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Now Islamic State is running FISH FARMS in desperate attempt to make money (express, Apr 29, 2016)
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/665532/Islamic-State-daesh-fish-farms-ISIS-claw-jihadis-make-money-desperate-Iraq-Baghdad
“DESPERATE Islamic State jihadis have resorted to running fish farms in an attempt to claw back money lost from obliterated oil fields.
The crazed terror cult reportedly makes around £2billion every year with most of that coming from oil and gas sales from Iraq and Syria.
But following US-led airstrikes on ISIS’ cash reserve facilities and oil fields, the depraved group has looked for alternate ways to generate money.
The war-crazed group – also called Daesh – is now said to be earning millions of dollars a month running car dealerships and fish farms in Iraq.
Judge Jabbar Abid al-Huchaimi said in a report: “The terrorists’ current financing mechanism has changed in the past two years.
“After the armed forces took control of several oil fields Daesh devised non-traditional ways of paying its fighters and financing its activities.”
The report which quotes the Iraqi judge, revealed the sick group is using the northern Baghdad province as its “financial centre.”
Fish farms have given terror group al-Qaeda income since 2007 and is now a new source of finance for ISIS, according to the report.
The jihadis also tax agricultural land and have imposed a 10 per cent levy on poultry and a range of imports to their territory, the report added…”
Obama vows to let 10,000 refugees into US despite fears JIHADIS could slip through net (express, Apr 29, 2016)
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/665518/barack-obama-refugees-fears-jihadis
“BARACK Obama has vowed to let in 10,000 Syrian refugees to the US by the end of the year despite widespread fears that jihadis could also sneak into the country.
The US president last night promised to let in the desperate refugees in a bid to tackle the worst refugee crisis since the Second World War.
He said he is “going to keep on pushing” to admit them, saying: “Administratively I think now we have the process to speed it up.
“Our goal is to continue to try to make the case to Congress and the American people that this is the right thing to do.
“And we believe that we can hit those marks before the end of the year.”
But critics of the president have blasted his policy over fears that the move could open the door to terrorists…”
He wants to get as many Islamic warriors as possible in the US to attack the US military and government.
ISIS TERROR WARNING: Crazed jihadists ‘threaten to launch MAJOR ATTACK on Eurovision’ (express, Apr 29, 2016)
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/665512/Islamic-State-Daesh-Sweden-Stockholm-travel-advice-Eurovision
“CRAZED Islamic State terrorists are feared to be planning a “major attack” on the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden next month.
Eight fanatics have recently entered Stockholm after fighting for ISIS, also known as Daesh, in Iraq and Syria, according to the Daily Star.
One of the gang is said to have close links to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the notorious leader of the West-hating death cult.
Detectives last night revealed the contest on May 14 – to be attended by up to 16,000 people at the Globe Arena – is their target…”
‘Mass killings’ of Kurds in Cizre reported to UN (RT, Apr 29, 2016)
https://www.rt.com/news/341250-turkey-kurds-killings-un/
“Turkey’s Human Rights Association says it has submitted a report to the United Nations detailing the mass killing of Kurds in the city of Cizre. The documents were sent to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to investigate…”
Iran, Saudi Arabia in Standoff Over Hajj Security Amid Last Year’s Tragedy (sputniknews, Apr 29, 2016)
http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160429/1038807265/iran-saudi-arabia-hajj.html
“Iran has criticized Saudi Arabia for the latter’s reluctance to negotiate security measures regarding Hajj, the upcoming annual Islamic pilgrimage to the kingdom’s sacred city of Mecca, during which stampedes have killed thousands of worshippers, including hundreds of Iranians, in recent years…”
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Sees No Way of Resuming Talks (sputniknews, Apr 29, 2016)
http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160429/1038808596/karabakh-talks-resumption.html
“There is currently no opportunity for resuming talks on resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, President of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Bako Sahakyan said.
YEREVAN (Sputnik) – The latest wave of violence in Azerbaijan’s breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region, mostly inhabited by Armenians, intensified on April 2, leading to multiple casualties before Armenia and Azerbaijan reached a shaky ceasefire deal three days later…”
Remaining Yemeni male Jews arrested by modern-day Pharoahs
http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/157186/the-picture-sparked-a-disaster
Protests rage outside Trump rally in Orange County; 17 arrested, police car smashed
Hundreds of demonstrators filled the street outside the Orange County amphitheater where Donald Trump held a rally Thursday night, stomping on cars, hurling rocks at motorists and forcefully declaring their opposition to the Republican presidential candidate.
Traffic came to a halt as a boisterous crowd walked in the roadway, some waving American and Mexican flags. Protesters smashed a window on at least one police cruiser, punctured the tires of a police sport utility vehicle, and at one point tried to flip a police car.
“Dump the Trump,” said one sign. Another protester scrawled anti-Trump messages onto Costa Mesa police cruisers.
“I’m protesting because I want equal rights for everybody, and I want peaceful protest,” said 19-year-old Daniel Lujan, one of hundreds in a crowd that appeared to be mostly Latinos in their late teens and 20s.
“I knew this was going to happen,” Lujan added. “It was going to be a riot. He deserves what he gets.”
Video footage showed some anti-Trump demonstrators hurling debris at a passing pickup. One group of protesters carried benches and blocked the entrance to the 55 Freeway along Newport Boulevard, with some tossing rocks at motorists near the on-ramp.
By 10:15 p.m., the bedlam had largely subsided and Lt. Mark Stichter of the Orange County sheriff’s department said no major injuries were reported.
Costa Mesa police confirmed that a total of 17 people — 10 males and 7 females — were arrested on suspicion of unlawful assembly. Details on the ages and names of those arrested were not released.
The violent demonstration was underway after Trump concluded his speech before a crowd of thousands.
“This is the anger people have against Trump,” said Jose Cruz, 21, as he pointed to the protesters running in the middle of the street.
“It’s not because he’s white — it’s because of what he’s said.”
Several echoed the comments, saying they were drawn to the streets to counter Trump’s stated policies on immigration and his inflammatory remarks about Mexicans.
The billionaire developer has drawn fierce criticism by claiming Mexico was sending rapists over the border. Later, he called for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims” entering the U.S.
Along Newport Boulevard outside the fairgrounds, officers clad in riot gear and mounted horseback lined up across a roadway and slowly pushed the crowd down the street. Helicopters circled overhead.
Watching the chaos unfold, Colby Nicholson, 30, who described himself as a Trump supporter who traveled to the rally from San Diego, wore a “Make America Great Again” hat.
