Contributor’s links for July 20, 2019

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Each day at just after midnight Eastern, a post like this one is created for contributors and readers of this site to upload news links and video links on the issues that concern this site. Most notably, Islam and its effects on Classical Civilization, and various forms of leftism from Soviet era communism, to postmodernism and all the flavours of galloping statism and totalitarianism such as Nazism and Fascism which are increasingly snuffing out the classical liberalism which created our near, miraculous civilization the West has been building since the time of Socrates.

This document was written around the time this site was created, for those who wish to understand what this site is about. And while our understanding of the world and events has grown since then, the basic ideas remain sound and true to the purpose.

So please post all links, thoughts and ideas that you feel will benefit the readers of this site to the comments under this post each day. And thank you all for your contributions.

This is the new Samizdat. We must use it while we can.

About Eeyore

Canadian artist and counter-jihad and freedom of speech activist as well as devout Schrödinger's catholic

79 Replies to “Contributor’s links for July 20, 2019”

  1. The Left Is Embracing Fascistic Ideology, Vox Entertains “Socialist Nationalism”

  2. Pro-Europeans stage a “No Boris” march in London

    Thousands of pro-Europeans marched through London on Saturday, just a few days before Brexiteer Boris Johnson is expected to become Britain’s new prime minister. …

  3. Maybe this has already been on here. I didn’t see it, apologies if double post:

    Journalist Travels to Ilhan Omar’s Homeland to Prove Somalia is Beautiful, Debunk ‘Stereotypes’ – Gets Killed by Islamic Terrorists
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/07/journalist-travels-to-ilhan-omars-homeland-to-prove-somalia-is-beautiful-debunk-stereotypes-gets-killed-by-islamic-terrorists/

    PJW also covered this:
    Journalist Travels to Ilhan Omar’s Homeland to Prove Somalia is Beautiful, Gets Killed by Terrorists
    https://summit.news/2019/07/18/journalist-travels-to-ilhan-omars-homeland-to-prove-somalia-is-beautiful-gets-killed-by-terrorists/

    original in WaPo:
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/07/13/somali-canadian-journalist-returned-somalia-tell-uplifting-stories-then-terrorists-killed-her/?utm_term=.e3c930e80e30

  4. Twitter blocks accounts of Iranian state media outlets (mee, Jul 20, 2019)
    https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/twitter-blocks-accounts-iranian-state-media-outlets

    “A day after Twitter suspended the accounts of several Iranian state media outlets, the social networking service said on Saturday that it acted after harassment of people linked to the Baha’i faith.

    The micro-blogging platform is banned in Iran, but many officials still have accounts and people access them by using a virtual private network, or VPN, to bypass censorship.

    Amid soaring tensions in the region, heightened by Iran’s seizure on Friday of a British-flagged tanker, some of the affected media outlets had speculated that the suspensions were related to their coverage of the seizure.

    Still, Twitter cited what it said was a coordinated and targeted harassment of people linked to the Baha’i faith, a religious minority that has long faced persecution in Iran, AFP reported.

    The company did not identify the suspended accounts and said it was continuing to investigate the matter.

    “Account suspended. Twitter suspends accounts which violate the Twitter Rules,” read English-language messages on each of the Iranian media outlets’ accounts.

    Digital security experts told Middle East Eye at the time that Iran’s efforts were unsophisticated and may have amounted to little more than a dozen-or-so staff in a Tehran office running off a shoestring budget.

    On Saturday, Mehr news agency, which is close to moderate conservatives in Iran, said its Farsi-language account appeared to have been blocked late Friday following its reports on the seizure of the tanker Stena Impero in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

    Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it seized the Swedish-owned tanker for breaking “international maritime rules” in the strait, a chokepoint for around a third of the world’s sea-borne oil.

    Mehr’s Farsi-language Twitter page was inaccessible on Saturday, along with those of the official IRNA news agency and the agency of the Young Journalists’ Club.

    “Since last night and after seizure of a British tanker in the Strait of Hormuz the account of the Young Journalists’ Club and some other users have been suspended,” the YJC said on its website.

    Mehr noted that its Mehr Diplomacy account, which publishes analysis and interviews on foreign policy, was also offline.

    Another account taken down belonged to Ali Akbar Raefipoor, a hardline public speaker.

    None of the owners of the suspended accounts said they had been given any reason for the move by Twitter.”

  5. Libya accuses Egypt, UAE, France of backing new attack by Haftar (memo, Jul 20, 2019)
    https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190720-libya-accuses-egypt-uae-france-of-backing-new-attack-by-haftar/

    “The High Council of State in Libya has revealed that Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and France are backing Libyan general Khalifa Haftar in carrying out a new attack on Libyan capital Tripoli.

    The High Council of State is an advisory body for Libya formed under the terms of the Libyan Political Agreement, which was signed on 17 December 2015.

    In a statement issued on Thursday night, the High Council expressed its shock that the names of three states out of the six which signed the ceasefire statement are backing Haftar with arms and troops to carry out a new attack on Tripoli.

    The statement of the High Council named Egypt, the UAE and France as the three states and accused them of arranging a “larger engagement with Haftar’s militia to attack Tripoli, using fighter jets and qualitative weapons.”

    Anadolu Agency reported yesterday that none of the three countries had denied these reports…”

  6. Iraq kills Daesh oil minister (memo, Jul 20, 2019)
    https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190720-iraq-kills-daesh-oil-minister/

    “Iraq’s intelligence services have killed the oil minister of Daesh in Syria, according to Iraqi security expert Fadel Abu-Ragheef.

    Abu-Ragheef wrote on Twitter: “The Iraqi National Intelligence Services penetrated in an exceptional mission the front lines of Daesh in the Syrian governorate of Deir Ezzor,” in the east of the country.

