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  3. A hotel engineer at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino says he radioed for help as soon as gunman Stephen Paddock started shooting at him and a security guard.

    “I could feel them (bullets) pass right behind my head,” engineer Stephen Schuck told NBC News’ “Today” on Wednesday. “Something hit me in the back.”

    Schuck was on a higher level of the Las Vegas hotel on Oct. 1 when he got a call to look at a fire exit door that wouldn’t open on the 32nd floor.

    https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/10/11/hotel-maintenance-worker-recalls-dodging-stephen-paddocks-bullets-minutes-before-he-shot-at-las-vegas-crowd/23240175/

  6. Robert Pattinson was fired after bringing a watermelon to his new post at Engine 55 at Joy and Southfield after some African-American firefighters there were offended.

    Pattinson, a 41-year-old from Fenton who is white, told FOX 2 by phone that it was not a joke. But Fire Commissioner Eric Jones officially discharged him afterwards.

    But Tuesday a social media post by Tadarius Spearman stuck up for Pattinson, including a group photo of him with other African-American firefighters.

    http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/black-detroit-firefighters-stand-by-white-recruit-fired-over-watermelon#/

  9. WASHINGTON—The Federal Bureau of Investigation in Puerto Rico received multiple allegations from residents across the island who say local officials in the territory have withheld needed FEMA supplies.

    “People call us and tell us some misappropriation of some goods and supplies by supposedly politicians, not necessarily mayors, but people that work for the mayors in certain towns,” FBI Special Agent Carlos Osorio told The Daily Caller Wednesday.

    http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/12/fbi-reviews-allegations-of-puerto-rican-officials-withholding-hurricane-relief/?utm_source=site-share

  10. President Donald Trump said Saturday he will not go ahead with his campaign promise to move the American embassy to Israel’s capital, Jerusalem, until after he pushes for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. Saying” I wanna give it a shot before I even think about moving the embassy to Jerusalem. “

    https://archive.fo/edfia#selection-507.0-511.3

  11. BREITBART – Shock: H.R. McMaster Calls 9/11 ‘Mass Murder Attack’ — No Mention of Islamic Terrorism

    NEW YORK — H.R. McMaster, President Trump’s embattled national security adviser, labeled the September 11, 2001, Islamic terrorist attacks “mass murder attacks,” instead of calling them acts of terrorism.

    McMaster made the comments during a Tuesday event at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) marking the 70th anniversary of the National Security Council (NSC).

    […]

    http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2017/10/12/shock-h-r-mcmaster-calls-911-mass-murder-attack-no-mention-islamic-terrorism/

    • H.R. McMaster Calls 9/11 ‘Mass Murder Attack’ — No Mention of Islamic Terrorism

      H.R. McMaster is not alone in this sort of vile distortion. The Chairwoman of the German branch of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), Angelika Claussen, described the 9/11 Terror Attacks as “airplane accidents” and “airplane crashes.”

      This sort of historic revisionism about Islamic terrorism has been going on for some time. I recall—although it is now impossible to find a citation for this—that Nancy Pelosi or Barbara Boxer described the 2004 Madrid railway bombings as “train accidents”.

      Why Trump tolerates the stench of this bipedal ambulatory piece of excrement defies all reason and logic. At the very least, McMaster’s willful dishonesty has to violate some portion of the military Code of Conduct.

  12. Something very fishy is going on. American citizen, 31-year-old Caitlan Coleman, along with her Canadian husband, Joshua Boyle, aged 33 and their three children have been released by “the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani Network in Afghanistan,” reports CNN. However, in a strange twist, the freed hostages refuse to board a plane ordered to take them to the U.S. or Canada.

    http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/10/mystery-freed-taliban-hostages-refuse-board-u-s-plane/

  15. Supreme Court Tosses Out Appeal Decision; Upholds Travel Ban

    Chalk up another legal victory for the Trump administration.

