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US-backed SDF begin 'final attack' against ISIS in Syria's Baghouz


Sputnik
Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:19 UTC
Syria war rubble aftermath
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The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) began a final attack on the Syrian city of Baghouz, the last stronghold of the Daesh* terror group (banned in Russia) in the country, SDF Press Office chief Mustafa Bali announced on 1 March.

An SDF spokesman has stated that the group has killed dozens in the fight against Daesh at Baghouz in eastern Syria.

The Kurdish-led SDF has reported that it is continuing the offensive against Daesh militants in the Syrian city.

Comment: RT reports more details on the SDF's latest offensive:
Kurdish fighters and their allies in the Syrian Democratic Forces launched an assault on the final stronghold of the Islamic State terrorist group in Baghouz, Syria. Some IS militants have dug in, prepared to fight to the death.

US-backed Kurdish forces have killed "dozens" of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS or ISIL) jihadists overnight, SDF spokesman Mustafa Bali said on Twitter. IS militants have dug in to their positions, however, and launched several suicide attacks on the Kurds and SDF.

The final push on Baghouz, a small town on the banks of the Euphrates river near the Iraqi border, began on Sunday night after civilians had been allowed to evacuate for several weeks. Many of the evacuated civilians are wives and children of the jihadists.

More than 4,000 IS militants had surrendered in the last month, Bali told Reuters. A core of their most die-hard members remained inside, determined to fight to the death.

As darkness fell on Baghouz, airstrikes pummelled the town and the Kurds and SDF peppered its buildings with gunfire. Footage by RT's video agency Ruptly shows the moment of the air raid.

As Kurdish forces closed in on Baghouz, they seized weapons caches, clothing, and coins minted by the Islamic State. These spoils are the last remnants of a "caliphate" that once controlled huge swathes of Iraqi and Syrian territory.

Some of the IS fighters and their families were unrepentant, even in capture. Security forces now fear that some members managed to escape Baghouz and are planning to mount a guerilla campaign elsewhere in Iraq and Syria.


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New Israeli billboards feature Netanyahu giving drivers the 'middle-finger'

Lahav Harkov
Jerusalem Post
Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:19 UTC
Yashar middle finger Israel billboards
© MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)A billboard, doctored to show top politicans giving the middle finger, located in Jerusalem.
A series of mysterious outdoor advertisements went up around Israel in recent days, featuring photos of top politicians doctored so they appear to be giving passers-by the middle finger.

"This time, don't vote for politicians who will give you the finger in return," is how the message on the billboard loosely translates. The original text plays on the fact that the words for "to vote" and "to point" are the same in Hebrew.

Among the politicians pictured making the obscene gesture are Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Blue and White leaders Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid, and New Right leaders Ayelet Shaked and Naftali Bennett.
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'ISIS wife' reportedly approves of jihadis turning female prisoners into sex slaves


Sputnik
Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:19 UTC
ISIS wife
© REUTERS / Ali Hashisho
As the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launched a final attack on the city of Baghouz, the last remaining stronghold of the Daesh* terror group (banned in Russia) in the country, a number of videos emerged online featuring alleged wives of jihadists surrendering to the Kurdish-led forces.

What appeared to be footage of a woman described as an "ISIS* wife" allegedly defending militants having sex slaves appeared on a Twitter account publishing the latest developments in the war in Syria, and was published by the Daily Mail.

The alleged "foreign ISIS wife" is talking ‏about Yazidis raped by Daesh* militants, calling the captives "their property" and saying that "in Islam they are allowed to use them", as cited by the British outlet. She reportedly concluded that "it was not rape", also claiming that if it's in the Quran she would not dare to question it.

Comment: For more on the disturbing mindset of the Islamic State check out:

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Bollywood superstar calls for Indian & Pakistani armies to 'join together' against terrorism


RT
Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:19 UTC
Bollywood legend Rishi Kapoor
Bollywood legend Rishi Kapoor
Known for pushing for peace between the two nations, Bollywood star Rishi Kapoor is calling for India and Pakistan to jointly root out terrorism - going as far as to suggest the Pakistani forces could do it behind their PM's back.

