The Latest: Iraqi PM says he will resign amid protests
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AP ^
| 11/29/2019
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi says he will submit his resignation to Parliament in the wake of anti-government protests, a bit over a year since he took office. The
statement, broadcast on Iraqi TV, comes a day after more than 40 protesters were killed by security forces and shortly after Iraq’s top Shiite cleric called on the parliament to withdraw support. Abdul-Mahdi says he will present to parliament an official memorandum asking for the resignation of the current government.
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German Trial Accuses Iraqi of Genocide in Killing of Yazidi Girl
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The New York Times ^
| April 25, 2020 | Christopher Schuetze
An Iraqi man accused of being an Islamic State terrorist has gone on trial in a high court in Frankfurt accused of genocide, human trafficking, and the torture and murder of a 5-year-old Yazidi girl he had held as a slave in Falluja, Iraq. *** His trial is believed to be the
first in the world that carries the charge of genocide in relation to the Yazidis. *** Taha Al-J., who is 27, is also charged with murder, crimes against humanity, war crimes and trafficking for the exploitation of their manpower and murder, according to the counts read aloud by...
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Key Iraqi City Falls To ISIS As Last of Security Forces Flee [Obama's Legacy of Betrayal in Blood]
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NYTimes ^
| May 17, 2015 | TIM ARANGO
Key Iraqi City Falls to ISIS as Last of Security Forces Flee By TIM ARANGO MAY 17, 2015 Iraqi security forces withdrawing from Ramadi, the capital of Anbar Province, on Sunday. As the city fell to the Islamic State, militants from the group carried out executions of people loyal to the government.
BAGHDAD — The last Iraqi security forces fled the provincial capital of Ramadi on Sunday, as the city fell completely to the militants of the Islamic State, who ransacked the provincial military headquarters, seizing a large store of weapons, and killed people loyal to the government, according to...
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German World War II Era Wehrmacht Howitzer Used By Syrian Rebels On The Battlefield In Idlib
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WarLeaks ^
| June 8, 2015 | Staff
YouTube video of German World War II Era Wehrmacht Howitzer Used By Syrian Rebels On The Battlefield In Idlib
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German girl, 16, who ran away to join ISIS may yet face the death penalty Iraqi PM warns <Tr>
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Daily Mail ^
| 9/18/2017 | Julian Robinson
A German teenager who ran away to join ISIS may yet face the death penalty, Iraq's Prime Minister has warned. Linda
Wenzel was dragged from the rubble in Mosul as Iraqi forces liberated the city in July and is now being held in Baghdad where her fate rests in the hands of the country's court system. The 16-year-old, who left her home in Pulsnitz, eastern Germany, last year to join the terror group, is desperate to return to Europe amid fears she could spend years in jail. But Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has now said Iraq's judiciary will decide...
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The Latest: Iraqi militias claim success in Kirkuk [against Kurds]
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FoxNewsJacksonvilleFl ^
| 10/16/2017 | Fox30jax
KIRKUK, Iraq (AP) - The Latest on Iraq, where federal forces have attacked the Kurdish-held city of Kirkuk (all times local): 2:30 p.m. A spokesman for Iraq's state-sanctioned militias says they have "achieved all our goals" in retaking areas from Kurdish forces in and around the disputed northern city of Kirkuk. Ahmed
al-Assadi says federal forces came under fire from "some rebels" after launching the operation early Monday and returned fire. He says federal forces have been deployed in the area of the K-1 military base, the Kirkuk airport and a number of oil fields and installations. But he says...
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German police hunt for seven Iraqi suicide bombers who planned to launch New Year's Eve attacks
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Daily Mail ^
| 01/01/2015 | Jay Akbar
* French, US intelligence agencies warned Germany of suicide bomb attacks * Their report identified seven Iraqis living in Munich as potential attackers * Two Munich stations evacuated after warnings of 'serious, imminent threat' * Soldiers on the streets of Paris, extra police in London, Madrid and Istanbul ________________________________________ German police are
hunting seven suspected suicide bombers who planned to blow themselves up in Munich train stations during the New Year's Eve celebrations, it has been reported. French and US intelligence agencies are said to have given Germany the names of the seven suspects, thought to be from Iraq and...
