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  3. UNITED NATIONS – U.S. President Donald Trump and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres are scheduled to speak at a meeting on reforming the world body sponsored by the United States on Sept. 18, the eve of the annual gathering of world leaders at the General Assembly.

    Britain also is a co-sponsor and its U.N. ambassador, Matthew Rycroft, said Thursday the event aims “to provide maximum support” for the secretary-general “as he reforms the United Nations at a time when the world requires an effective multilateral system with a well-functioning U.N. at its heart.”

    http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/09/07/trump-and-un-chief-guterres-to-speak-at-meeting-on-un-reform.html

    • This will be an interesting balancing act for Trump with regard to tipping his hand about his support of Tranzi, Globalist interests. Not to mention, any actual show of undue respect for the Islamic mouthpiece that the UN has become over these past several years.

  6. Once again, a huge Trump-Russia story that relied upon anonymous sources has fallen apart.

    NBC News dropped what the network hyped as a “potential bombshell” last week. “Manafort Notes From Russian Meet Contain Cryptic Reference to ‘Donations,’” the original headline read. The story claimed that Manafort’s notes from the 2016 Trump Tower meeting with White House aide Jared Kushner, Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer included the word “donations” near a reference to the Republican National Committee.

    NBC began walking back the “potential bombshell” almost immediately, issuing a correction the same day noting that the word “donation” didn’t actually appear in the notes, but quoting one source who said the word “donor” was in the notes.
    …

    http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/07/yet-another-anonymously-sourced-trump-russia-story-falls-apart/

  9. Obama administration Director of National Intelligence James Clapper held a meeting in his last days in office to discuss the idea of going to a Supreme Court justice to block President Donald Trump’s inauguration, according to a high-level member of the intelligence community who spoke with a Big League Politics source.

    Clapper discussed blocking the inauguration on the grounds that Trump was an illegitimate president due to alleged Russian interference in the election, according to the sources. It is not known whether Clapper ever actually convened a meeting with a Supreme Court justice to discuss the Russia case, or whether he simply discussed the idea of doing so. By the time Trump entered office on January 20, the Russia narrative was already underway.

    https://bigleaguepolitics.com/sources-clapper-discussed-using-supreme-court-justice-block-trumps-inauguration/

    • Well worth watching.

      It’s beyond tragic that America’s Black community is so obstinately opposed to heeding Sowell: Much less giving him even a slight portion of the respect (and attention) that his towering intellect deserves.

      Between Lyndon (“I’ll have those niggers voting Democrat for the next two hundred years“) Johnson’s so-called Great Society initiative, along with the advent of Affirmative Action, America’s Black population has descended into a quagmire of crime, incarceration, illiteracy, voluntary—if not professional—victimhood, and staggering illegitimate birth rates that will not cannot be remedied in a mere two centuries.

      PS: LBJ is on the record as having said that.

  16. Poland’s rightwing premier Thursday said she believed her country had the right to demand World War II reparations from Germany but added that her government was still mulling its official position.

    “The position of the Polish government on war reparations will be officially expressed when a political decision is taken,” Prime Minister Beata Szydlo told the commercial radio station RMF FM .

    “In my opinion, Poland has the right to this (reparations) and the Polish state has the right to ask for them,” Szydlo said.

    “We are ready to go ahead with this procedure,” she said.

    https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2017/09/07/poland-ready-to-demand-wwii-reparations-from-germany-pm-szydlo-says

    • “Poland’s rightwing premier Thursday said she believed her country had the right to demand World War II reparations from Germany but added that her government was still mulling its official position.”

      Wonderful veiled threat. Please keep up the good work. Carry on.

  22. The postmodernist propensity to invert morality now extends to inverting legality. Suggesting that Poland and Hungary do not respect the rule of law ignores Hungary’s effort to maintain the exterior Schengen border–a law that the EU itself ignores for the advancement of and unwritten Open Border policy not written in its laws. It is reasonable to expect, ultimately, the reinstatement of the iron curtain. This time, however, the V4 will partition itself from western European Commuislam.

    https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/poland-and-hungary-could-threaten-the-eu-more-than-brexit-does-1.3211827%3Fmode=amp

    • PRAGUE SAYS TOP EU COURT VERDICT WILL NOT CHANGE COUNTRY’S STAND ON MIGRANT QUOTAS (radiocz, Sep 7, 2017)
      http://radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/prague-says-top-eu-court-verdict-will-not-change-countrys-stand-on-migrant-quotas

      “The European Court of Justice has dismissed Slovakia and Hungary’s legal challenge to the system of mandatory migrant quotas, devised by the European Commission as a means of dealing with the migrant crisis. The Czech Republic, which is also one of the countries rejecting the forced distribution of migrants, says the ruling will make no difference to its stand.

      The ruling of the EU’s highest court on the mandatory redistribution of migrants around the EU sparked another heated exchange between the European Commission and the countries against which it has launched infringement proceedings over their failure to comply with the EU’s solidarity mechanism. Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban called the decision “rape of European law and values,” Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said nobody could force Slovakia to take a step it considered to be wrong, and Poland and the Czech Republic, noted that the verdict would not change their policy on migrants.

      In response to a warning from the EU commissioner for migrants, Dimitris Avramopoulos, for the said states to meet their obligations and implement EU solidarity in full or else the EC would take them to court, Czech officials pointed out that unlike Hungary and Slovakia they had not challenged the mandatory quota system as such, but had repeatedly stated that the system was simply not functional. Czech Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek:

      “Our objections to this mechanism are based on the argument that it does not work in practice and we want to see it revised. We do not approve of the fact that we have this mechanism in the EU where countries are bound to go through the motions of providing data and numbers when in reality it is clear the requirements cannot be met.”

      The Czech Republic, which has taken in only around 12 refugees of the close to 2,700 allotted to it under the EC mechanism, recently argued that Italy and Greece from which it was to take in migrants had not enabled it to carry out the detailed background investigation checks on the refugees in question. According to the Czech Interior Ministry the Italian and Greek authorities permitted only the most basic questions to be posed to refugees earmarked for relocation and eventually ceased communicating altogether.

