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24 September 2016

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Previous edition: Authorities admit they are concerned an active terror cell is operating in New York and New Jersey

 

Obama administration Friday night bad news dump: Obama Vetoes Bill Allowing 9/11 Victims to Sue Saudi Perps: Obama vetoes Sept. 11 Saudi bill; top Senate Democrat vows override | 23 Sept 2016 | President Barack Obama on Friday vetoed legislation allowing families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia [aka ISIS on steroids], a move expected to prompt the U.S. Congress to overturn his decision with a rare veto override, the first of his presidency. Obama said the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act [JASTA] would hurt U.S. national security. The bill passed earlier this month in reaction to long-running suspicions, denied by Saudi Arabia, that hijackers of the four U.S. jetliners that attacked the United States in 2001 were backed by the Saudi regime.

 

US airstrikes on Syrian troops were 'intentional,' lasted nearly 1 hour - Assad to AP | 22 Sept 2016 | Syrian President Bashar Assad says that US airstrikes which killed 62 Syrian government troops were "intentional" and they lasted for an hour. He added that the US "does not have the will" to join Russia in fighting terrorists in Syria. Speaking to the Associated Press in Damascus, the Syrian leader denied that the airstrikes carried out by the US near Deir ez-Zor on September 17 were an accident. Sixty-two Syrian soldiers were killed and over 100 were injured, according to the Syrian military. Assad said they were "intentionally" targeted. "It was not an accident by one airplane; it was four airplanes which kept attacking the position of the Syrian troops for nearly one hour or maybe a little bit more than one hour," Assad told AP...

 

Another day, another US war crime in Syria to create more refugees: US coalition Predator drone spotted at time and place of Syria aid convoy attack - Russian military | 21 Sept 2016 | The Russian Defense Ministry says that a US coalition drone was in the vicinity of a humanitarian convoy when it was attacked outside Aleppo. According to the Russian military, the unmanned aircraft was a Predator drone...Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said he wanted to point out that, as was the case with the tragedy on September 17 which saw US-led coalition airstrike kill and injure 200 people, the Russians would not be making any unfounded allegations.

 

British air force admits involvement in airstrikes which hit Syrian govt troops | 19 Sept 2016 | Britain’s military has admitted involvement in an airstrike in eastern Syria which reportedly killed over 60 Syrian Army troops. Subsequent reports suggest a Reaper drone may have been used. The strike in the area of Deir el-Zor was originally attributed to Australian, US and Danish forces operating as part of the US-led coalition but the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) tweeted on Monday that it had been involved.

 

US-made bombs used in Saudi strikes on Yemen - Amnesty | 19 Sept 2016 | The US must halt the shipping of weapons that could be used in the Yemen war, Amnesty International has urged in a new report, citing data that confirmed a US-made explosive was used in an attack on a Yemeni hospital on August 15. The medical facility - Abs Rural Hospital, run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) - was hit by a strike that left 11 people dead and 19 others injured. Over 4,500 patients had been treated in the hospital since MSF began supporting it...Experts analyzed photos of munitions used in the bombing and concluded that a US-made precision-guided Paveway-series aerial bomb was among them.

 

12 killed in militant attack north of Iraq's Tikrit - security sources | 24 Sept 2016 | Twelve people were killed on Saturday when militants attacked a police checkpoint north of Tikrit and then detonated a car bomb at the entrance to the city, Iraqi police and military sources said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the first of its kind since the city, 150 km (95 miles) north of Baghdad, was retaken from Islamic State in April 2015. One militant was killed at the checkpoint after shooting dead four police officers in the attack at around 5 a.m. (0200 GMT), according to police and sources from Salahuddin Operations Command, which is responsible for security in the area.

 

U.N. chief Ban regrets 'peacekeeper' rapes, bringing cholera to Haiti | 20 Sept 2016 | United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday expressed regret for sexual abuse by U.N. peacekeepers [sic] in Central African Republic and [for bringing] an outbreak of cholera in Haiti during his final address to the annual gathering of world leaders in New York...Ban will step down at the end of 2016 after serving two five-year terms. The United Nations has promised to crack down on abuses after dozens of accusations of sexual abuse rapes and exploitation by peacekeepers in Central African Republic, where U.N. troops assumed authority from African Union troops in September 2014.

