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Migrants KEEP ON pouring into EU: More than 100,000 arrive in just TWO MONTHS (express, Feb 24, 2016)
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/646863/migrants-pour-into-Europe-thousands-border-control-David-Cameron-Steven-Woolfe-Ukip
“THE migrant tide threatening to swamp the EU has risen tenfold in just a year, figures revealed yesterday.
More than 110,000 people have arrived so far this year at a rate of over 2,000 a day.
That is nearly 10 times the 223 a day who reached Italy or Greece by sea in the first two months of last year.
The surge adds further momentum to the Daily Express campaign for Britain to leave the EU.
Experts warned last night that the number of arrivals this winter signals there will be an even bigger surge when the weather improves.
It is likely to mean the total number of migrants reaching Europe this year will far outstrip last year’s figure of 1.1 million.
The blame for the staggering increase has been laid at the feet of German chancellor Angela Merkel and her Swedish counterpart for their open-door policy.
The new data on arrivals – from the International Organisation for Migration – has heightened fears that the EU’s migrant crisis is spiralling out of control.
Alp Mehmet, of Migration Watch, said: “This massive increase is indicates the problem, rather than being solved, is becoming increasingly more difficult.
“It will continue to increase. What some see as a manageable problem is in reality far from it.
“Looking at this as an issue that can be solved after people have arrived is wrong. It has to be tackled at source. If it is a tenfold increase in the winter months – just wait until the summer.”
The figures come as Britain awaits a June 23 referendum on EU membership, with campaigners who want us leave arguing that it is the only way to reaffirm control of our borders.
Steven Woolfe, Ukip’s migration spokesman, said: “While David Cameron tours Britain like a victorious king, declaring how successful his EU reforms are, everyday realities make him look more like King Canute.
“The southern shores of Europe are awash with economic migrants from all over the world.
“Cameron’s reforms will never prevent illegal migrants who succeed in staying in the EU from attempting to get to Britain.”
Yesterday’s shock figures showed that more than 102,000 migrants, mainly Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis, reached Greece’s Aegean islands so far this year.
The figure dwarfs the 3,952 documented by Greek police in the whole of January and February 2015 – before Germany and Sweden opened their borders to Syrian refugees last summer.
And it is nearly triple the 34,000 who arrived in the whole of 2014……”
Masked protestors hurl SMOKE BOMBS at London club over Jungle migrant camp eviction (express, Feb 24, 2016)
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/646857/Calais-Jungle-migrant-camp-closure-Shoreditch-House
“MASKED anarchists have stormed a London member’s club hurling smoke bombs to protest against the closure of the sprawling Jungle migrant camp in Calais.
Angry protestors threw smoke bombs at the entrance of Shoreditch House, where the UK launch of Creative France – Business France’s new campaign to promote French creativity – was taking place.
Dozens of campaigners clad in black and wearing masks held banners bearing slogans in solidarity for the evicted refugees. They also chanted “hands off the Calais Jungle” as tensions mounted.
CEO of Business France Muriel Penicaud was reportedly attending the event inside the building in east London at the same time demonstrators gathered.
Police were forced to blockade the entrance as protestors handed out leaflets criticising the French Government’s decision to move migrants on.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “Police were called to Ebor Street, E1, to reports of a protest taking place at approximately 6.50pm.
“Officers are currently on scene. An appropriate policing plan is in place.”
An eyewitness described the manic scenes.
He said: “I was just walking back from work and there was a bunch of people who had their faces covered, it looked like they were trying to get into Shoreditch House.
“Police were blocking the entrance and members and non-members couldn’t get in the door.
“They were telling people to stand back and not go near the front door.”
Daniel Giacopelli wrote on Twitter: “Got smoke bombed out of Shoreditch House as balaclava’d protesters tried to get in. French ambassador was due to speak.”
A video posted on his account shows protesters behind a banner which read “borders are weapons of fear & division. Tear down their fences live fighting live free” as one man shouts his opposition to “social barbarity”….”
The violent left is starting new spring festivities, unfortunatly the leftist governments won;t crack down on them but will on all who oppose them.
.. sorry, this is in the wrong place .
but i am powerfully dumb, so ..
Vlad U were great with Tim & Kel
on IAW radio show. i’m storing up energy to watch the
vid you edited for 4 hrs. can’t imagine that.
20 hour day work dayz huh. ??
Thank you for that. I felt it was not my best as tech issues kept knocking me out.
The 4 hours was additional to the first edit which took a couple of hours or so. Worth it though. Here it is again:
This Screencap: “A Muslim is a Christian who practices the Jewish Law” illustrates the insanity of what was provided as ‘approved narrative’ by the current administration to:
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Cologne attacks: Most suspects ‘may never be caught’ (BBC, Feb 24, 2016)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35647308
“Most of the men who sexually assaulted women in Cologne on New Year’s Eve may never be caught, the city’s police chief has said.
Speaking to the BBC, Juergen Mathies said CCTV footage was not good enough to identify sex crimes.
Detectives have identified 75 suspects. Most are from North Africa and entered Germany illegally or sought asylum.
More than 500 criminal complaints were filed to police, with 40% alleging sexual assault.
“The CCTV footage is not good enough to clearly identify sexual assaults. We can see some thefts but that’s all. We are relying on witness accounts and victims identifying their attackers,” said Mr Mathies.
Two Moroccans and a Tunisian are due to go on trial later for theft, the first time anyone has appeared in court in connection with the New Year attacks.
Thirteen men have been arrested for theft, but only one, a 26-year-old Algerian asylum seeker, has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault.
Mr Mathies’ predecessor Wolfgang Albers was fired over his handling of the wave of assaults and robberies.
An official report found that Cologne police made “serious mistakes” in not calling in reinforcements and in the way they informed the public.
About 1,000 men of North African and Arab origin gathered near Cologne’s main station on 31 December. Smaller groups formed, first surrounding women and then threatening and attacking them, the report said.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s immigration policy has since come under mounting criticism.
About 1.1 million asylum seekers arrived in Germany in 2015.”
‘If you believe in raping little girls you must be Muslim’: Vile note left in an Islamic prayer room at Sydney University – after the room was completely trashed
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3461118/Vile-note-left-Islamic-prayer-room-Sydney-University.html#ixzz414rNNnon
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Former Guantanamo detainee among jihadists held in Spain
The four – three Spaniards and one Moroccan – were “willing to commit terrorist acts on Spanish soil,” police said, adding they had allegedly made contacts to acquire weapons and substances used to make explosives.
