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Major blaze breaks out in Greece’s main migrant camp
Greece’s largest migrant camp was partly evacuated after a major blaze broke out at the overcrowded and unsanitary home to nearly 13,000 asylum seekers.
Nearly the entire Moria camp on the island of Lesbos was on fire, including in an olive grove outside the walls of the main compound where many asylum seekers sleep in tents.
Greek Prime Minister Calls Emergency Meeting After Massive Fire in Migrant Camp (sputniknews, Sep 9, 2020)
https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009091080405375-greek-prime-minister-calls-emergency-meeting-after-massive-fire-in-migrant-camp/
“Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called an emergency cabinet meeting in the early hours of Wednesday following a devastating fire in the largest migrant camp on the island of Lesbos.
In the night, a huge blaze destroyed the overcrowded Moria facility, which is home to 12,800 migrants. According to Greek media, it could have been arson. The fire broke out after reports emerged that 35 residents of the camp had been diagnosed with COVID-19.
The emergency meeting, chaired by Mitsotakis, is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. (6:30 GMT).
The ministers of citizen protection, health, migration policy and asylum, as well as chiefs of intelligence service and national defense general staff, are in attendance.”
Blaze Engulfs Overcrowded Refugee Camp on Greek Island of Lesbos – Video (sputniknews, Sep 9, 2020)
https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009091080404651-blaze-engulfs-overcrowded-refugee-camp-on-greek-island-of-lesbos—video-/
“The Moria facility on the Greek island of Lesbos in the Aegean Sea hosts more than 12,000 migrants, which is said to be over four times its stated capacity. The camp has often been criticised by aid groups for its poor living conditions.
A fire has broken out at the Greece’s Moria migrant camp on the island of Lesbos on Wednesday morning, according to fire brigade officials cited by Reuters.
?Some 25 firemen with 10 engines, aided by volunteers, were battling the flames, which swiftly spread both inside and outside the main compound, said a fire brigade official, who added that the migrants were being taken to safety. Makeshift shelters in the nearby olive groves were also said to be on fire.
?There have been no reports of injuries so far.
Reports say wildfires burning in two other areas on Lesbos are being fanned by strong winds. An investigation is underway to determine what caused the incident, with no explanations offered so far.
People were leaving the camp, carrying their luggage in their hands, according to cited witnesses.
The Moria facility hosts more than 12,000 people, and has often been the target of criticism for its crowded living conditions.
Last week the camp was placed under quarantine after an asylum-seeker tested positive for COVID-19, with confirmed cases of the respiratory infection rising to 35 since then.
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, all migrants reaching the island by boat have been quarantined away from the camps.
Inside the crowded Moria camp itself, aid groups have noted the impossibility of enforcing the social distancing protocols necessary to curb the spread of the disease.
The implementation of basic hygiene measures also reportedly presents a challenge at the facility.
Located just off the Turkish coast, Lesbos witnessed a massive influx of refugees and migrants seeking to reach mainland Europe in 2015-2016.
In March 2016, an EU-brokered accord with Turkey all but halted the migrant flow to Greece, as Ankara promised to restrain the flow of arrivals into the bloc, while Brussels pledged to provide funds to help Turkey take care of the refugees.
The situation with asylum seekers along the Greek-Turkish border escalated in late February, when Ankara announced that it had opened its border with the EU to migrants and refugees, following an increase in tensions in the Syrian province of Idlib.
Turkey claims one of the reasons for its move was the lack of assistance from Brussels in dealing with the flow of migrants.”
al jazeera
Turkish Radio & Television – Thousands gather in Berlin in support of Moria camp refugees
Thousands of protesters gather in Berlin, Germany, to demand the German government take in refugees that have been displaced by the fire that devastated Moria, Greece’s largest refugee camp.
Große ” SPONTANDEMOS ” für die Geflüchteten in Moria: Evakuiert das Lager, wir haben Platz!
Bis zu 10.000 Menschen demonstrierten in Berlin auf einer spontanen Demonstration in Solidarität mit den Geflüchteten auf der griechischen Insel Moria.
Hat NGO Moria in Brand gesteckt?
Das Großfeuer im Migrantenlager Moria auf der griechischen Insel Lesbos ist kein Zufall.
Erst die Stuhl-Aktion vor dem Reichstag in Berlin und kurz darauf eben jene Brandkatastrophe.
Jemand will die angeblichen Flüchtlinge mit allen Mitteln nach Deutschland schaffen und nimmt dafür auch Todesopfer in Kauf – die NGO’s!
SKY PRAVDA – Coronavirus: Global pandemic creates new green opportunities
Exclusive data shows investment could help create 1.6 million green jobs as the UK leaves carbon intensive sectors.
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Swedes must realize their problem is for the military:
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/16457/sweden-violence-crime
USA Watchdog. I haven’t had a chance to watch this yet but it is usually entertaining. Gerald Celente is the guest and makes interesting calls on precious metals:
https://youtu.be/ITHdp0Fj-UI
https://ottawasun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-shootings-up-as-trudeaus-gun-ban-fails/wcm/030462e0-12cc-4fd9-b5ee-14e0c838200e/
Gun ban useless.
Aldous Huxley interviewed by Mike Wallace : 1958 (Full) (about his Book “Enemies of Freedom”)
Aldous Huxley shares his visions and fears for this brave new world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alasBxZsb40
IT’S A SCARY INTERVIEW, especially with what we see right NOW all around us.
