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Afghan policemen stand guard at the site of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan September 5, 2016.
Afghan policemen stand guard at the site of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan September 5, 2016.
The first explosion was reported to be small, and when people gathered to find out what was happening another blast went off, according to local media reports that cite eyewitnesses.
The attack happened in a crowded area of the city near government buildings as well as a market and a main intersection, Defense Ministry spokesman Mohammad Radmanesh said, according to Reuters.
Comment: The number of dead is at least 36 by this time, including a police chief and a high-ranking Defense Ministry official. Just hours after this twin attack, a massive car bomb hit Kabul's upscale Shar-e-Naw neighborhood, followed by gunfire. Afghanistan's Interior Ministry said a suicide bomber detonated the car, but the actual target was unclear (early reports suggested Defense Ministry personnel were the targets). The gunfire was initiated by two additional attackers who entered a nearby building believed to be a guest house for visiting foreigners and diplomats (i.e., spies?), taking hostages. RFE/RL reports on the standoff with the (now three) gunfighters:
The Afghan Interior Ministry says security forces have killed the last gunman involved in an attack in an upscale neighborhood that is home to many government facilities and the headquarters of many foreign organizations.
Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said in a message posted on Twitter on September 6 that all three attackers who took hostages in a siege that lasted nearly 11 hours in the Shar-e Now (New City) neighborhood were now dead.
Earlier, Sediqqi said one civilian had been killed and six others wounded in the attack. The attack started with a suicide bombing around midnight on September 5. "Forty-two people including 10 foreigners have been rescued," Sediqqi said.
The charity Care International said that the armed group launched the attack on an Afghan government compound near to its Kabul office. It said all its staff members were evacuated, safe, and accounted for.
The three gunmen had reportedly barricaded themselves in close to an office of Care International.
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Anjem Choudary, the leader of the dissolved militant group al-Muhajiroun
Anjem Choudary, the leader of the dissolved militant group al-Muhajiroun
Choudary was convicted at the Old Bailey following years of speculation suggesting he was a supporter of the jihadist group, which has seized territory in Iraq and Syria and inspired terrorist attacks across Europe.
An associate, Mohammed Rahman, was also convicted in July. An embargo on the trial was lifted on Tuesday. The court heard the pair had told supporters to obey Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed 'caliph' of IS.
Comment: Update 9/6/2016:
Choudary has been sentenced. From RT:
Hate preacher Anjem Choudary has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years' imprisonment after being convicted of drumming up support for Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).... At sentencing at the Old Bailey, Choudary and his co-defendant Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, who received the same sentence, were found guilty of inviting support for IS between June 29, 2014 and March 6, 2015 and remanded into custody.
During the trial, Justice Holroyde said the pair failed to condemn the barbaric acts of IS."You did nothing to condemn any aspect of what ISIS was doing at the time. In that way you indirectly encouraged violent terrorist activity.He described Choudary as "calculating," while Rahman was simply a "hothead," albeit equally dangerous and remorseless.
"You are both mature men and intelligent men who knew throughout exactly what you were doing. You are both fluent and persuasive speakers."
On July 26, Tiller ran toward 19-year-old Zachary Hammond's car with his gun drawn as Hammond's date, Tori Morton, allegedly sold a few grams of marijuana to an undercover cop.
According to Seneca Police Chief John Covington, Hammond drove toward Lt. Tiller in an attempt to murder him. Fearing for his life, Tiller shot Hammond twice at point-blank range killing him. However, the dashcam footage, which was kept secret for months and only released as the department announced the murder was justified, showed that this was not true.
Tiller deliberately and cowardly shot into the side of the fleeing vehicle, ending this young man's life — over a plant.
When San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick rode the bench during the national anthem just over a week ago to protest endemic racism and violent policing, mainstream media pundits and police unions lost their collective minds — fans even set his jersey ablaze in YouTube videos.
Comment: The media tries to spin their propaganda against Kaepernick as "unpatriotic" and draw attention away from the fact that the police are racist. People are not buying it.