“These people are stupid, but Americans are not stupid in general,” Nicholson said. “These are all underage Mexican high schoolers who have nothing to do.”
Holding a Mexican flag, Juan Carlos, 16, said his parents came to the U.S. from Mexico and that he was protesting to support others like him.
“Donald Trump is worthless,” Carlos said. “There won’t be no United States without Mexicans.”
Law enforcement agencies had deployed additional forces, including 50 Orange County sheriff’s deputies and a dozen Costa Mesa police officers to prepare for the night’s crowds.
Costa Mesa officials also set up an emergency operations center across the street from the fairground and the Pacific Amphitheater, where Trump spoke, city spokesman Tony Dodero said.
“We’re prepared for the worst,” he said earlier Thursday.
But as the hundreds of protesters overwhelmed the streets, it was apparent to some that the sizable police presence was wrestling with a larger crowd than expected.
“It definitely got out of control,” said Megan Iyall, 20, who was visiting from Seattle. “I shouldn’t feel this unsafe.”
Earlier in the evening, the rally at the Orange County fairgrounds drew a throng of faithful supporters who proudly showed their allegiance to the leading Republican presidential candidate.
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One man waved his “Gays for Trump” sign while other Trump faithful swapped high-fives as they carried homemade signs reading, “Latinos for Trump.” Another sign said, “Black Christian Women for Trump.”
In the crowd was Brent Fisher, 65, a retired carpenter, who drove from Apple Valley to attend the rally and hear the Republican presidential candidate speak.
“I love Trump,” Fisher said. “He’ll stand up and fight and do the things he’s talking about.”
William Pages, 19, agreed, praising the candidate as an energetic outsider who “says what needs to be said.”
Supporter Jamiel Shaw joins Trump onstage
Supporter Jamiel Shaw joins Trump onstage
Some Trump supporters who had reserved tickets were turned away.
“I’m very disappointed,” said Jan Strahl, 66 a Tustin resident who had reserved a ticket but could not get inside the amphitheater to hear Trump.
Those left outside stood facing the horde of anti-Trump protesters, each side taunting the other while police helicopters circled above. As the sun set, the crowd grew more hostile and eventually turned violent.
To Arianna Perez, 19, the flaring of tempers over Trump were a necessary reaction to the inflammatory rhetoric of his campaign.
“We could be peaceful and do things different,” she said, “but if we did, we wouldn’t get our voice heard.”
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Times Community News writer Bradley Zint contributed to this report.
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http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-gays-for-trump-crowd-gathers-at-costa-mesa-rally-20160428-story.html
“There won’t be no United States without Mexicans.”
…and with Mexicans, the United States will cease to exist. Or as Jessica Alba said in “Machete”: “We Didn’t Cross the Border, the Border Crossed Us!”
Mexicans have no respect for the United States because the Treason Lobby is strong and totally infiltrated all elite powers-that-be.
The ordinary people are fighting back, if it comes to a shooting war I don’t think the Mexicans can win.
Protesters clash with cops at California Trump rally: Hundreds of Mexican flag-waving demonstrators smash up a squad car, punch a Donald supporter and scuffle with riot police amid angry scenes
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3565010/Police-clash-protesters-outside-Donald-Trump-rally-California.html#ixzz47Db6enDm
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Police clashed with hundreds of protesters outside Donald Trump’s rally in Southern California on Thursday night.
At least one police car was smashed up as hundreds of demonstrators – many of them waving Mexican flags – took to the streets outside the Pacific Amphitheater in Costa Mesa, Orange County where Trump was speaking.
The protesters flooded the street outside the amphitheater with some stomping on cars, hurling rocks at motorists and forcefully declaring their opposition to Trump – bringing traffic to a halt and creating a tense standoff with authorities.
One Trump supporter was pictured with a bloody face after clashing with the anti-Trump activists, many of whom appeared to be young Hispanic people.
The violence in Southern California where Latinos make up a large segment of the population suggests Trump may face more of this in the days to come, as he campaigns ahead of the state’s June 7 primary. Trump currently leads Kasich and Cruz in the California polls, with an estimated 45.7 per cent of voters, according to Real Clear Politics.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3565010/Police-clash-protesters-outside-Donald-Trump-rally-California.html#ixzz47DbHHjwG
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Anti-Trump Protesters Tangle With Drivers, Police In Costa Mesa
COSTA MESA (CBSLA.com) — Thousands of anti-Trump protesters clashed with drivers and police Thursday evening in Costa Mesa.
Trump was speaking to thousands at a rally at the Orange County Fairgrounds.
The group of about 3,000 protesters gathered just outside in the parking lot of the fairgrounds. They held signs, many of them profane, and Mexican and American flags to protest Donald Trump, the controversial GOP presidential front-runner.
The protest group spilled out into the streets near Fair Drive and Fairview Drive and blocked traffic in several intersections.
Stu Mundel reported overhead in Sky 9.
The group of protesters was described as “very large and very aggressive.”
Law enforcement was on scene in patrol cars and horseback.
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/04/28/anti-trump-protesters-tangle-with-drivers-police-in-costa-mesa/
Consistent Surge of People Crossing Illegally
BROWNSVILLE – The number of people crossing the border illegally is on the rise. The Border Patrol chief said the number of people coming across is consistent with the surge two years ago.
Chief Patrol Agent and Commander of the South Texas Corridor Manuel Padilla Jr. insisted this time, his agents are better prepared and border security isn’t in jeopardy.
However, some people don’t agree.
More than 80,000 people crossed the border illegally since October. It includes more unaccompanied children and family members from Central America and Mexico.
It’s about the same as during the immigration crisis of 2014.
But Padilla said this time, it’s different.
“So what happened in 2014, we had a surge but it became a crisis because we did not have the infrastructure and the processes to deal with those numbers. I can tell you 2016, even if we were to reach the numbers of 2014, it will not be a crisis,” Padilla said.
Numbers for Central Americans went up or stayed consistent. The number of Mexicans being apprehended by Border Patrol went down. Padilla said fewer Mexicans are crossing over.
“If you look at the demographics of Mexico, right now, the family units that we saw in Mexico when I was growing up, when you had families with 10 plus kids, that isn’t a common thing anymore. Now it’s two or three kids, so the economy in Mexico and here has some factors,” Padilla said.
