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  1. USA: Route 91 attack investigation has chased over 1,000 leads – Las Vegas Undersheriff

    Undersheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Kevin McMahill discussed the scope of the investigation into the attack on the Route 91 Harvest Festival, speaking from Las Vegas, on Friday.

    McMahill stressed that the vast public discussion on the case has led to distractions in the investigation. Noting that law enforcement had chase “more than 1,000 leads” regarding the mass shooting, he then pointed out, “The investigation effort is massive, but rumour and supposition doesn’t help. And so those true tips and leads, or things that people know, are imperative to this investigation, but just because you think you know something doesn’t mean that you do.”

    Addressing claims by the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) that they are behind the attack, the Undersheriff said there was “no known nexus” between IS and the suspect.

    • This lack of evidence towards a motive is probably, I repeat probably a result of the evidence being scrubbed to prevent others being caught. This is speculation on my part but is probably a good guess.

        • No it isn’t and it may be ISIS inspired but it may be political or driven by Iran. This bears all the marks of a professional attack, it was carefully planned by someone with knowledge and training and then carried out by Pollack.

          It will be interesting to see if the report about a network is correct and who the members are as well as who is directing and funding the network. This was a act of war but who is the enemy. ISIS? Iran? The Left? All of the above?

  2. zero hedge – YouTube “Tweaks” Its Search Algos After Las Vegas Conspiracy Theories Go Viral

    In Silicon Valley’s ongoing crusade to make sure that you only consume mainstream media propaganda, you know because $100,000 worth of Facebook ads crushed Hillary’s campaign and changed the course of human history forever, YouTube has joined the likes of Facebook and Twitter in saying that it will promote more “authoritative sources in search results” going forward. All of which, once again, begs the question of who gets to determine who is an “authoritative source?”

    As the Wall Street Journal points out today, YouTube searches for “Las Vegas Shooting” earlier this week included a video from “End Times News Report” with the title “Proof Las Vegas Shooting Was a FALSE FLAG Attack – Shooter on 4th Floor.” The video, created by Jake Morphonios who posts YouTube videos in his spare time, quickly went viral and amassed over 1.1 million views in just 27 hours…but all that changed when YouTube decided to censor Morphonios’ content and replace it with mainstream media videos…you know for your protection.

    For example, the fifth result when searching “Las Vegas shooting” on YouTube late Tuesday yielded a video titled “Proof Las Vegas Shooting Was a FALSE FLAG attack—Shooter on 4th Floor.” The video said there were multiple shooters in Sunday’s mass shooting, a claim dismissed by law enforcement. Posted by a channel called the End Times News Report, it amassed more than 1.1 million views in about 27 hours.

    The high search ranking of the End Times News Report video claiming there was a second shooter in Las Vegas helped it gain 371,000 views over four hours late Tuesday. On Wednesday, YouTube removed the video.

    Jake Morphonios, who runs the End Times News Report along with a damaged-inventory-liquidation business in Kernersville, N.C., said the video eventually reached 2.5 million views. “It was a hot topic, of course, and was going to get some views anyway, but it really did get caught in [YouTube’s] algorithm and went viral from there,” he said. “Clearly it got into featured videos or something.” The 43-year-old said he has posted about 800 videos and typically gets about 5,000 views each.

    He said he aims to offer viewers information on news events that mainstream news sources won’t. “It’s my opinion, it’s my analysis, and everyone’s got an opinion, and I can understand that maybe they don’t want me to be considered the equivalent of The Wall Street Journal or the New York Times or something like that,” he said. “But still, I’m not presenting myself as mainstream media. I’m just a guy with a computer offering an opinion. And to be punished for that is, well, it’s draconian.”

    Not surprisingly, YouTube said the the “tweaks” made to their search engines were designed to promote more “authoritative sources,” especially when searches are related to “major news events.”

    In response to criticism on social media of some search results this week, a person familiar with YouTube said the company is accelerating the rollout of planned changes to its search engine. On Wednesday night, the video service began promoting more authoritative sources in search results, especially pertaining to major news events, the person said. YouTube doesn’t disclose how it determines which sources are authoritative.

    But while YouTube refused to offer any insights into how they plan to decipher “authoritative sources” from “non-authoritative sources”, running the same search for “Las Vegas shooting” today, after YouTube’s ‘tweaks’, provides some clues on their methodology…

    Conclusion, YouTube’s ‘tweaks’ have turned it into nothing more than a mainstream media echo chamber.

    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-06/youtube-tweaks-its-search-algos-after-las-vegas-conspiracy-theories-go-viral

  3. ‘Grab ’em by the pussy’ tape on giant screen near White House

    A few hundred meters away from the White House, the Access Hollywood tape where Donald Trump boasts of grabbing women “by the pussy” plays on a giant screen. A year after the scandal, the women’s rights organization behind the stunt hopes it will “remind people who he really is, a proud sexual predator”.