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Texas man set to die said he drank 12-year-old victim's blood
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cbs ^
Pablo Lucio Vasquez, 38, told police he was drunk and high when voices convinced him 18 years ago to kill David Cardenas by beating the seventh-grader with a pipe and then cutting his throat. He
also told detectives in a videotaped statement that he lifted the boy's body, allowing the blood to drip on his face, and drank it. Vasquez's lethal injection on Wednesday evening would be the 11th execution this year nationally and the sixth in Texas. Vasquez's lawyer, James Keegan, appealed to the Supreme Court for a reprieve so the justices can review whether several potential jurors improperly...
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The Latest: Iraqi Intelliegence Says: Brussels Attacks are revenge for Abdeslam capture
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Alpena News ^
| 03/22/2016
<p>4:05 p.m.</p> <p>An Iraqi intelligence official says sources in the Syrian city of Raqqa have told them that the Islamic State group has been planning terrorist attacks in Europe for two months which would "target airports and train stations."</p> <p>The official tells The Associated Press on Tuesday that Iraqi officials told European
countries about the plans "but Brussels was not part of the plans" at the time.</p>
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Victim of infected blood scandal says he and his family are still suffering
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planetradio ^
| May 13 | Author: Jasmine Oak
A man from Ipswich caught up in the infected blood scandal tells us no amount of money will ever make up for the impact it's had on his - and his family's - life. Alan
Burgess tells us he lost his health, friends and businesses after he was given blood infected with HIV whilst being treated for Haemophilia in 1985. A report into the scandal, which affected more than 30,000 people during the 1970s and 1980s, is due out next week.
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Latest Rout Raises Questions About Iraqi Military’s Ability To Defeat ISIS
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Fox ^
| 9/25/2014 | cnn
This is what an ISIS rout looks like in Iraq: Up to 300 troops killed. Others
missing, possibly dead or having fled. Dozens of military vehicles, from tanks to ambulances, destroyed or seized. And the Iraqi military in disarray, so much so the country’s Prime Minister has sent “anti-terrorism forces … to hold the negligent (military) leaders responsible.” What happened Sunday east of Falluja, around military encampments in Saqlawiyah and Sejar, is bad enough for the Iraqi government. Yet what makes it worse is that it’s happened before. This latest incident was particularly galling because, according to surviving Iraqi soldiers,...
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Bring in the Borkan: Syrian rebels unveil latest weapon in the fight against Assad [trunc]
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UK Daily Mail ^
| March 8, 2015 | Mark Duell
With a range of almost two miles and four tubes attached to a loader, these are the homemade cannon being built by rebel fighters in Syria. The ‘Borkan’ ('Volcano') weapons are built from gas canisters before being placed inside the loader, which can fire four shells at a time. Photos
revealed al-Shamiyah Front fighters in Aleppo launching the missiles towards forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad yesterday. The Front was formed more than two months ago after rebel groups fighting in Syria's northern Aleppo province agreed to form an alliance. The images emerged as a group monitoring the war reported...
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FR EXCLUSIVE: victim of Clinton and the tainted prisoner blood scandal in Arkansas
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twiter ^
| 3-24-16 | withheld
NOTE: many of you are familiar with Bill Clinton's role in the deaths of many people because of the tainted blood drawn from prisoners in Arkansas while he was Governor. He benefitted with at least campaign contributions. Who
knows if he also got an additional cut of the action. Arkansas was the last state in the United States to use donated prisoner blood. I have been communicating privately with someone on Twitter who authorized me to post her communication on FReeRepublic. What did Hillary know and how did she benefit. I have a theory about Vince Foster's death and that...
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Latest rout raises questions about Iraqi military's ability to defeat ISIS. Up to 300 troops killed.
