CLG: 'ISIS' van attack in Barcelona kills 13 and injures more than 100

 News Updates from CLG
17 August 2017

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Previous edition: FBI, Justice Department open civil rights investigation into Charlottesville car attack 

 

Breaking: Four 'terrorists' die in Spain shoot-out --Police confirm several attackers have been killed in a shoot-out as raids are carried out following the Barcelona attack. | 18 Aug 2017 |

• 13 people killed and 100 injured after van hits crowds in Las Ramblas
• A Spanish national from Melilla and a man from Morocco arrested
• Attack linked to explosions at house in Alcanar
• Four "suspected terrorists" killed in shoot-out at town about 60 miles away from Barcelona

21:03 Police in Catalonia say that the situation in Cambrils has now been brought under control after four suspected attackers were killed in an operation. One person has been detained. 20:48 According to RTVE, a Spanish broadcaster, the suspects had attempted to carry out a similar attack to that in Barcelona by driving a van at pedestrians. It reports seven people were injured, including two seriously. 20:16 Spanish police say four suspected terrorists have been killed after a shoot-out in Cambrils - and a fifth has been seriously injured.

House explosion in Alcanar, Catalonia, may be linked to Barcelona terrorist attack - police | 17 Aug 2017 | An explosion Wednesday night in Alcanar Platja is believed to be linked to Las Ramblas attack in Barcelona, regional authorities have said. Initially, police presumed it was a gas leak that caused the destruction of a house that lead to at least one death and several injuries. At least one person died and another six were injured in the explosion at around 11.15pm Wednesday night in the village of Alcanar Platja in southern Catalonia. Firefighters discovered about 20 gas cylinders while examining the scene of the blast. 

Barcelona terror attack: House blast which killed at least one linked to van rampage | 17 Aug 2017 | Police have arrested at least two suspects after a van was used to kill at least 13 people in a terrorist attack in Barcelona city centre...Islamic State has said it was responsible for the attack, according to the AMAQ news agency. Catalan authorities have confirmed that at least 13 people have died and at least 100 have been injured but said the number of dead could rise. Two people have been arrested and neither of them is the driver of the van, but the investigation is ongoing...A police official said the van attack is being linked to an explosion in the tourist district of Alcanar in which one person was killed, about 100 miles (160km) southwest of Barcelona. TV3 reported that a house blast in the village of Alcanar Platja on Wednesday afternoon killed one an occupant, seriously injured another and injured another six nearby, including some foreigners. 

'ISIS' van attack in Barcelona kills 13 and injures more than 100; At least one fleeing suspect shot dead as he drove into police at roadblock --13 dead and dozens hurt as van drives into crowds of people in Barcelona amid reports of gunshots nearby | 17 Aug 2017 | At least 13 people have been killed and dozens injured in Barcelona after a van ploughed into pedestrians in a busy tourist street. More than two hours after the atrocity a suspect was shot dead after driving through a roadblock in a Ford Focus and opening fire, injuring two police officers. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack, describing the killers as 'soldiers of the Islamic state'. Terror police have arrested two more suspects. Neither of those arrested was the driver of the van, officers have confirmed. Police officials this evening stated that the attack is being linked to an explosion which killed one person yesterday.

CLG Exclusive: Shaming & Shunning: The People Who Do It, & Its Likely Effects (Part I), by Michael Rectenwald I can tell you a little about shaming and shunning -- what types of people initiate it, the way it builds, and how it is maintained. I can also speak to the kinds of responses the shamed and shunned are liable to take in response. The effects of shaming and shunning are indeed variable, but some mass responses are predictable. In my case, I gave an interview with the Washington Square News, NYU's student newspaper; one particular "colleague" of mine found my views intolerable.

U.S. service member killed in Afghanistan | 16 Aug 2017 | Officials say one U.S. service member has died as a result of their wounds Wednesday in Eastern Afghanistan. The incident occurred during a joint operation with Afghan Forces against ISIS. Officials say U.S. and Afghan forces also suffered multiple injuries during the operation.

2 US soldiers killed, 5 more wounded in possible ISIS attack in Iraq | 13 Aug 2017 | Two American soldiers have been killed and five more wounded during an operation in northern Iraq. Though the military has said they were taking part in "combat operations," initial reports said the deaths were not from "enemy contact." The troops were taking part in operations against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).

 

U.S. Navy to remove senior leaders of warship after deadly June crash | 17 Aug 2017 | The U.S. Navy will relieve the two senior officers and the senior enlisted sailor on a U.S. warship that collided with a Philippine container ship in June off the coast of Japan, the Navy said on Thursday. A separate official report released on Thursday contained dramatic accounts of what happened when the freighter hit the USS Fitzgerald, killing seven Navy sailors. Admiral Bill Moran, deputy chief of naval operations, told reporters that the USS Fitzgerald's commander, executive officer and master chief petty officer would be removed. "We've lost trust and confidence in their ability to lead," he said.