    • Funny how nothing is being said or done by the MSM when it comes to serial grabber- one of the Lib Dems own- Harvey Weinstein. Notice how ultra femi-nazis Hillary and Michele couldn’t bear to return all those tainted campaign contributions. Also funny how there were no jokes made on late night tv about Weinstein’s atrocities. Hypocrisy where is thy sting?

  4. Rohingya crisis: India identifies 140 vulnerable locations along Bangladesh border, deploys more security personnel (firstpost, Oct 7, 2017)
    http://www.firstpost.com/india/rohingya-crisis-india-identifies-140-vulnerable-locations-along-bangladesh-border-deploys-more-security-personnel-4118085.html

    “India has identified 140 vulnerable locations, deployed more security personnel and surveillance gadgets, and launched a “campaign” against organised criminal gangs that help Rohingyas sneak across the India-Bangladesh border, the BSF chief on Friday said.

    The Border Security Force (BSF) concluded its bi-annual four-day talks with their counterparts, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), and chalked out plans to keep a vigil on the “spillover effect of the Rohingyas crossing over to India.”

    BSF Director General (DG) KK Sharma and the visiting BGB chief, Major General Abul Hossain, addressed the media at the end of their talks that began after the Bangladeshi delegation arrived here on 2 October.

    The BGB DG said they have assured the BSF that the policy of the Bangladeshi government is very clear and “does not allow” their soil to be used for any kind of terrorist activity, neither in their country nor against its neighbour India.

    Hossain said his country was also planning to have a fenced border with Myanmar…”

  5. ‘Security not paid in euro’: German security chiefs reject pan-European intelligence service (RT, Oct 6, 2017)
    https://www.rt.com/news/405941-germany-europe-intelligence-service/

    “The heads of the German foreign intelligence and domestic security services have criticized the idea of establishing a joint intelligence structure at the EU level and instead asked for more powers for their agencies.

    The security chiefs unanimously renounced the idea of creating a pan-European security service that would exert control over the similar national structures by saying that would only lower the efficiency of their work and in fact impede effective cooperation between the European countries.

    The heads of the German security services answered the questions of the German parliament’s committee monitoring their activities during the first open hearing on October 5.

    Bruno Kahl, president of Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, the BND, said that the intelligence work is better organized at “the national level” and any “additional” institution in this field operating at the European level is just redundant.

    The head of Germany’s domestic security service, the Federal Agency for the Protection of the Constitution, or BfV, Hans-Georg Maaßen, also said he is skeptical about such an initiative as it would only lead to the creation of “bureaucratic double structures,” both at the European and national level…”

  6. If it is revealed Paddock did, indeed, have a secret digital existence it may pertain to the President’s recent ominous statement.

    http://ibankcoin.com/zeropointnow/2017/10/06/las-vegas-shooter-made-isis-tape-according-to-former-trump-campaign-official/

    On the one hand any relationship the shooter may have had to the Islamic State is horrifying in that it tells us just how able they are to wreak havoc, it may also open more pedestrian eyes to the reality at hand.

  7. North Korea ‘ready to test new high range missile capable of hitting US west coast’

    A Russian lawmaker claims the mood in Pyongyang is “rather belligerent” and officials there showed him mathematical calculations of the planned missile test

    North Korea is set to test-fire a new “high range” missile capable of hitting the US mainland, a Russian lawmaker claims.

    Anton Morozov revealed Pyongyang’s plans as he returned from a five-day visit to the hermit state – where the mood is “rather belligerent” – with a Russian delegation.

    He claims North Korean officials gave the Russians mathematical calculations showing that the intercontinental ballistic missile could reach targets on the US west coast.

    It comes just days after a CIA official revealed that Kim Jong-un’s regime could launch a new missile or carry out another nuclear test next week.

    http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/north-korea-ready-test-new-11299869

  8. Antifa Group Plans Nationwide ‘Deface Columbus Day’ Actions for Monday

    Violent left-wing anarchists have announced a nationwide campaign to deface Christopher Columbus statues this coming Monday.

    Five Christopher Columbus statues have already been vandalized in New York City in recent weeks, according to Far Left Watch. In one case last month, vandals defaced a “larger-than-life” statue of Columbus in Central Park, leaving blood-red paint on his hands, and scrawled, “Hate will not be tolerated” and “#SomethingsComing” on its pedestal.

    What is coming appears to be a coordinated campaign to destroy monuments all across the country on Columbus Day.

    https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/10/06/antifa-group-plans-nationwide-deface-columbus-day-actions-for-monday/

  9. Spaniards take to streets as Catalonia independence tensions rise

    MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people gathered in Madrid and Barcelona on Saturday as Catalonia prepared to declare independence, many dressed in white and calling for talks to defuse Spain’s worst political crisis for decades.

    The wealthy northeastern region of Catalonia, with its own language and culture, has long claimed to be distinct from the rest of the country and on Sunday held a referendum on leaving Spain, a vote the constitutional court had banned.

    The Catalan authorities say that a majority of those who voted supported a split from Spain, something Madrid says is illegal under the country’s 1978 constitution.