 

4 killed, 1 injured in shooting at Cascade Mall; search on for gunman | 23 Sept 2016 | (Burlington, WA) The FBI has joined the search for an armed man suspected of killing at least four people, and injuring one other, in a shooting at Cascade Mall in Skagit County, the Washington State Patrol says...According to police, four women were killed, and one man suffered life-threatening injuries and was flown to Harborview Medical Center. The suspected shooter was last seen walking toward Interstate 5, away from the mall Francis told KOMO News.

 

4 dead; manhunt for mall shooter underway in Burlington, Washington --The FBI has been investigating the attack as a potential act of terrorism, Reuters reported. | 24 Sept 2016 | A manhunt is still underway after SWAT teams swept the Cascade Mall and nearby areas in Burlington, Washington State, for an active shooter with a rifle. Police say the gunman, believed to have acted alone, killed four women in a Macy's make-up store. In their latest briefing, police said that four female victims are confirmed dead, while one man was taken to hospital. Earlier a man was reported to be in a critical condition and three fatalities were reported.

 

Terminal at New York's LaGuardia reopened after evacuation - media | 23 Sept 2016 | U.S. authorities reopened a terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York on Friday after an abandoned vehicle prompted its evacuation, media reported. Authorities evacuated Terminal B at about 11 p.m. local time after a car was left unattended with its doors open, several media outlets reported. An hour later, media reported the terminal was reopened as several passengers tweeted photos of an SUV being towed away.

 

Portion of the Major Deegan Expressway shut down due to pressure cooker near road, later deemed safe | 21 Sept 1016 | (Mott Haven, Bronx) A portion of the Major Deegan Expressway is shut down in the Bronx after a suspicious package was found near the roadway. Less than an hour later, the all clear was given by police. The package, which police said is a pressure cooker, was found at 5:35 p.m. near East 134th Street and Alexander Avenue in the Mott Haven section. This area runs under the highway.

 

Police evacuate 60 schools in Canada over bomb threat sent by fax | 21 Sept 2016 | Police have evacuated thousands of students at some 60 schools in Canada over a bomb threat received by fax. Emergency evacuation plans were activated at all the schools on Prince Edward Island (PEI), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said, adding that the students had been taken to safe locations. Sergeant Kevin Bailey said police in Ottawa were faxed a bomb threat against numerous unnamed schools on the island which also warned the explosives would be detonated.

 

London man and woman charged with terrorism offences | 20 Sept 2016 | A man and woman have been charged with terrorism offences following an operation by the Metropolitan police counter-terrorism command. The pair, both from London, were charged under the Terrorism Act and will appear in court next month, Scotland Yard said. Ayfer Yildiz, 45, from St John’s Wood, north-west London, was charged with two counts of encouraging others to commit a terrorist offence. In a separate prosecution, Alaettin Kalender, 50, from Hackney, east London, was charged with possessing information useful for terrorist purposes.

 

Public Defender Says Prosecutor Denied Him Access to Ahmad Rahami | 23 Sept 2016 | Since he was captured on Monday, Ahmad Khan Rahami, the man accused of carrying out bombings last weekend in Manhattan and on the Jersey Shore, has been hospitalized in Newark, recovering from gunshot wounds he sustained in a confrontation with the police. From his bed at University Hospital, he has been charged by three different prosecutors: the United States attorneys in Manhattan and New Jersey, for his alleged role in the bombings; and the Union County, N.J., prosecutor, for allegedly trying to kill police officers who tracked him down on Monday in the city of Linden... Yet despite the burst of legal proceedings and litany of charges made public this week, Mr. Rahami has not had a lawyer for almost the entire time he has been in custody, and even now, the question of his legal representation remains unsettled.

 

FBI Opened Previous Inquiry Into Bombing Suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami | 20 Sept 2016 | Concerns about New York and New Jersey bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami's intentions were raised to authorities by his father and a neighbor more than once over the past years, ABC News has learned. Two years ago, Rahami's father told the FBI that his son was interacting with "bad people" overseas and a concerned citizen in the neighborhood told authorities that Rahami's associates may have been trying to procure explosives, sources told ABC News. The FBI first became aware of Rahami in the summer of 2014, when local law enforcement contacted the agency's New Jersey field office about him, sources said.

