Seddique Mateen is the father of Omar Mateen, the young now-deceased culture-enricher who massacred 49 people at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando on June 12. The elder Mateen attended a rally for Hillary Clinton in Miami last night and sat just behind the candidate, holding up a sign supporting several of her positions.
In other news, a prominent economist in Germany warns that the Deutsche Bank is heading for insolvency, and must be nationalized.
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‘We Should Nationalise German Banks’ Warning Deutsche Bank Teetering on Edge of Crisis
A TOP economist has warned that Germany’s biggest bank is teetering on the edge of crisis and they only way to protect it against future shocks is to nationalise it. …
The comments come after last month struggling Deutsche Bank closed down almost 200 branches and is set to cut almost 3,000 jobs.
Financial expert Max Keiser recently claimed Germany’s largest bank is “technically insolvent” and runs a “ponzi scheme”.
He said: “The bank needs to go out of business, because they are not solvent. But politicians, including Schaeuble, allow for financial engineering products to come onto the market that mask insolvency.
“It’s dead, it’s insolvent, the bank is dead… This is a dead bank walking.”
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An Open Letter to the Republican Establishment — Part 2 of 2
Before deciding to run for the Office of President, Hillary gave speeches and received large sums of money from nations who believe women are put on earth to be servants to men in whatever way a man chooses. A woman in a Muslim nation must provide four male witnesses if she claims rape and can be (and is) stoned to death for adultery. Many (most) Muslim women cannot drive a car without a man’s permission. The ways in which Muslim men abuse women are legend. A good psychologist will tell you that such behavior speaks of fears of male inadequacy.
Hillary Clinton was paid large sums of money by:
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, $10,000,000 to $25,000,000; State of Kuwait, $ 5,000,000 to $10,000,000; United Arab Emirates, $ 1,000,000 to $ 5,000,000; Sultanate of Oman, $ 1,000,000 to $ 5,000,000; Government of Brunei Darussalam, $ 1,000,000 to $5,000,000; Kingdom of Bahrain, $50,000 to $100,000; Embassy of Algeria, $ 250,000 to $500,000; State of Qatar, $1,000,000 to $5,000,000; Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah, $25,000 to $50,000
Does that sound like someone who supports women’s rights?
Then there is the list of dead bodies that accompanies the Clinton White House years. Have you forgotten about them? No accusations have been made of the Clintons of any wrongdoing, but no other Presidency we know of has such a death legacy list.
It would take a book, not an article, to cover all of the dangers to national security a Hillary Clinton Presidency places on our nation — but Republican leaders appear not to care. They fear Donald Trump and evidently find Clinton an acceptable alternative. That, in and of itself, tells Republican voters how moral and committed to the people are those who supposedly represent the Republican establishment. They continue to withhold their support from Donald Trump… which speaks highly for Trump.
Her destructive deeds are too many to explain, but let me list them for you:
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Blacks-Only Classes at Local College Designed to Improve Student Success
Higher education loves research, and research shows that college-readiness courses like the one at Moraine Valley improve student retention and graduation rates. Evidence supports the practice of restricting enrollment in a class to blacks only, because outcomes show students are more likely to achieve academic success through interventions like peer support.
Still, the complex concept can be difficult to grasp. While peer support may improve success rates among African-American students, the reverse is not necessarily also true. Imagine the outrage if, in this day and age, students registering for classes were confronted with sections designated “whites only.”
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Father of Orlando Terrorist Spotted at Clinton Rally
At a campaign rally in central Florida Monday night, Hillary Clinton was not the only celebrity in attendance.
A surprising — and perhaps not entirely welcome — supporter at the event stole some of the spotlight from the former Secretary of State when a local news team discovered that Seddique Mateen, father of the Orlando terrorist, was present at the event — and sitting directly behind Mrs. Clinton.
The elder Mateen gained a degree of fame — or infamy — after his son opened fire on patrons at a nightclub in Orlando which caters largely to gays and lesbians.
In June, the shooter, Omar Mateen, killed 49 patrons and wounded 53 more, all while condemning the United States for its military actions in the Middle East. Omar Mateen pledged allegiance to the ISIS terror group, and was later shot dead by local police following an hours-long standoff.
A self-declared candidate for the Afghan presidency with ties to radical Islamist groups, Seddique Mateen denied his son’s actions were related to his Islamic faith.
