[AlAhram] Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church issued a statement on Friday condemning "the repeated terrorist attacks targeting Egyptian Christians in North Sinai," which the Church says are aimed at harming national unity and the united front against terrorism.
On Thursday, Ahram Arabic news website reported the killing of a Christian Egyptian by unknown gunnies on the roof of his house in North Sinai's El-Arish, the eighth report attack on Copts in two weeks.
The Church has expressed its condolences over the attacks, stressing that it is in continuous contact with local officials as well as the bishop of North Sinai in order to provide support and contain the consequences of the attacks.
In the past few days, churches in Ismailia city have received Coptic families who escaped El-Arish for fear of being targeted.
Suspected Islamic snuffies bumped off a Coptic Christian man and stabbed his daughter to death inside his home in northern Sinai, the seventh such killing in a month’s time in the restive region, officials and a Christian priest said Friday, prompting hundreds of Christians to flee from the area for fear of being targeted next.
The snuffies stormed the home of Kamel Youssef, a plumber, on Thursday and shot him to death in front of his wife and children in the town of el-Arish, said two officials, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... because they were not authorized to talk to news hounds. Militants then kidnapped and stabbed his daughter before dumping her body near a cop shoppe, a priest in the city said. It wasn’t immediately possible to confirm his account.
A spate of killings by suspected snuffies have spread fears among the Coptic community in el-Arish as families left their homes after reportedly receiving threats on their cellphones.
A day before Youssef’s killings, snuffies killed a Coptic Christian man and burned his son alive, then dumped their bodies on a roadside in el-Arish. Three others Christians in Sinai were killed earlier, either in drive-by shooting or with snuffies storming their homes and shops.
The priest told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named that he blamed lax security and that he himself has left the city for fear of being killed. He said that some 1,000 other Christians have also left.
"You feel like this is all meant to force us to leave our homes," he said. "We became like refugees."
Coptic Christians, who make up 10 percent of Egypt’s population, have increasingly come under attack since the military’s overthrow of elected Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in 2013. A top target of Islamic bandidoshard boyz throughout the years, the Christians heavily supported the army-chief-turned-president, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and his security crackdown on Islamists since Morsi’s removal.
The priest, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, said a total of 30 Christians -- including Coptic soldiers -- have been killed since then, including two priests.
Since then, there have been waves of Christian displacement. The first one was from the town of Rafah when the only church, The Holy Family, was looted, torched and destroyed in several Death Eater attacks. The church is built on the site where Christians believe the Holy Family first stopped to rest after crossing into Egypt. Subsequent waves followed Death Eaters’ threats in past years. According to the priest, less than 1,000 remain.
Since 2013, Islamic snuffies have carried out several suicide kabooms across Egypt, mainly against the police and the army. However, if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well... in December, an IS-affiliated jacket wallahwent kaboom! inside a landmark Cairo church, killing around 30 worshippers, mostly women.
That attack marked a turn in the Sunni Death Eater group’s strategy as Christians became its top targets. The bandidoshard boyz have used Christians’ support for el-Sissi as a pretext to increase attacks against them
[AA.TR] Police in South Africa fired stun grenades and rubber bullets Friday to break up a standoff between anti-immigrant protesters and a group of foreign nationals in the capital Pretoria.
Ihsaan Haffejee, a photojournalist for Anadolu Agency, was hit twice in the back by rubber bullets as police attempted to disperse the crowd.
Live television images showed a group of protesters opposed to alleged illegal immigrants colonists gathering near shops belonging to foreign nationals whom they attempted to attack.
Foreign nationals armed with rocks, sticks and pipes then struck back, leading to a major standoff forcing police to intervene.
"I got hit twice in the back. I was taking photos of foreign nationals trying to beat someone,’’ Haffejee said by telephone from the scene in western Pretoria.
Protesters say they are opposed to high immigration in South Africa amid concerns over high unemployment despite the government allowing many foreigners to settle in South Africa.
Protest organizer, Makgoka Lekganyane, told Anadolu Agency on Thursday that the protest would be peaceful, but Friday’s gathering turned violent with reports of several shops being looted in parts of the city.
President Jacob Zuma on Friday pleaded with South Africans not to blame all criminal activities on foreigners and to stop the violence.
"Many citizens of other countries living in South Africa are law abiding and contribute to the economy of the country positively," he said in a statement.
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zimbabweans and others flee down to south africa, and work as taxi drivers etc.
