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© Reuters/Robert Vos/PoolThe Moroccan-born mayor of Rotterdam told unhappy Muslims in Europe they can "pack their bags" in an interview following the attacks on Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Pictured: Aboutaleb (center) in Rotterdam Jan. 5, 2009.
"It is incomprehensible that you can turn against freedom... But if you don't like freedom, for heaven's sake pack your bags and leave," Aboutaleb said to the Dutch news program "Nieuwsuur" (News Hour). "If you do not like it here because some humorists you don't like are making a newspaper, may I then say you can f--- off."
Aboutaleb, 53, also argued that Muslims who could not "find [their] place" in the Netherlands were causing ostracism of other Muslims in the country. "All those well-meaning Muslims here will now be stared at," he said. Muslims make up about five percent of the Netherlands' population of 16.8 million.
The boy previously appeared in a training video showing child soldiers from Kazakhstan being groomed for battle.
A new video released by the official Islamic State media wing, Al Hayat Media, shows a young boy executing two Russian FSB agents captured by the organization. The boy was previously featured in an ISIS propaganda film showing the training of child soldiers in Kazakhstan.
© Noa OlchowskiCartoon by Noa Olchowski published by Haaretz brings death threats: "10 journalists killed in attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris (top), about 13 journalists killed last summer in attack on Gaza (bottom)"
The offending cartoon by Noa Olchowski was published with a series of cartoons Haaretz ran in their Hebrew edition, a project by the site's graphic designers to pay tribute to Charlie Hebdo cartoonists gunned down at the magazine's Paris office. Including the hashtags #JeSuisCharlie and #JeSuisGaza it reads (original Hebrew):
10 journalists killed in attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris (top), about 13 journalists killed last summer in attack on Gaza (bottom).Shoval, who is running in the primary election of the religious Zionist Habayit Hayehudi "Jewish Home" political party called for the investigation "on suspicion of 'defeatist propaganda' under Statute 103 of Israel's penal code" on his Facebook page. Users of the social media site weighed in, Haaretz reported several of the threats:
A raft of death threats came in. "We must do what the terrorists did to them in France, but at Haaretz," wrote Facebook user Chai Aloni. "Why is there no terror attack at Haaretz?" wrote Moni Ponte.
"Let the terrorists eliminate them," wrote Daniella Peretz. "With God's help, the journalists at Haaretz will be murdered just like in France," wrote Miki Dahan. As Danit Hajaj put it, "They should die."
"Haaretz is where the terrorists should have gone," wrote Riki Michael. "Death to traitors," added Moshe Mehager. "I hope that terrorism reaches Haaretz as well," wrote Tuval Shalom. "With God's help, [there will be] a Hamas operation that kills all of you, like the journalists in France," wrote Ruti Hevroni.
Haaretz's editorial staff said the cartoons published in the project were a personal gesture by the newspaper's designers, not the editorial board, and this is how they were presented.
© Shannon Stapleton/Reuters/LandovFormer New York Times correspondent Chris Hedges.
"Being banned from speaking about the conflict between Israel and Palestine, especially at universities, is familiar to anyone who attempts to challenge the narrative of the Israel lobby. This is not the first time one of my speaking offers has been revoked and it will not be the last," Hedges wrote in a Dec. 21 column for TruthDig.com
Comment: Another win for 'freedom of speech'.
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Incensed that Ukraine's proposed budget makes no provision to repay the $3 billion loan Russia made Ukraine last year the Russians are now threatening to call it in.
In the meantime the Ukrainian central bank's reserves have fallen to just $7.5 billion - enough to cover just 5 weeks' imports.
As the Financial Times is reporting (see below), there is no agreement on providing Ukraine with the extra $15 billion the IMF says it needs to get through the next few months.
Comment: Those in the West, despite their claims to freedom and enlightenment, have proven they are blind puppets for their psychopathic leaders. Who is protesting for the victims of NATO's Nazis in Kiev?
Also see:
- The Saker: I am NOT Charlie
- As Ukraine is defaulting Soros wants the EU to pay for his long-term investment
Hypocrites
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What an unrivalled parade of political hypocrisy. The sight of General Hollande, Conqueror of Mali; David of Arabia Cameron; Angela "Let Eastern Ukrainians die" Merkel; Ahmed "Assad must go" Davutoglu; even King Sarko the First, Liberator of Libya; not to mention Bibi "Final Solution" Netanyahu - all marching for "freedom", "free speech" and "civilization" against barbarism in the streets of Paris would make every stalwart of Western intellectual tradition, from Diogenes to Voltaire and from Nietzsche to Karl Kraus, cringe in disgust.
Seen from Asia, this political hijacking seemed even more grotesque. And no wonder a mixage went viral across Southwest Asia - home of Arab social networks; the "march for unity" in Paris coupled with Hitler and the nazis strutting their stuff with the Eiffel Tower in the background. Here's the whole "freedom of expression" debate in a nutshell. Would that ever be allowed in the front page of a Western newspaper, satirical or otherwise?
