased his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida and converted it into a private club.
Prior to Trump’s arrival, other clubs in the Pam Beach area “had long barred Jews and African Americans — which is to say they practiced a quiet but steely racism,” wrote Jeffrey Lord on The American Spectator.
“He put the light on Palm Beach,” said Abe Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League. “Not on the beauty and the glitter, but on its seamier side of discrimination. It has an impact.”
Trump went further, asking the town council to lift the existing restrictions on the club, and sending them a copy of, “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner,” a film whose characters defy the race-based discrimination of the day.
The town council would not budge, leading Trump to file a $100 million lawsuit alleging the town was “discriminating against Mar-a-Lago, in part because it is open to Jews and African Americans,” reported The American Spectator.
The incident was profiled in a 1997 Wall Street Journal piece that discussed Trump’s clash with Palm Beach. Eventually, Palm Beach put an end to their discriminatory restrictions…
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Canada Terror Suspect Prepared Martyrdom Video Before He Was Killed
A Canadian man previously banned from associating with Islamic State extremists prepared a martyrdom video and was about to commit a terrorist attack but was killed after he detonated his explosive device in a taxi and was shot at by officers who say they thwarted the suicide bomb plot after being tipped off by the FBI, police said Thursday.
The suspect planned to carry out a suicide bombing in a public area in an urban center during rush hour, Deputy Royal Canadian Police Commander Mike Cabana said. He identified the suspect as Aaron Driver, 24, originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commander Jennifer Strachan said Driver was intercepted by police as he entered a taxi with a backpack and said Driver detonated an explosive device, injuring himself and the taxi driver, before police shot at him. It was unclear whether Driver died as a result of the shrapnel or a police bullet.
After being tipped off by the FBI, police said Driver was quickly identified as the person in the so- called martyrdom video. Police say he planned an attack within 72 hours.
“It was a race against time,” Cabana said.
In the video, aired during a news conference in Ottawa, a masked Driver is seen railing against western “enemies of Islam” and warning that the only solution would be the “spilling of your blood.”
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Montreal: Pro-Israel Protesters Attacked by Leftist Activists
Pro-Israel protesters arriving in Montreal yesterday (Wednesday) to protest a conference they see as anti-Semitic, were attacked by far-left activists.
The protest against the “World Social Forum” conference was organized by the Jewish Defense League (JDL) branch that focuses on countering anti-Semitism in Canada.
The background information for one of the events at the conference featured the claim that Zionism and “global capitalism” are behind the rise of ISIS — a combination of the old anti-Semitic trope that “world Jewry” controls all the banks and extreme Israel-hatred — accompanied by a caricature with distinct anti-Semitic characteristics.
A short time after the pro-Israel protesters parked the cars with which they arrived from Toronto, they were surrounded by far-left activists associated with the “Solidarity Across Borders Anti-Racist Response Committee (SAB Antifa)” organization.[…]
[Nazi Antifa thugs only lack the brown shirts]
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Despite — or Because of — Brexit, Catalans Drive Toward Split With Spain
BARCELONA, SPAIN — This summer marks 80 years since the outset of Spain’s civil war. Yet at an official commemoration in Barcelona’s Palau de la Musica marking the outbreak on July 18, 1936, a moving rendition of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony swept the public sentiment forward, not backward.
“Independence!” the audience chanted amid applause. Catalan flags were unfurled across the music hall. Spectators and performers alike burst into the Catalan national hymn. None of it was scripted.
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Fierce Battle Against Raging Wildfires Continues in Portugal
Wildfires continue to rage across Portugal. Thousands of firefighters have been battling at least three hundred blazes. Twelve of those have been classified as major or large.
On the island of Madeira, the fires have largely been brought under control where three people have been killed and hundreds of others treated for smoke inhalation and minor burns.
The country’s president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa visited Medeira and praised the “courage” and “exemplary behavior” of individuals and of all those involved in the work of putting out the fires.