 

Oak Ridge makes first transuranic waste shipment | 17 Aug 2017 | (Oak Ridge, TN) Oak Ridge's Transuranic Waste Processing Center just made its first shipment to a permanent disposal facility in five years. Transuranic waste is a mix of materials and debris contaminated with elements that have a higher atomic mass than uranium: elements like Plutonium -- once produced in Oak Ridge's X-10 graphite reactor, or Americium -- the element that contaminated "the Atomic Man," or Tennessine -- the 117th element named for Oak Ridge National Laboratory's role in its discovery. The waste is headed to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), near Carlsbad, New Mexico.

 

'I hope Trump is assassinated,' Missouri lawmaker writes; Secret Service investigates | 17 Aug 2017 | A Democratic Missouri state senator from University City posted, then quickly deleted, a comment on Facebook saying she hoped President Donald Trump would be assassinated. As a result of Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal's comment, the U.S. Secret Service's St. Louis field office is investigating and both Sen. Claire McCaskill and the chairman of the Missouri Democratic Party have called on her to resign. Chappelle-Nadal posted the comment on her personal Facebook page, which is not open to the public...Later in the thread, in response to another commenter, she wrote: "I hope Trump is assassinated!" She later deleted the comment.

 

Democrats move to formally censure Trump over Charlottesville | 16 Aug 2017 | House Democrats are introducing a formal resolution to denounce President Donald Trump for saying that "both sides" are to blame for a violent encounter between white supremacists and neo-Nazis and the activists who showed up to protest them. While the censure is unlikely to see traction in the GOP-led House, it serves as a rebuke to Trump and mirrors some of the Republican criticism the president has faced for his remarks...Just three Democrats have signed onto the measure, but Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., says he expects more to follow.

 

Neo-Nazis Would Be Treated as Terrorists by Police Under Proposed Illinois Law | 16 Aug 2017 | The Illinois Senate has passed a measure that would categorize neo-Nazi groups as terrorist organizations, following the weekend's violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. Lawmakers said it was important after the recent events to show there was "total opposition" to the groups that were involved in the rally. The measure's sponsor is Democratic state Senator Don Harmon. The measure will request that police in Illinois categorize and treat neo-Nazi groups as terrorists.

 

NY governor pushes 'Charlottesville Provisions' to make violent protests a hate crime | 15 Aug 2017 | [Insane globalist dirt-bag/nuclear power pimp] New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wants the state to prosecute violent protests against "protected classes" as a hate crime, suggesting higher criminal penalties. His so-called "Charlottesville Provisions" are a response to the violence in Virginia. Cuomo has proposed to amend the state's hate crime laws to include rioting or incitement to riot against protected groups, according to the governor's office. New York law protects groups and individuals on the basis of race, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, age, disability or sexual orientation. Cuomo also suggested increasing penalties for engaging in a riot against the so-called protected groups.

 

Georgia judge is suspended after calling counterprotesters in Charlottesville 'nutcases' and 'snowflakes' and comparing them to ISIS for tearing down Confederate monuments --Georgia judge is suspended for making controversial Facebook posts --He called counter-protesters in Charlottesville 'special snowflakes' on Saturday --He also compared 'nut cases tearing down monuments' with the Islamic state --The Gwinnett County judge was suspended on Tuesday --He was the mayor of Grayson, Georgia, for more than 20 years | 15 Aug 2017 | A judge and long time politician in Gwinnett County, Georgia, was suspended after making controversial posts on Facebook about the the Charlottesville protests and Confederate monuments. On Facebook Saturday, about an hour before a counter-protester was killed, Judge Jim Hinkle labeled the Charlottesville protesters concerned about Confederate monuments 'snowflakes' and said they had 'no concept of history.' Tuesday morning he posted: 'The nut cases tearing down Confederate monuments are equivalent to ISIS destroying history.'

 

Twitter, other Internet firms accelerate censorship and dismantling of accounts | 16 Aug 2017 | Silicon Valley joined a swelling backlash against neo-Nazi groups [and *others* Twitter and Google dislike] in the United States on Wednesday as more technology companies removed white supremacists from their services in response to weekend violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. Social media networks Twitter Inc and LinkedIn, music service Spotify Ltd and security firm Cloudflare Inc were among the companies cutting off services to hate groups or removing material that they said spread hate [or views which the Deep State dislikes]. Earlier in the week, Facebook Inc [FaCIAbook], Alphabet Inc [NSA best bud, Google, which routinely relegates the CLG Newsletter to the sp-m bin] and GoDaddy Inc also took steps to block hate groups [and *others*].