Mr. Mateen again drew national attention when he was spotted Monday night at a Clinton rally in Kissimmee, just outside of Orlando.
Filmed sitting in the audience just behind the Democratic nominee, Mr. Mateen was later seen outside of the event, carrying a sign endorsing Mrs. Clinton.
“Hillary Clinton:
-Makes the biggest investment since WWII.
-Good for National Security.
-Ex-CIA Chief Morell ‘Hillary told the truth about Benghazi’.
-Gun Control Laws.”[…]
“Why should they be surprised, I love the United States.”[…]
[pants on fire?]
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Hijab Wearing Olympian Who Attacked Trump Loses Almost Immediately
Hijab wearing fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, who declared jihad on Donald Trump last week, lost almost immediately at the Rio Olympics.
The “history maker” is now being portrayed as a poor victim, pressured into being a “one-woman Trump buster.”
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How Did the Pentagon Building Get Its Shape?
How did the Pentagon get its name? Well, that’s a no-brainer. But how did the Department of Defense’s (DoD) giant headquarters get its shape? That’s a longer story.
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If Our Mayors Are This Corrupt, What is the Rest of the Population Like Behind Closed Doors?
It isn’ t just the politicians in Washington D.C. that are deeply corrupt. In this article you will read about two prominent mayors that have engaged in absolutely horrific behavior, and you will read about a sex scandal out in California that involved 24 different police officers sleeping with the same prostitute. The reason why I write about these things is not to gross you out. Instead, the goal is to get America to take a long look in the mirror. Ultimately, we aren’ t going to turn this country around by electing the right president, because the truth is that the biggest problem with this nation is in our own hearts. Until we get our hearts right, nothing is going to really change.
When I was growing up, mayors were people that you looked up to and respected. But these days many of them appear to be sex-fueled maniacs. Just consider the case of Fairfax, Virginia mayor R. Scott Silverthorne. If you are not familiar with Fairfax, it is an upscale D.C. suburb that is only about 20 miles away from the White House. Silverthorne was serving his third-term as mayor, and most people thought he was a good guy until it was discovered that he was trading meth for group sex with men…
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Media Photoshops Hillary Crowd to Make Her Audience Look Bigger
Only 171 people turn up for Clinton’s rally in Florida.
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Media Justify Anti-Trump Bias, Claim He’s Too ‘Dangerous’ For Normal Rules
Many of the reporters who feel compelled to stop Trump are undoubtedly comfortable because all their friends feel the same way.
But they are deluding themselves if they think that going after one candidate in a two-candidate race is what journalism is about.
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Parents of Benghazi Victims Sue Hillary Clinton for Wrongful Death and Defamation
A parents of two Americans killed in the 2012 Benghazi attacks have filed a federal lawsuit against Hillary Clinton on Monday, 8 August. Patricia Smith and Charles Woods, parents to Sean Smith and Tyrone Woods, sued the Democratic nominee for wrongful death and defamation.
The two parents claim that Clinton’s use of a private email server contributed to the terrorist attacks that killed their sons, NBC News reported. “The Benghazi attack was directly and proximately caused, at a minimum by defendant Clinton’s ‘extreme carelessness’ in handling confidential and classified information,” including the location of State Department employees in Libya, the suit claims.
The lawsuit makes several mentions of Clinton’s emails during her time as secretary of state and says that it is “highly probable” that Clinton sent and received information about US Ambassador Christopher Stevens, who died in the attack. It also claims that those emails “easily found” their way to foreign powers including to Russia, Iran, China and North Korea.
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Parents of Americans Killed in Benghazi Sue Hillary Clinton
The parents of two Americans killed in a 2012 attack in the Libyan city of Benghazi have sued Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
Patricia Smith and Charles Woods, parents of Sean Smith and Tyrone Woods, filed a lawsuit against Mrs Clinton for wrongful death and defamation.
Islamic militants attacked a US diplomatic compound in 2012 and killed four Americans, including ambassador Chris Stevens, while Mrs Clinton was secretary of state.
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Parents of 2 Benghazi Victims Sue Hillary Clinton for Wrongful Death, Defamation
The parents of two of the four Americans who died in the Benghazi attack in 2012 filed a lawsuit Monday against Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, alleging her “reckless handling” of classified information contributed to their deaths.