As far as I can see there are 5 basic tribes in south africa: zulu, nkosa, white (2 subgroups: english speaking and afrikaans) coloureds (mulatto, have more in common with whites than other groups depending) and indian (who will get on better with whites)
these tribes do not always get along, this is why johannesburg is draped in barbed wire, while neighbouring Namibia isn't.
black migrants coming down will be a threat to the existing black tribes when they take jobs as taxi drivers or try to sell trinkets at the side of the road, or move into the shanty towns.
not all migrants are colonists.
Muslim migrants to Europe are colonists because they bring their own ready-made political and legal system (sharia) that they think is superior, and immediately try to live separately according to its rules, then impose them on others.
migrants to south africa are usually looking for job opportunities or fleeing some sort of persecution. They are not looking to impose an alternate system.
they are not colonists just migrants
so if you call all migrants "colonists" you will muddy the waters and confuse people
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Protesters say they are opposed to high immigration in South Africa amid concerns over high unemployment despite because the government allowing many foreigners to settle in South Africa.
Fixed the word usage problem, but left the grammar issue in place, because life's too short.
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Yemen’s Saleh Threatens Saudi-led Coalition States with Unprecedented Missile Attacks
Ex-President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... threatened states taking part in the Saudi-led coalition waging aggression on Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... with unprecedented missile attacks.
During a meeting with his General People’s Congress party members, Saleh addressed Riyadh as saying: "You have seen just a little of or missiles, it’s just inconsiderable. We haven’t yet fired the long-range missiles."
Meanwhile, ...back at the precinct house, Don Calamari's lawyer was getting even redder in the face... the former president firmly denied any Iranian presence in Yemen, addressing Gulf Arab states as saying: "You have borders with Iran, go and settle your problems with Iran. Don’t settle them through killing Yemeni children and women."
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[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Led by Sayyed Abdullah al-Ghuraiffi, Bahrainis flocked for three days to the mourning ceremony of the martyr Abdullah al-Ajouz in Nuwaidrat south of Manama.
Sayyed al-Ghuraiffi embraced the martyr’s father and offered him deep condolences over the martyrdom of his 21-year-old son who, as hundreds of Bahraini youths, was dogged by the regime’s troops.
In the northern town of Diraz, the regime troops banned the main Shia Friday prayers, pushing the locals to protest and chant slogans against the authorities’ measures.
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"We'll protest as long as our Iranian puppeteers and paymasters say! Uh, I mean...death to oppression!"
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[Ynet] Second university cancels the events of the anti-Israel 'Apartheid Week' due to pressure from Friends of Israel and Britannia's change in definition for anti-Semitism.
The University of Central Lancashire and University College London in Britannia were forced to cancel the Israel Apartheid Week events, which were supposed to take place next week, following the intervention of Friends of Israel associations in the UK.
The cancellation of these events is part of the struggle against the Israel boycott movement on campuses.
The main reason for the cancellation is the fact that Britannia has recently adopted a new definition of anti-Semitism that also includes incitement against Jews in the form of the demonization of Israel.
University College London announced on Thursday that it had decided to cancel the Apartheid Week event, organized by the Association of Paleostinian Students due to the fact that the group did not follow standard procedures.
The organizers of the event posted on their Facebook page: "Friends, you've heard of the blockades and harassments by Israeli soldiers. It is much worse. Apartheid did not die with South Africa. It is thriving and has become a normalized part of the oppression of the Paleostinians by the State of Israel."
Earlier this week, the Friends of Israel in the British Academy convinced the University of Central Lancashire to cancel Apartheid Week because it goes against the government's new definition of what is considered anti-Semitic.
Foreign Ministry front man Emmanuel Nachshon said in response: "We are delighted that Britannia stands at the forefront of the struggle against the boycott and BDS movements. Britannia's vigorous activity should serve as an example to all enlightened countries in the world."
In past years, many universities in the UK and worldwide held such apartheid events, which would usually serve as a stage for incitement against Israel.
Last year, the events at University College London turned violent and Jewish students were forced to barricade themselves in the dorms after pro-Paleostinian students threatened them and wreaked havoc on campus.
[Daily Caller] France’s attempts to deradicalize jihadis have been a complete failure, a parliamentary report reveals.
The country moved to open 12 deradicalization facilities last fall where jihadis could go through a year-long personalized program. The centers, along with a number of other measures, have now been deemed a "total fiasco."
