(ANTIMEDIA) Considering decades of U.S.-U.K.-led wars of aggression in the Middle East — coupled with the arming and funding of jihadists as well as the arming and funding of the prime sponsors of these jihadist groups — has done
Saudi Arabia Salafist top cleric, Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh, listens to a speech of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia at the Consultative Council in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 24, 2009. (AP /Hassan Ammar)
In the wake of the massacre in Manchester, people rightly warn against blaming the entire Muslim community in Britain and the world. Certainly one of the aims of those who carry out such atrocities is to provoke the communal punishment of all Muslims, thereby alienating a portion of them who will then become open to recruitment by Isis and al-Qaeda clones.
Mourners embrace at a vigil for Richard Collins III, who was stabbed to death in College Park, Maryland. (AP/Brian Witte)
Donald Trump holds a sword and sways with traditional dancers during a welcome ceremony at Murabba Palace, in Riyadh, May 20, 2017. (AP/Evan Vucci)
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In a speech that contradicted numerous public statements, President Donald Trump praised the rulers of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf state autocracies for fighting Islamic terrorism in his first foreign trip as president. Despite irrefutable evidence (that
5 juli-podden – för dig som vill vara uppdaterad i debatten om internet, övervakning och fri- & rättigheter.Återigen har en terrorist varit känd av ett lands säkerhetstjänst innan han begick sitt brott. Ändå fortsätter politiker att propagera för massövervakning av hela befolkningen.Men först veckans nätnyheter:
Nybloggat på HAX.5July.org:War on terror: We are doing it wrong »"Time and time again it turns out that terrorists have been known to authorities before their attacks." (...) "Clearly, surveillance should be focused on people we have reasons to believe are dangerous to others."
British intelligence allows known and dangerous terrorists to live and organize in the country.
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Manchester bomber Salman Abedi (Photo: Twitter)
MANCHESTER — As the worst terrorist attack to hit the United Kingdom since 2005, last week’s bombing of a concert in Manchester has since been a constant fixture of the news cycle both in the UK and abroad. bsent from mainstream media accounts of the event – and the man allegedly behind it – are several key coincidences that have raised concerns, particularly regarding links between British intelligence and the alleged suicide bomber, British-born Salman Abedi.
Since the beginning of the Syrian civil war in August 2011 to June 2014 when the Islamic State overran Mosul and Anbar in Iraq, an informal pact existed between the Western powers, their regional allies and the Sunni Arab militants of the Middle East against the Shi’a Iranian axis comprised of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Iran’s proxy in Lebanon, Hezbollah.[Read More...]
The chances of being killed in a terrorist attack are about 1 in 20 million.
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