The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by Larry Klayman of Freedom Watch USA on behalf of Patricia Smith, the mother of Sean Smith, and Charles Woods, the father of Tyrone Woods, for allegedly wrongfully causing the death of their sons as well as for defamation and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress.
The lawsuit suggests that Clinton’s use of a private email server contributed to the deaths of Smith and Woods, adding that terrorists were able to “obtain the whereabouts of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and thus the U.S. State Department and covert and other government operations in Benghazi, Libya and subsequently orchestrate, plan, and execute the now infamous September 11, 2012 attack.”
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We demand reparations for past and continuing harms. The government, responsible corporations and other institutions that have profited off of the harm they have inflicted on Black people — from colonialism to slavery through food and housing redlining, mass incarceration, and surveillance — must repair the harm done.
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Trump Lacks Experience But His Detractors Lack Common Sense
By David P. Goldman
Last year I arrived early for a lunch address by Gen. Michael Hayden, who ran the National Security Agency and later the Central Intelligence Agency in the George W. Bush administration. Hayden was already there, and glad to chat. The conversation turned to Egypt, and I asked Hayden why the Republican mainstream had embraced the Muslim Brotherhood rather than the military government of President al-Sisi, an American-trained soldier who espoused a reformed Islam that would repudiate terrorism.
“We were sorry that [Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed] Morsi was overthrown” in July 2013, Hayden explained. “We wanted to see what would happen when the Muslim Brotherhood had to take responsibility for picking up the garbage.”
“General,” I remonstrated, “when Morsi was overthrown, Egypt had three weeks of wheat supplies on hand. The country was on the brink of starvation!”
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Today, Iran announced it had executed Shahram Amiri, a nuclear scientist who was believed to be spying for the U.S. but returned to Iran in 2010.
He initially received a hero’s welcome in 2010 after claiming the CIA kidnapped him while he was on a pilgrimage to Mecca in 2009, a claim backed up by the Iranian government. But — shockingly, Amiri was later imprisoned after being accused of cooperating with the U.S.
[… ]
They can be puzzled no longer: Hillary unsecured email server reportedly revealed his identity as a U.S. spy.
Hillary Clinton’s server now has its first dead body — a valuable nuclear spy for the United States.
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US Election: Anger Over Donald Trump Gun Rights Remarks
Republican Donald Trump has sparked anger by suggesting his supporters could stop his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton by exercising their gun rights.
He said that Mrs Clinton would put liberal justices on the Supreme Court if she wins the presidency in November, threatening gun ownership rights.
Speaking at a rally in North Carolina, Mr Trump hinted that gun rights advocates could stop her taking power.
That sparked an online backlash, many accusing him of inciting violence.
But his campaign team said he was actually talking about getting gun rights supporters to the ballot box to enact change politically.
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‘Wake Up Call’: Clinton Camp Raises Alarm Over Trump Fundraising
The Hillary Clinton campaign is sounding the alarm over rival Donald Trump’s sudden fundraising surge, alerting donors in an internal memo that his $80 million July haul was “far more” than expected and should serve as a “wake up call.”
“We must redouble our efforts in the coming weeks,” campaign manager Robby Mook said in the memo, obtained by Fox News.
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Who is Funding Black Lives Matter?
A new donor fund for the group has drawn some big names.
Last week, the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) published a detailed and ambitious policy agenda, with a long list of “demands” that are attempts to match systemic problems with transparent solutions. One subsection of the agenda, “End the War on Black People,” takes on the criminal justice system. Another, “Reparations,” asks for specific remedies from corporate, government, and educational systems for harms related to slavery, and more recently, redlining in housing, education policy, mass incarceration and food insecurity.
More than 50 organizations have already registered their support, but one, in particular, stands out. The Ford Foundation added their voice to the growing chorus of supporters, in the strongest possible terms.
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Canada Pulls Logo From World Social Forum in Montreal After MPs Complain of Anti-Semitic Events
MONTREAL — The federal government has distanced itself from a major international gathering opening Tuesday in Montreal following complaints that its programming included anti-Semitic content.
The World Social Forum, expected to draw more than 10,000 participants, was told last week to remove the Canadian government logo from its list of partners after two Liberal MPs expressed disgust over what they called a “blatantly anti-Semitic cartoon” on the event’s website.
MPs Anthony Housefather, representing the Montreal riding of Mount Royal, and Michael Levitt, representing the Toronto riding of York Centre, also took exception to the World Social Forum’s heavy emphasis on the anti-Israel BDS movement.
