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Saudi Arabia more of a threat to UK than Russia,

kockroach — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 22:50:15 +0800

Saudi Arabia more of a threat to UK than Russia, says Ken Livingstone

'We now face a threat from Muslim fundamentalism – most of which has been funded by Saudi Arabia, our principal ally'

Russia is not as much a threat to Britain and the West as Saudi Arabia, Ken Livingstone has claimed at a conference in Moscow hosted by the pro-Kremlin television station Russia Today.

“The simple fact is, the West doesn’t face a threat from Russia,” the former Mayor of London said. “We now face a threat from Muslim fundamentalism. Most of which has been funded by Saudi Arabia, our principal ally, which has funded the most intolerant strand of Islam which bears no relation to the teaching of the Prophet Mohammed.”

US funding of mujhadeen in Afghanistan was responsible for 9/11 he claimed.

Russia was getting a bad press and President Vladimir Putin was being demonised he also claimed. “In Britain no one is told about the discrimination against Russian-speaking people in the Baltic States, no one is told that it was actually pressure from the EU that insisted to the then Ukrainian president that they wouldn’t sign a trade deal unless they stopped negotiating a trade deal with Russia, and then when the president decided that he wouldn’t do that, oddly enough he was overthrown.”

During a panel discussion Mr Livingstone added that the “right things” were not being done to stop Islamic terrorism.

“The right thing isn’t being done, almost all Muslim fundamentalism has been funded by the Saudis and the Qataris, going back 70 years, spreading a particularly hate-filled Wahabi strand of Islam and Britain and America should be saying to them ‘You’ve got to stop funding this or you cannot be our ally’.”

Only now has Washington just begun to see that it needed to cooperate with Iran and Russia to combat Muslim terrorism, he said. “We need a broad coalition. The West is discredited after the fiasco over the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. We need to bring in not just Russia and Iran but China, Nigeria and Brazil as well. It needs to be the world standing together. That’s what the UN was created for.”

Mr Livingstone warned the world was at a turning point. “I think if we don’t recognise the threat and if we don’t recognise our real allies then this could on for decades.”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-...e-a6768646.html

Israel IDF rescue injured Syrian fighter

kockroach — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 14:05:16 +0800

Saving their sworn enemy: Heartstopping footage shows Israeli commandos rescuing wounded men from Syrian warzone - but WHY are they risking their lives for Islamic militants?

TLDR
Elite Israeli troops rescue wounded Syrians from the world's worst war almost every night
They have saved more than 2,000 people since 2013, at a cost of 50 million shekels (£8.7million)
Many are enemies of Israel and some may even be fighters for groups affiliated to Al Qaeda
MailOnline embedded with Israeli commandos stationed on the border between Israel and Syria
Dramatic video filmed by MailOnline and the Israeli army shows these operations taking place (in the source)
Israel says that the operation is purely humanitarian but analysts believe Israel also has strategic reasons

Under cover of darkness, an Israeli armoured car advances down the potholed road that leads to Syria.

As it crests a small hill, the driver picks up the radio handset and tells his commanding officer that the border is in sight.

He kills the engine. Ten heavily-armed commandos jump out and take cover, watching for signs of ambush. Then five of them move up to the 12ft chainlink fence that marks the limit of Israeli-held territory.

On the other side, on the very edge of Syria, lies an unconscious man wrapped like a doll in a blood-drenched duvet. The commandos unlock the fence, open a section of it and drag him onto Israeli soil.

Unconscious: A wounded Syrian Islamic militant receives urgent medical treatment from Israeli troops at the Syrian border. The commandos are seen administering 'tracheal intubation' by forcing a tube down the man's throat to prevent asphyxiation

The casualty – who doesn't look older than 20 – is losing blood fast. He has been shot in the intestines and the liver, and has a deep laceration in his left ankle.

After putting him on an emergency drip, the commandos stretcher him back to the armoured car and head back to Israel.

But this wounded man is not an Israeli soldier, or even an Israeli citizen. He is an Islamic militant. And his rescue forms part of an extraordinary humanitarian mission that is fraught with danger and has provoked deep controversy on all sides.

Almost every night, Israeli troops run secret missions to save the lives of Syrian fighters, all of whom are sworn enemies of the Jewish state.

MailOnline has gained unprecedented access to this secretive and hazardous operation, embedding with the commandos to obtain exclusive footage, and interviewing the medics who are obliged to treat Syrian militants, some of whom openly admit that they intend to kill Israelis.