CHANNEL 5 NEWS contacted Stratfor – an intelligence gathering agency based out of Austin – to compare data. Agency analyst Scott Stewart agreed the improving economy in Mexico might be discouraging Mexicans from making the treacherous trek to cross the border illegally.
http://www.krgv.com/story/31844858/consistent-surge-of-undocumented-immigrants
Anti-Trump protesters in near-riot after rally in CA; Trump supporter beaten bloody
Trump rallies haven’t always been so successful in keeping protesters out of the venues themselves — which Thursday night was the Pacific Amphitheater at the Orange County fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, California.
The amphitheater accommodates about 31,000 people, and it was stuffed to the gills. Hundreds of people were unable to get in. And on Thursday evening, that included almost all of the protesters.
So the anti-Trump crowd did what they’ve done in a number of other places: they protested outside the venue, with an increasing level of noise and vituperation. They waited around until after the rally, which ran for over two hours, in apparent hopes of mixing it up with departing Trump supporters. (Late-breaking video seems to show that they did manage to whack one Trump guy around pretty badly. See below.)
Local news footage and reporting shows the protesters being (literally) herded down the street away from the amphitheater after the rally, by a horse-mounted patrol from the sheriff’s department.
http://libertyunyielding.com/2016/04/29/anti-trump-protesters-near-riot-rally-costa-mesa-ca/
https://youtu.be/OTDD82arkTQ
https://youtu.be/lrL7KS43RQU
https://youtu.be/0P_8EuLX2qQ
https://youtu.be/fUIQEiFZAJU
https://youtu.be/8K1wEgDdO64
Pentagon Warns of Conflict Over Chinese Buildup on Disputed Island
Beijing asserts Scarborough Shoal is Chinese territory
China’s plans to build up a disputed island near the Philippines could lead to a regional conflict, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told Congress on Thursday.
Carter was asked about the strategic significance of China’s plan to add military facilities to a disputed island known as Scarborough Shoal located about 120 miles—within missile range—of Subic Bay, Philippines, where U.S. warships will be based.
The defense secretary said Scarborough is “a piece of disputed territory that, like other disputes in that region, has the potential to lead to military conflict.”
“That’s particularly concerning to us, given its proximity to the Philippines,” Carter told a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on efforts to counter the Islamic State terrorist group.
Carter said the Pentagon has similar views about a number of island disputes in the South China Sea, where China has been claiming most of the sea as its maritime territory and demanding that other states, including the United States, keep out of the region.
The comments came in response to questions posed by Sen. Dan Sullivan (R., Alaska) who revealed during the hearing that Scarborough is the third vertex of a triangle of Chinese military bases that could be used to threaten the main Philippines island of Luzon.
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/pentagon-warns-conflict-chinese-buildup-disputed-island/
This area is turning into a major flash point, the next President is going to have to start a major crash build up of the military or face the fall out for letting the Chinese conquer our allies in the far east. The state that our military is in means that almost all of our military resources will be needed in the far east with next to nothing left for Europe and the Middle East.
Men accused of giving Brussels suspect Mohamed Abrini cash (BBC, Apr 29, 2016)
http://bbc.in/1O05ce5
“Two men have appeared in court accused of giving money to the “man in the hat” suspected of being involved in the Brussels and Paris terrorist attacks.
Mohammed Ali Ahmed and Zakaria Boufassil, both 26, are accused of giving Mohamed Abrini £3,000 when he was in Birmingham in July last year.
They appeared with Soumaya Boufassil, 29, who is accused of collecting money for terrorist purposes with Mr Ahmed.
The trio, from Small Heath, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
Ms Boufassil, who wore a burka, and the two men, who wore jumpers, spoke only to confirm their details.
Mr Ahmed is a British national, while both Mr Boufassil and his sister, Ms Boufassil, are Belgian-Moroccans. They have all been living in Birmingham.
Mr Ahmed and Mr Boufassil face one count of the commission of offences abroad, on or before 7 July 2015, under section 17 of the Terrorism Act….”
Asylum seeker dies in Australia from self-inflicted burns (BBC, Apr 29. 2016)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-36166803
“A 23-year-old Iranian asylum seeker who set himself on fire at Australia’s detention centre on the island of Nauru has died.
Australia’s immigration department confirmed the man died at Brisbane Hospital on Friday.
His actions were a “political protest”, according to the Nauruan government.
Australia sends asylum seekers it intercepts for processing at offshore locations, including Nauru, a small Pacific Island nation…”
In the Name of the Profit: New RT documentary exposes dirty oil secrets, ISIS cozy ties with Turkey (RT, Apr 29, 2016)
https://www.rt.com/news/341317-isis-oil-profit-rt-documentary/
“Exclusive eye witness reports and documents, abandoned by retreating jihadists and found by RT Documentary crew members in a region liberated by Syrian Kurds, point to commercial scale oil smuggling operations and cozy relations between ISIS and Turkey.
Exclusive and unprecedented footage, along with witness accounts, was filmed by the RT Documentary crew only ten days after the town of Shaddadi in Syrian Kurdistan was liberated from Islamic State terrorists. The area surrounding the town is well known for its vast oil reserves and extraction activity that for months was reaped by ISIS command to generate revenue….”
Green Beret who faced expulsion from the military after body-slamming a child rapist in Afghanistan can STAY after US Army u-turn (dailymail, Apr 29, 2016)
http://dailym.ai/23dcjqk
“A sergeant in the Green Berets who was discharged after ‘body slamming’ an Afghan police commander who had allegedly been raping a boy can stay in the Army after a u-turn by military chiefs.
In September 2011 Sgt. 1st Class Charles Martland and his superior, Capt. Daniel Quinn physically confronted an Afghan police chief on their base after a mother told them her 12-year-old son had been raped and she had been beaten up when she protested.
He was serving in Afghanistan’s war-torn Kunduz Province when he was told Abdul Rahman, who he had trained, had allegedly kept the boy as a sex slave.
When Rahman laughed off the allegations the two Green Berets shoved him to the ground.
Rahman – who was later killed by the Taliban – was not seriously injured but the Green Berets were disciplined.
In August last year the decorated soldier and 11-year veteran was discharged, a casualty of the Army’s Qualitative Management Program.
But he appealed and was supported by California Congressman Duncan Hunter, and Hollywood actor Harvey Keitel, both former Marines.
Keitel praised Martland for his ‘American values’.
Now the Army Board for Correction of Military Records has reversed its decision and allowed him to continue his military career…”
The orange-bearded British jihadist leading an ISIS death squadron: Bizarre-looking Islamist went from preaching hate at London mosque to setting up terror group’s first Somali base (dailymail, Apr 29, 2016)
http://dailym.ai/1SyHLhl
“A former British-based hate preacher has re-emerged in an ISIS video, leading a band of jihadis in Somalia.
