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Voodoo-practicing nurse convicted of sex trafficking in the UK


RT
Fri, 29 Jun 2018 17:16 UTC
Josephine Iyamu
© National Crime Agency
A nurse who forced women to take part in a voodoo ceremony before smuggling them to Europe to work as prostitutes, has become the first UK national to be convicted of human trafficking for crimes committed outside Britain.

A Birmingham Crown Court heard how Josephine Iyamu, 51 and originally from Liberia, subjected her victims to juju, a form of voodoo whose adherents claim can exercise a psychological control over those subject to it.

Iyamu, who became a British citizen in 2009, charged her victims, aged between 24 and 30, up to £33,000 to be smuggled into Europe. The route saw the women travel through the Sahara desert from Nigeria to the Libyan coast. The "horrendous" journey involved some women shot at and gang rapped, according to National Crime Agency (NCA) Senior Investigation Officer Kay Mellor. They would then travel across the Mediterranean to Italy, from where they would be sent to Germany and forced into prostitution to pay off their debts.

Describing the witch-doctors, Mellor said: "They exert an insidious control which an expert witness has said is more powerful than chains. As part of the oath-swearing ceremony they were given blood containing worms to drink. A chicken was used to hit her naked body on the back and on the chest.
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Pistol

Active shooter drill was reported a week before the Capital Gazette shootings

Rachel Blevins
The Free Thought Project
Fri, 29 Jun 2018 17:06 UTC
Annapolis active shooter drill
Five people were killed in another mass shooting after a man opened fire at the Capital Gazette newspaper on Thursday afternoon, in what is being called a "targeted attack" by a deranged individual who reportedly went as far as mutilating his own fingers in order to keep police from identifying him.

Fueling conspiracy theories online, just one week before the shooting at the newspaper's headquarters, the Capital Gazette reported that "Annapolis Police will be conducting an active shooter drill."

The Annapolis Police Department released a statement claiming that residents "should be aware that real-life sights and sounds may be seen and heard along the periphery of the campus and a variety of emergency response vehicles will be in the area."

Annapolis Fire Department Spokesperson Ken White said that the drill was being held "just in case... we have an active shooter here in Annapolis," and insisted that "with the increase of active shooter incidents we are seeing, the city has determined that it's important for us to hold this training so that in the event that something may happen, we will be well-prepared."

Comment: See also: Police report five killed in 'targeted attack' at Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis

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Gear

'An historic and exciting event': Pentagon relocates US Army HQ from Seoul after 70+ years


RT
Fri, 29 Jun 2018 18:53 UTC
USFK change of command ceremony on Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek
© Reuters
USFK change of command ceremony on Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, South Korea; January 5, 2018
The US Army's headquarters in South Korea, located in the capital Seoul since the end of WWII, has moved to a $11bn base in the rural south - away from mass protest rallies and the North's guns.

The new United States Forces Korea (USFK) headquarters was opened on Friday at Camp Humphreys, a base near the town Pyeongtaek, about 70 kilometers (45 miles) south of Seoul, where the HQ was stationed for more than 70 years.

USFK commander General Vincent Brooks said the relocation was "an historic and exciting event" during the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Brooks, who also leads the UN forces stationed on the Korean Peninsula, added that it "represents the significant investment in the long-term presence of US Forces Korea."

Comment: See also: Thousands of S. Koreans protest installation of THAAD US missile defense system as Seoul announces location

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Star of David

Dear Isaac Herzog, American intermarriage is not a plague

Robert Lord
Mondoweiss
Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:38 UTC
Charles Grodin and Cybill Shepherd

Charles Grodin and Cybill Shepherd in "The Heartbreak Kid," an intermarriage comedy by Elaine May (1972)
Isaac Herzog, the chair of the Jewish Agency and former leader of the Zionist left (left, or less extreme right?) in Israel, has declared intermarriage by American Jews a "plague," with millions of victims:
I'll tell you a personal story. Last summer I traveled [with my wife] to the USA for a vacation. I graduated from a Jewish school in New York. And we went to meet friends. I have a ton of friends in the U.S.A. And I encountered something that I called an actual plague. I saw my friends' children married or coupled with non-Jewish partners! And the parents beat their breasts and ask questions, and are suffering. Listen, it's every [Jewish] family in the U.S.A.! And we are talking about millions. And I said there must be a campaign, a solution. We have to rack our brains to figure out how to solve this great challenge.
Oh the horror! Young American Jews are marrying who they love, not who their parents want them to love. How terrible. What a tragic mistake those young fools are making.
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Windsock

Poll: American support for death penalty continues its long-term decline, despite recent uptick favoring capital punishment for murder convictions

David Masci
Pew Research Center
Wed, 27 Jun 2018 00:00 UTC
death penalty, capital punishment
President Donald Trump has voiced his support for the death penalty, and a recent Pew Research Center survey found an uptick in the share of Americans who favor capital punishment for those convicted of murder. Over the long term, however, public support for the death penalty has declined significantly, as has the number of executions in the United States.