    The political stand-off has divided the country, pushed banks and companies to move their headquarters outside Catalonia and shaken market confidence in the Spanish economy, prompting calls from the European Commission for Catalan and Spanish leaders to find a political solution.

    In protests called across 50 Spanish cities, thousands gathered dressed in white and carrying banners calling for peace and dialogue between leaders.

    http://www.oann.com/spaniards-take-to-streets-as-catalonia-independence-tensions-rise/

  10. Wasserman Schultz IT aide ‘gamed’ planted laptop; planned new identity – in Queens, NY
    By LU Staff October 7, 2017

    Lawyers for Imran Awan, an ex-aide who ran information technology (IT) for Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, “feel very strongly” that data recovered from a hard drive on Capitol Hill should not be valid as evidence because he put a note that said “attorney client privilege” near it before leaving it in a phone booth, they said in federal court Friday. A police report shows that the backpack contained a laptop with the username “RepDWS,” copy of Imran Awan’s ID, and the notebook.

    Prosecutors revealed that when they arrested Imran at the airport in July as he tried to board a flight to Pakistan, he was carrying a resume with an alias in the Jackson Heights, Queens neighborhood of New York City. Imran may have planned to “relocate” there, seemingly under a different identity, Prosecutors suggested. They said he had wiped his cell phone hours before the arrest, suggesting that he was taking “active measures” to hide evidence.

    Hina Alvi, Imran’s wife, was arraigned on four felony counts of bank fraud. Wasserman Schultz of Florida added Alvi to her payroll after the couple was already the focus of a criminal investigation into misconduct on Capitol Hill.

    http://libertyunyielding.com/2017/10/07/wasserman-schultz-aide-gamed-planted-laptop-planned-new-identity-queens-ny/

  11. Quick action: Trump moves to decertify Iran; Iran suddenly open to negotiating missile program
    By J.E. Dyer October 6, 2017

    When we left our story yesterday, the Trump administration had signaled, through anonymous disclosures, that it intended to decertify Iran’s compliance with the 2015 “nuclear deal.”

    This move, based partly on a complaint from IAEA Chief Yukio Amano that he had no means of or authority to monitor Iran’s progress with developing a nuclear warhead, would at a minimum force renegotiation of the JCPOA. (Renegotiation is the policy I have urged in previous posts on this topic. We shouldn’t fear the collapse of the “deal,” if it comes to that. But the place to start is forcing negotiations back open on the terms of the existing JCPOA.)

    Then, Thursday night, after a White House dinner with his top military staff, Trump made a few cryptic comments of his own about Iran.

    http://libertyunyielding.com/2017/10/06/quick-action-trump-moves-decertify-iran-iran-suddenly-open-negotiating-missile-program/

    • euronews : “10 Donald Trumps” couldn’t scrap Iran’s nuclear deal says Rouhani

      Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has opened the academic year at Tehran University with a riposte to President Donald Trump’s threat to decertify the nuclear deal with Iran.

      During his presidential campaign Trump said he would scrap the deal, and this may come as early as next week.

      “The nuclear negotiations and deal have achieved benefits that are irreversible. Nobody can roll them back, neither Mister Trump nor 10 other Trumps.”

  12. Filipino wanted in US terror plots stands accused at home (nbcnews, Oct 7, 2017)
    http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/filipino-wanted-us-terror-plots-stands-accused-home-50339229

    “A Filipino doctor accused of plotting terror attacks in the United States was arrested months ago in the Philippines for his alleged involvement in kidnappings and beheadings blamed on pro-Islamic State group militants, an official said Saturday.

    Chief State Counsel Ricardo Paras told The Associated Press that a Manila court is weighing a U.S. government request that Russell Salic be extradited to face terrorism financing complaints.

    U.S. authorities said Friday that they disrupted a plot by Salic and two other Islamic State group sympathizers to carry out terrorist attacks at New York City locations, including concert venues, subway stations and Times Square in the summer of 2016.

    Even if the court approves the U.S. extradition request, the Department of Justice in Manila would have to decide whether to let Salic face criminal complaints in the Philippines first or be allowed to be flown to the U.S. to answer the terrorism allegations there, Paras said.

    “The U.S. can also request for a temporary surrender of Salic to its custody, but it’s in our options to require him to face criminal complaints here first,” Paras said.

    Salic, 37, is accused of sending money to help fund the planned attacks, according to U.S. court documents, which have been made public. He allegedly told an undercover FBI agent posing as an Islamic extremist that his ultimate goal was to join the Islamic State group in Syria but that “it would be a great pleasure if we can slaughter” people in New York, the documents said.

    Salic’s lawyer could not immediately be reached for comment Saturday…”

  13. Saudi Arabia Expands Cooperation With Russia, but US Remains ‘Strategic Partner’ (sputniknews, Oct 7, 2017)
    https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201710071058026940-saudi-arabia-russia-us/

    “The government of Saudi Arabia is seeking to diversify its foreign policy, including expanding cooperation with Russia. However, the rapprochement between Riyadh and Moscow does not mean a total reshuffle of the kingdom’s strategic international ties.