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Forest Fires Ravage Mainland Portugal, Madeira Calmer After Deaths
Thousands of Portuguese firefighters struggled on Thursday to control nearly 200 forest fires after flames killed at least four people on the mainland and the island of Madeira the previous day.
Prime Minister Antonio Costa cut short his holidays and flew to Madeira, where more than 200 buildings in the regional capital and popular resort Funchal had been destroyed or damaged and some 1,000 people including tourists evacuated.
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France: ‘Burkini Pool Party’ Cancelled After Negative Response
An event touted as a “Burkini Pool Party” in France has been cancelled after organizers claimed to have received threats including bullets that were mailed to them.
Organisers at the Speedwater pool in Pennes-Mirabeau, near Marseilles provoked outrage from politicians and locals after they announced they would be holding a burkini-only pool party at the swimming pool.
The group who held the event, a woman’s Muslim association called Smile 13, has now announced that the event will be canceled. According to the group they had received multiple threats against their staff including an envelope mailed to them which included several bullets, Le Figaro reports.
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French teenagers are to be given lessons in how to survive a terror attack at school following a spate of ISIS atrocities in the country.
When pupils return to school following the summer holidays next month, all those aged 14 and over will be taught basic ‘life-saving’ skills as well as how to stay calm in the event of an attack.
French officials hope the lessons will improve the resilience of youngsters and also train them to have good reactions.
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German Raids on Islamist Preachers in ‘Major’ Crackdown on 45,000 Known Islamists
Die Welt reports the raids targeted three active Salafist preachers who are said to give religious instruction and private tuition in mosques and private homes. Investigators disclosed that a number of radicalised Islamists are said to have been influenced by the men’s teachings.
Over 150 police were involved in the coordinated searches, which took place in cities across Western Germany. The three suspects detained following the operation are suspected of giving both financial and logistical support to Islamic State, and enlisting fighters for the militant outfit.
One of the preachers arrested, Hasan C., reportedly gave private tuition in Quranic doctrine and the Arabic language in the premises of the Turkish travel agency he owns. Among those who visited were two Islamic State-backing youths who bombed a Sikh temple in April.
Also among those arrested was Iraqi-born preacher Ahmad Abdulaziz A., whose Hildesheim mosque is said to be a jihadi hotspot. More than 26 people from the community are known to have gone to fight with Islamic State in Syria, and the mosque is notorious for preaching hatred against non-Muslims.
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Germany Mulls Stripping Citizenship From Jihadists
German citizens with dual nationality who fight for a terror group should be stripped of their German citizenship, the interior minister said Thursday, unveiling tough new measures after two attacks by Islamic State militants.
“Germans who participate in fighting abroad for a terror militia and who have another citizenship should lose their German nationality,” Thomas de Maiziere said.
Some 820 people have left Germany to fight alongside jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq, according to estimates by Germany’s secret services.
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Thousands of Firefighters Deployed as Wildfires Rage in France, Portugal, Spain
Hot, dry summer weather and treacherous winds have combined to make life difficult for firefighters battling huge blazes in France, Spain and Portugal.
Thousands of emergency response workers have been deployed to combat wildfires raging across southern Europe, destroying homes and prompting the evacuation of thousands.
In southern France, about 2,500 firefighters have been mobilized to battle a huge blaze that has threatened the southern port city of Marseille since taking hold Wednesday afternoon, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Thursday.
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UK Labour Party Drops Security Firm With Israel Ties
Labour Party left without security arrangements following its boycott of a longtime contractor with ties to Israel.
The Labour Party in Britain was left without security arrangements for its annual conference next month following its boycott of a longtime contractor with ties to Israel.
Labour’s dropping of the British-Danish G4S security multinational firm follows a controversial vote last year by members of its National Executive Committee, leaving the party with no fixed arrangements for the Sept. 25 event, The Telegraph reported Wednesday.
Only half of the committee was present when a majority in the room voted in November to sever the party’s ties with G4S over unspecified “concerns about G4S contracts,” as the minutes from the meeting read.