One of the greatest tricks the ruling elites of Western civilization managed to pull off has been the myth of "free speech" - on a par with the myth of a "free" market. "Free", yes, but to the extent the Masters of the Universe allow it. Any speech that blasts Atlanticist rackets - geopolitical or economic; exposes double or triple standards; and details really serious stuff - from financial crimes to war crimes and, crucially, Western-sponsored terrorism - is ruthlessly silenced.
The lifelong Russia-enemy George Soros, and the Russian Government itself, are now openly fighting over which parts of the Ukrainian Government they'll be getting in the bankruptcy proceeding that's already unofficially starting.
Here's the necessary background, so that the battle now occurring on the part of Ukraine's creditors can be truthfully and honestly understood:
In December 2013 - just before the overthrow of the Russia-friendly Ukrainian Government of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, by Soros's American President and major political-campaign investment, Barack Obama - Russia lent Ukraine $3 billion with a contract saying that if Ukraine's debt would rise above 60% of Ukraine's GDP, then Russia would be able to demand immediate repayment, and Ukraine agreed to the contract's condition that Ukraine wouldn't pay a cent to any other creditor before the entire due-balance on this $3 billion loan is returned to Russia.
Then, on 4 February 2014, Victoria Nuland of Obama's State Department selected Ukrainian banker Arseniy Yatsenyuk as the person to take control over Ukraine as soon as Obama's Ukrainian coup would occur, which turned out to be 18 days later, on February 22nd.
Soros's and Obama's plan was to privatize as much of the Ukrainian Government as possible in a fire-sale of its assets, such as the valuable gas-fields in the Yuzivska region in Ukraine's southeast (where the civil war now is), so that Soros and the other investors would be able to get their money back, with interest. Furthermore, inasmuch as only Soros and other insiders would be in on this fire-sale, those same people would also be the bidders; and thus Ukraine's assets would be sold to them at prices far lower than their actual worth as economic investments for the future. This would turn their prior Ukrainian bonds into super-discounted equity or stock in what now are Ukrainian Government-owned gas-fields, electrical power companies, factories, etc. Furthermore, Western agribusiness giants are now coming into Western Ukraine to buy up Ukrainian farmland, which is among the world's most-fertile.
Comment: Soros has been heavily involved in creating chaos in Ukraine, so as to enrich himself enormously. Now that things are turning pear shaped, the vulture capitalist is getting more and more desperate to get his pound of flesh.
Here's the necessary background, so that the battle now occurring on the part of Ukraine's creditors can be truthfully and honestly understood:
© DesconocidoThe soulless vulture capitalist, who has made his money by causing untold misery to others. The people of Donbass and Russia have put a spanner in the works for him now and he is getting increasingly desperate. Psychopaths hate losing.
Then, on 4 February 2014, Victoria Nuland of Obama's State Department selected Ukrainian banker Arseniy Yatsenyuk as the person to take control over Ukraine as soon as Obama's Ukrainian coup would occur, which turned out to be 18 days later, on February 22nd.
Soros's and Obama's plan was to privatize as much of the Ukrainian Government as possible in a fire-sale of its assets, such as the valuable gas-fields in the Yuzivska region in Ukraine's southeast (where the civil war now is), so that Soros and the other investors would be able to get their money back, with interest. Furthermore, inasmuch as only Soros and other insiders would be in on this fire-sale, those same people would also be the bidders; and thus Ukraine's assets would be sold to them at prices far lower than their actual worth as economic investments for the future. This would turn their prior Ukrainian bonds into super-discounted equity or stock in what now are Ukrainian Government-owned gas-fields, electrical power companies, factories, etc. Furthermore, Western agribusiness giants are now coming into Western Ukraine to buy up Ukrainian farmland, which is among the world's most-fertile.
Comment: Soros has been heavily involved in creating chaos in Ukraine, so as to enrich himself enormously. Now that things are turning pear shaped, the vulture capitalist is getting more and more desperate to get his pound of flesh.
© DHAAnkara Mayor Melih Gökçek saying it like it is.
According to a report from Anadolu circulating in the Turkish media, Gökçek attended the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Gölbaşı youth branch fourth ordinary district congress on Sunday and mentioned the terrorist attacks in France. He said Israel was annoyed with the lower house of French parliament for voting for the recognition of a Palestinian state and with France's vote in favor of a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution calling for the same recognition.
"Israel certainly doesn't want this sentiment to expand in Europe. That's why it is certain that Mossad is behind these kinds of incidents. Mossad enflames Islamophobia by causing such incidents," Gökçek said.
Comment: The FSB has refused to comment on the alleged murder of its "agents". Whatever truth there is to their statements, this is an obvious provocation from the West's proxy terror squad, and comes in the context of similar previous provocations, including threats against Chechnya:
- SOTT EXCLUSIVE: Terror in Chechnya, economic subterfuge, and Saudi Prince Bandar's not-so-covert war against Russia and Syria
- SOTT EXCLUSIVE: Anti-terror operation in Chechnya: 9 militants dead, 10 police
It also comes after statements from Chechnya's leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, who has been quite vocal about who is really behind so-called Islamic extremism - extremism that Chechnya suffered from for years, and which Kadyrov helped eliminate from the region. The West can't be too happy that their mercenaries were utterly defeated there, and it looks like they want a second chance. Will Russia take the bait? Not likely, and if 'ISIS' enters Russia, they'd better watch out.