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Wannabe martyr: Philadelphia mom arrested after planning to abandon kids and join ISIS

Jeremy Roebuck
philly.com
Wed, 21 Sep 2016 21:29 UTC
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© Elizabeth Robertson/Staff photographerThe FBI arrested Keonna Thomas in April 2015 at her three-story brick-and-stucco rowhouse, on 10th Street near Brown, in the Richard Allen Homes public-housing project.
A North Philadelphia mother of two admitted Tuesday that she planned to abandon her children and travel to Syria to pursue "martyrdom operations" with an ISIS fighter she married over the internet.

Keonna Thomas, 32, pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization during a brief hearing in federal court. She acknowledged her plans were derailed last year only when federal agents raided her home the day she was scheduled to leave the country.

"I believe that I'm guilty of this charge," said Thomas, dressed in a head scarf and green prison jumpsuit, when asked by U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson why she was changing her plea.

Federal authorities had couched the case as the latest in a string of prosecutions to combat what they describe as a "more decentralized, more diffuse, more complicated" homegrown terror threat from U.S. citizens radicalized over the internet.
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Israeli troops caught on camera beating unarmed Palestinian during 'routine check'


RT
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 10:33 UTC
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© Mussa Qawasma/ReutersIsraeli soldiers detain Palestinian during searching raid by IDF, West Bank city of Hebron
Israeli soldiers have been photographed brutally detaining a Palestinian man in Hebron on Tuesday. One of the five troops in the vicinity could be seen kicking the man, while another soldier pinned the Palestinian to the floor with his knee. The incident took place near a Jewish neighborhood in Hebron, with the Israeli soldiers saying that the man was resisting arrest.

"During a routine security check, the Palestinian who was documented [in the photos] refused to be frisked. The forces had arrested the suspect. The troops' conduct is being looked into and the incident is being investigated," the military said in a statement, as cited by Haaretz. However, the photographs, which were shot as the detention was taking place, shows what seems to be unnecessary force being used by the Israeli soldiers. The Palestinian man was not wearing any shoes, and was dressed in a T-shirt and pants.

The troops, who were from the Nahal 50th battalion, surrounded the man with one of the soldiers pinning him to the ground with his knee.

Another photograph shows a soldier appearing to kick the man, who was unarmed, with either his foot or his knee.
Palestinian under foot IDF
© Mussa Qawasma / ReutersIsraeli soldiers' method of detainment.

Comment: When atrocities become routine and then mundane, Israel is one of the best examples to never be emulated.

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Criminal cops: Autopsy shows child killed by police was shot three times - in the back

Claire Bernish
Free Thought Project
Tue, 20 Sep 2016 00:00 UTC
Tyre King
Thirteen-year-old Tyre King was "more likely than not" running from Columbus, Ohio, police when Officer Bryan Mason fatally shot him, an independent medical examiner retained by the child's family has now found.

Because results of the completed autopsy performed by the local coroner will not be revealed for another six weeks, King's family hired Francisco J. Diaz, a forensic pathologist from Michigan, "to evaluate the number, characteristics and location of the gunshot wounds on Tyre," the Guardian reported.

According to a statement from the family, published by attorneys Shawn L. Walton and Chanda L. Brown, Diaz said:
"Based on the location and direction of the wound paths, it is more likely than not that Tyre King was in the process of running away from the shooter or shooters when he suffered all three gunshot wounds."
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Jimmy Carter's newest op-ed is a re-branding of the same old "Assad must go!" nonsense

Rudy Panko
Russia Insider
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 18:56 UTC
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It's amazing how effective a good marketing campaign can be.

Take, for example, your favorite variety of artificial cheese crackers. They now contain "10x more cheese!", which is true of course because they never contained cheese to begin with and zero multiplied by ten still equals zero. It's the same high-fructose corn syrup garbage, but sales are up, up up.

The same holds true when selling the American public unappetizing wars in far-away lands that they cannot find, not even on their smartphone apps. When the initial claptrap justifications for war lose their appeal, simply dress up the old claptrap in a dainty new outfit. We're not trying to be condescending — marketing and re-branding garbage is a true art form worthy of your admiration and respect.

This is why we tip our proverbial hat to Jimmy Carter, who has ingeniously repackaged tired Pentagon talking points used to rationalize our unconditional support for the "moderate rebels" fighting gloriously for "democracy" in Syria.

Using his dubious credentials as a man of peace and understanding, Carter writes in the New York Times that the new cease-fire agreement in Syria is in grave danger:
Over the weekend, the United States accidentally bombed Syrian government troops. On Monday, the Syrian military declared it would no longer respect the deal, resumed airstrikes on Aleppo, and even a humanitarian aid convoy was bombed.

...

The targeting of the humanitarian convoy, a war crime, should serve as an added impetus for the United States and Russia to recommit to the cease-fire. The two parties were well aware of the difficulties as they spent a month negotiating the cease-fire's terms.

The agreement can be salvaged if all sides unite, for now, around a simple and undeniably important goal: Stop the killing. It may be more likely than it sounds.
To summarize Carter's brilliant observations: Peace in Syria cannot be achieved until everyone agrees to stop questioning the Pentagon's narrative. Yes, bombing Syrian troops under siege from ISIS for the last two years is a regrettable "accident"; let's not forget Assad's bloodthirsty air strikes against aid convoys, though.
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Mamba ransomware locks your PC unless you pay up

James Walker
Digital Journal
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 17:08 UTC
Mamba Ransomware
© LinkedIn Mamba ransomware infects the MBR to display a custom decryption prompt before Windows starts.
A potentially devastating new ransomware discovered in the wild goes to new lengths to convince you to pay up. After encrypting your entire hard drive, Mamba overwrites your PC's master boot record, preventing it from starting Windows.

