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MI5 busts the 'Three Musketeers' in terror plot


RT
Fri, 07 Apr 2017 16:47 UTC
meat cleaver
© Nick White / www.globallookpress.com
A joint MI5-police sting operation against an alleged Birmingham terrorist cell dubbed the Three Musketeers found a pipe bomb and meat cleaver which authorities say were to be used in an attack.

The case is currently being heard at the Old Bailey with four defendants accused of plotting an attack.

Naweed Ali, Khobaib Hussain, Mohibur Rahman and Tahir Aziz deny the charges.

They were arrested after police and MI5 set up a fake courier company called 'Hero Couriers' between July and August 2016.

The false firm had its own warehouse, badges, logos and staff. The undercover officer who played the manager operated under the pseudonym 'Vincent'.

As part of his role, 'Vincent' offered the suspects jobs on zero-hour contracts at a rate of £100 (US$124) per day.

The suspects would arrive at the warehouse and hand their own car keys to 'Vincent', who would helpfully offer to park their personal vehicles inside the warehouse citing a lack of free parking in the area.

Comment: Sounds like another case of entrapping unwitting dupes to justify the continued war on terror.

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Tucker Carlson debates this Russia hysteria former DOJ official, 'Should we attack Russia?' (Video)

Alex Christoforou
The Duran
Thu, 06 Apr 2017 15:30 UTC
Russian hysteria
Fox News' Tucker Carlson debates the Russia hysteria narratvie with this former DOJ spokesman.

The real crime, and real story, is the Obama White House spying on a political opponent, and weaponizing the intelligence community to destroy Trump.

Then you have the Russiagate fake news track, which has no logic or evidence to back anything up.

Tucker destroys this former DOJ official, who even after hearing some logical debate points from Carlson, can still not admit to the nonsensical narrative that Russia hacked American democracy...whatever that even means.
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Attention

Secret Service Agent Protecting US Vice President Pence Busted with Prostitute


Sputnik
Fri, 07 Apr 2017 05:13 UTC
SS agent
© AFP 2017/ BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI
A member of US Vice President Mike Pence's security detail is facing disciplinary action after being caught attempting to covertly access the services of a sex worker at a Maryland hotel.

"We are exploring a full range of disciplinary action," a spokesman for the US Secret Service told the Washington Post.
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MIT grad arrested on terrorism charges in Las Vegas, Nevada


RT
Fri, 07 Apr 2017 10:00 UTC
MIT grad arrested
© Benoit Tessier / Reuters
A Las Vegas man has been arrested and charged with terrorism and possession of weapons of mass destruction. The charges come after police discovered found explosives in the man's apartment "strong enough to penetrate a military tank."

The two new charges against Nicolai Howard Mork were issued by a Nevada state court judge in an arrest warrant with bail set at $8 million.

Mork's defense attorney, Nicholas Woolridge said he was shocked at the new charges, according to AP. Mock had previously posted a $200,000 bail after his arrest in December.

Police first tracked Mork in late December and are linking him to at least eight Molotov cocktails found near "seemingly random homes" in the southeast valley neighborhood where he lived, according to prosecutor Jake Villani.
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Woman who fell into Thames River during London terrorist attack dies in hospital


RT
Fri, 07 Apr 2017 09:58 UTC
Andreea Cristea
© Metropolitan Police via ReutersAndreea Cristea, a victim of the attack on Westminster on March 22, 2017.
A woman who fell into London's River Thames following last month's Westminster attack has died in hospital. Andreea Cristea, 31, was withdrawn from life support on Thursday.

Cristea, who was from Romania, is the fifth victim of the attack that was carried out on March 22. She had been on holiday in London with her boyfriend Andrei Burnaz, reported Reuters.

Comment: See also: Westminster 'Car Terror' Attack Raises Questions

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Yevtushenko felt alarmed about rising tensions between Russia, US — poet's widow


TASS
Thu, 06 Apr 2017 13:26 UTC
The poet believed that Russia had no future without America, and America did not have a future without Russia

Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko
© Vyacheslav Prokofyev/TASSRussian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko was very concerned about the tensions between Russia and the United States in the last years of his life, his widow Maria Yevtushenko told TASS in an interview.

"When we watched the (presidential campaign) debates, we were disappointed to see such hostility towards Russia. It was very unpleasant to follow the pre-election campaign, it's always easier to find an external enemy and build your policy this way," she noted.

Comment: Legendary Russian poet Yevtushenko dies in US

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Christie Blatchford: The 'inverted justice' of Canada's family courts and how they got this way

Christie Blatchford
National Post
Thu, 06 Apr 2017 12:34 UTC
Divorce
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Their names, or parts of their names depending on how young are their kids and how delicate the reporter, pop up in the mainstream press now and then.

I wrote about one such man last month, Jeramey A., who rigged his truck so that when he drove down an embankment his neck would break.
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Poll says 40% of Americans are more cautious about emails after alleged DNC hack


RT
Thu, 06 Apr 2017 03:59 UTC
email
© Jochen Tack / www.globallookpress.com
Forty percent of Americans have become more cautious about what they write in emails since last year's alleged hack into the Democratic National Committee (DNC) during the US presidential campaign, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.

The survey found that 40 percent of Americans had changed some of their online habits following the alleged hacking of DNC emails, which were later published by WikiLeaks.

Some 45 percent of respondents also said they have changed their online passwords since the hacks were reported.

Adherents of both major political parties were equally concerned about online security, with 43 percent of Democrats and 40 percent of Republicans saying they have become more cautious about their personal email since the alleged hacking.

Comment: All good ideas. The government may snoop, but there's no reason to make it easy for them.

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Turning the tables: Duma committee to investigate US media for meddling in Russian elections


RT
Thu, 06 Apr 2017 12:01 UTC
CNN News
© Mike Blake / Reuters
The State Duma Committee for Information Policy, IT and Communications has decided to hold an investigation into the work of Western media outlets in order to examine possible attempts to influence election processes in Russia.

The head of the committee, MP Leonid Levin (Fair Russia) told TASS that he and his colleagues would soon hold a special session with analysts and experts, at which they intend to look into the activities of such mass media organizations as CNN, Radio Liberty and Voice of America.

The idea to launch a probe was proposed by MP Konstantin Zatulin of the majority United Russia party. In an attachment to the protocol letter, the lawmaker described the motion as "preemptive retaliation."
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An open letter to President Donald J. Trump

Adam Garrie
The Duran
Thu, 06 Apr 2017 21:19 UTC
A message of both peace and strength.

Trump
Dear President Trump,

I want to address this letter to you personally. Even if you do not see it, I can assure you that many of your supporters, well wishers and admirers will see it.

I supported your campaign for a number of reasons, but first and foremost, it was your honest, straight forward and pragmatic anti-war/anti-interventionist message that struck a chord with me.

Wouldn't it be wonderful to make America great again and to let the world prosper or fail according to its own virtues, faults and abilities? You said this throughout the campaign and during your beautiful inauguration speech.

I am well aware that you have many political enemies. Not since the Civil War, did an American President face so much, pugnacious, vicious and mean spirited opposition. It is unfair to you, your supporters, the essence of democracy and to the US Constitution.

I realise that at this very moment you may be making the most difficult decision any leader has to make, whether or not to go to war with another nation.

Comment: Trump's remarks on Syria, five possible explanations - Tillerson says regime change back on the table

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