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CNN ^
| 09/25/2014 | By Greg Botelho and Chelsea J. Carter
This is what an ISIS rout looks like in Iraq: Up to 300 troops killed. Others
missing, possibly dead or having fled. Dozens of military vehicles, from tanks to ambulances, destroyed or seized. And the Iraqi military in disarray, so much so the country's Prime Minister has sent "anti-terrorism forces ... to hold the negligent (military) leaders responsible." What happened Sunday east of Falluja, around military encampments in Saqlawiyah and Sejar, is bad enough for the Iraqi government. Yet what makes it worse is that it has happened before. This latest incident was particularly galling because, according to surviving Iraqi...
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Latest rout raises questions about Iraqi military's ability to defeat ISIS. Up to 300 troops killed.
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CNN ^
| 09/25/2014 | By Greg Botelho and Chelsea J. Carter
This is what an ISIS rout looks like in Iraq: Up to 300 troops killed. Others
missing, possibly dead or having fled. Dozens of military vehicles, from tanks to ambulances, destroyed or seized. And the Iraqi military in disarray, so much so the country's Prime Minister has sent "anti-terrorism forces ... to hold the negligent (military) leaders responsible." What happened Sunday east of Falluja, around military encampments in Saqlawiyah and Sejar, is bad enough for the Iraqi government. Yet what makes it worse is that it has happened before. This latest incident was particularly galling because, according to surviving Iraqi...
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The Latest Victim in the War on Whistleblowers
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OtherWords.org ^
| May 20, 2015 | John Kiriakou
Jeffrey Sterling learned the hard way that the feds will throw the book at anyone who embarrasses them.By John Kiriakou Jeffrey Sterling recently stood before a judge as his sentence was read. The
former CIA officer, the judge declared, would spend 42 months — that’s three and half years — behind bars. The feds had convicted Sterling on nine felony charges, including seven counts of espionage.He didn’t sell secrets to the Russians. He didn’t trade intelligence for personal gain. He made no attempt to disrupt the American way of life.What did he do, then?He reported to the Senate Intelligence Committee...
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“There Will Be Blood” – German Antifa Publish Assassination Instructions...
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Gateway Pundit ^
| 2/01/19
Radical German Antifa website Indymedia published detailed instructions for assassinating specific AfD politicians as part of the 2019 Euro election campaign. The
post was published on Jan. 30 by the Anti-German Antifa Underground (AAU). "Instructions for Assassinations on AfD Swine during the Election Campaign! First, obtain two polymer composite firearms in countries with more liberal gun laws (Norway, Finland, Poland, Czech Republic, France, Austria). The Glock 20 10mm is ideal. Purchase digital Motorola SRX 2200 walkie-talkies with encryption. Use a Trojan horse getaway vehicle containing a change of clothes and several motorbikes with full tanks of gas.Reconnoiter AfD campaign events....
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German MP’s: Thunberg May Be Victim Of Child Abuse [Video]
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OAN Newsroom ^
| September 27, 2019 | One America News Network
Germany’s parliament is debating possible child exploitation of a well known environmental activist. One
America’s Kristian Rouz looks into the matter.
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Journalist Tim Pool reports on trip to Sweden on Max Keiser show
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Kaiser Report ^
| 07 March 2017 | Max Keiser inteviews Tim Pool
Advance to 15:23 in the video for the Tim Pool portion of the report. In
the second half, Max interviews independent journalist Tim Pool about his crowdfunded journey to the so-called “no go areas” of Sweden and whether or not President Trump was wrong about how “dangerous” they are.
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Trail of Blood Leads from Homicide Victim to Starbucks: Chula Vista Police
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NBC San Diego ^
| 4/23 | R. Stickney
A “very long blood trail” leads from the scene of a suspicious death to a Starbucks and may provide clues as to who killed a Chula Vista man, police said. Chula
Vista Police were called to the second-story building at 45 3rd Avenue at approximately 1:30 a.m. The crime scene is located east of Interstate 5 and south of State Route 54. A 44-year-old Hispanic man was found lying in his doorway, suffering from “severe injuries,” police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. His identity has not been released. Investigators then found a trail of blood...
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