 

Julian Assange asks why the US said nothing when Obama supported Ukrainian neo-Nazis | 14 Aug 2017 | Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has sent a series of highly apposite Tweets regarding the recent right-wing versus left-wing protests in Charlottesville that have resulting in one death and multiple injuries. In one tweet, Assange juxtaposed an image of a neo-Nazi torch march in Kiev with the far-right torch march in Charlottesville. Apart from the torches, it is clear that the Ukrainian fascists were far more equipped for violence as they were wearing bullet-proof combat gear and facial coverings. The Ukrainian neo-Nazis got scant political coverage in the Western media in spite of the fact that their actions included overthrowing a legitimate government as recognised by the United Nations and the installation of a fascist regime which continues to wage a war of aggression on the peoples of Donbass.

 

Bombshell Connection Between Charlottesville, Soros, and CIA | 15 Aug 2017 | As evidenced this weekend, a civil war is brewing in this country, laying the foundation for a violent coup to take out President Trump. George Soros-funded NGOs have been able to achieve regime change in other countries by quite literally teaming up with neo-Nazis and "moderate" terrorists. Now, investigative reporter Lee Stranahan reveals the same players involved in the overthrow of the government of Ukraine are working behind the scenes to oust President Trump. (Video)

 

Charlottesville 'Unite the Right' Organizer Was Occupy Wall St. Activist and Obama Supporter | 14 Aug 2017 | His name is Jason Kessler. He is the one cited as the organizer of the now infamous "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The thing is, Mr. Kessler's arrival on the "alt right" and/or "White Nationalist" scene didn't occur until November 2016. That's right -- Kessler didn't start his white nationalist activism until after Donald Trump won the White House. Prior to that it appears he participated in the far left/socialist Occupy Wall Street movement as noted by the left-leaning Southern Poverty Law Center.

 

Trump: Left- and right-wing extremists resorted to violence during rally in Virginia | 15 Aug 2017 | U.S. President Donald Trump unabashedly insisted on Tuesday that both left- and right-wing extremists resorted to violence during a weekend rally by right-wing groups in Virginia, and that some present were peacefully protesting plans to remove a Confederate monument when the upheaval began. Trump, taking questions from reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, reverted to his initial comments blaming "many sides" for Saturday's violence in Charlottesville, a day after [again] explicitly condemning the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups...Many of the rally participants were seen carrying firearms, sticks and shields. Some also wore helmets. Counter-protesters likewise came equipped with sticks, helmets and shields.

 

Duke Chapel's statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee vandalized | 17 Aug 2017 | (Durham, NC) A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that is part Duke Chapel has been vandalized. It was discovered Thursday morning that the statue on Duke University's campus had been defaced. The statue is one of 10 historical figures adorning the exterior of the chapel, according to Duke Today. Duke officials are investigating the incident.

 

Seven arrested in toppling of Confederate statue in North Carolina | 16 Aug 2017 | Seven people have been arrested in connection with the toppling of a Confederate statue during a protest this week in Durham, North Carolina, authorities said. The Confederate Soldiers Monument was pulled down during a Monday protest at the old Durham County Courthouse to show solidarity with anti-racist activists after last weekend's deadly clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia.

 

Deputies arrest protester who helped pull down Durham Confederate statue | 15 Aug 2017 | Durham County sheriff's deputies arrested a woman who said she took part in toppling the Confederate statue in downtown Durham. More arrests are expected. Takiyah Thompson, 22, was taken into custody shortly after protesters held a news conference Tuesday afternoon at North Carolina Central University. Thompson climbed a ladder to the top of the statue to tie a rope around its neck before the crowd tore it down.

 

Durham protesters topple Confederate statue outside courthouse | 14 Aug 2017 | Protesters in Durham rushed and toppled a Confederate statue outside the courthouse on Monday evening. The monument of a Confederate soldier holding a rifle was erected in 1924 and inscribed on it are the words "in memory of the boys who wore the gray." Later Monday, Gov. Roy Cooper tweeted reaction, saying, "the racism and deadly violence in Charlottesville is unacceptable but there is a better way to remove these monuments."

 

Texas A&M cancels White Lives Matter rally set for Sept. 11 | 14 Aug 2017 | Texas A&M University cited safety concerns as it cancelled a White Lives Matter rally planned for Sept. 11 by an outside organizer. University administrators consulted with law enforcement, system leaders and regents before cancelling the rally, spokeswoman Amy Smith said. Gov. Greg Abbott's office said Monday that it had been working with the university on how to handle the event safely as well. Organizer Preston, a one-time Texas A&M student,announced on Saturday that he would host a White Lives Matter event in College Station on Sept. 11. He planned to host a White Lives Matter representative from Houston and Richard Spencer, leader of the alt-right.

