News Updates from CLG
11 June 2017
11 June 2017
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'Anti-Sharia' marches and counter protests held nationwide | 10 June 2017 | Marches in opposition to Islamic law have kicked off in numerous cities across the US. The rallies drew counter-protesters. A number of people have been arrested at several locations, as intermittent brawls broke out among the opposing camps. The March against Sharia kicked off in dozens locations, including New York City, Chicago, Seattle, Atlanta, Orlando and other cities across the United States on Saturday.
Australia planning first ever prison unit built specifically to keep terrorists in isolation --The prison facility will hold up to 54 inmates | 11 June 2017 | In an effort to prevent the spread of radical Islamic ideology, Australia is to build a prison facility which will isolate militants from other inmates. The unit, named 'Supermax II', will be a part of Goulburn's high-security Supermax prison and would house 54 inmates, said the Premier of New South Wales State Gladys Berejiklian. Thus far there have been 33 people within the New South Wales prison system who have been jailed for terrorist offences, Reuters reports.
Australian police to get greater powers to shoot in militant sieges | 08 June 2017 | Police in Australia's most populous state will be allowed to shoot suspects in "terrorist related" incidents even if the attacker does not pose an imminent threat, under a proposed law, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Thursday. The change comes after a series of "lone wolf" Islamist-inspired attacks, the most serious of which raised questions about the traditional police strategy of "contain and negotiate" in hostage situations. Under the proposal, which is likely to be adopted in the state's parliament given the support for it, lethal force can be used immediately if an incident is declared "terrorist related" by the state's most senior police officer, Berejiklian told reporters in Sydney. Currently, police have to wait until a suspect demonstrates an imminent threat to others.
Rights Group Asks Germany to Arrest CIA Deputy Director | 07 June 2017 | A civil rights group is asking German authorities to issue an arrest warrant for the recently appointed deputy director of the CIA over claims she oversaw the torture of terrorism suspects 15 years ago. The nonprofit European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights submitted a legal brief to German federal prosecutors Tuesday, alleging that Gina Haspel allowed the waterboarding of prisoners at a secret U.S. detention center in Thailand. The prosecutor's office confirmed Wednesday the complaint had been received and was being reviewed. Similar complaints against senior U.S. officials in the past haven't resulted in arrest warrants.
Lawsuit filed in case of 2 architects of CIA interrogations | 07 June 2017 | Attorneys for a detainee prisoner at Guantanamo Bay are suing the psychologists who created the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques torture used in the 'war on terror,' aiming to compel them to provide information to Polish officials who are investigating a former CIA jail in that country. The lawsuit was filed late last month in federal court in eastern Washington state and was announced Wednesday by the London-based human rights group Reprieve. The suit details what it describes as the torture of Abu Zubaydah, who was held in the CIA black site, or secret interrogation facility, in Stare Kiejkuty, Poland, from Dec. 5, 2002-Sept. 22, 2003.
Three US army rangers are killed and one more is wounded by Afghan soldier in 'green-on-blue' attack| 10 June 2017 | Three US army rangers have been killed by an Afghan army solider who opened fire on them in eastern Afghanistan, an Afghan official said. Afghan officials initially reported that two soldiers had been killed and two wounded but US officials later upgraded the death count. Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor in Nangarhar province, said the Afghan soldier was killed after the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility, with spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid saying one of their fighters had joined the Afghan army.
Passenger Jet Diverted to Germany Over Terrorism Statements | 10 June 2017 | A passenger jet from Slovenia's capital to England was diverted to Germany on Saturday after men on board were heard talking about terrorism, and authorities conducted the controlled detonation of a backpack as a precaution, police said. Three men were detained after the easyJet flight from Ljubljana to London Stansted Airport made an unscheduled stop in Cologne, a spokesman for the German Nordrhein-Westfalen police said. The spokesman said the flight was diverted to Cologne-Bonn airport around 6:30 p.m. local time (12:30 p.m. ET) after passengers told staff that three men on board were talking about terrorism.
Iran says Saudi Arabia was behind deadly Tehran parliament building attack claimed by ISIS that left 12 people dead as they arrest five suspects --Iran's Revolutionary Guard has accused Saudi Arabia of being behind an ISIS attack in Tehran which killed 12 | 07 June 2017 | Iranian authorities have arrested five suspects after an ISIS [I-CIA-SIS] attack which killed 12 and wounded 35 at the country's parliament and a shrine to Ayatollah Khomeini on Wednesday. The country's Revolutionary Guards blamed Saudi Arabia for the attack, saying: 'This terrorist attack happened only a week after the meeting between the U.S. President Donald Trump and the Saudi backward leaders who support terrorists. 'The fact that Islamic State has claimed responsibility proves that they [Saudi Arabia] were involved in the brutal attack.'
