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quran sweden
August 23, 2023
Jake Welch
News
World

Erdogan Delays Swedish NATO Entry Until They Enforce Islamic Blasphemy Laws.

President of Turkey Recep Erdogan has suggested he will delay Sweden’s entrance into NATO if the Swedish government continues to permit public burnings of the Quran, in effect demanding the European nation enforces a Middle Eastern-style blasphemy law prohibiting insults towards Islam.

The Turkish President argued on the way back from a trip to Hungary that if Sweden wishes to become a NATO member it “must first of all take care of the streets of Stockholm. If they don’t take care of their streets, if these attacks on the things we hold sacred continue, then they shouldn’t blame us.”

“The decision will have to be made by the parliament, how much it will be discussed in commissions, how long this process will take, we do not know…” President Erdogan added. Sweden’s NATO membership is still awaiting official ratification by the Hungarian and Turkish parliaments. Both were expected to approve the application over the coming months.

There have been several public Quran burnings over the past month, causing outrage throughout the Islamic world. The most recent burning was led by the Iraqi immigrant Salwan Momika, who claimed he was “warning the Swedish people about the dangers of this book.”

In Baghdad, a violent mob stormed the Swedish embassy, setting it on fire before the Iraqi government expelled the Swedish ambassador from the country. As a result, the risk of terrorist attacks has been raised by Sweden’s security services from “increased” to “high.”

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President of Turkey Recep Erdogan has suggested he will delay Sweden's entrance into NATO if the Swedish government continues to permit public burnings of the Quran, in effect demanding the European nation enforces a Middle Eastern-style blasphemy law prohibiting insults towards Islam. show more
wildfires
August 22, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
World

Wildfires Caused by Arsonists, Not ‘Climate Change’, Say Officials.

Wildfires that have seen 12,000 flee their homes on the Spanish island of Tenerife were started deliberately, officials say – but the press are still hyping climate change as a supposedly contributing factor.

Part of the Canary Islands popular with tourists and, increasingly, illegal boat migrants, Tenerife has been gripped by blazes for a week, with Spain’s socialist leader Pedro Sanchez declaring the affected area a “disaster zone”.

Fernando Clavijo, the Canaries’ regional president, has confirmed the authorities believe the wildfire was started deliberately, and that at least three lines of investigation have been opened.

Nevertheless, much of the establishment media is still seeking to frame the fires as a climate issue, with the Associated Press (AP) insisting lack of rainfall and changing weather patterns have been influenced by climate change.

Hot weather is far from uncommon in the Canaries, which lie off the north-west coast of Africa, and they are popular with tourists for precisely that reason.

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Wildfires that have seen 12,000 flee their homes on the Spanish island of Tenerife were started deliberately, officials say – but the press are still hyping climate change as a supposedly contributing factor. show more
serbia
August 22, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
World

Sanctions & Nord Stream Attack Have ‘Crushed Europe’, Says Serbian Prez.

“The war in Ukraine [and] the war against Russia led by NATO has crushed the European economy,” Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić has said, stressing during an interview that the “destruction of Nord Stream by the Biden administration, indirectly through proxies, is killing the German economy”. He said this has had significant “downstream effects” on the wider European Union, due to Germany’s status as the bloc’s economic powerhouse.

“This war is hurting everybody, possibly with the exception, long-term, of Russia, and empowering everybody outside of Europe – the Gulf states, China, Turkey,” said Tucker Carlson, discussing the matters with Vučić.

The sanctions war with Russia has not only caused shortages of coal, oil, and especially natural gas in Europe, however, with farmers in the continent struck by both a lack of Russian fertilizer and a glut of agricultural produce from Ukraine, which is no longer being exported beyond Europe at scale due to Russia strangling its neighbor’s Black Sea ports.

Serbia is culturally close to Russia, with both countries being predominantly Slavic and Eastern Orthodox, as well as having troubled relations with NATO.

Then the leading nation within Yugoslavia, Serbia was bombed extensively by NATO in 1999 on behalf of the separatist Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), in an intervention championed by America’s Bill Clinton and Britain’s Tony Blair.

KLA leader Hashim Thaçi, who became Prime Minister of Kosovo after it broke off from Serbia unilaterally following the NATO intervention, went on to be identified as the head of a criminal arms and organ smuggling organization by a Council of Europe inquiry.

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"The war in Ukraine [and] the war against Russia led by NATO has crushed the European economy," Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić has said, stressing during an interview that the "destruction of Nord Stream by the Biden administration, indirectly through proxies, is killing the German economy". He said this has had significant "downstream effects" on the wider European Union, due to Germany's status as the bloc's economic powerhouse. show more
barrier
August 22, 2023
Jake Welch
News
UK
World

France Deploys Flimsy ‘Barrier’ to Stop Migrants.

The French government has deployed a ‘barrier’ off the coast of Calais in Northern France in an apparent effort to deter illegal migrant boats traversing the English Channel and discourage people smugglers. Yet, the so-called “floating dam” of yellow buoys off the French coast bares more resemblance to a line of balloons at a child’s birthday party than an insurmountable barrier ready to repel tens of thousands of illegal migrants.