The malware was found on machines in the United States, Brazil and India by researchers at Morphus Labs. It was discovered on computers owned by an energy company in Brazil with subsidiaries in the U.S. and India. Renato Marinho, one of the researchers who uncovered Mamba, detailed the ransomware in an article on LinkedIn.

Most ransomware utilities encrypt the files in your personal folders but leave the computer's operating system intact. A popup window is then displayed to allow you to purchase a decryption key and retrieve your data. Mamba goes a few steps further. It prevents your computer from starting up, displaying a custom prompt for a decryption key before loading your machine's OS.

Mamba achieves this by overwriting your computer's master boot record (MBR). The MBR essentially stores a list of all your installed operating systems. When you turn your computer on, the default OS stored in the MBR is started up. By inserting itself into the MBR, Mamba can display a custom prompt to the user before the usual operating system starts.
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Shots fired on 2nd night of protests in Charlotte over cop killing of Keith Scott - UPDATES


Sputnik
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 01:23 UTC
Shots fired as violence breaks out at Charlotte protests
Shots fired as violence breaks out at Charlotte protests
As demonstrators gather for a second night of protests in Charlotte, North Carolina, multiple witnesses have reported gunshots in the downtown area.

One person has been taken to a nearby medical center with life-threatening injuries. According to the city police chief, speaking to Fox News, the victim has died. Police in riot gear have amassed near the entrance to the Omni Hotel, where the incident took place.

Comment: Update (Sept. 22):

Yesterday, North Carolina's Governor declared a state of emergency and called in the National Guard to deal with the protests. The man reported as killed is now said to have survived, and is on life support - the city tweeted that the shooting was "civilian on civilian", but bystanders point out that he was standing between two ministers, and police were close by. Bank of America employees were told not to go to work on Thursday, the Transit System was shut down. The deceased Scott's wife called for protestors to do so peacefully, and not damage property. Some ignored that call. Charlotte's mayor is considering implementing a curfew.

Last night 9 people were injured and 44 were arrested. The city's police chief refused to make public the tape of Scott's shooting.

The media is having a field day reporting on the antisocial segment of the protestors, who were mostly peaceful for the first day, until police started firing tear gas. For example, Charlotte's CW affiliate WCCB reported that protesters tried "to throw still photographer into fire". A photographer was attacks, but there's no evidence he was almost immolated.

For example, there are several reports about CNN reporter Ed Lavandera getting body-slammed by a protester. What they don't all report is that it was an accident, and the man later gave Lavandera a hug and apologized.

A video of a homeless man in London getting beaten up by violent youths is even floating around as evidence of the violent "black thugs" in Charlotte.

If you can't control dissent, you can always control the media.

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Rochester, NY cops go on rampage: Assault, pepper spray then arrest innocent bystanders for filming them

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Mon, 19 Sep 2016 00:00 UTC
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A video uploaded to Facebook last week is causing an uproar as it shows multiple Rochester police officers assault and pepper spray innocent bystanders for exercising their first amendment rights.

As the video begins, a man inside his car is filming two officers on top of an apparent suspect. Becoming agitated with the way police are treating that suspect, bystanders voice their opinion — from a distance more than enough to be considered non-threatening.

However, that does not stop police from targeting the woman who is standing on the sidewalk in front of her own home. As the officer approaches the woman, he becomes enraged that she is not immediately submitting and giving into his demand to stop practicing her first amendment right to film — and speak.
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Supporters intend to 'escort' Stein to first presidential debate despite no invitation, Johnson allies protest to 'let him in'


RT
Wed, 21 Sep 2016 22:48 UTC
Stein Johnson
© ReutersGreen Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson
Protests and threats of civil disobedience are popping up ahead of the first face-to-face debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Supporters of third party candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein are giving the Commission on Presidential Debates the third degree.

Just because the Green Party's Dr. Jill Stein and her vice presidential candidate, Ajamu Baraka, are not invited to be at Hofstra University in New York on Monday, where the first debate between Trump and Clinton will take place, doesn't mean they won't show up anyway.

In a message posted to Dr. Jill Stein's presidential campaign website Wednesday, senior advisor Kevin Zeese mused: "We may decide to have supporters attempt to escort our candidates into the debates."

"This situation may lead to arrest - it is possible but not definite," Zeese added.

"Some people are signing up to risk arrest, others are coming for a no-arrest protest," he said.
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'Leave them kids alone': Video of bystander telling off cops for harassing kids goes viral


RT
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 16:12 UTC
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© Damieon Flowers / Facebook
A Facebook Live video posted by an angry bystander in Delaware who witnessed a white cop stop and question three children has clocked up almost 3 million views and sparked yet another debate around racism in law enforcement.

The heated video shows a police officer standing with three young boys, taking details of their names and dates of birth.

The children, who are on bikes, answer politely as the man recording the video, Damieon Flowers, warns them to say nothing until their mom comes.

The kids cycle on as the confrontation heats up between Flowers and the officer.

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Breach of North Korea's servers reveal that the country has only 28 websites


RT
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 04:34 UTC
Kim Jong Un
© KCNA / ReutersNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives field guidance at the Sci-Tech Complex
A data breach of North Korea servers has pulled back the shroud of secrecy which surrounds the country's internet presence - by revealing it only owns 28 websites.

Very little is known about the internet habits of the notoriously introvert nation, whose government does not allow its people to travel without express permission.

However, an apparent error has caused all 28 of the country's .kp domains to be made accessible to the rest of the world.

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