They were detained in Spain’s north African exclave of Ceuta and the Moroccan city of Nador, and police said the brother of one of the cell members had committed a suicide attack in Syria for the Islamic State group (IS).
http://www.thelocal.es/20160224/ex-guantanamo-detainee-among-jihadists-held-in-spain
Helicopters strike PKK targets within Turkey (DW, Feb 24, 2016)
http://www.dw.com/en/helicopters-strike-pkk-targets-within-turkey/a-19070156
“The Turkish air force has launched strikes against PKK targets, killing several militants. Although Turkey regularly conducts airstrikes against the PKK in Iraq, the latest occurred inside of Turkey.
Turkish attack helicopters struck a group of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters in southeastern Turkey on Wednesday, announced security sources.
The attacks killed nine militants so far.
The Turkish security sources said their Cobra helicopters launched the attack early in the morning on Wednesday as the PKK fighters traveled through a mountainous region. They were heading towards the Idil district of Sirnak province, which is located close to the border with Syria.
Turkey regularly launches strikes against PKK bases in northern Iraq, but it is much more uncommon for jets to launch attacks inside the country.
In the wake of the recent bomb attack in Ankara, Turkish military forces have stepped up their campaign against the PKK by conducting increased strikes in Syria and Iraq. A Kurdish splinter group claimed responsibility for the bomb attacks which killed 28 people.
Parts of Idil were placed under round-the-clock curfew last week as part of the operations against the PKK militants. Around 200,000 people, mostly Kurdish citizens of Turkey, have been displaced by the violence and curfews.
Hundreds have been killed in the violence which erupted last July after a two-year ceasefire collapsed.”
Saudi Arabia declares open war on shale (RT, Feb 24, 2016)
https://www.rt.com/business/333448-saudi-arabia-oil-shale-iran/
“Riyadh says it will not reduce crude production at its own expense and that high-cost American oil producers should make the cuts.
Oil minister Ali al-Naimi says the current crude oversupply should be addressed by less efficient producers.
The high-cost producers in question are US shale fields, Canada’s oil sands and deepwater projects. And this is the first time al-Naimi has so openly talked about Saudi Arabia’s oil policy.
“The producers of these high-cost barrels must find a way to lower their costs, borrow cash or liquidate,” al-Naimi said at the IHS CERAWeek conference.
“It sounds harsh, and unfortunately it is, but it is a more efficient way to rebalance markets. Cutting low-cost production to subsidize higher-cost supplies only delays an inevitable reckoning,” he added.
According to al-Naimi, Riyadh is ready to pump oil at $20 per barrel and still be profitable. “We don’t want to, but if we have to, we will,” he said.
Another reason for Saudi Arabia not to curb production is lack of faith in its competitors.
“We are not banking on cuts because…there is less trust than normal. Not many countries are going to deliver. Even if they say they will cut production, they will not deliver,” said the oil minister.
Naimi’s words come after Iranian oil minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh called a proposal by Saudi Arabia and Russia to freeze oil production “ridiculous”.
“It is very ridiculous, they come up with the proposal on freezing oil production and call for this freeze to take place in their 10 million barrels a day production vis-a-vis Iran’s one million barrels a day [planned production boost],” he told the Shana news agency . “If Iran’s crude oil production falls, it will be overtaken considerably by the neighboring countries,” Zanganeh added.
Global oil prices lost steam on Wednesday after the comments from Riyadh. Brent crude was down 1.5 percent, trading at $32.75 per barrel. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate was losing 2.5 percent, down to $31.08, as of 9:00am GMT.”
There problem is that no matter what they do the infrastructure to pump shale oil will remain, so they have to keep the prices low to prevent refurbishing the infrastructure and pumping starting.
Because of the capitalizing of the infrastructure structure costs and depreciating them over the life of the asset book losses start around $50 per barrel and actual losses start somewhere between $25 and $35 a barrel. The book loss figure is fairly easy to come up with since the oil industry gives out that figure, the actual loss figure is a rough estimate by an out of practice cost accountant (me). To get a more accurate figure I would have to do a cost analysis of the building and maintenance of the infrastructure.
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TERROR FROM ABOVE02.23.16 11:01 PM ET
Will ISIS Launch a Mass Drone Attack on a Stadium?
Experts warn that off-the-shelf drones could be used in a spectacular atrocity that would be live-streamed for a propaganda coup.
LONDON — A team of British intelligence analysts has drawn up a chilling scenario in which terrorists launch a swarm of small drones in an attack on a major sporting event like the Super Bowl, unleashing multiple explosive devices on the crowd in the stadium.
“If we do not act to prevent it, it is only a matter of time,” Chris Abbott, the executive director of a think tank called Open Briefing, told The Daily Beast in an exclusive interview.
Abbott’s group, which calls itself “the first civil society intelligence agency,” includes former military specialists and intelligence agency operatives. They have been tracking the development of drones for several years.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/24/will-isis-launch-a-mass-drone-attack-on-a-stadium.html
Putin’s Newest Satellite State
Two days before Christmas, as American policymakers were settling into the holidays, Russia quietly signed a sweeping air defense agreement with Armenia, accelerating a growing Russian military buildup that has unfolded largely under the radar. It was the most tangible sign yet that Putin is creating a new satellite state on NATO’s border and threatening an indispensable U.S. ally.
The buildup in Armenia has been glossed over in Washington, despite being a key piece of Vladimir Putin’s plan to dominate the region — along with its proxy Syria and growing military ties with Iran. Most importantly, Armenia shares an approximately 165 mile border with Turkey, a NATO member and the alliance’s southern flank.
Over the last six months — as Russia’s war in Syria and pressure on Turkey has intensified — the flow of its arms and personnel into Armenia has escalated to include advanced Navodchik-2 and Takhion UAV drone aircrafts, Mi-24 helicopter gunships and Iskander-M ballistic missiles. Last July, Putin ordered snap combat readiness checks in Armenia to test the ability of his forces to react to threats to Russia’s interests abroad. Earlier this month on orders of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu, Russia began a massive military exercise in its “southwestern strategic direction,” which includes Armenia. The total strength of the regional operation included approximately 8,500 troops, 900 ground artillery pieces, 200 warplanes and 50 warships.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/02/24/putins-newest-satellite-state/#8591d6135499
This one is going to get real interesting, Russia is using the ancient hatred between Turkey and Armenia to its advantage. Putin is setting up a new client state in Armenia, well semi new they broke free during the break up of the Soviet Union but Putin is using the rebuilding of the Caliphate to bring Armenia back into the fold. This is creating problems for the west which is facing 3 enemies, 1) our internal enemy of the leftist governments that are working to destroy the west so they can create utopia. 2) the Moslem threat caused by the weakness of our leftist leaders. This threat has been growing since the Carter administration and despite the clear and present danger they present the pseudo intellectuals of the left and in the LSM have refused to accept the idea that once again the Crescent is on the march. 3) it the threat poised by Russia and China. At the current moment the first threat is the greatest but will also prove to be the one that is the easiest to correct.