G4S has faced criticism over its involvement in Israeli prisons where Palestinians are held. The Israeli lawmaker Hilik Bar wrote in a letter to a Labour colleague complaining about reports that suggested the Labour boycott was over Israel.
Labour spokespeople have denied this and, following a recommendation from one committee member, the minutes of the session on G4S were to be altered to exclude any mention of Israel, The Jewish News reported in January.[…]
[Note the Nazi salute on the main article]
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Wildfires Spare Marseille in France, But Danger High Nearby
MARSEILLE, France — Firefighters in southern France brought in reinforcements from across the country on Thursday to help smother the last flames and douse dry brush after wind-whipped wildfires devastated thousands of acres and destroyed homes but spared Marseille, the nation’s second-largest city.
Multiple fires started up on Wednesday, west and north of Marseille, and President Francois Hollande said some were of criminal origin. “We will find those who started them,” he said, but did not elaborate.
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World’s Oldest Gold Object May Have Just Been Unearthed in Bulgaria
A small gold bead shows that Copper Age people in the Balkans were processing gold 6,500 years ago.
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ISIS and Affiliates Have Killed 33,000 People Since 2002
The terror group ISIS along with its predecessors and affiliates carried out over 4,900 attacks between 2002 and 2015, killing more than 33,000 people in assaults that stretched from the Middle East to western nations, according to a new study.
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Militant Groups Clash on Lebanon Border
Fierce clashes reportedly erupted between two militant groups on the outskirts of northeastern Lebanon, the state-run National News Agency reported.
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Ukraine Troops Near Crimea on Combat Alert as Tensions With Putin Escalate
Ukraine put its troops on combat alert Thursday along the country’s de-facto borders with Crimea and separatist rebels in the east amid an escalating war of words with Russia over Crimea.
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014 following a hastily called referendum, and a conflict between Russia-backed separatists and Ukrainian forces flared up in eastern Ukraine weeks later. The conflict in the east has killed more than 9,500 people and is still raging.
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Bombings in Thailand Tourist Hotspot Hua Hin Leave One Dead and 23 Injured — ‘Including Two Brits’
At least two British tourists are believed to be among the 23 injured after bombings in Thailand.
The bombs are believed to have been hidden in plant pots and detonated by mobile phone.
Thailand has been rocked by Islamist terror strikes in recent years, linked in part to an insurgency in the south of the country.
On 17 August 2015, a bombing took place inside the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, killing 20 people and injuring 125.
In 2012 Southern Thailand was rocked by a series of bombings that took place in Yala, Yala Province and Hat Yai, Songkhla Province. They were linked to Islamist separatists.
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Twin Bomb Attack Reported at Thai Resort
Two bombs exploded Thursday in the popular Thai seaside resort of Hua Hin, killing at least one person and wounding as many as 20 others, Thai media reported.
Hua Hin, on the Gulf of Thailand more than 100 miles southwest of Bangkok, reportedly has become a popular destination for British travelers.
Analysts say southern Thailand frequently sees separatist attacks, but they’re much less common in tourist areas.
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Tensions Grow With Increasing Militarization in South China Sea
News of China rapidly developing its artificial islands to be able to host fighter jets was followed by reports that Vietnam is moving rocket launchers to the region. What are the implications for regional security?
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Amnesty Fears for Child Migrants at Italian Border
Amnesty International has asked the Swiss federal government to investigate reports that child migrants arriving at the Swiss-Italian border are being prevented from joining family in Switzerland.
For the past few weeks the Italian city of Como has seen hundreds of migrants camped out by its rail station after being sent back from the Swiss border at Chiasso, in the canton of Ticino.
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Bulgaria’s Jailing and Criminalisation of Refugees is ‘Inhumane’, Says UN
Bulgaria’s treatment of migrants and refugees arriving in the country may be violating international law, the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights has warned.
