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16 February 2015

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Egypt bombs Islamic State targets in Libya | 16 Feb 2015 | Egypt's air force bombed Islamic State targets inside Libya on Monday, a day after the group released a video appearing to show the beheading of 21 Egyptians there. It was the first time Egypt confirmed launching air strikes against the group in neighboring Libya, suggesting President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is ready to escalate his battle against militants seeking to topple his government. The military said the dawn strike, in which Libya's air force also participated, hit Islamic State camps, training sites and weapons storage areas in Libya, where a [US-engendered] civil conflict has plunged the country into near anarchy.

Egypt and Libya launch air strikes against Isis after militants reportedly post beheadings video | 16 Feb 2015 | Egypt reported that its war planes had struck Isis targets in Libya, shortly after President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi vowed revenge for the release by Isis-affiliated militants of a video of a mass killing of Christians. A spokesman for the Armed Forces General Command announced the strikes on state radio Monday, marking the first time Cairo had publicly acknowledged taking military action in neighbouring Libya. Libya's air force meanwhile announced it had launched strikes in the eastern city of Darna, which was taken over by an Isis affiliate last year.

Copenhagen attacks: Danish police charge two men | 16 Feb 2015 | Danish police say two people detained on Sunday have been charged with aiding the man suspected of the Copenhagen terror attacks. "The two men are charged with helping through advice and deeds the perpetrator in relation to the shootings at Krudttönden and in Krystalgade," the police said in a statement, referring to the location of the two attacks.

Copenhagen Shooting Suspect ID'd as 22-Year-Old Man, Was 'Well Known' to Police | 15 Feb 2015 | A wary Denmark kept a high alert Sunday after a gunman attacked a 'free speech' forum featuring a controversial cartoonist racist nutjob, then fired shots near a synagogue before police tracked him down and killed him when he opened fire again. As of Sunday night, police still hadn't released the name of the gunman, who they said was wearing clothes similar to the synagogue shooter and had two guns when officers shot him to death early Sunday. Police did say in a statement that the suspected shooter was a 22-year-old man born in Denmark. He was "well-known by the police for several criminal incidents," according to police.

Copenhagen in Lockdown After Shootings Leave 3 Dead --Police said they had shot and killed a man near Norrebro station - TV2 | 14 Feb 2015 | Two attacks shook Copenhagen, with a gunman spraying bullets into a cafe where a Swedish 'cartoonist' who had caricatured denigrated the Prophet Mohammad was speaking, followed hours later by a shooting outside the city's main synagogue early Sunday morning. One man was killed in the cafe attack on Saturday and three police officers were wounded; a man was shot in the head in the second attack and later died, and two officers were wounded, Danish television reported. It was not clear if the attacks were linked, but in each case the gunman escaped, raising fears throughout the capital. Police swarmed into the city center, evacuating a train station, setting up roadblocks and warning people to remain indoors.

3 shot in downtown Copenhagen hours after cafe attack | 14 Feb 2015 | Police say three people have been wounded, including two police officers, in a shooting in downtown Copenhagen. Police said it wasn't immediately clear whether the incident was linked to an earlier shooting at a cultural centre that killed one person and wounded two police officers. In the latest shooting, Copenhagen police say one person was shot in the head while the two officers were shot in the arms and legs.

One dead and three injured in Copenhagen shooting | 14 Feb 2015 | One civilian has been killed and three police officers injured after armed men opened fire on a cafe in Copenhagen where a debate on Islam and free speech was being held. The meeting was attended by Lars Vilks, the controversial Swedish 'artist' who has faced death threats for caricaturing the prophet Muhammad. Also in attendance was François Zimeray, the French ambassador to Denmark. "They fired on us from the outside. It was the same intention as [the 7 January attack on] Charlie Hebdo except they didn't manage to get in," Zimeray told AFP.

Australia signals border crackdown after terror scare | 15 Feb 2015 | Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Sunday signalled a crackdown on border controls to combat terror threats, warning Australia will not let "bad people play us for mugs". Police last week said they had thwarted an alleged imminent attack after they arrested two men, both of whom arrived in Australia in recent years, during a raid in Sydney. Abbott did not detail what changes were planned, but said he would deliver a national security statement a week on Monday.

Anti-terror police arrest man in east London on suspicion of being a member or supporter of ISIS | 14 Feb 2015 | Anti-terror police have arrested a 32-year-old man on suspicion of being a member of or supporting ISIS in east London. Counter Terrorism officers visited an address in Newham this morning where the man, who has not been named, was detained. He is suspected of collecting information [?] used to commit terrorism offences, belonging to or supporting the Islamic extremist organisation and encouraging terrorism.

NSA offered 'help' hours after Ottawa attack | 15 Feb 2015 | The NSA was offering assistance to Canadian authorities within hours of the deadly shooting on Parliament Hill, newly released emails show. The head of the National Security Agency, the U.S. agency tasked with global monitoring, emailed his Canadian counterpart at the Communications Security Establishment just after 11 p.m. on Oct. 22, 2014, to offer his condolences, and his agency's support. "We stand ready to support you and our CSE teammates in any way we can," wrote Adm. Mike Rogers to former CSE chief John Forster...The email indicated officials at the NSA and CSE were already "talking" in the wake of the shooting, but the subject of those talks is censored from the document.