I said easiest not easy, the civil wars, both political and physical of the counter revolution will take care of this problem in most western nations. We on Vlad Tepes are being informed of what is happening by the many reports that are posted which the LSM refuses to report on most news channels. The elimination of the first threat will greatly lessen the second one and will give us time and trained personal to fight back and semi eliminate this threat I say semi eliminate this threat because baring the total elimination of Islam from the world the threat will never be fully eliminated.
The third threat is going to be hard to eliminate, Putin is working hard to not only reestablish the Russian Empire but is working to expand it beyond the historic boundaries. At the same time he is seeking to achieve the conquest of Turkey which the Czars wanted to take into the Russian Empire. With troops in Armenia and Syria he has the capablity of launching attacks from two sides and cutting Turkey in too. With his alliance of Iran this gives him the ability to buy Iran off with the eastern portion of Turkey while Russia keeps the Western side. NATO (for all practical purposes a dead organization) will then have Russia on the eastern and southern side. It will also send many Turkish refugees into Europe which will increase the threat from Islam but will also cut off the land route the Islamic invaders are using into Europe.
Our leftist leaders and the leftist dominated LSM are so racist they refuse to accept the idea that the Islamic is a real problem for them, they seem to think the invaders will fall down and worship the left once the west has been destroyed. This attitude is not a much a danger since the elimination of the leftist governments is the first thing that has to be achieved is if the west is to survive. Their blindness and arrogance is going to aid us in the coming months and possibly years. The Islamic problem is probably going to last for the rest of this Century but the problem with Russia and China is going to last much longer.
I will leave the Far East for another time.
WoW- sensational essay!
I’ll go through it more carefully when I’m not quite so addled with pain.
Just off the top, though- If I were Armenian looking over the border, I’d be giving Uncle Vlad come-hither looks. Can you imagine being surrounded by the Marathon Bomber’s kith and kin?
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Pregnant secretary of Pope Francis found dead in her Rome apartment
Miriam Wuolou, a 34-year-old of Eritrean origin, was seven-months pregnant when her body was discovered
The Pope’s pregnant receptionist has been found dead in her apartment on the outskirts of the city.
Miriam Wuolou, a 34-year-old of Eritrean origin, was seven-months pregnant when her body was discovered.
She had worked at Pope Francis’ home and a priests’ guesthouse called Santa Marta for years.
The Italian press reports she worked as a kind of gatekeeper for the Pontiff, as well as for the bishops and cardinals who stay there.
The Pope opted to live at the Santa Marta guesthouse after his appointment in 2013, rejecting the grand papal apartments because he found them too sumptuous and he feared isolation.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/pregnant-secretary-pope-francis-found-7430464
Flow of Illegal Immigrant Children Into U.S. Expected to Rise in 2016
Record-breaking numbers of children sneaking across border
Migrants walk between trains after getting off one during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border / AP
BY: Adam Kredo
February 23, 2016 1:05 pm
The flow of illegal immigrant children into the United States is expected to rise to record-breaking numbers in 2016 as deportations decrease, according to leading members of the Senate’s Judiciary Committee.
At least 20,455 unaccompanied minors have been caught during fiscal year 2016 along the U.S.-Mexico border as of last month, according to committee chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa), who warned that if this trend continues, the number of illegal minors could eclipse a massive 2014 surge that strained the resources of the Department of Homeland Security and prompted investigations into the Obama administration’s handling of the issue.
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/flow-of-illegal-immigrant-children-into-u-s-expected-to-rise-in-2016/
Migrants find doors slamming shut across Europe
Migrants stranded at closed borders in Europe
Frustration is mounting as migrants and refugees wait to cross tightening borders. Many nations are starting to block more and more entering migrants, leaving many stranded. (Reuters)
By Anthony Faiola February 23 at 1:29 PM
BERLIN — Nations along Europe’s refugee route are taking the boldest steps yet to clamp down on migrant flows, trapping thousands of asylum seekers and potentially blocking countless war-weary families from finding sanctuary in the West.
The crackdown in recent days, aid groups say, comes at the worst possible time — just as new arrivals are rapidly increasing and the majority of migrants, once single men, are now women and children. An even larger surge from the Middle East and beyond is expected in the coming weeks, with tens of thousands more migrants set to land in Greece and start the long trek northwest to Europe’s core.
But crisis-weary countries from Austria to Macedonia are now moving to bar the doors. Since Sunday, Macedonia and Serbia, for instance, have blocked passage to virtually all Afghans — a group accounting for roughly a third of all migrants. Even many Syrians and Iraqis without proper documentation are being turned away, aid groups and U.N. officials say, leaving a quickly increasing number of desperate asylum seekers stranded in nearly bankrupt Greece.
[Spring could bring a fresh surge of refugees. But Europe isn’t ready for them.]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/migrants-find-doors-slamming-shut-across-europe/2016/02/23/056b0f78-d9a1-11e5-8210-f0bd8de915f6_story.html
There is a tone in all of the leftist dominated media that implies that the former colonial powers (and the western nations that weren’t colonial powers) deserve to be colonized from the Middle East and have no right moral or legal to defend their own culture, religion and nation. This very racist attitude is found through out all of the politically correct actions and statements that we are allowed to make.
“…that we are allowed to make, and even more in those we are no longer allowed to describe.”
Crackdowns on Protests Rise Across a Europe Increasingly Afraid of Terror
MADRID — A puppet show at an open square in Madrid during Carnival festivities in February featured a policeman who tried to entrap a witch. The puppet officer held up a little sign to falsely accuse her, using a play on words that combined Al Qaeda and ETA, the Basque separatist group.
Angry parents complained, and the real police stepped in. They arrested two puppeteers, who could now face as many as seven years in prison on charges of glorifying terrorism and promoting hatred.
Paradoxically, the puppeteers say in their defense, the police proved their point: that Spain’s antiterrorism laws are being misapplied, used for witch hunts.
Far from an isolated episode, the arrests on Feb. 5 are part of a lengthening string of prosecutions, including two against a rap musician and a poet, that have fueled a debate over whether freedom of protest and speech are under threat in Spain and elsewhere in Europe because of fears of terrorism.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/25/world/europe/spain-europe-protest-free-speech.html?_r=0
To a large extent it is under attack because the establishment is afraid of a counter revolution.
Censorship was a heavy burden right up to the death of Franco. Opus Dei got its nose out of joint for a while afterwards, as pornography and separatist propaganda exploded like a mushroom cloud. Freedom of the press doesn’t sit well with everybody today.
It’s a tribute to the citizen of Spain in the 1980s that the country navigated so smoothly. The King of Spain deserves considerable credit as well. He was a delightful surprise to everyone.
Argentina’s new president faces strike, discontent as prices leap
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – In power just two months, Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri is already facing labor unrest, with a national public sector strike planned for Wednesday as workers protest rocketing inflation and job cuts.