    He noted that the mission resulted in the death of Daesh’s oil and funds minister.

    “The mission led to the collapse of the funding line for the organisation, starting from the founder of Daesh’s financial network, Fawwaz Al-Rawi, and ending with the oil and financial minister,” without naming him.

    However, other sources stated that the mission was carried out early last week and named the oil minister as Thabit Sobhi Fahd Al-Ahmad.”

  7. ‘If needed, Turkey to take same steps in Cyprus as 45 years ago’ (memo, Jul 20, 2019)
    https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190720-if-needed-turkey-to-take-same-steps-in-cyprus-as-45-years-ago/

    “Turkish army will never hesitate to take the same step as 45 years ago “if needed for the lives and security of Turkish Cypriots,” the Turkish President said on Saturday.

    “Turkey launched the peace operation in Cyprus to protect rights and interests of Turkish Cypriots who are one of the equal owners of the island,” said Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a statement released by Turkey’s Presidential Communications Directorate.

    Erdogan’s remarks came on the 45th anniversary of Turkey’s military operation launched to protect Turkish population in Cyprus…”

  8. Turkish mob attacks tourists displaying Iraqi-Kurdistan flag… police arrest tourists (alaraby, Jul 20, 2019)
    https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2019/7/20/turkish-mob-attacks-tourists-displaying-iraqi-kurdistan-flag

    “Video has emerged on YouTube showing a violent attack by a mob in the town of Caykara in northeastern Turkey against Iraqi Kurdish tourists as police look on and eventually move in to arrest to visitors.

    A large number of Turks can be seen running towards the tourists before physically assaulting them. A Turkish police van is conspicuously present in the video.

    Tensions are high following the assassination of Turkish diplomats this week in the Iraqi-Kurdish city of Erbil…”

  9. Migrants hurt in North Macedonia after driver jumps from moving truck (reuters, Jul 21, 2019)
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-northmacedonia/migrants-hurt-in-north-macedonia-after-driver-jumps-from-moving-truck-idUSKCN1UF0OF

    “Police in North Macedonia said on Saturday that 34 Afghan migrants have been injured in a highway accident after the driver of a truck carrying them north toward Serbia jumped from the moving vehicle attempting to escape a police patrol…”

  10. Nigeria president condemns latest killings in northwestern Sokoto state (reuters, Jul 20, 2019)
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-security/nigeria-president-condemns-latest-killings-in-northwestern-sokoto-state-idUSKCN1UF0NY

    “Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari condemns the killing of 37 people by bandits in the northwestern state of Sokoto, his spokesman said in a statement.

    Armed gangs have killed hundreds of people in northwest Nigeria this year and forced at least 20,000 to flee to neighboring Niger, adding to security problems in a country also struggling with an Islamist insurgency in the northeast and clashes between farmers and herders in central states.

    “President Muhammadu Buhari strongly condemns the killing of 37 innocent people by bandits in the Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State,” the presidency said in the statement.

    Local media said the attacks took place late on Friday…”

  11. Haftar asks youth to help with Tripoli battle (gulfnews, Jul 20, 2019)
    https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/haftar-asks-youth-to-help-with-tripoli-battle-1.65342748

    “The commander of the Libyan National Army has called on young people in Tripoli to join its offensive to capture the capital from the UN-backed government based there amid warnings from the international community of military escalation and targeting of civilians.

    The LNA, led by commander Khalifa Haftar, reached out via a post published on one of its official Facebook pages Friday, calling for young people in the city to work with its marching forces to eliminate all militias allied with the Tripoli-based government.

    “The decisive hour is not far,” Brig. Gen. Khaled Al Mahjoub, head of the LNA mobilisation department told The Associated Press. “We are only 5km away from the capital, our forces are advancing, and they are retracting.”…”

  12. Nearly 500 Taliban militants killed in Faryab in past one month: 209th Shaheen Corps (khaama, Jul 20, 2019)
    https://www.khaama.com/nearly-500-taliban-militants-killed-in-faryab-in-past-one-month-209th-shaheen-corps-03994/

    “The Afghan security forces have killed nearly 500 Taliban militants during their operations in northern Faryab province.

    The 209th Shaheen Corps in a statement said the security forces killed the militants in various districts of Faryab in past one month.

    The statement further added that the security forces conducted several planned operations, night raids and targeted airstrikes during the period.

    Furthermore, the 209th Shaheen Corps said the security forces targeted the militants in Ghormach, Khwaja Sabzposh, Sherin Tagab, Pashtunkot, Bulchiragh, Dawlatabad and Andkoi districts.

    The 209th Shaheen Corps also added that the security forces killed 481 militants and wounded 273 others including 13 of their commanders.

    Meanwhile, the 209th Shaheen Corps said the security forces also arrested 56 militants during the same operations.

    However, the 209th Shaheen Corps has not commented regarding the security personnel casualties.

    The Taliban group yet to commented regarding the claimed casualties inflicted on group’s militants in Faryab province.”

  13. Did Tehran ‘spoof’ UK oil tanker into Iranian territory by using Russian spy technology? (dailymail, Jul 21, 2019)
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7268913/Did-Tehran-spoof-UK-oil-tanker-Iranian-territory-using-Russian-spy-technology.html

    “A UK-flagged oil tanker seized by Iranian special forces could have been sent off course by Russian spy technology which ‘spoofed’ its state-of-the-art navigation system, it is feared.

    The Stena Impero was boarded by heavily-armed Iranian troops who fast-roped onto the deck of the 30,000-tonne tanker shortly after 4pm on Friday.

    MarineTraffic monitored the Swedish-owned vessel and showed how it took a dramatic turn to the north while passing through the Strait of Hormuz…”