[Daily Caller] One of the biggest mysteries looming over the Trump-Russia saga is the identity of the political donors who hired opposition research firm Fusion GPS to investigate Donald Trump.
Almost no information has been provided in press reports about a Hillary Clinton ally who, last June, reportedly hired Fusion GPS to investigate the former real estate magnate. Fusion would go on to hire former British spy Christopher Steele to carry out that investigation. He compiled a 35-page dossier of uncorroborated allegations about Trump’s activities in Russia that BuzzFeed News published in January.
Some clues have been released regarding a Republican who reportedly hired Fusion GPS. According to news reports, that client is a major GOP donor who was adamantly opposed to Trump. They reportedly hired Fusion GPS in Sept. 2015 and paid the Washington, D.C.-based firm nearly $1 million to investigate Trump.
Determining the identity of the donors has proved difficult. Glenn Simpson, the co-founder of Fusion GPS and a former Wall Street Journal reporter, isn’t saying. During a 10-hour interview with the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Simpson declined to identify any of his clients, citing confidentiality agreements.
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John Konrad of gCaptain lays out the forks in the road for doing what is right for this issue of the collisions of the USS Fitzgerald and the USS John S. McCain. But it goes farther than that. Whether you are in govt or the military, John Boyd laid it all out as a simple fork in the road. RTWT.
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The road to cleaner, meltdown-proof nuclear power has taken a big step forward. Researchers at NRG, a Dutch nuclear materials firm, have begun the first tests of nuclear fission using thorium salts since experiments ended at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the early 1970s.
Thorium has several advantages over uranium, the fuel that powers most nuclear reactors in service today. First, it's much harder to weaponize. Second, as we pointed out last year in a long read on thorium-salt reactors, designs that call for using it in a liquid form are, essentially, self-regulating and fail-safe.
The team at NRG is testing several reactor designs on a small scale at first. The first experiment is on a setup called a molten-salt fast reactor, which burns thorium salt and in theory should also be able to consume spent nuclear fuel from typical uranium fission reactions.
The tests come amid renewed global interest in thorium. While updated models of uranium-fueled power plants are struggling mightily to get off the ground in the U.S., several startup companies are exploring molten-salt reactors. China, meanwhile, is charging ahead with big plans for its nuclear industry, including a heavy bet on thorium-based reactors. The country plans to have the first such power plants hooked up to the grid inside 15 years. If they pull it off, it might just help usher in a safer future for nuclear power.
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The engineer who was fired by Google after he criticized the company’s diversity policies for ignoring differences between the sexes hired civil rights lawyer Harmeet Dhillon, who was widely reported months ago to be a contender for a top job in the U.S. Justice Department.
Dhillon confirmed Wednesday that she’s representing James Damore, who has said he plans to sue his ex-employer over his firing. He set off a firestorm this month with a 10-page memo blasting Google’s "left bias" for creating a "politically correct monoculture."
"We are also engaging with several other Google employees or former employees who have suffered adverse employment actions at Google," Dhillon said in a statement. "We are exploring all potential legal avenues for these clients, and gathering facts about working conditions at Google, particularly for those whose views are inconsistent with Google’s political orthodoxy."
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Punitive damages. Google has deep, deep pockets so the punitive damages must be at least a billion for the punishment to hurt the way it must. Gotta make it hurt.
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'several other Google employees' = class action lawsuit? Not that it'd make much of a difference - I think Google has every incentive to settle before the discovery phase.
[American Thinker] The Muslim Brotherhood has penetrated every one of our national security agencies, including our intelligence agencies, according to retired Navy admiral James "Ace" Lyons, former commander of the U.S. Pacific fleet. Adm. Lyons made this startling declaration Jan. 16, 2015 during a conference sponsored by the Center for Security Policy, a conservative Washington, D.C. think-tank.
In the two years since, no action has been taken to reverse this dangerous situation. Empowerment of individuals of questionable loyalties within our intelligence community continues unabated, as does a counterfactual view of Islam and thwarting of terrorist investigations. Our government routinely targets and cashiers productive, legitimate counter-terrorism experts and fails to label terrorist organizations as such. U.S. intelligence failures and feckless politicization have gone on for years, rendering our protections against terrorism ineffectual and putting our country at grave risk.
Post-9/11 Infiltration of the FBI
The terrorist attacks of 9/11 paradoxically led to major infiltration, according to Paul Sperry, author of Infiltration: How Muslim Spies and Subversives Have Penetrated Washington. After 9/11, the FBI sought to rapidly hire more Arabic-speaking translators, Perry writes in his 2005 book. Arabic-speaking Jews applied, many of them retired linguists formerly with Israeli radio and the Israeli army, but only one was ever hired. Then-FBI director Robert Mueller, who had mandated Muslim sensitivity classes for agents, confirmed that the hires were blocked by misgivings over "dual loyalty" and concerns for Arab Muslims who might be offended to work with Jews.
Further, Mueller onerously screened Jewish applicants but expedited Arab Muslim candidates, hiring some without full background checks. One Pakistani woman earned a top-secret clearance despite a prior FBI investigation of her father's Taliban and al-Qaeda ties. Once hired, she proselytized, led prayer groups, and lobbied for separate bathrooms for Muslim translators. Six months later, the FBI discovered its radio frequencies leaked to Pakistan. Even more astonishing, the woman's sons were later hired to translate classified material.
Sperry's book details how Mueller allowed thousands of potential terrorists to apply by seeking translators from CAIR, ISNA, and the American Muslim Council, an organization founded by convicted terrorist Abdurahman Alamoudi.
Indeed, some Arab Muslim translators who were hired went on to warn individuals under government investigation, failed to translate large sections of surveillance log conversations, and created a backlog by translating slowly. Translators also accepted gifts from foreign targets and had romantic ties to terrorists. And on it goes.
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Then-FBI director Robert Mueller, who had mandated Muslim sensitivity classes for agents, confirmed that the hires were blocked by misgivings over "dual loyalty" and concerns for Arab Muslims who might be offended to work with Jews.
I remember that vividly, though I'd forgotten who was then in charge. Kindle sample downloaded for reading when I get home. President Trump has his work cut out for him.
[American Thinker] What we saw emerging in Charlottesville was the violent wing of the unholy alliance that exists in tandem with what is called "the swamp." Democrats and even some renegade Republicans have their tentacles deep into our duly elected president's administration with a malign purpose: to bring him down.
The ultimate aim is to overturn President Trump's election victory over Hillary Clinton and usher in a pervasive, debilitating socialist and statist regime in America.
A friend and fellow journalist who lives in Charlottesville called me and pointed out that Virginia's Democrat governor, Terry McAuliffe, has much to answer for with respect to the violence that ensued in his state and in Charlottesville.
According to my friend, the governor had deliberately chosen to spend the night in Charlottesville before the violence broke out. He had stayed at the city's Boar's Head Inn.
Certainly, eyewitnesses and reporters agree that while the violence was instigated by neo-Nazis, it was met with bloody counterattacks by left-wingers and black-shirted anarchists wearing masks. Indeed, Antifa ‐ short for "anti-fascist" ‐ protesters came armed with pepper spray, bricks, clubs, and worse.
The most compelling question my friend asked was this: "Does the Democrat governor and mayor's failure to secure the streets make them morally or legally responsible?" Indeed, McAuliffe had allegedly claimed that the white nationalists who streamed into Charlottesville that weekend hid weapons throughout the town.
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President Trump better look at the funding part of chaos and unrest. I am VERY concerned that it has not happened yet. The FBI is compromised at the top. Are there any inroads to cleaning this up. This is one fetid swamp. A superfund site.
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if by 'instigated' you mean by being there with flags & stuff.
[AlManar] A child bomber killed four members of a local self-defense group late Tuesday in northern Cameroon ...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there... , an area often targeted by Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... bandidossnuffies in their long-running insurgency.
The attack in the village of Amchide, near the Nigerian border, was confirmed on Wednesday by a member of the self-defense force who requested anonymity, as well as by a security source in the capital, Yaounde.
"I was in my sector when I heard a large kaboom in another part of the town," the self-defense source said.
"We saw that a boy had blown himself up in the middle of a group from the security committee," he said.
Two people were killed immediately, while two others died from their wounds later, he added.
Attacks attributed to Boko Haram fighters have flared in northern Cameroon in recent weeks after months of relative calm, often targeting self-defense groups set up to respond to the jihadist threat.
[Daily Caller] The government has cleared the way for Amazon to purchase Whole Foods, Inc., in a deal worth as much as $13.7 billion.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said in a Wednesday statement that the deal would not violate antitrust laws or result in creation of an anticompetitive market.
"Based on our investigation we have decided not to pursue this matter further," Bruce Hoffman, the Acting Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition, said in the statement. "Of course, the FTC always has the ability to investigate anticompetitive conduct should such action be warranted."