Mike Wallace was a communist.
Trump Nominated for 2021 Noble Peace Prize by Norwegian Lawmaker In Wake of Israel-UAE Deal (sputniknews, Sep 9, 2020)
https://sputniknews.com/world/202009091080406270-donald-trump-nominated-for-2021-nobel-peace-prize-reports-say/
“The nomination comes just weeks after the United States helped broker the peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, paving way for their diplomatic relations.
President Donald Trump has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, Fox News reported on Wednesday. The US President was nominated by a Norwegian lawmaker Christian Tybring-Gjedde for brokering the peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
“For his merit, I think he has done more trying to create peace between nations than most other Peace Prize nominees,” Tybring-Gjedde told Fox News in an interview.
According to the nomination letter sent to the Nobel Committee the deal overseen by the Trump administration was a “game changer that will turn the Middle East into a region of cooperation and prosperity,” Fox News reports.
In his nomination letter to the Nobel Committee, the lawmaker noted the Trump administration’s key role in normalising relations between Israel and the UAE, as well as facilitating contact between conflicting parties in protracted conflicts, including that between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir border issue and the two Koreas.
“Trump has broken a 39-year streak of American Presidents either starting a war or bringing the United States into an international armed conflict,” he wrote.
Trump’s nomination is not the first one, as Tybring-Gjedde submitted another one together with another Norwegian official back in 2018 following the US president’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore.
Last month, Israel and the UAE struck a historic deal that established diplomatic relations between the two states and the UAE became the first ever country in the Persian Gulf to normalise ties with Tel Aviv.
The UAE also became the third Arab nation after Egypt and Jordan to make a formal peace with Israel. Other Gulf nations, including Bahrain and Oman, may pen similar agreements with Israel in the near future.”
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Remains in UK, Avoiding Ongoing Graft Case (sputniknews, Sep 9, 2020)
https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009091080404571-former-pakistani-prime-minister-nawaz-sharif-remains-in-uk-avoiding-ongoing-graft-case/
“Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been implicated in several corruption cases. Last week, court had asked Sharif to surrender and appear before the court at the next hearing, on 10 September in an ongoing corruption case. Sharif has been in Britain for medical treatment since November 2019.
An accountability court in Pakistan has declared former prime minister Nawaz Sharif a proclaimed offender over his continued absence from the proceedings in a graft case. The court has also charged former president Asif Zardari and ex-prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in the Toshakhana (treasury) reference.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed the case in March of this year, accusing the three of violating treasury rules, which resulted in a heavy loss to the national exchequer.
The anti-graft body accused Yousuf Raza Gillani of extending benefits to Sharif and Zardari to allow them keep the luxury vehicles gifted to them by foreign dignitaries by relaxing procedures.
The reference stated that “through dishonest and illegal means for their personal benefit and interest” the accused retained the vehicles in question “against a nominal payment of 15% of the total value”.
The former prime minister, who is undergoing medical treatment in London, is wanted in at least seven corruption cases. His bail, which was approved in October 2019 on health grounds, ended in early 2020 and an extension was dismissed on 27 February 2020.
The NAB issued an arrest warrant against Sharif for failing to cooperate with the anti-graft body earlier this month. In another case, Sharif is charged with corruption over alleged money laundering via the sale of shares in Chaudhry Sugar Mills Ltd in 1992.
Sharif was serving a seven-year prison sentence before he fell sick in October. He was flown to London after a court granted him bail.
When Prime Minister Imran Khan came to power in 2018, he launched an anti-graft campaign to bring back billions of dollars allegedly squirrelled abroad by the leaders of the previous government.
In August, Khan had admitted that allowing Sharif to leave the country on health grounds had been a “mistake”. Khan had earlier directed his administration to use all legal means to bring Sharif back from the United Kingdom. He had said that it was the responsibility of the government to bring back all those wanted by the courts.”
Two Drug Smugglers Killed by Indian Troops Along Border with Pakistan (sputniknews, Sep 9, 2020)
https://sputniknews.com/india/202009091080404510-two-drug-smugglers-killed-by-indian-troops-along-border-with-pakistan/
“Last month, India’s Border Security Force shot five people entering India illegally from Pakistan after a gun battle which lasted six hours. The security forces claim to have busted a drug and illegal arms smuggling racket allegedly sponsored by Pakistan, and arrested four related persons in July.
Two intruders were killed by Indian forces on Wednesday along the border with Pakistan in the western state of Rajasthan. The Border Security Force (BSF), responsible for guarding the international border with Pakistan, has claimed that the incident took place at night on 8-9 September on specific intelligence about narcotics smuggling from Pakistan to Indian side near Khayaliwala post, Sriganganagar, Rajasthan.
“Alert BSF troops foiled a nefarious attempt by armed smugglers and shot dead two smugglers ahead of fence,” the statement issued by the border force said. While searching the area, BSF also recovered pistols, about eight kilograms of narcotics/drugs, a night vision device, and Pakistani currency.
The force claimed that it recovered a national identity card in the name of Shahbaz Ali S/o Mustaq Ahmed from the incident site.
On 22 August, five intruders carrying a huge cache of ammunition and drugs were shot along the Punjab border.
In July this year, Punjab Police claimed to have busted a Pakistan-sponsored drug and illegal arms smuggling racket, arresting four persons, including a BSF constable posted in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir who was part of the ring.”