The barrier is, however, vastly inferior in scale to that deployed on the U.S. Southern Border by Governor Greg Abbot, which uses hundreds of closely-knit red buoys designed to roll if someone attempts to climb over them, with the line stretching around 1,000 feet along the river.

The French authorities announced that they would take such a step to ensure “security and rescue services are mobilized on a daily basis… in order to thwart the action of smugglers exploiting the distress of migrant populations and prevent the occurrence of new tragedies,” adding they are “fully committed to the fight against illegal immigration.”

The British government has promised to pay the French a staggering $576 million over the next three years to curb illegal migration from France.  Statistics revealed earlier this month that just under 17,000 people have crossed the English Channel illegally this year. The total amount since 2018 is over 100,000, with the British government excepting the trend to continue for “at least” another five years.

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The French government has deployed a 'barrier' off the coast of Calais in Northern France in an apparent effort to deter illegal migrant boats traversing the English Channel and discourage people smugglers. Yet, the so-called "floating dam" of yellow buoys off the French coast bares more resemblance to a line of balloons at a child's birthday party than an insurmountable barrier ready to repel tens of thousands of illegal migrants. show more
germany
August 21, 2023
Jake Welch
News
World

Germany Building ‘Mass Surveillance Apparatus’ Similar to the Nazis & Stasi, Historian Warns.

Germany is currently constructing a “huge surveillance apparatus” reminiscent of that created by the Nazis and the East German Stasi, according to one of the nation’s leading historians, Hubertus Knabe.

Knabe, an outspoken Communist critic but also a Green Party member, explained the nation’s new “whistleblower protection law” which came into force on July 2 this year actually promotes employees reporting co-workers involved in “illegal activities” while prohibiting any form of retaliation against the so-called whistleblowers. The law requires all companies with more than 49 employees to establish an office dealing with these anonymous reports.

“The tip-off points won’t only pursue suspicions of criminality, they will also deal with misdemeanours subject to fines,” Knabe wrote in an article for Die Welt. “They will even be responsible for statements by officials that ‘constitute a violation of the obligation of loyalty to the constitution’.”

He insists that the lack of transparency will result in people reporting on colleagues or their bosses for personal gain or revenge, leading to “an atmosphere of fear similar to those seen in dictatorships” such as those under the Nazis and the Soviets.

The country’s political mainstream is becoming increasingly authoritarian as it considers whether to ban the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party after it has surged to over 20 percent in the national polls.

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Germany is currently constructing a "huge surveillance apparatus" reminiscent of that created by the Nazis and the East German Stasi, according to one of the nation's leading historians, Hubertus Knabe. show more
August 21, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
World

U.S. Orders Americans in Belarus to ‘Depart Immediately’.

The U.S. Embassy in Belarus has urged all U.S. citizens in the country to “depart immediately” – and not to go to neighboring Russia or Ukraine.

Americans who may have been planning to travel to Belarus are instructed not to do so, “due to Belarusian authorities’ continued facilitation of Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine, the buildup of Russian military forces in Belarus, the arbitrary enforcement of local laws, the potential of civil unrest, the risk of detention, and the Embassy’s limited ability to assist U.S. citizens residing in or traveling to Belarus.”

Led by Aleksandr Lukashenko, Belarus is officially not a party the war in Ukraine – but it was used as a staging ground by Russian forces during the early stages of the invasion, and now hosts Wagner Group mercenaries who departed Russia following an abortive march on Moscow.

It has been targeted by Western sanctions along with Russia, and Vladimir Putin moved nuclear weapons into the country in June. Lukashenko vowed to use these weapons in the event of foreign “aggression” last week.

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The U.S. Embassy in Belarus has urged all U.S. citizens in the country to "depart immediately" – and not to go to neighboring Russia or Ukraine. show more
saudi border
August 21, 2023
Jake Welch
News
World

Saudi Guards Gunned Down Migrants Attempting Illegal Border Crossings, Claims Report.

Saudi Arabian border guards injured or killed hundreds of mainly Ethiopian migrants attempting to cross the Yemen-Saudi border between March 2022 and June 2023, according to a report published on Monday, which claims the guards even asked some migrants which limb they would prefer shot.

Human Rights Watch claims the enforcement of strict border policies saw “women, men, and children’s bodies strewn across the mountainous landscape severely injured, already dead and dismembered,” according to a witness, with another explaining, “[t]here are some people who you cannot identify because their bodies are thrown everywhere. Some people were torn in half…”

The Saudi government has been quick to denounce the report, with a government official claiming its main assertions are “unfounded and not based on reliable sources.”

There are around 750,000 thousand Ethiopians living in Saudi Arabia, with many on the North African coast viewing the country as a land of opportunity. Migrants usually travel in groups of up to 200 people, starting the journey by crossing the Gulf of Aden, which separates the Arabian peninsula from mainland Africa.

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Saudi Arabian border guards injured or killed hundreds of mainly Ethiopian migrants attempting to cross the Yemen-Saudi border between March 2022 and June 2023, according to a report published on Monday, which claims the guards even asked some migrants which limb they would prefer shot. show more
ecuador
August 20, 2023
Jake Welch
News
Politics
World

Political Assassinations Hang Over Ecuador as Country Goes to Polls.