Abdul Qadir Mumin used to be a key recruiter and facilitator for the al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Shabaab in Somalia after fleeing his home in South London.
He became one of the few high profile al-Shabaab figures to switch his allegiance to ISIS and has since fled with a small band of jihadis to the remote mountains in Puntland.
Mumin used to preach at Greenwich mosque, which is believed to have been where Mohammed Emwazi and Michael Adebolajo occasionally attended prayers.
Upon fleeing to Somalia in 2010, Mumin burnt his passport and declared he would spend the rest of his life fighting jihad.
Mumin, who also used to reside in Sweden, was reportedly spotted by Somali forces after the government re-gained control of the village of Galgala, according to Sky News…”
De Maiziere: Balkan route should stay shut (DW, Apr 29, 2016)
http://www.dw.com/en/de-maiziere-balkan-route-should-stay-shut/a-19224279
“Germany’s interior minister has said he’s concerned more migrants will risk trying to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean. At the same time, Thomas de Maiziere says the Balkan land route should stay closed…”
Secular state must monitor mosques, says Kauder (DW, Apr 29, 2016)
http://www.dw.com/en/secular-state-must-monitor-mosques-says-kauder/a-19223998
“Mosques in Germany should be placed under state supervision, according to a leading conservative parliamentarian. Volker Kauder distanced himself, however, from a Bavarian call that imams speak German…”
Morocco Dismantles ISIS-Linked Terror Cell in Nador (moroccoworldnews, Apr 29, 2016)
http://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2016/04/185361/morocco-dismantles-isis-linked-terror-cell-in-nador/
“Moroccan security services on Friday dismantled a three-member terror cell linked to the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) in the city of Nador (north-east), the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
The members of this cell received instructions from ISIS leaders for the establishment of an emirate in the north of the Kingdom, in charge of planning suicide car bombs against institutions in the Kingdom with the logistical support of the terrorist organization, the ministry added.
They also intended to target “a sensitive site” in the city of Nador as part of their terrorist project, the source pointed out.
The arrested individuals will be brought to justice by the end of the investigations made under the supervision of the competent prosecutor.
The Ministry said the dismantling of this cell is part of Morocco’s proactive efforts to face terrorist threats.”
France gets tough on Muslim footballers praying on pitch (thelocal, Apr 29, 2016)
http://www.thelocal.fr/20160429/how-nice-plans-to-separate-football-and-religion
“The mayor of Nice has threatened to cut the subsidies of football clubs which fail to respect its new “secularism charter”, that includes keeping religion, in particular Islam, off the football pitch…”
Migrants cling to trucks in bid to reach Sweden (thelocal, Apr 29, 2016)
http://www.thelocal.dk/20160429/migrants-cling-to-trucks-in-bid-to-reach-sweden
“Growing numbers of asylum seekers are trying to get to Sweden from Denmark by clinging to trucks, a ferry company has warned.
In a letter to its freight customers, HH Ferries said several migrants had been found hanging from the undersides of trucks in Helsingør in recent days in an apparent attempt to avoid ID checks.
The ferry operator’s CEO Henrik Rørbæk urged drivers to look out for any attempts to board ferries illegally.
“This is of course an unfortunate and potentially very dangerous situation that these people put themselves and others in,” he wrote in the letter, Danish news agency Ritzau reported.
The number of people trying to make their way from Denmark to Sweden by sea has risen in recent weeks, according to the Danish Shipowners’ Association…”
Germany tells Italy to stem migrant flow to north Europe (thelocal, Apr 29, 2016)
http://www.thelocal.it/20160429/germany-joins-austria-to-press-italy-on-migrant-influx
“Germany’s interior minister on Friday put the onus on Italy to halt a new mass influx of migrants to northern Europe, lending backing to Austria in a row with Rome.
“We share Austria’s position that there should not be a repeat of what happened along the Balkan route last autumn on the road from the Italian border northwards,” said Thomas de Maiziere after a meeting with his Austrian counterpart Wolfgang Sobotka.
“We have said we want to reduce the numbers of refugees sustainably, above all at the external borders, and a policy of simply waving people through would only spur more from outside the EU to come to Europe,” said the German interior minister….”
Niqab-wearing tourist stopped from entering Italian museum (thelocal, Apr 29, 2016)
http://www.thelocal.it/20160429/italy-police-block-niquab-wearing-tourist-from-entering-museum
“A Muslim tourist wearing a niqab – a traditional garment worn by women in public, which leaves only their eyes on show – was stopped from entering an Italian museum by police on Wednesday
The Saudi Arabian tourist, who is holidaying with her husband in Italy’s north-eastern region of Veneto, was stopped by security guards as she tried to enter Padua’s Musei Eremitani complex, Corriere del Veneto reported.
As the woman tried to enter the museum, security staff asked her to remove the veil covering her face so that she could be identified before going inside…”
Brussels terror suspect wants jail time in Sweden (thelocal, Apr 29, 2016)
http://www.thelocal.se/20160429/brussels-terror-suspect-wants-to-go-to-jail-in-sweden
“A Swede charged in connection with terror attacks in Brussels and Paris wants to be moved to a prison in Sweden if found guilty, Sveriges Radio reports…”
Italy struggles to house migrants in third year of mass arrivals (reuters, Apr 29, 2016)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-italy-shelters-idUSKCN0XQ1HY
“… About 27,000 boat migrants have reached Italy since Jan. 1, slightly up on the same period last year and following a total 153,000 arrivals in 2015 and 170,000 in 2014.
The numbers are expected to rise this year because countries along the “Balkan route” – starting with a short boat ride from Turkey to Greece and continuing on land up to Austria – have shut their borders. That may cause more migrants to sail from Libya to Sicily, the closest part of Italy.
Many of the new arrivals move swiftly to wealthier northern Europe, although Austria has said it may shut down its main border crossing in the Alps to them. Already 113,000 are housed in Italy, some three-quarters of them in what are called “temporary” shelters.
The situation is acute for minors like Darboe, who Italian law requires be treated with extra care and be integrated quickly into the school system.
More than 2,700 unaccompanied minors arrived in Italy during the first three months of the year, the Interior Ministry says, a four-fold increase on the same period of 2015.
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Italy is seeking to expand the shelter network to house a total 150,000 adults and minors this year, Mario Morcone, who manages Italy’s immigration system, said last week.
