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  1. Islamist-Linked Muslim Council of Britain Calls on Imams to Use Friday Prayers To Mobilise Voters (breitbart, May 18, 2017)
    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/18/islamist-linked-muslim-council-of-britain-calls-on-imams-to-mobilise-congregations-to-vote-at-friday-prayers/

    “The Islamist-linked Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) is calling on imams to mobilise their congregations and for British Muslims to vote in the general election to promote Islamic interests…”

  2. Austria Checking for Illegal Dual Turkish Nationals, Could Strip Citizenship (breitbart, May 18, 2017)
    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/18/austria-checking-illegal-dual-turkish-nationals-strip-citizenship/

    “Austrian authorities say they are checking a list of about 100,000 citizens for evidence that some of them may be illegally holding a Turkish passport.

    Double citizenship is forbidden in most cases in Austria. Those found illegally holding a second passport face loss of Austrian citizenship.

    The Interior Ministry said Thursday that it received the list from the populist and anti-immigrant Freedom Party, a critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Turkish backers in Austria.

    Ministry spokesman Karl-Heinz Grundboeck says the ministry has no information on the list’s origin or whether it will help in finding anyone with illegal double citizenship.

    Erdogan’s referendum for more power last month was only narrowly approved overall, but more than 70 percent of Turks in Austria backed it.”

      • It use to be no nation allowed dual citizenship.

        It used to be that a nation’s sovereignty was the measure of its worth.

  3. Four Men Arrested for Suspected Islamist Terror Plot in East London (breitbart, May 18, 2017)
    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/05/18/four-men-arrested-suspected-islamist-terror-plot-east-london/

    “Four men have been arrested in east London on suspicion of plotting an Islamist terror attack.

    The arrests were part of an investigation by the Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command and MI5, and Scotland Yard said they were “linked to activity in the UK” in a statement Wednesday night.

    “Officers are currently searching five residential addresses in east London and one business address, also in east London”, the force added.

    The men – aged 18, 24, 25, and 27 – are suspected of involvement in the commission, preparation, or instigation of acts of terrorism…”

  4. Palestinian Authority President ‘Abbas:
    Palestinian Nakba Continues To This Day – And Its Source Is The Balfour Declaration; The Palestinians’ Strategic Choice Is Peace Provided That It Includes Right Of Return, Compensation In Accordance With Resolution

    In his May 15, 2017 speech marking the 69th anniversary of the Nakba, which he delivered during his visit to India, Palestinian President Mahmoud ‘Abbas said that the Nakba of the Palestinian people was continuing to this very day, and that the source of this historic injustice to the Palestinian people was the 1917 Balfour Declaration, for which he called on Britain to apologize to the Palestinian people.

    ‘Abbas stressed that the Palestinians’ strategic choice is peace, provided that it is just and comprehensive, based on the UN Security Council resolutions and on the Arab Peace Initiative, and includes the refugees’ right of return as well as compensation, as per UN Resolution 194. Also in his speech, he praised the Palestinian martyrs and the struggle of the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, calling them “heroes” and promising to act tirelessly to obtain the release of every one of them.

    https://www.memri.org/reports/palestinian-authority-president-abbas-palestinian-nakba-continues-day-–-and-its-source

  5. Why southern Syria remains Jordan’s biggest security threat
    Summary: Amman and Washington’s concern about an Iranian land corridor from Tehran to Beirut through Iraq and Syria has raised questions about steps Jordan might take along its border with southern Syria, into which extremists are expanding.

    Jordan is anxiously watching military and security developments along its northern border with war-torn Syria, according to a number of Jordanian military and strategic analysts with whom Al-Monitor recently spoke amid heightened tensions between Amman and Damascus. Since King Abdullah II’s April 5 visit to Washington, there have been conflicting reports about a sizeable military buildup of US and British troops on the Jordanian side of the border with Syria, raising questions about a possible joint incursion into southern Syria, apparently to pre-empt and confront Islamic State (IS) expansion in the vast Badia region.

    http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/05/jordan-syria-southern-border-security-threats-military.html#ixzz4hSZLNm00

  6. Dallas County Whistleblower Tapes Democrat Campaign Worker Describing Voter Fraud Schemes

    What is being described as one of the biggest voter fraud investigations in Texas history is currently unfolding in Dallas.