Israel insists that these treacherous nightly rescues are purely humanitarian, and that it can only hope to 'win hearts and minds' in Syria. But analysts suggest the Jewish state has in fact struck a deadly 'deal with the devil' – offering support to the Sunni militants who fight the Syrian ruler Assad in the hope of containing its arch enemies Hezbollah and Iran.

There is no doubt about the danger involved. Many of the casualties rescued by Israel belong to Salafist groups who harbour a deep-seated hatred of the Jewish State. It has also been reported that some may be members of Jabhat al-Nusra, a Syrian group affiliated to Al Qaeda that has kidnapped scores of UN peacekeeping troops in this area, and has massacred Christians deeper in Syria.

It is unclear how the two enemies arrange the rescue. All that has been disclosed is that word reaches Israeli forces that casualties have been dumped at the border, intelligence establishes that it is not a trap, and the commandos are sent in.

In the three years that Israel has been running these operations, it has saved the lives of more than 2,000 Syrians – at least 80 per cent of whom are male and of fighting age – at a cost of 50 million shekels (£8.7 million).

Almost nothing is known about the Syrian as he is wheeled into emergency surgery 40 minutes after the rescue. He may be a member of a relatively moderate Islamist group, or he may be a jihadi. For its part, Israel says it either does not gather, or does not disclose, this information.

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Israel PM told Donald Trump to Respect Muslim

kockroach — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 10:55:47 +0800

Benjamin Netanyahu 'rejects' Donald Trump's comments on Muslims and says Israel 'respects all citizens' rights'

'The State of Israel respects all religions and strictly guarantees the rights of all its citizens,' Mr Netanyahu said

Benjamin Netanyahu has joined a long list of international leaders to reject Donald Trump’s comments about Muslims, while championing Israel's "respect" for all religions and citizens' rights.

The Israeli Prime Minister released a statement saying he will still meet with the Republican Presidential candidate for previously scheduled talks later this month but does not “endorse his views”.

“Prime Minister Netanyahu rejects Donald Trump's recent remarks about Muslims,” the statement said.

"The State of Israel respects all religions and strictly guarantees the rights of all its citizens.

“At the same time, Israel is fighting against militant Islam that targets Muslims, Christians and Jews alike and threatens the entire world.”

Trump’s meeting with Mr Netanyahu was arranged two weeks ago, the statement said, as part of a “uniform policy” to accept requests from Presidential candidates from either party who visit Israel.

The move was said to be “an expression of the importance that Prime Minister Netanyahu attributes to the strong alliance between Israel and the United States”.

He is due to meet Trump on 28 December as the mogul tours Israel. He has not announced any details but the Jerusalem Post reported that a visit to a contested holy site in Jerusalem is being “strongly considered”.

Control of the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount, which is the holiest site in Judaism and third-holiest in Islam, has been cited as a driving force behind a recent surge in Palestinian attacks on Israelis.

Since mid-September, 19 Israelis have died in Palestinian attacks and at least 109 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli security forces, including 74 said to be carrying out or attempting attacks.

Opposition Israeli politicians have opposed Trump’s visit in the current climate, with Arab Knesset member Issawi Frej asking the interior minister not to let the American politician enter the country.

“Imagine that a country or a candidate would say entrance to Jews is forbidden, the whole world would stand up in protest, saying this is a racist anti-Semite,” Mr Frej, from the Meretz party, told Israel Radio. “A racist like this has no place here among us.”

Taleb Abu Arrar, an MK for the United Arab List, claimed that if Trump visits the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount, it will “set the whole region on fire”.

A petition by Knesset members demanding Mr Netanyahu cancel their meeting has reportedly garnered at least 37 signatures.

Trump has provoked international outrage with his call for a temporary ban on all Muslims entering the US in the wake of a mass shooting in California by a husband and wife who allegedly supported Isis.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/mi...s-a6767026.html

Eleven things women in Saudi Arabia can't do

kockroach — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 14:39:39 +0800

Eleven things women in Saudi Arabia can't do

Women will be allowed to vote for the first time this week, but their daily lives remain severely restricted

For the first time in history, women in Saudi Arabia will be allowed to vote and stand in municipal election this week.

Polls open in the kingdom on Saturday and many are optimistic that women's voices will finally begin to be heard in government – even if only at a local level.

"[It] will bring a female point of view, demanding certain amendments to laws that are unfavourable towards women," Muna Abusulayman, a Saudi commentator, told Al Jazeera.

