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Homeless lifestyle to counter terrorism activities in Moscow


RT
Tue, 29 Nov 2016 18:18 UTC
Homeless in Moscow
© Alexey Malgavko/SputnikMoscow's homeless
Homeless people in Moscow will be taught how to counter terrorism and other threats to Russia's national security, a charity group said.

Due to their lifestyle, the homeless have an opportunity to timely detect suspicious people or objects and report them to the police, Ilya Kuskov, the head of the Assistant and Patron charity, told the m24.ru website.

Such alertness will allow them to save not only their own lives, but also those of other people, he added.

"A similar project was carried out recently in [the Siberian city of] Tyumen. We found this idea of applying it to Moscow interesting," Kuskov said.

The homeless will be lectured on counter terrorism activities during their stay in special shelters in the capital. The tutors will explain them how to identifying various explosive devices and where to report in case of discovering one. A legal specialist will be on hand to help the homeless people with more complicated terminology.
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Ambulance

Ohio State knife attacker identified as Somali refugee - police still searching for motive as ISIS claims responsibility


RT
Tue, 29 Nov 2016 18:09 UTC
ohio state
© Kirk Irwin / AFPPolice keep the roads closed around Watts Hall following an attack on the campus of the Ohio State University on November 28, 2016 in Columbus, Ohio
The deceased suspect in the car-and-knife attack on Ohio State University in Columbus has been identified. The college-aged man of Somali descent injured 11 when he crashed his car into a group of people then attacked them with a butcher knife.

The incident began when a car rammed into people outside of Watts Hall around 9:40am local time. The driver got out of the car, armed with a butcher knife and began attacking the group, OSU officials said in an afternoon press conference.

Officials identified the suspect as OSU student Abdul Razak Ali Artan. He was a legal permanent resident from Somalia, according to NBC News' Tom Winter.

There are conflicting reports about his age, with news outlets saying he is anywhere from 18 to 20 years old.

Authorities believe they have found Artan's Facebook profile, where they say he posted a "declaration" that expressed grievances over attacks on Muslims, ABC News reported.


Comment: More on the Facebook post:
It was a picture of a document on a Dell computer screen with the warning: "Screenshot this before it gets deleted." Below that was a jumbled screed in which the author railed about the treatment of Muslims around the world.

It vented anger at the United States, cited the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Burma and name-checked radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, calling him a "hero."

There was no specific threat of violence but a suggestion that the U.S. could stop "lone wolf attacks" by making peace with "dawla in al sham," an outdated name for ISIS. He wrote that he had reached "a boiling point" and included a bombastic vow to "kill a billion infidels" to save a single Muslim.

"By Allah, we will not let you sleep unless you give peace to the Muslims. You will not celebrate or enjoy any holiday," the post reads.

The rant was not signed but it was posted just before police say Artan rammed a relative's car into a small crowd of OSU students and staff and then jumped up with a butcher knife, slashing at them.
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Artan attended Columbus State Community College, graduating cum laude in May 2016 with a two-year associate's degree. Video from the graduation ceremony shows him beaming as he collects his diploma in cap and gown.

Comment: Update: ISIS has claimed responsibility through their AMAQ "news agency":
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University in Columbus that injured 11 people and left the suspect dead. The claim was made through the group's news agency.

The attack in the state of Ohio "is a soldier of the Islamic State and carried out the operation in response to appeals targeting nationals of coalition countries," a security source told AMAQ, the news agency of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies investigating Monday morning's incident have not announced any links between the deceased suspect, identified as OSU student Abdul Razak Ali Artan, and the terrorist group in the Middle East.
In other words, they're saying they had no direct influence over Artan, merely that he "answered the call". Whether this is true or not remains to be seen.

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War Whore

Ax-wielding man attacking car shot by police in UK


RT
Tue, 29 Nov 2016 11:47 UTC
Road closed
© Neil Hall / Reuters
Humberside Police say a 31-year-old man was shot and injured by armed officers on Tuesday morning following reports he was seen attacking a car with an ax.

Officers responded to a serious incident in the northern English city, which reportedly involved a man wielding an ax.

In a statement, the force said: "We deployed armed officers to the Holderness Road area shortly after 9.20am, following reports of concerns for the safety of the public in relation to a man seen near the Post Office in Holderness Road, Hull.

"The man, who cannot be named, is now receiving medical attention.