“The Prime Minister, the Government of Canada, and the Canadian Parliament have been very clear that we oppose the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement and that anti-Semitism is never acceptable,” the MPs said in a statement.
Forum organizers cancelled a session that had been scheduled to show how Islamist terrorists are “in the service of world Zionism-capitalism.” The page for the event had featured a cartoon of a hook-nosed orthodox Jew with a Star of David on his hat, a drawing that Reuben Poupko, co-chairman of Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) Quebec, said was “not so different from those that appeared in Nazi papers.”
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by Srdja Trifkovic
It is not Europe’s darkest hour yet—not quite on par with the peak of the Black Death 1346-53, or the impasse of the Western Front 1915-18, but on current form it is approaching fast. What is likely to happen in the next two to three decades is the darkest nightmare imaginable: a massive barbarian (overwhelmingly Islamic) conquista, facilitated by an implacably suicidal ruling class forcing its subjects to imbibe the multiculti brand of People’s Temple brew.
The Spenglerian prediction of a slow, gradual Untergang is out. The monsters in Berlin (Merkel & Co.), Paris (Hollande & Co.), Brussels (Juncker & Co.) etc. are engaged in an outright joint criminal conspiracy to facilitate Islamic conquest by normalizing Islamic terrorism, which is being de-jihadized in a grotesque manner. The tools of their trade are transparent: continuing importation of millions of Muslims—thousands of actual, and tens of thousands of potential terrorists included—and fanatically surreal denial of the true nature of what is happening.
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Finland: Mannerheim Memorial Raises Hackles in Russia
Marshal C.G.E. Mannerheim might be a Finnish hero, but he spent a large portion of his early life in Saint Petersburg as a loyal soldier in the tsarist army before Finland became independent. Recently his old barracks in the city erected a plaque honouring the Marshal of Finland, and that’s not been to everyone’s liking.
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France: Teenage Girl Charged With Planning Jihadist Attack
A French court on Monday remanded in custody a 16 year old girl accused of planning a jihadist attack in a country on edge following a series of brutal terror assaults, a judicial source said, according to AFP.
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gfs.bern to Study Discrimination Against Muslims
The Swiss research institute gfs.bern has signed a contract with a local lobbying organisation connected with the Turkish government to conduct a survey of discrimination experienced by Muslims in Switzerland.
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Manhunt for Belgian Teen Jihadi Who Called for Extermination of Christians
Belgian police on Tuesday were hunting for a 15-year-old boy seen on a recent video calling for “the murder of all Christians.”
Footage published on a French website reveals the unnamed teenager speaking in Arabic, proclaiming, “Oh Allah, destroy the odious Christians. Oh Allah Kill them all,” The Telegraph reported.
The teenager, who is the son of a radical imam, is also quoted as stating, “Don’t spare any of them,” in reference to the annihilation of Christians.
The video, recorded in Verviers, has city government officials on high alert. Mayor Muriel Targnion ordered police to uncover the boy’s whereabouts “as a matter of urgency,” according to reports.
Police have identified the boy and have confirmed he was on a list of radicalized individuals, but withheld his name, The Telegraph added.
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Poll: Third Spanish Election Won’t End Limbo
Spain has now spent eight months without a full government, since anti-austerity party Podemos and liberals Ciudadanos (“Citizens”) burst into the national parliament, taking a third of seats.
Yet a return to the ballot box would only produce another fragmented parliament, a poll by state-run Centre for Sociological Studies (CIS) showing only Spain’s Socialist Party would gain from a third election.
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A taxi driver has been sentenced to at least 27 years in prison for the brutal murder of Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah.
Tanveer Ahmed, 32, travelled from Yorkshire to Glasgow to confront Mr Shah at his store in March before pulling out a knife and stabbing the 40-year-old.
Ahmed claimed to have been offended by clips Mr Shah had posted online, which he said “disrespected the Prophet Muhammad”.
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Scotland: Man Who Murdered Glasgow Shopkeeper Asad Shah in Sectarian Attack Jailed
A man from Bradford has been jailed for a minimum of 27 years for the “barbaric, premeditated” murder of Asad Shah, a shopkeeper in Glasgow.
Tanveer Ahmed, from Toller, Bradford, had admitted to repeatedly stabbing Shah to death outside his shop in the Shawlands area of the city in March this year in a sectarian attack motivated by hatred of Shah’s religious views.