Human rights campaigners have welcomed the move, but warn there is still a long way to go in the fight for gender equality in a country where discrimination is institutionalised.

They also point out that not all women will be able – or allowed – to access polling stations due to their reliance on their husbands and male relatives for transport.

"Let's not forget that women won't actually be able to drive themselves to the voting booths as they're still completely banned from driving," Amnesty International's Karen Middleton told The Independent.

The polling stations – as with all other public venues in the conservative Muslim nation – will be gender segregated. Out of 1,263 polling stations, just 424 have been reserved for women voters.

Saudi Arabia has an abysmal human rights record, especially with regards to protecting women. Although in recent years the rights of women have been incrementally extended, their actions are still severely restricted.

In a country where a woman cannot even open a bank account without her husband's permission, here are several other things women in the Muslim kingdom are still unable to do:

Go anywhere without a chaperone

Saudi women need to be accompanied by a male guardian known as a 'mahram' whenever they leave the house. The guardian is often a male relative and will accompany women on all of their errands, including shopping trips and visits to the doctor.

Such practices are rooted in "conservative traditions and religious views that hold giving freedom of movement to women would make them vulnerable to sins," according to The Guardian.

In one extreme case, a teenager reported that she had been gang-raped, but because she was not with a mahram when it occurred, she was punished by the court. The victim was given more lashes than one of her alleged rapists received, the Washington Post reports.

The Saudi Arabian government recently announced that it was considering lifting restrictions on women that would allow them to travel without the approval of their relatives, but human rights groups warn the move is likely to be vetoed by senior clerics.

Drive a car

There is no official law that bans women from driving but deeply held religious beliefs prohibit it, with Saudi clerics arguing that female drivers "undermine social values".

In 2011, a group of Saudi women organised the "Women2Drive" campaign that encouraged women to disregard the laws and post images and videos of themselves driving on social media to raise awareness of the issue in an attempt to force change. It was not a major success.

Saudi journalist Talal Alharbi says women should be allowed to drive but only to take their children to school or a family member to hospital. "Women should accept simple things", he writes for Arab News. "This is a wise thing women could do at this stage. Being stubborn won't support their cause."

Wear clothes or make-up that "show off their beauty"

The dress code for women is governed by a strict interpretation of Islamic law and is enforced to varying degrees across the country. The majority of women are forced to wear an abaya – a long black cloak – and a head scarf. The face does not necessarily need to be covered, "much to the chagrin of some hardliners," says The Economist. But this does not stop the religious police from harassing women for exposing too much flesh or wearing too much makeup.

The dress code was extended to all female television presenters earlier this year. The king's advisory body, the Shoura Council, ruled that the women should wear "modest" clothes that do not "show off their beauty", according to Arab News.

Interact with men

Women are required to limit the amount of time spent with men they are not related to. The majority of public buildings including offices, banks and universities have separate entrances for men and women, the Daily Telegraph reports. Public transportation, parks, beaches and amusement parks are also segregated in most parts of the country. Unlawful mixing will lead to criminal charges being brought against both parties, but women typically face harsher punishment.

Go for a swim

Reuters correspondent Arlene Getz describes her experience of trying to use the gym and pool at an upmarket Riyadh hotel: "As a woman, I wasn't even allowed to look at them ('there are men in swimsuits there,' a hotel staffer told me with horror) — let alone use them."

Compete freely in sports

Earlier this year, Saudi Arabia proposed hosting an Olympic Games without women. "Our society can be very conservative," said Prince Fahad bin Jalawi al-Saud, a consultant to the Saudi Olympic Committee. "It has a hard time accepting that women can compete in sports."

When Saudi Arabia sent its female athletes to the London games for the first time, hard-line clerics denounced the women as "prostitutes". While they were allowed to compete, they had to be accompanied by a male guardian and wear a "Sharia-compliant" sports kit that covered their hair.

Try on clothes when shopping

"The mere thought of a disrobed woman behind a dressing-room door is apparently too much for men to handle," says Vanity Fair writer Maureen Dowd in 'A Girl's Guide to Saudi Arabia'.

Other more unusual restrictions include:

Entering a cemetery
Reading an uncensored fashion magazine
Buying a Barbie

However, explains Dowd, everything in Saudi Arabia "operates on a sliding scale, depending on who you are, whom you know, whom you ask, whom you're with, and where you are".