Bayer, which has been negotiating the deal since May, said it has advanced in talks with the global genetically modified organism (GMO) leader. The German company is reportedly ready to pay $127.50 per share. That is two percent more than its previous bid of $125 a share, and 19 percent above Monsanto's last closing price.
Earlier this week German daily Rheinische Post reported that Bayer could raise the offer to $130 per share in order to clinch a deal with Monsanto "in a swift and friendly way."
Acquiring the world's leading GMO producer will enable Bayer to create a global corporation with a deep portfolio in pesticides.
Judy McKim made the choice to label her home in such a manner after she says police nearly killed her son a few weeks prior during an interaction.
Although Judy's son, Zachary is 28-years-old, he has the mentality of a toddler. If fact, her son still uses a pacifier and wears diapers.
"I wanted to make sure that they knew everything. That he is still in diapers, doesn't understand words, doesn't understand what a gun is," said mother Judy McKim.
When a friend called 9-1-1 to report Zachary essentially throwing a temper tantrum, police showed up and tried to restrain him.
"He's autistic, he doesn't know what is happening. He doesn't know what police is," McKim said. "He is in a diaper, along with the pacifier, and the cops are kneeling on my son and one of them reaches for his gun because Zach was fighting for his life."
Comment: Alerting the police to her son's illness is unlikely to make much difference as to how they react. It's just not safe to call the police for any reason - and particularly when someone mentally ill or disabled is involved, because predatory police and the justice system take advantage of them at every opportunity.
- Police state: How the disabled and mentally ill are criminalized by psychopathic US 'justice' system
- Police murder innocent autistic man for alleged traffic infraction
- Cop kills deaf man trying to communicate with him in sign language
- Police publicly execute unarmed, mentally ill man
"I opened up an envelope that listed Harper as having violated D.C.'s littering code," said the toddler's mother, Theresa, according to a local CBS affiliate. "And Harper goes, 'littering, that's not good.'"
In an alley directly behind Harper Westover's home, Public Works workers discovered two unopened envelopes — one bearing Theresa's name and the other addressed to the toddler from Bucky's Buddies, a club for young fans of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, as the Washington Post reported.
Appalled her daughter had received a citation for littering, Theresa — an attorney for the National Labor Relations Board — contacted the solid waste inspector listed on the ticket to clear up the obvious confusion.
But, to her astonishment, things didn't go as planned.
"The inspector's response was there was a piece of trash in the alley with Harper's name on it," Theresa told the Post in a phone interview. "I said, 'I understand that, but she's only 2 years old. Are you willing rescind the ticket?' She said, 'No.'
"They list Harper as a 'violator.' As a mom, it bothered me."
Location of reported clown sighting.
The incident happened in the 1200 block of East 29th Street off Hwy. 52 about 8:30 p.m.
The "clown" was described as wearing white overalls, white gloves, red shoes with red bushy hair, a white face and a red nose.
The suspect allegedly tried to lure the kids with treats. The suspect was reportedly seen by two children and heard, but not seen, by one adult. The suspect fled the area when officers arrived.
A second clown sighting happened just after midnight in the 1600 block of Hope Lane, two miles from the first sighting. Officers attempted to locate the subject but were unsuccessful.
Both spots where clowns were reported are in very residential areas near parks/woods.
Similar incidents have occurred in South Carolina.
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The pack being targeted represents a full 12 percent of Washington state's gray wolf population.
The pack being targeted represents a full 12 percent of Washington state's gray wolf population.
"It's been a sickening week in the Pacific Northwest," writes Noah Greenwald, the endangered species program director for the Center for Biological Diversity. "Snipers, including gunners in helicopters, have snuffed out half of Washington state's Profanity Peak wolf pack and have put the rest of the pack in the crosshairs."
"This wolf family has been shattered by the loss of the breeding alpha female and five other members. All that's left is an adult male and a few four-month-old pups," Greenwald adds.
Comment: Beware the 'twinkling of an eye' Apoca-eclipse! Be sure to mark your calendars.