Unions representing hospital staffers and government office workers, among other public sector employees, are staging a one-day walkout across the country.
It is the first such strike that Macri, Argentina’s first non-Peronist president in more than a decade, has faced since taking over in December with promises to end lefitst populism and revive the South American nation’s ailing economy.
One of Macri’s first moves in power was to slim down Argentina’s bloated public payroll, firing thousands in a bid to tame a ballooning fiscal deficit.
The government also devalued the peso currency and erased long-running fuel subsidies, further stoking inflation already running at 30 percent.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/argentinas-president-faces-strike-discontent-prices-leap-050534115–business.html
Saudi Oil Minister Rules Out Possibility of Production Cuts
HOUSTON — Saudi Arabia’s petroleum minister on Tuesday ruled out the possibility that a recently announced oil production freeze by several countries might lead to cuts to reverse the plunge in oil prices.
“There is no sense wasting our time seeking production cuts,” Ali bin Ibrahim al-Naimi told energy executives at the annual IHS CERAweek conference. “That will not happen.”
Mr. Naimi’s comments put further pressure on oil prices. The price of West Texas intermediate crude oil, the United States benchmark, turned sharply lower after his remarks and settled at $31.87, down more than 4 percent.
Mr. Naimi is widely considered the most influential voice in energy policy in Saudi Arabia, which dominates the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, so his words are followed closely and typically move both energy and equity markets.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/24/business/energy-environment/saudi-oil-minister-rules-out-possibility-of-production-cuts.html
Saudi is fighting a war against two major oil producing countries, Russia and Iran. Cutting production would help them a lot more then it would help Saudi.
Learn to look at the big picture before you praise or condemn the actions of any state, we are at the mercy of the LSM which will refuse to depart from the Frankfurt narrative.
Japan’s Negative Interest Rates Are Driving up Sales of Safes
The Japanese are spending—but not in a way that is likely to strengthen the country’s economy.
Following the Bank of Japan’s decision to lower interest rates below zero in January, many consumers have reportedly rushed to hardwares store in search of one thing: safes.
Negative interest rates mean customers effectively pay a fee for parking cash in banks, so Japanese citizens are beginning to hoard yen, according to the Wall Street Journal, and they need somewhere to put it.
Sales of safes have doubled from the same period a year earlier at chain hardware store, Shimachu, according to the Journal. The chain has already sold out of one model worth $700. Others savers are considering more unconventional storage spaces.
There is talk about negative interest rates coming to the rest of the world, they are the last ditch effort of the Keynesians to stimulate the economy. Like all leftist schemes Keynesian economics works only as long as you have other peoples money to spend. When you get someone like Obama determined to destroy the US at any costs who soaks up the worlds investment money in an attempt to bankrupt the US and thus the entire West you get a perfect storm of economic problems that create social unrest. Combine that with the destruction of the US military allowing Islam and other wanna be Empires to start moving to take over large segments of the earth and you have a point where the entire world is going through a change. A Political, Ideological, Religious and Economic change, add in the fact that we are on the crux of major tech break throughs that will in their own right change the earth and we are in for a very rough time over the next Century or so.
U.N. says poised for huge Syria aid effort, if the door opens
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations is ready for a huge aid effort if the warring Syria parties stop fighting, but even then aid workers will proceed carefully and assess the safety of each delivery, a U.N. spokesman said on Wednesday.
“We are now standing by, our warehouses are full of aid supplies, aid agencies are alerted, and are stocking all the goods in the warehouses waiting for the signal,” said Iyad Nasr, regional spokesman for the U.N. humanitarian aid office.
Syria’s war has killed over 250,000 people and left 4.5 million hard to reach with humanitarian aid, the U.N. says. Of those, about one in 10 is living under siege, cut off from any help.
A U.S.-Russian proposal for a limited “cessation of hostilities” from midnight on Saturday is intended to allow rapid and unhindered access for humanitarian agencies but it excludes Islamic State and Nusra Front fighters, and Syria’s opposition has yet to back the deal.
Aid has reached a handful of besieged towns in the past few days, and most recently into another — Kafr Batna, on the outskirts of Damascus — on Wednesday.
http://www.oann.com/u-n-says-poised-for-huge-syria-aid-effort-if-the-door-opens/
General MacArthur said there is no substitute for victory, the left in the west has spent the time since WWII trying to find one and have failed in every case. Now they are once again working to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and making the war last longer and cost more blood and treasure.
Global shares fall sharply with oil prices, yen in demand
LONDON (Reuters) – Shares fell sharply on Wednesday as oil prices dropped after Saudi Arabia effectively ruled out output cuts by major producers, lifting investor appetite for low-risk assets such as the Japanese yen and gold.
Wall Street looked set to open lower, with index futures down nearly 1 percent.
Top-rated government bonds were in demand as the prospect of persistently low oil prices, which have fallen some 70 percent since mid-2014, to below $33 per barrel on Wednesday, raised concerns about weak global economic growth.
“It has been a broad risk-off environment with falling oil prices being the main trigger,” Credit Agricole strategist Orlando Green said.
The yen , often sought by investors as a shelter when riskier assets are under pressure, hit an almost three-year high against the euro of 122.43 yen.
Sterling, however, plumbed a seven-year low around $1.3880 on concern Britons might vote to leave the European Union in a June referendum. It last traded at $1.3876 , down 1 percent on the day, and at 78.91 pence per euro .
The pound was on track for its worst three-day performance since mid-2009. It has shed almost 3 percent against the dollar this week after several senior members of Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative Party threw their support behind the campaign to leave the EU.
http://www.oann.com/asian-shares-oil-retreat-as-saudi-arabia-plays-down-output-cuts/
With the Japanese buying safes to store cash and precious assets in I am not so sure how safe and investment Yen is.
Why would sterling go down? Are they talking about “precious” or “pound” -sterling?
Sterling likely means British money since monetary silver is usually 3 or 9 nines fine, meaning refined to .999 or .9999 pure. Sterling silver is alloyed with copper to make it a bit stronger for jewellery. Typically sterling is .925 pure and you can usually see a stamp that says that on the back of silver anything that is practical.
Coin silver is something else. I can’t remember, maybe 80% or something. So Sterling probably means British monetary units.
German police have reportedly launched an investigation into the cops who leaked internal reports of mass harassment and assaults on New Year’s Eve in Cologne to the media. The German press only learned about the outrageous sex attacks four days after the incidents.
http://www.infowars.com/witch-hunt-for-whistleblowers-german-police-probing-cops-who-leaked-cologne-sex-assaults/
Hillary Clinton suggested that white guilt was a necessary means of placating the ‘Black Lives Matter’ crowd when she responded to a question by asserting that white people need to “recognize our privilege” and “practice humility”.
http://www.infowars.com/hillary-white-people-need-to-recognize-our-privilege-and-practice-humility/
Hillary is as much a racist as the Black Lives Matter group, they all hate whites.
