1. Still no news on the house the blew up in Greely On. near Ottawa this summer. Police admitted it was deliberately set but started calling it a fire although the explosion was heard up to 7 miles away. It flattened 3 buildings in seconds. Some fire.
It has been about 6 weeks since any new information has been released on this.
2. Young Dutch Turks’ radical views worry MPs, call for more research
MPs from across the political spectrum have called for more research into the attitudes of young Dutch Turks to the Islamic State, after a poll of 300 showed 80% saw nothing wrong in jihad, or holy war, against non-believers.
The research, carried out by the Motivaction group in Amsterdam, was commissioned by the Forum multicultural institute. During a parliamentary debate on integration issues on Wednesday, Socialist, D66 and CDA MPs called for a special sitting to investigate why youths have such radical views, website nu.nl reports
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3. Pastor, three others killed in Mombasa
There were unconfirmed reports from Mombasa on Monday night that youths wearing army fatigues went on a killing spree, leaving four people dead.
The bodies were taken to Coast General Hospital. In one incident, a pastor who was waiting at a bus stop with four women was accosted by the youth and chopped with machetes.
He was cut in the back of his head and in his hands and left sprawled on the ground bleeding. He died on the spot. […]
A relative of another victim said the youths, who were wearing army fatigues, also carried a black flag.
4. Ten police officers under investigation over Rotherham child abuse scandal, watchdog confirms
The Independent Police Complaints Commission said the South Yorkshire Police officers whose conduct will be investigated were all identified through the Jay Report.
The report, published in August, found that more than 1,400 children had been subjected to child sexual exploitation in the town between 1997 and 2013.
In her report, Professor Alexis Jay criticised the way in which South Yorkshire Police and Rotherham Council dealt with complaints from teenage girls who said they had been raped and trafficked by gangs of mainly Asian men.
The IPCC said the officers are part of a group of 13 referred to the watchdog by South Yorkshire Police.
5. Birmingham surgeon Nafees Hamid jailed for patient sex attacks
Nafees Hamid, 51, had denied a total of 15 charges relating to 10 women between 2009 and 2013 at the city’s Queen Elizabeth and Priory hospitals.
A jury at Birmingham Crown Court convicted him of assaults on six patients.
In passing sentence, the judge said it was “the most extreme breach of trust”.
Judge Patrick Thomas QC, who heard that Hamid will now be struck off, also ordered him to sign the sex offender register for life.
I think it is important for us all to begin to think in terms of social trust and the injection of millions of muslims into our various nations and cultures. Muslims seem to want to destroy that social trust either by design or by mere cultural differences. Either way, its an issue that needs to be addressed directly and I hope to bring it up on tonight’s BlogTalk radio at 8:30 ET.
Eeyore.
Thank you M., Wrath of Khan, Nicolai Sennels, Buck, UK Pete and all. More to come.
Dutch Officials Demonize Israelis
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4868/dutch-officials-demonize-israelis
#4 Just wait until the drug dealers and other criminals start wearing police uniforms.
2/ Hey, let’s do a Commission! That’ll fix it!
Lol
Iraq troops reach Baiji oil refinery besieged by IS (BBC, Nov 18, 2014)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30103392
“Iraqi officials say their security forces have reached the Baiji oil refinery after driving out Islamic State (IS) fighters from the area. Gen Abdul Wahab al-Saadi told Iraqi state TV that this could be the “main key in liberating each span of Iraq”. The refinery, Iraq’s largest, was besieged by IS for five months.
IS seized large swathes of Iraq almost unopposed in a June advance and has been the target of a US-led air campaign since August. Police Colonel Saleh Jaber, from the Baiji refinery protection force, told Reuters news agency that an Iraqi “anti terrorism” force called the Mosul Battalion had entered the refinery on Tuesday.
IS fighters had first laid siege to the Baiji refinery in June after taking control of the nearby town of Baiji in a lightning advance through northern Iraq. Iraqi troops regained control of the town, which lies about 10km (six miles) from the refinery, on Friday. Iraqi war planes then targeted fleeing IS fighters in the surrounding area, according to Reuters.
The BBC’s Hugh Sykes in Baghdad says that regaining control of the area, only 200km (130 miles) north of Baghdad, could be a turning point in the fight against IS militants. The Baiji area could now be used as a base for trying to drive IS out of towns further south and perhaps later on in an attempt to recapture Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, which is still under IS control.
Triumphant Iraqi soldiers celebrated the victory on state TV. …”
More Australia asylum seekers blocked from resettlement (BBC, Nov 18, 2014)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-30092421
“The Australian government has made it more difficult for refugees to enter the country.
Asylum seekers who registered with refugee agency UNHCR in Indonesia on or after 1 July 2014 will no longer be eligible for resettlement.
The change is part of attempts to strip people smugglers based in Indonesia of a market.
The changes should cut the movement of asylum seekers to Indonesia, said Immigration Minister Scott Morrison.
Indonesia serves as the embarkation point for boat travel to Australia by asylum seekers mainly from Afghanistan, the Middle East and Sri Lanka.
