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Iraqis use JASTA to demand compensation from US for 2003 invasion

Sputnik
Sun, 02 Oct 2016 16:41 UTC

In light of a bill passed by the US Congress allowing families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia, Iraqis have asked their parliament to demand compensation for the US invasion of Iraq.

After the US Congress passed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), which overrides the principle of sovereign immunity to allow families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia, an Iraqi group has requested parliament to prepare a lawsuit seeking compensation from the US for the invasion of Iraq.

The "Arab Project in Iraq" lobby group "sees their opportunity to ask for compensation from the United States over violations by the US forces following the US invasion that saw the toppling of late President Saddam Hussein in 2003," the Al-Arabiya news channel reported on Saturday. "It urged for a full-fledged investigation over the killing of civilian targets, loss of properties and individuals who suffered torture and other mistreatment on the hand of US forces."

Rebels claim responsibility for attack on United Arab Emirates warship transporting 'medical aid' to Yemen

RT
Sat, 01 Oct 2016 16:27 UTC

A United Arab Emirates warship allegedly transporting medical aid has been damaged in an "incident" off the coast of Yemen, the navy announced. Meanwhile Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for the attack on the UAE military vessel in the Red sea.

"General Command of the Armed Forces said one of its leased vessels suffered an incident in the Bab al-Mandab strait this morning during a return trip from a mission in Aden. No injuries were caused," UAE state news agency WAM said in a statement, adding that an investigation into the incident has been launched.

Meanwhile the Houthis, a Shia group that has forced Sunni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to flee to Saudi Arabia in 2015, claimed that its forces completely destroyed the ship in the 20 km (12 miles) wide Bab al-Mandab strait, once home to a shipping route that handled 3.4 million barrels of oil per day.

"Rockets targeted an Emirati warship as it approached the coast of Mokha" on the Red Sea, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels said in a statement on Yemeni sabanews.net website.

Comment: "Medical aid" - yeah right. "Civilians" - more like mercenaries. "No injuries" - unlikely. Lies, lies, and more lies.

United Airlines forces woman to switch seats after 'Pakistani monks' say they can't sit near her

RT
Sun, 02 Oct 2016 16:18 UTC

A California woman is seeking an official apology from United Airlines for discrimination after she was forcefully reseated by the airline agent because two Pakistani monks refused to share a row with a woman.

On September 19, 47-year-old Mary Campos waited in line at John Wayne Airport, Orange County, to board a flight to Houston. Suddenly, she was called to the counter, where the airline agent handed her a new seat assignment.

The representative added that the airline had been forced to give her a new seat on the flight because the two men who had been assigned seats next to her claimed they couldn't be near a woman.

Hurricane Matthew triggers "mandatory evacuation" for all non-essential personnel at Guantanamo Bay

RT
Sun, 02 Oct 2016 16:03 UTC

The US Navy will evacuate 700 family members of military staff from Guantanamo Bay ahead of Hurricane Matthew, although no prisoners will be removed from the infamous prison.

In a statement released Saturday, Guantanamo base announced "mandatory evacuation" for all non-essential personnel ahead of the Category 4 hurricane hitting the island.

Base commander and Navy captain David Culpepper told residents of the military base it was necessary to "prepare for the worst-case scenario."

More than 5000 people live on the base, including 61 prisoners still held in Guantanamo detention center. Prisoners will not be evacuated, and captain John Filostrat said preparations were underway, but would not elaborate.

One cop fired, the other resigned after footage showed them harassing and beating a black man sitting on his own porch

Claire Bernish
The Free Thought Project
Sun, 02 Oct 2016 15:27 UTC

One day after the public release of body-worn camera footage showed excessive and altogether unnecessary force against a Greensboro, North Carolina, resident sitting on his own front porch led to the permanent suspension of one officer's law enforcement certification, the second officer involved has tendered her resignation.

Officer Charlotte N. Jackson resigned this week, according to Greensboro Police spokesperson Susan Danielsen cited by Triad City Beat, likely due to public outcry over the female cop's role in the harassment, intimidation, and assault on resident Dejuan Yourse.

On June 17, Yourse waited for his mom to meet him at the house he's intermittently shared with her for a decade, and because he did not have a current key, she asked him to wait on the front porch in the quiet neighborhood.

An unidentified person who did not recognize the man thought he was a prowler and called police to report a possible case of breaking and entering. Responding officers Cole and Jackson approached Yourse under the assumption the caller — not the man relaxing calmly in broad daylight on the front porch where anyone passing by could clearly see him — must be correct.

'Global war against marriage and family': Pope Francis denounces gender theory

RT
Sun, 02 Oct 2016 04:54 UTC

In the age of "ideological colonization" where gender theory has become a key part of a "global war" on marriage and family, the Pope defended the traditional union between a woman and a man as "the most beautiful thing God created."

Responding to one woman in the audience in Tbilisi, who asked about gender theory being taught in schools, the Pope said: "You mentioned a great enemy of marriage today: gender theory."

Comment: For more information on gender theory: Mummy, why is Daddy wearing a dress? Daddy, why does Mummy have a moustache? (See also Pierre Lescaudron's excellent book: Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection.)