Privilege and humility. Like Hillary is any judge of either.
Where the dead don’t count in Europe’s migration crisis
CATANIA, Italy (Reuters) – Lucky Iz had just turned 15 when he and his friend Godfrey set off to cross the Sahara on a hot August afternoon in 2012. Lucky has still not told Godfrey’s family what happened on the journey towards Europe. This is his account.
The Nigerian boys arrived at the edge of the Sahara with water, biscuits, milk and energy drinks, just as the people-smuggler had instructed them, Lucky recalled. They climbed with 36 others onto the back of a Toyota pickup truck that sped away from Agadez, a city in northern Niger.
Lucky sat atop a pile of supplies, hanging onto a post with his feet dangling over the side. He knew the driver would not stop if anyone fell off. He was parched and hungry. The sand that sprayed up from under the truck’s tires stung his eyes. For three days they drove, stopping occasionally to refuel and drink their water.
On the fourth day, the driver lost his way. His compass had stopped working. Some in the group would never make it out of the desert.
International groups track numbers of migrants who drown crossing the Mediterranean to Europe. Last year an estimated 3,800 people died that way.
http://www.oann.com/where-the-dead-dont-count-in-europes-migration-crisis/
China says media ignores other claimants’ weaponry in South China Sea
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Wednesday complained the media were ignoring radars and weapons deployed by other claimants in the South China Sea, and unfairly targeting China, following reports of its deployment of fighter jets and radars in the disputed waterway.
Over the past week or so China has been reported to have deployed advanced missiles, fighters and radar equipment on islands in the South China Sea, especially on Woody Island in the Paracels.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying reiterated that as far as China was concerned, there was no dispute over ownership of the Paracels, and so China could deploy what it wanted on its territory without reproach.
“I suggest to the media that, in your reports, you not selectively pump up or ignore things,” Hua told a daily news briefing on Wednesday.
“Because when you pay attention to what China is deploying, do you also pay attention to other countries which have over the years, on Chinese islands they have occupied, deployed many radars and advanced weaponry? I hope friends in the media can objectively, justly, rationally and calmly make their reports.”
http://www.oann.com/china-says-media-ignores-other-claimants-weaponry-in-south-china-sea/
China is upset because the US and the other nations aren’t rolling over and giving China what it wants. Historically China has been able to ignore reality and live in a fantasy world where they are the masters of the universe. Now that Obama has weakened the US to the point where China thinks they can take over the entire region people are fighting back. Japan is rearming and India is letting China know they are not welcome in that area.
The left in their usual arrogant delusional way has created a major problem for the world, a problem that is coming to a head at this time because 1) Obama has weakened the US to the point it will take a year or more before the US can rebuild the military to the point that we can once again be a major force for peace.
The rearming of Japan and India who both have martial traditions that go back thousands of years will create problems that will last for a long time. This region is the second most likely place for nuclear exchanges to take place and all of the major players (and one of the minor ones) either have nuclear weapons and missiles or have large stockpiles of fissile material and space launch capabilities that can be turned into nuclear tipped missiles rather quickly. The aggressor nations in that region (at the moment) are China and North Korea, and the US allies or potential allies are Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Japan and India. Indonesia is a big question mark, it is the worlds largest Moslem nations but it wasn’t that long ago that it had a communist government. I doubt if they will remain neutral but which side will the come in on and how long will the stay out of the Caliphate?
The US does a lot of trade in that region so we have a vested interest in maintaining the right of free passage in international waters. Our allies in that region want to retain all of their territory and the mineral deposits (mainly untapped) that exist in that region. Up until Obama the US has (since WWII) promised to protect all of the free nations and with the exception of Indonesia the former colonies in that region. Once again Obama’s hatred for the west has created a major problem for the civilized world, one that may well help destroy civilization.
Minnesota DPS apologizes for granting ‘FMUSLMS’ personalized license plates to driver who claimed it was the name of his band
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This is a roll on the floor laughing moment.
ISIS could use drones to unleash explosives at sport stadiums during major events in Europe and the US, warn British intelligence analysts
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBrV5u7yLXI
It is a rental and not a free movie.
I question the use of the mini drones to deliver enough explosive to do much damage, it would take a lot of drones to carry enough explosive to provide a large scale attack.
French special forces waging ‘secret war’ in Libya: report
ARIS (Reuters) – French special forces and intelligence commandos are engaged in covert operations against Islamic State militants in Libya in conjunction with the United States and Britain, the French newspaper Le Monde reported on Wednesday.
It said President Francois Hollande had authorized “unofficial military action” by both an elite armed forces unit and the covert action service of the DGSE intelligence agency in the conflict-ridden North African state, which has two rival governments and largely ungoverned desert spaces.
What Le Monde called “France’s secret war in Libya” involved occasional targeted strikes against leaders of the ultra-radical Islamist group, prepared by discreet action on the ground, to try to slow its growth in Libya.
The defense ministry declined comment on the substance of Le Monde’s story but a source close to Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said he had ordered an investigation into “breaches of national defense secrecy” to identify the sources of the report.
http://www.oann.com/french-special-forces-waging-secret-war-in-libya-report/
Ahead of election, Iran’s leader calls for unity against West
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s leader said that he was confident voters would return a parliament prepared to stand up to the United States at Friday’s election and prove that the lifting of sanctions on the Islamic Republic had not changed its anti-Western stance.
Iranians will vote for representatives to the 290-seat parliament and to the 88-member body that will elect Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s successor, in the first elections since last year’s nuclear deal with world powers.
The polls pit centrists close to President Hassan Rouhani against hardliners backed by the conservative establishment, which has drawn criticism from the president after barring many of his allies from the race.
“The nation will vote for a parliament that puts Iran’s dignity and independence first, and stands up to foreign powers whose influence on Iran has been removed,” Khamenei was quoted as saying by his official website on Wednesday.
http://www.oann.com/irans-leader-calls-for-parliament-that-stands-up-to-the-west/
German votes could persuade Merkel to change course on refugees
RASTATT, Germany (Reuters) – Gerd Mueller has voted for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) for over 40 years. Now he’s having second thoughts.
“I am very irritated,” the 64-year-old said between business appointments in Rastatt, a well-off town of 50,000 near the border with France in Baden-Wuerttemberg, one of three German states holding elections on March 13.
“I don’t feel Frau Merkel is bringing us along with her,” he added, pointing to the German leader’s welcoming stance towards refugees.
Mueller’s frustration is shared by a rising number of voters. Elections next month in this prosperous southern state, its wine-producing neighbor Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony Anhalt in the east will serve as a litmus test of Merkel’s migrant policies ahead of the next federal vote in 2017.
