Reader’s Links, December 26, 2017

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119 Replies to “Reader’s Links, December 26, 2017”

    • I wonder how large the North’s supply of bio weapons ready to be fired from artillery is?

      I wonder what other diseases the North is working on? Hot contagious are they?

      Has Kim sold the bio weapons to Iran and other rogue nations or organizations?

    • OT/ EB – pix for Charlie!
      The Hungarian Dogs

      The most famous and internationally known Hungarian dogs are the Komondor, Kuvasz, Puli, and the Vizsla.…They are probably the oldest domesticated dogs going back to about eight thousand years. These dogs are easily trained; most discipline comes naturally to them.

      http://www.chicagohungarians.com/radics/Origin2c.htm
      ….I love the Puli, but it’s too hard to groom.

      • Arabic’s not all that hard. It’s phonetic, not tonal, and the “alphabet” is small. No need for great reading skills or heavy-duty grammar – nothing much to read. It’s now mandatory in Israeli schools.

        The problem is _Arabic_ won’t be all that useful in the UK. The invaders speak languages of the Indian subcontinent or African tongues or some god-awful patois. Their shop signs are in Urdu or who-knows-what.

        =>They are learning to read the KORAN.<=
        …….That’s what this is about…….

        Not for practical communication, as in Israel. There’s no reason to study Arabic when the majority of their aliens are Paki or Bengali or speak Swahili.

        Creatures with IQs under 75, with a working vocabulary under 400 words, most of them variations of “mama” and “pee pee”. Pre-verbal grunts and squeals.

  1. <strong<Police investigate pork attack on Belfast Islamic centre

    Local MP condemns attack in which pork was forced through letterbox of Islamic Centre in south Belfast

    Police in Northern Ireland are treating as a hate crime an incident in which pork was forced through the letterbox of an Islamic centre on Christmas Eve.

    Raied al-Wazzan, the treasurer of the Islamic Centre in south Belfast, described those responsible as “ignorant people”. He said: “We believe these people do not represent the vast majority of Northern Ireland. We have received many messages of support. They will not succeed. We have a very good relationship with all communities in Northern Ireland and we work hard with our outreach.”

    His colleague Anwar Macady said that it was the first time the centre had been attacked in such a way, and it was sad that it had happened on Christmas Eve.

    “They’re supposed to be celebrating mercy and forgiveness. I think this man is only representing himself, and a handful of people who may support him,” Macady said. “We know that this person doesn’t represent the wider society of Northern Ireland and we are very thankful for the people who sent us messages to tell us the message of support.”

    Emma Little-Pengelly, the DUP MP for south Belfast, condemned those responsible. “Attacking our small Muslim community in south Belfast is completely wrong, achieves nothing and is entirely misdirected,” she said.

    In August an Islamic centre in Newtownards, Co Down, was subjected to a racist attack when a pig’s head was left on its doorstep.

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/24/police-investigate-pork-incident-belfast-islamic-centre

    • Raied al-Wazzan, the treasurer of the Islamic Centre in south Belfast, described those responsible as “ignorant people”.

      Quite the opposite, in fact.

      At least the individual(s) in question had studied Islam enough to know that a Christmas gift of pork would not be particularly well-received.

      When it comes to having even a dim awareness of Islam, most people are dumber than a sackful of hammers.

      • Ok for one thing I am betting that it was actually muslims who did it. On Christmas eve, most non-muslims who care have better things to do, and these kinds of acts usually result in two things.

        1. It turns out to be a muslim
        and 2. The mosque and community get all kinds of special rights and extra money so the local governments can show the racist locals how progressive it is.

        The last possibility is not that it was dim, but in fact a genuine gift of the Chinese community. Dim Sum is where most non-Christian people go on Christmas eve, New years and boxing day. Perhaps it was just a sample.

        Which would make you half right.

  2. EGYPT – Uproar over video of female Egyptian students dancing in classroom

    Egyptian media and several twitter users have posted a video of female students dancing to local street rap music in a classroom in the governorate of Domyat, north of the country. It has also lead to a wave of anger in some quarters and calls for an immediate investigation.

    The video shows the high school girls at an Arts Secondary school dancing to the ghetto music. As soon as the video went online, it went viral across all social media platforms.

    Enetually, it lead to the Education Directorate in Domyat expeling the school’s principal.

    Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education in Domyat, Ahmed Swelam, has referred the school’s principal, classroom supervisors and teachers for investigation.

    According to several tweets, the video was taken last week, showing several female students dancing enthusiastically while their colleagues took videos of them using their mobile phones.