    “Saudi Arabia is a strategic partner of the United States and that situation will not change. At the same time, the Saudi government understands the need to expand its international ties, including with Russia, China and other countries,” Lebanese political analyst Nidal Sabea told Sputnik Arabic.

    Commenting on the possibility of a coalition between Russia and Saudi Arabia at the expense of Riyadh’s cooperation with Washington, Sabea underscored, “This will never happen.”…”

  14. Russian airstrikes kill ISIS warlords, dozens of militants in Syria – MoD (RT, Oct 7, 2017)
    https://www.rt.com/news/405969-syria-russian-airstrikes-kill-isis/

    “Dozens of ISIS militants, among them warlords and foreign fighters, were killed in a series of Russian airstrikes in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The Russian Air Force also targeted command posts, heavy weaponry, and ammunition depots.

    “During the last day, [a] Russian Air Force task force in Syria [targeted] Islamic State [IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL] reinforcements of foreign fighters coming from Iraq to the vicinity of the town of Abu Kamal near [the] Iraq-Syria border,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

    As all terrorist targets, including command outposts, manpower and armored vehicles, were identified and confirmed within a week, a series of airstrikes followed, it added.

    “An airstrike near Abu Kamal destroyed Islamists’ outpost, killing some 40 militants from Tajikistan and Iraq, as well as 7 SUVs with DShK and ZU-23-2 machine guns mounted on them,” the statement said.

    A separate strike near the city of Mayadin killed up to 80 terrorists, among them nine fighters from the northern Caucasus, and destroyed a command center, 18 SUVs, and three ammunition depots.

    Also, Russian jets bombed “a group of 60 foreign fighters, nationals of [former Soviet republics], Tunisia and Egypt,” the statement said, adding that 12 SUVs carrying heavy weapons were destroyed in the airstrike.

    The defense ministry also confirmed that a previous strike near Abu Kamal killed influential Islamic State field commanders, said to be “natives of Northern Caucasus.”

    Earlier this week, Russian surgical strikes targeted a number of terrorist leaders in various parts of Syria…”

  15. BREAKING: Car ploughs into crowd outside Natural History Museum – many people injured (express, Oct 7, 2017)
    http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/863507/London-car-crash-Natural-History-Museum-terror-fears-people-injured

    “A CROWD of people have been injured after a car hit pedestrians outside the Natural History Museum in London’s South Kensington.

    A man has been arrested after a car mounted the pavement and ploughed into the group.

    He was pinned to the ground by police in front of stunned tourists shortly after 2.20pm.

    Witnesses on social media have reported people are receiving medical treatment on the street outside the museum in on Exhibition Road in west London.

    Police have put the area on lockdown. The Victoria and Albert Museum and Harrods are close by.

    A Met Police spokesman said: “Police were called at 1421 on Saturday, 7 October to reports of a collision in Exhibition Road, South Kensington.

    “It is believed that a number of pedestrians have been injured.

    “Officers are on scene, and the London Ambulance Service have been called.

    “A man has been detained at the scene.

    “Enquiries to establish the circumstances and motive are underway.

    “If you have any information about this incident, please call 101.”

    BBC reports there are armed police and armed response vehicles on the scene.

    The Natural History Museum tweeted: “There’s been a serious incident outside the Museum. We are working w/ @metpoliceuk and will provide an update when we have more information”

    A witness wrote on Twitter: “Just witnessed a car drive into people in London. Safe for now please message your friends if they’re here near the national museum.”

    Lesley Carter wrote: “Recommend steering clear of the NaturalHistoryMuseum – Police incident – man has mounted the curb in a car attempting to run people over.”

    More follows…”

  16. Turkey: ‘Serious’ military operation beginning in Idlib province – Erdogan

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkey is launching “serious” military operation as part of “Shield of Euphrates” in Syria’s Idlib province, during a speech to Justice and Development Party (AKP) members in Ankara on Saturday.

    SOT, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey (Turkish): “We are making an effort to add a new step to the ones we have already made, which is extending the safe area for our people by operation Shield of Euphrates further more for the safety and secur?ty for Idlib. For example today, there is a serious action in Idlib and this will continue.”

    SOT, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey (Turkish): “We cannot turn our backs and say ‘so what if you survive or die’ to our brothers who have run from Aleppo to Idlib because of the cruelty. We have to encourage those people. This is what is happening now. We will absolutely not allow the creation of a terror corridor along our borders with Syria. We are telling this to everybody at every opportunity we have. And we will have the potential to have more initiatives after the Idlib operation. We consider the progress we made in Syria despite all those provocations, blockades; even the attempted blockades were significant. Our brothers, citizens will be under threat if we give those terrorists the opportunity to live along this 911 km long border line from east to west. It is like this for Hatay, Kilis, Sanliurfa, Mardin and everywhere. We will not give them the opportunity.”