The board of directors for organic food seller Whole Foods approved the sale earlier Wednesday, CNBC reports.
The deal means that Amazon, owned by Jeff Bezos, will enter the traditional retail food market, in addition to controlling a large percentage of online sales.
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...or result in creation of an anticompetitive market
Really, you guys been locked in the Beltway for a long time haven't you? For good or bad, Amazon has been leveraging itself hammering others in the market and you haven't got a clue. What China has done to American jobs and manufacturing, Amazon has been doing to distribution and marketing and you use the word anticompetitive? You may understand the 'legalistic' term, but not the intent.
[Townhall] The battle between President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell keeps escalating, with the two leaders reportedly getting into heated phone calls earlier this month about how to move a successful Republican agenda on Capitol Hill. Now, they aren't speaking.
The relationship between President Trump and Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, has disintegrated to the point that they have not spoken to each other in weeks, and Mr. McConnell has privately expressed uncertainty that Mr. Trump will be able to salvage his administration after a series of summer crises.
What was once an uneasy governing alliance has curdled into a feud of mutual resentment and sometimes outright hostility, complicated by the position of Mr. McConnell’s wife, Elaine L. Chao, in Mr. Trump’s cabinet, according to more than a dozen people briefed on their imperiled partnership. Angry phone calls and private badmouthing have devolved into open conflict, with the president threatening to oppose Republican senators who cross him, and Mr. McConnell mobilizing to their defense.
But according to new polling, Trump is trouncing McConnell in his home state of Kentucky and overwhelmingly beats the majority leader on approval from voters.
A Public Policy Polling survey found just 18 percent of respondents approve of the job McConnell is doing, compared with 74 percent who disapprove.
President Trump has an approval rating of 60 percent in Kentucky. Slightly more than one-third of respondents, 36 percent, disapprove of the job the president is doing.
During a town hall meeting in the Blue Grass State at the start of the August recess, McConnell said Trump had "excessive expectations" about how quickly legislation should move after an Obamacare repeal bill failed in the Senate by a single vote.
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McConnell isn't running for reelection until 2020 so he doesn't give a crap about Trump retaliating. By then Trump will retire or be neck deep in his own reelection campaign.
[Iran Press TV] The Iranian Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned a Saudi Arclight airstrike against residential areas in the Yemeni province of Sana’a, calling on the UN to step up efforts to put an end to Saudi aerial raids on its impoverished neighbor.
On Wednesday, an Arclight airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition pounding Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... struck a two-story hotel near the capital Sana’a, killing 46 people, according to the latest tally by Lebanese al-Mayadeen television channel.
The fighter jets targeted a hotel in the town of Arhab, about 35 kilometers north of Sana’a, officials said.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Bahram Qassemi called on the UN and other international bodies to investigate the killing of civilians in the attack.
"The escalation of attacks on residential buildings and civilian targets and preventing relevant international bodies and organizations from delivering aid amount to the violation of humanitarian principles and standards," Qassemi said.
He called on the UN and the influential countries in the Yemeni conflict to double their efforts to put an immediate halt to the attacks and guarantee the safety and security of civilians, especially children and women.
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[Free Beacon] Former FBI Director James Comey will deliver a keynote address at Howard University in September, and will join the faculty in a part-time role this fall.
Comey, who was fired as President Donald Trump's FBI director in May, will speak at the opening convocation ceremony next month. The annual event is designed to welcome students to the historically black university, Politico reported Wednesday.
The newly appointed 2017-2018 Gwendolyn S. and Colbert I. King Endowed Chair in Public Policy will also deliver a series of five lectures related to public policy, the university announced in a press release.
"I am pleased to welcome Mr. Comey to Howard," Howard University President Wayne A.I. Frederick wrote. "His expertise and understanding of the challenges we continue to face today will go a long way in sparking rich discussion and advancing meaningful debates across campus."
The King Chair was "established to provide students access to experienced, senior public service executives who developed and advanced public policy initiatives," according to the press release.
[AlMasdar] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) continued their march towards Deir Ezzor, today, targeting the Islamic State’s (ISIL) last positions in central Syria.
Backed by the 3rd and 5th legions, the Syrian Arab Army’s Tiger Forces stormed the strategic mountain of Jabal Al-Dahk in the northern countryside of Al-Sukhnah this morning.
Within hours of launching the attack, the Syrian Arab Army had seized two tanks and one BMP, while also dismantling two IEDs in the Jabal Al-Dahk area.
The Syrian Army would take full control of the western half of Jabal Al-Dahk by the early afternoon hours, forcing the Islamic State to retreat to the eastern part of the mountain.
As a result of today’s advance, the Syrian Arab Army is now on the verge of closing the last gap separating their forces in the eastern countryside of the Homs Governorate.
[AlMasdar] On Wednesday, a total of 177 insurgents turned themselves in to authorities in rural Homs after signing an amnesty decree which saves them from trial in return for putting down their weapons.
All the surrendered Islamist militants originated from the long-standing rebel strongholds of Talbiseh and Rastan, AMN field correspondent Ibrahim Joudeh said. These two towns are known to be under Ahrar Al-Sham’s and Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham’s (HTS) control.
According to another military source close to Al-Masdar News, the Russian Reconciliation Center played a key role in facilitating the deal which was negotiated over several weeks.
In addition, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) took over a large batch of weaponry which the militants had brought with them. Several similar deals have taken place in previous months, suggesting opposition morale to be at an all-time low.
The frontline around the northern Homs pocket has been largely static since 2014. A de-escalation deal currently covers the region although HTS proudly boasted an artillery bombardment of the Al-Zarah Thermal Power Plant yesterday.
[AlMasdar] Units of the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) elite Tiger Forces operating in northeast Homs Governorate have resumed offensive operations in the direction of the provincial border with Deir Ezzor Governorate.
After securing Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi to the east of the town of al-Taybah yesterday, the Tiger Forces have since continued to advance, driving east yet again, now coming into contact with and storming ISIS positions on the outskirts of the al-Latom al-Sharqiyah and al-Latom al-Gharibyah areas.
According to a military source exclusive to Al-Masdar News, the areas of al-Latom al-Sharqiyah and al-Latom al-Gharibyah should soon be secured by the Tiger Forces given the general state of rout the ISIS militants they come into contact with are in.
[AlMasdar] The Islamic State’s (ISIL) last supply in central Syria is under a heavy assault from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their allies, making this one of the most important battles to take place inside the country.
Led by the Tiger Forces, alongside the 3rd and 5th Legions, the Syrian Arab Army has made major headway in the northeastern countryside of the Homs Governorate these last few days, liberating several sites between the strategic towns of Resafa (Al-Raqqa) and Al-Sukhnah (Homs).
While ISIL is throwing everything they have at the Syrian Army, they are struggling to hold the gap that is separating the latter’s forces in central Syria.
Earlier this morning, the Syrian Arab Army stormed the terrorist group’s defenses at Al-Dahl Mountain, which is the location of the Islamic State’s last positions between this gap.
According to a military source in Palmyra, the Syrian Arab Army is attempting to force the remaining Islamic State militants to retreat from Al-Dahl Mountain; however, thus far, the terrorist group has refused to withdraw from the area due to its imperative supply line that feeds its forces in northeast Homs.
[AlMasdar] The elite pro-government ISIS Hunters carried out another special operation in central Syria, capturing an Islamic State (ISIS) bunker in the eastern countryside of the Homs Governorate.
Video of bunker can be seen at the link.
Upon entering the terrorist group’s bunker, the ISIS Hunter’s discovered a spacious corridor that protected the Islamic State fighters from artillery shells and missiles.
The terrorist group also had prepared food, drugs, Wahhabi books printed from Kuwait, and telecommunication devices all stored in this well-ventilated bunker.
ISIS Hunters were filmed entering and capturing the terrorist group’s bunker by their official media wing over the weekend; it was one of the many operations they have carried out across central Syria.
[AlMasdar] With ISIS lines throughout central Syria collapsing before a relentless onslaught by pro-government forces, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is now eyeing-out to secure one of the largest oil fields in the region that has been under the control of the terrorist group since its successful Palmyra offensive in December 2016.
After capturing the strategic town of Huwaysis in central Homs Governorate two days, the SAA has continued advancing southwest of the al-Sha’er mountain chain securing, as of today, the hilltops of Abedin, Qart al-Aridah, Qart al-Taheen and Qubour al-Shaalan; smaller, unnamed hills east of Qart al-Aridah have also been secured.
By this advance, the SAA has now flanked the al-Mahr Oil Field (one of the largest in central Syria) from three axes, leaving only one safe route for ISIS to retreat from. The oil field and its surrounding area area expected to be liberated very soon.