      “The conditions under which the system was to operate are simply not being met and the present debate in Europe on this matter shows that our reservations are justified,” Minister Zaorálek said.

      Meanwhile, Czech President Miloš Zeman, known for his fiery anti-migrant rhetoric, said at a public gathering that the country should not give way to EU pressure.

      “If the worst comes to the worst, then it would be better to forego EU subsidies than open the door to migrants.””

    • It’s VIOLENT FORCE: Orban FURY at Juncker – you’re going against will of Hungarian people (express, Sep 8, 2017)
      http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/851574/Jean-Claude-Juncker-Hungary-migration-EU

      “A FURIOUS dispute between Hungary and Brussels has taken another twist after prime minister Viktor Orbán claimed Jean-Claude Juncker was going against the will of his people.

      The stinging rebuke came after the European Commission president wrote to Mr Orbán accusing him of turning down help to deal with the country’s migrant crisis.

      Mr Juncker accused the country of a lack of solidarity by making demands on funding while rejecting the EU dictat on migrant quotas.

      But, in response, Mr Orbán declared himself “stunned and puzzled”, claiming Mr Juncker was trying to turn Hungary into an “immigrant country” using “violence”.

      And he claimed the president’s interpretation of solidarity went against EU legislation and Hungarian history.

      Mr Orbán pointed out that, in contrast to other member states, Hungary had low immigration because it had no colonial past.

      He wrote in a letter to Mr Juncker: “Hungary… is not an immigrant country, does not want to become an immigrant country and cannot accept being forced to change this.

      “The interpretation of the principle of solidarity described in your letter is in essence the transformation of Hungary into an immigrant country, against the will of the Hungarian citizens.”

      He raged: “In my view, this is not solidarity, this is violence.”

      And the prime minister went on to say he was “stunned” by the EU’s refusal to handover £366m that would cover half the cost of border fences.

      The fences were put up in 2015 when the migrant crisis was at its peak.

      Mr Orbán said the fences not only defended Hungary s but also the borders of Europe from a tide of immigration.

      He warned: “It is impossible to defend ourselves against numerous illegal border crossing attempts without setting up physical obstacles.

      “If instead of defending our borders, the European Commission is willing to finance solely measures and organisations that aim to facilitate the admission of migrants, then we will only give new incentives to hundreds of thousands of migrants who wish to move to Europe, instead of curbing migration.”

      The scathing response followed a letter from Mr Juncker to the prime minister this week, telling him “solidarity is a two-way street” and questioning why a relocation plan had been turned down in 2015.

      He wrote: “There are times in which member states may expect to receive support, and times in which they, in turn, should stand ready to contribute.

      “And solidarity is not an a-la-carte dish; one that can be chosen for border management, and rejected when it comes to complying with relocation decisions that have been jointly agreed.

      “The Commission, and I personally, remain committed to working together with Hungary towards a more efficient and fairer European migration and asylum policy, based on responsibility and solidarity.

      “I count on your active contribution, on the basis of our EU treaties and our common values.”

      Hungary is currently refusing to accept an EU-imposed migrant quota, along with eastern neighbour Slovakia.

      However, this week the European court of Justice dismissed a joint appeal by the countries to have the quota scrapped.

      Tensions with the bloc have also risen in recent days after Hungary accused MEPs of meddling in the country’s upcoming election with a “politically motivated” visit.”

  23. Something else to fret about: ISIS mounting dirty bombs on drones

    WASHINGTON

    Here’s a fear that keeps counter-terrorism officials up at night: Extremists might use drones to drop dirty bombs or poison on Western cities.

    It could just be a matter of time before Islamic State fighters take drone usage from the battlefield in Syria and Iraq to urban areas of the West, security officials say.

    “I understand that an openly available drone, such as a quadcopter, which is able to hold a camera, can drop some dirty explosive device,” Friedrich Grommes, Germany’s top international terrorism official, told McClatchy on the sidelines of a national security forum

    Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article171852917.html#storylink=cpy

    http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article171852917.html

  24. US warplanes pick off ISIS fighters drawn to stranded convoy ‘like moths to the flame

    IRBIL, Iraq — An attempt by Islamic State to evacuate hundreds of fighters from western Syria to the Iraqi border has instead left them sitting ducks for aerial attacks by the U.S.-led coalition on the convoy.

    “We were able to exploit it and take advantage,” Army Col. Ryan S. Dillon, a coalition spokesman, said of the ISIS maneuver Thursday morning as 11 buses full of ISIS fighters and civilians remained stranded in the Syrian desert.

    U.S. warplanes continue to pick off militants who stray too far from the protection of the convoy’s women and children, officials said. Strikes have also destroyed militant vehicles coming to the area from ISIS-held territory.

    “Like moths to the flame,” more than 40 vehicles have come to try to aid the convoy, including armored technical vehicles and a tank disguised as a truck, Dillon said. “We were able to continue to just observe and pick them off one at a time.”

    https://www.stripes.com/us-warplanes-pick-off-isis-fighters-drawn-to-stranded-convoy-like-moths-to-the-flame-1.486506#.WbKb0thOmM9

    • The thing to do was to incinerate every bus full of Islamic twats on the ground. Saving their breeders and eventual hate filled offspring is ridiculous.

      • “The thing to do was to incinerate every bus…”

        Too right, mate! The sooner ISIS is taught that human shields are useless, the more innocent less complicit lives that will be saved in the long run. There also would be a beneficial, secondary “knock-on” effect of increasing civilian resistance to being taken hostage by these vicious little shites.

        This crap will never end by employing a “one-bullet-at-a-time” strategy. Massive, disproportionate retaliation is one of the only conventional ways of getting the Islamic mule’s attention.

        Leaving this convoy unscathed is a blunder equal in measure to coalition forces not having bombed that 2006 funeral in Afghanistan which would have taken out several dozen ALMOST 200 of the Taliban’s top “brass hats turbans” in a single strike.