    Right now, President Trump is involved in a litany of litigation because of activist groups around the country. Unfortunately, some of these more frivolous actions have actually gained traction because of activist judges lining the lower courts.

    https://www.nationaleconomicseditorial.com/2017/10/12/supreme-court-upholds-travel-ban/

  16. Greek police save 54 migrants squashed into unventilated van (abcnews, Oct 12, 2017)
    http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/greek-police-save-54-migrants-squashed-unventilated-van-50435206

    “Police in northern Greece have rescued 54 migrants found squashed into a van, and arrested two Bulgarian alleged members of a smuggling ring paid to carry them through the country.

    A police statement says the van was stopped Wednesday on a road in the northeastern Rodopi province.

    It said the 52 Syrian and 2 Somali nationals — including 13 minors — were crammed into the 4-by-2.5-meter (13-by-8-foot) back of the van, which lacked ventilation and was locked from the outside.

    The two Bulgarians, aged 36 and 38, were charged with illegally transporting migrants and endangering lives.

    Police said Thursday that each of the adults had paid 1,500 euros ($1,700) to be taken from Greece’s land border with Turkey, which they had crossed illegally, to the northern city of Thessaloniki.”

  17. Kosovo PM: Army will be created by amending constitution (abcnews, Oct 12, 2017)
    http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/kosovo-pm-army-created-amending-constitution-50439492

    “Kosovo’s prime minister has confirmed that the government will try to transform the nation’s security forces into a regular army through constitutional changes to satisfy the country’s international partners.

    Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said during a visit to Kosovo Security Force headquarters on Thursday that “we should give the constitutional mandate” to the future army.

    Haradinaj has been prime minister since September.

    President Hashim Thaci bowed to pressure from NATO and the U.S. earlier this year and withdrew legislation aimed at accomplishing the transformation.

    The draft law needed only a majority vote in parliament to pass. Constitutional amendments would require backing from lawmakers representing Kosovo’s ethnic Serbs and other minority groups. They say they won’t back the change.

    Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, which Serbia refuses to recognize.”

  18. Egyptian Coptic priest killed in Cairo attack (abcnews, Oct 12, 2017)
    http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/egyptian-coptic-priest-killed-cairo-attack-50441571

    “Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church says a priest has been killed in a knife attack in a poor Cairo district, the latest deadly assault on members of the country’s Christian minority.

    The church said the attack took place Thursday and that the priest died later in hospital.

    Security officials say the attacker struck the priest’s head with a cleaver. They said he fled the scene but was later arrested. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.

    The motive was not immediately known.

    Attacks on Egypt’s Christians, who account for about 10 percent of the country’s 94 million population, have surged in recent months, with a series of suicide bombings claimed by the extremist Islamic State group killing more than 100 since December.”

  19. Rights group reports ‘growing evidence’ of abuses in Turkey (abcnews, Oct 12, 2017)
    http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/rights-group-reports-growing-evidence-abuses-turkey-50432400

    “A rights advocacy group reports “growing evidence” of abuses in police custody in Turkey against people accused of links to terror groups or to last year’s coup attempt.

    Human Rights Watch on Thursday reported at least 11 cases of “serious abuse in detention,” including beatings, threats, sexual assault or threats of sexual assault. It also reported five cases of individuals’ abductions and disappearance.

    The group’s Europe and Central Asia director, Hugh Williamson, said: “As evidence mounts that torture in police custody has returned to Turkey, the government urgently needs to investigate and call a halt to it.”

    Turkey’s government insists it has a “zero tolerance” policy against torture.

    Turkey has arrested more than 50,000 people as part of a vast crackdown in the aftermath of the coup.”

  20. Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines launch joint air patrols (abcnews, Oct 12, 2017)
    http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/indonesia-malaysia-philippines-launch-joint-air-patrols-50431481

    “Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines began coordinated air patrols Thursday to intensify their fight against Islamic militants who have laid siege to a southern Philippine city.