But some regional governments do not want to take in more immigrants, he said….”
Armed men in burqas caught after robbery attempt in Turkey’s southeast (hurriyetdailynews, Apr 29, 2016)
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/armed-men-in-burqas-caught-after-robbery-attempt-in-turkeys-southeast.aspx?pageID=238&nID=98512&NewsCatID=509
“Two male armed robbers who attempted to rob a jewelry store in burqas were caught in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, the Governor’s Office has announced.
The Diyarbak?r Governor’s Office said in a written statement that two of the three suspects, who were involved in armed robberies in three gas stations and a jewelry store, were caught in simultaneous operations conducted in six different addresses, while the other suspect is on the run.
The two robbers were later arrested….”
US ‘drops planned Pakistan F-16 fighter jet subsidy’ (BBC, Apr 29, 2016)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36169079
“The US will no longer subsidise the sale of eight F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, a senior state department official has told the BBC.
The decision means that Pakistan will have to pay more than $700m (£480m) – two-and-a-half times the original cost – if it wishes to buy the aircraft.
It comes after Congress refused to approve funding for the deal.
Some US lawmakers had accused Pakistan of not doing enough to fight militants. India also objected to the sale.
However, Pakistan has argued that the jets are needed for anti-terror operations, and so the US should help with funding the purchase….”
64 militants killed in latest clearance operations, MoD claims (khaama, Apr 29, 2016)
http://www.khaama.com/64-militants-killed-in-latest-clearance-operations-mod-claims-0783
“At least 64 anti-government armed militants were killed in the latest counter-terrorism operations in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said.
According to an operational by MoD, the operations were conducted jointly by the Afghan army, intelligence and police forces, backed by the Afghan Air Force and artillery units.
At least 30 of the militants were killed and 18 others were wounded during the clearance operations in Char Dara district of Kunduz, MoD said.
MoD further added that 3 Pakistani Taliban linked with the Haqqani network were killed during an operation in Khost province and 10 others were killed in Kandahar province.
At least 9 others were killed and 18 more were wounded during an operation in Eshkamesh district of Badakhshan, MoD said, adding that 5 others were killed in Faryab and 9 more were wounded.
The Afghan forces also killed 6 militants in separate operations conducted in Kapisa, Ghazni and Jawzjan provinces, MoD said…”
UK: UKIP’s Farage warns of a ‘Turkish-dominated Europe’
The leader of the anti-immigration UK Independence Party (UKIP) Nigel Farage warned of a “Turkish-dominated Europe” while speaking at a ‘Leave’ campaign rally at the Emmanuel Centre in London on Friday.
“Mrs Merkel has decided that Turkey is going to become a member of the European Union by 2025 at the latest. So if you vote to remain, ladies and gentlemen, you’re voting to go in to a political union with Turkey,” Farage told his audience.
“I used to worry that we were living in an increasingly German-dominated Europe, but from what I can see it might become a Turkish-dominated Europe,” he added.
Syria: Virginia State Senator praises Assad during visit to Damascus </strong<
Virginia's State Senator Richard H. Black stated his support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the country's conflict against militant groups, during a three-day visit to Damascus, Thursday.
"I think there is probably no more courageous nation on the face of the Earth," stated Black, adding that "the outcome of the war in Syria will determine the future of all human civilisation. It is not limited simply to what goes on here but it is a global issue."
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Some of the Salient Reasons behind Islamic Radicalism (moroccoworldnews, Apr 29, 2016)
http://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2016/04/185321/some-of-the-salient-reasons-behind-islamic-radicalism/
“Dr. Mohamed Chtatou is a Professor at the University of Mohammed V in Rabat. He is currently a political analyst with Moroccan, Saudi and British media on politics and culture in the Middle East and Islam and teaching Community Based Learning and Amazigh …”
He speaks of this and that:
1: the Crusades
2: Colonialism
3: Dissolution of the Ottoman Caliphate
4: The Loss of Palestine
5: The Gulf War
Blow 5: support to pro-American regimes
Islamic revival (saHwa islamiyya
A da’wa movement
A Jihadi movement
Patriarchy of independence governments
The return to the past
Way out
One can only wonder how serious he is about the proposed “way out.” And; if these kind of people are analysts for example for the British media, one should not wonder why they keep producing so much nonsense and mess…
AUSTRALIA – Fire engulfs an Islamic centre in Sydney’s southwest.
Sen. Kaine queries Ash Carter on military justification. 28 Apr 2016
Congress inches closer to handing Pentagon $350 million for Syrian rebels
Congress is inching closer to handing the Pentagon another $349 million to train and equip a new group of Syrian rebels after last year’s effort ended in abject failure. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., released his hold on the money April 27 just as the House Armed Services Committee was voting to reauthorize the program as part of its defense bill for fiscal year 2017.
“On the issue of the reprogramming, yes I was, quote, blocking approval of the reprogramming until yesterday when I had a very excellent briefing from [Joint Chiefs Chairman Joseph] Dunford that cleared up the concerns that I had,” McCain said at an April 28 hearing on the Islamic State (IS) with Dunford and Defense Secretary Ash Carter. “And why did I have those concerns …? It’s because when we spent a couple of hundred million dollars the last time, the commander of Central Command testified before this committee that we had four or five people left.”
The gradual reassessment in Congress follows a Department of Defense lobbying blitz to convince skeptical lawmakers that the US-trained forces are crucial to defeating IS in Syria. Carter in particular has made clear his frustration with congressional “micromanagement” through a funding process that requires approval by the House and Senate Defense authorization and appropriation panels, which have been sitting on the Pentagon’s latest reprogramming request since last month.
“We’re required to submit reprogramming requests, as you all know, to the four congressional defense committees. And so far, on these funds, we’ve received differing responses, on differing timelines. Sometimes with conflicting demands. We must get this working better going forward,” Carter told McCain’s panel. “I would also urge you and the other three defense committees to consider ending the reprogramming request for Syria, so that it’s on equal footing with how you’ve structured your oversight of our train-and-equip programs in Iraq and Afghanistan. As it stands, the current setup invites troubling micromanagement of a wartime effort and risks inhibiting results.”
The secretary delivered a similar message the day before at a Senate Appropriations Committee defense panel hearing on his budget request.
President Barack Obama’s recent decision to send 250 more US troops to Syria “will help expand our ongoing efforts to identify, train and equip capable, motivated local forces inside Syria to help isolate and pressure Raqqa,” Carter said at the April 27 hearing. “I should note, however, that Syria is an area where we need your help, particularly in releasing $349 million in … funds to help train and equip our partners on the ground. It’s the centerpiece of our strategy there.”