Donald Trump pulls two thousand troops out of Iraq and plans drawdown in Afghanistan in days amid bust-up with top commanders he accused of going to war to enrich defense contractors (dailymail, Sep 9, 2020)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8713809/Trump-pulls-two-thousand-troops-Iraq-plans-drawdown-Afghanistan.html
“The Trump administration announced Wednesday that more than 2,000 troops will be withdrawn from Iraq and the administration is looking to announce a drawdown in Afghanistan in coming days.
CENTCOM Commander Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. said the reduction will go from about 5,200 troops in Iraq to 3,000 and happen this month, which he said will ‘allow us to continue advising and assisting our Iraqi partners in rooting out the final remnants of ISIS in Iraq,’ according to CNN.
Reporters first caught wind of the president’s plan when a senior administration official discussed it with the press pool on Air Force One Tuesday night – and did so on the condition of anonymity.
The planned announcements come as the president has been trying to make the case that he has fulfilled the promises he made four years ago as he tries to secure a second term. Among them: pulling the U.S. out of ‘endless wars.’
He’s also several days into pushing back on an article in The Atlantic that charged that he’s said disparaging things about serving in the armed forces, including that he referred to U.S. war dead as ‘losers’ and ‘suckers.’
The White House has strenuously denied the report and Trump has derided The Atlantic as a failing magazine.
But in dealing with the blowback at a North Portico press conference Monday, Trump also suggested that the top military brass sent U.S. troops into warzones to please defense firms.
Trump suggested that while soldiers are pleased with him, ‘the top people in the Pentagon probably aren’t, because they want to do nothing but fight wars so that all of those wonderful companies that make the bombs and make the planes and make everything else stay happy.’
On Tuesday, the Army’s most senior official rejected that notion – while also claiming that he wasn’t responding directly to the president’s comments.
‘I can assure the American people that the senior leaders would only recommend sending our troops to combat when it’s required for national security and a last resort,’ Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville told Defense One. ‘We take this very, very seriously how we make our recommendations.’
McConville also pointed out that a number of top commanders have children who are serving in the military.
There are more than 5,000 American troops in Iraq now.
In July, the top U.S. general for the Middle East said he believed the U.S. will keep a smaller but enduring presence in the country.
McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, said he believes the Iraqis welcome the U.S. and coalition troops, especially in the ongoing fight to keep ISIS fighters from taking hold of the country again.
Trump told reporters two weeks ago that ‘we look forward to the day when we don´t have to be there.’
The comments came during an Oval Office meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi.
However, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo emphasized at that same meeting that a full withdrawal of U.S. troops would only occur once ‘we can complete the mission.'”
Grooming Gang Rape Victim: Mohammed Ali Sultan and Shahmeel Khan Turned Me into an Inhuman ‘Sex Thing’ (breitbart, Sep 9, 2020)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/09/09/grooming-gang-victim-muslim-rapists-turned-me-sex-thing/
“A victim of Birmingham and Telford grooming gang rapists has waived her anonymity to shed light on the horrors of she experienced at the hands of Shahmeel Khan and Mohammed Ali Sultan and to raise awareness about the impact of England’s predominantly Muslim grooming gangs.
Lauren Elysia Priddey has gone public about the traumatic experiences she went through as an 18-year-old, saying that she does not “want to keep what happened to me a secret any more”.
In 2007, Priddey was raped by Shahmeel Khan, who burst into her flat just days before she was due to take her A-Level exams.
“He was violent and unpredictable — like a loose cannon. A ticking timebomb,” she told the Birmingham Mail.
Two days after the first rape, the cousin of her attacker, Mohammed Ali Sultan — who was later revealed to be a leader of a grooming gang — also raped and abused the young woman.
“When Sultan came round two days after the rape I was still in shock, still traumatised. I had no fight left in me,” she said.
“He used to say he would make my life hell and said I didn’t want to play games with him. He would say he would kick my door in and when I said ‘you won’t because of the locks’, he said ‘I will kick your head in then’,” Lauren added.
Lauren said that the trauma sent her into a spiral of drug abuse and sexual abuse from other ‘Asian’ grooming gang members, being passed around to as many as ten different men per day.
“They degraded me to the point where I’d become this sex thing, this thing that wasn’t human, but just an object, to the point where I believed that’s what I was,” she said.
“Some survivors like me managed to escape that lifestyle. Other survivors are caught up in that lifestyle for years and years, becoming prostitutes or drug addicts,” Priddey explained, adding: “Lives ruined for life, losing their kids, etc.”
She later gave evidence against Shahmeel Khan and Mohammed Ali Sultan at court, leading to their convictions. Khan was handed a ten-year sentence, while Sultan was given a six-year term, later being jailed for an additional eight years in 2019 for the rape of a 13-year-old girl.
Priddey went on to write an anonymous account of her experiences in the book No Way Out, which led to a campaign of online abuse.
“One troll told me to commit suicide, to cut my wrists. He said I must be really depressed knowing all I’d ever been valued for,” she said.
“I was just really angry because I am luckily not in that place but it might have pushed someone else over the edge. I reported him to Twitter but as far as I know he was not even banned,” she added.
Lauren said that “for a long time I’ve been keeping my past separate from my friends, from my workplace — trying to pretend to be somebody I’m not. But I want to feel good about myself and say ‘Yes, this is me — look at my achievements.’”
She said that a main motivating factor in her coming forward is to help prevent further grooming gang attacks on children.
