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.
53 arrested for illegal LPG decanting
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2125030/1-53-arrested-illegal-lpg-decanting/
“Faisalabad police have arrested 53 shopkeepers on the charge of decanting LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) illegally in various parts of the city over the last 12 hours…”
10-year old child girl ‘raped’ at a ‘religious school’ in west of Afghanistan
https://www.khaama.com/a-10-year-old-child-girl-raped-at-a-religious-school-in-west-of-afghanistan-87640/
“A 10-year old Afghan child girl was raped at a religious school in west of Afghanistan on Thursday, officials confirmed.
Rahila Naderi, the provincial women’s affairs director said the little girl was raped by a man after she went to toilet at the religious school, where she studies religious subjects.
“The girl is currently under medical treatment at a local hospital in Qala-e-Now city of Badghis, her physical and psychological condition is concerning,” Rahila said.
Sher Aqa Alokozay, provincial security manager for Badghis said the police have detained eighteen male students to investigate who has raped the 10-year old female student…”
Inmate attacks prison guard
http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2019/12/24/inmate-attacks-prison-guard_d22beebd-ec34-4051-bf42-8e9cae4dc847.html
“A 36-year-old Moroccan inmate attacked a guard at Vigevano jail near Pavia on Tuesday, police union USPPP said.
The man started punching the officer “for no reason” after being asked if he wanted a shower, the union said.
It will take the warder five days to recover from his injuries, doctors said.”
At least 30 killed in clashes between militia, traders in Central African Republic
https://www.france24.com/en/20191226-at-least-11-killed-in-clashes-in-central-african-republic-capital
“At least 30 people were killed in fighting between militiamen and traders in a restive district of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, a security official and a local imam said Thursday.
“Thirty bodies have been brought to the mosque,” said Awad Al Karim, the imam of the Ali Babolo mosque in a district called PK5 that became a haven for many Bangui Muslims at the peak of Christian-Muslim clashes in the country.
A security official, who asked to remain anonymous, also put the number of dead at at least 30, without providing any further details.
The fighting began after traders in the district took up arms to oppose taxes levied by militia groups, the imam said.
Bursts of automatic fire and explosions were heard on Wednesday evening and on Thursday morning, according to an AFP journalist who was in a neighbouring district.
The head of the African Red Cross, Antoine Mbaobogo, said the toll “stood at 23 at 4:00 pm (3:00pm GMT) but could now be 33,” adding that there were still bodies near the market.
Neither the UN peacekeeping force MINUSCA nor the CAR authorities have been able to assert control over the PK5 district.
And MINUSCA did not provide any exact toll from the fighting, saying only there had been “dozens of victims”.
MINUSCA spokesman, Bili Aminou Alao, said a rapid response force had been sent to the area.
“Part of the market and some vehicles have been burned,” he said.
“Between 40 and 50 shops have been burned down, as well as four or five houses,” said Patrick Bidilou Niabode, head of the CAR’s civil protection service.
Voluntary firefighters put out two fires which had been spreading in the market but were unable to tackle a blaze at two houses because of heavy gunfire, he added.
Powder keg
The CAR is one of the world’s poorest and most volatile countries.
It has been gripped by sporadic violence since 2014, after then-president Francois Bozize was ousted in a coup.
Fierce fighting then erupted between predominantly Christian and Muslim militia, prompting the intervention of former colonial power France, under a UN mandate.
Attempts to broker a lasting peace have repeatedly broken down and most of the country lies in the hands of armed groups, who often fight over the country’s mineral resources.
The PK5 district is a powder keg. In April 2018, MINUSCA, responding to appeals by local traders, launched an anti-militia operation named Sukula (“Clean-up” in the CAR language of Sango).
The operation ended bloodily with the death of about 30 people and a hundred wounded, sparking a wave of anger among local people.
The CAR’s long conflict has forced nearly a quarter of the country’s 4.7 million people to flee their homes.
The United Nations estimated in September that two thirds of the population depends on humanitarian aid to survive.