Ahmed, a Sunni Muslim, confessed to confronting and then attacking Shah because the shopkeeper was an open adherent of the Ahmadi branch of Islam, which believes that the prophet Muhammad was not the final Muslim prophet.
[Islam. A religion of peace.]
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Scotland: Tanveer Ahmed Jailed for 27 Years for the Murder of Glasgow Shopkeeper Asad Shah
Tanveer Ahmed drove to Glasgow from Bradford on March 24 to confront Shah before stabbing him to death in a ‘religiously motivated’ attack.
The man who brutally murdered Glaswegian shopkeeper Asad Shah has been sentenced to a minimum 27 years in prison at the High Court in Glasgow today.
Tanveer Ahmed drove to Glasgow from Bradford on March 24 to confront Shah before stabbing him to death in a ‘religiously motivated’ attack at his south side convenience store.
As Ahmed was led away in court, he raised a clenched fist and shouted loudly: “Praise for the Prophet Muhammad, there is only one Prophet.”
Some of his supporters responded by raising their arms and repeating the phrase.
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Scotland: Chilling New Video Shows Moment Murderer Confronts Glasgow Shopkeeper Asad Shah
CHILLING footage shows the moment Tanveer Ahmed confronted Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah.
CCTV footage released by the Crown Office shows him talking to Shah inside the Shawlands store just moments before he subjected him to a brutal knife attack.
The 32-year-old travelled from Yorkshire to Glasgow in March after claiming the shopkeeper “disrespected the Prophet Muhammad”.
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Teenage Girl Charged With Planning Attack in France
PARIS, Franc — A French court on Monday remanded in custody a 16-year-old girl accused of planning a jihadist attack in a country on edge following a series of brutal terror assaults, a judicial source said.
The teenager was charged with “criminal conspiracy with terrorists” and “provocation to committing terrorist acts using online communication”, the source said on condition of anonymity.
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‘Terror Threats’ Against Austrian Police Stations
Austrian authorities said they increased security measures after receiving emailed “terror threats” towards police stations but added there was “no need to panic”.
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U.K. Flight Bookings Increase After Brexit Vote
Flight bookings to the U.K. jumped considerably after the June 23 referendum vote to leave the European Union, according to travel data intelligence company ForwardKeys.
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UK: New Powers to Tackle Slavery at Sea
Thousands of law enforcement officers across the United Kingdom will be empowered to join the fight against modern slavery at sea using new powers in the Modern Slavery Act which come into force today (8 August 2016).
The new powers will enable officers from Border Force, police forces and the National Crime Agency (NCA) to board and search vessels, seize evidence and arrest offenders, where it is suspected that modern slavery is taking place.
Officers will be able to intercept vessels with reasonable grounds, arrest offenders and rescue victims from ships in UK waters.
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UK: Rotherham Scandal: Scared Abuse Victims Not Reporting Crimes Over Fear of Losing Children
GIRLS who have been subjected to horrific sexual abuse by grooming gangs in Rotherham are refusing to come forward and report the crimes over fears social services will take away their children.
As part of a Rotherham investigation series being revealed this week, Express.co.uk has learnt how victims of industrial scale child sexual exploitation (CSE) in the Yorkshire town have been left too scared to go to the police because council workers are more interested in taking their children off them than offering support, it has been claimed.
Campaigners and victims have told this website that social workers are threatening to take children away from grown women even if they come forward to report sexual abuse that they suffered as a child.
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UK: Two Arrested in Coventry for Syria-Related Terrorism Offences
Two men have been arrested in Coventry this morning on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences.
A 32-year-old man and a 26-year-old man have been arrested from separate addresses in the city.
They are held on suspicion of financing terrorism and officers are continuing to carry out enquiries at the addresses.
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UK: Two Men Arrested in Coventry Over Syria Terror Offences
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences in Coventry.
The men, aged 32 and 26, were arrested earlier on Tuesday on suspicion of financing terrorism, police said.
