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'We stand strong': Standing Rock water protectors defend their rights as indigenous peoples against Army Corps' threat of camp eviction (VIDEO)

ND pipeline
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David Goldtooth, environmental activist, (L) attends a news conference at the Oceti Sakowin camp during a protest against plans to pass the Dakota Access pipeline near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S. November 26, 2016.
Standing Rock activists said they would continue to stand their ground in the fight against the crude oil Dakota Access Pipeline, in defiance of a US Army Corps notice which stated that the location of a protest camp will be out of bounds from December 5.

Supporters of indigenous tribes oppose the 1,172 mile pipeline from North Dakota to Illinois over water contamination fears and its proximity to the Standing Rock Indian reservation.

In a press conference held at the Oceti Sakowin protest camp, members of the indigenous community gave a united response to a letter sent to Standing Rock tribal chairman Dave Archambault II informing of possible evictions north of the Cannonball River.

Protesters, who call themselves water protectors, are currently camped on federal land alongside North Dakota's Highway 1806 and the Missouri River.

On Friday, the US Army Corps of Engineers announced plans to close the portion of federal land occupied by the water protectors due to "violent confrontations" and risks of serious injury due to the "harsh North Dakota winter conditions."

In response, Dallas Goldtooth, a member of the Indigenous Environmental Network, described the Army Corps of Engineer's letter as a "disgusting continuation of 500 years of colonization and systemic oppression".

Comment: See also: Army Corps will close anti-DAPL protest camp at Standing Rock by Dec. 5 to protect the public


Fire

Politically-motivated attack? OSCE summit venue in Hamburg set on fire

OSCE summit venue in Hamburg set on fire
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With just several days to go until the OSCE summit in Hamburg, its venue has been targeted by dozens of arsonists with their faces concealed under black balaclavas. Police believe there is an obvious connection between the summit and the attack.

About 40 unidentified men in balaclavas threw flammable materials through the entrance of the Hamburg Messe trade fair building on Sunday evening, local media reported. It only took seconds for flames to engulf the first floor.

In a matter of minutes, the perpetrators set fire to barriers and waste containers in several parts of Hamburg's Karolinenstrasse, after which "they disappeared in between the blocks as fast as they had come," an eyewitness told Bild.

The fire caused much damage to the facade of the building, but fire brigades quickly brought it under control, a spokesperson for the Hamburg Fire Department told Merkur newspaper.

Bug

The "Fake News" Psyop: Our Freedom Depends On The Freedom Of The Press (VIDEO)

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"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost." ~Thomas Jefferson.
Melissa Dykes breaks down the psyop behind the "fake news" lists that have been created to control reality and destroy the alternative media.


Comment: See also:


Light Saber

Courageous abuse survivor accuses Tory MP of murdering boy during 'depraved Westminster VIP paedophile party'

Westminster pedophile scandal witness
The abuse victim's claims are being treated as credible by detectives now investigating THREE murders allegedly linked to a network of VIP perverts.

A victim of the Westminster paedophile abuse scandal has claimed he saw a Conservative MP murder a young boy during a depraved sex party.

And the Sunday People can reveal that detectives are investigating THREE murders allegedly linked to a network of VIP perverts.

The horrifying account comes days after Scotland Yard confirmed they have launched a murder probe ­connected to allegations of sex abuse from the 1970s and 80s.

Today the Sunday People and Exaro investigations agency expose the full extent of shocking events the witness, known as Nick, has described to the Metropolitan Police paedophile unit.

[Editor's note: The Exaro website has closed down as of July 2016.]

Nick claims the first death was of a boy aged ten or 11 who was ­deliberately run down by a car. Another chilling allegation is that he was in the same room in the 1980s when a 12-year-old boy was strangled by a Tory MP.

Comment: Pedophilia among the elite is world-wide. The Westminster scandal is only a small part of the whole. Psychopaths are able to indulge their desires to dominate the powerless. The depravity of their activities also become a means of blackmail for those caught up unawares in their web.


