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'Tortured and left to die': New details emerge about Israel's murder of prominent Gaza surgeon


The Cradle
Sat, 16 Nov 2024 00:00 UTC
Adnan al-Bursh
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A new report from Britain's Sky News provides details of Adnan al-Bursh's death by torture in Israel's Ofer Prison

A Sky News investigation published on 16 November has revealed new details surrounding Israel's torture and murder of the famous Palestinian surgeon from Gaza, Adnan al-Bursh, at Ofer Prison in the occupied Palestinian West Bank last May.

A fellow Palestinian prisoner at Ofer told the British news channel that Israeli guards severely tortured Dr Bursh and then left him to die alone, naked from the waist down, in the prison yard.

The prisoner, who previously knew the doctor in Gaza, provided the new details in a deposition to lawyers from HaMoked, an Israeli human rights organization.

"In mid-April 2024, Dr Adnan Al-Bursh arrived at Section 23 in Ofer Prison. The prison guards brought Dr Adnan Al-Bursh into the section in a deplorable state. He had clearly been assaulted with injuries around his body. He was naked in the lower part of his body," the prisoner's deposition states.

Comment: Dr. al-Bursh's crime was in helping his brethren heal from traumatic injuries sustained by the criminal attacks of the IDF. He couldn't be allowed to live and remain a healer, symbol and inspiration for a people Israel has been targeting to eradicate. RIP Doctor.

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Bad Guys

Michigan counties recover over 26K 'missing' votes

Joseph Poulos
Grand Valley Lanthorn
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 12:22 UTC
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On Nov. 9, multiple Michigan counties discovered additional election ballots that had not been counted days. Together, the missing votes totaled over 26,000 across Kent, Kalamazoo, Calhoun and Leelanau counties.

While voting officials and political science educators maintain that complications are not unusual, this large tally of votes have changed the results of certain local races. Discrepancies in vote counts, coupled with a distrust in absentee voting systems, have led many voters in Michigan to feel State election results might not be accurate.

13,795 of the total 26,662 missing votes were discovered in Kent County. The cause for the error in Kent, Kalamazoo and Leelanau counties was reportedly due to human error, while Calhoun County identified a software issue as the cause.
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Millions of Swedes receive 'How To Survive War' booklet from government

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 05:45 UTC
War book
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On Monday the government of Sweden began issuing pamphlets advising its population on how to survive an unexpected disastrous war scenario, at a moment tensions are on edge with Russia, and after weekend reports saying the Biden administration has authorized Ukraine to conduct long-range missile strikes on Russian territory using US-supplied weapon systems.

Millions of Swedes are receiving the directives, entitled "in case of crisis of war" - which is an updated version of something the Swedish government issued six years ago. But now things are very different, given there is a hot war in Eastern Europe, and given Sweden is NATO's newest member state. It's all about being able to survive for a few days or a week, and imagines something like a shock invasion by a foreign hostile power.
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Top DOJ and FBI officials scrambling to hire criminal defense attorneys

Citizen Frank
CF.org
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:46 UTC
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© Tom Williams / Getty ImagesThen-President Donald Trump takes a selfie with Rep. Matt Gaetz in the House chamber after Trump's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Jan. 30, 2018.
Multiple current and former senior Justice Department and FBI officials have begun reaching out to lawyers in anticipation of being criminally investigated by the Trump administration, according to three people with knowledge of their deliberations.

Following Trump's decisive election victory, many Justice Department officials and career staffers were already nervous about the possibility that they would be targeted by Trump loyalists, particularly members of Congress. But the selection of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, a firebrand Trump ally who was the subject of a recent FBI investigation, to lead the department has sharply increased the sense of alarm, the sources said.

"Everything we did was aboveboard," said a former senior FBI official who has started contacting lawyers because he expects to be prosecuted himself. "But this is a different world."

Comment: Hmm.... why the panic? Could it be that in actuality our illustrious "civil servants" have been up to some shady stuff?

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'You are not needed...please die': Google AI tells student he is 'drain on the earth'


Zerohedge
Sat, 16 Nov 2024 12:15 UTC
Gemini AI
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In a chilling episode in which artificial intelligence seemingly turned on its human master, Google's Gemini AI chatbot coldly and emphatically told a Michigan college student that he is a "waste of time and resources" before instructing him to "please die."