Facing the biggest test of her decade in office, Merkel is scrambling to secure a Europe-wide plan to address the refugee crisis but the rank and file of her party are losing faith in her ability to make it work. Many want Germany to close its borders instead.
http://www.oann.com/german-votes-could-persuade-merkel-to-change-course-on-refugees/
Egypt’s Sisi, for first time, says Russian plane was brought down by terrorists
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s president said on Wednesday a Russian plane that crashed in Sinai last year was downed by terrorists seeking to damage its tourism industry and ties with Moscow – the first official indication from Cairo that foul play lay behind the disaster.
“Has terrorism ended? No, it has not, but it will if we unite. Whoever downed the Russian plane, what did he mean? He meant to hit tourism, and to hit relations with Russia,” Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in a televised speech.
Moscow stopped all civilian flights to Egypt, a popular destination for Russian tourists, after the Russian airplane crashed in Sinai on Oct. 31, killing all 224 people aboard.
Russia said a bomb destroyed the airliner.
The official Egyptian confirmation that a bomb brought down the Airbus A-321 jet could expose Egypt to compensation payments to the families of the victims.
The Islamic State militant group, whose Egypt affiliate is waging an insurgency in the Sinai, said it smuggled the explosive aboard inside a soft drink can.
http://www.oann.com/egypts-sisi-for-first-time-says-russian-plane-was-brought-down-by-terrorists/
House Republicans ready legal fight against Obama’s Guantanamo plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the House of Representatives are preparing legal action in case President Barack Obama tries to transfer detainees at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay to the United States, House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Wednesday.
Ryan told reporters that “we are making legal preparations” in case Obama tries to “break the law” by bringing detainees from the prison in Cuba to the United States, which he said would violate restrictions that Congress had passed.
http://www.oann.com/house-republicans-ready-legal-fight-against-obamas-guantanamo-plan/
ISIS fighters take over security HQ and decapitate 12 members of staff in Libyan city used as hub by migrants heading for Europe
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Is this the most bizarre campaign video ever? Nigel Farage’s Ukip candidate spoofs Three Lions to sing Britain’s Coming Home – because the EU has taken all our fish
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Israel Says Iran Building Terror Network in Europe, US (abcnews, Feb 24, 2016)
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israel-iran-building-terror-network-europe-us-37160101
“Israel’s defense minister on Wednesday accused Iran of building an international terror network that includes “sleeper cells” that are stockpiling arms, intelligence and operatives in order to strike on command in places including Europe and the U.S.
Moshe Yaalon said Iran aims to destabilize the Middle East and other parts of the world and is training, funding and arming “emissaries” to spread a revolution. He said Tehran is the anchor of a “dangerous axis” that includes Baghdad, Damascus, Beirut, Sanaa and other cities in the region.
“The Iranian regime through the Iranian Revolutionary Guard corps is building a complex terror infrastructure including sleeping cells that are stockpiling arms, intelligence and operatives and are ready to act on order including in Europe and America,” Yaalon said after talks with his Cypriot counterpart.
Israel considers Iran the biggest threat to the region, citing its support for anti-Israel militant groups like Hezbollah and Hamas, and has been an outspoken critic of the international nuclear deal with Iran.
The Israeli defense minister offered no direct evidence of such sleeper cells existing in the U.S. or Europe, but referred indirectly to the case of a Hezbollah member who was jailed in Cyprus last June following the seizure of nine tons of a chemical compound that can be converted into an explosive.
A Cypriot court sentenced Lebanese Canadian Hussein Bassam Abdallah to six years in prison after prosecutors said he admitted that Hezbollah aimed to mount terrorist attacks against Israeli interests in Cyprus using the ammonium nitrate that he had been ordered to guard at the Larnaca home of another official of the Iranian-backed group.
Yaalon said Cypriot authorities had “defeated attempts by Hezbollah and Iran to establish a terror infrastructure” on the island that aimed to expand “throughout Europe.”
Yaalon said that apart from the refugee crisis, the war in Syria has resulted in “widespread infiltration by murderous, merciless terror organizations” that belong to global jihad and are partly funded by Iran.
He said that requires western nations to counter attempts to carry out “massive terror attacks.”
Yaalon’s trip to Cyprus was the first official visit by an Israeli defense minister to the east Mediterranean island…”
They have been smuggling people in for well over a decade, and there have been several attacks that were probably carried out by trained commando units. I say probably because no one was caught.
Combine the old attacks with the new info from Israel and the worsening invasion in Europe and North America and you can see where this spring and summer will be the perfect time for attacks by Iranian personal.
Greece: Refugees arrive at Diavata ‘hotspot’ refugee centre
Scores of refugees were bussed into Diavata, Wednesday, to take up residence in a newly-opened refugee camp in the north-eastern Greek town.
According to Interior Ministry decreed in January, the vast majority of refugees in the entry does not have the necessary papers.
Most migrants do not have valid identity papers with their entry into Germany. After speculation about the exact nature of the problem, the Ministry of the Interior of the Berliner Morgenpost called on Tuesday for the first time an exact number.
“A certain proportion of the migrant does not have sufficient personal documents,” said a spokeswoman for the Ministry. “In January 2016 this concerned about 77 percent of all established by the federal police in the border area migrants.”
According to authorities from circles it might concern asylum seekers and refugees while mostly. Thus the staff involved in establishing the identity of authorities face a greater challenge than anticipated.
No reliable knowledge of the countries of origin
Another problem is the high number especially for the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), because it can not decide on asylum applications without reliable knowledge of the countries of origin. The security agencies, the initially unclear identity of many entry Santander major challenges.
“This high figure is a significant problem and in the long run not acceptable”, said the national chairman of the police union (GdP), Oliver Malchow. Without identification documents refugees might log repeatedly stating different identities. “That can be a big security risk,” Malchow said.
Said the Ministry of Interior of 77 percent called it “surprisingly high”. The currently much-discussed repatriation of rejected asylum seekers to their countries of origin would, in cases with unclear identity more difficult.
Possible reasons why asylum seekers arrive without travel documents to Germany, the Interior Ministry did not mention.
(google translate)
http://www.morgenpost.de/politik/inland/article207080109/Fluechtlinge-77-Prozent-kommen-ohne-Ausweis-nach-Deutschland.html
Belgium turns back migrants and refugees at border with France
British jihadist who is the son of a Hollywood movie director says he is on the waiting list to become an Al-Qaeda suicide bomber
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TERROR ALERT: Evacuation after ‘sharp hand grenades and dynamite’ found at POLICE STATIONS (express, Feb 24, 2016)
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/647133/Terror-alert-Evacuation-sharp-hand-grenades-dynamite-police-station
“TWO police stations were evacuated after suspected ‘sharp’ hand grenades and dynamite were found inside the buildings.