Gear

Agent provocateurs: Water protectors expose infiltrators provoking police, inciting violence

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© Stephanie Keith / Reuters
Police use a water cannon on protesters during a protest against plans to pass the Dakota Access pipeline near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S. November 20, 2016.
In a recent interview, Indigenous Environmental Network coordinator and activist, Dallas Goldtooth, revealed startling information about unwelcome people present in the encampments supporting the Standing Rock Sioux in their opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline — infiltrators.

And not just typical government moles, either — though undoubtedly, as was the case with Occupy, they have also staked a claim in the Oceti Sakowin, Sacred Stone, and other camps. As Goldtooth explained, Energy Transfer Partners, the company constructing the pipeline, has deployed infiltrators to the camps to purposely heighten tensions with police and ruin the water protectors' established policy of nonviolence.

Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman originally interviewed Goldtooth a few weeks ago, but did not publish the full interview until yesterday — and the information would be good to keep handy when someone claims water protectors have been violent and thus deserve brutality wrought by the Morton County Sheriff's Department and the other law enforcement agencies guarding the pipeline.

Comment: Every legitimate protest movement that gains enough public support to threaten the interests of the corporatocracy is ultimately infiltrated with COINTELPRO agents intending to disrupt and destroy the credibility of the movement.


Ambulance

Controversial photographer found dead in his apartment just weeks after underage rape accusations

David Hamilton
© AFP/Pierre Guillaud
David Hamilton
French investigators probing the death of controversial British photographer David Hamilton believe he committed suicide, just weeks after he was accused of rape, sources close to the inquiry said Saturday.

The 83-year-old, known for his widely published nude images of underage girls, was found dead in his Paris home on Friday with a plastic bag over his head, one source told AFP, adding: "There is nothing at this stage to suggest anything other than suicide."

Hamilton, who rose to fame in the 1970s and whose photography books sold millions of copies, had been drinking alcohol and another source said drug tests would be performed on the body as medication was found in the photographer's bathroom.

A neighbour raised the alarm after noticing that the door of Hamilton's apartment was half-open, and emergency services found him in cardiac arrest.

Hamilton had this week threatened to sue several former child models who had accused him of rape, saying he had previously been cleared of abuse.

The artist, whose work has long raised questions about where art ends and pornography begins, was at the centre of a torrent of allegations after a French radio presenter accused him of raping her when she was 13.

Flavie Flament, who modelled for Hamilton almost 30 years ago, published an autobiographical novel last month in which she described being raped by a famous photographer during a shoot.

Heart - Black

Philadelphia cop shoots his son in the back for disrespecting him

Dorion Young
© Philadelphia District Attorney's office
Dorion Young
In the last three years, the city of Philadelphia has not charged a single cop in the 116 officer-involved shootings that have taken place. However, all that has now changed after Philadelphia police officer Dorion Young made the decision to shoot his own 19-year-old son in his back because the teen had 'disrespected him.'

The incident happened on Labor Day of this year as the 25-year veteran of the Philly Police department started an argument with his oldest son, Devine, over "perceived disrespect he felt about the use of the family car," according to District Attorney Seth Williams.

As the argument escalated, reports Philly.com, Young waved his personal .40-caliber pistol and shouted, "You my son, and you aren't going to keep disrespecting me," according to the District Attorney's Office.
Young walked away from his son and called 911, but then went back, and broke down his son's bedroom door and began fighting with him, Williams said.

The fight moved from the bedroom into the hallway, where Young ended up on his back as his son stepped over him and tried to get away by walking down the stairs, said Tariq El-Shabazz, deputy of the district attorney's investigations division.

As the teenager walked down the stairs, his father sat up and, with his legs extended in front of him, fired two shots, El-Shabazz said.

Comment: Not even a cop's own family members are safe.