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[AlMasdar] Syrian Arab Army (SAA) forces, led by the elite 800th Regiment of the Republican Guard, have advanced deep into the desert countryside east of the strategic town of al-Sukhnah, slicing their way through ISIS defenses as they push towards Deir Ezzor Governorate.
With all eyes focused north of al-Sukhnah where 5th Assault Corps is poised to link up with units of the elite Tiger Forces pushing from southern Raqqa, the sudden advance made on this new axis east of the town late yesterday comes as a genuine surprise.
The advance saw the SAA secure road and hilltops alongside Sukhnah-Deir Ezzor highway (M20) to a depth of twenty kilometers.
ISIS by no means surrendered the land it lost yesterday without a fight and in attempting (but failing) to repel army forces, the terrorist groups ended up losing four (4) armed Toyota pickups destroyed and around a dozen fighters killed.
Furthermore the terrorist group threw two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIED) at advancing SAA units, however army troops managed to destroy both car bombs before they could reach their targets.
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[DAWN] The Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... High Court (BHC) on Wednesday rejected the bail application of Public Accounts Committee Chairman Majeed Khan Achakzai in a case pertaining to the death of a traffic policeman who was allegedly run over by the politician's car.
A traffic sergeant, Haji Attaullah, was run over and killed near Quetta's GPO Chowk in June when a vehicle allegedly belonging to the politician ran him over.
The incident had come to light shortly after footage of the politician's vehicle ramming into the traffic officer began circulating on social media.
The politician was taken into police custody after a campaign on social media mounted pressure on the government to arrest him.
Earlier, when Achakzai was remanded into policy custody, he confessed to his involvement in the accident and claimed to have agreed to compensate the family members of the slain traffic policeman, police said.
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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Two soldiers were wounded as unknown gunmen attacked their patrol in south of the capital Baghdad, a security source was quoted saying.
Speaking to Alghad Press on Wednesday, the source said, “unknown gunmen opened fire against an army patrol in al-Hirkawi region, south of Baghdad.”
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi police forces killed two suicide bombers before attacking troops in western Baghdad on Wednesday, Baghdad police service said in a statement.
Baghdad Operations service said the two suicider attackers, putting on two explosive belts, were killed before attacking police troops at al-Saklat street in Abu Gharib region.
[AnNahar] French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo ...A lefty French satirical magazine, home of what may well be the majority if the active testicles left in Europe... published Wednesday a provocative front-page cartoon about Islam and the recent terror attacks in Spain, leading to criticism that it risked fanning Islamophobia ...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do... The latest edition of the magazine, which was targeted by Islamist gunnies in 2015, shows two people lying in a pool of blood having been run over by a van next to the words "Islam, eternal religion of peace."
A dozen hard boyz of Moroccan origin are believed to have plotted last week's attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils, where 15 people were killed and over 100 injured after a van and car were driven into crowds.
The attackers are thought by Sherlocks to have been radicalized by an bully boy Islamic preacher who died in a house where the group was trying to produce explosives.
Critics of Charlie Hebdo saw its front-page as tarring an entire religion, practiced by around 1.5 billion people worldwide, by implying it was inherently violent.
As the cartoon became one of the top trending topics on Twitter in La Belle France, prominent Socialist MP and former minister Stephane Le Foll called it "extremely dangerous."
"When you're a journalist you need to exercise restraint because making these associations can be used by other people," he said.
Charlie Hebdo editor Laurent "Riss" Sourisseau explained the choice in an editorial, saying that experts and policy-makers were avoiding hard questions out of concern for moderate law-abiding Moslems.
"The debates and questions about the role of religion, and in particular the role of Islam, in these attacks have completely disappeared," he wrote.
Charlie Hebdo lampoons all religions and religious figures, but its depictions of the Prophet Mohammed -- an act considered sinful under Islam -- led to outrage, death threats and ultimately violence.
Two gunnies who claimed allegiance to al-Qaeda killed 12 people in an attack on its offices in January 2015 which left many of its star cartoonists dead.
Hundreds of thousands of people marched through the streets of La Belle France afterwards, rallying behind the slogan "Je Suis Charlie" ("I am Charlie") in defense of the right to free speech.
Riss said in the wake of the violence that the magazine would stop depicting the prophet, leading one top journalist to quit and accuse its new management of going soft on Islamist extremism.
[EXPRESS.CO.UK] A POP concert by US band Allah Las has been cancelled and the venue evacuated amid concerns over a terror threat after police discovered a bus filled with gas bottles nearby.
Police officers wearing bulletproof vests descended on the Maassilo venue in Rotterdam while an anti-terror unit was also on-site, according to local media.
The gig was cancelled following a tip-off from Spanish police, and the mayor of Rotterdam has now confirmed a small bus with Spanish number plates as "gas bottles" was found near the venue.
Dutch coppers stopped the driver of the bus in Rotterdam and have taken him into custody.
The driver of the van is Spanish, according to El Pais, and caught the attention of nearby coppers after repeatedly going to and from the venue.
A tweet by staff at the Maassilo venue claims authorities ordered the cancellation of tonight's gig.
Dutch media claimed that police received a tip-off that a terror attack was being planned for the Allah-Las' concert and canceled the show as a precaution.
The Maassilo is an exhibition venue located in central Rotterdam, with capacity for 1,000 people.
The venue was evacuated before the concert was due to start, and images on social media show a number of concertgoers stood around outside while officers in bulletproof vests patrol the area.
The Allah Las are a US rock band from Los Angeles, Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,, currently on a European tour.
The band claim they chose to use Allah - Arabic for god - because they wanted something that sounded "holy".
However, those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things... they revealed last year that they have had complaints about their name from across the world, with some people offended by their moniker.
Lead singer Miles Michaud said: "We get emails from Moslems, here in the US and around the world, saying they’re offended, but that absolutely wasn’t our intention.
"We email back and explain why we chose the name and mainly they understand."
A van with a Spain license plate that was detained in the Rotterdam is not connected to the attacks that killed 15 people in Spain last week, a Spanish counterterrorism official said.
The official said Sherlocks discarded a possible link between the van’s driver and the myrmidon cell that carried out the attacks in and near Barcelona after questioning the driver and examining the van.
The official spoke anonymously because the Civil Guard is still probing the potential threat.
Dutch police investigating a terror threat that prompted the cancellation of a concert by an American rock band in Rotterdam locked away Please don't kill me! a 22-year-old man in the early hours of Thursday.
Spokesman Roland Ekkers told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named the man was detained by a team in the province of Brabant, a sprawling region south of Rotterdam. The exact location of the man’s detention was not immediately released.
"He is in jug and will be questioned about the threat in Rotterdam," police said in a statement, adding that they conducted a thorough search of his home. Dutch police do not generally release identities or other details of suspects in criminal investigations.
Meanwhile, ...back at the game, the Babe was wondering why the baseball kept getting bigger and bigger. Finally it hit him... police said the driver of a Spain-registered white van carrying a number of gas canisters that was stopped Wednesday night close to the Maassilo concert venue -- where the band Allah-Las had been due to perform -- is unlikely to be a suspect in the threat probe.
In a statement, police said the man was possibly drunk and will be questioned later Thursday.
Explosives experts checked his van and found nothing suspicious beyond the gas canisters, according to the police statement.
A search of the man’s home "uncovered no link with the terror threat ... at the Maassilo," police said. "The man, a repair man, had an explanation for the gas canisters that will be investigated today."
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Tal Afar (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi force continued Wednesday to recapture more areas held by Islamic State militants in the town of Tal Afar, their last holdout in Nineveh province.
The Defense Ministry’s War Media Cell quoted operations commander, Lt. Gen. Abdul-Amir Yarallah, saying forces took over al-Asheq village, besides the Kasak-Mahalabiya road in the east.
Military media also said three other villages, as well as a mountainous area called Sheikh Ibrahim, were also recaptured.
Popular Mobilization Forces, the paramilitary troops fighting the militants alongside the government, said through their media that troops took over 75 percent of al-Jazeera region, southeast of the enclave.
Military media said earlier forces had recaptured al-Tenek neighborhood in the east.
Security forces made advance on Wednesday in several directions in Tal Afar town, invading al-Tenek district, east of the town, gaining control on the medical center there and invading al-Jazeera district, in the northeast. Al-Khadraa district, in the south, was invaded, while wide regions of al-Kifah al-Shamali, in the northwest, were previously freed.
More than 1400 Islamic State militants with Arab and foreign nationalities are estimated to be in the town, according to military commanders.
The United Nations says more than 40.000 civilians have fled the town, while 30.000 others are believed to be still stranded inside.
Tal Afar (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi troops have liberated al-Tenek and al-Kifah al-Shamali districts in Tal Afar, Islamic State’s last enclave in Nineveh province.