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said two visits by UN staff had revealed “inhumane and unacceptable” policies which could put many migrants in a “Catch-22 situation” in which they are unable to qualify as refugees in Bulgaria but are also unable to return to their home country.
He added: “Rising xenophobia, Islamophobia and racism are among the most worrying threats to human rights in Europe today.
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Four of Ten Immigrant Children in Norway Live in Poverty
A new report shows that 36 percent of immigrant children live in poverty in Norway today, compared to just five percent of children with Norwegian parents.
“Generally, we can say that many children of immigrants living in households with low labour market affiliations, and many live on social benefits. And those parents who do have jobs often have low incomes,” Statistic Norway (SSB) researcher Elisabeth Omholt told Dagsavisen.
A report submitted by Omholt and her colleagues shows that 36 percent of children of immigrants live in poverty in Norway, and the numbers are slightly higher in Oslo.
In comparison, only five percent of children of Norwegian parents in the same situation.
Athar Ali, the head of the Norwegian Immigrant Forum, said that poverty among immigrants often leads to mental disorders such as anxiety and depression.
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France Urges Members of the Public to Take in Refugees
The French government has called on members of the public to take in refugees because official asylum centres cannot cope with the demand.
France’s Housing Minister Emmanuelle Cosse has urged members of the French public to consider taking in a refugee, as asylum shelters cannot cope with the sheer numbers of individuals.
The minister has said that the government would be offering incentives to the charities that could help set up housing situations between refugees and the public.
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Germany: Christians Forced to Hide Bibles Amid Migrant Muslim Death Threats
Ms. Mousapour criticised Germany for granting Islam “too much respect”. Declaring anti-Christian hate attacks an affront to German values, politician Erika Steinbach advocated the government deport migrants who insult or attack Christians.
At the press conference Ms. Mousapour, who converted to Christianity more than 25 years ago, reported that Christians face various forms of persecution in migrant housing.
Ms Mousapour warned that Christians living in migrant housing are told they are “impure as a dog” and deserved death for rejecting Islam.
“Toys of Christian children are being destroyed, Christian asylum seekers are told not only to wash their dishes after eating but also that they must clean the entire kitchen as it would otherwise be ‘unclean’. Many Muslim asylum seekers call all Christians unclean. Church services are held in secret, bibles and crucifixes have to be hidden,” she explained.
Ms Mousapour, pastor of the Evangelical Free Church, disclosed that even converts who no longer live in migrant housing attract Muslims’ ire, and recounted her experience of being threatened at knifepoint on the street.
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German Intelligence Warns of is ‘Hit Squads’ Among Refugees
Official says country has to accept it is home to terror ‘sleeper cells.’
German intelligence services have evidence that “hit squads” from the Islamic State terror group have infiltrated the country disguised as refugees, the deputy head of Bavaria’s spy agency told the BBC Thursday.
“We have to accept that we have hit squads and sleeper cells in Germany,” Manfred Hauser, the vice president of the Bavaria region’s intelligence gathering agency, BayLfV, told the Today program.
“We have substantial reports that among the refugees there are hit squads. There are hundreds of these reports, some from refugees themselves. We are still following up on these, and we haven’t investigated all of them fully,” said Hauser.
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Immigrants Create 1.3 Million Jobs in Germany: Report
A new report shows how immigrants and their children are becoming a more powerful job-creating force in Germany.
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‘Let Refugees Into Your Homes’ France Pleads With Citizens to Help Ease Migrant Crisis
THE French government has urged citizens to welcome refugees into their homes because the country’s migrant centres are so crowded.
There are currently 147 reception centres across France, but these are in massive demand as desperate refugees continue to flee the Middle East.
Housing minister Emmanuelle Cosse has pledged to built a further 50 centres before the end of next month in a desperate bid to ease the crisis.
But she has also called on French people to open up their homes to migrants in need. Several organisations have already promised to help.