        Clearly, thousands of military deaths and casualties, plus several trillion squandered dollars have failed to teach American politicians—and the Pentagon’s idiotic strategists that listen to these corrupt submorons—effing nothing.

  25. Richard: Looks like left wing rats are abandoning their sinking ship and moving to one they think will remain socialist.

    Germany sees jump in citizenship applications from U.S.

    BERLIN (Reuters) – German consulates in the United States have seen a significant rise in requests for citizenship since November 2016, when Donald Trump was elected president, data collected by the German foreign ministry shows.

    Total citizenship applications – including those filed by U.S. citizens already living in Germany – are reported yearly, with data for this year not expected until summer 2018.

    However, German consulates receive citizenship requests filed overseas, including those filed by former Germans who were stripped of their citizenship during the Nazi era.

    “The German government’s offices in the United States are currently seeing a significant increase in legal queries related to citizenship issues,” the German interior ministry said in response to an official query by the Greens party.

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/germany-sees-jump-citizenship-applications-u-163528202.html

    • Now Richard, maybe they’re just mice…
      …church-mice. The kind we want to shelter from the wars against the invaders.

    • Fecking priceless! Let these Socialist US termites toddle off to Merkel’s Germany and discover the limitless joys of “enriched” multiculturalism.

      There are few who could be considered as more deserving.

      • If they have any brains (possible but not probable) they will wake up and run screaming back to the States.

  26. S. Korea braces for another possible N. Korea missile test

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is closely watching North Korea over the possibility it may launch another intercontinental ballistic missile as soon as Saturday when it celebrates its founding anniversary.

    Seoul’s Unification Ministry spokeswoman Eugene Lee said Friday that Pyongyang could potentially conduct its next ICBM tests this weekend or around Oct. 10, another North Korean holiday marking the founding of its ruling party.

    North Korea has previously marked key dates with displays of military power, but now its tests appear to be driven by the need to improve missile capabilities.

    http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_KOREAS_TENSIONS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-09-08-05-35-55

    • North Korea Says U.S. to Pay Dearly for Haley’s ‘Hysteric Fit’

      Haley said the isolated nation was “begging for war,” again ratcheting up tensions as world leaders consider a fresh round of sanctions.

      Describing Haley’s comments to the UN this week as a “hysteric fit,” a commentary in the state-run Korean Central News Agency on Friday warned the U.S. of unspecified retribution. North Korea detonated its sixth and most powerful nuclear bomb on Sunday, and South Korea has said Kim Jong Un’s regime may be planning to launch another intercontinental ballistic missile on Saturday.

      https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-08/north-korea-says-u-s-to-pay-dearly-for-haley-s-hysteric-fit

  27. Nuke-sniffer, ballistic recon aircraft deploy to Okinawa amid rising tensions with N. Korea

    CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Air Force aircraft that detect radioactive fallout and track ballistic missiles are operating on Okinawa in the wake of North Korea’s sixth nuclear test and ahead of an anticipated intercontinental ballistic missile launch.

    A WC-135 Constant Phoenix — commonly referred to as a nuke-sniffer — arrived at Kadena Air Base Sept. 5, said Satoru Kuba, an Okinawan who monitors military aircraft. The Constant Phoenix, which specializes in identifying radioactive debris after the detonation of a nuclear device, departed the next day with a tanker aircraft, Kuba said, and has been parked at Kadena ever since returning.

    North Korea tested its sixth and most powerful nuclear weapon on Sept. 3. The test was conducted on the heels of two groundbreaking ICBM launches in July that pushed the country closer to its stated goal of developing a nuclear-tipped missile that can reach the U.S. mainland.

    Pyongyang is reportedly preparing to test-fire another ICBM in connection with the 69th anniversary of its foundation day on Saturday.

    https://www.stripes.com/news/nuke-sniffer-ballistic-recon-aircraft-deploy-to-okinawa-amid-rising-tensions-with-n-korea-1.486700#.WbKgwdhOmM8

  28. Solar Storms May Deter Kim From Launching Missile on Anniversary

    North Korea could decide to delay its next ballistic missile launch because a current outbreak of severe geomagnetic storms can pose a risk to electronic equipment.

    While missiles are generally heavily shielded against radiation, Kim Jong Un may decide not to risk firing one during the solar flares in case they lose data or ancillary equipment, said Lance Gatling, an aerospace consultant with Nexial Research in Tokyo. He added that the U.S. and Japan might be hoping for a launch so they can test detection and tracking equipment in a storm environment

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-08/solar-storms-may-deter-kim-from-launching-missile-on-anniversary

  29. Sweeping change in China’s military points to more firepower for Xi

    BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military is preparing a sweeping leadership reshuffle, dropping top generals, including two that sources say are under investigation for corruption.

    The changes would make room for President Xi Jinping to install trusted allies in key positions at a key party congress that begins on Oct 18.

    A list of 303 military delegates to the Communist Party Congress, published by the army’s official newspaper on Wednesday, excluded Fang Fenghui and Zhang Yang, both members of the Central Military Commission. The commission is China’s top military decision-making body.

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-military/sweeping-change-in-chinas-military-points-to-more-firepower-for-xi-idUSKCN1BJ0U9

    • This may be a routine cleaning up of a communist military all; of which are notoriously corrupt. Of8it could be cleaning up the military in anticipation of a major military conflict in the near future. Add this action to the Chinese modernizing some of its combat units equipment, the deal with India that takes India out of any alliance against South Korea and you get a scary possiblity.

  30. GOING UN-DERGROUNDHow Kim Jong-un will vanish into a massive network of caves in the event of nuclear war… and there’s enough Emmental in there to feed his cheese addiction for a lifetime

    How Kim Jong-un would escape in caves if a nuclear war occurs

    Even if Psycho Fat Boy’s cave network has blast doors, it must have ventilator ducts that reach the surface. Properly placed, several massive thermobaric (i.e., “vacuum”) bombs could suck the oxygen out of his subterranean bolt-holes so quickly that he’ll be staring down at his lungs.