The army’s ninth armored division as well as the 11th and 26th brigades of al-Hashd al-Shaabi [Popular Mobilization Units] managed to free al-Tenek district, located east of Tal Afar,” Lt.Gen. Abdul Amir Yarallah, commander of the Tal Afar Operations, said in statements. “Troops raised the Iraqi flag there.”
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Kurdish Peshmerga troops killed two Islamic State militants in northwest of Mosul, a security source said on Wednesday.
A suicide attacker, wearing a suicide belt, was killed by the troops, while another militant was killed near Kol Mohamed village in Zimar town, northwest of Mosul, the source told Shafaq News.
The two militants infiltrated from Aiyadhiya town, in Tal Afar, located west of Mosul.
Tal Afar (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State has ordered militants to set their headquarters on fire and withdraw from open areas, according to intelligence of paramilitary troops.
“The enemy ordered militants to burn their headquarters and withdraw from open areas in Tal Afar toward buildings and narrow alleyways,” a statement by the media service of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units) said.
On Monday, PMUs media service said IS set oil wells on fire to hinder military jets reach targets.
Tal Afar (IraqiNews.com) The pro-government paramilitary troops along with security forces have resumed advance in several directions in Tal Afar town, the last Islamic State bastion in Nineveh province.
Statements by the media service of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units) said joint troops invaded al-Tenek district, east of the town and started invasion on al-Jazeera district, in the northeast.
“Troops of the 26th and 25th brigades of the army invaded al-Tenek district and controlled the medical center there,” the service said. “PMUs along with security troops managed to pass the first defense line of al-Jazeera district. Fierce battles are currently ongoing there.”
Earlier today, “the 26th brigade, backed by army jets, resumed its advance in al-Khadraa district, in south of Tal Afar.”
Another statement said troops “targeted IS locations, west of Mahlabiya, ahead of invasion.”
“The 17th brigade fired rockets against IS locations including a leadership center in Mahlabiya, located east of Tal Afar,” it said adding that the enemy was directly targeted.
“The 53rd brigade, along with Federal Police and Rapid Response troops liberated wide regions of al-Kifah al-Shamali, northwest of Tal Afar,” according to the media service.
Tal Afar (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi government forces are telling Islamic State militants to choose between surrendering or death as forces as troops reach the heart of the group’s last holdout in Nineveh province.
Intelligence sources told Alsumaria News that government forces used loudspeakers in the enclave to tell fighters to surrender ot otherwise face death, to which fighters were thrown into chaos and responded with chants through mosques’ loudspeakers to interrupt the security forces’ calls.
And a good time was had by all, until the festivities started up again.
Iraqi air forces had also dropped one million messages on the town telling people to write an Arabic letter on the houses where Islamic State members are bunkered, and advising them to stay away from those areas, understandably preparing to strike them, according to the Defense Ministry’s War Media Cell (WMC).
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Raqqa (Syria News) The international coalition warplanes carried out, on Wednesday, several air strikes on the city of Raqqa.
Qasioun News reported that the US-led international coalition carried many air strikes, this morning, on al-Thakna neighborhood, west of the city, while the Syrian Democratic Forces shelled, using heavy artillery, the neighborhood, but no casualties were reported.
The attack took place after the Syrian Democratic Forces militia managed to capture al-Rasheed neighborhood in the old city completely, following a violent clashes with the Islamic State militants.
[AlMasdar] Approximately 2,000 Islamic State (ISIL) fighters remain inside the provincial capital of the Al-Raqqa Governoraate, the U.S. Coalition’s Spokesperson, Brett McGurk, announced this week.
“It seems, from the information we have, that, of the 2,000 or so ISIS fighters that are left, bulk of them are foreign fighters,” coalition’s envoy said, as quoted by Ara News Agency.
Furthermore, the Coalition Spokesperson stated the ongoing operation to liberate Raqqa City will require more than just a military effort, adding that the ongoing humanitarian crisis is something that requires coordination with different groups.
“It’s not just a military effort. We also met with local councils and a number of tribal sheiks who are working very closely with us to defeat ISIS. And we have diplomats on the ground, working on the stabilization and humanitarian elements. It was a very encouraging visit, spent about two days there,” McGurk added.
[AlMasdar] The US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have advanced into and taken control of Raqqa city’s central districts, thoroughly ejecting ISIS militants from them.
After some ten weeks of combat operations inside Raqqa against ISIS, Kurdish-led fighters finally assumed control over the city’s innermost neighborhoods – an area generally referred to as the Old City.
Late yesterday, reports came in that the SDF had pushed ISIS militants out of the al-Rasheed and Mansour suburbs. In doing so, Kurdish-led troops secured the entirety of the Old City area and de facto gained control over the heart of Raqqa.
The Old City was the most heavily defended area inside Raqqa, with ISIS launching ceaseless counterattacks and car bombs against Kurdish-led forces over the last two-and-a-half months in order to try deter their advances.
With this most recent victory by the SDF, Islamic State militants in Raqqa have now been confined to the city’s northern and western districts.
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This is a little overwrought. Communists were inquisitors to the nth power. They never learned to disagree without being disagreeable. Both factions involved in the Cultural Revolution were Communist zealots duking it out over who could demonstrate greater loyalty to Mao aka the Great Helmsman. If there is a historical parallel to be drawn to the Cultural Revolution, it's to Byzantines fighting over the number of angels that could stand on the head of a pin.
[Iran Press TV] At least 11 people had their heads chopped off Wednesday after an attack on a checkpoint controlled by Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar ... served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all... south of Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... , a front man for his forces said.
"At least nine soldiers had their heads chopped off... in addition to two civilians" at the checkpoint about 500 kilometers (300 miles) south of Tripoli, Colonel Ahmad al-Mesmari said, blaming the ISIS terrorist group for the gruesome attack.
No group has yet claimed the attack at dawn on a checkpoint run by Haftar's forces in the al-Jufra region.
Haftar's self-proclaimed Libyan National Army seized the area, including a key military air base, in June from the Benghazi Defense Brigades coalition which includes bandidosbully boyz driven out of Libya's second city by the field marshal's forces.
IS group grabbed credit for the attack via its Amaq propaganda channel on the Telegram messaging app, saying its fighters had killed or maimed "21 members of Haftar's militia".
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[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] At least 16% of Americans - including a third of people over 60 - experience chronic constipationThe number of people admitted to hospitals has more than doubled since 1997
It can have major complications including anal fissures and hemorrhoids when not treated
The huge uptick can be linked to the high-fat Western diet and lack of fiber
It can also be linked to Americans' sedentary lifestyles and lack of exercise
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Dozens of people were killed or maimed after a suicide kaboom rocked Lashkargah city the quiet provincial capital of southern Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province earlier today.
According to the local government officials, the incident took place near the provincial police commandment after a jacket wallah detonated his explosives.
Provincial governor’s front man Omar Zwak confirmed the incident and said at least five people were killed and more than forty others were maimed in the attack.
He said at least two security personnel and three civilians were among those killed.
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[AlMasdar] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) resumed their large-scale offensive in the eastern suburbs of Damascus this week, after taking a brief hiatus to negotiate a possible ceasefire agreement with the Salafist tough guys of Faylaq al-Rahman.
Using elephant missiles to weaken the Islamist revolve, the Syrian Arab Army’s 42nd Brigade of the 4th Mechanized Division repeatedly pounded Faylaq al-Rahman’s defenses in Jobar, inflicting heavy damage on several trenches and bases.
While the Syrian Arab Army’s infantry units have yet to storm the area, a source in Damascus told al-Masdar that the military is attempting to force Faylaq al-Rahman’s expel their al-Qaeda allies, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, from the eastern suburbs of Damascus.
If Faylaq al-Rahman does indeed expel HTS hard boyz from eastern Damascus, the military source stated that the Syrian Army will respect a ceasefire in Jobar and ’Ayn Tarma.
Whatever, dood. You keep looking under your bed for thr Mossad, and out your window for American spy squirrels.
[Breitbart] The Shia imam of a Muslim congregation in California has suggested that the so-called Islamic State (also known as ISIS, ISIL, or Daesh) "is the production of the Israeli intelligence."
In a June 23 sermon, Dr. Sayed Moustafa al-Qazwini, founder and director of the Islamic Education Center of Orange County, spewed the conspiracy theory that Israel was responsible for propping up the Islamic State after he explained that the terrorist organization was "anti-Islamic."
Al-Qazwini’s statements about Israel were delivered during a lecture he gave at the center titled, "Islamic Shari’ah Means Tolerance and Goodness to Others." The sermon was translated into English by The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).
"Most of you -- all of you -- know who established ISIS, Al Qaeda and all these terrorist organizations," al-Qazwini said. "You know very well. You know who paid for them, who financed them, who helped them, who purchased weapons for them, who even trained them, who protected them. You know that."
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The Islamic Education Center of Orange County issued a statement in response to public backlash against Imam al-Qazwini’s lecture, saying he had ben “misunderstood and mischaracterized.”