Vidhay Reddy tells CBS News he and his sister were "thoroughly freaked out" by the experience. "I wanted to throw all of my devices out the window," added his sister. "I hadn't felt panic like that in a long time, to be honest."

The context of Reddy's conversation adds to the creepiness of Gemini's directive. The 29-year-old had engaged the AI chatbot to explore the many financial, social, medical and health care challenges faced by people as they grow old. After nearly 5,000 words of give and take under the title "challenges and solutions for aging adults," Gemini suddenly pivoted to an ice-cold declaration of Reddy's utter worthlessness, and a request that he make the world a better place by dying:
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'Bombmaker working for Kiev' busted in Russia - FSB


RT
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 07:43 UTC
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A man who produced homemade bombs for Ukrainian intelligence assets has been arrested in Russia's Kaluga Region, the Federal Service Security (FSB) claimed on Monday.

The suspect, a Russian national in his early 50s, was recruited by Ukrainian special services in October 2023, according to a service statement. He produced several improvised explosive devices (IED) at a workshop at his country house, which he then hid at secret locations for others to pick up and use, the FSB has claimed.

Overall, seven Russian nationals have reportedly been taken into custody as part of the same investigation. The IED supplier was allegedly involved in bomb plots that planned to target a police precinct, a military officers' club, the offices of two energy companies, and a gas distribution station, the FSB stated. All of the planned attacks, which were due to take place in Russia's Belgorod, Bryansk and Tula regions, were thwarted, according to the agency.
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Pope urges inquiry into Gaza genocide allegations


RT
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 00:00 UTC
POPE FRANCIS
© AP Photo/Alessandra TarantinoPope Francis
Pope Francis has called for an investigation to determine if Israel's attacks on Gaza amount to genocide of the Palestinian people, according to excerpts from an upcoming book which were released on Sunday.

In some of his most direct criticism yet, the pontiff has called on the global community to make a legal assessment of Israel's actions in Gaza.

"According to some experts, what is happening in Gaza has the characteristics of a genocide," the Pope said in excerpts published by Italian daily La Stampa. "It should be carefully investigated to determine whether it fits into the technical definition formulated by jurists and international bodies."

The book, by Hernan Reyes Alcaide and based on interviews with the Pope, is entitled 'Hope never disappoints. Pilgrims towards a better world'. It is due to be released on Tuesday.
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Apple removes US state-funded media from Russian store


RT
Sun, 17 Nov 2024 01:00 UTC
Apple phone
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An app used by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was flagged by Moscow's regulator.

Apple has removed an app of the US-funded broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) from the AppStore in Russia in response to a demand from the country's media regulator (Roskomnadzor).

According to RFE/RL, the US tech giant notified the outlet that the app, which hosts the Siberia.Realities and North.Realities websites, was flagged by the regulator because it hosted content made by an organization labeled as 'undesirable' in Russia.

Russia designated RFE/RL, initially launched as a CIA information cut-out, as a 'foreign agent' in 2020 and banned the broadcaster in 2022, citing "the publication of materials that contain false information" about the Ukraine conflict. The broadcaster blasted the decision, accusing Moscow of attempting to punish "truthful reporting."
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Undersea data cable between Germany and Finland broken


DW
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:18 UTC
baltic sea
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Authorities in Finland are investigating the cause of a broken underwater cable in the Baltic Sea which runs southwest to Germany.

State-owned data service provider Cinia reported on Monday that a fault had been detected in the C-Lion1 cable.

Communication connections 'interrupted'

"As a result of the fault, the communication connections running on the C-Lion1 submarine cable are interrupted," the company said, adding that the cause of the disruption was being investigated.

The Finnish Broadcasting Corporation YLE cited Samuli Bergström, communications chief at the Finnish National Cyber Security Center Traficom, as also having confirmed the break.
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USA

Finally fed up: Californians in the Bay Area kick out liberal mayors and DA in 'stunning' votes

Alex Oliveira
New York Post
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 12:56 UTC
Oakland California crime
© MediaNews Group via Getty ImagesHomicide spiked in Oakland a shocking 72% during the pandemic, and has been slow in calming down.
So much for the tolerant left!

Fed-up voters in the ultra-liberal Bay Area of California have voted to clean house after blaming far-left politicians for rampant crime, spreading homelessness and a general sense of fear on the streets.

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao capitulated on Nov. 11 after an overwhelming 62% of voters opted to remove her from office — a historic result coming just two years into a term marked by complaints of mismanagement and an FBI raid on her home.
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