  17. Man is arrested for threatening passengers with ’11-inch knife while yelling Allahu Akbar’ on a train in Brussels
    Suspect allegedly ranted at passengers as the train approached Brussels-South
    Police were waiting for him at the station and allegedly found the knife on him
    He was arrested and held on suspicion of being linked to a terrorist organisation

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4957080/Knifeman-arrested-threatening-rail-passengers.html

  18. The FBI Counterterrorism Division warned about the potential violence that could come from members of “Black Identity Extremists” (BIE), according to a document obtained by Foreign Policy.

    The Aug. 3 document warns of the potential violence that members of the BIE movement could possibly perform against American law enforcement officers, Foreign Policy reported Friday.

    http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/06/fbi-warns-of-more-violence-from-black-identity-extremists-groups/

  19. DAILY MAIL – Polish Catholics to form border prayer chain ‘for world peace’

    Hundreds of thousands of Polish Catholics are expected to descend Saturday on the country’s borders to recite the rosary “to save Poland and the world” from the dangers facing them, organisers say, but others claim the event is aimed at protecting Europe from what they term a Muslim onslaught.

    The episcopate insists that the “Rosary to the Borders” is a purely religious initiative, but some Catholics view it as a weapon against “Islamisation.”

    The date was not chosen at random. October 7 is when Catholics celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, marking the 1571 victory of Christianity over the Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Lepanto.

    A victory attributed to the recital of the rosary “that saved Europe from Islamisation”, the Solo Dios Basta foundation said on the website of the event it is organising.

    Many Poles see Islam as a threat. The conservative government, which enjoys the backing of a sizeable portion of the population, refuses to welcome migrants to Poland, which has very few Muslims of its own.[…]

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-4955750/Polish-Catholics-form-border-prayer-chain-world-peace.html

    BBC – Poland Catholics hold controversial prayer day on borders

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41538260

  20. A Scot is facing a three-year jail sentence in Dubai for reportedly putting his hand on a man in a bar.
    Jamie Harron, who is 27 and from Stirling, said he was trying to avoid spilling his drink in the crowded Rock Bottom Bar when the incident happened.
    He was locked up for five days and has now been prevented from leaving the city in order to attend court.

    https://archive.is/LcFQ4#selection-1657.0-1665.105

  21. UK: Football Lads Alliance march in London against ‘extremism’

    Thousands took to the streets of central London in a march against ‘extremism’ by the ‘Football Lads Alliance’ (FLA) on Saturday. The crowd held floral compositions of the badges of numerous British football clubs including Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea.

  22. Toronto Star – Kidnapped Canadian’s family shares new video, clings to hope as anniversary of abduction approaches

    Joshua Boyle and his American wife Caitlan Coleman were taken hostage in Afghanistan nearly five years ago. Now, the Boyle family is sharing a video they received this year in reply to their letters.

    https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/10/06/family-of-kidnapped-canadian-shares-new-video-clings-to-hope-as-anniversary-of-abduction-approaches.html
    ================================================
    wikipedia – Joshua Boyle

    […]Boyle had a long-standing interest in Islamic terrorism, stating in 2009 that “anything related to terrorism on Wikipedia, I wrote, pretty much.” He took an interest in the Gitmo detainee, Omar Khadr and married Omar’s sister Zaynab Khadr in 2009 becoming her third husband.

    […]Boyle was believed by co-workers to be, or perhaps converting to become, Muslim taking prayer breaks at work at appropriate times.

    […]These videos make it clear that the captors have made specific demands of governments for the release of this family. In these scripted videos Boyle and Coleman ask the US and Canadian governments to do what is required or demanded. They ask their families to push their governments to do what is demanded without describing what that is.

    […]The Taliban is said to be seeking an exchange for the release of certain Haqqani Network members imprisoned by Afghanistan, including Anas Haqqani.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Boyle

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  23. 16 killed as Islamic gunmen attack Mozambique police (dailymail, Oct 7, 2017)
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-4958456/16-killed-Islamic-gunmen-attack-Mozambique-police.html

    “Suspected Islamists attacked a string of police stations in a small town in northern Mozambique killing two policemen but 14 of the gunmen were slain, police said on Saturday.

    Police have been slow in releasing details of the attacks which occurred on Thursday and Friday in Mocimboa de Praia.

    “We recorded 14 deaths and several bandits were wounded,” police spokesman Inacio Dina told AFP.

    Police said the attacks were coordinated.

    Local media said three police stations in the sleepy town, 80 kilometres (50 miles) from natural gas fields, were targeted.

    At a news conference on Thursday, Dina suggested the attackers were linked to a homegrown “radical Islamic sect” but gave no details…”

  24. Plane Carrying American Troopers Shot Down in Afghanistan: Taliban

    The Afghan insurgent group Taliban claims it has targeted and shot down a military transport airplane carrying tens of American troopers north of Kabul.

    Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for Taliban, declared in a statement that the group has shot down the American aircraft, carrying tens of US military forces to Afghanistan.

    “The plane has crashed in Kooh-Safi county in Parwan province, north of the Afghan capital of Kabul,” he added, according to a Farsi report by Al Alam News Network.