    The start of the air patrols comes four months after the three countries launched joint maritime patrols to prevent Islamic State group-aligned militants in the southern Philippines from fleeing to neighboring nations.

    The siege in the Philippine city of Marawi has raised fears that the Islamic State group’s violent ideology is gaining a foothold in the country’s restive south, where Muslim separatists have fought for greater autonomy for decades.

    Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said Thursday the conflict shows that terrorist organizations affiliated with the Islamic State group have exploited the region’s porous borders and linked up with local terrorist groups.

    He said the air and maritime patrols are aimed at “deterring the use of these back channels and counter the movement of violent extremists and terrorists across the borders of our three nations.” It is especially important to secure the sea lanes because about $40 billion worth of trade transits through the Sulu Seas each year, he said.

    Hishammuddin said the three countries will take turns each month patrolling the seas with aircrews from all three countries on board…”

  21. Egypt extends its state of emergency for another 3 months (abcnews, Oct 12, 2017)
    http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/egypt-extends-state-emergency-months-50433116

    “Egypt has extended its state of emergency for yet another three months, according to a decision from President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.

    The president’s decision — a re-declaration of the state of emergency — was published in the official gazette on Thursday and was due to go into effect the following day. The new declaration should be approved by parliament within seven days.

    Egypt has been under months-long state of emergency, which has already been extended once, following deadly church bombings and attacks on Coptic Christians that have killed more than 100 people and wounded scores since December.

    In July, militants from the Islamic State group killed 23 soldiers in a remote checkpoint in northeastern Sinai — the deadliest assault on the military in the turbulent region in two years.”

  22. Russian mercenaries in Syria “buy virgins for £75” and “behead captured jihadists” for £13 (express, Oct 12, 2017)
    http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/865646/Russian-mercenaries-in-Syria-buy-virgins-for-75-behead-captured-jihadists-13

    “MERCENARIES from Russia are “buying” Syrian virgins for £75 a year as sexual partners as they fight a secret war against jihadists in support of Damascus dictator Bashar al-Assad, it was reported.

    These clandestine Russian forces also decapitate captured jihadists receiving a bounty of £13 for each beheaded Islamic State fighter, claimed a veteran hired gun.

    Moscow has denied deploying mercenaries in the country but in recent days two members of these unofficial private armies were seized by Islamic State and are believed to have been beheaded.

    Now an ex-Russian army man serving as a mercenary has revealed secrets of the deployment, often at the frontline facing jihadist forces.

    Asked about rest and relaxation in war-ravaged Syria, he said the Russian fighters bought virgins to act as “wives” either for a year for £75 or “forever” at a cost of £1,130 to £1,500.

    A succession of Russian showbiz stars have flown in to entertain Vladimir Putin’s official troops stationed in the country.

    But the mercenary fighters are not even officially acknowledged as being there, and not permitted to attend or socialise with the regular armed forces, said Sergey from Donetsk, a former lawyer in his 30s, who has been a mercenary for four years first in eastern Ukraine – where Russia also denied deploying such forces – then Syria.

    “It is boring sometimes. But you can buy a wife,” he said.

    “A virgin from a good family costs $100 for a year. If you take her forever, then it’s $1,500-2,000. It’s easier to buy than to search for one.

    “I know guys who got papers sorted for such brides and later took them back to Russia with them. But it’s mainly officers who can afford them.”

    He revealed that private army mercenaries like him receive no Russian medals and if they are killed in action, their bodies will not be flown home.

    They call Syria the “sandbox” and know that “if something happens, no one will rescue them”, revealed Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper.

    “Their contract states that freight-200 (corpses) are not returned. Too expensive.”

    Sergey said: ‘We are not given awards…..Our trip’s aim is salary. Without patriotism. ”

    Many were fooled into thinking their tours would not be too dangerous, he said.

