1. East London college raided in counter-terror operation
Mizanur Rahman was one of eight people arrested and then released on bailA private tuition college in east London was raided as part of a counter-terrorism operation, the BBC has learnt.
Siddeeq Academy, in Whitechapel, claims to provide support for parents who wish to educate their children at home.
Academy director Mizanur Rahman was one of nine people arrested by officers on 25 September.
2. VICE News clip on Ebola clip 1/3
3. UPDATE Fire damages three buildings at Flight 93 National Memorial
4. Daily Mail article on decapitation of Alan Henning.
5. USA: Troops not eligible for campaign medal in fight against ISIS
6. Michael Coren and David Harris on the RCMP and Islamic community’s absurd handbook on defeating extremism.
H/T Tommy Robinson, M., Jane, ASK For Canada and others. Gonna be a long week. Wadaya figure.
Canada to Launch Airstrikes in Iraq (abcnews, Oct 3, 2014) http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/canada-launch-airstrikes-iraq-25942543
“Canada plans to launch airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group in Iraq following a U.S. request and may extend airstrikes into Syria if invited by President Bashar Assad’s government, the prime minister announced Friday.
Stephen Harper said the motion authorizes air strikes in Iraq for up to six months and explicitly states that no ground troops be used in combat operations.
“We will strike ISIL where, and only where, Canada has the clear support of the government of that country. At present, that is only true in Iraq,” Harper said, referring to the Islamic State by one of its acronyms. “If it were to become the case in Syria, then we would participate in airstrikes in that country also.”
The new combat mission includes up to six CF-18 fighter jets, a refueling tanker aircraft, two surveillance planes and one airlift aircraft. About 600 airmen and airwomen will be involved.
Canada is among dozens of countries that have signed up for the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State militant group.
Harper said Canada must do its part if it wants to keep its voice in the world. Being a “free rider means you are not taken seriously,” he said.
Canada has more than two dozen special forces advisers already in Iraq and has plans for up to 69 advisers as part of an effort to advise Kurdish forces against Islamic militants after a request from President Barack Obama. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes tweeted last month that the U.S. welcomed Harper’s announcement that Canada would send military advisers to Iraq as part of the U.S. effort to support Kurdish forces. Canada also earlier contributed two military cargo planes that carried weapons to Kurdish fighters.
Although the mission doesn’t need parliamentary approval, the government is submitting it to a vote to show consensus…..”
Lebanon ‘imposes curfews on Syrian refugees’ (BBC, Oct 3, 2014)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29484662
“Lebanese towns and villages are increasingly imposing curfews on Syrian refugees, restricting their movements, Human Rights Watch says.
Police, and in some places vigilante groups, were enforcing the curfews in 45 municipalities, the group reported.
The restrictions were contributing to a “climate of discriminatory and retaliatory practices”, HRW warned.
Almost 1.2 million Syrian refugees are living in Lebanon, which has a population of only 4.5 million.
Tensions have risen since August, when clashes between Lebanese security forces and jihadists militants in and around the border town of Arsal left dozens dead…..”
US judge unseals Guantanamo Bay force-feeding tapes (BBC, Oct 3, 2014)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29485205
“A US judge has ordered the government to release videotapes depicting a Guantanamo Bay prisoner being force-fed while on hunger strike.
US District Court Judge Gladys Kessler granted a request from a number of media organisations for their release.
The videos show Syrian prisoner Abu Wa’el Dhiab being forcibly removed from his cell and fed.
But the tapes will remain sealed until some information, including faces and voices, has been redacted.
“We are very gratified by this decision, which will enable the American people to see with their own eyes the sorts of abuses that are being heaped on these peacefully hunger-striking detainees,” Mr Dhiab’s lawyer Jon Eisenberg told the Associated Press news agency…..”
Why?
Q: Who needs to give ammunition to the enemy?
A: Another enemy.
Syrian forces take villages in northern Aleppo, news agency says (CNN, Oct 3, 2014)
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/03/world/meast/syria-civil-war/index.html
“Syrian military forces have taken control of villages in the northern part of Aleppo, Syrian state news agency SANA reported Friday.
Syrian army forces “eliminated big numbers” of militants and destroyed scores of vehicles used by them in three villages in the northern countryside of Aleppo, the news agency said, citing a military source.
The opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Friday that one of the seized villages, Handarat, which is crucial because it sits on a hill overlooking the only entry point into the area.
The Observatory, however, later reported that rebels had retaken the hill of Handarat amid heavy clashes, which continued Friday….”
Kurdish fighter: ISIS has entered Syrian city of Kobani (CNN, Oct 3, 2014)
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/03/world/meast/isis-airstrikes/index.html
“ISIS fighters entered the besieged Syrian Kurdish city of Kobani, a Kurdish fighter said Friday, setting the stage for a vicious street-to-street battle in the shadow of Turkey’s border. Alan Minbic, a fighter with the Kurdish People’s Protection Unit, or YPG, told CNN that ISIS now controls the southwest corner of the city, known in Arabic as Ayn al-Arab….”
