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Angela Merkel 'disgusted' by Cologne New Year gang assaults on women
BBC ^ | 01/05/2016

Posted on 01/05/2016 9:28:44 AM PST by SeekAndFind

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has voiced outrage over the sexual assaults and thefts that male gangs inflicted on women in Cologne on New Year's Eve.

Women have made at least 90 criminal complaints to police about the harassment by gangs at Cologne's main railway station on Thursday night. The scale of the attacks has shocked Germany. About 1,000 drunk and aggressive young men were involved.

Witnesses and police said the men were of Arab or North African appearance.

Mrs Merkel called Cologne's mayor Henriette Reker on Tuesday and "expressed her outrage over these disgusting attacks and sexual assaults".

The chancellor said everything must be done "to find the perpetrators as quickly and comprehensively as possible and punish them, regardless of their origin or background".

There is an intense debate in Germany about refugees and migrants, who arrived in record numbers last year. But Mayor Reker urged people not to jump to conclusions about the Cologne assailants.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assault; cologne; germany; henriettereker; merkel; muslim; wolfgangalbers
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To: TheTimeOfMan

Disgusted, perhaps. Or maybe outraged. But was she actually surprised?

After all, letting in hordes of young men of military service age, who already held some animus toward Europeans, to the exclusion of women and children who are much more likely to be true refugees, had to involve SOME risk.


41 posted on 01/05/2016 10:01:55 AM PST by alloysteel (Do not argue with trolls. That means they win.)
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To: SeekAndFind

She was so disgusted that it took her four full days to say anything.


42 posted on 01/05/2016 10:08:03 AM PST by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: vladimir998
She was so disgusted that it took her four full days to say anything.

She must have seen the polls.

43 posted on 01/05/2016 10:08:50 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: all the best

“The religion of sexual assault. Cult of rape.”

Liberals or Islam?


44 posted on 01/05/2016 10:09:06 AM PST by Smedley (It's a sad day for American capitalism when a man can't fly a midget on a kite over Central Park)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Women in Germany should sue the German Government for being complicit in these crimes.


45 posted on 01/05/2016 10:09:30 AM PST by OPS4 (Ops4 God Bless America!Jesus is Lord)
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To: Vic S
Count Kalergi

I've never heard of him. I do plan on reading about him and his movement.

What warped logic. Assuming he's correct, that a brown race would be easier to control. Problem is, if they had the aptitude to thrive in Western society, they would've established western governments, civilization, and behaviors in their homelands. If this insanity breeds out the positive traits in the population where Western civilization and government endured, there's no way to sustain it. The elite will become as impressive as the over-bred British monarchy.

I'm off on a tangent here. But from a philosophical and sociological point of view, the concept of engineering a more compliant (and less competent) society is insane.

Interestingly, this is the feeling I usually get on a cruise ship. The staff seem to be chosen for their willingness to follow orders without question, not to innovate or be real good at problem solving.

46 posted on 01/05/2016 10:11:29 AM PST by grania
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To: SeekAndFind

As a side note, THIS is a problem unique to FEMALE leaders.

A guy would have known what could go wrong letting in a bunch of single, military-age males into a population containing young beautiful blonde German girls.

Every guy reading this is nodding in agreement (maybe only inside) but every woman reading this is wondering what on earth I am talking about and how dare I say such a thing about a woman leader.

True, right?


47 posted on 01/05/2016 10:11:44 AM PST by Mr. K (If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
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To: Steely Tom
Mrs Merkel called Cologne's mayor Henriette Reker on Tuesday and "expressed her outrage over these disgusting attacks and sexual assaults".

Well, that will certainly make a difference.


It's OK, the mayor is outraged too... /S

Reker told the local press she found the men's actions "monstrous."

"We cannot tolerate this development of lawlessness," Reker told the 'Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger' newspaper.

48 posted on 01/05/2016 10:19:47 AM PST by az_gila
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar; Travis McGee; Lucy Hamilton; null and void; Smokin' Joe
Her 'disgust' is pure theater. One needs to look at how hard the German government is actively seeking refugees.

Instead of providing a direct link to Deutsche Welle Ayslum guide, here is a link to German Informstion Centre Africa

The DW guide provides dozens of social service links to aid in the recruitment not just of Syrian refugees but Africans as well. There is a very large portion of the German bureaucracy mobilized for this effort.

Merkel's feigned disgust doesn't come near the level that the German people should be feeling. The Merkel government keeps rolling like the Panzer Blitzkrieg.

49 posted on 01/05/2016 10:23:02 AM PST by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern - Chesterton)
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To: TheTimeOfMan

Outraged by a problem she caused and will do nothing to fix.


50 posted on 01/05/2016 10:25:19 AM PST by Personal Responsibility (Trump/Cruz 2016)
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To: Covenantor

51 posted on 01/05/2016 10:28:28 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: grania

This is a good article. It was originally written in Italian in 2012. It’s available on several websites.

http://golden-dawn-international-newsroom.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-coudenhove-kalergi-plan-genocide-of.html


52 posted on 01/05/2016 10:29:36 AM PST by Vic S
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To: SeekAndFind

Is it legal to own a shot gun in France?
How about hand guns?
If not a gallonof gas would accomplish the same.


53 posted on 01/05/2016 10:30:10 AM PST by Joe Boucher (Rubio is a liar, Jeb is worthless, Go Cruz ,Keep stirring the pot Donald.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh, yeah, angela. Your citizens are “disgusted” by you.


54 posted on 01/05/2016 10:30:50 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: SeekAndFind
Mayor Reker urged people not to jump to conclusions about the Cologne assailants. "It's completely improper... to link a group that appeared to come from North Africa with the refugees," she said, after crisis talks with the police.

What a loser for Mayor - what a maroon ...

55 posted on 01/05/2016 10:33:02 AM PST by 11th_VA
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To: SeekAndFind

She shouldn’t be surprised at this. After all, the culprits could be part of those immigrants she let into Germany.


56 posted on 01/05/2016 10:36:51 AM PST by liberalism is suicide (Communism,fascism-no matter how you slice socialism, its still baloney)
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To: joethedrummer

And therein lies the problem: Politicians/judges/etc. NEVER must ‘lie in it’. THEY are never at the receiving end of their ideals/actions/laws/decrees.

I, myself, have never understood, nor approved, of the idea of NEEDING to protect the Pres/VP/Congress/etc. Are they not ‘one of us’ (the People)? What makes being elected to office, BY the People, their lives superior to the electorate??

“Oh, no, we can never find ANOTHER XYZ. Oh, wait. Yes, we can! Me, you, them...”

Now, the Scheiße Kopf that greeted this filth with open arms...they have blood on their hands. If they’re on the receiving end, my care-meter doesn’t register.


57 posted on 01/05/2016 10:45:38 AM PST by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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To: SeekAndFind

Angela awakens! lol


58 posted on 01/05/2016 10:53:12 AM PST by stocksthatgoup (Trump and Cruz are not attacking each other. Why don't their follows take note)
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To: SeekAndFind

Angela awakens! lol


59 posted on 01/05/2016 10:54:01 AM PST by stocksthatgoup (Trump and Cruz are not attacking each other. Why don't their follows take note)
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To: dead
Well that's a little bit our fault - we thinned their herd pretty well.

We thinned it, but the Russians slaughtered it off.

60 posted on 01/05/2016 10:55:06 AM PST by henkster (Never elect a president with unresolved mommy issues.)
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