Info

Al-Qaeda linked Palestinian militant group 'claims responsibility' for devastating Haifa blaze

Wildfires raging through Haifa
© AP
Wildfires raging through Haifa have forced over 80,000 to be evacuated and prompted international action to help stop the flames.
An al-Qaeda linked militant group has claimed responsibility for starting a devastating fire in the Israeli city of Haifa that forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.

Ma'sadat al-Mujahideen, a Palestinian Salafist group, has claimed to be behind several previous blazes in Israel, including the Mount Carmel forest fire that killed more than 40 people near Haifa in 2010.

There is no proof of the group's involvement in the blaze, or others they claimed near Jerusalem in 2011 and in the American state of Nevada in the following year.

Comment: Update: The Nature and Parks Authority of Israel released a photo alleging to show one of the suspects starting a fire.
arson
The IDF and police captured a suspect that was sighted by a Nature and Parks Authority worker starting a fire in the north-western Etzion region.

The suspect was handed over to the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) for investigation.

The IDF spokesperson's unit stated that during the night an IDF force near Dir Kaddis in the Ephraim region captured three suspects in a vehicle that had two full bottles of fuel, one empty bottle of fuel, a sack with fabric, gloves and lighters



Health

Indescribably insane: Mom injects fecal matter into her son's IV during his cancer treatment

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© Laura Doss/Corbis
Indianapolis police are investigating after a mother told them she injected fecal matter into her teenage son's IV tube while receiving cancer treatment at Riley Hospital for Children.

The mother was arrested and charged with six counts of aggravated battery and one count of neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury, according to court documents.

Police were contacted by hospital staff after a 15-year-old being treated for leukemia had developed several infections that were "unexplained in origin," according to the documents.

The teen received his first round of chemotherapy and went home, but was readmitted again in early September with a fever, vomiting and diarrhea and continued to have those symptoms.

He also continued to have near-daily positive blood cultures for organisms normally found in stool, but doctors could find "no medical reason" to explain the blood infections, according to the court documents.

On Nov. 17, a nurse observing video surveillance in the teen's room noticed his mother inject an unknown substance into his IV bag. She returned and again injected a substance into the bag about an hour and a half later.

Fire

Israeli rabbi says it's OK to break Sabbath and shoot Arab arsonists amid raging wildfires triggering a massive evacuation

Wildfires
© Baz Ratner / Reuters
Flames blaze in the woods as a wildfire rages in the northern city of Haifa, Israel November 24, 2016.
It is permissible to break the Sabbath in order to stop, and even shoot, Arab arsonists, according to the municipal chief rabbi of Safed. Another spiritual leader suggested that the wildfires raging in Israel are divine punishment for the delay in legalizing outposts in the West Bank.

"The prime minister described the arson as terrorism ... it's a miracle that people weren't burned alive, but we don't rely on miracles. It's certainly permitted and required to violate Shabbat to stop the fire and the arsonists. And if necessary, also to shoot them," the rabbi said on Facebook.

Eliyahu believes that if the permission had been introduced earlier, the cities of Beit Me'ir, Carmiel and Haifa "would have been spared from this disaster".

"I hope that the chief of staff and the police commissioner will give clear instructions to soldiers and police officers and citizens drawn from the fact that the fires have not finishes, and it is their responsibility," he added, according to Ynetnews.

As firefighters keep on struggling to bring the wildfires under control, Israeli police have arrested 13 suspected arsonists so far, Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan told reporters.

"The highest likelihood is that the motive is nationalistic," Erdan told Army Radio. He said there were "minorities" among the suspects, apparently referring to Arab Israeli citizens or Palestinians. At least four of those arrested, according to AP, were Palestinians.

Comment: See also:
  • Al-Qaeda linked Palestinian militant group 'claims responsibility' for devastating Haifa blaze
  • Wildfires in Israel force over 80,000 people to evacuate Haifa, Netanyahu blames 'arsonist terrorism'