The center goes on to state that Imam al-Qazwini was merely “quoting information that was relayed to him directly by Iraqi government and military sources who have been leading efforts in the fight against ISIS… Imam al-Qazwini’s comments were not intended in any way, shape, or form to criticize the adherents of the Jewish faith.”
Imam al-Qazwini, whose interfaith work has earned him a good relationship with several prominent members of the Democratic Party, is not the first Muslim leader from the Golden State to come under fire for statements perceived as being anti-Israel or antisemitic.
[PJMEDIA] A new video circulating today from ISIS features a 10-year-old kid, Yusuf, who claims to live in Raqqa and who warns that America's fight against the terror group will "end in your lands."
The video is the fourth in a series called "A Fertile Nation" and begins with scenes of ISIS fighters preparing for battle in what appears to be Raqqa. Coincidentally, the fighters huddle over an iPhone looking at a map of the city, presumably preparing their defensive positions against coalition forces.
Then Yusuf is introduced, reading quickly from a prepared script. He identifies himself and says that he is an American who made hijrah two years ago "from the land of kufr (infidelity)" to the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... . The video then shows drone footage of what appears to be Los Angeles.
Yusuf then claims that his father is a former American soldier who fought "against the mujaheddin" in Iraq.
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Just keeping their hand in while the bulk of the action is elsewhere.
Qaim (IraqiNews.com) U.S.-led coalition has shelled Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... convoy heading to western Anbar, an informed security source was quoted saying.
"Coalition jets shelled IS convoy, coming from Baaj desert heading toward al-Rommana region in Qaim town, west of Anbar," the source told Alghad Press.
"Three trucks were destroyed, while IS bully boyz who were on board were killed," the source added.
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[AlMasdar] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the Qalamoun Shield Forces, a national pro-government militia group, have just liberated a large town of considerable strategic value from ISIS in eastern Hama Governorate.
Several hours ago, the SAA and Qalamoun Shield Forces expelled ISIS militants from the town of Salbah. The advance was made possible after pro-government forces took the imperative high-ground around the settlement prior to storming it.
According to military sources, the SAA stormed Salbah during the earliest hours of this morning. ISIS fighters are noted to have put up a fierce resistance both on the outskirts of the town and inside it.
In the end, pro-government forces simply overwhelmed ISIS through sheer numbers and firepower, pushing the terrorist group’s militants to withdraw from Salbah.
By this advance, the SAA and its allies are now in a position to attack the settlements of Mas’adah and Qalib al-Thor.
[AlMasdar] Some 90 percent of the ISIS militants which remain in eastern Hama Governorate, who are now physically besieged in the region by pro-government forces, consist of native Syrians.
These local ISIS fighters are not only Syrians but, even more specifically, residents from eastern Hama, virtually all coming from the Badawee tribal clan which has deep historical roots in the region.
It most likely the case that these native jihadist loyalists were ordered by their foreign commanders (which are generally Iraqi, Saudi and Tunisian), who themselves withdrew from eastern Hama as pro-government forces were encircling it, to stay behind and fight to the death.
This reality is not uncommon and was also seen during the Battle for Mosul, when non-Iraqi ISIS fighters withdrew from the city prior to its full encirclement, leaving behind native militants to resist until death.
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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) More than 4000 Iraqis have forcibly disappeared in “secret prisons” in the country, with authorities still unable to locate them, according to Iraqi parliamentarians and human rights advocates.
Zana Saeed, a member of the parliament’s legal affairs committee, who is in charge of the forcible disappearance file, told London-based Alquds Alarabi that “according to governors of central and western provinces, the number of forcibly disappeared civilians since 2014 stands at more than 4000, mostly from Baghdad Belts”. He said certain “bodies” receive citizens’ reports of those disappearances.
“There could be information available about their whereabouts, but the government is still unable to take practical steps to rescue them,” Saeed told the newspaper.
He blamed the phenomenon on the “appearance of armed groups taking the law into their own hands, especially in Baghdad and other provinces”.
Saeed said that, being, himself, a resident of Baghdad, there are neighborhoods which he considers no-go areas since they fall outside the control of government security forces. “Some rogue groups assault citizens, and kidnap and kill whoever they want,” he said.
“There is no security authority adopting those groups, but they, however, operate under the umbrella of security agencies, with insignias, weapons and headquarters,” Saeed added, but did not identify those groups.
Popular Mobilization Forces, the Shia-led paramilitary force fighting Islamic State militants alongside the Iraqi government, have regularly faced accusations of human rights violations during their operations against the extremist group.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The former Afghanistan's Caped PresidentHamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai ...Former president of Aghanistan, part of the problem not part of the solution... has said he strongly opposes the new strategy of the United States for Afghanistan and Central Asia. But we already knew which side he's on.
The former President in a statement said "I very strongly oppose the new U.S. strategy towards Afghanistan as it is against peace and the national interest of Afghanistan."
Karzai further added "The strategy excludes bringing peace and prosperity to Afghanistan and is focused on more war and rivalry in the region. U.S. must seek peace and stability in Afghanistan rather than extending conflict and bloodshed in Afghanistan and the region."
President Trump on Tuesday unveiled the new strategy of the United States for Afghanistan and South Asia. If this caped bugger opposes the strategy, then it must surely be the correct strategy.
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Karzai - that guy that ended the night raids and turned a blind eye to the war lords.
President Trump has the right strategy - Lawfare backed up with a kinetic response...mitigate the exposure of our supply lines by staying close to the airfields...hit the war lords in the pocket...and put a missile up their azz if they complain...and kick the US State Dept out of the region along with any of their nation building fantasies.
AF is a huge criminal enterprise that uses the Taliban as muscle - ID the criminal enterprise and crush it kinetically please. Once the ability for the bad guys to make a profit ends...the Taliban will miraculously subside.
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Yeah, Karzai, me too. We should have left you to the tender mercies of the Taliban.
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I strongly suspect Karzai made a deal with the Taliban midway through his presidency, in exchange for drug money and a promise to avoid targeting him, both before and after the Taliban takes power.
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Question for Fred - aren't email addresses for blog identification purposes only - i.e. they're not supposed to show up in the comments?
They actually are not for blog identification purposes here at Rantburg, Zhang Fei, though other websites do use them that way. I've removed yours from that comment.
[Novorosinform] Ukrainian press gangs are roaming the streets of a town in northern Lugansk, gathering draft age men to be inducted into the Ukrainian military, according to Russian language news accounts.
Colonel Andrei Marochko, who is a spokesman for the rebel-led Lugansk ministry of defense, said in prepared remarks that in Stanitsa Luganskaya draft age men were being taken from work and pubs to the local hospitals for draft physicals.
Afterwards, the men are warned to go home to await induction notices.
The Russian backed rebel forces in Lugansk and Donetsk have had their share of problems in recruiting for their forces. During the first two years, rebels had their choice of volunteers, especially from abroad and not just from Russia.
But bloody fighting in Debaltsevo two years ago, and news reports of how foreigners were being deployed put a damper on recruiting. Also, foreign ministries have placed blocks on travel to the Donbas region, adding to the problems of recruiting.
Similarly, the Ukrainians have had a difficult time getting draft age men to show up after they are issued draft notices. Very few professional Ukrainian military want a fight with the Russians, so very few recruits want one as well.
The Ukrainians do not release figures on failures to appear for military service, but rebel media has speculated that the problem is widespread.
In his remarks Col. Marochko charged the Ukrainians are likely to use the new draftees as covering forces, the first to be fired on and to die.
New recruits in Donetsk and Lugansk have been treated that way in the past as well.
[IsraelTimes] PA head also reportedly considering renewing bid for full membership at UN; a delegation from Ramallah will meet ICC chief prosecutor
Disillusioned about US efforts to revive the grinding of the peace processor, the Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... is considering dissolving the PA and renewing a Paleostinian bid for full United Nations
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On Tuesday, Ahmad Majdalani, a top aide to Abbas, said the Paleostinians asked Kushner for the US position on two key issues -- Israeli settlements and support for Paleostinian independence -- during his last visit to the region in June.
"Since then we didn’t hear from them," he said.
"We hope they bring clear answers this time,"
Remember when you "didn't hear from them"? That was your answer, dipshit
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Does that mean US Aid checks can't fill in the "Pay To" line? Or should checks be made out to "Cash"?
[Ynet] Moroccan authorities have placed in durance vile Please don't kill me! two people suspected of links to the alleged perpetrators of the van attack that killed 13 people in the Spanish city of Barcelona, state TV channel 2M reported on Tuesday.
One of the men, a 28-year-old detained in the Nador, close to the Spanish enclave of Melilla, lived for 12 years in Barcelona and is suspected of links to Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... and of plotting to attack the Spanish embassy in Rabat, the channel reported. It gave no details of the alleged plot.