"It’s a total fiasco. Everything requires a total rethink," conservative senator Philippe Bas said Thursday. "Everything must be started from scratch."
The facilities were meant to help individuals who are "looking for a way out" by offering group activities and workshops on religion and the French Republic. The only center currently up and running costs more than $2.6 million per year without having a single tenant. Related - France Launches first Rehab Facility for Jihadis (Video).
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g(r)om, given the circumstances I think Vlad is a better model but the Zanzibar approach doesn't seem to fit the French environment, Sweden on the other hand........
New York Times, so of course the opponents of open immigration to Sweden are racist, etc., etc. You know the story; it's here at the Burg in case you need it in your debates at dinner with your idiot nephew. Dreary reading for a Saturday morning.
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Seems to me that the debate should have happened before the immigration was subsidized not after.
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The Prince: "On the national level,
To track this Green Death is the devil,
But here in my castle
Of welfare, no hassle
Would dare interfere with our revel."
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From Times Square, a sniff of hysteria:
Is something fermenting in Sverige?
Bad dirt. It's just tragic
That Muslims, like magic,
Are making a mess of their area.
[AA.TR] Four suspects have been detained after more than 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of heroin were seized from a passenger bus in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's southern Adana province early Friday, according to a police official.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to media, said police and Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Department teams acted on a tip-off to stop the vehicle, which had departed from eastern Van province.
The 108 kilograms of heroin, as well as 120 cartons of contraband cigarettes, were found in packets in a hidden compartment in the lower part of an auxiliary seat.
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I guess the Oscars will have to be called off now!
[AA.TR] The province of Ontario passed an anti-Islamophobia ...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do... motion Thursday as a similar motion has run into opposition at the federal government level.
The motion put forth by Liberal Member of the Provincial Parliament Nathalie Des Rosiers sets the standard to "stand against all forms of hatred, hostility, prejudice, racism and intolerance" and censures "a growing tide of anti-Moslem rhetoric and sentiments".
It also condemns all forms of Islamophobia, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reported.
The passage of the motion is important because more than one-third of Canada’s population of 35 million lives in Ontario, which also has the largest number of Moslem-Canadians (146,000] and includes Toronto, the province’s capital and the country’s largest city. Ottawa, Canada’s capital, is also in Ontario.
Des Rosiers put forth the motion in December after a number of anti-Islamphobia incidents occurred in the Ottawa-Vanier area she represents in parliament.
They included anti-Moslem graffiti and women spit on for wearing their hijabs -- the traditional head covering for women.
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All we have to do is blow the road and rail bridges at Nipigon and the rail bridge at Minaki and we can isolate Ontario from the west. That way we won't have to put up with that Ontariariario nonsense any more.
O Canada, land of the maple,
Where Cain wasn't hateful to Abel,
Where syrupy justice --
What sap wouldn't trust us? --
Knows evil's a stale Yankee fable.
[DAWN] Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Friday that the blast in Lahore's DHA area a day earlier was not an act of terror but an "accident", as forensic samples collected from the site had shown that the blast was a cylinder kaboom.
Six samples collected from the building where the blast that killed 10 people took place did not contain traces of explosives, he told a news conference, quoting a forensics laboratory report.
"Yesterday's kaboom was an accident and not a terrorist or explosives blast," he said.
He said the collected samples had hinted at a gas leakage and shown presence of cylinders in the building.
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[DAWN] Interpol has refused to issue a red warrant against MQM founder the increasingly roundedAltaf Hussain ..The head of MQM in Pakistain, who has lived in London and hasn't laid eyes on Pakistain since Caesar made corporal. Judging from the size of him,he may be a Hutt... , saying it does not intervene in political and religious matters of a state.
A bigwig of the interior ministry told Dawn on condition of anonymity on Friday that Interpol had sought a clarification from the government over the request for issuance of the red warrant against Mr Hussain, besides asking for details of the sedition charges against him.
The official said the Interpol communication was being examined at the highest level and would be responded to over the next two weeks.
An Interpol notice is an international alert circulated to communicate information about crimes, criminals and threats from police in a member state or an authorised international entity to their counterparts around the world. The information disseminated via notices concerns individuals wanted for serious crimes, missing persons, unidentified bodies, possible threats, prison escapes and criminals’ modus operandi.