    Nonetheless, it’s Red China that should bear the burden of cleaning up the mess they’ve made. One can only hope Trump has had the cojones to tell Beijing that their biggest cities and Three Gorges Dam all disappear if America takes a single hit from North Korea.

    Should that become necessary, offshore launched SLCMs (Submarine Launched Cruise Missiles) with a low-altitude, flat trajectory would give the least notice and be the most difficult to intercept. All of which—at least when it comes to Communist China—lends an unexpectedly new meaning to “offshoring”. [giggle]

    Be sure to scan both articles as their graphics differ.

  31. Extremely disturbing trend: Senators attacking nominees’ Christian beliefs
    By J.E. Dyer September 7, 2017

    The central, animating idea of the United States of America arose from the earliest colonists’ search for a place where they could practice their Christian faith without state persecution and bloody civil war. Whether the colonial settlers came from Britain, the Netherlands, France, or the pre-German states, and whether they were Catholic or Protestant, these people seeking relief from the sword, persecution, discrimination, and punitive taxation – at the hands of other Christians in Europe – set the course of America’s most profound contribution to Western political philosophy: the practice of respect for religious liberty.

    This is not to say the original colonies had uniform views of religion, or uniformly friendly approaches to religious freedom. Some were definitely more free than others. Some treated non-Christians better than others. Some of the differences between colonies persisted well after the formation of the United States between 1783 and 1791.

    But the distinctive American commitment to religious liberty, if not uniformly administered in the colonies, was nevertheless a powerfully unifying force in constituting the new nation. It became enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, not only in the First Amendment, but in Article VI of the Constitution, which reads in part (emphasis added):

    http://libertyunyielding.com/2017/09/07/extremely-disturbing-trend-senators-attacking-nominees-christian-beliefs/

  32. Russia claims it has killed ISIS commanders including the terror group’s US-trained ‘minister of war’ in Syrian air strike (dailymail, Sep 8, 2017)
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4865030/Russia-claims-killed-ISIS-commanders.html

    “Russia has killed several top Islamic State group commanders in a Syrian air strike, it claimed on Friday.

    Both the US-trained ‘minister of war’ Gulmurod Khalimov, who has a $3 million bounty on his head, and the high-profile Islamic State commander Abu-Muhammad al-Shimali were among ‘four influential field commanders are confirmed to be dead’, the Russian defence ministry said in a statement posted on Facebook.

    ‘As a result of a precision air strike of the Russian air forces in the vicinity of Deir Ezzor city, a command post, communication centre and some 40 ISIS fighters have been killed,’ it said.

    ‘According to confirmed data, among the killed fighters are four influential field commanders including Deir Ezzor emir Abu Mohammed al-Shimali.’

    Al-Shimali (also known as Tarad Muhammad al-Jarba) is believed to have helped six of the 2015 Paris suicide bombers to travel to Syria and back for training.

    The Iraqi-born Saudi Arabia citizen, who defected from Al-Qaeda to IS in 2015, had a $5 million bounty on his head following the attacks.

    Khalimov, who is known as the IS group’s minister of war and the highest-ranking defector from ex-Soviet Tajikistan, suffered been ‘fatally wounded’, the ministry added.

    Reports of Khalimov’s death have surfaced before and the Tajik interior ministry said it could not immediately confirm the claim.

    ‘We are working with our Russian colleagues to obtain reliable information,’ a spokesman told AFP…”

  33. Turkey’s Erdogan slams US over ex-minister’s indictment (abcnews, Sep 8, 2017)
    http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/turkeys-erdogan-slams-us-ministers-indictment-49698715

    “Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday slammed the United States over charges that a former Turkish economy minister conspired to help Iran evade U.S. sanctions, depicting the indictment as a political move against his country.

    Speaking to reporters before departing for a visit to Kazkhstan, Erdogan also criticized a separate indictment against Turkish security officials accused of attacking demonstrators during his visit to the United States in the spring. Erdogan said it demonstrated the U.S. administration’s “weakness.”

    “I assess the step taken against our former economy minister as a step against the Turkish Republic,” Erdogan said. “There are bad smells emanating from behind this (step) .”

    This week’s indictment of ex-minister Zafer Caglayan, in a widening U.S. investigation into a Turkish businessman and Turkish officials who allegedly helped Iran evade sanctions, has heightened the already tense relations between Ankara and Washington. Turkey is angered by U.S. support to Syrian Kurdish militia, whom it considers terrorists, and complains of a lack of support from its NATO ally following last year’s coup attempt.

    In addition, a U.S. Senate committee on Thursday voted to block the U.S. government from supporting weapons sales to forces protecting Erdogan over the violence against protesters that was carried out by his bodyguards.

    Erdogan called on U.S. authorities to “review” the decision to indict Caglayan, saying the ex-minister had not engaged in any wrongdoing since Turkey had not imposed sanctions on Iran, an important trade partner. He said he would take up the issue with U.S. officials when he attends the United Nations General Assembly in New York this month. Caglayan and other Turkish officials are in Turkey and remain at large from U.S. authorities.

    On the indictment of his security personnel, Erdogan again accused U.S. security officials of not taking any steps to protect him from the demonstrators, who he said were members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK. He said two female security officials who were protecting the Turkish first lady and were not present at the incident were also indicted.

    “This demonstrates the weakness that the U.S. has fallen into,” Erdogan said. “You might be a great nation but to be a just state is something else.””

  34. US says drone strike in Somalia kills 1 al-Shabab extremist (abcnews, Sep 8, 2017)
    http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-drone-strike-somalia-kills-al-shabab-extremist-49697581

    “The U.S. military says it has killed an al-Shabab extremist with a drone strike in Somalia.

    A brief statement from the U.S. Africa Command says the airstrike was carried out Thursday near Barawe town in southern Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region.

    A U.S. Africa Command spokesman, Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Falvo, tells The Associated Press that “no civilians were anywhere near the site.” He says he does not have the identity of the al-Shabab member killed.