    The alleged targeting of the US aircraft comes a short while after Bagram base, the biggest US airbase in Afghanistan north of Kabul, was also targeted by a Taliban suicide attacker.

    During the attack, at least 20 foreign troopers lost their lives, according to the Taliban spokesman.

    http://ifpnews.com/exclusive/plane-carrying-american-troopers-shot-afghanistan-taliban/

  25. Gunman attacks Saudi security forces at gate of Jeddah royal palace

    Reuters Staff

    1 Min Read

    RIYADH (Reuters) – Two Saudi guards were shot dead and three others injured on Saturday morning after a man drove up to the gate of the royal palace in Jeddah and began shooting, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by state news.

    The Royal Guards killed the gunman, who was identified in the statement as Mansour al-Amri, a 28-year-old Saudi national.
    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-security/gunman-attacks-saudi-security-forces-at-gate-of-jeddah-royal-palace-idUSKBN1CC0OO?il=0

  26. Allah’ patterns in Viking graves discovered in Sweden

    Swedish researchers find words ‘Allah’ and ‘Ali’ depicted in patterns on burial costumes of Vikings

    Swedish researchers this week unveiled burial costumes in graves from the Viking Age with the words ‘Allah’ and ‘Ali’ written on them.

    Muslims use the word Allah for god, while Ali is the name of Prophet Muhammad’s cousin and son-in-law.

    The Vikings could be influenced by Islam and “the idea of an eternal life in paradise after death,” Annika Larsson, a researcher in textile archaeology at Uppsala University, told Anadolu Agency on Friday.

    The words which appeared as ancient Arabic script’s Kufic characters were found in silk costumes in boat-graves as well as in chamber graves in Sweden’s Birka, the historic Viking city.

    “In the Quran, it is written that the inhabitants of paradise will wear garments of silk, which along with the text band’s inscriptions may explain the widespread occurrence of silk in Viking Age graves,” the researcher said in an earlier statement.

    Similar Kufic characters were also found in mosaics on burial monuments and mausoleums, primarily in Central Asia, the university said in a statement.

    In 2015, Swedish researchers at Stockholm University also discovered a ninth century ring in a Viking grave with an inscription that says ‘for Allah’ or ‘to Allah’.

    DAVID on 7 OCTOBER 2017 17:32

    Influenced by Islam, in your dreams. Or perhaps the silks were plundered rom a Viking raid and they liked the feel and wore the garments.

    http://gearsofbiz.com/allah-patterns-in-viking-graves-discovered-in-sweden/106478

  27. Macron’s finance minister orders African allies to ‘step up’ fight against terror funding (express, Oct 7, 2017)
    http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/863293/Macron-finance-minister-Bruno-LeMaire-orders-African-allies-step-up-fight-terror-funding

    “FRANCE’S finance minister has called for African countries in the CFA Franc zone to step up the fight against terrorist financing and reduce their public deficits.

    The CFA franc is used in 14 French-speaking west and central African countries, including Benin, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Togo, and is pegged to the euro.

    And Bruno Le Maire expressed his concern that some of the countries are directly connected with funding terrorism.

    He told African finance chiefs: “There are several countries within the Franc zone which are directly concerned with terrorism.

    “Terrorism is obviously a growing concern in Mali and in Niger, but the threat has spread to many other countries in the region.

    “The terror threat is real. And the risks in terms of terrorist financing have never been higher.

    “President Emmanuel Macron and I are convinced that we can do more to choke off the financing of terrorism in the CFA Franc zone. We know that we can do better.”

    The finance minister added that members of the Franc zone had a “debt problem” and that this vicious cycle of debt was stunting the region’s economic growth…”

  28. Feminist Academics Protest ‘Racist’ Law Against Street Harassment (breitbart, Oct 7, 2017)
    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/07/feminists-protest-street-harassment-law/

    “A group of feminist academics have rallied against plans to make street harassment illegal in France, on the grounds that new laws could “stigmatise” men with migrant backgrounds.

    “It is well known that racialised young men from the working classes already suffer more than other people from police violence and oppression,” assert the academics, in a letter opposing equality minister Marlène Schiappa’s announcement that MPs are working on legislation to reduce street harassment.

    “It would be enough to train the perpetrators on the ground to change their behaviour,” write the 15 signatories, stating: “Creating a new offence will only strengthen the repression and control of men in disadvantaged groups.”…”

    • A group of feminist academics have rallied against plans to make street harassment illegal in France, on the grounds that new laws could “stigmatise” men with migrant backgrounds.

      Move along, folks. Nothing to see here, except flagrant Liberal self-loathing.

      These self-righteous, virtue signaling, vagina endowed morons—the term “Feminist” has ZERO application here—act as though the way that parasitic, misogynistic, economic tourists posing as something only slightly resembling actual MEN somehow “stigmatize” themselves by acting like marginally juvenile cretins towards random, undeserving women, defies all logic and imagination.