Ecuadorian politician Pedro Briones, an organizer for the Citizen’s Revolution party, was shot and killed this week, bringing the total number of political murders in Ecuador up to three within less than a month.

“Ecuador is experiencing its bloodiest era… A heartfelt hug to the family of colleague Pedro Briones, fallen by the hands of violence,” said Luisa Gonzalez, leader of the Citizen’s Revolution party and front-runner in the ongoing presidential race prompted by a corruption scandal.

Briones was killed a week after the daylight assassination of Fernando Villavicencio, a presidential candidate and “fearless whistleblower.” Villavicencio was killed after holding a political rally in the Ecuadorian capital city, Quito, despite being surrounded by security guards and police officers. His campaign focused on tackling the country’s problems with corruption and organized crime.

Villavicencio’s murder was also proceeded by the death of Manta city mayor Agustin Intriago, shot and killed at the end of July, shortly after being reinstated.

Ecuador’s crime rate has skyrocketed over the past decade. The country’s murder rate has spiked from 5.8 percent per 100,000 in 2016 to 25.6 percent as of this year, according to the Ecuadorian national police.

“I want this country to be a place of peace, a productive country… I believe Ecuador is a paradise and they have turned it into hell,” argued Andrea Gonzalez Ander, Villavicencio’s running-mate in regards to the country’s growing gang violence and political corruption.

The “Citizen’s Revolution” party is described as “center right” though has previously sought alliances with left-wing groups.

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Ecuadorian politician Pedro Briones, an organizer for the Citizen's Revolution party, was shot and killed this week, bringing the total number of political murders in Ecuador up to three within less than a month. show more
counter-offensive
August 18, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
World

U.S. Intel: Ukrainian Counter-Offensive Will Fail.

Democrats and Republicans in Washington D.C. have been shown an intelligence report warning Ukraine’s counter-offensive will likely fail, as Volodymyr Zelensky’s government grows increasingly prickly towards its Western backers, but the Biden regime continues to throw billions at the perceived problem.

Melitopol, Russia’s de facto capital in the Zaporozhye (Zaporizhzhia) oblast – one of four regions partially annexed to the Russian Federation since the invasion in February 2022 – is believed to be the main objective of the counter. Reaching it would restore Ukrainian access to the Sea of Azov, where the entire coastline is currently under Russian control, and snap the “land bridge” between the Donbass, where Russian separatists have been fighting since 2014, and the Crimea, which was annexed by Russia following the Euromaidan coup the same year.

But with Ukrainian forces having made extremely limited progress, and much of their Western equipment savaged by Russian minefields and artillery fire, the U.S. intelligence community no longer believe Melitopol is within Zelensky’s reach in 2023.

ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 12, 2023
ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 12th, 2023

Sources have denied the Biden government’s refusal to strengthen the counter-offensive with F-16 warplanes or ATACMS missile systems is responsible for the failure, saying that “[t]he problem remains piercing Russia’s main defensive line, and there’s no evidence these systems would’ve been a panacea.”

Facing further criticism from their Western sponsors for failing to make progress and, as some see it, squandering the billions of dollars in Western arms and ammunition supplied for the counter-offensive, the Ukrainian government has bridled, with Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba insisting telling Westerners who want quicker results to “go and join the foreign legion.”

“It’s easy to say that you want everything to be faster when you are not there,” he complained.

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Democrats and Republicans in Washington D.C. have been shown an intelligence report warning Ukraine's counter-offensive will likely fail, as Volodymyr Zelensky's government grows increasingly prickly towards its Western backers, but the Biden regime continues to throw billions at the perceived problem. show more

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Pro-Russia
August 17, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
World

Ukraine Media Admits 50% of Civilians on North-East Front Are Pro-Russia.

The Ukrainian media has admitted that many civilians near the north-eastern front, where a 100,000-strong Russian force is currently advancing, are sympathetic to Russia.

“Subjectively speaking, there are many separatists here,” conceded Yevhen Didkovskyi, a military officer with responsibility for community relations in the north-eastern city of Kupyansk (Kupiansk), in the Kharkov (Kharkiv) region.

Didkovskyi told the Kyiv Independent that the percentage of the local population who are pro-Russia at 50 percent, while police estimated a more modest 15 to 20 percent. Didkovskyi also accused the police of obstructing the military at times, however, while one police officer said some 85 percent of his colleagues co-operated with the Russians when they controlled Kupyansk earlier in the war.

Didkovskyi was even more critical of community leaders than the police: “I come to a village, go into the head’s office and go: ‘Look, I got 30 cold, wet, angry men with guns, can you just find me three empty houses for them to stay?’ He stands there for two hours like: I don’t know,” he complained, seemingly not appreciating how intimidating such a request could seem.

Many Ukrainian citizens, particularly in east, are ethnic Russians, and many more, including President Volodymyr Zelensky, speak Russian rather then Ukrainian as their first language.

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The Ukrainian media has admitted that many civilians near the north-eastern front, where a 100,000-strong Russian force is currently advancing, are sympathetic to Russia. show more