    The U.S. military has carried out several airstrikes against the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab in the Horn of Africa nation since President Donald Trump approved expanded military operations against the group.

    The U.S. on Wednesday said a drone strike had killed three al-Shabab members in the Bay region, about 75 kilometers (45 miles) west of the capital, Mogadishu.”

  35. Czechs refuse to lift ban on nuclear supplies for Iran (abcnews, Sep 8, 2017)
    http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/czechs-refuse-lift-ban-nuclear-supplies-iran-49698903

    “The Czech Parliament’s lower house has rejected a government proposal to annul a 2000 law that bans Czech companies from supplying equipment for Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant.

    The proposal rejected Friday took into account a 2015 deal that saw international sanctions on Iran lifted in exchange for the country curbing its nuclear activities.

    Iran has one operational nuclear plant in the southern port city of Bushehr. It is planning to build more reactors there.

    Last year, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the country’s nuclear chief, Ali Akbar Salehi visited Prague to discuss nuclear cooperation. Iran is seeking help from European nations to improve its civilian program.

    Iran has denied ever seeking atomic weapons.”

    • Czechs – you’re good people.
      You’re smart, too: You voted for wise Pres. Zeman, hard to top that gentleman.

      (Yes, Johnny, I’m also a big fan of Mr. Orban. I just got to know Pres. Zeman first, have a more personal affection for him.)

      • I know, I know, Yucki. I’m too much sometimes. Seriously though I wish Canada had a leader half as strong as any of the V4 leaders.

        • No Johnny, you’re entitled to be proud of such a grand representative of your ethnic identity. Mr. Orban’s your soul-brother. Makes even me crave Bull’s Blood.

          As for Canada, Stephen Harper was a gem.
          And I liked Pope Benedict, too.

          They’re out there, the Good Guys. Come the time, come the man. We’re ready.

      • Please know, yucki, that whatever brief time I spent doing it—during one day of driving from Vienna, through Slovakia and the Czech Republic (especially in old-town Prague)—that experience ranks among one of the most memorable moments in my entire life.

        For instance: After several hours of cruising out of Vienna, northward towards Dresden—through endless kilometers of sometimes beautiful yet fallow (wintertime) Slovakian countryside—all urban areas were hideously disfigured by erections Soviet Socialist State architectural .

        Feeling peckish, I stopped off in a large grocery store (and amongst entirely novel cheeses) was pleasantly surprised by stumbling across a loaf of “ring” bread that featured separate segments topped with various types of seeds (e.g., poppy, sesame, rye, toasted groats, etc.).

        Also as with: Visiting a Prague bookshop where the father of Franz Kafka once ran his haberdashery—and chancing to buy a bound copy of “The Trial” for a friend that obliged me to watch Orson Wells’ cinematic version (by that director’s own opinion – his most polished production ever)—I then had to find my way to Dresden (from Prague) with non-functional GPS by soliciting navigational instructions at a truckstop outside of town where NOBODY spoke a drop of English.

        Therein lies another tale entirely…

        Learning how Czech citizens have high gun-ownership rates, along with the way that their nation manufactures well-know and reliable firearms, gives me great hope for that country.

        I hope that Poland, Slovakia, and other Eastern European nations all share these traits.

  36. ‘No military solution’: China & Pakistan slam Trump’s new Afghanistan strategy (RT, Sep 8, 2017)
    https://www.rt.com/news/402467-china-pakistan-trump-taliban/

    “China and Pakistan have slammed US President Donald Trump’s new policy on Afghanistan, which includes sending additional troops to the country. The nations have instead urged new talks with the Taliban.

    The Pakistani and Chinese foreign ministers announced that their two countries and Afghanistan would hold a new series of three-way talks later this year, aiming to reach settlement negotiations with the Taliban.

    “It’s our firm view that there is no military solution in Afghanistan, the focus should be on a politically-negotiated settlement,” Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said during a visit to Beijing on Friday, as quoted by AP.

    “China is playing a very constructive role in this regard,” he added.

    That statement comes after Trump did a U-turn on his previous position of disengagement from Afghanistan, instead opting to send more troops to the country. An additional 3,500 US soldiers will soon head to Afghanistan, officials told media this week.

    “My original instinct was to pull out, and historically I like following my instincts,” Trump said in a televised speech last month. “But all my life, I’ve heard that decisions are much different when you sit behind the desk in the Oval Office.”

    If the deployment of 3,500 additional soldiers is confirmed, it will bring the total number of US troops in Afghanistan to around 14,500.

    The Friday statement also comes after Trump angered Pakistan in August, accusing it of providing a safe haven to extremists. Last month, the Trump administration announced that $255 million in military aid for Pakistan would be withheld until Islamabad cracked down on extremists threatening neighboring Afghanistan.

    “We have been paying Pakistan billions and billions of dollars at the same time they are housing the very terrorists that we are fighting. But that will have to change, and that will change immediately,” Trump said at the time.

    Trump also infuriated Islamabad when he voiced the possibility of recruiting India – Pakistan’s arch rival – into Washington’s strategy in Afghanistan.

    However, Pakistan has rejected claims that it is aiding groups including the Taliban-linked Haqqani Network, a position which China backed on Friday.

    “The government and people of Pakistan have made huge sacrifices in the fight against terrorism for everyone to see and the international community should recognize that,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said.

    He added that Beijing is standing behind its “ironclad friend” even though “some countries” do not give Pakistan credit for its fight against terrorism.

    Russia, for its part, has slammed Trump’s Afghanistan strategy as a “dead-end approach.”

    “The main emphasis in the new strategy, which was announced by Washington, is made on settlement through use of force,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference in August. “We believe that it’s a dead-end approach.”

    Lavrov also noted that the new strategy allows for negotiations with the Taliban without any preconditions, which jeopardizes the joint international stance formed by the UN Security Council.