Tensions flare in front of ADL office at rival White & Black Lives Matter protests in Houston

RT
Sun, 02 Oct 2016 14:36 UTC

A small group of White Lives Matter activists protested outside of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) office in southwest Houston on Saturday where they were met by Black Lives Matter counter-protesters and a heavy police presence.

Holding placards and signs while shouting "White Lives Matter!" the group gathered in front of the Jewish non-governmental organization after ADL allegedly accused the activists of being racist.

Comment: Interestingly the protest was held outside the ADL. If there was ever a hate group it's the ADL.

Banksters: Wells Fargo illegally repossessed 413 cars from members of the military

Jackie Wattles
CNN Money
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 14:13 UTC

Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf: "Aw c'mon guys, what's the harm in a little 10 or $20 million scam these days?"

Wells Fargo will pay $24 million to settle allegations that it mistreated members of the military -- including illegally repossessing their cars.

The bank, already reeling from a scandal over fake accounts, will pay $4.1 million to settle Justice Department charges that it seized 413 cars owned by service members without a court order, a violation of federal law.

The Justice Department said the illegal repossessions took place from 2008 to 2015. The first complaint came from an Army National Guardsman in North Carolina who said the bank seized his car while he was preparing to deploy to Afghanistan.

Wells Fargo then auctioned his car and tried to collect a balance of $10,000 from his family, the Justice Department said.

Comment: Wells Fargo has had its hands in a lot of cookie jars recently. Thing of it is, these stories are, relatively speaking, small potatoes. And what these, and larger banks, are just quite often in the business of doing. See this article about how the Fed - the US government's privately owned regulator - "shifted wealth" several orders of magnitude greater than what we're reading here about Wells Fargo. The recent fines against Wells Fargo are nothing but a dog and pony show designed to give the public the impression that the government cares about banking oversight.

'Sensationalist' documentary sparks controversy over radical Islam

RT
Thu, 29 Sep 2016 23:38 UTC

A new documentary on the rise of radical Islam in France has sparked controversy among the French public, with viewers' opinions ranging from praise to outrage. The filmmaker has been slammed as 'sensationalist' and 'provocateur' by the head of the town in which part of it was filmed.

The first episode of new show "Dossier Tabou" (Banned Dossier) titled "Islam in France: the failure of the Republic" was airedon Wednesday, September 28 on the French M6 channel, the most profitable private national French television channel and the third most watched TV network in the French-speaking world. Watched by some 2.4 million viewers, it immediately grabbed public attention, topping of Twitter discussion trends in France.

The documentary revolved around the financing of Islamism by foreign powers, such as Saudi Arabia, its organization and its internal divisions, as well as the training of imams. In a manner of illustration, it showed excerpts from sermons by a confirmed radical cleric named Mohamed Khattabi, who had been under house arrest for nearly three months after the attacks in France in November 2015.

A part of the documentary was filmed in the northern French city of Sevran, in the department of Seine Saint Denis. The city has been regarded as a place of widespread Islamist recruitment, after at least 15 young men left it to go and fight within the ranks of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in Syria and Iraq since 2014. Six are known to have died there.

Preparing for financial collapse in the US: "Get out of debt. Store. Prep. Cash. Gold."

Mac Slavo
SHTFplan
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 00:00 UTC

Mass unemployment. Loss of income. Heavy dependence on assistance. And the biggest strain on the system we can imagine.

The United States is once again brought to the brink of collapse. Regardless of how dismissive mainstream voices are on the issue, it is clear that Americas is only a few shades and another crisis away from an all out return to the Great Depression era.

In 1929, it was a banking collapse that spread the panic, but it was the fallout in the heartland where its effects were felt. The means of survival become very difficult for the working class.

The comforts disappear, and even items like toilet paper are hard to come by. People line up in droves for handouts, because they are too desperate to do without. The proud become embittered as they wither to the bone, and people in the 1930s depression-era were hedged much better in mostly rural settings, with the ability to grow their own food.

Today, populations rely almost entirely upon deliveries, stocks and stores. All that could be gone in a matter of hours. If trucking were to halt, shelves would be empty and people would be rioting within three days, especially if EBT and other payments stopped or were cut off.

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Society's Child

Iraqis use JASTA to demand compensation from US for 2003 invasion

Rebels claim responsibility for attack on United Arab Emirates warship transporting 'medical aid' to Yemen

United Airlines forces woman to switch seats after 'Pakistani monks' say they can't sit near her

Hurricane Matthew triggers "mandatory evacuation" for all non-essential personnel at Guantanamo Bay

One cop fired, the other resigned after footage showed them harassing and beating a black man sitting on his own porch

'Global war against marriage and family': Pope Francis denounces gender theory

Tensions flare in front of ADL office at rival White & Black Lives Matter protests in Houston

Banksters: Wells Fargo illegally repossessed 413 cars from members of the military

'Sensationalist' documentary sparks controversy over radical Islam

Preparing for financial collapse in the US: "Get out of debt. Store. Prep. Cash. Gold."

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