    For the past couple of months prosecutors in the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office have been looking into allegations of voter fraud. Their investigation accelerated last week when more criminal and voter fraud allegations stemming from the May 6 election emerged. The D.A.’s office last week filed a notice of investigation of criminal conduct which reads in part:

    The Dallas County Elections Department has in excess of 700 “Mail-In Ballots” that are directly linked to applications assisted by “Jose Rodriguez,” or are suspicious in nature.

    Workers say the volume of complaints about questionable mail-in ballots has been “off the charts.”

    “It’s totally frustrating,” said Dr. Pat Stephens of West Dallas. “You know, we all feel violated.”

    Stephens is speaking out. She is still bothered about her signature being forged on an mail-in ballot application.

    She’s among the 60 to 90 Dallas residents who investigators say have come forward over the past month, saying they received mail-in ballots which they did not request.

    https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/05/17/dallas-county-whistleblower-tapes-democrat-campaign-worker-describing-voter-fraud-schemes/

  7. On Mideast Policy, the Swamp Drains Trump

    Speaking Friday about President Trump’s trip to the Middle East, National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster said that Trump would:

    develop a strong, respectful message that the United States and the entire civilized world expects our Muslim allies to take a strong stance against radical Islamist ideology.

    Those who are aware of how badly U.S. foreign policy has run off the rails over the last fifteen years should be deeply disturbed.

    The world has been waiting in vain for that decade-and-a-half for “our Muslim allies to take a strong stance against radical Islamist ideology.” McMaster’s words were a disquieting indication that the foreign policy swamp, one in the most dire need of draining, has instead turned the tables on the president.

    Trump now appears set to repeat all the mistakes his last two predecessors made in dealing with the global jihad threat.

    McMaster added that jihad terrorists were

    https://pjmedia.com/homeland-security/2017/05/18/on-mideast-policy-the-swamp-drains-trump/

    • One after another. Dan Greenfield’s “The Swamp Drains Israel and Trump”. Then on the homefront, 0’s MB holdovers are going strong:

      Trump Continues Obama DHS Policy of Engaging CAIR

      Donald Trump might be the president of the United States, but the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to treat the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a credible outreach partner.

      https://www.investigativeproject.org/6126/trump-continues-obama-dhs-policy-of-engaging-cair#

      • With luck we are holding in place,, or more likely still loosing ground but slower. We have a lot of ground to make up before we start to win, this is going to be a long war and we have to accept that fact.

        • Huge problems with PDJT’s choices of staff.
          This isn’t the team I voted for. He’s got the MB as deeply entrenched here as ever. Every single appointment is as bad as the next.

  8. Lee Rigby memorial vandalised in sickening attack days before anniversary of his murder (express, May 18, 2017)
    http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/806470/Lee-Rigby-memorial-vandalised-attack-anniversary-murder

    “VANDALS have ransacked a memorial to Fusilier Lee Rigby in a sickening attack just days ahead of the fourth anniversary of his murder.

    Thugs even ripped down a teddy bear left there by Mr Rigby’s little son Jack, it has been revealed.

    Detectives have set up a police cordon after memorial flags were damaged overnight.

    The memorial flags were displayed on railings outside the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, south east London, near where the 25-year-old soldier was brutally killed.

    Extremist Michael Adebowale, 25, was jailed for 45 years and accomplice Michael Adebolajo, 32, was jailed for life for killing the off-duty soldier near his barracks on May 22 2013.

    The pair knocked him down with a car before hacking him to death with a meat cleaver and knives.

    Police officers are conducting reassurance patrols in the area following the act of vandalism…”

    • “VANDALS have ransacked a memorial to Fusilier Lee Rigby in a sickening attack just days ahead of the fourth anniversary of his murder.

      Thugs even ripped down a teddy bear left there by Mr Rigby’s little son Jack, it has been revealed.

      Exactly like that precious teddy bear, all of the vandals involved deserve an equal opportunity to get well-and-truly-STUFFED.