A roundabout was also closed off after a live hand grenade was found by a member of the public.
The national bomb squad was called to Ystad and confirmed the object was ready to detonate.
Police spokesperson Kim Hild said: “The bomb squad confirmed it was a grenade.”
The officer added that the object was found by highway E65 – which goes through numerous European countries.
Duty officer Hans Nilsson said: “At 12:57 we received the call about the dangerous item from a private individual.
“The first patrol arrived at the scene and estimated that the bomb group had to be called in.”
“The national bomb squad have secured it. The hand grenade was sharp so the person who called it in did right to alert us.
“Currently we do not know how it got there.”
Just hours earlier a police station was evacuated after two hand grenades were handed in at the reception.
The entire building was evacuated and the bomb squad was dispatched from Stockholm to evaluate the situation.
According to police the “objects were being treated as if they were live”.
Police spokeswoman Tove Hägg said: “[The hand grenades] are being treated as if they are active until they have been thoroughly investigated.
“We do not know who submitted them but they were submitted to the reception.”
The bomb squad have now said the hand grenades were not loaded – but the situation with the second police station, which was evacuated because of a dynamite scare, is still unclear.
In Sollentuna, near Stockholm, police were evacuated at lunchtime due to the dynamite being handed in at the reception.
Only parts of the station were evacuated but they will remain shut off until the bomb technicians make an assessment, a police spokesman said. “
graphic – Syria – dead rebels
Saudis and Turks prepare air, sea and land war against Assad (express, Feb 24, 2016)
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/647144/Saudi-Turkey-war-Assad-syria
“SAUDI Arabia appears to be preparing for a massive ground invasion of Syria, with possibly the support of the airforce of NATO member Turkey – putting Syrian President Assad on the defensive, warning both countries not to enter Syrian territory.
In recent days a number of key military initiatives have taken place both in Saudi Arabia and in Turkey which correspond with recent threats made by both countries to reverse the tide of the Syrian war, following a number of key battles won by Russian and Assad regime forces.
A contingent group of supporting countries have sent soldiers to Saudi Arabia, while both air forces of the Arab kingdom and those of Turkey have engaged in a number of manoeuvres in the air, taking off and landing at an air base in the south of the Turkey close to the Syrian border.
In recent weeks a number of tough statements have been made by Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister alluding to a ground attack.
Similar war cries have come from Turkey’s President as both countries have a lot to both gain in ousting Syria’s President Assad who in recent weeks has teased them with press statements about his longevity in the country since the war tipped in his favour with Russia helping his own regime army.
Over the weekend though, his reaction to the build up reached fever pitch. Assad warned on Saturday that that the Syrian regime will deal with [Turkish and Saudi soldiers] like “terrorists,” a term he uses to refer to insurgents fighting against him.
Speaking to a Spanish newspaper in an interview, Assad spoke about the possibility of both Turkey and Saudi Arabia sending ground troops into Syria: “We’re going to deal with them like we deal with the terrorists.
We’re going to defend our country. This is aggression.”
Yet events are changing on the ground fast. Just today news reports also indicated that a batch of anti-aircraft rockets – US made ‘SAMS’ – were delivered to opposition groups fighting Assad and Russian forces inside Syria.
Saudi Arabia started large-scale military exercises close to the Iraqi border. The military training known under name of “Northern Thunder” is expected to go on all this week and involves more than 2,500 warplanes, 20,000 tanks and 450 helicopters.
According to reports, Riyadh has billed the manoeuvre as “the largest and most important” drill ever staged in the region with allies of Saudi Arabia providing their own soldiers, from neighbouring Arab countries but also countries such as Pakistan, Chad and Sudan which make up the 350,000 ground force.
The exercises would involve ground, naval and air forces personnel.
Termed “The Northern Thunder”, the drill will continue for another week.
The aim of the exercise is to send the message that Saudi Arabia and its allies “stand united in confronting all challenges and preserving peace and stability in the region”.
Neither the US nor any Western nation is part of the event but recent press reports have hinted that Riyadh is hoping that the US will send their own troops – at least special forces – to join it.
“Large military forces have been sent to observe the manoeuvres at the Iraqi-Saudi border in coordination with the security authorities,” local media stated.
The move by Saudi Arabia follows last week’s joint airforce manoeuvres in Turkey with Turkish and Saudi fighter jets carrying out missions together.
Six Saudi F-15 fighter jets took part in the air defence training in the central Turkish region of Konya, the military said in a statement.
The exercises are within the framework of cooperation and military training between the two countries and had been scheduled in advance, it added.
But the start of the exercises comes just two days after Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced that Saudi jets would be based at Turkey’s air base of Incirlik in Adana province to fight Islamic State (IS) militants, despite most regional analysts expecting the attacks to be aimed at Assad regime soldiers.
He also said that Turkey and Saudi could even launch a ground operation in Syria against IS, while emphasizing no decision had been taken.
Turkey has long argued in Washington to be allowed a 10 kilometre ‘buffer zone’ inside Syria to operate its own troops from and where Sunni opposition fighters – which Ankara and the West support – could use as a safe base.
The Syrian war in recent days has climaxed with Russia bombing hospitals and Assad’s forces moving in on the key opposition stronghold of Aleppo.
Turkey has also bombed Kurds fighting there as they have gained considerable ground and pose a threat to the security of Turkey.
As US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, ramped up efforts for outlining terms of a lasting truce in Syria, Assad showed some willingness to stand with a cease-fire.
He said he is ready for a cease-fire on the condition that “terrorists” do not use a lull in fighting to their advantage and that countries backing insurgents halted support for them – a direct reference to both Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
His comments were made as the Syrian opposition said it had agreed to the “possibility” of a temporary truce, provided there were guarantees that Russia would respect such a cease fire and that sieges were lifted and aid deliveries were allowed country-wide.
“We have said that we are ready to stop military operations, but the issue relates to more important factors … such as preventing terrorists from using it to improve their positions,” Assad responded to El Pais.”
This is why Russia is massing troops in Armenia and Syria, Putin and Iran have no intention of letting Assad fall.
North Korea threatens to carry out attacks on ‘mainland America’ if the US carries out planned military drill with South Korean troops
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Normal North Korean bluster, it will remain bluster until China is ready to make its move, then they will turn NK loose to draw attention, troops, plans an ships away from there China is attacking another nation.
A vicious dog on a short chain, just imagine.
shoulda put that thing down ages ago, be one of my first wishes as president-
Muslim says Pakistanis ‘burying heads in sand’ as six found guilty of Rotherham sex abuse (express, Feb 24, 2016)
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/647090/Six-guilty-of-sex-crimes-against-girls-in-Rotherham
“A MUSLIM campaigner has warned British Pakistanis against “burying our heads in the sand” after six people were found guilty of sexual abuse offences against teenage girls in Rotherham.