Specifics of the new mission for the Syrian rebels haven’t been made public, but during the April 28 hearing Carter described them as “battle-hardened, proven anti-[IS] leaders whom we can make more capable as enablers and amplifiers of our effects.”
“We made a disappointing start with that. No bones about that. We have changed the approach to that fundamentally,” Carter told McCain’s committee. “We were trying, when that program was initiated, to make … brand-new forces to counter [IS] in Syria. Our approach now is to identify — and this is where the [US] special forces are of value to us — forces already fighting [IS] whom we can enable with the great might of the American military. That’s our new approach.”
Congressional skepticism remains deep, however.
The House Armed Services Committee on April 27 defeated 52-9 an amendment by Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, to strike the train-and-equip program from the annual Defense bill. But the bill still requires an update on the strategy to “retake and hold” Raqqa as well as assurances that enough US troops have been deployed to ensure that the US-trained rebels are able to defend themselves against both IS and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces.
Panel Chairman Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, made it clear that just because the committee has reauthorized the program doesn’t mean it will sign off on funding it.
“We want, obviously, a plan on what’s going to happen. I don’t think all the questions have been answered yet,” Thornberry told Al-Monitor. “There have been a series of reprogramming requests. As you heard in the debate last night, there are lots of concerns about the program. Because of the problems the program has had, because of the whole circumstances, I think extra oversight and extra vigilance in oversight is important.”
Even McCain still has concerns despite allowing the funding to go forward. He pressed Dunford on whether the rebels would have anti-aircraft systems to protect against Syrian or Russian warplanes, and received a negative answer.
Providing the rebels with air defense systems would reassure their prime backers, such as McCain, that they won’t be slaughtered as soon as they leave their training sites in Jordan. On the flip side, it would make the program an even tougher sell among lawmakers who have been skeptical all along.
“If a political solution to the Syrian conflict continues to elude diplomats in Geneva … what will become of the weapons and the equipment that we have provided to these rebel groups?” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, who voted against the program back when it was launched in 2014, asked during the Armed Services Committee hearing. “Will we simply have dumped hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of equipment and worth of weapons into a volatile situation?”
Carter’s less-than-reassuring answer: “In everything we do, there as elsewhere, we always think ahead when we’re providing weaponry to a group about what’s the future, what’s the next step. So we certainly have thought about that.”
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/04/syria-congress-train-equip-rebels-aid-blocked.html
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Carter, Dunford Provide Hill Testimony on Counter-ISIL Efforts
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Al Qaeda-linked cleric leads new recruiting campaign for jihadists in Syria
Sheikh Abdallah Muhammad al Muhaysini, one of the most influential jihadist ideologues in Syria, has launched a new recruiting campaign that aims to indoctrinate thousands of young men. The mobilization effort, named “Take Up Arms, Do Not Sit Still” and also referred to as “Go Forth,” began online and throughout Syria on Apr. 20.
One of the first propaganda videos released for the effort shows Muhaysini speaking in front of a large crowd at a refugee camp. The Saudi cleric, who is linked to al Qaeda, is treated like a rock star at the event. The rally was supposedly led to between 200 and 300 new recruits joining the jihadists’ cause.
Muhaysini begins his speech by blasting Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad, Iran and Hezbollah
The video, which is just over 10 minutes long and includes English subtitles, is well-choreographed. It appears that a commercial drone was used to shoot footage from overhead. For instance, an aerial shot of the camp (seen on the right) plays as Muhaysini criticizes the youth who live there for failing to join the jihad.
Muhaysini calls for all willing males over the age of 15 to make their way to the empty tent. Young men and adolescents then stream in, committing themselves to the jihad against Assad and his allies.[…]
[…]Numerous al Qaeda-affiliated social media accounts are promoting Muhaysini’s new recruiting campaign.
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2016/04/al-qaeda-linked-cleric-leads-new-recruiting-campaign-for-jihadists-in-syria.php
China Smuggles in Vietnamese Child Brides to Bridge Gender Imbalance
To meet China’s growing demand for marriage-age women, a human trafficking industry has sprung up to smuggle young girls across the border from Vietnam into China to be sold as wives.
According to recent reports, the villages on the border of Vietnam and China have become a hunting ground for human traffickers, where girls as young as 13 are trapped, drugged or lured under false pretenses and then smuggled across the border. Chinese men are willing to pay upwards of $3,000 for a Vietnamese bride because the cultural similarities between the two countries make the women especially desirable.
As fallout from more than 35 years of its iniquitous one-child (now “two-child”) policy, China has found itself with the greatest gender imbalance of any country in the world. Sex-selective abortions have created a situation where by the year 2020 eligible males of marrying age will outnumber their female counterparts by more than 30 million.
The dearth of marriage-age women has created a situation of desperation among young Chinese men, who now readily resort to importing women from neighboring countries like Vietnam. Since young Vietnamese women command a high price as brides, unscrupulous human traffickers have stepped in to fill the demand by kidnapping girls and forcibly bring them into China.
In its 2015 report, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) said that China’s coercive population control program, now known as the “two-child policy,” continued to employ torture methods such as forced abortion and sterilization despite a widespread public outcry.
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/04/29/china-smuggles-vietnamese-child-brides-bridge-gender-imbalance/
I knew they were kidnapping girls from the small villages to sell as brides in the big cities but hadn’t heard they were reaching out over international borders.
How long will it be before western tourist girls start going missing.
Montreal teen arrested on terror-related offences, again
A Montreal teen was arrested this week on terror-related offences for the second time.
The 17-year-old was picked up by RCMP officers Tuesday night in Montreal North accused of public mischief and making terrorist threats.
He met with investigators and was released on a promise to appear.
The case will be handed over to the Crown Attorney Office.
According to Radio-Canada the teen is one of the 10 Collège de Maisonneuve students arrested in May 2015 at Trudeau Airport while trying to leave the country to join jihadists in Turkey and Syria.
http://www.cjad.com/cjad-news-crime-punishment/2016/04/29/montreal-teen-arrested-on-terror-related-offences-again
Anti-Trump Rally Outside CA GOP State Convention
Anti-Trump demonstrators punched Donald Trump supporter at Burlingame, California
USA: Anti-Trump protesters clash with police outside GOP convention in Burlingame
Protesters Topple Barricades Before Trump Speech
Donald Trump sneaks through wall to get to convention
RAW VIDEO: Donald Trump supporter walks through angry crowd of protesters
Germany: Activists decry Merkel’s ‘Erdo-mania’ outside Chancellery
Dozens of activists from Germany’s Pirate Party and supporters of the pro-Kurdish activists demonstrated outside the Chancellery in Berlin, Friday, before marching in silence to the Turkish embassy. They were protesting the close relationship between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.