    “Our recruiters were telling us: ‘You’ll be protecting communications, checkpoints, oil derricks, rebuilding plants. And when we arrived – surprise! – it’s the assault battalion’.”

    Contracts specify that mercenaries do not speak about their work, indeed they are urged not even to tell their families where they are going.

    “I signed an agreement,” he said. “There is a list of things that we need to do, responsibilities, but no rights. If you violate some article, for example, drinks at the front, you are fined. The whole unit is fined. But [people] drink little, it’s too hot. But vodka in Syria is good.”

    He is paid £1,960 a month — “my wife is pregnant, I have two children, a son and daughter, my parents are old.

    “I wouldn’t earn it even in a year. Even if I am fooled and paid less, it’s still better than nothing.”

    Two such private armies are operating now in Syria, he said, one called Wagner, the other Turan, and officially “they have no relation to Russia’s official military institutions”, although on the ground work in tandem are essential for the success of Putin’s military operations.

    When they flew by charter plane to Lattakia they were told to say there were “peacemakers”.

    “We had those with jail terms, those who couldn’t find a job at home, had no money, former volunteers who came to military training in Rostov, militants, even ethnic Ukrainians, including those who were fighting against us in Donbas [eastern Ukraine],” he said.

    “When the very first combatants were sent there, selection was strict, some say there even was competition. Now they are taking everyone. I personally have seen an amputee, a person with no arm, he is a machine gunner. How can he shoot?

    “It seems to me that recruiters are lately paid for a number of recruited, not for the quality. That’s why there are so many stupid losses.”

    Recent reports highlighted how jihadists captured bearded father of two Roman Zabolotny, 39, and his comrade Grigory Tsurkanu, 38, – both are believed to have been executed by beheading in a town square as fanatics cheered.

    The pair were said to have refused to give up their Orthodox faith and become ISIS-backing Muslims.

    “They were from the group who came in May,” he said.

    “150 arrived here then, and in the first fight there were 19 freight-200s (killed).

    “Numbers are simply hidden. The media are getting minimal information about what’s happening. The latest who arrived… their training was such that it was clear, they’ll be dead.”

    Asked if he saw the pair who died as heroes, he said: “Don’t make me swear. They got cold feet. Because normal guys wouldn’t allow to be captured alive.”

    He claimed the Russian mercenaries are also beheading jihadists.

    “Ours also cut them off. Why should I drag a whole body across the desert? At first their heads were paid at 5,000 roubles each (£65) for an ISIS man.

    “Our guys brought bunches of them. This is why the price was dropped – it was necessary to stop scaring locals. Lately they were paid 1,000 roubles (£13). I don’t know exactly because I am not doing it myself.”

    Families get compensation of around £39,000 for mercenaries killed in action, and £11,700 is paid for the wounded.

    “It is clear no one will drag your corpse to the motherland because it’s too expensive and there isn’t much sense in it.

    “Three million roubles paid for the dead, a living person will only earn in two years. But if you are injured while not wearing bulletproof vest or helmet, you might not be paid anything.

    “And the vest weighs 40lbs. Who’ll be dragging it on him in such heat? You are also fined for it. But the families of those two whose heads were cut off will receive all the payments for sure – because the media made a noise.”

    He complained that the mercenaries are issued dud weapons.

    “Equipment is old, exhausted, produced long time ago,” he said. “Chinese machine guns are given to us.”

    Earlier this year mercenary Ivan Slyshkin, 23, was fatally shot in the head after joining Wagner’s private army to earn money for his wedding to girlfriend Kristina Gainutdinova, 20.

    His comrades raised money for his corpse to be returned to Russia for a funeral.

    Ruslan Leviev, the founder of Conflict Intelligence independent investigation group, said: “Our experience of watching this conflict tells us that Wagner private army mercenaries are the first to fight.

    “We think it is a strategy of the Defence Ministry of Russia: sending mercenaries to the hottest places, we avoid losses among official soldiers and keep the image of a successful combat operation.”

