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LONDON STABBING – A TERRORIST INCIDENT?

Last Wednesday, the UK government voted to join the USA and France, to fly bombing raids over Syria in the fight against ISIS and terrorism.  They began on Friday bombing the oil fields under ISIS control, a key source of terrorist funding.

On Saturday, London saw its first terrorist incident since the cold bloodied murder of soldier Lee Rigby, in May 2013, using knives.

A man attacked and stabbed 3 passers-by, in a busy London Underground station at 7pm last night.  He was heard shouting “this spilt blood is for Syria”, as he randomly attacked people in the ticket hall at Leytonstone Underground station in the east end of London.

The man was quickly tasered by police and immediately handcuffed on the ground and taken into custody.  The crowd told the man to put the knife down and one member of the public said “you ain’t no muslim bruv”; a phrase which has already gone viral on social media.

The area is now cordoned off while police and the anti-terrorist squads investigate further.

Leytonstone is today an area of mixed economic,  social  and migrant groups living among the tough London “East Enders”; alongside the wealthy, and the trend setters who live nearby.  An East End, which in the 60’s and 70’s was ‘run’ very much by “Godfather” style gangs.

Leytonstone also has a surprising local celebrity.  Alfred Hitchcock, the famous 1950’s suspense thriller film director, was born in Leytonstone.   His famous psychotic films are depicted in stark reality in mosaics on the walls of the tunnels leading to the ticket hall, where 3 people were stabbed yesterday at Leytonstone Underground station.

The Wrong Man
The Wrong Man
THE BIRDS
THE BIRDS
PSYCHO close-up
PSYCHO close-up
PSYCHO
PSYCHO

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COP21: 100 people held in Paris amid climate protest violence

About 100 people have been detained after a major protest in Paris seeking a global climate deal turned violent, Paris’s police chief said…

…The state of emergency was declared after the recent extremist attacks that resulted in the deaths of 130 people in the French capital.

Mr Cadot said on Sunday about 100 people found to have projectiles or other suspicious objects were detained.

Police fired numerous rounds of tear gas on protesters near the Place de la Republique to disperse them.

The protesters were gathering ahead of critical global warming talks outside Paris.

Earlier about two hundred protesters, some wearing masks, fought with police on a street leading to the Place de la Republique square – a gathering place for Parisians since the terror attacks in the capital on November 13th…

…Demonstrators carried banners calling for the defence of the world’s climate, and democracy.
A march planned for Sunday in the city ahead of the UN climate change summit taking place at Le Bourget outside the capital was banned by police under the state of emergency imposed after the November 13th attacks.

Using the state of emergency rules, police had previously put 24 green activists under house arrest, saying they were suspected of planning violent protests against the summit.

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Man gives his life to save many

Last week, the world was shaken by brutal acts of terrorism in Paris. Over the weekend, many of us gathered in support of those victims, sending prayers and love from across the globe. But sadly, that heartwarming outpouring of kindness has had one significant drawback: we have neglected to notice those who are also suffering in Beirut and Baghdad.

Both areas were targets of suicide bombing attacks just hours before the attacks in Paris occurred, but they’ve received little to no coverage in the press. Facebook isn’t offering to let us temporarily filter our profile pictures with their flags’ colors, even though their citizens have felt as much loss and pain as the people of France.

In Beirut, a marketplace erupted as two bombers made their way through the crowd. The blasts took 43 lives and wounded at least 239 others. But those numbers might have been even higher if it weren’t for the brave, split-second decision of one heroic man.

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“No Easy Day” Ex-Navy SEAL Behind Osama Bin Laden Book Faces Threats, Investigation

By Andrea Shalal-Esa and Phil Stewart

WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) – The former U.S. Navy SEAL who authored a soon-to-be-published book about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden is now facing threats against his life in addition to possible criminal prosecution.

An official al Qaeda website on Friday posted a photograph and the name of the former Navy commando responsible for the book, calling him “the dog who murdered the martyr Sheikh Osama bin Laden.”

The head of U.S. Special Operations Command told current and former troops that the military would take legal action against anyone found to have exposed sensitive information that could cause harm to fellow forces.

“We will pursue every option available to hold members accountable, including criminal prosecution where appropriate,” Admiral Bill McRaven wrote in an open, unclassified letter emailed to the active-duty special operations community, and obtained by Reuters on Friday.

“As current or former members of our special operations community, authors have a moral obligation, and a legal duty, to submit their works for pre-publication security review,” the admiral wrote.

Fox News made public on Thursday what it said was the real name of the former SEAL who, with a journalist co-author, wrote “No Easy Day,” using the pseudonym Mark Owen. The book is due to be released next month on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.

By early on Friday, the man’s name, photograph and age had been posted on the “the Al-Fidaa Islamic Network” online forum, one of two websites officially endorsed by al Qaeda, according to Evan Kohlmann, founder of the New York-based security firm Flashpoint Global Partners.

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Dalai Lama cancels all US visits next month due to health reasons

Fred Imbert

The Dalai Lama canceled all of his U.S. visits for October because of medical reasons, The Office of Tibet said Friday.
“His Holiness arrived in the United States earlier this week for a medical evaluation. Upon completion of the evaluation, the doctors have advised that His Holiness take complete rest,” the office said in a release.

The Dalai Lama, 80, was scheduled to make appearances in Boulder, Colo., Salt Lake City and Philadelphia next month.

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Glaad: Hollywood films are failing gay people

US group releases video featuring examples of homophobia in movies from the past five years and warns anti-gay message is being exported around the world

Hollywood films are falling behind trailblazing television shows such as Orange is the New Black, Transparent and Modern Family when it comes to fair and relevant representation of LGBT people, according to US gay rights group Glaad (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation).

The organisation cited recent films such as Get Hard, The Wolf of Wall Street and Ted 2, all of which it said used homophobic terms or made jokes at the expense of gay characters. And it laid into Hollywood citing the group’s own recent report that no gay characters whatsoever were included in more than 80% of the 102 major studio films released in 2014.

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