  9. ITALY – MILAN – STAZIONE CENTRALE –

    REUTERS – Man stabs policeman and soldier at Milan train station

    A man stabbed an army officer and a policeman at the main train station in Italy’s second city Milan on Thursday, a police spokeswoman said, adding that currently it was not being treated as a terrorist attack.

    Both officers were being treated in hospital as moderately critical cases, the spokeswoman said.

    Asked if the incident was terrorist-related, the spokeswoman said: “We don’t think at the moment that that is the right hypothesis to explore.”

    Police were nonetheless carrying out “the most rigorous checks”, she said, and the suspected attacker, who was born in Milan in 1996, had been detained.

    The man allegedly drew a kitchen knife when he was approached by the agents who asked to see his identity documents at around 1800 GMT.

    http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFKCN18E2WX

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    North African Migrant Stabs Security Officers With Knife in Milan

    A migrant stabbed a group of Italian police officers with a knife in Milan.

    ROME (Sputnik) — A migrant from North Africa stabbed a group of Italian police officers with a knife in Milan and injured two people, local media reported.

    The incident took place late on Thursday at the central railway station, La Repubblica newspaper reported on Thursday.

    During a routine check of documents, the migrant snatched the knife and attacked the law enforcement officers, injuring a police officer and a serviceman, the media outlet said.
    The injured men were taken to a hospital, while the attacker was detained. According to the publication, the migrant was previously held accountable for drugs related activities.

    Earlier in May, Milanese police conducted a large-scale operation at the railway station to check migrants’ documents and detained about 50 people.

    https://sputniknews.com/europe/201705191053759865-north-african-stabs-milan-security/

    • Milano, accoltellati militari e poliziotto in Centrale

      L’uomo, un italo-marocchino, si è ribellato ai controlli e ha reagito. Il militare e il poliziotto ricoverati in ospedale

      Due militare e un poliziotto sono stati feriti con un coltello da un uomo in stazione centrale a Milano questa sera.

      I due militari e l’agente si sono avvicinati per un controllo all’uomo. In pochi attimi il ragazzo, nato in Italia da una famiglia marocchina, si è ribellato ai controlli e ha attaccato il poliziotto e i militari con un coltello. Il poliziotto, dopo l’intervento dei soccorritori è stato trasferito in ospedale in codice verde. Ben più serie le condizioni invece di un militare che è stato portato in ospedale in codice giallo. L’altro ha riportato ferite lievi. Sul posto sono arrivate quattro ambulanze e la polizia scientifica. Adesso gli inquirenti dovranno accertare l’esatta dinamica di quanto accaduto. Solo qualche giorno fa in stazione centrale era stata avviata una vasta operazione di polizia per l’emergenza migranti. Infatti, soprattutto la sera, la stazione è diventato un luogo abbastanza pericoloso. E in questo caso a farne le spese sono stati un poliziotto e un militare.

      L’aggressore, un marocchino di 21 anni nato a Milano ma da genitori stranieri, era già stato arrestato a dicembre per droga dalla polizia. All’atto del controllo da parte del militare e dell’agente il giovane ha tirato fuori due coltelli da cucina che aveva addosso e li ha feriti. È stato però subito immobilizzato, quindi arrestato e portato in questura.

      http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cronache/milano-immigrato-accoltella-militare-e-poliziotto-centrale-1398953.html

    • The man allegedly drew a kitchen knife when he was approached by the agents who asked to see his identity documents at around 1800 GMT.

      Don’t these stupid fecking gits understand???

      Knives are their, “identity documents”.

      What about this is unclear?!?

  10. 45 rockets fired on Nangarhar from other side of Durand Line: Khogyani (khaama, May 18, 2017)
    http://www.khaama.com/45-rockets-fired-on-nangarhar-from-other-side-of-durand-line-khogyani-02774

    “At least forty five rockets fired from the other side of Durand Line landed in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, the local officials said Thursday.

    Provincial governor’s spokesman Ataullah Khogyani said the rockets were fired on Wednesday and landed in Lalpur district.