The country is ranked next-to-last after Niger on the 2018 UNDP’s Human Development Index, which compares longevity, education, and income per capita. Life expectancy is just 52.9 years.”
But the CAR has the highest COBALT reserves in the world.
– Irresistible to “Jupiter” Macron, who’s having a fine time playing soldiers in sub-Saharan Africa.
– And China, with sticky fingers and toes in resource-rich schiff-holes everywhere.
But the CAR has the highest COBALT reserves in the world.
– Irresistible to “Jupiter” Macron, who’s having a fine time playing soldiers in sub-Saharan Africa.
– And China, with sticky fingers and toes in resource-rich schiff-holes everywhere.
Islamic State terrorists kill 11 Christian hostages on Christmas Day to ‘avenge the deaths of their leaders in Iraq and Syria’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7828333/ISWAP-kills-11-Christian-captives-Nigeria-Christmas-Day.html
“Eleven Christian hostages were killed by Islamic State terrorists in Nigeria on Christmas Day, it has been reported.
The Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) claim they killed the captives to avenge for the killing of their leaders Abu bakr al-Baghdadi and Abul-Hasan Al-Muhajir in Iraq and Syria.
A video released on Wednesday showed 13 hostages, 10 believed to be Christian and three Muslim. ISWAP claimed they spared the lives of two of the Muslims, local media reported.
The deaths came after an earlier video saw the hostages plead with the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to negotiate their release.
In a statement, ISWAP said: ‘We killed them as a revenge for the killings of our leaders, including Abu bakr al-Baghdadi and Abul-Hasan Al-Muhajir in Iraq and Syria.’
United Nation Secretary General Antonio Guterres offered his condolences, with his spoken Stephane Dujarric saying in a statement: ‘The Secretary General is deeply concerned about reports that civilians have been executed, and others abducted, by armed group in northern Borno State, northeastern Nigeria.
‘He expressed his deepest condolences to the families of the victims and reiterates the solidarity of the united Nations with the people and Government of Nigeria.’
Jihadis Boko Haram and its IS-affiliated Islamic State West Africa Province faction have recently stepped up attacks on military and civilian targets in Nigeria.
Boko Haram killed seven people on Christmas Eve in a raid on a Christian village near the town of Chibok in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state…”
Deutsche Pravda – Germans think Trump is more dangerous than Kim Jong Un and Putin
When asked who posed the greatest threat to world peace, Germans in a recent poll overwhelmingly pointed to one person — Donald Trump. The US president beat out the leaders of North Korea, Russia, China and Iran.
Although Washington is one of Germany’s closest allies, public trust in the US has significantly eroded under President Donald Trump, a new YouGov survey showed.
Germans were asked who was more dangerous: North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Russian President Vladimir Putin or US President Donald Trump.
Some 41% of Germans said they thought Trump was the most dangerous out of the five world leaders.
In second place was Kim with 17%, followed by Putin and Khamenei with 8%. Coming in last was China’s Xi with 7%.
Over 2,000 people in Germany took part in the survey, which was commissioned by news agency dpa.
A similar YouGov poll was carried out in July last year, in which 48% of Germans surveyed said Trump was more dangerous than Kim and Putin. That poll, however, did not include the leaders of Iran or China.
Macron trusted more than Merkel
A separate year-end poll showed that public trust in German Chancellor Angela Merkel had also diminished at home, particularly when compared to other European leaders.
According to a poll carried out by the Kantar institute for the Funke media group, 57% of Germans surveyed said they had a “rather high” level of trust in French President Emmanuel Macron.
Merkel, on the other hand, came in several points behind the French leader at 53%.
The differences were even more pronounced on the other end of the scale, with 44% of Germans surveyed saying they had “very little” trust in Merkel, compared to 32% for Macron.
In that poll, Trump came in last as the least trustworthy leader (89% very little trust), behind Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (86%) and Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson (71%). Developments in all three NATO allies since around 2016 have gained considerable media attention in Germany.
https://www.dw.com/en/germans-think-trump-is-more-dangerous-than-kim-jong-un-and-putin/a-51802332