“This is happening to 12, 13-year-old girls and they have a right to be informed,” she said.
Lauren Elysia Priddey has gone on to work as a senior nurse assisting people experiencing mental health crises. She has also launched a crowdfunding campaign to help other victims of grooming gangs, which you can donate to here.”
Grooming gangs has been operating there for a couple of decades. Some reports put the figures at hundreds of thousands. An awful lot of people have turned their backs to protect the global migration. Native bands in Canada erect signs along the highways saying “Sexual assault lasts a life time”.
Swedish PM Rejects Police Chief’s Claim Gang Violence Linked to Migration (breitbart, Sep 9, 2020)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/09/09/swedish-pm-refuses-link-gang-violence-migration-police-chief-comments/
“Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has denied a link between migration and gang activity, after deputy national police chief Mats Löfving claimed gangs move to Sweden just to engage in crime.
Over the weekend, Deputy Police Chief Löfving identified at least 40 criminal clan gangs across Sweden, which he said mostly operate in so-called “vulnerable” areas, often referred to as no-go zones.
“These clans come to Sweden solely with the purpose of organising and systematising crime. They work to create power, they have a great capacity for violence, and they want to make money. And they do that with drugs, violent crimes, and extortion,” Löfving said, according to Nyheter Idag.
When asked about the senior officer’s report during a press conference, Prime Minister Löfven acknowledged the country was facing problems with gang crime, but said: “We will act on what is wrong, what is criminal, regardless of background, regardless of the reason for it.”
“I don’t want to link crime to ethnicity and exactly where you come from; those are separate. But it does not detract from the fact that we have a common task to ensure that we crack down on gang crime,” he added.
Löfving also indicated that children were being trained to become criminals by gangs. That claim was confirmed by Rissa Seidou, a police officer in the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby, one of Sweden’s most well-known no-go areas.
“It can start with just hanging out with the criminals, then they buy you some soda, then maybe you are asked to hold onto a bag that contains drugs. Later you have to keep watch for the police or you have to hide a weapon,” Ms Seidou told broadcaster SVT.
When describing the structure of the clan gangs, Löfving said: “Here the individual is not important, but it is even the case that marriages are arranged to strengthen the clan.
“In addition, the whole family, relatives, or the clan raises their children to take over control of the criminal organisation.”
Earlier this year, a report identified the majority of the violent gang leaders in Stockholm as being born overseas, while the rest were born in Sweden but came from migrant backgrounds.”
The prime minister swims in the deep river of denial. He endangers his country and thinks he’s a righteous person.
More than 100 UK lawmakers condemn China over Uighurs abuse (abcnews, Sep 9, 2020)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/100-uk-lawmakers-condemn-china-uighurs-abuse-72896063
“More than 100 British lawmakers have signed a letter to the Chinese ambassador condemning what they described as “a systematic and calculated programme of ethnic cleansing against the Uighur people” in China’s far western Xinjiang region.
“When the world is presented with such overwhelming evidence of gross human rights abuses, nobody can turn a blind eye,” read the cross-party letter, which was signed by 130 lawmakers Wednesday. “We as Parliamentarians in the United Kingdom write to express our absolute condemnation of this oppression and call for it to end immediately.”
The letter referred to reports of forced population control and mass detention of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang, as well as video apparently showing a large number of blindfolded and shaven men waiting to be loaded onto trains. The lawmakers said the video – which was recently shown to Chinese Ambassador Liu Xiaoming during a BBC interview – bore “chilling” similarities to footage of Nazi concentration camps.
Chinese officials have repeatedly derided allegations of genocide, forced sterilization and the mass detention of nearly 1 million Uighurs in Xinjiang as lies fabricated by anti-China forces. They maintain that the Uighurs are treated equally and that the Chinese government always protects the legitimate rights of ethnic minorities.”
Will these 100 UK lawmakers condemn the Uighurs for following an ideology that not only condones slavery but has it as a sacred religious doctrine?
No
Greece: 151 migrants rescued from yacht in gale force winds (abcnews, Sep 9, 2020)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/greece-151-migrants-rescued-yacht-gale-force-winds-72895625
“Greece’s coast guard says a rescue operation was launched overnight after a yacht carrying more than 150 migrants was found in distress in bad weather northeast of the Aegean island of Amorgos.
The coast guard said Wednesday a nearby cargo ship picked up 151 people from the yacht during the search and rescue operation Tuesday evening, in which coast guard and Greek navy vessels also participated.
A witness on board the Antigua and Barbuda-flagged cargo ship said they saw one person swimming away from the yacht, but gale force winds in the area were hampering any further search and rescue operations Wednesday morning, the coast guard said.
It said the cargo ship was transporting the migrants to Turkey.
Thousands of people fleeing war or poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia arrive on Greek islands each year in an attempt to make their way into the European Union. Most make their way to islands near the Turkish coast in small inflatable dinghies. But Greek authorities have said they have noticed a recent trend of smugglers using larger vessels — yachts or sailboats — to ferry people to Italy.”
Group assault of peace in Nijmegen, the Netherlands:
https://www.dumpert.nl/item/7980839_bcd49054
Assault of peace on police officer and resisting arrest of peace in Amsterdam, the Netherlands:
https://www.dumpert.nl/item/7980769_8278cb8d
Xi Jinping’s advisor investigated; 2.5 miles of dead fish appear on Southern Chinese beach
[Exclusive] Ongoing Danger of the Three Gorges Dam. Part 3: Flood is Caused by Reservoirs and Dams.