A second suspect was arrested in the town of Oujda, close to Morocco's border with Algeria, 2M reported. He was a resident of Ripoll, the small town in northeastern Spain where many members of the cell were living.
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[Iran Press TV] It takes a “fit of pique” for US President Donald Trump to start a nuclear war against North Korea, says the former director of national intelligence, arguing that the country’s nuclear system is designed for a “rapid response.”
James Clapper appeared on CNN on Wednesday to make the comments.
"The whole system is built to ensure rapid response if necessary. So there's very little in the way of controls over exercising a nuclear option, which is pretty damn scary," he said.
The retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force voiced concerns about Trump’s access to the nuclear codes.
"In a fit of pique he decides to do something about [North Korean leader] Kim Jong Un, there's actually very little to stop him," said Clapper, who served under former President Barack Obama.
It seems to me that being careful to not annoy the man whose finger is on that very responsive button would be a wise course of action, but admittedly it's an area in which I lack expertise.
He further questioned Trump’s fitness for office calling his defiant speech in Phoenix, Arizona, earlier in the day "downright scary and disturbing."
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In accordance with his own logic, maybe Clapper ought to keep his mouth shut.
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Brennan, Clapper, Hayden, Plame and other Klingon alum are relentless in their condemnation of Trump, and rightly so. They've obviously missed him in the power and political compromise. He's on to their 'regime change' and 'endless wars' secret budget bullshi*.
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The last half a year reminds me of the book Dune. House Atreides takes over Arrakis and has to deal with traps and suicidal idiots that House Harkonnen left behind.
It is very unamerican. In a better world the media would say as much but then again I did mention suicidal idiots didn't I, because they are destroying their own profession.
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It's always been scary. Joe Stalin with his finger on the button? Khrushchev? Mao? Pudgy? Pervy Musharref? Lyndon Johnson the psychopath? Bill Clinton while he was being serviced by one of his interns? Obama?
Seems to me they used to say the same sort of things about Ronald Reagan. Yeah, it's scary but you must be brave.
But even scarier is major television news organizations giving air time to a lying, hateful, unhinged sonofabitch like Clapper.
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Would Clapper feel better if Hil da beast were at the helm? This woman who gave way to fits of rage, binge drinking and barked like a dog? Clapper still carrying water for the Deep State rather than the American people? Who does he elected Trump?
[Iran Press TV] The United States was founded on racism by European settlers and President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... has fueled the racial violence by white supremacist groups, an African American journalist in bankrupt, increasingly impoverished, reliably Democrat, Detroit ... ruled by Democrats since 1962. A city whose Golden Age included the Purple Gang... says.
Racism and white supremacy is "coming from the top down, it is coming from people who control the means of production, who control the White House and the Congress," said Abayomi Azikiwe, Editor of Pan-African News Wire.
He is also a Detroit organizer of the Workers World Party, one of the Marxist-Leninist revolutionary parties -- sort of a multiple threat.
Trump "utilizes and fuels racism and white supremacy, and other forms of bigotry ... [and] is very much in tune with these racists, xenophobic and pro-capitalists sentiments," Azikiwe said in an interview with Press TV on Wednesday.
"The United States itself, as a nation state, was founded on racism and genocide," he said.
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Yep. in the same way Israel fuels Antisemitism. You scum: whether (white bread) black supremacists or pseudo-educated with their bigotry toward less credentialed educated; just can't bear not getting your own way.
p.s. Abayomi, ever occur to you and your pals that you don't actually have anything but white guilt, and what we already reached the peak of it some time ago?
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The WWP-They are a nice bunch. They proudly claim to be internationalists to the core. In other words communists to the core ala Obama. They are not looking out for our better interests.
[Iran Press TV] Egypt has censured Washington’s decision to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to the country over its human rights ...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedom at the convenience of the state... record amid a visit to Cairo by an American delegation, including Senior White House Adviser Jared Kushner, as part of a tour of the Middle East.
The delegation, which is in Cairo for meetings on the so-called grinding of the peace processor regarding the Israeli-Paleostinian conflict, met Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Wednesday, his front man Alaa Youssef said.
The meeting had been initially removed from Shoukry’s schedule with no explanation, which was interpreted as a response to the aid cut.
How, then, to interpret the fact that they subsequently met anyway?
The delegation also met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, said the front man.
Washington on Tuesday cut $96 million in aid and delayed $195 million in military funding. The US State Department said the decision followed a lack of progress on human rights and the passing of a new law regulating the work of non-governmental organizations, which was seen as restricting their activities. Sisi ratified the law in May.
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that it "regrets the decision."
"Egypt considers this step as a misjudgement of the nature of the strategic relations that binds the two countries over decades," the statement added.
The ministry also warned that the move "may have negative repercussions."
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Is it that idiot McCain in charge of messing with Egypt right now?
[DAWN] The Jamaat-e-Islami ...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... on Tuesday warned that if the federal government didn’t abolish the Frontier Crimes Regulation and announce the merger of Fata with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... before Eidul Azha, it would begin a long march on Islamabad. The Chicoms did that long march thing and it worked for them. Now Paks do it every time they get diaper rash, thinking it's gonna overthrow the government.
Addressing a sit-in protest near the Governor’s House, JI chief Senator Sirajul Haq ...current head of the Pak Jamaat-e-Islami. Siraj was born in 1962 and entered politics shortly after that... urged the party workers and tribal people to prepare themselves for a long march on Islamabad.
"If the federal government doesn’t accept demands, then I will lead the long march," he said.
The JI chief said the people of Fata, especially youths, had revolted against the status quo and rejected the system of colonial era as it served the interests of the corrupt people only.
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The Chicoms did that long march thing
That and HUGE supplies of Russian weapons. I'm leaning more toward the weapons.
[DAWN] The United States warned an angry Pakistain on Tuesday that it could lose its status as a privileged military ally if it continues giving safe haven to Afghan krazed killer groups.
One day after President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... unveiled a new strategy to force the Taliban ...Arabic for students... to negotiate a political settlement with the Kabul government, his top diplomat upped the heat on Islamabad.
Trump had warned that Pakistain's alleged support for the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani myrmidon network would have consequences, and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has now spelled these out.
"We have some leverage," Tillerson told news hounds, as he fleshed out Trump's speech, "in terms of aid, their status as a non-NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... alliance partner -- all of that can be put on the table".
As one of 16 "Non-NATO Major Allies", Pakistain benefits from billions of dollars in aid and has access to some advanced US military technology banned from other countries.
This year, the US has already withheld $350 million in military funding over concerns Pakistain is not doing enough to fight terror, but the alliance itself was not in question.
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[DAWN] A Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... suicide boom-mobileer targeted a military convoy in Afghanistan's southern Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province on Wednesday, killing at least seven people, a provincial official said.
The attack comes just days after President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... announced his new strategy for Afghanistan, which involves maintaining a US military presence in the country and upending a campaign vow to end America's longest war.
According to Omar Zwak, the front man for the Helmand provincial governor, Wednesday's kaboom in Lashkar Gah, the scenic provincial capital, also maimed 42 people, mostly civilians.
Initial reports show that those killed included a small girl, two women and four soldiers, Zwak said, expressing fears that the corpse count could rise further.
"This is from our initial reports, I am afraid the casualty tolls might change once we get a final report from the attack," he added.
The bombing took place near the police chief's headquarters. Local TV broadcast footage showing several military Humvees, which the Afghan army also uses, destroyed as a result of the attack.
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[DAWN] US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... has no understanding of the South Asian region, Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan ... aka Taliban Khan, who ain't the brightest knife in the national drawer... said on Wednesday as he strongly criticised Washington's recently-revealed South Asia policy.
A day earlier, Trump had announced his long-awaited South Asia policy, calling for greater troop deployment and Indian involvement in Afghanistan. In his speech, the US president had also lambasted Pakistain for offering safe havens to "agents of chaos".
Addressing the press on Wednesday, Imran spoke about various elements of Washington's new policy.
"Grave allegations have been made against Pakistain," Khan said, referring to accusations made by Trump.
Khan said that the allegations signalled that Trump has "no understanding of the South Asian region or the dynamics of the 'war on terror'" as he pointed out the sacrifices Pakistain has made in the fight.
The PTI chairman further questioned the role allotted to India in Afghanistan in the policy.
He said that while Pakistain has made sacrifices and fought a war "that is not ours," India has been asked to become involved even though it does not share a border with Afghanistan.
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Whereas 0bumhole did? I wonder what you use as a yardstick.
[Iran Press TV] Syrian army soldiers and fighters from the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement have retaken several areas from ISISTakfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... turbans in the strategic and mountainous region of Qalamoun close to the border with Leb.