SOT Bruno Kramm, Head of Pirate Party and organiser of the demonstration (German): “Human rights, Mrs Merkel, are not up for negotiation. We are angry because you appoint a dictator as an accomplice due to your own lack of ideas, inconsistency and cowardice. For the phoney garden gnomes of Germany, for the comfort and clean front lawn of the idyllic Germany. Because you fear the open confrontation with the right-wing arsonists and angry citizens, who violate the constitutional rights of others constantly.”
Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff: Europe is Careening Over the Multicultural Cliff
Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff has just returned to Austria after an extended visit to the United States, where she was invited to speak by various anti-Islamization groups in different cities.
On April 21 Elisabeth spoke in Dallas, Texas at an event sponsored by the Dallas chapter of ACT! For America. She was introduced at the event by Lt. Col. (ret.) Allen West. Below is the prepared text for her speech.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Thank you for inviting me to speak to ACT! for America here in Dallas, Texas. These are perilous times we are living in. Advocates for freedom on both sides of the Atlantic need to stand together!
For the past nine months Austria and the rest of Western Europe have undergone a profound transformation, one that will inevitably change the face of Europe permanently. I refer, of course, to the migration crisis, which began in earnest last summer, and is continuing as I speak to you. As the weather warms up and spring gives way to summer, we may expect the crisis to intensify even further. More than a million immigrants arrived in Austria and Germany via the “Balkan route” last year, and at least as many are expected to come this year — probably significantly more.
These migrants are generally referred to by our political leaders and the media as “refugees”, but this is hardly the case. Not only are most of them from countries where there is no war to flee from, but they are also overwhelmingly young Muslim men, of fighting age. In other words, the current crisis is actually an instance of Islamic hijra, or migration into infidel lands to advance the cause of Islam. The hijra goes hand in hand with jihad — once enough Muslim migrants have settled in the target country, violent jihad can begin.
It should be quite clear by now that the jihad phase has already begun in Western Europe. The most recent instances were the massacres in Paris and Brussels, which were acts of jihad carried out by Muslims. Some of the terrorists were in fact “refugees” who had pretended to be “Syrian” and came in with the migrant wave.
http://gatesofvienna.net/2016/04/esw-in-dallas-europe-is-careening-over-the-multicultural-cliff/
Breaking: Army Reinstates Hero Green Beret
In a stunning reversal, the U.S. Army decided late Thursday to retain a decorated Green Beret it had planned to kick out after he physically confronted a local Afghan commander accused of raping a boy over the course of many days.
Sgt 1st Class Charles Martland, confirmed the Army’s decision to retain him when reached by Fox News, who has been covering the story in depth for the past eight months and first broke the story of the Army’s decision in August to kick out Martland over the incident, which occurred in northern Afghanistan in 2011.
“I am real thankful for being able to continue to serve,” said Martland when reached on the telephone by Fox News. “I appreciate everything Congressman Duncan Hunter and his Chief of Staff, Joe Kasper did for me.”
As first reported by Fox News, while deployed to Kunduz Province, Afghanistan, Martland and his team leader confronted a local police commander in 2011 accused of raping an Afghan boy and beating his mother. When the man laughed off the incident, they shoved him to the ground. – See more at: http://americanactionnews.com/articles/breaking-army-reinstates-hero-green-beret#sthash.qCx5LnwP.dpuf
More sexual assault charges against Ottawa-area math teacher Naoum Abi-Samra:
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/more-sexual-assault-charges-laid-against-high-school-math-teacher
Ban on Female Guards to Be Lifted in 9/11 Case at Guantanamo (abcnews, Apr 29, 2016)
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/judge-lift-female-guard-ban-911-case-guantanamo-38768567
“The military judge presiding over the Sept. 11 war crimes proceedings at Guantanamo Bay said in a ruling this week that he will eventually lift his order prohibiting female guards from having physical contact with the five defendants while transporting them around the U.S. base in Cuba….”
Islamic State-linked hackers post target list of New Yorkers (reuters, Apr 29, 2016)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-islamic-state-idUSKCN0XQ2AC
“A group of hackers linked to Islamic State has posted online a list of thousands of New York residents and urged followers of the militant group to target them, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.
Federal agents and New York City police officers have been contacting the individuals on the list to inform them of the posting, but the source said law enforcement does not believe there is any credible threat.
In a statement, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said, “While our standard practice is to decline comment on specific operational and investigative matters, the FBI routinely notifies individuals and organizations of information collected during the course of an investigation that may be perceived as potentially threatening in nature.”
The list includes names, home addresses and email addresses. Some of the information appears to be outdated, according to the source, who was not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly….”
Belgian police knew Paris attackers plotted ‘irreversible act’ since 2014 (RT, Apr 29, 2016)
https://www.rt.com/news/341423-belgium-police-abdeslam-brothers/
“Belgian police are in hot water after a watchdog report accused authorities of failing to place the Abdeslam brothers under adequate surveillance despite the fact that it was known since 2014 that the would-be Paris attackers were preparing an “irreversible act.”…”
Over 50 detained, possible explosive found in illegal prayer hall in southern Russia (RT, Apr 29, 2016)
https://www.rt.com/news/341407-illegal-prayer-room-samara/
“An illegal prayer hall has been discovered in the southern Russian city of Samara. During a law enforcement special operation, more than 50 “bearded men” were detained at the scene, with police now checking their identities, according to a security source.
A prayer hall which had not been registered with any official religious body was discovered in the suburbs of Samara, a source in law enforcement confirmed to RT on Friday.
The hall was a place for Salafis to gather, according to an RT source. Salafis are followers of an ultra-conservative movement within Sunni Islam….”
BELGIUM – Priest called to book after attack on Islam
The Diocese of Bruges has brought the 77-year-old parish Priest from the West Flemish municipality of Kortemark to book for having made islamophobic comments to a group of children. The Priest called Islam an “anti-religion”. The clergyman made his comments last week during the visit of 14 pupils from the De Kreke primary school who had been confirmed the weekend before.
The Priest launched an attack on Islam that he described as an “anti-religion”. He also called the prophet Mohamed a rapist and the murderer of 54 women.