CHINA’s biggest problem? Not enough PEOPLE for the FUTURE – VisualPolitik EN
Visualizing How the Demographics of China and India are Diverging
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/populations-china-india-diverging-demographics/
[hits all the high points, plus a fun graphic]
President Trump criticizes Biden, Harris on economic, COVID-19 plans
First Time In 45 Years, Shots Fired Along LAC As Indian Army Foil China’s Intrusion Bid| LAC Faceoff
China accuses Indian army of crossing LAC and firing ‘warning shots’ | WION News | World News
What happened on the night of 7th September 2020 – the real story of latest Sino-Indian skirmish
Kim Yo-Jong disappears from public radar, expected to return by Oct 10 | World News
Maybe she was too much in the spotlight when Fatboy went missing, stirring gossip about his “untimely demise”.
Italy Forced to Quarantine Migrants on Buses Due to Lack of Space (breitbart, Sep 9, 2020)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/09/09/italy-forced-quarantine-migrants-buses-due-lack-space/
“Authorities in Udine and Tricesimo in the northeast of Italy have been forced to use buses as temporary quarantine areas for migrants due to a lack of space.
The temporary solution comes as the local migrant centre, a former barracks, has become full.
While migrants arrive in large numbers across the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa, they continue to illegally enter the country along the Balkan route, as well.
Initially, the migrant buses were parked in the car park of a church in Tricesimo but were later moved after mayor Giorgio Baiutti demanded that an alternative be found, newspaper Il Giornale reports.
Baitutti also noted that of the 72 migrants who were supposed to be quarantined and tested, at least 25 had escaped. The mayor said that as a result, the area was not safe for locals.
The migrants were then moved south to Udine where 40 were taken to reception centres run by the Catholic charity Caritas. Thirty were forced to remain on board two buses while awaiting transfer to a migrant reception facility.
“We are looking for places to welcome refugees, a small disused hotel would be fine or a school no longer in use, a building with main services is also fine. The problem is that we’re not finding availability,” a local official said.
Space to quarantine the influx of new migrants is also sparse in the south of Italy, where a sixth ship has been deployed to help quarantine new migrants in case they test positive for coronavirus. Each of the vessels is said to cost taxpayers €50,000 (£45,000/$59,000) per day.
There are an estimated 537 migrants aboard the five ships currently in use for quarantine who have tested positive for coronavirus.
Onboard the Allegra ferry, off the coast of Palermo, there are 264 positive cases amongst the 798 migrants on board. On the Azzurra, located off the coast of Augusta, there are 157 cases out of 770 migrants. On the Rhapsody near Lampedusa, nearly half of the 113 migrants on board have coronavirus.”
SPAIN – MADRID
Nice one!
Angela Merkel can’t do anything for Jinping because she doesn’t have any power now
Active Measures: Destabilisation
China Steps Up Construction On North Bank Of Pangong Lake
At 10 tp 11 ,minutes the two retired Generals say that the orders to the Indian Soldiers are that if the Chinese try to cross the fortified areas (barbed or razor wire protested areas) the Indian Soldiers are free to open fire with their firearms.
AstraZeneca vaccine trial paused after participant suffers adverse reaction
Adviser to President Trump Dr. Scott Atlas on the AstraZeneca COVID-19 trial being put on pause because of an adverse reaction.
CBC – COVID-19 vaccine trial paused over ‘unexplained illness’
AstraZeneca has paused global trials of its experimental coronavirus vaccine due to an unexplained illness in a study participant. The company is investigating whether the illness is a side-effect from the shot.
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UK – NHS how coronavirus can spread
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8710551/Hands-face-space-Department-Health-launches-campaign-pushing-basic-coronavirus-messages.html#comments
CBC – Chronicling the pandemic through masks
The face mask has become ubiquitous during the COVID-19 pandemic and curators at the Royal Ontario Museum are creating an exhibit that chronicles this period of time through a collection of masks.
Accused Muslim scholar Ramadan arrives for Paris trial
Tariq Ramadan, a Swiss national and a Muslim scholar who is indicted in France for the alleged rape of four women, arrives at a criminal court in Paris Wednesday for a trial in which he is accused of revealing, in a book and on television, the identity of one of the women accusing him.
Procès Tariq Ramadan: ma cliente a été désignée “comme une cible”
“A 84 reprises, M. Ramadan a révélé le prénom, le nom de ma cliente en infraction aux dispositions de la loi sur la presse. C’est clairement la désigner comme une cible”, déclare l’avocat de “Christelle”, Me Eric Morain, avant le début de l’audience. Tariq Ramadan, mis en examen pour plusieurs viols qu’il conteste, comparaît pour avoir diffusé l’identité de “Christelle”, l’une de ses accusatrices, dans un livre et à la télévision l’an dernier.
Trials, Elevation and Hope
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p j watson – QUEBEC CITY SAYS IT WILL ISOLATE “UNCOOPERATIVE” CITIZENS IN SECRET CORONA FACILITY
Health officials also visiting homes to take away people who violate quarantine.
Authorities in Quebec City, Canada have announced they will isolate “uncooperative” citizens in a coronavirus facility, the location of which remains a secret.
During a press conference, Dr. Jacques Girard, who heads the Quebec City public health authority, drew attention to a case where patrons at a bar were ordered to wait until their COVID-19 tests came back, but disregarded the command and left the premises before the results came back positive.