      If Angela Merkel opened the EU’s door for these pitiless invaders, then lunatic “useful idiots” like these incoherent French vaginal cavities are welding it agape for further hordes of “rapefugees” and other diseased Third World scum—whose sole purpose in life is, too often, to collapse modern civilization under the weight of its own beneficent largess.

      Dante’s innermost circle of hell is reserved for traitors, betrayers and oath-breakers. May these stupid vache femme rot for all eternity in that designated place.

  29. More than 3,000 migrants arrested in Libya smuggling hub

    A force allied with Libya’s unity government in the people-smuggling hub of Sabratha has detained more than 3,000 migrants, a security official said on Saturday.

    “We arrested 3,150 illegal immigrants of different Asian, Arab and African nationalities,” the force’s commander Bassem Ghrabli said.

    His force said Friday it had driven a rival militia, led by the head of a former people smuggling network, out of the city after three weeks of fighting.

    The clashes left 39 people dead and 300 wounded, according to the unity government’s health ministry.

    The fighting also damaged schools, hospitals and UNESCO-listed archaeological treasures in Sabratha, 70 kilometres (45 miles) west of Tripoli.

    Following the ouster and killing of long-time dictator Moamer Kadhafi in a NATO-backed 2011 revolution, the city became a major hub for clandestine migrants seeking a chance to head to Europe.

    Taking advantage of a security vacuum, some local smugglers controlled whole sections of the city and even built their own landing piers, equipped to launch dozens of migrant boats a day.

    The Government of National Accord has struggled to impose its authority in a country where dozens of militias hold sway and a rival government backed by military strongman Khalifa Haftar controls much of the east.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-4959020/More-3-000-migrants-arrested-Libya-smuggling-hub.html

  30. Austria: ‘Refugees welcome, drive off the FPO’ – Hundreds march in Vienna ahead of elections

    Hundreds of people marched in Austrian capital Vienna on Saturday, against the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) and its possible inclusion in a new Austrian government. Protesters also demonstrated against proposed governmental cuts to the social system.

  31. US – DOJ

    Charges Unsealed Against Three Men for Plotting to Carry out Terrorist Attacks in New York City for ISIS in the Summer of 2016

    The Planned Attacks, Thwarted by Law Enforcement, Included the Detonation of Explosive Devices in Times Square and the New York City Subway System

    […]The defendants are: Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy, a 19-year-old Canadian citizen; Talha Haroon, a 19-year-old U.S. citizen residing in Pakistan; and Russell Salic, a 37-year-old Philippine citizen. Communicating through Internet messaging applications, these three men allegedly plotted to conduct bombings and shootings in heavily populated areas of New York City during the Islamic holy month of Ramadhan in 2016, all in the name of ISIS (the NYC Attacks). El Bahnasawy purchased bomb-making materials and helped secure a cabin within driving distance of New York City to use for building the explosive devices and staging the NYC Attacks. Haroon allegedly made plans to travel from Pakistan to New York City to join El Bahnasawy in carrying out the attacks, and traveled within Pakistan to meet with explosives experts in furtherance of the plot. And as El Bahnasawy and Haroon prepared to execute the NYC Attacks, Salic allegedly wired money from the Philippines to the United States to help fund the terrorist operation.
    […]
    more –

    on this page :

    https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/charges-unsealed-against-three-men-plotting-carry-out-terrorist-attacks-new-york-city-isis

  32. “Tom Fitton discusses New Mueller Lawsuit, Court Victory on Clinton Emails, & IRS/Obamacare Abuses” Judicial Watch – October 6, 2017

  33. Swiss police kill Sri Lankan asylum seeker brandishing knives (thelocal, Oct 7, 2017)
    https://www.thelocal.ch/20171007/swiss-police-kill-sri-lankan-asylum-seeker-brandishing-knives

    “Swiss police said on Saturday that an officer had shot and killed a Sri Lankan man after the man lunged at other asylum seekers wielding two knives.

    The 38-year-old asylum seeker was mortally wounded at around 2:00am (0000 GMT) Saturday after he tried to stab two other asylum seekers who were in the company of police officers in the southern Italian-speaking region of Ticino, police said.

    Officers had been called in to break up a fight in Brissago, on the shores of Lake Maggiore, and were on the ground floor of a building when the Sri Lankan attacked the other people, police said in a statement.

    In a bid to protect those present, an officer had fired at the assailant.

    Despite attempts to administer first-aid, the man died on the spot. No one else was injured, police said.

    An investigation has been opened into the shooting, they added.”

  34. Three charged over makeshift gas canister bomb in Paris (thelocal, Oct 7, 2017)
    https://www.thelocal.fr/20171007/three-charged-over-makeshift-gas-canister-bomb-in-paris

    “French prosecutors have charged three men in connection with a makeshift explosive device made of gas canisters placed inside an apartment block in western Paris, a judicial source told AFP on Saturday.