 

Bombing suspect's father says he called FBI on his violent son 2 years ago | 20 Sept 2016 | The father of the man suspected in the New York and New Jersey bomb blasts claimed Tuesday he called the FBI on his own son two years ago -- but a source said he immediately recanted, as multiple news agencies reported that officers found a journal pierced with a bullet hole after the shootout that ended with the suspect in handcuffs. Separately, according to a neighbor, the father said in 2014 that his son may have been in contact with people overseas collecting explosives, ABC News reported...Fox News is told a full-blown investigation into Rahami was not opened.

 

Federal charges filed against NY, NJ bombings suspect --Criminal complaints against suspect were unsealed in New York and New Jersey Tuesday | 21 Sept 2016 | Federal authorities formally charged 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami Tuesday with planting a number of bombs in New York City and New Jersey over the weekend. Rahami is accused of use of weapons of mass destruction, bombing a place of public use, destruction of property by means of fire or explosive, and use of a destructive device during and in furtherance of a crime of violence. Investigators believe Rahami planted bombs in New York City, as well as in Elizabeth and Seaside Park, N.J. One of the devices exploded in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood Saturday night, wounding 31 people.

 

NY, NJ Bombings Suspect Charged With Attempted Murder of Police Officers | 20 Sept 2016 | Ahmad Khan Rahami, earlier named a person of interest in the weekend explosions in New York City and New Jersey, has been charged with five counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer. He is also charged with second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. Rahami was taken into custody and hospitalized this morning after a shootout with police in Linden, New Jersey, the Union County acting prosecutor said today. He has been "directly linked" to the devices used in the New York and New Jersey explosions on Saturday, FBI official Bill Sweeney said.

 

FBI arrests 'armed and dangerous' Afghanistan-born man wanted for Manhattan and New Jersey bombings in shootout that left two cops injured --FBI released Rahami's picture Monday morning, saying they wanted to question him in connection to the two bombings and one attempted bombing in New York City and New Jersey over the weekend | 19 Sept 2016 | The man wanted in connection for two bombings and an attempted bombing in New York and New Jersey this weekend has been arrested after a shootout with police. A bar owner in Linden, New Jersey called police around 11am Monday morning, after finding 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami sleeping in the entryway of his business. When police arrived on the scene, Rahami brandished a weapon and started shooting at the cops - injuring two. Officers eventually shot Rahami in the right shoulder and he was taken from the scene in an ambulance, handcuffed to a stretcher.  

 

Syrian migrant threw his three children from an upstairs window after his wife revolted against traditional Arab women's role | 20 Sept 2016 | A Syrian migrant [Hassan Z, 36] threw his three young children out of a window in a rage after his wife insisted on being treated like a European woman, a trial has heard. The children survived the shocking incident at a house in Lohmar, near Cologne, earlier this year. The trial in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia heard the woman had made it clear she was not prepared to accept the traditional role of a subservient Arab wife and this had infuriated her husband.

 

Demonstrators flood streets again in Charlotte and Atlanta to protest police shootings | 23 Sept 2016 | Dozens of demonstrators were out in Charlotte, N.C., for a fourth night of protests Friday after the shooting of a black man by a police officer. Several dozen people gathered at a park and then marched through Charlotte's business district with signs. A separate protest was underway in Atlanta, where hundreds of protesters were in the streets. One of the marchers in Charlotte had a sign that said "Just Stop The Killing," while another had a banner that said "Just Release the Tapes."

 

Keith Lamont Scott's wife releases video of deadly Charlotte encounter | 23 Sept 2016 | Video of a deadly encounter between Charlotte police and a black man shows his wife repeatedly telling officers he is not armed and pleading with them not to shoot her husband as they shout at him to drop a gun. The video, recorded by Keith Lamont Scott's wife and released Friday by his family, does not indicate whether Scott had a gun. Police have said he was armed, but witnesses say he held only a book.