This led to them being deemed “uncooperative” and forcibly interned in a quarantine facility.
“[W]e may isolate someone for 14 days,” Girard said during the press conference. “And it is what we did this morning…forced a person to cooperate with the investigation…and police cooperation was exceptional.”
The health official then outlined how the state is also tracking down people for violating their home quarantine and forcibly removing them to the secret facility.
“Because we have had people isolated at home. And then, we saw the person was not at home. So, we went to their home, and then told them, we are isolating you where we want you to be,” said Girard.
“Six other Quebec City bars “known to have been frequented by Kirouac regulars” are now being examined by public health officials,” reports the RAIR Foundation.
“It should be noted that it is not being claimed that anyone is actually sick from the coronavirus. But the state has the power to force a citizen into isolation anyway.”
As we previously highlighted, the government of New Zealand announced similar measures, saying that they will put all new coronavirus infectees and their close family members in “quarantine facilities.”
https://www.infowars.com/quebec-city-says-it-will-isolate-uncooperative-citizens-in-secret-corona-facility/
https://www.infowars.com/quebec-city-says-it-will-isolate-uncooperative-citizens-in-secret-corona-facility/#inline-comments
Boat full of illegals arrives at Gran Canaria
Sólo ayer llegaron a Canarias 6 pateras y 2 Cayucos con más de 200 Pagapensiones procedentes principalmente del Sáhara.
Llegan a Canarias 6 pateras y 2 cayucos con más de 200 migrantes, uno muerto
Más de 200 inmigrantes magrebíes y subsaharianos han arribado este miércoles a Canarias en seis pateras y dos cayucos, la mayoría de ellos rescatados por Salvamento Marítimo en aguas próximas a Gran Canaria y Tenerife, adonde llegó uno de ellos muerto.
Se trata de la mayor cifra de inmigrantes que ha llegado en un día a las costas canarias en lo que va de año.
https://www.efe.com/efe/espana/sociedad/llegan-a-canarias-5-pateras-y-2-cayucos-con-mas-de-163-migrantes-uno-muerto/10004-4337934
Last year they were complaining about too many tourists.
Be careful what you wish for…
Spain’s Catalonia to Teach Islam in Schools
The Spanish region of Catalonia has decided to start teaching the Islamic religion in public schools to encourage integration and interfaith unity.
The plan, which the Education Department published on Wednesday in the form of a resolution in the Official Journal of the Generalitat de Catalunya (DOGC), states that primary schools will start teaching the Islamic faith from the year 2020/2021, Spanish El Pais newspaper reported.
The new plan will promote unity and diversity. It will also revisit the history of Muslims in Spain.
The pilot plan will kick off in Barcelona, Baix Llobregat, Girona, and Tarragona.
It is a result of the cooperation agreement between the Spanish State and the Islamic Commission of Spain, following increasing demands of the growing Muslim population.
The plan guarantees that Muslim students will receive Islamic religious education in public schools at the levels of child education, primary, compulsory secondary, and high school.
Teachers appointed by the Islamic Commission of Spain will teach this curriculum.
In Catalonia alone, there are more than 1.5 million Muslims out of two million Muslims in Spain. It is followed by Andalusia, with a population of more than 300,000 Muslims, and Madrid, with 280,000 Muslims.
According to the Union of Islamic communities (UCIDE), Muslims make up 3.8 percent of the Spanish population, 40 percent are Spanish and the remaining 60 percent are immigrants.
Muslims in Spain are mostly from Morocco although there is a significant presence of Pakistanis and Senegalese Muslims in cities like Barcelona, Valencia, and Logrono.
https://aboutislam.net/muslim-issues/europe/spains-catalonia-to-teach-islam-in-schools/
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EDUCACIÓN RELIGIOSA
Cataluña implanta un plan piloto para impartir religión islámica este curso
https://elpais.com/espana/catalunya/2020-09-02/cataluna-implanta-un-plan-piloto-para-impartir-religion-islamica-este-curso.html
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Very interesting thread about the fire in the Moria camp (please read the whole thread and watch the videos):
https://twitter.com/g_mastropavlos/status/1303554993954455554
Strong indications that the #Moria refugee camp fire is an act of asymmetric warfare on #Greece:
fires started simultaneously at different spots
majority of refugees were packed & ready
videos of them chanting “burn Moria burn”
#Turkey’s state media already in the game
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September – stake position now before action shifts to another front for the winter.
Yemeni Drones Target Saudi Airport Again
https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2020/09/09/2345256/yemeni-drones-target-saudi-airport-again
“Yemeni forces launched a fourth round of drone strikes against an airport in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern region of Asir in less than a week.
The spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said in a post published on his Twitter page that a squadron of domestically-manufactured Sammad-3 (Invincible-3) combat drones struck with great precision the designated sensitive targets inside Abha International Airport on Wednesday morning.
Saree noted that the retaliatory attacks against the Saudi airport will continue as long as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its military aggression and siege against its impoverished southern neighbor, according to Press TV.
Earlier in the day, Yemeni soldiers and fighters from Popular Committees had launched a series of strikes against Abha airport, using a squadron of Qasef K2 (Striker 2K) drones.
On Tuesday, Yemeni troops and their allies used a number of Sammad-3 unmanned aerial vehicles to pound several targets at the same Saudi airport, leading to the disruption of air traffic.
Yemeni soldiers and their allies had launched drone attacks against Abha International Airport a day earlier, hitting sensitive military positions there.