DAILY MAIL – How former U.S. Army Ranger threatened with beheading converted to Islam in captivity after fighting in Iraq and returning to Middle East to run Syrian aid group
– Peter Kassig appears in latest ISIS video showing British aid worker’s death
– In footage, 26-year-old is shown on his knees as he is held by ‘Jihadi John’
– Video released tonight claims to show beheading of hostage Alan Henning
– ‘Jihadi John’ tells camera that President Obama’s aerial bombardment in Syria means that ‘it is only right to continue to strike necks of your people’
– Mr Kassig enlisted in the Army in 2006 and served in the Iraq war in 2007
– He then went to provide aid to Syrian war refugees and his family said that while in captivity he converted to Islam and took the name Abdul Rahman
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2780102/The-former-U-S-Iraq-war-veteran-feared-ISIS-victim-Peter-Kassig-threatened-beheading-Alan-Henning-video-seized-running-Syria-aid-group.html
[MercoPress.com] VENEZUELA :: Mysterious outbreak of hemorrhagic fever syndrome in Venezuela kills ten
“An outbreak of a mysterious hemorrhagic fever syndrome in the Venezuelan state of Aragua and the country’s capital Caracas has left ten people dead in the last three weeks.”
Similar to Ebola, this syndrome causes patients to experience high fever, skin rashes and bleeding. It has been described as an aggressive disease that leads to a fatal deterioration of health within 72 hours.
Doctors have urged government authorities to declare a state of emergency in Aragua state; however they have received resistance from a surprising source.
The state Governor, Tareck El Aissami, has not only denied medical reports of the disease, but has accused the president of the Aragua state Medical Association, Angel Sarmiento, of “creating anxiety.”
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Tarek Al-Aissami, the Venezuelan Minister of Interior and Justice, one of the key figures of the Chavez’s government, is accused by the media of having used this position to issue passports to members of Hamas and Hezbollah.
Born in Lebanon of Syrian descent in 1980; his father, Carlos Al-Aissami, was the head of the Venezuelan branch of the Iraqi Baath political party. According to reports, before the invasion of Iraq his father held a press conference in which he described himself as a Taliban and called Osama Bin Laden, “the great Mujahedeen, Sheik Osama bin Laden.”[1] The Minister’s great-uncle Shibli Al-Aissami was a prominent ideologist and assistant to the secretary general of the Baath party in Baghdad during the Saddam Hussein regime.[2]
…having used this position to issue passports to members of Hamas and Hezbollah.
I knew it was happening but this is the first incident to confirm it.
6/ The cover alone is a giveaway, smothered in green and dominated by the old Ottoman star and crescent, ‘the internationally-recognized symbol of Islam,’ as the bloated, glutted U of United. Lower down it’s feeding on a maple leaf. Maybe the RCMP needs a bigger magnifying glass to look for clues.
good for a doorstop
This seems to be a pretty serious thing…
Texas Ebola Watch Eyes 50 People, 10 at ‘High Risk’ (abcnews, Oct 3, 2014)
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/texas-ebola-watch-eyes-50-people-10-high/story?id=25938924
“The number of people being monitored in Texas for possible exposure to an infected Ebola patient has been narrowed to 50, with 10 of those believed to be at “high risk” for exposure, Texas health officials said today.
The effort to prevent any spread of the often lethal virus became more focused on a day when the family of Thomas Eric Duncan said he appeared to weaken, and a special cleaning crew began sanitizing the Dallas apartment he was staying at when he became ill.
Health officials said earlier this week that they had determined that as many as 100 people could require monitoring after having come into contact with Duncan before he was hospitalized. That number was sharply reduced today.
There are “approximately 50 individuals we need to follow on a daily basis,” Texas Health Commissioner David Lakey said. “Most of those individuals are low risk. There are about 10 that are high risk.” He did not say what constituted “high risk.””
6/ In that manipulative, disinformative pamphlet of half-truths and bald lies, there is this on page 10: during jihad (which takes the form of military action in self-defense only, of course) ‘burning of orchids is strictly prohibited.’ The vandas and lady slippers are safe.
Favourite Koran verse 5:32 is wheeled out on page 6 to prove that Muslims make responsible non-violent citizens. It is recommended to avoid the term ‘moderate Muslim’ because Muslims by nature are moderate. ‘Abandon terminology that creates false linkages.’ Make extra effort to get more Muslims into law enforcement. Contact the media if you spot Islamophobia.
Yet another “this is not Islam” decapitation. Alan Hemmings decapitated.
Quote:’The blood of David Haines was on your hands Cameron, Alan Henning will also be slaughtered but his blood is on the hands of the British parliament.’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2780017/BREAKING-NEWS-British-ISIS-hostage-Alan-Henning-beheaded-new-video-released-terror-group.html?login
Correct. If parliament had not allowed the immigration into Britain of people whose religion commands the takeover of every land and make it sharia compliant, then we would not be fighting in Muslim lands, and this act would not have happened.
Now for all those, including imams, that say “this is not Islam”, ask yourself “What would Mohammed have done”.
Tom Trento Interviews Robert Spencer on Beheading
Good to see him back on the air, Abdullah too.
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According to Henning’s friends he was thinking of converting to Islam. It’s sad and tragic I know, but in reality just another fool is dead.
And in a time of islamic ascendance, a fool and his head are soon parted.
I agree.
Why is it that I always agree with Softly?
#3 We can be sure they will say it was an accidental fire.
Tardish hijinks. [redacted]
That it was.
And usually agree with Richard? (;->~)
This emotican needs work…
LOL