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Paul Ryan, Refugee Resettlements and Open Borders
Paul Nehlen is running against Paul Ryan in the Wisconsin primary on August 9th. In early July, I interviewed Mr. Nehlen and wrote an article which included his answers to my questions. I strongly endorse Paul Nehlen for Congressman of Wisconsin’s 1st district as Paul Ryan has proven he is a big government globalist.
If you didn’t like Ryan’s $1.1 trillion Omnibus bill that gave Obama every nickel he asked for, you certainly will not like the number of Islamic refugees he wants to bring to America. Paul Ryan, (worse that former speaker John Boehner), is a traitor to the once conservative Republican party, and he is a traitor to the American citizenry.
Ryan on Immigration
Ryan has secretly been working behind the public’s back to round up enough votes to fully fund Obama’s increase of refugees from 70,000 to 85,000 this year, and 100,000 next year.
All of these refugees come from third world countries, including Syria, Somalia, Afghanistan, and Iraq. These countries are not only bastions of ISIS jihadists, but include al-Qaida and the international Muslim Brotherhood. Paul Ryan’s stance on open borders and immigration is absolutely horrifying to American citizens.
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Genes Shape Our Values-Based Political Views
Genes influence value-based political opinion on topics such as border controls or attitudes towards religious extremism, but not on economics.
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Priority access for migrants to newly-built student accommodations in Stockholm
As a further consequence of a new law on the reception of certain newly arrived immigrants to settle, a large proportion of the newly built student apartments in Älvsjö in Stockholm has been earmarked for newly arrived migrants. A former office building was rebuild into 279 student apartments. A third of these, 93 pieces, are now foreseen for newly arrived migrants.
Near Älvsjö is Örby, an area often characterized by unrest and zealous car burnings, additional habitations for migrants in modular buildings are planned..
Recently it was revealed how the Vallentuna Municipality near Stockholm, bought a condominium for 1.65 million crowns to in turn rent to a newly arrived migrant family. The Swedendemocrats in Vallentuna could then reveal that the municipality had bought a total of 17 condominiums for $ 33 million crowns for the same purpose.
– The city (Stockholm) has been given an imperative mandate to develop housing and I will not comment on whether it is right or wrong, says the spokesperson Karin Stener.
While the general housing shortage is most severe and waiting lists are years if not decades long, or the loans you have to take as a private buyer are extensive – for the migrants the creativity is more than great for all kinds of ‘diamond lanes’ and priority accesses
This is something that goes on in the country on a large scale as a consequence of the the new Law (2016: 38) on the reception of certain newly arrived immigrants for settlement that came into force on 1 March where municipalities are forced not only to accept so-called “unaccompanied minors” but now also adults and families who has got residence permits.
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Wisconsin is dipsy. Paul Ryan is simply a Leftist. The state will go for Bill Clinton’s wife, too.
Imagine that. Actually considering revoking an enemy fifth column combatant’s “citizenship”. That’s scary. Tell me, are the “hit squads” for hitting Germans too? Drano Merkel’s team Germany is a very special kind of stupid.
They are not stupid, they are evil greedy power hungry despots. The undermining of society is intentional. It will gain them more power since totalitarianism will be required to maintain order. They are already more than half way there.
I do not expect them to revoke anyone’s citizenship. The terrorists are too useful in providing justification to impose whatever they want on the population with an iron fist.
Everywhere else this import Muslim multi cut throat policy is executed there will quite naturally follow a seriously bloody response. Better dead than Dhimmi? How do Muslims get past go in any Christian country with their murderous Koranic blood, lies and sex lust?
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Well, at least Eric Pickles’ report is out there. Let’s see what Theresa May does with it.
“The German government is considering revoking the citizenship of mujahideen ”
Really? Can we expect western zombies to do anything against mujahideen? Millions of so-called illegals designated for deportation are living and enjoying European women and welfare money. Who will dare deport them? Hares and milk blooded cowards?
Since when is the German government concerned about citizenship?
** authoritarian personality — which, in many respects, is embedded in the character of fascism **
And in all other leftist movements.
I was certain Germany did not allow dual citizenship.