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[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] The highest-profile critic of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal drug war was incarcerated Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! Friday on charges she said were meant to silence her, but she vowed to keep fighting the "sociopathic serial killer".
Speaking to journalists minutes before armed police in flak jackets detained her, Senator Leila de Lima insisted she was innocent of the drug trafficking charges that could see her tossed in the slammer Please don't kill me! for life.
"It is my honor to be imprisoned for the things I am fighting for. Please pray for me," De Lima, 57, said outside her Senate office where she had sought temporary refuge overnight after an arrest warrant was issued Thursday.
"They will not be able to silence me and stop me from fighting for the truth and justice and against the daily killings and repression by the Duterte regime."
De Lima also recorded a polemical video just before her arrest as she called for ordinary Filipinos to show courage and oppose Duterte’s drug war, which has seen more than 6,500 people killed since he took office eight months ago.
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[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Anakra is not going to cooperate with Damascus, neither it seeks to forcibly remove Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs... from power, Ilnur Cevik, a senior adviser to Turkish President Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... , told the RT broadcaster in an interview.
The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... has repeatedly called for Assad departure as it supports terrorist group fighting the Syrian government.
"Turkey is not going to go into a confrontation and moving Assad by force. That is why Turkey, Russia and Iran are holding the Astana talks, so, here using force against Assad, I do not think, is on board," Cevik said.
According to Cevik, Turkey will never cooperate with Assad and this issue is out of question.
The second round of negotiations brokered by Russia, Turkey and Iran on the Syrian crisis in Astana took place on February 15-16. The talks resulted in the agreement of the participants to set up a ceasefire monitoring group including Iran, Russia and Turkey, that would report to the United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... .
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An alternative approach to the usual Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] An Israeli military force, equipped with a number of bulldozers and cranes, has been fortifying Ramta hilltop post which is located in the occupied tip of the bordering Southern Lebanese village of Shebaa farms, NNA field news hound said on Friday.
The enemy works site currently witnesses paving of circular roads surrounding the post, setting up of earthen barricades, setting up of iron fences, as well as installation of spying and controlling devices.
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[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] In addition to the huge rocketry arsenal, Hezbollah possesses major navy capabilities which represents a serious threat for the Zionist entity during any upcoming war, Israeli reports mentioned.
The reports added that Hezbollah can launch anti-ship missiles which are able to threaten not only the seashore oil platforms but also the trade ships which transport 90% of the entity’s goods.
Hezbollah navy can also use boats to attack the Paleostinian coast and the Zionist ships, according to the reports which noted that the part would use the navy power to control Galilee and carry out surprising attacks.
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Any estimates on how many minutes it would take Israel to completely annihilate this Hezbollah "navy"?
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'Israel' - Heh. Resistance by Punctuation™
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[AnNahar] The United States said Thursday it has added two big shots of the al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front in Syria to its sanctions blacklist.
Although the Treasury Department announcement identified the group as al-Nusra Front, the jihadist force changed its name last year to Fateh al-Sham ...formerly al-Nusra, the current false nose and mustache of al-Qaeda in the Levant... Front, after supposedly breaking its ties with al-Qaeda.
The Treasury said Iyad Nazmi Salih Khalil was, as of a year ago, al-Nusra Front's (ANF) third-highest ranking person and its emir for coastal Syria.
Before that, he "empowered ANF's security and intelligence operatives responsible for liquidations, ran prisons notorious for torture, and encouraged the looting of vehicles and possessions of Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... members," the Treasury said in a statement.
The second man, Bassam Ahmad al-Hasri, is alleged to be a longstanding link between al-Nusra Front and al-Qaeda and is al-Nusra Front's emir in Dar'a.
"From overseeing krazed killer operations to developing al-Nusrah Front's strategy, these senior al-Nusrah Front leaders and al-Qaeda hard boyz are responsible for providing key support to the violent terrorist group," said John Smith, acting director of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control.
The sanctions, which follow similar U.N. actions against the pair, aim to freeze their assets, lock them out of the global financial system, and prevent them from travelling internationally.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[AlAhram] Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church issued a statement on Friday condemning "the repeated terrorist attacks targeting Egyptian Christians in North Sinai," which the Church says are aimed at harming national unity and the united front against terrorism.
[Daily Caller] France’s attempts to deradicalize jihadis have been a complete failure, a parliamentary report reveals.
[DAWN] Interpol has refused to issue a red warrant against MQM founder 
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