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Viking Traders Spread Comfy-to-Ride Horses Around the World, DNA Suggests
Ancient DNA reveals ambling horses, comfortable to ride over rough roads, first appeared in medieval England, and were spread worldwide by Vikings
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Al-Quds Intifada Summer Camps in Gaza Offer Training in Stabbing, Firearms, Tunnel Combat
On July 16, 2016, Hamas’s military wing, the ‘Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, launched its annual “Pioneers of Liberation” summer camps in Gaza. This year’s camps were dedicated to the “Al-Quds Intifada” (i.e., Jerusalem Intifada), which is the Palestinian name for the wave of attacks against Israelis, especially in Jerusalem, in the past few months.
The camps lasted two weeks and were attended by some 30,000 children and youths; activities included firearms training and other military training, civil defense exercises, and lessons in religion and in battle heritage. According to ‘Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam officials, “the goal of the camps is to stoke the embers of jihad among the generation of liberation, to inculcate Islamic values and to prepare the army of victory for liberating Palestine.”
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Elite British Forces Pictured on Syria’s Front Line ‘To Decapitate the Head of Terror’
A New Syrian Army spokesman also confirmed the rebel group is getting weapons from the Pentagon.
Pictures of British special forces operating on the ground in the fight against the Islamic State (Isis) in Syria have emerged. The images — which were taken in June — show a dozen special forces soldiers helping to defend a Syrian rebel base from IS (Daesh).
In the pictures obtained by the BBC, troops are seen operating on the front line inside the war-torn nation for the first time. The photographs were taken in the aftermath of an IS attack on the rebel New Syrian Army base of Al Tanf, situated close to the border with Iraq.
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Notorious Iraq Militia Leader Once Held by US Threatens Americans on the Battlefield
The powerful commander of an Iran-backed Shiite militia in Iraq — whom the U.S. freed after the kidnapping deaths of four American soldiers in 2007 — has hinted that his fighters could blend in with Iraqi forces to kill Americans on the battlefield in Mosul.
Qais al-Khazali, leader of the paramilitary group Asaib Ahl al-Haq, “brags that he can wear any uniform in the Iraqi military, meaning that right now, his men are part of the Iraqi security forces that our men and women are training and advising. All he has to do is give the order,” former military intelligence officer Michael Pregent told “America’s Election HQ” on Monday. “He will return to violence, and he has American blood on his hands.”
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Renewed Saudi Airstrikes in Yemen Hit Civilian Targets
The Saudi-led military coalition has resumed bombing Yemen’s capital after a five-month pause. An overnight airstrike on a potato chip plant has killed at least nine civilian workers.
The United Nations has criticized Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies for waging an often indiscriminate air campaign on he country. The military coalition has also imposed a near-blockade aimed at weapons shipments to the Houthis — Shiite fighters allied with Iran — who control the capital and surrounding countryside.
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Saudi Judo Competitor ‘Forfeits Her First Round Match to Avoid Going Up Against an Israeli’
A Saudi judo competitor forfeited her first round match at the Olympic Games to avoid going up against a rival from Israel, it has been claimed.
Joud Fahmy was supposed to have taken on Christianne Legentil from Mauritius for the right to take on Israel’s Gili Cohen in the next round.
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Turkey: US Shouldn’t ‘Sacrifice’ Alliance Over Muslim Cleric
Turkey’s justice minister said Tuesday the United States would be sacrificing its alliance with Turkey to “a terrorist” if it were to refuse to extradite a U.S.-based Muslim cleric who the government says is behind the July 15 failed coup.
Bekir Bozdag also told the state-run Anadolu Agency that anti-American sentiment in Turkey is reaching “its peak” over the issue of cleric Fethullah Gulen’s return, and risks turning into hatred.
Gulen, who lives in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania, has denied involvement in the violent coup attempt that left more than 270 people dead.
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Putin Mends Broken Relations With Turkey’s Erdogan
The leaders of Russia and Turkey have patched up a damaging quarrel, pledging to restore close economic relations.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russian trade sanctions on Turkey would be phased out “step by step”.
“The priority is to get back to the pre-crisis level of co-operation,” he told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in St Petersburg.
Their relations soured last November when Turkey shot down a Russian bomber on the Syrian border.
It is Mr Erdogan’s first foreign visit since an attempted coup last month. He has since launched a far-reaching purge of the armed forces and other state institutions.
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Islamic State, Taliban Form Alliance in Afghanistan to Focus on US-Backed Forces
Islamic State and the Taliban, after more than a year of fierce combat, have forged a patchwork cease-fire across much of eastern Afghanistan that has helped both insurgencies regroup and counter U.S.-backed efforts to dislodge them.