Notre Dame attacker shouted 'this is for Syria' before being shot | 06 June 2017 | A man armed with a hammer shouted "this is for Syria" and wounded a policeman before being shot and wounded by other officers on Tuesday outside Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, one of France's most famous tourist sites. The Paris prosecutor's office swiftly launched a counter-terrorism investigation into the attack, the first since President Emmanuel Macron won power last month and days before the first round of a parliamentary election in France...Dozens of armed police sealed off the area and put the Gothic cathedral into lockdown with nearly 1,000 tourists and worshippers inside.
Passengers jump from plane at Australian airport in bomb hoax - media | 06 June 2017 | Passengers jumped from a plane at a rural Australian airport on Tuesday when a threatening note, which turned out to be a hoax, was found in the bathroom, police and media said, a day after a siege in Melbourne which police are treating as terrorism. Police said the 68-passenger turboprop plane with 42 passengers on board on a domestic flight was evacuated at the airport in Albury, in southern New South Wales, and a man was arrested. Virgin Australia said police met the plane on its arrival "due to a security incident on board".
Revealed: London terrorist, known to police and MI5, is embarrassment for security services as he appeared in TV documentary on British jihadists | 05 June 2017 | A married father-of-two and a Moroccan-Libyan 30-year-old can now be revealed as two of the London Bridge terrorists who murdered seven people in the capital city massacre. The killer in an Arsenal shirt can today be named as British extremist Khuram Butt who was filmed unfurling an ISIS flag on national TV and was reported to the police twice but still managed to launch murder on Britain's streets. He was known to both the police and MI5 who are awaiting what they described as international confirmation before naming the third terrorist...Butt's involvement is doubly embarrassing for police and the security services because he appeared in a TV documentary last year about British jihadis - and was also involved in a filmed altercation with police after he unfurled an ISIS flag in Regent's Park.
London Bridge: more arrests as police tell how terrorists wanted to use truck | 10 June 2017 | The three terrorists who struck London Bridge last Saturday tried to hire a 7.5-tonne lorry on the morning of the attack to kill even more people and inflict a bigger atrocity on Britain. Early on Saturday morning police investigating the attack made raids in east London and arrested two more people on suspicion of terror offences, bringing the number being held to seven...Five other people were already in custody as detectives and MI5 investigate if anyone assisted the London Bridge terrorists or had knowledge of their plans go run people over and go on a stabbing rampage.
Body of eighth London Bridge victim found in River Thames | 07 June 2017 | Detectives searching for a Frenchman who disappeared during the London Bridge terror attack have recovered a body from the River Thames. Specialist officers from the Marine Police Unit recovered the man's body on Tuesday evening near Limehouse, about three miles from the scene of the atrocity. He has not been formally identified, but Xavier Thomas's next of kin have been told about the development.
British police identify 2 attackers in Saturday rampage as residents of east London | 05 June 2017 | Police on Monday named two of the three attackers who killed seven people during a rampage through central London, saying that both had lived only miles away from the scene of the carnage and that one had been on the radar of security services. London's Metropolitan Police identified the assailants as 27-year-old Khuram Shazad Butt, a British citizen who was born in Pakistan, and 30-year-old Rachid Redouane, who had claimed to be Moroccan and Libyan.
Member of public sustained gunshot wound as eight officers fired 'unprecedented' barrage of 50 bullets at London attackers --London terror: 21 'critical' after van and stabbing attack | 04 June 2017 | NHS England has said 21 people are in a critical condition following Saturday night's terror attack in Central London. Seven people were killed after three male attackers drove a white Renault hire van into crowds on London Bridge before stabbing people near Borough Market...A total of 48 people - including foreign nationals from Spain, Germany, New Zealand and Australia - were hurt in the attack, and 36 of them are still being treated in hospital. Scotland Yard said a member of the public also sustained a gunshot wound as eight officers fired an "unprecedented" barrage of 50 bullets at the attackers.