But things are slowly beginning to modernise in a country that has historically had some of the most repressive attitudes towards women. "Women in Saudi Arabia are highly educated and qualified," says Rothna Begum from Human Right Watch. "They don’t want to be left in the dark."

http://www.theweek.co.uk/60339/eleven-thin...-arabia-cant-do

Pork Amulet used by driver to halau Stowaway

kockroach — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 16:17:38 +0800

Migrant repellent? Pork pinned to truck by German driver… to deter stowaways (VIDEO)

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While European politicians are trying to figure out how to deal with the mass movement of refugees and migrants from Africa and the Middle East, one truck driver has taken things into his own hands. His viral ‘method’ targeted Muslim trespassers in particular.

Fed up with stowaways trying to hop onto his UK-bound vehicle, one German truck driver passing through Calais came up with what he thought was a brilliant repellent – at least against majority of supposed Muslim refugees and migrants.

With followers of Islam forbidden from eating pork on religious grounds, he decided to place several cuts of the meat on his truck. The ‘protective belt’ was then filmed and uploaded to YouTube.

The supposed hauler can be heard laughing in the video as he shows how he has fixed the meat to a number of points along his truck in the hope that it will deter the refugees from trying to gain illegal entry.

While some online commenters dismissed the idea as childish and probably swinish too, the vast majority responded with an outpouring of support for the drivers’ resourcefulness in finding this “creative solution.”

Some noted that there must be something really wrong going on in Europe, if people have to resort to this sort of self-defense.

“As far as Europe is! Self-protection! Funny though it is more than sad. Does this not show how helpless the European Union is? [sic]” user Lotto Otto said.

Drivers face large fines and possible imprisonment if found with stowaways on-board. In one August case, even reporting the surprise discovery to police did not save a truck driver from getting slapped with a hefty fine of £19,500 (over €27,000), the Guardian reported.

The video of pork ‘amulets’ started making the rounds in the media as EU member states backed the possibility of suspending the Schengen agreement for up to two years in an attempt to stem the flow of migrants and refugees into Europe. At present, countries can introduce temporary passport controls for six months.

https://www.rt.com/news/324823-truck-driver-pork-migrants/

RiduanTee want 2nd language to be Arabic

kockroach — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 15:05:57 +0800

Anak pembesar tak mestinya bagus

MUTAKHIR ini, media ultra kiasu tidak putus-putus mencari dan menemu bual pembesar (menteri atau bekas) dan anaknya, pegawai tinggi kerajaan atau bekas, guru besar dan lain-lain yang liberal bagi melunaskan agenda mereka. Publisiti diberikan secara meluas. Selepas itu, mereka akan dijemput berceramah.

Malaysia tidak tergugat dengan orang sebegini. Semakin banyak mereka bercakap, semakin terserlahlah kebodohannya. Kumpulan ini tidak ramai pengikut. Tetapi dicanangkan seperti ramai. Sama seperti Amanah.

Kita kenal dan tahu siapa mereka. Lainlah kalau mereka ini alim dan berintegriti tinggi sejak awal lagi. Harapkan gelaran dan jawatan sahaja tinggi.

Orang sebegini telah mati hatinya. Agenda negara tidak dipedulikan, kerana kuasa, manusia sanggup lakukan apa sahaja termasuk menggadaikan maruah agama dan bangsa. Politik, adalah sesuatu serba mungkin.

Saya harap umat Islam yang lain tidak tertipu. Agenda dan Perlembagaan negara mesti dipertahankan meskipun nyawa menjadi taruhan.

Tidak semestinya seseorang pemimpin, atau mereka yang bergelar atau anak-anak mereka itu baik, boleh diikuti atau didengari atau dijadikan contoh teladan. Bapanya borek tidak semestinya anak rintik. Kadang-kala si bapa begitu baik, anak jadi malaun. Bapa Pak Imam, anak macam pelesit.

Terbaharu, mereka mahukan akaun Jakim diaudit. Betapa jahilnya mereka yang pernah menjadi penjawat awam jika tidak tahu bahawa setiap agensi kerajaan akan diaudit setiap tahun.

Jika suka sangat membela anjing, tidak perlulah paksa orang lain atau galakkan mereka bela anjing. Saya tidak menghukumkan membela anjing itu haram. Tetapi memahami budaya Melayu, mereka agak elergi dengan binatang ini. Maka, saya hormat pendirian itu.