Until several months ago, Islamic State fought bloody battles with local Taliban units over fighters and territory in several provinces.
But recently, Afghan officials say, the two insurgencies have worked out local deals to stop fighting each other and turn their sights on the government. The upshot is that Islamic State has been able to focus on fighting U.S.- backed Afghan forces in Nangarhar province and shift north into Kunar province, establishing a new foothold in a longtime Taliban and former al Qaeda stronghold.
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Bitfinex Users to Share 36% of Bitcoin Losses After Hack
People who stored bitcoins at a popular exchange have been told they will lose 36% of their assets following a cyber-attack.
Hong Kong-based Bitfinex, where many users had stored the virtual currency to be used in transactions, said it lost up to $65m (£49m) in an attack.
The impact of the loss will now be shared across the site’s users.
One Bitcoin expert said the move to “socialise” losses had serious implications for digital currencies.
“Anyone who holds any asset at any exchange realises they’re part of the insurance plan for others,” said Emin Gun Sirer at Cornell University.
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Japan Says Ties With China ‘Deteriorating’ Over Disputed Islands
Japan’s foreign minister has warned that ties with China are “significantly deteriorating”, after Chinese vessels repeatedly entered disputed waters in the East China Sea.
Fumio Kishida said he had called China’s ambassador to protest against the “incursions”.
On Friday, about 230 Chinese fishing boats and coast guard vessels sailed near islands claimed by both countries.
Beijing has been increasingly assertive about waters it believes are Chinese.
The Japan-controlled, uninhabited islands — known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China — are the source of a long-running dispute.
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New Photos Apparently Show China Building Fighter Jet Hangars on Disputed Islands
Satellite photos released on Monday appear to show China making progress on construction of at least two dozen hardened concrete hangars suitable for housing Chinese air force planes, including strategic bombers and inflight refuelers, on disputed islands in the South China Sea.
Meanwhile, the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet on Tuesday called for more military transparency to help calm simmering tensions in the region. Adm. Scott Swift also criticized China-Russia joint naval exercises planned next month in the South China Sea, saying the choice of location would not help with “increasing the stability within the region.”
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Thousands of Nigerian refugees indoctrinated in Boko Haram camps are heading to Europe’s shores as a famine intensifies, security sources have warned.
Five children are dying an hour with 250,000 at risk of starvation while parliament remains hamstrung in a political wrangle.
Despite being Africa’s oil-rich country Nigeria’s civil war with Islamic terrorists has left the north-east Borno region devastated with three million refugees.
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Venezuelan Opposition Decries Recall Vote’s Schedule
CARACAS, Venezuela—Venezuela’s national electoral agency on Tuesday unveiled a schedule for a recall referendum against President Nicolás Maduro, a timetable the opposition decried, saying it would delay the vote long enough for the ruling party to stay in power regardless of the outcome.
Tibisay Lucena, head of the CNE agency, said Tuesday that if the opposition alliance submits the right paperwork on time, it could collect the four million signatures required to trigger the plebiscite on Mr. Maduro’s rule in late October, the earliest possible date allowed by internal rules. If the drive is successful, the agency would have four months to call the referendum, putting the likely vote in early February.
The timing is crucial. If the referendum is held after Jan. 10 and Mr. Maduro is ousted, Vice President Aristóbulo Istúriz would serve out the term ending in 2019, ensuring the continuation of Maduro policies of price and currency controls. A referendum held before that date wouldn’t only remove the president but it would also trigger new elections, which the polls show would result in a landslide opposition victory.
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Fears of a ‘Calais in Italy’ As Migrants Keep Flooding Across the Mediterranean
Italy fears “another Calais” on its border with France as desperate migrants and refugees are thwarted in their bid to cross the frontier and reach northern Europe.
Tighter border controls by the French authorities have created a bottleneck around the Italian town of Ventimiglia, just a few miles from the French border.
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Germany Arrests Syrian Refugee Suspected of Planning Attack
German police have arrested a 24-year-old Syrian refugee after receiving a tip-off that he was planning a possible Islamist-motivated attack, state officials in North-Rhine Westphalia said on Tuesday.
Germany, Europe’s economic powerhouse and the destination for more than 1.3 million migrants in the last year, is on high alert after two attacks claimed by Islamic State that left several injured and the two attackers dead.