As the debate over the death penalty continues in the U.S. and worldwide, here are five facts about the issue:

1.The annual number of U.S. executions peaked at 98 in 1999 and has fallen sharply in the years since. In 2017, 23 inmates were executed, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. That's slightly higher than the year before, when 20 people were executed, but still well below the number of inmates annually put to death in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Just eight states - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio, Texas and Virginia - accounted for all executions in 2017, compared with 20 states in 1999.
pew research US executions

Comment: And Russian views: Nearly 80% of Russians want death penalty to combat corruption, Twitter poll shows

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Sheriff

Cop arrested for punching his 14yo autistic son in the face and repeatedly smashing his head into a wall

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Fri, 29 Jun 2018 16:21 UTC
Larry Bybee
An Amesbury police officer was arrested on Tuesday and charged with crimes related to the alleged beating of a 14-year-old autistic boy.

According to the Essex District Attorney's Office, officer Larry Bybee arrested on Tuesday and charged with two counts of assault and battery on a child-his own son. The court issued a restraining order against Bybee and he was ordered to stay away from his children, alcohol, and drugs during his arraignment.

According to NBC10, court documents show the alleged incident happened at Bybee's home in Amesbury on June 13. It was reported to the New Hampshire Division of Children, Youth and Families the following day since Bybee's son lives in New Hampshire half of the time with Bybee's ex-wife.
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Sheriff

New body cam footage shows Vegas police cowered in fear in hallway as Paddock slaughtered dozens

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Fri, 29 Jun 2018 15:57 UTC
Cordell Hendrex Las Vegas shooting
Sadly, the more information we receive from the worst mass shooting in modern American history, the less coverage it gets by the mainstream media. Damning footage contradicting official timelines and LVMPD documents have surfaced and they barely register as a blip on the media's radar.

After being forced to release information on the October 1 massacre, the Las Vegas police department-in an insultingly futile attempt at transparency-has been dumping information related to the shooting. In what appears to be a deliberate attempt to muddy the waters, much of the video released by the department has no time stamps and is provided without context.

Like all the previous footage, the latest body camera video to be released lacks a time stamp. However, because we know that Stephen Paddock - according to the official timeline and citizen videos of the incident - initially opened fire at 10:05 p.m. and did not stop shooting until 10:14 p.m., we now know that officers were inside the hotel and could've engaged him-contrary to what we've been told.

Comment: See also:

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People 2

String of transgender murders could be the work of a serial killer, activists fear killings are linked

Tim Fitzsimons
NBC News
Wed, 27 Jun 2018 01:53 UTC
Transgender
Three transgender black women have been fatally shot in Jacksonville, Florida, since the beginning of the year, and local activists fear that the killings are linked.

"The transgender community in Jacksonville is frightened," Gina Duncan, a transgender-rights advocate with Equality Florida, said in a statement on Tuesday. "They fear this could be a serial killer or orchestrated violence targeting the community. They do not feel protected on their own streets."

Celine Walker, 36, was the first trans women killed in Jacksonville this year. Police found her body on Feb. 4 inside a room at an Extended Stay America hotel in the city's Southpoint area, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.

Antash'a English, 38, was found shot in the abdomen between two abandoned houses in northern Jacksonville on June 1, and she later died in a hospital, the sheriff's office said.
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Passport

The cause of mass migration: Western wars and imperial exploitation uproot millions

James Petras
James Petras Website
Wed, 27 Jun 2018 15:51 UTC
migrants asylum seekers
© punghi / Shutterstock.com
Migrants on their way to Western Europe
"Immigration" has become the dominant issue dividing Europe and the US, yet the most important matter which is driving millions to emigrate is overlooked - wars.

In this paper we will discuss the reasons behind the massification of immigration, focusing on several issues, namely (1) imperial wars (2) multi-national corporate expansion (3) the decline of the anti-war movements in the US and Western Europe (4) the weakness of the trade union and solidarity movements.

We will proceed by identifying the major countries affected by US and EU wars leading to massive immigration, and then turn to the western powers forcing refugees to 'follow' the flows of profits.
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Family

Number of homeless children in England at highest level since 2007

Patrick Greenfield
The Guardian, UK
Wed, 27 Jun 2018 10:05 UTC
Child homelessness in England
© Alamy
Rough sleeping in England increased for a seventh consecutive year in 2017, reaching 4,751 people, although the true figure is believed to be much higher.
The number of homeless children and older people in temporary accommodation has reached the highest level since the global financial crisis in 2007, government figures show.

A total of 123,130 children were housed in temporary accommodation in England in the first quarter of 2018, an increase of nearly 80% since 2011. The number of people accepted as homeless over the age of 60 has increased by 40% in the last year, reaching 2,520. There has also been a significant rise in the number of homeless single parents.

Campaigners have blamed government welfare cuts, lack of affordable housing and rising rents for the growing number of homeless people housed in temporary accommodation by the state.
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