    He went on to note that the UN Security Council, with the backing of the Afghan government, had ruled to allow the Taliban to enter the negotiation process under conditions that include severing ties with terrorist links, bringing armed resistance to an end and respecting Afghanistan’s constitution.

    “We maintain the contacts with the Taliban exactly in accordance with these criteria, urging them to comply with these UN Security Council demands,” Lavrov said.”

    • Starting the condemnation early so they can increase it after they force the US to move against North Korea.

  37. USA: Judicial system ‘not working fairly’ for Erdogan bodyguards on trial – attorney

    Attorney at Saltzman & Evinch, Gunay Evinch, argued that the US Criminal Judicial System “is not working fairly” for the two Turkish-American men detained following a brawl outside Turkish Ambassador’s residence, in May, noting that the trial is “quite politicised.” He was speaking outside the DC Superior Court, in Washington DC, Thursday.

    Evinch said that the defendants “formally stated that they are not guilty,” noting that it is “extraordinarily unusual” that they were detained for more than three months pending trial.

    The attorney, who spoke on behalf of the defendants, claimed that the US Criminal Judicial System “is not working fairly” for the Turkish-American defendants. He went on to say, “I think it all comes down to an ingrained prejudice with respect to people of Turkish heritage, Muslim heritage.”

    Earlier in the day, the two detained Turkish-American men plead not guilty to multiple counts of charges in an arraignment hearing.

    The defendants, of dual Turkish and American citizenship, were detained for their roles in the attack on protestors during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s trip to Washington DC in May.

  38. Hungary: ‘EC supports just one thing, the reception of illegal migrants’ – FM Szijjarto

    Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that the “EC supports just one thing, and that is the reception of illegal migrants” after the European Court of Justice rejected Hungary and Slovakia’s challenge to the EU quota system to relocate 120,000 immigrants around EU member states. He was speaking in Budapest, Wednesday.

    SOT, Laszlo Trocsanyi, Hungarian Minister of Justice (Hungarian): “The real legal battle will start just now in the breach of procedure which follows the rejection of a quota decision in Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. It is a matter of principle, in which Hungary goes straight for the sovereignty and protection of its constitutional rights. While the Committee violates the right of defence and equality of member states.”

    SOT, Peter Szijjarto, Hungarian Foreign Minister (Hungarian): “Yesterday we received the answer from the European Commission. I have some comments on this if you may let me say. It is clear in this letter that the EC supports just one thing, and that is the reception of illegal migrants. It does not support border protection or the matter of defence. We can prevaricate this in any way, as the president of the EC does himself in the letter, but it is clear that in terms of migration, the EC is only supporting the invitation of migrants, not defence. The Hungarian fence is the defence itself. Those, who decline to support the issue of the fence, decline the defense of Hungary and Europe.”

  39. After alleged Syria strike, Liberman says Israel will prevent Iranian corridor

    Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Thursday that Israel isn’t looking to intervene in Syria, after Israeli planes reportedly struck a chemical weapons facility in the country. “We are not looking for adventures, and we do not wish to be dragged into one conflict or another. We are ready and determined to defend ourselves and ensure the safety of Israeli citizens. We will do whatever it takes to prevent a Shiite corridor from Iran to Damascus.” 

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-alleged-syria-strike-liberman-says-israel-will-prevent-iranian-corridor/

    • Israel just showed what a ‘red line’ is really supposed to mean

      ?Israel’s message when it struck a major Syrian arms facility from the air was, “A red line is a red line.”

      The daring attack carried all the hallmarks of Israel’s unique brand of non-proliferation enforcement in an age of major proliferation crises. Israel has told everyone (including UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres last week) that it wouldn’t allow into Syria and Lebanon certain arms that can change the face of future wars against it. Washington said the bombed facility as one of Syria’s three chemical-arms factories.?   

      As the Syrian war appears to be winding up in victory for Assad, Iran and Hizbullah, Israel is acting to prevent them from fulfilling their vow to erase it off the map, and prevent proliferation of banned arms in the process. This week’s lesson is clear: Daring, well-planned surgical attacks are a non-proliferation tool that should be considered where practical.

      http://nypost.com/2017/09/07/israel-just-showed-what-a-red-line-is-really-supposed-to-mean/

      • Critical That Russia Not Be Surprised

        Israel on Thursday reportedly attacked a branch of the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center that housed chemical weapons and missiles. When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Russian President Vladimir Putin two weeks ago, he made it clear that if and when Israel attacked to protect its interests, everyone should understand why it happened and what was at stake and no one should be surprised.?   

        Jerusalem has made clear that it will not allow game-changing weaponry to be transferred from Syria or Iran to Hizbullah, and will not let Iran or Hizbullah build bases on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights that could be used for attacks against Israel. It was telling that there was no immediate condemnation of the attack from Moscow. Their immediate silence could be interpreted as a sign they were not blindsided by the move.

        http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Analysis-Critical-that-Russia-not-be-surprised-504560

    • Why Israel Is Worried about Syria

      ?Israel now faces two intertwined mortal enemies gaining strength close to its borders – Iran and Hizbullah. Thursday’s airstrike in Syria signals to Israel’s adversaries that it will not sit by as forces inimical to it gain strength, and that any political resolution of the Syrian conflict must take into account Israel’s long-term security interests.

      https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/09/israel-syria/539076/

    • Germany: ‘Can’t put cigarette paper between Merkel and Schulz’ – Farage at AfD event

      Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage said there was no difference between Angela Merkel and Martin Schulz, the leading candidates for Chancellorship of Germany, while speaking as a guest at an Alternative for Deustchland (AfD) press conference in Berlin on Friday.

      “On the big stuff you virtually can’t put a cigarette paper between Merkel and Schulz,” said Farage. He remarked that Schulz was a “pro-EU fanatic,” adding “I think that Schulz is one of those people who would along with Juncker and Barnier and the others, put the interest of Brussels above a sensible renegotiation.”

  41. SIX WAYS TO THWART A TERRORIST ATTACK: Anti-Terrorism Options for European Intelligence Agencies

    • Modern day terrorism involves a murderous struggle carried out by religious fanatics who are fighting and willing to die for their principles.