The Syrian man, who was arrested in the neighboring state of Rhineland-Palatinate on Friday, remains in police custody, the North-Rhine Westphalia interior ministry said in a statement.
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Germany: Pregnant Woman Kicked in Stomach by Asylum Seeker as Violence Erupts at Refugee Camp
A HEAVILY pregnant woman was rushed into hospital after being kicked in the stomach by an asylum seeker during a mass brawl at a refugee camp.
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Germany’s Migrant Rape Crisis Spirals Out of Control
Suppression of data about migrant rapes is “Germany-wide phenomenon.”
by Soeren Kern
Germany’s migrant rape crisis has now spread to cities and towns in all 16 of Germany’s federal states. Germany now finds itself in a vicious circle: most of the perpetrators are never found, and the few who are frequently receive lenient sentences. Only one in 10 rapes in Germany is reported and just 8% of rape trials result in convictions, according to Minister of Justice Heiko Maas.
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‘Great Wall of Calais’ Won’t Stop Migrants, Aid Group Says
Work is set to begin next month on a giant wall that’s aimed at blocking migrants from trying to jump aboard lorries heading for the port of Calais. But aid organisations say it’s a waste of money.
Britain is spending some €2.7 million on a concrete wall along the main approach road to the ferry port of Calais in a bid to prevent migrants and refugees from trying to jump aboard trucks bound for the UK.
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Merkel’s Open-Door Immigration Policy Will End in Disaster, Warns Syrian Expert
Political scientist and professor of international relations Bassam Tibi, 72, has issued a strong message to Angela Merkel over her open door policy for Syrians fleeing war and persecution demanding they go through a process of “re-education”.
But Tibi said in most cases said Germany has handled in all wrong.
Tibi, who moved to the country in the 1960s, said the country had no strategy in place to re-educate the hundreds of thousands arriving into the country to teach them about democracy and responsibility.
He also revealed police are more worried about being branded racist than in seriously tackling asylum seeker crime. …
He puts the blame on the German government for not having any policy.
The expert said: “I see no integration concept, no immigration policy, I see only chaos. The people who are here have to be re-educated.
“The Germans were in 1945 mostly Nazis. Hitler ruled with the consent of the majority of Germans. The Germans were then transformed by the West into democrats.
“I demand a re-education for migrants from the world of Islam: a re-education of the patriarchal culture towards democracy.
“The Germans think that everything can be regulated by law, which is part of their authoritarian tradition. But the education of values is a social task.” …
“The German is always a Nazi or a do-gooder and what is forgotten is that these are the two sides of the same coin.”
He said unless the country managed to re-educate those that are arriving, it would lead to a hardening of attitudes and added: “I’m afraid that the good people of today are tomorrow’s Nazis.”
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Switzerland Sees Rise in Child Victims of Forced Marriage
The number of child victims of forced marriage is on the rise in Switzerland, according to a victims’ organization.
The Centre of Competance against Forced Marriage, or Zwangsheirat, a Zurich-based support organization for victims of the practice, has uncovered 119 cases of marriage involving minors (aged under 18) this year so far.
The majority of this year’s victims are immigrants to Switzerland from Eritrea, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria, said the centre’s director Anu Sivaganesan in an interview with NZZ am Sonntag.
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UK: Gang Leader Jailed Over Trafficked Girls
A Nigerian woman has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for attempting to traffic Nigerian girls through Heathrow Airport to work as sex workers in brothels across Europe.
Franca Asemota, 38, from Benin City, fled from Italy to Nigeria when some of her co-conspirators were arrested by Immigration Enforcement in 2012.
But the National Crime Agency tracked her down to Nigeria and she was extradited back to the UK in January this year.
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Among Both Visitors and Staff, National Park Service Looks to Grow Diversity
As the National Park Service celebrates its centennial this August, the agency is turning its focus to making sure both visitors and staff are more diverse. The National Park Service had record high attendance last year — 307 million visitors, to be precise — but fewer than 20 percent of those attendees were minorities.
This is a stark contrast from the country’s actual makeup. According to Census data, minorities comprise nearly 40 percent of the nation.
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If folks are too dumb to take a walk in the park, we’re in trouble.
Re “UK: Flight Bookings Increase after Brexit Vote”. This is likely due to the fall in the value of the pound. I still think we should leave.
Breitbart newsite is reporting that Mateen was invited to attend the DNC by Hilary.