Mohammed Shafiq, chief executive of the Ramadhan Foundation, made the extraordinary intervention after brothers Arshid and Basharat Hussain were found guilty of multiple rapes and indecent assaults in the South Yorkshire town.
The pair were two of eight people in trial over a string of horrific sex allegations. Their uncle, Qurban Ali, 53, was found guilty of conspiracy to rape whilst two Karen MacGregor, 58, and Shelley Davies, 40, were convicted of conspiracy to procure prostitutes and false imprisonment.
Brothers Majid Bostan, 37 and Sajid Bostan, 38, were cleared of all charges at Sheffield Crown Court. A third brother, Bannaras Hussain, 36, admitted 10 charges including rape and indecent assault prior to the trial.
During a harrowing two-month trial 15 brave victims told Sheffield Crown Court of the horrific sex abuse they suffered at the hands of their abusers, who were predominantly Pakistanis.
Some of the women who were abused by the gang watched the verdicts from the public gallery overlooking the packed court today, holding hands with each other.
Afterwards one of the girls tweeted: “After 16 years I’ve finally heard those words…..GUILTY!!! Thank you everyone for your support.”
Arshid Hussain, 40, who claims to be paraplegic, appeared from his bed at home via video link and appeared to be asleep as the verdicts were handed down.
Basharat Hussain, 39, was surrounded by prison officers in the dock and was taken away along with MacGregor and Davies.
Judge Sarah Wright said they will be sentenced on Friday.
The jury of six men and six women has heard women describe how they were were targeted in their young teens and subjected to brutal treatment as they were passed around men who raped and beat them.
Some described how they were trafficked, locked up, physically assaulted and threatened with death.
South Yorkshire Police and Rotherham Council have faced savage criticism over their appalling handling of child sex abuse in Rotherham after an independent report revealed serious failings had led to 1,400 girls being abused over a long period.
In particular they were blasted for pursuing a strict politically correct culture where officials were too scared to tackle the problem for fear of being racist.
And speaking outside court Mohammed Shafiq, chief executive of the Ramadhan Foundation, warned British Pakistanis against “burying our heads in the sand” over the problems of child abuse within the community.
He said: “The sad reality is that in the case of on-street gang grooming, there is an over-representation of Pakistani men.
“Until British Pakistanis accept that this is a problem for our community we will not be able to eradicate this evil. Burying our head in the sand as the usual response is not good enough.”
Mr Shafiq, who said he was distantly related to some of the defendants, paid tribute to the victims who came forward and said he will never stop campaigning against “these evil people”.
He said: “This is not a white conspiracy dreamt up by the far right, or victimisation of the Pakistani community, as some claim. This is a concerted effort by a minority of Pakistani men who have groomed, abused and raped young white girls.
“This is a form of racism and we shouldn’t hesitate to condemn it. Blaming or deflecting attention away from the evil men who carry out such actions is despicable.
“Just remember these were someone’s daughters or sisters. If you choose to ignore it then you are subjecting others to the threat of these groomers.”
Mr Shafiq also called South Yorkshire Police a “failed force” and called for officers who failed the victims to face justice.”
Jeremy Corbyn sparks fresh infighting in Labour by confirming he WILL speak at CND rally with Nicola Sturgeon
He will join SNP leader and Plaid Cymru’s Leanne Wood at the rally
More than 9,000 people will march through central London on Saturday
Labour MPs criticise Corbyn’s decision, saying it highlights party splits
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The failure of the borderless Schengen Area scheme implemented by the European Union has prompted Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg to warn her country will abandoned the Geneva Convention and close the border if Sweden collapses.
http://www.infowars.com/as-sweden-collapses-norway-promises-to-close-border/
Pakistani husband torched wife as divorce would scupper his chance of UK VISA, court hears (express, Feb 24, 2016)
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/647033/Pakistani-husband-torched-wife-divorce-ruin-chance-UK-visa
“A HUSBAND poured white spirit over his wife and set her on fire during an argument as he called her a “fat, ugly cow”, a court heard.
Pakistani-born Muhammed Hammad is said to have murdered care worker Nazia Akhtar, 31, because she had threatened to throw him out of the marital home in Birmingham and begin divorce proceedings, scuppering his chances of getting a British visa.
Birmingham Crown Court heard the “running sore” in the couple’s two-year relationship was that Hammad could not stand his mother-in-law and she, in turn, hated him.
Hammad, 30, of Fox Hollies Road, Acocks Green, who works in a mobile phone shop, has pleaded not guilty to murder.
He claims his wife had been decorating, had spilled white spirit over herself and then accidentally set herself alight when she lit up a cigarette.
James Curtis QC, prosecuting, said the couple had met in 2013 and married in an Islamic ceremony in September 2014…”
Yemen government says Hezbollah fighting alongside Houthis (reuters, Feb 24, 2016)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-idUSKCN0VX21N
“Yemen’s Gulf-backed government on Wednesday accused the Lebanese Shi’ite Muslim militia Hezbollah of training the Houthi rebels and fighting alongside them in attacks on Saudi Arabia’s border, it said in a statement carried by official media.
Yemen’s government and its Gulf partners have long accused Hezbollah’s ally Iran of backing the Houthis and seeking to transform the group into a replica of the Lebanese militia to use as a proxy against its main regional rival, Saudi Arabia.
Its latest assertion is based on “many documents and physical evidence” which Hezbollah would not be able to deny, it said, but that it did not immediately produce.
Saudi Arabia is leading an Arab coalition against the Houthis and forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh in a bid to restore the internationally recognized government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
Although both Iran and Hezbollah have given vocal support to the Houthis, dismissed Hadi’s government as illegitimate and condemned Saudi involvement in the civil war, they deny giving the group military aid.”
the ubiquitous Hezbollah
Hungary to hold referendum on EU’s migrant quota plan (reuters, Feb 24, 2016)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-idUSKCN0VX1EJ
“Hungary will hold a referendum on European Union plans for a system of mandatory quotas, an initiative that Hungary’s government has rejected, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday.
Orban has used harsh anti-migrant rhetoric since the migrant crisis escalated last year and gained notoriety for erecting a steel fence along Hungary’s southern border to keep out migrants – a policy now adopted by other Balkan countries.
He said the plebiscite, the first of its kind in Europe, would be a major test of European democracy.
Orban has said the migrant quotas would redraw the ethnic, cultural and religious map of Hungary and Europe.
“Nobody has asked the European people so far whether they support, accept, or reject the mandatory migrant quotas,” he said at a news conference.
“The government is responding to public sentiment now: we Hungarians think introducing resettlement quotas for migrants without the backing of the people equals an abuse of power.”
Orban did not say when the referendum would be held….”