"An investigation is underway and the incident has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, which is standard practice in such incidents."
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Red Flag

Wealthy elites are suddenly building luxury bunkers at feverish pace

Michael Snyder
The Economic Collapse
Mon, 28 Nov 2016 18:41 UTC
bunker
© Brian Wright/Flickr/CC
Do they know something that the rest of us do not? There are tens of millions of ordinary Americans that are feeling really good about the future now that Donald Trump has won the election, but meanwhile the elite are feverishly constructing luxury bunkers at a pace unlike anything we have ever seen before. So why are so many among the elite preparing for an imminent "apocalypse" when tens of millions of other Americans are anticipating a new era of peace and prosperity? Are they smarter than most of the rest of us, or are they simply being paranoid?

Without a doubt, something is going on among the elite. Earlier today, WND published an article that discussed the fact that wealthy people "are quietly moving away from major cities" all over the globe because of concerns about security...
Widespread media reports as well as independent investigations from groups such as New World Wealth suggest wealthy people around the globe are quietly moving away from major cities because of fears of social instability. Increasing crime, terrorism and rising racial tensions have all been identified as factors driving the exodus. Even the Daily Beast reported the introduction of large numbers of Muslim refugees into Europe has made once prosperous areas fraught with danger, in the opinion of some security experts.
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Handcuffs

North Carolina man to plead guilty to plotting mass killing in support of ISIS

Michael Gordon
Charlotte Observer
Mon, 28 Nov 2016 18:17 UTC
justin sullivan
New federal documents indicate that Justin Sullivan, a 20-year-old Morganton man accused of plotting a mass killing in support of the Islamic State, will plead guilty Tuesday morning in federal court to terrorism-related charges.

Sullivan is expected to appear at 9 a.m. in Asheville before U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger for his plea hearing. Any agreement he and his attorney have reached with the U.S. Attorney's Office remained sealed Monday, so the nature of the charges to which Sullivan will plead were not immediately known.

Sullivan still faces capital murder charges in Burke County related to the 2014 shooting death of John Bailey Clark, 74, who lived near Sullivan and his parents.

Federal documents say Sullivan spoke online with an undercover FBI agent about killing up to 1,000 people in support of the Islamic State, a terrorist group commonly known as ISIS or ISIL.

Comment: See also: Federal indictment claims ISIS-supporting teen who killed neighbor planned to kill thousands of Americans in terrorist attack

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Snakes in Suits

Fiat heir busted after faking kidnapping following drug and alcohol bender with transgender escort

Tina Moore and Bruce Golding
Page Six
Mon, 28 Nov 2016 17:57 UTC
Lapo Elkann
© GC ImagesLapo Elkann
The bad-boy grandson of Fiat founder Gianni Agnelli was busted for allegedly faking his own kidnapping following a two-day bender with a transgender escort at a Manhattan housing project, The Post has learned.

Lapo Elkann, 39, ran up a hefty tab while partying on cocaine, pot and alcohol supplied by the escort — and tried to pay it off by calling a family rep and claiming he'd been kidnapped, law enforcement sources said Monday.

Elkann — who barely survived a 2005 cocaine-and-heroin overdose that involved a transsexual prostitute in Italy — allegedly said he needed $10,000 in cash to secure his freedom from the housing project across from Bellevue Hospital.

But the family rep called the cops, and the escort was busted and charged with grand larceny by extortion after Elkann filed a police report late Saturday, according to the sources.
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Attention

Ponerogenesis: Senior official says radical Islam spreading to inland China


RT
Mon, 28 Nov 2016 17:53 UTC
Xining mosque
© Petar Kujundzic / ReutersMuslims wait to attend Friday prayers at the Dongguan Great Mosque in Xining, Qinghai province, China.
China's religion tsar has warned that foreign-inspired Islamism is expanding throughout China and threatening the "rule of law." Beijing recently ordered residents of a Muslim-majority region to hand in their foreign passports.

Islam in China is often associated with the restive Xinjiang border region, which is home to over 10 million Muslim Uyghurs, but Wang Zuoan, head of the State Administration for Religious Affairs, told 300 religious leaders at the National Congress of the Chinese Islamic Association that "extremism" is now "moving to the inland provinces."

Wang said that it was up to the clerics to become the "front line" in "resisting extremism" and "converting" Muslims to a more moderate form of the religion.


Comment: This would be much easier and more effective if authorities (both religious and political) spread some basic principles of ponerology, e.g., the statistics/demography of subclinical psychopathy and other personality disorders that corrupt political and religious ideologies, and the persuasive techniques they use to recruit new followers.


He urged Muslim communities learn "to use the law to safeguard legal interests, instead of trying to solve problems through illegal actions such as creating disturbances."

Comment: Through 30+ years of overt and covert support for radical Islam, the CIA and its partners have created a Frankenstein monster that continues to fulfil the CIA's covert agenda: destabilizing foreign countries like Russia, China, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia, etc.