 

Charlotte police chief: Shooting video won't be made public | 22 Sept 2016 | After violent protests raged for the second night in Charlotte over the police shooting of a black man, the city's police chief told reporters Thursday he has no intention of releasing dashcam video of Keith Lamont Scott's shooting "to the masses." Asked if there was a time at which the public could expect to see it, Chief Kerr Putney said there should be no such expectation...Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts said the police department has both dashcam and body camera footage of the shooting. But Officer Brentley Vinson -- the black officer who shot Scott -- was not wearing a body camera, the police chief said.

 

North Carolina governor declares state of emergency as new protests erupt in Charlotte | 21 Sept 2016 | North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency in Charlotte on Wednesday night after violent new protests over the police shooting of a black man erupted in the heart of downtown, leaving one person shot and critically wounded. The shooting Wednesday night occurred as protesters waded into the streets and began streaming toward downtown hotels as police in riot gear fired tear gas and attempted to block their progress. The governor announced he has initiated efforts to deploy the National Guard and state troopers to help quell the violence, which has raged for the last two nights in Charlotte in response to the death of 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott.

 

12 officers hurt, vehicles damaged in Charlotte shooting protests, police say | 21 Sept 2016 | About 12 police officers were injured and squad cars were damaged Tuesday night when protests erupted after an African-American man was shot and killed by another officer earlier in the day. Police began using tear gas and flash bangs to disperse the crowd, which police said had been joined by "agitators." The protests erupted over the officer-involved shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott, 43.

 

Tulsa officer who fatally shot Terence Crutcher charged with first-degree manslaughter | 22 Sept 2016 | The white Tulsa, Okla., police officer captured on video fatally shooting an unarmed black man on a city street will face first-degree manslaughter charges, Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler announced at a news conference. The prosecutor filed the charges against officer Betty Shelby on Thursday, a full six days after multiple cameras showed her shooting 40-year-old Terence Crutcher as he stood beside his  stalled sport-utility vehicle. Moments earlier, cameras had captured Crutcher walking away from Shelby with his hands in the air.

 

Dangerous levels of carcinogenic chromium-6 in US drinking water - report | 21 Sept 2016 | Dangerous levels of chromium-6 are contaminating tap water consumed by hundreds of millions of Americans, according to a national report released Tuesday. Chromium-6 is the carcinogenic chemical that was featured in the popular 2000 movie "Erin Brockovich..."The US Environmental Protection [sic] Agency has never set a specific limit for chromium-6 in drinking water. New analysis from the Environmental Working Group, an independent advocacy group, examines evidence from water systems throughout the nation and concludes that the tap water of 218 million Americans contains levels of chromium-6 that the group considers dangerous.

 

FBI gave top Clinton aide Cheryl Mills immunity in email probe, rep says | 23 Sept 2016 | Hillary Clinton's former chief of staff Cheryl Mills and two other staffers were granted immunity as part of the now-closed FBI probe into the former secretary of state's email practices, according to a top House Republican who questioned whether the numerous deals hindered the bureau's ability to build a case. "This is beyond explanation," House oversight committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, said in a statement Friday. "The FBI was handing out immunity agreements like candy. I've lost confidence in this investigation and I question the genuine effort in which it was carried out." The arrangements detailed by Chaffetz bring the total number of publicly known immunity deals in the Clinton case to five.

 

Lyin' Ted jumps aboard the Trump bandwagon: Cruz reverses his 'vote with your conscience' call and endorses the man he called a 'pathological liar' - after polls surge | 23 Sept 2016 | Ted Cruz finally jumped aboard the Trump train on Friday, stunning conservative stalwarts by encouraging Republicans to vote for the GOP nominee he feuded with for months and once called a 'pathological liar.' 'After many months of careful consideration, of prayer and searching my own conscience my career nosedived following the Republican National Convention, I have decided that on Election Day, I will vote for the Republican nominee, Donald Trump,' Cruz wrote on Facebook. His decision came as Trump and Clinton appear locked in a statistical dead heat in polls, and a mounting confidence within the Republican's circle that he could win - and jitters in Hillary Clinton's camp over her evaporating lead.

 

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