Hezbollah’s media bureau said in a statement on Wednesday that Syrian troopers and their allies had taken control over Shaaba al-Bahsa Heights on the outskirts of al-Jarajir village in Syria’s southwestern province of Rif Dimashq.
The statement added that the forces had also recaptured Qaba Ismail and Shaaba Harfoush hilltops near Bureij village in central Syria.
On August 19, Hezbollah and the Syrian army launched an operation to purge ISIS from Qalamoun, located about 330 kilometers (205 miles) north of the Syrian capital Damascus.
Hezbollah launched a major push on July 21 to clear both sides of Leb's border with Syria of "armed terrorists."
[AlMasdar] Hezbollah commandos, alongside the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), destroyed the Islamic State’s headquarters in the western Qalamoun region, Wednesday, after conducting an imperative operation near the Lebanese border.
According to Hezbollah’s official media wing, the Syrian Army and Hezbollah destroyed the Islamic State’s headquarters in the Jib Khoulah area of the Qalamoun Mountains.
ISIL’s HQ in the Jib Khoulah area was reportedly the location of their commander, Abu Al-Sus, and his top associates.
Lebanon’s Al-Akhbar news outlet claimed on Tuesday that Abu Al-Sus has asked the Lebanese government to transport him to the Syrian city of Deir Ezzor; however, his request was denied by the Lebanese Intelligence Chief, Major General’Abbas Ibrahim.
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[Breitbart] I have seen the devastation of war. I have witnessed the final moments of young men in distant lands, far from all they love and hold dear. I have watched my daughter deploy to combat in Afghanistan and soon might my son. I recognize the personal courage required to make difficult decisions. I know the cost of war. More importantly, I know the price of freedom.
Monday night President Trump announced to the Nation the recommitment of America’s will, military, and diplomatic might to the fight in Afghanistan. He signaled to all that this Nation will not back away from hard sacrifice to ensure our safety. Undoubtedly, you will hear the hue and cry from the President’s detractors recalling a need to withdraw from Afghanistan and their rallying cries of failed campaign promises and abandonment of America First. Do not listen to them.
Make no mistake, I have been with the President since nearly the beginning, well before he was the Republican Presidential nominee. I wrote on the campaign trail that he was the leader who will take us forward and I still deeply believe that today. In the less than 24 hours since President’s Trump speech, there have been dozens of articles and opinion pieces touting that this is more of the same. They could not be more mistaken. They are overlooking the most important difference: President Donald J. Trump is the Commander in Chief.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Three back to back explosions took place in the western parts of Kabul city late on Tuesday night with the preliminary reports suggesting at least seven people were wounded.
Security sources are saying the incident took place in the vicinity close to Kote Sangi area after unknown individuals hurled hand grenades on a security post.
According to the security sources, at least seven people were wounded in the attack but other reports indicate that eight people were wounded.
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[Iran Press TV] Bahraini regime forces have reportedly attacked dozens of Shia inmates at Jaw prison as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown against prominent figures and followers of the majority religious community in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
The prisoners were marking the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Muhammad al-Jawad (PTUI!) -- the ninth Shia Imam, who died on the 29th day of the lunar calendar month of Dhul Qa’dah more than 12 centuries ago -- on Tuesday evening, when prison guards stormed into Building 14 of the detention facility and started beating the mourners, Arabic-language Lualua television network reported.
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[IsraelTimes] Valerie Plame Wilson is trying to crowdfund enough money to purchase the social media platform, and ban the US president from it
I thought she was supposed to be smart. Clearly she hasn't considered why the current owners of Twitter have not already done this.
Former undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson is looking to crowdfund enough money to buy Twitter so US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... can’t use it.
Wilson launched the fundraiser last week, tweeting: "If @Twitter executives won’t shut down Trump’s violence and hate, then it’s up to us. #BuyTwitter #BanTrump."
The GoFundMe page for the fundraiser with a billion-dollar goal says Trump’s tweets "damage the country and put people in harm’s way."
She says she hopes the fundraiser will allow her to buy enough Twitter stock for a controlling interest in the company.
As of Wednesday morning, she had raised less than $6,000 of the billion-dollar goal.
Adorable.
Wilson’s identity as a CIA operative was leaked by an official in former president George W. Bush’s administration in 2003.
...though not the one who went to jail for it.
That's because she wasn't a clandestine operative. She was likely (moving about with her Ambassador hubby) an employee of various Chiefs of Station (COS) enjoying Official Cover (OC). Party-going wives of Diplomats in 'true name' make pi** poor clandestine operatives. The host country already assumes they are soiled.
She left the agency in 2005. Come now, no one ever really 'leaves.' So if they don't raise quite a billion dollars, does she get to keep what they do raise? If so, I wanna buy it, too. My goal is a billion and a quarter so I can outbid her. Clapper really jumped the shark yesterday. I thought he was a retired flag officer. Evidently he's a psychiatrist as well.
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Well OK then he will have to send Presidential texts to all phones nation wide thingy Obama came out with every time the media lies about something.
1. raise a billion $. (cue video of snowball fights in Hell)
2. buy a controlling interest in Twitter.
3. ban Trump.
4. watch stock price go to zero.
5. spend the rest of your life being sued by stockholders.
If he is, he is subject to active duty recall and the UCMJ article about disparaging remarks about the C-in-C. Tread lightly.
Article 88 Contempt toward officials
Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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My first question is why we would want or ask for their help militarily. They are thousands of miles away and have no national interest in the region and we would have to transport any military equipment for them to Korea.
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1) Election time
2) She didn't bring it up herself. When asked, she replied "not automatically".
Which is, like it or not, a fair answer. A North Korean attack on Guam (U.S. territory) could justify invoking Article 5 of NATO, a preemptive U.S. attack on North Korea would not.
I don't think you'll find one country in the world which would say: If you attack North Korea we'll join automatically.
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I don't think you'll find one country in the world which would say: If you attack North Korea we'll join automatically. Posted by European Conservative
Could be a REASON for that:
On 31 October 1953, the last South African Force left Korea.
The Squadron received the United States Presidential Citation, the Korean Presidential Citation and the USAF Unit Citation. Individual medals were 2 Silver Stars, 50 Distinguished Flying Cross (DFCs), 1 cluster to the DFC, 40 Bronze Medals, 176 Air Medals, 152 clusters to the Air Medal and 1 Soldier Medal.
[Rooters] A teenage Moroccan asylum seeker who admitted on Tuesday that he had killed two women and injured eight other people in a knife attack in the Finnish town of Turku had had his application for asylum rejected before the attack, authorities said.
Europe really needs to come to terms with the fact that they simply must immediately return those they reject, rather than piously hope such people will quietly take themselves away with no further effort, just because they were told to go.
But though he confessed to the killings in a closed-door court hearing, 18-year-old Abderrahman Mechkah did not admit any terrorist motive, lawyer Kaarle Gummerus said. "No, no! Certainly not!"
"(My client) admits manslaughter and injuries ... But what the investigator has brought up this far may not be enough to classify this as a terrorist crime," Gummerus told Rooters.
Mechkah, who had been living in a Red Thingy immigrant reception centre in Turku since coming to Finland in spring 2016, had been appealing against the result of his asylum application at the time of the knife attack last Friday.
"He has received the result of his asylum application and he has appealed it. He is still in the (asylum) process," said a spokeswoman from the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation.
Though she would not say directly what the initial outcome of his application had been, the spokeswoman's form of words indicated it had not been successful.
Applications for asylum of at least two of three other suspects who had been jugged Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! were also being processed, the Red Thingy said.
The court ordered Mechkah, who has yet to be charged with any offence, and three other Moroccan men to be detained in prison pending trial.
A fifth Moroccan, who had been under arrest since Friday, was released, the court said.
Investigators have not made clear what role the three other Moroccans, who deny involvement in the attack, are suspected of playing.
One of them, 18-year old Ilyas Berrouh, was refused a residence permit in Sweden twice in 2013, authorities said. He was also refused when he made a third application under an alias, a Swedish migration official told Rooters.
Police have issued an international arrest warrant for a fifth Moroccan national. Europol said it was assisting in the investigation.
Politicians meanwhile signalled that Finland, a Nordic country boasting one of the lowest levels of crime, should change its immigration-related policies.
Finance minister Petteri Orpo said the government should consider establishing better-controlled "return centres" in order to monitor more closely those who had been denied asylum.
"For some, it is a critical situation when they get a negative decision. It may increase risks, and this has to be assessed now," Orpo told Verkkouutiset news site.
Prime Minister Juha Sipila called on Monday for political unity to fast-track already planned legislation giving authorities new powers to monitor citizens online.
In 2016, 155 Moroccans applied for asylum in Finland. Only 20 were granted.
[Iran Press TV] Ottoman Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... has used a meeting with US Defense Secretary James Mattis to relay his disappointment with Washington over its support for Kurdish groups in Syria, sources say.