On returning to school, one of the children’s teachers reported the incident to the School Head. In turn the Headmaster reported it to the Bruges Diocese that has now called the Priest to book.
The Priest says that he was misunderstood and is refusing to retract his words. However, he has apologised and the Bruges Diocese says that the incident is now closed.
http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/News/1.2642448
“Profeet Mohammed was moordenaar en verkrachter”: pastoor doet krasse uitspraken in gezelschap van kinderen
+video + pic
http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/957/Binnenland/article/detail/2689740/2016/04/28/Islam-is-geen-godsdienst-pastoor-uit-Kortemark-haalt-woede-van-ouders-op-de-hals-na-preek-aan-vormelingen.dhtml
US Withdraws Troops from Sinai, Warns of Coming Egyptian Coup (sputniknews, Apr 29, 2016)
http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160429/1038866421/washington-sinai-egypt-coup-withdrawal.html
“The White House decision to abandon America’s security commitment to Egypt comes as a response to be excluded from talks between Tel Aviv, Cairo, and Riyadh.
On Tuesday, the US withdrew its security forces from the Sinai Peninsula, in response to Egypt’s transfer of sovereignty of the Tiran and Sanafir islands to Saudi Arabia, according to a report from DEBKAfile, citing military and intelligence sources.
The move comes after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi excluded Washington from talks between Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Israel regarding the islands. US officials perceived the move by the Egyptian president as a significant diplomatic slight that may signal a strain in future relations.
General Dunford, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, reportedly informed the Egyptian president of the withdrawal of US security forces during a Saturday, April 23 meeting in Cairo. The US believes that if Riyadh, Cairo, and Tel Aviv refuse to report their military steps in the region then Washington has no reason to collaborate with those countries in the Sinai…”
BREITBART – Sikh Temple Bomber Was Part of Anti-Radicalisation Program
ne of the Muslim terrorists who bombed a Sikh temple in Germany was enrolled in an anti-radicalisation “Salafist prevention” program.
Police in Germany have recently released more information regarding the two teenage terrorists who carried out a bomb attack on a Sikh temple in Essen. The two 16-year old’s Mohammed B. from Essen and Yussuf T. from Gelsenkirchen who are said to be supporters of the Islamic state.
The pair carried out the bombing to wage jihad even though one of them was enrolled in an anti-radicalisation program, Die Welt reports.
Yussuf T. was part of a government project called “Wegweiser” which was set up by the North Rhine-Westphalia government to combat extremism. The website for the projects says it works by, ” preventing entry to the violent Salafism and aims to focus on young people who are going to radicalise.”
They say the program takes a “holistic approach” and offers consultation services for young Muslims and those in their social circles.
Yussuf was sent into the program after staff at his school had noticed what they considered worrying behaviour. The young ISIS supporter expressed his admiration of the Islamic state to fellow classmates and teachers.
The teenager even went as so far as praising the November Paris terror attack. Yussuf had a streak of anti-Semitism that is all too common among radicalised Muslims, and is said to have threatened a Jewish class mate saying he would “break her neck.”
Yussuf took his final session with the group only four days before he and his partner bombed the Sikh temple. He attended the group with his parents and it is suspected that he had intended to flee to Syria just like a growing number of European children, had he not been caught and arrested by German police first.
In spite of set backs to the program the Northwest Rhine-Westphalia Interior Minister Ralf Jäger has said he still supports funding the program. The program currently works with 160 young Muslims and has had requests from a further 4,600. The minister has said this proves there is a need to expand the program to meet the demand.
Yussuf’s partner Mohammed also showed signs of radicalisation before the attack. He used the name “kuffarkiller”when he made posts on the internet and was known to police as he had been arrested for causing bodily harm when he assaulted an unidentified victim.
Mohammed was detained the day before the bombing because he was involved in a break-in.
The bombing they carried out was meant to take place during a Sikh wedding but the pair were unable to sneak the bomb in. Had the bomb gone off authorities say there would have been a high chance of deaths and injuries. The police have also said they doubt any formal links exist between the teens and the Islamic State.
The Islamic state has had no problem recruiting children as suicide bombers in the past however, with many children dying of so called “martyrdoms” in Iraq and Syria.
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/04/29/sikh-temple-bomber-was-part-of-anti-radicalisation-program/
BELGIUM Osama Krayem claims second Brussels metro bomb was disposed in a toilet
Osama Krayem, a suspect in the Brussels attacks claimed, when interviewed by investigators, that he had disposed the unfound contents of the explosives from his ruck sack in the toilets of a flat.
So report La Libre Belgique and La Dernière Heure on Friday.
Osama Krayem’s empty ruck sack had been removed by the Farisi brothers when they cleared his hideout in the Avenue des Casernes in Etterbeek.
On the other hand, a complete mystery surrounds its contents arousing major fears as TATP (triacetone triperoxyde), the explosive used in the Brussels attacks, is indeed highly volatile.
Krayem told investigators that he had diluted the substance in water, before getting rid of it in the toilets of the said flat.
The explanation was considered credible by the investigators who are also searching for a number of other weapons.
http://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/5522/osama-krayem-claims-second-brussels-metro-bomb-disposed-of-in-toilets
Second Maalbeek bomb flushed down the toilet?
Osama Krayem the second suspect in the Maalbeek metro station bombing is reported to have told detectives that he dumped the explosives from his rucksack down the toilet. Osama Krayem’s claim appears in the Friday’s editions of the dailies ‘La Dernière Heure’ and ‘La Libre Belgique’ and has been confirmed by VRT News’ sources.
Osama Krayem is the second suspect in the Maalbeek bombing. The first suspect Khalid El Bakraoui blew himself up in the attack on the Brussels metro 22 March.
Osama Krayem, who was seen chatting to Khalid El Bakraoui at the Pétillion metro station not long before he carried out the suicide attack, didn’t blow himself up.
It has since been the source of speculation as to what had happened to rucksack Osama Krayem was carrying and moreover what he had done with the explosives inside it.
On Tuesday 22 March Khalid El Bakraoui and Osama Krayem left together from a flat in the Brussels municipality of Etterbeek. The police have carried out several searches of the flat that functioned as a safe house. However, they have as yet failed to find the rucksack or any explosives.
During questioning Osama Krayem has now told detectives that he has disposed of the explosives in the toilet. He claims to have watered them down, before flushing them away. It is still unclear as to whether he is telling the truth, but detectives are reported to believe the story to be plausible.
http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/News/1.2642486