 

Charlottesville rally participant is 'FIRED from his job' as Twitter begins naming and shaming right-wing supporters involved in 'Unite the Right' event | 13 Aug 2017 | A white nationalist has been fired from his job as Twitter begins naming and shaming alt-right supporters involved in yesterday's deadly Charlottesville rally. Cole White was identified as one of the alt-right protesters at the Unite the Right march on Twitter by user Yes, You're Racist. After his employers Top Dog restaurant, in Berkeley, were alerted that White attended the rally, he was fired.

 

Organizer of the 'Unite the Right' rally is punched and tackled to the ground as he gives a press conference --Jason Kessler explained that he had applied and was granted a permit to assemble yesterday but earlier this week, the city ordered Saturday's rally to be relocated to a larger one --'They rescinded permission,' he said. 'We fought them in federal court and we beat them in federal court. (But) it upended all our security arrangements' --'The denial of first amendment rights... led to the political violence that happened yesterday,' he said --Also blamed police who he said 'refused to do their job' and failed to 'follow through with security' measures --Kessler was saved by the cops who rushed him to the safety of a local police station | 13 Aug 2017 | The organizer of the yesterday's Unite the Right rally was mobbed as he tried to give a press conference blaming the city and cops for the death of a woman protesting the march. Jason Kessler, who was behind the march that turned violent yesterday, leaving one dead and at least 19 injured, was punched and tackled to the ground after the surrounding crowd at his presser turned nasty. The alt-right leader had spoken for mere minutes before he was surrounded by an angry mob outside City Hall in Charlottesville, Virginia.

 

Wasserman Schultz's ex-IT aide indicted on 4 counts | 17 Aug 2017 | Imran Awan, a former IT aide for Democratic Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, was indicted Thursday on four counts including bank fraud and making false statements. The indictment also includes his wife Hina Alvi. The grand jury decision in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia comes roughly a month after Awan was arrested at Dulles airport in Virginia trying to board a plane to Pakistan, where his family is from...The case has put renewed scrutiny on Wasserman Schultz for keeping Awan on the payroll for months, even after a criminal investigation was revealed and he was barred from the House IT network.

 

U.S. talks tough on trade deficit as NAFTA discussions begin | 16 Aug 2017 | The United States drew a hard line for renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement on Wednesday, demanding major concessions aimed at slashing trade deficits with Mexico and Canada and boosting U.S. content for autos. At the start of talks in Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump's top trade adviser, Robert Lighthizer, said Trump was not interested in "a mere tweaking" of the 23-year-old pact, which Trump has threatened to scrap without major changes. "We feel that NAFTA has fundamentally failed many, many Americans and needs major improvement," Lighthizer, the U.S. trade representative, said at the start of the talks, which reflected Trump's relentless [and accurate] criticism that NAFTA has caused massive U.S. manufacturing job losses.

 

California Bill: 1 Year in Jail for Using Wrong Transgender Pronoun | 17 Aug 2017 | A new bill being considered by the California State Senate would punish people who "willfully and repeatedly" refuse "to use a transgender resident’s preferred name or pronouns" in a public health, retirement or housing institution. The bill, SB 219, was proposed by State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco). It includes several other provisions that require a health facility, for example, to honor the gender identity of a patient, meaning that the patient must be admitted to a room that comports with his or her chosen gender; allowed to use whatever bathroom he or she wants to use...It has gone through several amendments. CBN News notes: "Fines for repeat offenders could be as high as 1,000 and a jail term of up to a year."

 

Oregon becomes first state to offer free abortions for all, including undocumented immigrants | 16 Aug 2017 | Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has signed a landmark bill to provide free abortions for all, including undocumented immigrants, by requiring insurance companies to cover the procedures and putting taxpayers on the hook for the tab. Tuesday’s long-awaited signing of House Bill 3391, approved by the State Legislature July 5 with no Republican votes, triggered a torrent of criticism from conservatives along with praise from the pro-choice movement...

 

British Columbia to Ban Grizzly Bear Trophy Hunting | 16 Aug 2017 | In a win for conservationists and environmental groups, British Columbia says it will no longer allow the trophy hunting of grizzly bears in the Canadian province starting on Nov. 30. The new policy blocks all hunting of grizzlies in the Great Bear Rainforest but still allows people to hunt them for food elsewhere in British Columbia... Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Minister Doug Donaldson said the decision to end trophy hunting is "not a matter of numbers [of bears], it's a matter of society has come to the point in B.C. where they are no longer in favour of the grizzly bear trophy hunt." [Yes!]

 

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