Arabic-language al-Masirah television network reported that then that Yemeni army soldiers had used indigenous combat drones to accurately hit military targets at the airport.”
Turkey: Journalists Convicted over Reports on Spy’s Funeral
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/2498281/turkey-journalists-convicted-over-reports-spys-funeral
“A Turkish court on Wednesday convicted five journalists over their reports on the funeral of an intelligence officer who was killed in Libya and sentenced them to more than three years in prison, state-run media reported. But all have been released from custody pending the appeals process.
The five journalists from Odatv news website, the pro-Kurdish newspaper Yeni Yasam and the nationalist daily Yenicag, were among a group of eight defendants accused of violating Turkey’s national intelligence laws and disclosing secret information for their coverage of the funeral of the agent who was quietly buried in February.
Prosecutors charged that their reports revealed the officer’s identity and exposed other secret agents who attended the funeral.
Odatv editor-in-chief Baris Pehlivan and reporter Hultay Kilinc were sentenced to three years and nine months in prison while Yeni Yasam newspaper’s editor-in-chief, Ferhat Celik, editor Aydin Keser and Murat Agirel, a columnist for Yenicag, received four years and six months, the Anadolu Agency reported.
Odatv editor Baris Terkoglu was acquitted of the charges along with Eren Ekinci, an employee of the municipality where the intelligence officer’s funeral took place, who was accused of providing information to the Odatv reporter.
Another journalist, Erk Acarer, a columnist for the left-leaning BirGun newspaper, is abroad and will be tried separately.
Pehlivan, Kilinc and Agirel, the only defendants who were kept in pre-trial detention, were ordered released on Wednesday, but have been barred from leaving the country. Other defendants were released in June.
All of the defendants had denied the charges and demanded their acquittal arguing that the slain intelligence officer was previously identified during discussions in Turkey’s parliament.
“What I did was journalism,” Kilinc told the court in her final defense on Wednesday. “I did not know that the photograph that was published contained (images of) members of (Turkey’s national intelligence organization) MIT and it was not possible for me to know that.”
Ozgur Ozel, a legislator from the main opposition party, welcomed the journalists’ release, but said they shouldn’t have been put on trial in the first place.
“It is journalism that is being put on trial in this courthouse,” Ozel told reporters. “The aim is to intimidate journalists who are outside, to warn them not to report and to ensure that their hands tremble when they do.”
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, which had called on Turkey to drop the charges against the defendants, ranks the country among the top jailers of journalists worldwide.
About 75 journalists and other media workers are currently in jail under Turkey’s broad anti-terrorism laws, according to the Turkish Journalists Syndicate.
Turkey maintains that the journalists are prosecuted for criminal acts and not for their journalistic work.”
US official urges ‘structural’ steps against rights abuses in Saudi Arabia
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-official-urges-structural-steps-against-rights-abuses-saudi-arabia
“A top US official has warned Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries that Democrats may gain power one day and impose greater pressure to uphold human rights in the region, calling on Riyadh to implement “structural” reforms to prevent future abuses.
Speaking virtually at the Washington-based Brookings Institution, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker said his office has been pressing Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia and Egypt, on human rights.
“It’s a priority for me; it’s a priority for the secretary,” Schenker said, referring to his boss, Mike Pompeo…”
Uyghurs call for boycott of Mulan filmed next to internment camps in East Turkestan
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200909-uyghurs-call-for-boycott-of-mulan-filmed-next-to-internment-camps-in-east-turkestan/
“A campaign to boycott Disney’s latest offering Mulan is picking up pace online following an outcry that parts of the film were shot in occupied East Turkestan.
Over one million Uyghurs have been detained in internment camps in East Turkestan where they are punished and indoctrinated with the aim of forcing them to assimilate.
Whilst China claims the camps offer voluntary education and training, investigations have revealed that detainees have been sterilised and used as guinea pigs for COVID-19 testing.
In one scene of the film, where Mulan is running across the rooftops, one of the internment camps can be seen in the background…”
Iran, Turkey and Qatar can form alliance says Hamas rep in Tehran
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200909-iran-turkey-and-qatar-can-form-alliance-says-hamas-rep-in-tehran/
“Iran, Turkey and Qatar can form an economic and political alliance in the region according to Khaled Al-Qaddoumi, the Hamas representative in Tehran.
In an interview with Tehran Times published on Monday, Al-Qaddoumi said he believes the region is in dire need of a strong alliance to resist the Israeli occupation and foreign interventions.
Asked about the recent normalisation between Israel and the UAE, Al-Qaddoumi said: “This deal simply is a concession given by the Emirates to Netanyahu and Trump, two persons who are suffering a lot of political crises in their own regimes.”
Regarding an alliance between Turkey, Iran and Qatar, Al-Qaddoumi said it “is the right recipe for the dignity and prosperity of the region and Islamic countries”.
From an economic point of view, the three countries already benefit from trade agreements, however, according to Al-Qaddoumi, a common political view for the region is yet to be realised, “because today all of us face the same threat by Israel”.
He also argues that Iran, Turkey and Qatar should unite around the Palestinian cause, as they all have a consensus on it, regardless of the differences in race or sect…”
Saudi nuclear programme given boost by IAEA
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200909-saudi-nuclear-programme-given-boost-by-iaea/
“In news that is likely to raise concerns in Israel, Saudi Arabia has been given a boost by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in its ongoing efforts to develop nuclear energy.