    RBC news agency claimed earlier this year that the Wagner forces had cost Russia £145 million during the Syrian conflict.

    Wagner – or Vagner – is the nickname of an ex-Russian special forces officer called Dmitry Utkin who runs the private army.

    He is reported to be the ex commander of the famous Pskov special forces brigade. He is shown on the far right of a picture of Wagner chiefs with Putin at a Kremlin ceremony.

    Other leaders include decorated former senior Russian army personnel.

    The force enabled Russia to deploy in Crimea, other areas of Ukraine and Syria, while denying its soldiers were on the ground.

    The funding for the secret army is believed to come from Russia’s military budget.”

  23. Italy: Mayor censors memorial to Barcelona victims in Bergamo

    Two obelisks dedicated to the victims of the Barcelona attacks were hidden beneath a cloth reading “censored” in Pagazzano, Bergamo on Thursday, because the names of the attackers were engraved next to those of the victims

    SOT, Gaetano B, designer of obelisk (Italian): “These two works are positioned close together, but one has written on it the names of western victims, and on the other the names of the Islamic fallen.”

    SOT, Gaetano B, designer of obelisk (Italian): “Writing the killers’ names isn’t a defence, it’s the need to build this bridge that serves to make it clear that sooner or later – and I hope soon – we will become brothers.”

    SOT, Gaetano B, designer of obelisk (Italian): “I want to know who suggested the censorship for artistic works. Censorship is something that no longer belongs to our civilization.”

    SOT, Raffaele Moriggi, Mayor of Pagazzano (Italian): “We need to think very deeply about the idea of giving the same importance to victims and to those who kill others unjustly. In my view, the second ones are simply terrorists.”

  24. ‘We don’t need you’: Erdogan accuses Washington of ‘sacrificing’ relations with Turkey (RT, Oct 12, 2017)
    https://www.rt.com/news/406486-erdogan-washington-relations-ambassador/

    “Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Washington of “sacrificing” relations with Ankara, and has blamed the ongoing diplomatic dispute on a US ambassador “who doesn’t know his place.”

    “Let me be very clear, the person who caused this is the ambassador here. It is unacceptable for the United States to sacrifice a strategic partner to an ambassador who doesn’t know his place,” Erdogan told provincial governors in Ankara on Thursday, as quoted by Reuters.

    Erdogan was referencing outgoing US Ambassador John Bass, whom the Turkish president previously accused of acting alone in the decision to suspend the issuance of visas to Turkish citizens, rather than on behalf of the United States government.

    Erdogan reiterated that belief on Thursday.

    “What a shame if the great United States of America is being governed by an ambassador in Ankara. Because this is the position they are holding. They should have said, ‘You cannot treat my strategic ally this way, you cannot act this way.’ But they couldn’t say this,” he said, as quoted by Anadolu Agency.

    The US State Department has denied that claim, saying Bass had the “full backing” of Washington, and that his actions were coordinated with the department, the White House, and the National Security Council.

    Erdogan went on to deliver a blunt message to Washington, saying “we do not need you.”

    “We are not a tribal state. We are the state of the Republic of Turkey and you will accept it. If you don’t, then sorry but we do not need you,” he said, as quoted by Hurriyet…”

  25. Hungary’s Orban: Protect Middle East Christians or Anti-Christian Persecution Will Come to Europe (breitbart, Oct 12, 2017)
    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/12/hungarian-pm-protect-middle-east-christians-persecution-europe/

    “The Prime Minister of Hungary has urged EU leaders to protect Christianity in Africa and the Middle East, or risk its destruction in Europe.

    Fidesz leader Viktor Orbán said his country was taking the lead on extending aid to Christian minorities, and, in particular, on supporting programmes to help them return to their homelands in safety.