Writing from a hospital in New York where he is currently recovering from a medical procedure, the outspoken actor followed up on comments he made in a recent interview where he implied that the Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, was not taking adequate steps to curb terrorism in the country.

The comment has sparked controversy not only for suggesting the rival nations spilling each other's blood on the Kashmir border put down their weapons and hold hands, but also for the implication that the Pakistani military or intelligence services do what Khan can't. This led many to see the tweet less as a call for peace and more as an underhanded jibe at the Pakistani leader.
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Christian Basilica in Paris a 'no-go zone' after suburbs heavily vandalized

Chris Tomlinson
Breitbart
Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:19 UTC
Basilica of Saint-Denis in France
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The over 800-year-old Basilica of Saint-Denis in France was heavily vandalised this week, with vandals smashing stained glass windows and severely damaging the nearly 200-year-old organ.

The destruction was discovered on Sunday morning by the basilica's organist, who found that the engine of the organ had been damaged along with other parts of the massive instrument, designed between 1834 and 1841, Le Parisien reports.

Saadia Tamelikecht, head of the departmental unit of architecture and heritage of the heavily migrant-populated Seine-Saint-Denis suburbs, said the damage to the instrument, which has been recognised as a historic monument of significance in France, was major.
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Daesh militant had wounds treated, received social benefits in Austria


Sputnik
Mon, 11 Mar 2019 21:05 UTC
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The scandal over medical care provided to a person who helped a terrorist organisation responsible for numerous murders and atrocities broke out in 2019, after he was arrested in Syria - although Vienna had been harbouring suspicions since 2015.

Austrian citizen of Turkish decent Azad G. was treated for a gunshot wound and received a guaranteed minimum wage for 14 months after returning from Syria in 2014, where he had fought on the side of Daesh, Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung reported. Despite initially looking into Azad G.'s persona, Austrian investigators dropped the case and failed to notify authorities in Vienna about their suspicions, the newspaper added.

Although the Daesh militant was on an army black list, which prevented him from having the opportunity to receive advanced training (he received basic training in 2010), the Interior Ministry allowed him to travel back to Syria in 2015, where he again joined the caliphate. However, this was not before he received 12,400 euros in Austrian tax money in the form of social benefits during his stay after treatment in the country, Kronen Zeitung added.

A year later, in 2016, an international arrest warrant was issued on Azad G., although his location in Syria remained unknown. He was finally captured by the Kurdish militia in 2019. The militant reportedly expressed remorse at what he had done and asked to be allowed to return to Vienna. According to the Austrian newspaper, the country's Interior Ministry is not interested in bringing the militant back.
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SOTT Focus: China's Global Leadership List

Chris Kanthan
Sott.net
Mon, 11 Mar 2019 20:25 UTC
China
The vast majority of Americans have absolutely no idea how advanced China has become. Perusing social media comments by Americans, it's clear that too many of them are burdened by misinformation and prejudice. "China is 100 years behind"... "All Chinese products are crap" ... "China can't innovate" ... "It's a communist, poor, polluted country" ... and, of course, the most popular: "China's economy is about to collapse." Furthermore, people reinforce their biases by gleefully sharing only anti-China articles. Anything remotely positive about China is attacked as "Chinese propaganda."

This is a potent mix of ignorance, hubris and xenophobia. No wonder that Trump supporters were so confident of a trade deal in which Xi Jinping would surrender unconditionally and quickly. While it's true that China as whole has a long way to go to in terms of GDP-per-capita, many big cities in China are essentially "developed economies." And China has surpassed the US in many areas and is closing in rapidly in other areas.
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Largest cocaine seizure in New York in a quarter century found in crates of fruit

Aaron Katersky
ABC News
Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:44 UTC
Cocaine bust
The crates said dried fruit from Colombia. There was no indication that they were holding tens of millions of dollars' worth of cocaine but that is what federal agents said they discovered in the biggest coke bust in New York in a quarter century.