Police raids after London terror attack - updates --Police reveal eight officers fired 50 shots in the London Bridge area during the attack and that a member of the public was hit. | 04 June 2017 |
- Seven people killed and 48 injured in a terror attack in the London Bridge area around 10pm
- A van hit pedestrians then drove to Borough Market - where three attackers started stabbing people
- Armed officers shot three attackers dead within eight minutes of the first call
- Hero police officer first on scene took on all three terrorists - he is in a serious condition
- Police raid home of one of the attackers - detain five people
- Theresa May says the UK is "far too tolerant of extremism" and vows "enough is enough"
- The General Election will go ahead on 8 June after brief suspension of campaigning
Theresa May confirms she will stay as Britain's prime minister | 09 June 2017 | British Prime Minister Theresa May vowed Friday to form a government with the support of the Democratic Unionists after her Conservative Party lost its parliamentary majority -- a shattering blow just days before talks on Britain's EU departure are set to begin. "I will now form a government -- a government that can provide certainty and lead Britain forward at this critical time for our country," a grim-faced May said Friday outside 10 Downing Street. She promised no delays in negotiations with the European Union, which were scheduled to begin later this month.
UK General Election: Theresa May faces calls to resign as hung parliament confirmed | 09 June 2017 | (Updates) Britain has gone to the polls to decide who will lead the country into Brexit negotiations. Tory Prime Minister Theresa May called the snap election in April to strengthen her slim majority. But Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is hot on her heels in the exit polls.
Seven more Fukushima residents diagnosed with thyroid cancer | 06 June 2017 | Seven more Fukushima Prefecture residents who were aged 18 or under at the time of the 2011 nuclear accident have been found to have thyroid cancer, the prefectural government said Monday. The number of Fukushima residents suffering from thyroid cancer now totals 152, the prefectural government said in a meeting of an expert panel. [TEPCO/government propagandist] Hokuto Hoshi, head of the panel and vice chair of the prefectural medical association, called it "unlikely" that radiation was responsible for the increase.
5 workers exposed to radiation at Japan nuclear lab that handles plutonium | 07 June 2017 | Japan's Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday that five workers at a nuclear facility that handles plutonium have been exposed to high levels of radiation after a bag containing highly radioactive material apparently broke during equipment inspection. The state-run agency said the incident occurred Tuesday at its Oarai Research & Development Center, a facility for nuclear fuel study that uses highly toxic plutonium. The cause of the accident is under investigation...Agency spokesman Masataka Tanimoto said one of the men's survey indicated high levels of plutonium exposure in his lungs, with the dose showing nearly 1,000 times that of his earlier nostril survey.
Russia doesn't cry 'Washington hackers' despite daily attacks from US territory - Kremlin | 09 June 2017 | Moscow registers daily cyberattacks emanating from the territory of the United States, but does not make ludicrous accusations that it is orchestrated by the White House or US intelligence agencies, Kremlin press-secretary Dmitry Peskov has said. "Hacking attacks, which are carried out from the US territory, are recorded daily, including attacks targeting the website of the Russian President," Peskov told journalists on Thursday, adding that similar attacks "come from the territories of many countries around the world." On Wednesday, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Sergey Ryabkov, said during Parliament hearings that "28 percent of all attacks on Russian cyber infrastructure were carried out from US territory," while the amount of hacking attempts from Russian territory against the US reaches only 2 or 3 percent.
Trump: 'James Comey leaks will be far more prevalent than anyone ever thought possible' | 11 June 2017 | President Trump again took aim at former FBI director James B. Comey on Sunday morning, suggesting in a tweet that Comey might have secretly released even more information to the public than he has already admitted to doing. "I believe the James Comey leaks will be far more prevalent than anyone ever thought possible. Totally illegal? Very 'cowardly!'" Trump said in a tweet sent from his personal account, @realDonaldTrump.
Comey said he had a friend leak memo from Trump meeting | 08 June 2017 | Ex-FBI Director James Comeytestified before a Senate committee that he orchestrated the leak of a memo he wrote about his conversation with President Trump to a reporter. Comey acknowledged the leak of his own memo to a law professor pal after Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) asked if he ever shared any of the memos he had written about conversations with Trump outside of the Justice Department. Comey said he gave the memo, which did not contain classified information, to Daniel Richman, a friend who is a Columbia Law School professor and longtime adviser.
Federal Government Contractor in Georgia Charged With Removing and Mailing Classified Materials to a News Outlet | 05 June 2017 | A criminal complaint was filed in the Southern District of Georgia today chargingReality Leigh W-nner, 25, a federal contractor from Augusta, Georgia, with removing classified material from a government facility and mailing it to a news outlet, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 793(e). W-nner was arrested by the FBI at her home on Saturday, June 3, and appeared in federal court in Augusta this afternoon... According to the allegations contained in the criminal complaint: W-nner is a contractor with Pluribus International Corporation assigned to a U.S. government agency facility in Georgia. She has been employed at the facility since on or about February 13, and has held a Top Secret clearance during that time. On or about May 9, W-nner printed and improperly removed classified intelligence reporting, which contained classified national defense information from an intelligence community agency, and unlawfully retained it. Approximately a few days later, W-nner unlawfully transmitted by mail the intelligence reporting to an online news outlet.