    “We, Hungarians, want Syriac, Iraqi, and Nigerian Christians to be able to return home to the land that their ancestors have inhabited for hundreds of years as soon as possible, this is what we call Hungarian solidarity … Hungary helps,” said the prime minister, at an International Consultation on Christian Persecution conference titled ‘Searching for Answers to a Long-Ignored Crisis’.

    “A group of Europe’s intellectual and political leaders want to create a mixed society that would completely change the continent’s cultural and ethnic identity, and Christian nature, within just a few generations,” he continued.

    “Hungary, however, is doing the opposite of what Europe is currently doing. We are doing what we must do according to local Christian leaders, and which is currently most important for the communities they lead: we are providing assistance to enable people to move back to their homes.”…”

  26. Islamic Primary School Director Arrested over Underage Sex Abuse Claim (breitbart, Oct 12, 2017)
    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/12/islamic-primary-school-director-arrested-underage-sex-abuse-claim/

    “An Islamic primary school director and city councillor in Gouda, the Netherlands, has been arrested and detained for at least 90 days as allegations have emerged that he sexually abused a 13-year-old girl.

    Khalid T. is suspected of having sexually abused a 13-year-old girl and has already been banned from the Islamic primary school Al Noer where he served as a director. “He is still under suspicion, but returning to this school is not an option,” one of the members of the school board told Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad.

    The lawyer for Khalid T., Shirley Splinter hit out at the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA) of which Khalid T. was not only a member but also a sitting city councillor for.

    The party distanced themselves from him soon after his arrest and released a statement saying: “The faction of the PvdA Gouda, with astonishment, has taken note of the arrest of K.T. It is very clear that given the seriousness of the situation, K.T. can no longer be part of the faction. The national party management took note of the situation and decided to withdraw K.T.’s membership.”…”

  27. Germany Extends Border Controls, Schengen Suspensions For Another Six Months (breitbart, Oct 12, 2017)
    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/12/germany-extends-border-controls-schengen-suspensions-another-six-months/

    “The German government says it will extend passport controls along some of its national borders for another six months starting in November.

    German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said in a written statement Thursday that the authorities will continue controls along the German-Austrian border and on flights coming in from Greece.

    De Maizere said the controls will continue due to “a considerable amount of illegal migration” and the heightened security situation in Europe following several attacks in recent years…”

  28. Czech President: For Middle East Peace, Secure the Safety of Israel by Disarming Hamas and Hezbollah Terrorists (breitbart, Oct 12, 2017)
    http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2017/10/12/czech-president-middle-east-peace-disarm-hamas-hezbollah-secure-safety-israel/

    “Czech president Miloš Zeman has spoken out in defence of Israel and outlined a path to peace in the Middle East that begins with the diasarmament of dedicated terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah.

    The 72-year-old veteran of the Prague Spring uprising against the old Communist regime as well as the Velvet Revolution which took it down, laid out his plan in an address to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, an intergovernmental forum which predates the European Union.

    Asked the simple question, “What can you do, and what can we do, to bring peace to the Middle East?” Mr. Zeman took to the podium to deliver his formula. He said:

    My response will probably be a deep disappointment to you. I am a friend of Israel – a deep friend of Israel. That is why I think that peace in the Middle East should be based primarily in the safety of Israel. I know the history of all the wars starting from 1948. Israel was victorious in every war, but had it been defeated it would have meant the end of that State – the Jewish State. Unfortunately, in some countries or movements – Hezbollah, Hamas, and others – there survives a tendency to diminish or to destroy Israel. What should we do to have peace in the Middle East? We must disarm the terrorist organisation, and first of all Hamas and Hezbollah.

    Mr. Zeman, who was elected Czech president in early 2013, has long been a supporter of Israel and its right to exist. Four years ago he visited the Jewish state and had this to say about Israel’s future:

    I completely understand the need for an independent Jewish and democratic state. There is an amazing resemblance between Czech history and Israel’s history.

    More recently Mr. Zemen has cautioned that Europe’s long history of peace and prosperity based on its fundamental respect for Judeo Christian principles of law is under threat from Muslim migration.