Kita bukan mahu mencari kesalahan umat Islam, tetapi melaksanakan kewajipan amar makruf nahi mungkar adalah wajib. Bawa orang jadi baik, cegah mereka buat jahat.

Beberapa kali saya ingatkan kumpulan jahil ini, jika masih gagap baca Quran, bertanya kepada yang pakar.

Jangan tafsir ikut sedap mulut. Gelaran, pangkat yang ada, tidak akan ditanya malaikat apabila ke kubur nanti.

Membandingkan kedudukan Islam zaman Tunku Abdul Rahman dengan hari ini sudah tentu tidak wajar. Dunia sudah berubah. Memartabatkan Islam, tidak ada kaitan dengan Arabisation. Ini adalah tanggungjawab setiap Muslim, kecuali mereka yang jahil.

Berapa ramai umat Islam yang buta al-Quran telah dicelikkan melalui Jakim? Adakah mereka ini menyertai militan IS? Mungkin kumpulan jahil ini belum masuk kelas Jakim. Masuklah! Yakinlah! Apa jua yang dilakukan untuk memartabatkan oleh Jakim dan institusi Islam yang lain tidak akan menjadi Malaysia Arabisation. Pemahaman Islam kita berbeza dengan negara lain, kecuali mereka yang Syiah dan ekstremis.

Kumpulan ini menyoal pada zaman Tunku, ada orang minum wiski atau arak, tetapi pemahaman Islam mereka tetap baik. Persoalannya, apakah kita perlu minum arak sama bagi menunjukkan keliberalan kita? Selaku NYDP Perkim, kehebatan Tunku adalah, dia memujuk dan mengajak bukan Islam masuk Islam, sehingga ada dua tiga orang menteri Kabinet memeluk Islam.

Kita hari ini bagaimana? Adakah pendekatan mengajak dibuat walaupun kononnya kita lebih baik?

Apakah kita mahu berhujah, orang minum wiski itu lebih baik daripada orang agama? Apa salahnya kita menekankan lebih kepada atau bercakap bahasa Arab kerana ia bahasa al-Quran?

Jangan kerana kita jahil bahasa Arab atau negara Arab kurang maju, maka Arab itu tidak baik.

Pada saya bahasa kedua selepas BM, sepatutnya bahasa Arab, diikuti BI dan lain-lain bahasa ibunda, barulah wasatiyyah.

Cendekiawan Barat (Inggeris) sanggup menelaah kitab bahasa Arab untuk mengorek permata yang pernah ditinggalkan oleh cendekiawan Islam zaman lampau. Kenapa hari ini kita terlalu mendewakan BI, sehingga buta al-Quran?

Terbaharu, pemimpin negara India mengeluarkan kenyataan tegas akan menapis adegan cumbu Spectre, filem terkini James Bond. Saya belum pernah mendengar kenyataan begitu daripada badan penapis filem negara kita. Adakah ini Arabisation?

Kenapa dunia diam? Apabila negara Islam dibom saban hari, dunia senyap sepi. Apabila negara liberal dibom, satu dunia bising? Di manakah keadilan?

Saya kagum dengan jurutera, Kishva Ambigapathy, anak Malaysia yang dipilih menerajui Majlis Belia Komanwel (CYC) 2015-17 di Malta. Beliau memakai baju Melayu ketika berada dalam majlis tersebut. Inilah anak Malaysia yang perlu ada di negara bertuah. Pada mereka yang tidak ada semangat seperti ini, kata-kata balik Tongsan ada betulnya.

http://www.sinarharian.com.my/kolumnis/rid...-bagus-1.459343

Malaysia ISIS member spotted on FB

kockroach — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 09:53:58 +0800

https://www.facebook.com/muhammad.s.danielz...=message_bubble

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Anti-Islam Hate Crimes Have Tripled In London

kockroach — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 13:22:41 +0800

Anti-Islam Hate Crimes Have Tripled In London Since Paris Attacks

The number of Muslims attacked in the English capital have more than tripled since the Paris attacks, new figures show.

The Met revealed that the week before the attacks on 13 November there were 24 recorded Islamophobic incidents. A fortnight later, this went up to 76.

Mussurut Zia from the Muslim Women’s Network UK told the BBC that the community was “fearful”, but people who represented other faiths had come forward in “solidarity”.

The force’s figures also showed the annual number of incidents had also increased, with the most reports relating to harassment.

In the 12 months up to October 2014 there were 576 incidents reported and these increased by almost 48% to 845 the following year.