    • The European security establishment does not have a strong system in place to counter these security threats in population centers that are becoming more and more densely populated with Muslims. In the absence of appropriate legislation and supportive information systems, it’s almost impossible to manage this type of struggle.

    •Most of the Muslims living in Europe are completely focused on going to work to provide for their families. The few extremist terrorist cells that do exist are scattered around the continent.

    • If EU intelligence agencies are interested in preventing the acceleration of organized terrorist cells and thwarting attacks, they must carry out a number of actions.

    1. Understand that the enemy lives and operates from within the Muslim population centers of Europe. Anti-terrorist intelligence organizations must identify and map out these population centers.

    2. Enact legislative changes to allow law enforcement to carry out acts of counterterrorism that would enable them to successfully thwart attacks and prevent terrorist cells from forming.

    3. Construct a security plan that combines intelligence-gathering among at-risk groups in problematic areas with sending security agents out into the field with the appropriate technological tools necessary to acquire an accurate picture of subversive activity and receive real-time alerts.

    4. Increase cooperation and coordination regarding intelligence issues and transparency among the security agencies of the EU.

    http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Six-ways-to-thwart-a-terrorist-attack-504537

    • “• Most of the Muslims living in Europe are completely focused on going to work to provide for their families. The few extremist terrorist cells that do exist are scattered around the continent.”

      Tommyrot and codswallop!

      If European Muslims were “completely focused on going to work to provide for their families”, they’d be worried as hell that their collective, stone-wiped, sand-loving, goat-eating @sses were about to be none-too-gently deported (or far, far worse). There is an essentially nonexistent counterjihad within Europe’s Muslim communities that amounts to nothing other than overt approval of terrorism.

      These sodding buggers know bloody well what sort of anti-Western venom is being spewn by the imam down at their local mosque, every flipping Friday. Yet, Mum’s the word about tipping authorities to the filthy, violent propaganda that continues to recruit “radicalize” their own fü¢king children for suicidal–homicidal mass murdering terrorist attacks.

      There is only one way to deter Islamic terrorism … and the EU’s preferred format of “nuanced negotiations” plays not the slightest role in that process.

      This article is just another fricking useless puff-piece that advocates even more extensive violations of (indigenous) citizen rights as a pretense for wanking off about actually combating Islam.

      Shame on The Jerusalem Post for spreading this all-too-typical, palliative rubbish about Islamic jihad. As a pro-Israeli organization, they should well-enough know much better when it comes to how terrorism must be dealt with in real life.

  44. Swedish Politician Slams Church for Islamization, Likens Quran to ‘Mein Kampf’ (sputniknews, Sep 8, 2017)
    https://sputniknews.com/europe/201709081057214820-sweden-quran-mein-kampf/

    “The Sweden Democrats (SD), the only party effectively opposing mass migration from Muslim countries, is often portrayed as ‘racist’ in Swedish media, yet enjoys rising popularity despite being labeled ‘pariahs.’ An SD heavyweight recently shocked Sweden’s liberal press once again by comparing the Quran to Adolf Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf.’

    The shocking comparison between Hitler’s 1925 autobiography ‘Mein Kampf,’ and the Quran, the central religious text of Islam, was made by SD parliamentary group leader Mattias Karlsson at an internal party meeting dedicated to the upcoming election to the Church of Sweden on September 17, in which the SD is represented by about 1,000 candidates.

    In his speech at Gothenburg Concert Hall, Mattias Karlsson stressed the importance of “reclaiming” the Church of Sweden, which he claimed to have become a “force of Sweden’s Islamization.”

    Karlsson particularly lashed out against the practice of inviting imams to Swedish churches and allowing them to read out loud from the Quran, which he called “absurd,” the Swedish newspaper Expressen reported.

    “I would like to go as far as to say that reading out from the Quran in a Christian church, while parts of the Quran advocate the killing of Christians, is almost comparable to reading out from ‘Mein Kampf’ in a synagogue,” Mattias Karlsson said to his party mates.

    Karlsson went on to call this practice “repulsive and directly offensive,” even if the events usually involve “nice persons” reading out less controversial passages.

    “I believe those who support this kind of action, those who approve of it, should be ashamed and kicked from their posts,” Mattias Karlsson said and was met with applause.

    In a closing request to his fellow Sweden Democrats he called for action to ensure that the Church of Sweden ceases to use the congregation’s money to propagate for mass immigration, which he claimed to “tear society apart, make it colder and contribute to segregation.” Karlsson argued that dialogue between the Church of Sweden and Islam was possible, yet argued that the church rather was engaged in “submission” to Islam at present.

    In a subsequent interview with Expressen, Karlsson specifically stressed that he had said “almost comparable,” as the persecution of Jews by Nazi Germany had no parallels in human history. Nevertheless, he argued that parts of the Quran that call for killing, crucifying and slaughtering the Christians and other “infidels,” which, in Karlsson’s opinion, instigated a genocide of Christians.

    The Church of Sweden has been in recent years actively involved in various interfaith projects and has been accused of promoting a bizarre hybrid of “Chrislam.”…”

    • Lefties talk about ‘de-platforming’. I’ll just ‘appropriate’ that concept, thank-you very much…

      It can’t be healthy to listen to those words anywhere – least of all in a place of worship. Why accord that kind of respect to some devil cursing you and your religion?

      Right in your face? Smiling snakes!
      What kind of stupid is that? Take another look at your clergy: what’s the matter with them? greasing the skids for your conversion?

      Even as background noise in a video clip critical of the RoP it’s bad joo-joo. I mute it. moot it, too

  46. ‘I enjoyed torturing women. Especially when their fathers or husbands were there’: Female ISIS torturer describes horrors she inflicted and says British female jihadists were the most brutal (dailymaill, Sep 8, 2017)
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4865326/Female-ISIS-torturer-describes-horrors-inflicted.html

    “A female ISIS deserter has spoken of how she would revel in torturing other women in front of their family members during her time in an all-girl jihadist brigade in Raqqa, Syria.