    Mr. Zelman has also pointed to the migrant invasion flooding Europe and accused refugees “with iPhones” of exploiting their children to get asylum in the European Union (EU).”

  30. Czech Prez Calls for a European ‘Second Amendment’ For Self-Defence Against Terrorists (breitbart, Oct 12, 2017)
    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/12/czech-president-argues-for-a-european-second-amendment-so-citizens-can-protect-themselves-against-terrorists/

    “Czech president Miloš Zeman has said Europeans should “have the courage to invest in our own guns” in order to guard against international terrorism, like millions of U.S. citizens have.

    The elder statesman — a veteran of the Prague Spring uprising against the old Communist regime as well as the Velvet Revolution which finally brought it down — made his comments in an address to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, an intergovernmental forum which predates the quasi-federal European Union by several years.

    “The level of international crime is growing because of Islamic terrorism,” he said, in response to a question from an Armenian politician.

    “I am open and frank, and I do not use the phrase ‘Islamic terrorism’ lightly but, in the overwhelming majority of cases, it has Islamic origin. It is connected with genocide in Armenia.”

    President Zeman added: “What can we do against international criminality? Invest in the police, invest in the army, and have the courage to invest in our own guns.

    “My wife has a pistol. Of course, she passed all necessary tests, but now I am guarded by my wife, and not only by bodyguards,” he smiled.

    “The Second Amendment to the American constitution says that everybody has the right to have a weapon — of course they must fulfil the necessary conditions and tests.

    “We Europeans are a little more careful than the Americans, but after Barcelona and many assassinations, I think that the difference between Europeans and Americans is not so great.”

    Czech citizens are afforded some of the most liberal gun rights in Europe, although ownership rates are not as high as in nearby Switzerland — which, unlike the Czech Republic, remains outside the European Union.

    Both countries enjoy a lower homicide rate than the United Kingdom, which is experiencing a surge in gun violence despite incredibly heavy restrictions on gun ownership, but the EU is bringing extensive pressure to bear on both of them to restrict citizens’ gun rights — in Switzerland’s case, because it is part of the effectively borderless Schengen Area — with mixed results.

    The lower house of the Czech parliament responded to the EU’s demands in June 2017 by voting for an amendment to the Czech constitution providing citizens with rights somewhat similar to those enshrined in the U.S. Second Amendment, allowing ordinary citizens to bear arms in defence of their country.

    “We do not want to disarm our own people at a time when the security situation is constantly worsening,” interior minister Milan Chovanec declared at the time.

    Islamists have been able to acquire firearms for use in a number of terrorist atrocities in Europe, despite tight controls on legal gun ownership.

    France has seen the most high profile attacks, with terrorists gunning down police and ordinary civilians during the Charlie Hebdo assassinations and the Bataclan massacre, as well as shooting two police officers — killing one — between the first and second rounds of the recent presidential elections.

    The terrorists behind the Nice and Berlin ramming attacks were also armed with guns, although they chose to use vehicles as their main weapons.

    Europe’s situation contrasts strongly with Israel’s, where many civilians, off-duty police officers, and off-duty soldiers carry weapons, and very often bring attempted terror attacks to a swift end by using them.”

  37. The British Transport Police are disadvantaging white, male applicants by excluding them from recruitment workshops.
    The force is holding the workshops in London, Manchester, and Birmingham — but one would-be officer was turned away after being told they were for “women and black or ethnic minority” candidates only, reports The Metro.

    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/12/british-police-force-uses-positive-action-ban-white-men-recruitment-workshops/

  41. Mozilla gave $100,000 to secure email platform harnessed by Antifa groups

    Mozilla has awarded $100,000 to RiseUp, a secure communication platform widely used by anti-fascist groups.