In a meeting in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... ’s capital Ankara on Wednesday, Erdogan told the visiting Pentagon chief that the ongoing military cooperation between the US and the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) made him feel "uneasy," Ottoman Turkish presidential sources said.
Ankara views the YPG as a terror organization linked to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a myrmidon group that has been fighting the central Ottoman Turkish government since 1984.
While the US acknowledges the YPG’s connection to the PKK, it also deems the group as an important element in the ongoing fight against the ISIS terror group in Syria.
Over the past months, Washington has been purportedly assisting the Kurdish group in its fight against ISISturbans controlling Syria’s Raqqah, the group’s main bastion in the conflict-ridden country.
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[FOXNEWS] Missouri Senate leaders announced Tuesday that Democratic state Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal has been stripped of her committee assignments, just two days after she tried to calm the controversy with a public apology.
Meanwhile, ...back at the buffalo wallow, Standing Buffalo drew a bead on his old enemy and squeezed the trigger... the state’s Republican lieutenant governor, Mike Parson, on Tuesday called for the Senate to go into special session to expel Chappelle-Nadal from the body.
"I do not make this request of you lightly, but you and I know it is the right course of action to take for the people of Missouri," Parson wrote in a letter to members of the Missouri Senate.
Republican Senate President Pro Tem Ron Richard and Minority Leader Gina Walsh on Tuesday both rescinded the politician’s nine committee assignments, with Richard saying in a brief statement: "I support the decision of Senate Minority Leader Gina Walsh to remove Sen. Chappelle-Nadal from all of her Senate committees. I am also removing her from all appointments under my authority."
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[FOX5NY] Officials say a 55-year-old Connecticut man died after contracting a tick-borne illness.
The state medical examiner's office says Michael Yoder, of New Milford, died Aug. 8 of liver and kidney failure after contracting Babesiosis from a tick bite.
Yoder's wife, Wendy, tells The News-Times her husband had a stomach bug for weeks, but by the time he was diagnosed it was too late.
Babesiosis is a disease caused by a parasite that gives people flu-like symptoms. In severe cases, the disease can cause anemia that leads to organ failure.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported an increase in Babesiosis cases in the state, from 74 in 2011 to 205 in 2014. Still, fatal cases remain low with one death reported in 2015 and in 2016.
The CDC says that Babesiosis is caused by microscopic parasites that infect red blood cells and are spread by certain ticks. In the United States, tickborne transmission is most common in particular regions and seasons: it mainly occurs in parts of the Northeast and upper Midwest and usually peaks during the warm months.
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[NBCSanDiego] A lawsuit taken out by debt collectors for National City continues against the Bernie Sanders campaign.
The costs are from a rally at Kimball Park on May 21, shortly before California's presidential primary.
"There was a number of requirements from secret service and the campaign that the city needed to provide," said Mayor Ron Morrison Tuesday. "We could not go less than what the secret service was requiring. So we had to bring in police on overtime and Public Works on overtime. So the only thing that we are asking for is what those costs were."
The mayor said after late fees are factored in, the Bernie Sanders campaign now owes over $31,000 to National City.
Mayor Morrison said after delivering an invoice and several calls, correspondence was not returned. National City is kind of a funny little place just to the south and next door to San Diego, not exactly upscale but it has some desirable bay front property. I'm sure Bernie had a lot of supporters there.
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Get the money before the Feds take it over Jane Sanders college loan fraud
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[IMAGES.DAWN] In the wake of deadly violence following a white supremacist rally, George and Amal Clooney have donated $1 million to the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights advocacy organization that monitors hate groups.
The pair, which made the donation via their Clooney Foundation for Justice, join a number of others giving funds in recent weeks to anti-discrimination organizations, which have seen a surge in donations since festivities between white supremacists and anti-racism protesters amid a demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia left one dead.
"What happened in Charlottesville, and what is happening in communities across our country, demands our collective engagement to stand up to hate," the Clooneys said in a statement announcing the grant.
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Donating a million dollars to a hate group? Its all Freudian projection. It's all about appearance, not about substance.
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As soon as a few KKK types hear of this, they will recruit 10-fold new members. Interesting that that the same Lefts who ask that media and intell community not focus on islam as having an element of radicalism since it will enhance their recruiting, dont use it here.
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[DAWN] Iranian opposition leaders have been "protected" under house arrest for six years and would regret facing trial, a court chief said on Wednesday, amid calls for them to be allowed to face justice.
"A trial will bring regret for these people... because the court and the system do not joke around with anyone and do their legal duty with determination, power and precision," said Mousa Ghazanfarabadi, the head of Tehran's Revolutionary Court.
Quoted by the Dana news website, he was responding to renewed demands that former presidential candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi finally face trial for their part in the Green Movement protests of 2009.
The protests, known as "the sedition" by hardliners, followed allegations of rigging in that year's election, which they lost to hardliner Mahmoud Short Round Ahmadinejad.
They were put under house arrest in early 2011 but have never been charged with a crime.
"Under house arrest, the heads of the sedition are protected and cared for," said Ghazanfarabadi.
He suggested that if Mousavi and Karroubi were set free, they may be harmed by someone trying to delegitimise the regime.
The demands of reformists to put them on trial "are not the words of sympathisers of the revolution," he added. "Those saying it may not be aware, but these are the words of foreigners."
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[DAWN] Danish police said on Wednesday that a DNA test from a headless torso found in the Baltic Sea matches with missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who is believed to have died on an amateur-built submarine that sank.
Wall, 30, was last seen alive on August 10 on Danish inventor Peter Madsen's submarine, which sank off Denmark's eastern coast the day after.
Madsen, who was placed in durance vile Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! on preliminary manslaughter charges, denies having anything to do with Wall's disappearance.
He initially told police that she disembarked from the submarine to a Copenhagen island several hours into their trip and that he did not know what happened to her afterward, but later told authorities "an accident occurred onboard that led to her death" and he "buried" her at sea.
The headless torso was found by a member of the public on August 21 near where she was believed to have died.
Copenhagen police said on August 22 that the arms and legs had been "deliberately been cut off" the body.
In a brief statement on Wednesday, police said tests found the torso matched with Wall, and a news conference was scheduled for later in the day.
Wall, a Sweden-born freelance journalist, studied at the Sorbonne University in Gay Paree, the London School of Economics and at Columbia University in New York, where she graduated with a master's degree in journalism in 2013.
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Head, arms and legs cut off and dropped to the bottom of the sea. The perp' forgot that gasses caused by decomposition within the torso allow it to float a bit.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Free Beacon] Former FBI Director James Comey will deliver a keynote address at Howard University in September, and will join the faculty in a part-time role this fall.
[AlMasdar] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) continued their march towards Deir Ezzor, today, targeting the Islamic State’s (ISIL) last positions in central Syria.
[DAWN] The 
A lefty French satirical magazine, home of what may well be the majority if the active testicles left in Europe...
[EXPRESS.CO.UK] A POP concert by US band 
Tal Afar (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi force continued Wednesday to recapture more areas held by Islamic State militants in the town of Tal Afar, their last holdout in Nineveh province.
Raqqa (Syria News) The international coalition warplanes carried out, on Wednesday, several air strikes on the city of Raqqa.
[THEFEDERALIST] Both movements started on college campuses, with students who wanted to re-make history according to their own ideology.
[Iran Press TV] At least 11 people 
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Dozens of people were killed or 
[PJMEDIA] A new video circulating today from ISIS features a 10-year-old kid, Yusuf, who claims to live in Raqqa and who warns that America's fight against the terror group will "end in your lands."
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The former 
[Ynet] Moroccan authorities have 
[Iran Press TV] It takes a “fit of pique” for US President Donald Trump to start a nuclear war against North Korea, says the former director of national intelligence, arguing that the country’s nuclear system is designed for a “rapid response.”
[Iran Press TV] The United States was founded on racism by European settlers and President 
[Iran Press TV] Egypt has censured Washington’s decision to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to the country over its 
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Three back to back explosions took place in the western parts of Kabul city late on Tuesday night with the preliminary reports suggesting at least seven people were wounded.
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[IsraelTimes] Valerie Plame Wilson is trying to crowdfund enough money to purchase the social media platform, and ban the US president from it
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[FOX5NY] Officials say a 55-year-old Connecticut man died after contracting a tick-borne illness.
[NBCSanDiego] A lawsuit taken out by debt collectors for National City continues against the Bernie Sanders campaign. 
[DAWN] Iranian opposition leaders have been "protected" under house arrest for six years and would regret facing trial, a court chief said on Wednesday, amid calls for them to be allowed to face justice.
[DAWN] Danish police said on Wednesday that a DNA test from a headless torso found in the Baltic Sea matches with missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who is believed to have died on an amateur-built submarine that sank.