“While nine of 10 months of 2014 have passed without a successful people-smuggling venture to Australia, we know smugglers continue to encourage asylum seekers to travel illegally to Indonesia for the purpose of seeking resettlement in Australia,’ Mr Morrison said in a statement.
“These changes should reduce the movement of asylum seekers to Indonesia and encourage them to seek resettlement in or from countries of first asylum,” he said.
Australia will continue to resettle some refugees who registered with UNHCR in Indonesia before 1 July 2014. However, there will not be as many places allocated, meaning the waiting period in Indonesia to be resettled in Australia will be much longer….”
Pakistan-Afghan border security a major challenge – Sartaj Aziz (BBC, Nov 18, 2014)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30093261
“The majority of Afghans are worried about security, a nationwide survey by the Asia Foundation has found.
It says 65% of the Afghans who took part in the survey fear for their safety and that of their families.
Along with security, the country’s poor economy, unemployment and corruption are major concerns for Afghans.
It comes as a top Pakistani security official tells the BBC the challenge for both nations is militant and criminal activity on the porous border.
In his recent visit to Pakistan – his first since taking office in September – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani discussed security and the economy….”
Kenyan city of Mombasa hit by killings after mosque raids (BBC, Nov 18, 2014)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30095364
“At least three people have been stabbed to death by rampaging youths in the Kenyan city of Mombasa, officials say.
The attacks came hours after police raided two mosques they accuse of having links with militant Islamists in neighbouring Somalia.
One person was killed in the police raids and more than 200 were arrested.
Witnesses said masked youths armed with machetes then went on the rampage in the Kisauni area of the city, attacking people waiting at bus stops.
Several others were injured in the attacks, which were carried out in apparent revenge for the police action.
“We are investigating the incident and have arrested some of the suspects,” local police chief Richard Ngatia said….”
Use of Women Guards on Hold at Guantanamo’s Camp 7 (abcnews, Nov 18, 2014)
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/women-guards-hold-guantanamos-camp-27007039
“A military judge is putting off a resolution of a dispute over the use of female guards in the highest security unit of the Guantanamo Bay prison.
Navy Capt. J.K. Waits agreed on Tuesday to delay a hearing until January at the request of lawyers for an alleged al-Qaida commander. Lawyers for Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi asked to put it off because of delays collecting evidence.
Al-Iraqi is held with other top prisoners in the secret unit on the U.S. base in Cuba known as Camp 7. Some of the prisoners have refused to meet with their lawyers unless the military only uses male guards to move them. Prisoners say physical contact with female guards violates with their Muslim faith.
The judge left a temporary ban in place over government objections.”
Why not recognizing the Islamic State (of Iraq and Syria)? That would definitely make more sense…
Spain Symbolically Recognizes Palestinian State (abcnews, Nov 18, 2014)
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/spain-symbolically-recognizes-palestinian-state-27005644
“Spain’s Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a largely symbolic resolution that recognizes a Palestinian state.
The non-binding resolution follows moves in other European countries intended to push for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The vote Tuesday night was 319 in favor with two opposed and one abstention.
Britain and Ireland approved similar motions last month. Sweden’s new left-leaning government went further and officially recognized a Palestinian state Oct. 30 — prompting Israel to withdraw its ambassador from Stockholm.
The European efforts reflect growing international impatience with Israel’s nearly half-century control of the West Bank, east Jerusalem and its blockade of the Gaza Strip.
The Socialist opposition party that presented the resolution condemned the killing Tuesday of four people in a Jerusalem synagogue by two Palestinian cousins.”
Thank you Mr Obama! Thank you Mr Biden! Thank you Mr McCain!
ISIS comes to Libya (CNN, Nov 18, 2014)
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/18/world/isis-libya/index.html
“The black flag of ISIS flies over government buildings. Police cars carry the group’s insignia. The local football stadium is used for public executions. A town in Syria or Iraq? No. A city on the coast of the Mediterranean, in Libya.
Fighters loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria are now in complete control of the city of Derna, population of about 100,000, not far from the Egyptian border and just about 200 miles from the southern shores of the European Union.
The fighters are taking advantage of political chaos to rapidly expand their presence westwards along the coast, Libyan sources tell CNN….”
World Cup: FIFA launches criminal case over 2018 and 2022 bidding process (CNN, Nov 18, 2014)
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/18/sport/football/fifa-criminal-complaint-world-cup/index.html
“The bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups has taken a new twist as football’s world governing body FIFA lodged a criminal complaint with the Swiss judiciary Tuesday.
The complaint relates to the “international transfers of assets with connections to Switzerland, which merit examination by the criminal prosecution authorities.”
The FIFA statement added: “The subject of the criminal complaint is the possible misconduct of individual persons in connection with the awarding of the hosting rights of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup.”
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FIFA lodged the complaint with the Attorney General of Switzerland in Berne on the recommendation of German judge Hans-Joachim Eckert — FIFA’s independent ethics adjudicator….”
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The 10 police officers haven’t been named have they? I bet at least one of them is also a Muslim.
I bet 10 of them are.
I won’t bet with you, I don’t want to lose my money.