Sandy Hook hoaxer gets prison time for threatening Noah Pozner's father | 08 June 2017 | A Florida woman who claimed the [alleged] mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School was a hoax was sentenced Wednesday to five months in prison for making death threats against the parent of one of the students [allegedly] killed in the attack. Lucy Richards, 57, pleaded guilty to one count of transmitting threats through interstate communications, admitting that she sent the parent a message reading, "LOOK BEHIND YOU IT IS DEATH," court documents show. The parent was referred to only as "L.P." in court documents, but Reuters and the Associated Press identified him as Lenny Pozner.
New Ontario law allows govt to seize children if parents oppose their 'gender identity' | 07 June 2017 | Legislation passed by the Canadian province of Ontario has granted authorities the right to take children away from parents who refuse to accept their children's "gender identity." Critics of the new measure launched a petition aiming for a repeal of the "totalitarian" child abuse bill. Out of Ontario's 86 legislators, 63 voted in favor of Bill 89or "The Supporting Children, Youth and Families Act of 2017" on June 1. The legislation replaces the Child and Family Services Act which used to govern child protection, foster care and adoption services in the province.
Evergreen State faculty demand punishment of white professor who refused to leave on anti-white day--He provoked 'white supremacist backlash' | 02 June 2017 | Bret Weinstein was driven off campus to teach because the campus police said they weren't allowed to protect him. Now the white biology professor might be driven off campus under Evergreen State College's own disciplinary process. More than 50 professors at the public college -- nearly a quarter of faculty -- have signed a statement as of Friday afternoon calling themselves "angry and frustrated and concerned" by the backlash against students and the university. They demanded Weinstein be punished for his response [!?!] to students who cornered him and called him racist after he refused to leave campus on the anti-white "Day of Absence." [So students practically hold a professor hostage for refusing to evacuate campus on the basis of race, and now SJW faculty (from gender studies and English of course) want Weinstein punished? And they are blaming *him* for the rightwing response to snowflake university's insanity? This leaves only one question: How are there any leftists left? -- Michael Rectenwald]
Professor: 'white marble' in artwork contributes to white supremacy | 08 June 2017 | A University of Iowa professor recently argued that appreciation of "white marble" used in classical artwork contributes to "white supremacist ideas today." Professor Sarah Bond demonstrates in an article published in Hyperallergic that "many of the statues, reliefs, and sarcophagi created in the ancient Western world were in fact painted," meaning the "white marble" often seen in such pieces of art were intended to be colored. Consequently, Bond argues that "the equation of white marble with beauty is not an inherent truth of the universe," and is thus "a dangerous construct that continues to influence white supremacist ideas today."
'This was not a coincidence': Trump slogans are Photoshopped out of New Jersey high school yearbook THREE times as the school investigates 'possible violation of First Amendment rights' | 11 June 2017 | A New Jersey high school has censored out mentions of Donald Trump in their yearbook and now the school is investigating the 'possible violation of First Amendment rights'. One student at Wall Township High School in New Jersey had submitted a Donald Trump quote that wasn't included with her picture. Two others had Trump logos on their clothes either cropped or edited out of their pictures. Now those students' parents are calling for the yearbooks to be re-issued and the school superintendent Cheryl Dyer has said she is looking into 'an allegation of censorship and the possible violation of First Amendment rights', according to NJ.com.
Harvard withdraws 10 acceptances for 'offensive' memes in private group chat | 05 June 2017 | The Facebook messaging group...began when about 100 members of Harvard College's incoming freshman class contacted each other through the university's official Class of 2021 Facebook group. They created a messaging group where students could share memes about popular culture -- a growing trend on the Internet among students at elite colleges. But then, the exchanges took a dark turn, according to an article published in the Harvard Crimson on Sunday. Some of the group's members decided to form an offshoot group in which students could share obscene, "R-rated" memes, a student told the Crimson. The founders of the messaging group demanded that students post provocative memes in the main group chat to gain admittance to the smaller group.
Pup too nice for police work gets sweet gig as 'Vice-Regal Dog' | 09 June 2017 | This German Shepherd pup flunked out of police dog school for being too friendly -- but landed on all four feet, becoming a "Vice-Regal Dog" for an Australian governor instead. Gavel, along with 40 other police dogs, joined the Queensland Dog Squad in April of last year, Yahoo7 News reported. During Gavel’s training period -- beginning when he was six weeks old -- Queensland Governor Paul de Jersey fostered him at his Paddington home in Brisbane.
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