Cities Take 'Anti-Extremism' Efforts to White House | 14 Feb 2015 | Prosecutors and civic leaders from several U.S. cities will convene at a White House summit this week to discuss ways of countering violent extremism, eager to share ideas on how to shut off terrorist recruiting pipelines that have sent Western fighters to conflicts in the Middle East and Africa. The U.S. attorney's offices from Minneapolis, Los Angeles and Boston will discuss the progress of pilot programs in those cities to stem the causes of radicalization, particularly in their immigrant populations, in hopes of breaking the recruiting cycle...The Los Angeles program has drawn criticism from civil rights groups, including the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Haroon Manjlai, a spokesman for CAIR's Los Angeles chapter, said the group is worried that the program will infringe on Muslims' freedom of speech and religion and might hurt their public image.

Massive fire at Islamic center in Houston; group calls for hate crime probe --FBI monitoring situation | 13 Feb 2015 | A fire broke out at an Islamic community and education center in southeast Houston early this morning and now a group is calling for an investigation into whether the fire was the result of a possible hate crime. Houston fire officials say the fire at the Quba Islamic Institute started around 5:00am. The cause of the fire is under investigation, but the Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling on state and federal authorities to investigate the fire as a possible hate crime. That call comes as Ahsan Zahid, assistant Imam at the institute, says he spoke with the Houston arson investigator about their preliminary results.

Suspect in shooting of 3 Muslim students had 13 guns, stash of ammo | 13 Feb 2015 | The suspect in the deaths of three Muslim college students in Chapel Hill had at least a dozen firearms stashed in his home, according to search warrants released Friday as world leaders decried the shootings. Warrants filed in Durham County Superior Court listed an inventory of weapons seized by police from the Chapel Hill condominium of Craig Stephen Hicks, the 46-year-old charged with three counts of first-degree murder...The warrants also list two shotguns and six rifles, including a military-style AR-15 carbine. Police also recovered numerous loaded magazines and cases of ammunition.

Ukraine ultranationalist leader rejects Minsk peace deal, vows 'to continue war' | 13 Feb 2015 | Ukraine's Right Sector leader Dmitry Yarosh said his radical movement rejects the Minsk peace deal and that their paramilitary units in eastern Ukraine will continue "active fighting" according to their "own plans." The notorious ultranationalist [Nazi] leader published a statement on his Fb page Friday, saying that his radical Right Sector movement doesn't recognize the peace deal, signed by the so-called 'contact group' on Thursday and agreed upon by Ukraine, France, Germany and Russia after epic 16-hour talks. Yarosh claimed that any agreement with the eastern militia, whom he calls "terrorists," has no legal force.

Coup Plot in Venezuela Thwarted | 12 Feb 2015 | Coup plotters planned on assassinating the Venezuelan president and installing a de facto government. A coup plot against the Venezuelan government has been foiled, with both civilians and members of the military detained, President Nicolas Maduro revealed Thursday in a televised address. Those involved were being paid in U.S. dollars, and one of the suspects had been granted a visa to enter the United States should the plot fail, Maduro said.

Ebola cases prompt mini-quarantine in Sierra Leone capital | 14 Feb 2015 | Sierra Leone imposed a quarantine in a fishing district of the capital city, Freetown, after at least five new Ebola cases were confirmed there, an official said Saturday. The measure, imposed Friday, affects the coastal district of Aberdeen...said OB Sisay, director of the Situation Room at the National Ebola Response Center. A control center has been established in the area, and contact tracing and surveillance officers have been deployed, Sisay said.

Avian flu found in Deschutes County, Oregon | 13 Feb 2015 | A flock of backyard poultry has tested positive for avian influenza near Tumalo in Deschutes County, the Department of Agriculture said Friday. Avian influenza, also commonly called bird flu or H5N8, poses no immediate risk to humans but can be deadly to birds. About 90 chickens, turkeys and ducks that have had access to ponds on the property frequented by migratory wild waterfowl were infected with the virus, officials said. The Oregon Department of Agriculture is in the process of setting up a quarantine zone around the property to restrict movement of domestic birds in and out of the area.

OMG. Airlines Consider Requiring Proof of Vaccination for Domestic Air Travel | 14 Feb 2015 | Traveling by air may get even more complicated if a reported plan by major carrier airlines requiring passengers to be vaccinated comes to fruition. After the increasing problem of unvaccinated individuals contracting and spreading communicable diseases, airlines hope to be a stopgap solution to preventing larger outbreaks. An inside source with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) suggests that, "Multiple major carriers have begun discussing requiring vaccination records for all passengers before allowing them to board a flight." The source at the FAA wouldn't commit to a statement on whether other mass transit carriers, such as railroads or bus lines, would follow suit if this new tactic is implemented by the airlines.

