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Defiant Merkel defends refugee stance after attacks
Yahoo News ^ | 7/28/16 | AFP

Posted on 07/28/2016 6:19:45 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

Berlin (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday rebuffed calls to reverse her welcoming stance toward refugees after a series of brutal attacks in the country.

Merkel, who interrupted her summer holiday to face the media in Berlin, said the four assaults within a week were "shocking, oppressive and depressing" but not a sign that authorities had lost control.

The German leader said the assailants "wanted to undermine our sense of community, our openness and our willingness to help people in need".

"We firmly reject this," she said at a wide-ranging news conference.

Merkel repeated her rallying cry from last year when she opened the borders to people fleeing war and persecution, many from Syria, which brought nearly 1.1 million migrants and refugees to Germany in 2015.

"I am still convinced today that 'we can do it' -- it is our historic duty and this is a historic challenge in times of globalisation," she said.

"We have already achieved very, very much in the last 11 months."

Merkel was speaking after a axe rampage, a shooting spree, a knife attack and a suicide bombing stunned Germany, leaving 13 people dead, including three assailants, and dozens wounded.

Three of the four attackers were asylum seekers, and two of the assaults were claimed by the Islamic State group.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Germany; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: defends; defiant; germany; hijrah; merkel; refugee
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1 posted on 07/28/2016 6:19:45 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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“We have already achieved very, very much in the last 11 months.”

Merkel was speaking after a axe rampage, a shooting spree, a knife attack and a suicide bombing stunned Germany, leaving 13 people dead, including three assailants, and dozens wounded.

Three of the four attackers were asylum seekers, and two of the assaults were claimed by the Islamic State group.

Some might say she has been an ‘over-achiever’ when it comes to promoting the free flow of terrorists across the globe.. and she is not alone.


2 posted on 07/28/2016 6:21:24 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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3 posted on 07/28/2016 6:22:04 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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Somebody (Soros) must have some serious dirt on her.


4 posted on 07/28/2016 6:24:07 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: NormsRevenge

Get the men in the White jackets. Merkel is way beyond her expired by date.


5 posted on 07/28/2016 6:25:20 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: NormsRevenge

I wonder how many of the German people agree with her insane rationalization??


6 posted on 07/28/2016 6:26:46 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: NormsRevenge

They say “we” when they want to share the guilt.

They say “I” when they are sucking around for unearned credit.

How many times did King Obama sai “I” in his speech last night?


7 posted on 07/28/2016 6:26:47 PM PDT by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: justa-hairyape

Hitler defended the Storm Troopers the same way. What’s with these Germans?


8 posted on 07/28/2016 6:28:04 PM PDT by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016)
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To: Iron Munro

Obammy was on a roll last night.. over 100 Me me Me I I I


9 posted on 07/28/2016 6:28:29 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: NormsRevenge

Somebody needs to do a little Allah Akbar on her.


10 posted on 07/28/2016 6:29:32 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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“We firmly reject this,”

Wow. That will stop them. Next one Merkel will say ‘we really really firmly reject this.’


11 posted on 07/28/2016 6:29:35 PM PDT by Lent
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Why isn’t Deutschland importing intelligent and productive families from India and China?


12 posted on 07/28/2016 6:29:44 PM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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“I am still convinced today that ‘we can do it’ — it is our historic duty and this is a historic challenge in times of globalisation,” she said. “

She’s being well paid for this by the globalists.

The population can stand by and watch their country be destroyed or get rid of her any way they can.


13 posted on 07/28/2016 6:30:12 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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Merkel is a life-long EU dreamer, socialist and globalist. There is NO WAY she will allow this to impinge on her ideology or her plans.


14 posted on 07/28/2016 6:32:06 PM PDT by PGR88
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15 posted on 07/28/2016 6:34:08 PM PDT by NRx (A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
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Someone stuffed her pockets full. Sure would like to know the difference in her bank account balance pre-invasion and now.


16 posted on 07/28/2016 6:37:19 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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That delusional dyke needs to go!


17 posted on 07/28/2016 6:38:38 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (<<<<<<< he no longer IS my 'teddy bear'.)
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To: NormsRevenge

This woman needs to be put in a straitjacket and sent away to a rubber room for the sake of her country.


18 posted on 07/28/2016 6:40:44 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: NRx

My Avast says your homepage is a threat. HTML infection.


19 posted on 07/28/2016 6:41:38 PM PDT by disndat
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Did you mean strait jacket or on trial for treason against the Germans and EU? She is obviously working for Soros and the Amish globalists.


20 posted on 07/28/2016 6:45:52 PM PDT by apoliticalone (Political correctness should be defined as news media that exposes political corruption)
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