    The open source group, creator of the popular Firefox browser, said that the award “will advance a free and healthy Internet.” In a blog post earlier this month, Mozilla described RiseUp as “a coordination platform used by activists across the political spectrum, to improve the security of their email service.”

    http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/10/10/mozilla-gave-100000-to-secure-email-platform-harnessed-by-anti-fascist-groups.html

  45. OK – this is beginning to get more and more complicated.

    The family that had been freed after having been kidnapped by the Taliban refused to get on an airplanegoing to Canada or US.

    Then we learned that the reason for this is that the husband feared getting arrested, because he was formerly married to a woman with connections to terrorism.

    Now we find out that that woman was none other than Zaynab Khadr, the sister of our favorite – and richest – war criminal, Omar Khadr.

    http://archive.is/EO0Gj#selection-975.164-993.163

    Or am I reading this all wrong?

  46. HomeCultureWell, Well, Well, Anti-Trump Dem Al Green Was Accused of Sexual Assault
    Well, Well, Well, Anti-Trump Dem Al Green Was Accused of Sexual AssaultCULTURE BY AMY MORENO OCTOBER 12, 2017
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    The man who wants to impeach President Trump has a sorted past that was just exposed.

    Al Green, the congressman out of Texas was once accused of sexual assault by a former employee.

    The case is from 9 years ago.

    http://truthfeednews.com/well-well-well-anti-trump-dem-al-green-was-accused-of-sexual-assault/

  47. Liberal mainstream media would do anything to distract the American public from learning the truth. Part of that diversion was mocking President Trump over his claim that Obama spied on him during the election. However, Trump finally got vindication. America learned the truth that Obama did in fact unconstitutionally spy on Trump throughout the presidential election.

    Now former intelligence officer Lt. Col Tony Shaffer just revealed that Obama’s wiretapping was not only a federal crime, but says that the results of this investigation will likely result in Obama being brought up on FELONY CHARGES. The colonel’s dire prediction is throwing a monkey wrench into Obama’s plans to stage his “political comeback” this fall.

    https://www.republicancore.com/2017/10/12/breaking-intel-officer-reveals-how-obama-will-be-first-president-in-history-to-be-hit-with-a-felony-indictment/

  48. Source: CAIR Chief Among American Islamists Eulogizing Brotherhood Leader :: The Investigative Project on Terrorism

    by John Rossomando

    A number of U.S.-based Muslim group leaders who vehemently reject evidence connecting them to the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in public made a point of publicly mourning the group’s former spiritual guide, who died in prison Friday.

    Mohamed Akef was praised as the “Sheikh of the Mujahidin” and received prayers that Allah place him “in the higher paradise with the prophets, the pious, and the martyrs.”

    https://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2017/10/11/cair-eulogizes-muslim-bhood-leader/

  49. U.S. prosecutors revealed last week that Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy, 19, of Mississauga, Ont. confessed to an ISIS-inspired plot to target key New York City landmarks.

    In the confession, which was made a year ago, El Bahnasawy said he traveled from Canada to the U.S. and planned to carry out attacks on Times Square and the New York City subway system.

    Despite El Bahnasawy claiming he felt “well” when questioned about his mental health prior to the guilty plea, his lawyer claimed he had “serious mental health and substance abuse issues,” according to court documents.

    https://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2017/10/12/muslim-confesses-isis-terror/

  50. Arman, 27, and Omar Ali, 26, would not follow the path of most Plano kids leaving home to start a life.

    After some college study, the brothers moved to Egypt and then traveled to Syria to fight alongside ISIS terrorists, according to federal court records.

    Now, their parents are charged with lying to the FBI about their sons’ activities in the Middle East. Mohommad Hasnain Ali and Sumaiya Ali pleaded guilty in federal court in June to making a false statement regarding international terrorism. They were scheduled to be sentenced on Thursday, but the hearing has been postponed. A new date has not been established.

    https://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2017/10/12/brothers-join-isis-muslilm-parents-lie-to-fbi/