After what was described as a routine interdiction, the agents said they found 3,200 pounds of cocaine in a shipping container that arrived at the Port of New York and New Jersey on Feb. 28.

The drugs had an estimated street value of $77 million.
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USC student shot near campus: 'I miss my baby,' says his mom, an Oakland councilwoman

Emily Shapiro
ABC News
Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:55 UTC
Victor McElhaney, right, is pictured with his father Clarence and mother, Councilmember Lynette McElhaney
© Lynette Gibson McElhaneyVictor McElhaney, right, is pictured with his father Clarence and mother, Councilmember Lynette McElhaney, in a photo released by his mother with a statement about his murder, March 10, 2019.
A 21-year-old student at the University of Southern California was shot dead near the Los Angeles campus this weekend, the university said, leaving his mother, an Oakland councilwoman, heartbroken.

Victor McElhaney was a senior at USC's Thornton School of Music "where he was pursuing his lifelong love of music with some of the greats," his mother, Oakland Councilwoman Lynette Gibson McElhaney, wrote in a statement Sunday.

Councilwoman McElhaney called her son's death a "senseless act of violence."

The Los Angeles Police Department said a 21-year-old man was shot during a robbery shortly after midnight Sunday. The gunman and two or three other suspects fled the scene, which was east of campus, by Adams Boulevard and Maple Avenue, police said.

The victim was taken to a hospital in critical condition. Police did not release the victim's name or confirm that he died.
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SOTT Focus: 'Leaving Neverland' Documentary is Damning, Yet Some Still Believe Michael Jackson Was Not a Pedophile

Dan Reed
The Guardian
Sun, 10 Mar 2019 16:37 UTC
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'Neverland ranch', Michael Jackson's 'special' home for 'special' boys
Leaving Neverland has been seen by his many wild-eyed defenders as a "j'accuse" aimed at the legacy of Michael Jackson. It is not. It is a detailed, four-hour study of the psychology of child sexual abuse, told through two ordinary families who were groomed for 20 years by a paedophile masquerading as a trusted friend. It's a mask that is often used by predators, whether a priest, a teacher, an uncle. This time the man behind the mask just happened to be Michael Jackson.

I had only a foggy idea about all this before starting work on the film. The complex, counter-intuitive and repugnant truths of child sexual abuse that Wade Robson, James Safechuck and their families have courageously unravelled on camera came as a shock to me.

In particular, the repellent but undeniable fact that a powerful attachment often forms between the predator and the child, who experiences the adult's sexual advances not as abuse, but quite the opposite: as love. Equally disturbing to any parent is the child's subsequent urge to shelter the abuser from parents or police. This misplaced loyalty often persists into adulthood, even though the adult knows by now that child sexual abuse is a crime. "I felt anointed," as Wade puts it.

And then there's the fear of consequences. "Michael told me we'd go to jail for the rest of our lives," said Wade, describing a conversation that he had at Neverland when he was seven, but was repeated many times. The combined weight of love, shame and fear can lead to a lifetime of silence. The psychological strain of keeping the secret corrodes the soul, resulting in depression, feelings of worthlessness, substance abuse, suicidal thoughts. And the victim doesn't connect these symptoms with the childhood sexual relationship. I am no psychotherapist but this all started to make a dreadful kind of sense to me. As James observed poignantly in a recent interview: "Your whole childhood is a lie."

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What does this say for the media? And the justice system?

They basically covered up for him for decades.

That's also down to Jackson's predatory cunning. He literally walked around holding the hands of the boys he abused, in front of cameras, for years, keeping everyone under his spell.

Finally, that's also down to everyone for believing in the Peter Pan myth.

Wakey-wakey people...

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