The global body was quoted on Monday as saying that the kingdom was preparing to adopt nuclear energy and the agency was providing support.
“Saudi Arabia is interested in nuclear energy and we are working on providing it with the necessary support,” IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi is reported saying in Reuters. The report stated the kingdom’s intention to tap nuclear technology for peaceful purposes and use nuclear power to diversify its energy mix…”
Greece’s Moria refugee camp burnt to the ground
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200909-greeces-moria-refugee-camp-burnt-to-the-ground/
“Greece’s Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos has burnt to the ground after fires broke out in at least three areas of the informal settlement just after midnight last night…”
UN: Possible war crimes in Yemen fuelled by arms flows from West, Iran
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200909-un-possible-war-crimes-in-yemen-fuelled-by-arms-flows-from-west-iran/
“Weapons provided by Western powers and Iran to the warring sides in Yemen are fuelling the six-year-old conflict, marked by deadly Saudi-led coalition airstrikes and Houthi shelling, UN investigators said on Wednesday, Reuters reports.
Coalition airstrikes in the past year may amount to war crimes, while the Iran-aligned Houthi movement carried out killings and other abuses that may also constitute war crimes, they said in a report.
It was the third successive year that the panel of independent experts found that all parties had violated international law. This year’s findings covered incidents from June 2019 to June 2020.
“After years of documenting the terrible toll of this war, no one can say ‘we did not know what was happening in Yemen’,” said Kamel Jendoubi, chairman of the Group of Experts.
Panel member Melissa Parke told reporters: “Responsibility for these violations rests with all the parties to the conflict – namely the government of Yemen, de facto authorities (Houthis), the Southern Transitional Council, and members of the coalition, in particular Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.”
Britain, Canada, France, Iran and the United States continued their support to the warring sides “including through arms transfers, thereby helping to perpetuate the conflict”, the UN panel said.
“This year we added Canada because there has been an uptick in arms sales by Canada in 2019,” said panel member Ardi Imseis, adding that Spain, Poland and Italy had also sold arms.
“We therefore reiterate our call for states to stop transferring arms to the parties to the conflict.”
“DISPROPORTIONATE ATTACKS”
The three exerts urged the U.N. Security Council to refer the situation in Yemen to the International Criminal Court for possible prosecutions and to extend its list of people under sanctions.
The Saudi-led Sunni Muslim coalition intervened in Yemen in March 2015 after the Houthis ousted the internationally recognised government from power in the capital, Sanaa, in 2014.
The conflict is widely seen as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and its regional foe, Shi’ite Muslim Iran. More than 100,000 people have been killed and millions are on the brink of famine, aid agencies say.
“During this reporting period, the Group verified a further four airstrikes or series of airstrikes involving similar failures to take all necessary measures to protect civilians and civilian objects,” the report said of the coalition backing the government of Yemen’s exiled president, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
“Disproportionate attacks constitute war crimes under customary international law,” it said.
Mortar bombs fired by the Houthis hit a central prison in the frontline city of Taiz in April, killing six women and two girls, according to the report, which said it could constitute a war crime.”
Enemy of the [Surveillance] State – Podbean
Mitchell Shaw
https://enemyofsurveillance.podbean.com/
Digital Privacy and Manipulating Your Vote
The New American Video – September 9, 2020
Mitchell Shaw, from the Enemy of the Surveillance State podcast, joins Dr. Duke to share some of his knowledge on digital privacy. He says that its not about whether you have secrets, but what information is worth protecting. Shaw gives a few tips on how to give yourself more privacy, starting with alternative search engines. Dr. Duke and Shaw also discuss Edward Snowden and ask whether he should be pardoned for telling the world about personal digital surveillance. Shaw brings attention to the manipulation of media, and how this can impact mail in votes.
Arab League urges for firm stand against Iran’s “anti-regional stability” activities
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/379695/World/Region/Arab-League-urges-for-firm-stand-against-Irans-ant.aspx
“The Arab League (AL) called Wednesday on the international community to take a firm stand against the Iranian activities that “shake the regional countries’ stability.”
The AL stressed rejection for the “Iranian hostile practices,” calling on Tehran to stop intervention in the Arab countries’ domestic affairs, during the sideline of AL’s ministerial committee held via a video conference.
It also urged Iran to “stop support for its proxies in the region and stop inciting sectarian seditions that constitute a continuing threat to the stability and security of the Arab region.””
Conservative Filmmaker Predicts ‘Citizen Militias’
Dinesh D’Souza, a conservative filmmaker known for his political documentaries, has predicted a rise in armed militiamen in the United States. He cites the growing militarization of left-wing protesters as the cause of this phenomenon, predicting that conservative Americans will eventually take it upon themselves to protect their homes and communities.
‘I’m Not Advocating it; I’m Predicting it”
D’Souza sees the current violence and social tensions that plague American cities as a possible prelude to something much worse. In a phone call with Fox News, he said, “The problem is that you respond [to rioting] through the lawful authorities, which is through the police; if things escalate beyond a certain point then you call in federal assistance. If things escalate beyond that point you call in the military.”
D’Souza went on to explain why this typical response system is breaking down. He said, “Local governments and state governors are calling down the cops and licensing their own private gangs. If the cops won’t protect us, then you’re going to see the rise of citizen militias around the country.”
https://breakingnewsalerts.com/conservative-filmmaker-predicts-citizen-militias/?utm_source=BNA&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=BNA90920title