    The three, identified as Amine A, his cousin Sami B, and Aymen B., were charged late Friday with “attempted murder in an organised group in connection with a terrorist enterprise” and placed in pre-trial detention, the source said…”

  35. India’s Darul Uloom Deoband bans women from plucking their eyebrows (tribune, Oct 7, 2017)
    https://tribune.com.pk/story/1525308/indias-darul-uloom-deoband-bans-women-plucking-eyebrows/

    “The Darul Uloom Deoband in India issued a fatwa on Saturday banning women from plucking, trimming and shaping their eyebrows and also cutting their hair.

    Darul Iftaa, which issues the Darul Uloom Deoband’s edicts, termed the act as “un-Islamic”.

    A Muslim man from Saharanpur had asked Daul Iftaa on Islamic laws about eyebrow trimming and hair-cutting. “Do Islamic laws allow my wife to go for eyebrow plucking and hair-cutting?” the man asked Darul Iftaa.

    In response to his query, the Darul Iftaa issued a fatwa saying that both the acts were ‘un-Islamic’ and banned under Islamic laws. “If a Muslim woman is involved in such acts then she is violating Islamic laws,” read the fatwa in Urdu…”

  36. Security forces nab 14 terror ‘facilitators’ in IBOs across country (tribune, Oct 7, 2017)
    https://tribune.com.pk/story/1525569/security-forces-nab-14-terror-facilitators-ibos-across-country/

    “Security forces apprehended as many as 14 terrorist facilitators and smugglers in separate raids across the country on Saturday.

    Intelligence-based operations were conducted in Attock, Islamabad, Lahore and Dera Ghazi Khan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.

    The joint operation, the military’s media wing added, was conducted by Pakistan Rangers, Punjab Police and intelligence agencies.

    A large cache of illegal arms and ammunition was recovered from the possession of the suspects, the ISPR added.

    Country-wide raids are being conducted as part of the continuing military offensive, Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad.”

  37. Jidhad Fatwas sparks concerns of massive violence in Pakistan (khaama, Oct 7, 2017)
    http://www.khaama.com/jidhad-fatwas-sparks-concerns-of-massive-violence-in-pakistan-03592

    “The Pakistani officials have expressed deep concerns regarding the Jihadi Fatwas circulated online as they fear such moves would turn the country into a battlefield.

    The Pakistani interior minister Ahsan Iqbal informed regarding the Fatwas during his speech at the national assembly on Friday.

    Iqbal further added that no individual or group has the right to declare Jihad against each other, insisting that only the government of Pakistan has the right to declare Jihad.

    He called on religious leaders and clerics to raise their voices against such moves, warning that the country would be turned into a battlefield if necessary and immediate steps are not taken.

    According to the minister of interior of Pakistan, the Fatwas are being circulated online in social media websites, urging the government to incorporate changes in clauses about Khat-i-Nabuwwat.

    The Pakistani officials are voicing concerns regarding the Jihadic Fatwas at a time when
    Afghanistan has long been expressing concerns regarding the similar Fatwas issued against the war in Afghanistan.

    Numerous Pakistani religious clerics have issued Fatwas in the past, endorsing fight and suicide bombings in Afghanistan.”

  38. 28 artillery shells land in Nangarhar from the other side of Durand Line (khaama, Oct 7, 2017)
    http://www.khaama.com/28-artillery-shells-land-in-nangarhar-from-the-other-side-of-durand-line-03593

    “At least twenty eight rounds of the artillery landed in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan in the latest wave of shelling from the other side of the Durand Line.

    The provincial government in Nangarhar in a statement said the shells landed in Nazian district of Nangarhar.

    The statement further added that the shelling started at around 11 am local time and continued until 4 pm…”

  39. Taliban says not tired of war as US-led invasion enters its 17th year (khaama, Oct 7, 2017)
    http://www.khaama.com/taliban-says-not-tired-of-war-as-us-led-invasion-enters-its-17th-year-03594

    “The Taliban militants are saying that the group is not tired of war as the US-led invasion that toppled the regime of the group has entered to its seventeenth year.

    The group in a statement claimed that they represent the Afghan nation and call on the American forces to withdraw.

    The statement further added that the nation has neither became tired and nor will be tired of the war, insisting that the nation is also not feeling disappointment and has higher morale for the continued war.

    Taliban says the group is fully committed to force the American forces out of the country.
    The group has not mentioned anything regarding the repeated calls by the government and international community to participate in peace talks.

    President Ghani last week called on the group to join peace process by renouncing violence and insisted that the warring parties should opt ballots instead of bullets in a bid to end the conflict and violence in the country.

    The latest statement by the Taliban group has been issued almost two months after the US President Donald Trump announced Washington’s new policy for South Asia and vowed to continue the fight until the terror groups are eliminated.”

  40. California Can Now Jail People For Misusing Gender Pronouns

    California can now start jailing people that refuse to use the preferred gender pronouns of nursing home residents after Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill Thursday.

    The law’s effect is limited to nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, but mandates that those who “willfully and repeatedly” refuse “to use a transgender resident’s preferred name or pronouns” can be slapped with a $1,000 fine and up to one year in prison, according to the California Heath and Safety code.

    http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/06/california-can-now-jail-people-for-misusing-gender-pronouns/