    The woman, only known as Hajer, also reveals that the British female jihadists would be the most sadistic torturers, and would use a tool known as a ‘biter’, reportedly able to inflict pain ‘worse than childbirth’.

    The 25-year-old was one of the first recruits to join the all-female Al-Khansaa brigade in 2014, a group of women jihadists that has been compared to Hitler’s Gestapo.

    Speaking to writer Ahmad Ibrahim, for Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, Hajer reveals that she joined ISIS because it was one of the few terror groups that allowed women to fight and rise in the ranks.

    She was part of the Al-Khansaa brigade, where she would later be joined by runaway London schoolgirls Shamima Begum, Amira Abase and Kadiza Sultana, as well as Muslim convert Sally Jones, 47, from Kent.

    The role of Al-Khansaa was – and is – to function as a religious police, ensuring that the residents of Raqqa, Islamic State’s so-called ‘capital’, followed their strict rules.

    For those who would break the rules, harsh punishment followed, but Hajer says she did not have an issue administering brutal thrashings.

    ‘I enjoyed it, I enjoyed torturing Syrian women – especially when their fathers or husbands were there,’ she told RBSS.

    You know, Europeans are more sadistic and violent than the others. For example, the British female fighters boast of brutal torture. The one who used the “biting” tool is British – pure British. She was known as Um Salama.’

    The ‘biting’ tool has been reported as a favourite among senior members of Al-Khansaa.

    The tool has been described as a device similar to a hunting trap – a metal clamping jaw with sharp teeth that cut into the flesh of the victim.

    Hajer also revealed that she witnessed the torture and murder of a Jordanian army pilot whose brutal execution shocked the world.

    Muath Al-Kasasbeh was captured after his F-16 fighter jet crashed near Raqqa on Christmas Eve 2014.

    In January 2015, ISIS released a horrific video showing the 26-year-old being burned alive in a cage.

    ‘I still remember how Um Salama and Um Rayan tortured him. It was the most brutal torturing I have ever seen.’…”

  47. BREITBART – Austria Halts Construction of Million Euro ‘Anti-Terror’ Wall After Backlash

    The Austrian government has halted the construction of an “anti-terror” wall around the chancellor’s building after a backlash from the public when it was discovered the project had cost 1.5 million euros.
    The office of Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern announced Thursday that the project to build the wall would be cancelled effective immediately after a prolonged outcry. Many, like the leader of the anti-mass migration Freedom Party (FPÖ) Heinz-Christian Strache, accused the government of only “protecting themselves”, Die Presse reports.

    According to the Ministry of the Interior, the plan for the wall had been drafted as early as 2014 but has become an issue due to the campaigning for the early national election which is scheduled to take place on October 15th.

    Newspaper Kronen Zeitung noted that the 220-foot long wall would cost Austrian taxpayers 1.5 million euros and questioned why it was needed when the terror threat in Austria is regarded as “low”.

    more :
    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/09/08/austrian-government-stops-construction-million-euro-anti-terror-wall-public-backlash/

      • This is the blurb for TRT (lots & lots of Pallywood):

        At TRT World we’re building a global community focused around change. We’re looking beyond the headlines to drive meaningful conversations that empower. We want to connect people across the globe to issues that matter. We explore the reality behind the hashtags and the people behind the statistics. We will seek to unpack the issues behind each story.

        By placing the human at the heart of each story we hope to promote a global conscience that provokes moral reactions – revealing a deeper understanding of the diversity of the lives around us.

    • Fausses images sur les Rohingya : “Cela décrédibilise le travail des ONG”
      Depuis le 25 août, des milliers de Rohingya sont à nouveau la cible de l’armée birmane, subissent des exactions et sont contraints à l’exil au Bangladesh. Cette énième répression est largement documentée par des photos et vidéos très choquantes, publiées sur les réseaux sociaux par des activistes rohingyas et leurs soutiens. Mais de nombreuses fausses images ont aussi été relayées, notamment sur le Web turc, donnant du grain à moudre au gouvernement birman qui crie au complot et à la désinformation.

      […]

      http://observers.france24.com/fr/20170907-intox-fausses-images-rohingya-decredibilisent-ong-birmanie-myanmar

    • Pakistan: Scuffles break out at Rohingya Muslim solidarity rally in Islamabad

      Scuffles erupted between police and protesters at a thousands-strong rally in support of Rohingya Muslims in Islamabad on Friday. The rally was organised by Jamat-e-Islami (JI), while similar protests were held across several cities nationwide.

      The scuffles erupted as the protesters were attempting to tear down a police barricade in order to proceed towards the embassy of Myanmar.

    • Dear Martin,
      Quite a collection for me~
      I’ll check these videos to see if the reverse side of the banners reads “Free Palestine!”

  50. Twitter Moves to Silence All Criticism of Islam
    As Sharia continues to descend over the Internet.
    September 8, 2017
    Robert Spencer
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    Remember Google’s old motto, “Don’t be evil”? It sounds so ironic now, with the social media giants all rushing to implement Sharia blasphemy restrictions and choke off all criticism of Islam. Twitter is working so hard to do this that it should adopt a new motto: “Be evil.”

    Twitter certainly lives by that motto. It lets stand open death threats against me. It censors content to suit Iran’s Islamic authorities. It has flagged as “hateful” tweets stating the fact that Islam is not a religion of peace and reporting accurately about anti-Semitic statements by an imam. It has let Islamic State accounts stand while banning those of people who report terrorists. It has shadowbanned my account, preventing thousands of readers from seeing Jihad Watch posts.

    And it isn’t just me, of course. Breitbart reported Monday that “a Muslim apostate and high profile campaigner against both female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced marriage has been suspended from micro-blogging platform Twitter, amidst a wider crackdown on right wing voices on the website, and other online platforms like Facebook.”

    http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/267815/twitter-moves-silence-all-criticism-islam-robert-spencer