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Bacon n Eggs

World's oldest person at 117 eats only two raw eggs a day, avoids fruit and vegetables

Crispian Balmer
Yahoo
Tue, 29 Nov 2016 00:48 UTC
Emma Morano
Emma Morano
Emma Morano, thought to be the world's oldest person and the last to be born in the 1800s, celebrated her 117th birthday on Tuesday, still swearing by her diet of two raw eggs a day.

Morano was born in November 1899, four years before the Wright brothers first took to the air. Her life has spanned three centuries, two World Wars and over 90 Italian governments.

Friends, neighbors and her doctor gathered in her small apartment in the northern town of Verbania, on the shores of Lake Maggiore, to mark the latest milestone, presenting her with a large white birthday cake.

"My life wasn't so nice," she told Reuters TV as she sat in an armchair by her window, a white shawl over her shoulders. "I worked in a factory until I was 65, then that was that."
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Airplane

Update: 75 feared dead after plane carrying Brazilian football team crashes near Medellin, Colombia


RT
Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:10 UTC
Brazil's Chapecoense players pose for pictures during their 2016 Copa Sudamericana semifinal second leg football match against Argentina's San Lorenzo held at Arena Conda stadium, in Chapeco, Brazil, on November 23, 2016
© Nelson Almedia / AFPBrazil's Chapecoense players pose for pictures during their 2016 Copa Sudamericana semifinal second leg football match against Argentina's San Lorenzo held at Arena Conda stadium, in Chapeco, Brazil, on November 23, 2016
A plane carrying Brazil's Chapecoense football team has crashed in Colombia. At least six of the 81 passengers have reportedly survived, with some media outlets citing 13 survivors.

However, the mayor of the municipality of La Ceja, Elkin Ospina, said the number of those killed is believed to be 25, indicating a much larger number of survivors.


Sputnik reported that six people survived the crash, citing José María Córdova International Airport in Rionegro, where the plane was traveling to.

Other reports say that up to 10 people have survived, with the commander of La Union fire department stating that 10 people were initially evacuated from the scene.

Alan Ruschel, a defender for Chapecoense, is among the survivors and has arrived at a nearby hospital, according to 360 Radio Colombia. He has been taken to radiology in stable condition.


Goalkeepers Marcos Danilo and Jakson Follmann have also survived, along with a flight attendant.

Comment: Update (10.50 CET):

Police director General José Acevedo Ossa has said 75 people died in the crash. He added that the search has been suspended because there are no more survivors at the site. A civil aviation official also said a high death toll from the crash is "undeniable," stating that there are six confirmed survivors.

Update: Brazilian football team took doomed flight after being denied charter request
Brazilian football team Chapecoense took the flight which crashed near Medellin, Colombia only after their request for a charter plane was rejected by Brazil's civil aviation authority.

The team had requested to fly directly from Brazil to Colombia on a charter flight, but Brazil's civil aviation authority ANAC rejected the request because charter flights can be used only if the aircraft involved is registered in the countries of departure or arrival.

ANAC explained in a statement that they had received a request for LaMia Airlines to charter a flight for the team from Brazil to Colombia on Monday but the request was denied.


"The request was denied based on the Brazilian Aeronautical Code and the Chicago Convention, which deals with air service agreements between countries," the statement reads, adding that as LaMia Airlines is a Bolivian company, it could not be the company to charter such a flight.

The agency said that"transport could be done by Brazilian airline and/ or Colombian, whichever the service contractor chose, in accordance with international agreements."

Unable to organize the charter, the team instead left Brazil from Sao Paulo Guarulhos International Airport before then taking flight LMI 2933 from Santa Cruz, Bolivia that crashed on its way to Medellin, Colombia, killing up to 75 of the 81 people on board.


The aircraft is said to have undergone an inspection before leaving Bolivia and no issues were detected.


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Eye 1

The tyranny at Standing Rock: The government's divide-and-conquer strategy is working, martial law in action

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Mon, 28 Nov 2016 06:05 UTC
Divide and conquer
What we're witnessing at Standing Rock, where activists have gathered to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline construction on Native American land, is just the latest incarnation of the government's battle plan for stamping out any sparks of resistance and keeping the populace under control: battlefield tactics, military weaponry and a complete suspension of the Constitution.

Militarized police. Riot and camouflage gear. Armored vehicles. Mass arrests. Pepper spray. Tear gas. Batons. Strip searches. Drones. Less-than-lethal weapons unleashed with deadly force. Rubber bullets. Water cannons. Concussion grenades. Arrests of journalists. Intimidation tactics. Brute force.

This is what martial law looks like, when a government disregards constitutional freedoms and imposes its will through military force.

Only this is martial law without any government body having to declare it.

Comment: See also:

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