    Khogyani further added that the rockets landed in Rina Parcha areas but the attack did not incur any casualties to the local residents.

    The eastern provinces of Afghanistan including Kunar, Nuristan, and Nangarhar provinces have been subject to indiscriminate artillery shelling from the other side of Durand Line during the past several years.

    The persistent rocket attacks have incurred casualties to the residents of the three provinces besides hundreds of families have been forced to flee the area.

    This comes as tensions between Kabul and Islamabad persist mainly due to issues along the Durand Line.

    The Afghan and Pakistani forces exchanged fire two weeks ago in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar located near the Durand Line which lasted for several hours and inflicted casualties to the both sides.

    The Afghan officials are saying that the incident took place after the Pakistani troops were stopped to conduct surveys in villages belonging to Afghanistan but the Pakistani officials reject the allegations and claim that census work was being done in the areas belonging to Pakistan.”

  11. Anti-Muslim sheriff who backed Trump appointed to Homeland Security (middleeasteye, May 18, 2017)
    http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/firebrand-sheriff-who-backed-trump-appointed-homeland-security-1655346609

    “The highly controversial and archconservative Wisconsin sheriff David Clarke has accepted an assistant secretary position on Wednesday in the Department of Homeland Security.

    Clarke told media in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he is county sheriff that he will work in the Office of Partnership and Engagement, which liaises with state and local law enforcement.

    The Department of Homeland Security would not confirm the appointment, saying that only the secretary makes such announcements, and none had been made.

    Clarke, an unabashed supporter of US President Donald Trump, became famous in right-wing circles during the 2016 presidential election for his anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric…”

  12. NBCNEWS – ISIS Video Shows New Weapons, ‘American’ Urging Attacks in U.S.

    ISIS has released a new video featuring a purportedly American fighter calling for attacks in the U.S. and footage of new weapons the terrorists have built, including drones and rovers, analysts said.

    Using the handle Abu Hamza al-Amriki, the bearded man appears with his face uncovered and urges lone-wolf attacks to avenge U.S. military action in slightly accented English, according to security firm Flashpoint.

    It’s been nearly a year since an American was featured in official ISIS propaganda. In June, a fighter using the nickname Abu Isma’il al-Amriki praised the Orlando nightclub massacre in another video. Jihadis use al-Amriki in their noms de guerre to mean “the American.”

    The latest video also includes photos of U.S. locations — the Las Vegas Strip, Times Square, banks in Washington — meant to represent potential targets, said Laith Alkhouri of Flashpoint.

    Of particular interest was the weaponry on display in the slickly produced 44-minute clip put out by ISIS’ media office in Iraq.

    “It showcases a range of proprietary weapons that ISIS militant workshops have developed,” Alkhouri said, pointing out rocket-propelled grenade launchers, shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles, video-equipped guided missiles, a remote-controlled “rover” that can drop explosive devices under military vehicles, and a drone that could potentially drop a bomb on a crowd.

    The message is that while ISIS has struggled on the battlefield and lost territory in recent months, “it’s innovating and weaponizing whatever material is available,” Alkhouri said.

    ISIS used the purported American to urge terrorist sympathizers in the U.S. to use knives or vehicles to wage jihad at home. “Liberate yourself from hellfire by killing a kafir,” Abu Hamza al-Amriki says at one point.

    Counterterrorism analyst Michael S. Smith II said it’s far more common to see Europeans delivering such messages in ISIS videos.

    “While the Islamic State has very much doubled down on calls for attacks on the U.S….very few Americans have been the poster boys for that incitement,” he said.

    http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/isis-video-shows-new-weapons-american-urging-attacks-u-s-n761786

    • ISIS Video Shows New Weapons, ‘American’ Urging Attacks in U.S.

      Easy peasy.

      Whenever one of these overseas bastards urges any “Attacks in U.S.”: If such an event comes to pass (or is just suggested), suddenly their entire foreign hometown mysteriously disappears.

      Say hello to Mrs. MOAB.

      Say goodbye, Pisshole Hometown.

      Let’s see how much longer these fü¢ks keep bragging about their places of origin.