    According to some sources, one of the students sent the video to her brother, who then shared it with his friends. The video spread across the school’s neighborhood, and eventually landed on Youtube and other social media platforms.

    https://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2017/12/25/WATCH-Video-of-female-Egyptian-students-dancing-in-classroom-causes-uproar.html

    • I would call them pseudo intellectuals but all of the pseudo intellectuals in the west hate the west, hopefully at some point during this war we will be able to get some true intellectuals who don’t have the West.

  3. VoA -Egypt Carries Out Mass Execution of Islamic Militants

    CAIRO —
    Egypt executed 15 Islamic militants convicted of carrying out a deadly attack on an army outpost in the Sinai Peninsula in 2013.

    Tuesday’s executions, carried out simultaneously in two prisons located north of Cairo, is the largest mass execution in Egypt since six convicted jihadists were hanged in 2015.

    All 15 militants executed on Tuesday were hanged.

    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi has ordered the military to step up efforts to crush Islamic State militants following the massacre of more than 300 people in an attack on a Sinai mosque last month.

    Sinai-based Islamic forces have killed hundreds of policemen, soldiers, and civilians in the region for years.

    https://www.voanews.com/a/egypt-hang-militants-for-killing-security-forces-in-sinai/4179405.html

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    NYT – Egypt Hangs 15 for Terrorism, Stoking Fears Among Islamists

    CAIRO — The Egyptian authorities hanged 15 men on Tuesday for an attack in the Sinai Peninsula in 2013, the start of an Islamic insurgency that the military-dominated government has been battling ever since.

    The hangings, reported by state media, were the biggest mass execution in Egypt since six convicted jihadists were hanged in 2015.

    A military court found the men guilty on terrorism charges last month for an attack on a military checkpoint in which one army officer and eight soldiers were killed.

    That assault came amid a surge of violence that swept across Egypt after Egyptian security forces forcibly broke up two Islamist sit-ins in the capital, Cairo, killing over 800 people. The military had seized power six weeks earlier, overthrowing a democratically elected Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood.

    The executions on Tuesday raise the number of people put to death since the military took over to 23.

    In Egypt, Furious Retaliation but Failing Strategy in Sinai NOV. 25, 2017

    Hundreds Die as Egyptian Forces Attack Islamist Protesters AUG. 14, 2013

    Video Appears to Show Egyptian Soldiers Killing Unarmed Men in Sinai APRIL 20, 2017

    Uproar in Egypt After Judge Sentences More Than 680 to Death APRIL 28, 2014
    Rights activists and Islamists said Tuesday that they feared the latest executions would drive more young Egyptians into the arms of the Islamic State, also known by its Arabic acronym Daesh.

    “This is the new wave of oppression that we have been expecting all year,” said Ezzat Ghoniem, a lawyer who defends many Muslim Brotherhood members. “These executions will only push the thousands of young people in prison into the arms of Daesh.”

    The number of death sentences handed down by Egyptian courts appears to have risen significantly this year, with about 60 reported in state media last year and at least 186 so far this year.

    In addition, tens of thousands of Egyptians arrested in the crackdown after the military takeover in 2013 remain in prison, many appealing death sentences.

    “These death sentences and executions are a flagrant breach of international law,” Maya Foa, director of the international human rights organization Reprieve, said Tuesday. “Trials in Egypt routinely fail to meet basic fair trial standards, and this is especially so in mass trials and military tribunals, as in this case.”

    Reprieve said the number of people executed in Egypt on Tuesday was the most on a single day since the founding of the modern Egyptian state in 1953.

    The families and lawyers of those hanged on Tuesday could not be reached immediately for comment. But Mr. Ghoniem, who is in touch with them, said that the lawyers were not given time to present an appeal after the defense minister signed off on their executions a week ago.

    “They are meant to give you 15 days after the signing,” Mr. Ghoniem said. “They got six. How is that fair?”

    Islamist activists who know the families said that two of the 15 had bruises and cuts on their bodies, suggesting they had been tortured, and that none of the families were given the chance to say goodbye to the condemned before the executions, as required by Egyptian law.

    The Egyptian military did not respond to requests for comment.

    Despite the military’s scorched-earth approach to militants in Sinai — including summary executions and the destruction of whole villages — the insurgency there has grown since 2013. A militia that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in 2014 has since become one of its most effective local affiliates.

    The group shot down a Russian jetliner in 2015, killing 224 people. It was also believed to be responsible for an attack on a Sufi mosque in North Sinai last month, killing 311 people in Egypt’s worst terrorist attack. No one has claimed responsibility for the mosque attack, but the Islamic State had publicly identified the town where it took place as a target, and the attackers carried Islamic State flags.