Mega barf alert! McDonald's including free vaccines alongside Happy Meals | 14 Feb 2015 | The only way to make a processed, chemical-laden Happy Meal even happier, it seems, is to accompany it with an injection of aluminum into the bodies of young children. A McDonald's restaurant in San Antonio, Texas, has announced it is offering free vaccine shots to children who swing by the restaurant, reports Amarillo dot com...And the McDonald's vaccine giveaway stunt is being carried out under the ill-named "Caring for Children Foundation of Texas," which is named in the same way the U.S. Congress names new police state legislation with precisely the opposite words of what the laws will actually accomplish. "The PATRIOT Act," anyone?

Vaccine Strain of Measles Virus Found in Measles Outbreaks - Dr. Suzanne Humphries, M.D. | 14 Feb 2015 | Dr. Suzanne Humphries is a practicing nephrologist (kidney physician). In this lecture, she addresses a study done in Croatia where a child who was vaccinated with the MMR vaccine was tested positive for the measles vaccine strain Schwarz eight days after vaccination. This was a significant finding, because the child's symptoms were thought to be similar to rubella, and without testing, the sickness would have been possibly misdiagnosed as rubella, or the wild-type strain of measles the vaccine is designed to protect against. This concept of "shedding," where the child comes down with the disease from the virus in the vaccine itself, surprised the researchers.

Insane in the membrane: Did Obama Just Waste $907 Million Trying to Save Nuclear Power? | 14 Feb 2015 | The power of the atom has started to give way to cheaper energy sources with more favorable public opinion. But the don't tell that to President Obama. His proposed budget for 2016 set aside 907 million for the U.S. Department of Energy to invest in [deadly] nuclear energy technologies...Many may be wondering if the president is throwing good m-ney at an industry that is in decline. What's going on here?

California utility commissioner's private emails reveal conspiracy | 13 Feb 2015 | As part of a federal and state investigation into what appears to be systemic corruption involving former senior executives at PG&E and the California Public Utilities Commission, 65,000 emails have been publicly released, revealing collusion and conspiracy. Former commission president Michael Peevey and former PG&E Vice President Brian Cherry are wishing investigators would have been kept in the dark. The pair privately discussed problems with so-called "smart" meters, violating their own rules of procedure while admitting to health harm and overbilling problems - which several thousand Californians had been warning about since 2010.

Boehner ready to let funding lapse for U.S. Homeland Security agency | 15 Feb 2015 | John Boehner, the Republican U.S. House of Representatives speaker, said he is willing to let funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapse as part of a Republican push to roll back President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration. With a Feb. 27 deadline looming for funding the department, Senate Democrats three times this month blocked consideration of the Homeland Security appropriations bill, which has already been approved by the House. "Senate Democrats are the ones standing in the way. They’re the ones jeopardizing funding," Boehner told Fox News on Sunday. Asked if he was prepared to let financing for the department lapse, he said: "Certainly. The House has acted. We've done our job."

Governor John Kitzhaber announces his resignation | 13 Feb 2015 | Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber resigned effective Wednesday, Feb. 18, in a letter submitted to Secretary of State Kate Brown. "I am announcing today that I will resign as Governor of the State of Oregon," he wrote in a statement released just after noon Friday. Brown, also a Democrat, will be sworn in as Oregon's 37th governor, but the timing of that ceremony is uncertain.

Federal authorities subpoena Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber records | 13 Feb 2015 | Federal investigators on Friday served a criminal subpoena on the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for records relating to Gov. John Kitzhaber, his fiancée Cylvia Hayes and other state officials. The FBI said little about the investigation. The subpoenas seek records from 11 state agencies, including emails, phone logs and documents related to the consulting contracts of the governor's fiancée, Cylvia Hayes.

Gov. Chris Christie's approval ratings sink to all-time low | 13 Feb 2015 | New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's approval ratings have hit an all-time low, according to a new poll. In a Rutgers University-Eagleton poll released on Friday, 53 percent of New Jersey voters view Christie unfavorably and just 37 percent hold a favorable view of the governor -- down 7 percentage points in two months. The possible 2016 GOP candidate's job approval ratings are facing similar blows.

The 'Alps' of MIT! Mountains of snow five-stories high gather in Boston as another blizzard hits the Northeast with New York wind chill of MINUS TWENTY --Blizzard warnings were issued in parts of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine --'Alps of MIT', formed by snow plows, were taken over by skiers, sledders and climbers yesterday | 14 Feb 2015 | Another winter storm was taking aim at the winter-weary U.S. Northeast on Saturday, threatening blizzard conditions and severe cold in parts of New England already buried under six feet of snow. Freezing gales were due to hit the snow-blighted Northeast along with as much as a foot more snow... Mt Cambridge: At the MIT campus, where plows have heaped up huge piles of snow scraped from the roads, a newly-formed set of hills have become a magnet for winter sports and climbing. The newly-formed slopes, dubbed the Alps of MIT, have seen skiers, sledders, hikers and climbers ascend the five-story peaks.

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