    There were no protests in Egypt over the executions on Tuesday. Senior leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood said that most of those executed were not members of the group.

    But 16 Islamists with ties to the Brotherhood are currently in prison facing death sentences that cannot be appealed, Brotherhood activists said.

    “If they touch those guys, that could push people over the edge,” said Abdulrahman Ayyash, a former member who is now an analyst. “They won’t let that slide.”

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/26/world/middleeast/egypt-execution-terrorism.html

  4. Libya: Dozens of vulnerable refugees evacuated from Libya to Italy

    Dozens of vulnerable refugees who had been held in detention in Libya were evacuated to Italy, as footage released by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday shows.

  5. Serbia: Refugees camp out near Sid demanding to be allowed into Croatia

    Around 150 refugees and migrants gathered some 300 metres (984 feet) from the Serbia-Croatia border, near Sid, calling on Croatian authorities to let them in, Tuesday.

  6. President Trump blasts Russia dossier, slams FBI

    Trump accuses FBI of using opposition research to go after his presidential campaign; reaction from Robin Biro, regional campaign director for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, and Tom Fitton, Judicial Watch president.

  7. Ball and Chain: Sweden Stuck With Child Marriage Dilemma

    Child marriage, a persistent problem that has come into the limelight with the unprecedented influx of refugees to Sweden, continues to pose problems for the Nordic country. In Mönsteras, a 13-year-old refugee girl became pregnant after the municipality reluctantly allowed her to live with her 20-year-old cousin who also happens to be her husband.

    The 13-year-old girl came to the Mönsteras municipality in January 2016 together with her family and her 20-year-old cousin, to whom she claimed to be married. However, when informed that it was illegal for children to marry in Sweden, she changed her mind and disavowed her marriage. The municipality then allowed the couple to live together, whereupon the girl got pregnant, the Fria Tider news outlet reported.

    According to Sweden’s Justice Ombudsman (JO), the social council in the Mönsteras municipality has violated its responsibility and should have better monitored the girl’s situation. However, the JO pointed out that the municipality had a difficult task to pursue, as the 13-year-old refused to move to an accommodation for “single girls.”

    Sweden’s National Board of Health demanded clearer regulation on child marriages that will be distributed next year to the country’s municipalities as they have major problems dealing with the issue.

    In early December, Migration Minister Heléne Fritzon was presented with a proposal by investigator Mari Heidenborg on strengthening the protection of children from being married off. However, the proposal did not contain a general non-recognition of underage spouses.

    “There would be a risk of conflict with the European Convention on the right to life and privacy,” Heidenborg told the Sydsvenskan daily, referring to the fact that several EU countries allow 16-year-olds to marry.

    The national human rights association GAPF (“Never Forget Pela and Fadime,” referring to the honor killings of Pela Atoshi and Fadime Sahindal) criticized the proposal.

    “Sweden must take steps to ban child marriages altogether. The investigation feels like one step forward and seven steps back,” GAPF founder Sara Mohammad said. “Sweden must focus on its own country and its own legislation. If there are shortcomings at the EU level, Sweden must be a driving force and not back down,” she added.

    In Sweden, it is forbidden for children to marry. The legislation was tightened in 2014 when the possibility of dispensation was removed. However, the ban does not apply if a child marriage was concluded abroad, as neither spouse was affiliated with Sweden when it was concluded. A 2016 survey by the Migration board thus numbered 132 cases of child marriage as a result of the 2015 migrant crisis. A large number of cases have been suspected to have gone under the radar due to discrepancies of age assessment and more refugees arriving to the Scandinavian nation.

    Regardless of the outcome, the proposed legislation will not apply to the children currently married in Sweden.

    “The law cannot be retroactive,” Mari Heidenborg said.

    https://sputniknews.com/europe/201712251060299633-sweden-child-marriage/

  8. Premieres Dec. 26 at 8/7c http://www.pbs.org/sultan-and-saint/home/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r92uITyBPg

    This is from a commenter on the video: Saint Francis wasn’t interested in peace simply, he wanted to convert the Muslim world to Christianity. He thought since the Crusades hadn’t managed to permanently take control of the Holy Land, he would try directly witnessing before the Sultan of Egypt. And al-Kamil was only interested in peace in so far as it would maintain his power. This was someone who ruthlessly navigated the treacherous, sleazy world of Ayubid politics, and did pretty well for himself. The meeting between Saint Francis and al-Kamil is at best a footnote. There certainly is no evidence al-Kamil was in any way willing to actually agree to Saint Francis’ proposal. How in the world could this possibly be made into some kind of full-length documentary??” More from https://www.youtube.com/user/RealCrusadeHistory