Talking to the BBC, Ms Zia said:

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We’ve had people coming forward and telling us about being avoided in the shopping mall, people refusing to sit next to them on the bus. Then you’ve got the physical aspect with coats and scarves being yanked… In terms of fear it’s increased since Paris.

She added that despite the community being concerned about the air strikes in Syria could increase the likelihood of them being targeted, she has been encouraged by the “support and solidarity” of other religions, adding “it’s a positive out of something so negative.”

The Met said they will be providing extra patrols and had more than 900 officers investigating hate crime. They added that it may be that there is a greater willingness to report Islamohobic attacks, but it remained “under reported” and “no one should suffer in silence”.

Saba Zaman – a documentary producer from London – says she has seen an increase in attacks against Muslim women since the terror attacks in Paris.

Three days after the shootings on November 13, a man allegedly spat at her and called her a “dog” as he got off a train. A few months before, she reported a more serious incident when a man grabbed her hijab.

Speaking to the BBC, she said it was the first time since the 7/7 bombings that she felt unsafe in her own city and other people had become “territorial” towards other Muslim women on public transport.

She added that she had intervened in another incident where a Muslim woman on the Tube was pushed and insulted for “wearing a ninja outfit”.

We can only hope this disgusting behaviour stops, as this is exactly want Isis wants. We need to unite and show solidarity during these testing times.

http://www.unilad.co.uk/news/anti-islam-ha...-paris-attacks/

Diplomat in sex assault case, drinks, drugs, magic

kockroach — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 11:21:56 +0800

Sex charge diplomat Muhammad Rizalman: I believe in black magic but I've never defecated outside woman's house

TLDR
• Former Malaysian attache admits buying drugs
• He has admitted indecently assaulting woman
• Claims superior officer put a spell on him
• Denies defecating outside woman's house

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Former Malaysian Embassy worker Muhammad Rizalman has admitted to smoking cannabis, buying synthetic cannabis and that he believes in black magic, but denies defecating outside the victim's house to put a spell on her.

The 39-year-old, who admitted indecently assaulting a Wellington woman, has given evidence today outlining his version of events.

He disputed aspects of what the Crown says he did in a hearing about disputed facts in the High Court at Wellington.

The indecent assault happened at Ms Billingsley's home in the suburb of Brooklyn in May last year.

The name of an indecent-assault victim is normally automatically suppressed, but Ms Billingsley has waived this right.

Helped by an interpreter, Rizalman was shown a written copy of his account of the night in question before Crown prosecutor Grant Burston began questioning him.

Drug use
Mr Burston asked Rizalman about a statement he'd made in Malaysia, saying he'd never bought or used synthetic cannabis.

After being shown bank records, showing an $18.95 transaction at Cosmic on Cuba on May 2 last year, Rizalman admitted buying the legal high there.

Mr Burston said a shop employee had said Rizalman bought the highest-strength cannabis - puff super strength. That costs $15 and cigarette papers costs about $4.

Rizalman accepted that.

Mr Burston then said the employee's evidence was that Rizalman asked two young female shop assistants if they had a boyfriend and what they were doing later.

"Did that happen?" Mr Burston asked.

"Maybe," Rizalman replied.

Mr Burston then asked if Rizalman asked one of the women for a drink after work.

"Maybe," Rizalman replied.

One of the women told Rizalman to leave him alone, Mr Burston said. He then tried to grab the young woman's shoulders.

"Did that happen?" Mr Burston asked.

"I can't remember," Rizalman replied.

Nor could he remember if he had had to be ushered out of the shop by a male employee.

Rizalman admitted smoking cannabis back in Malaysia last year, six weeks before he went into a psychiatric hospital.

He did so to help him relax and sleep.

He also toked at secondary school, with friends, and admitted it helped him relax.

Mr Burston said Rizalman told a psychiatrist in August this year he had not used any drugs apart from alcohol.

"I did not conceal but I did not say because it was not normally done," Rizalman said through the interpreter.

"Because I had not used for a long time."

But, Mr Burston said, Rizalman had used synthetic cannabis last year.

"I don't remember using it but I admit to buying it," Rizalman said.

So what was he doing with it?

"I'm not sure and I was confused at that time."

He said he "maybe" used it to relieve stress at work.

Mr Burston then said Rizalman tested positive for cannabis and morphine on his first day in the psychiatric hospital in Malaysia, a country where morphine is sprayed on cannabis to heighten the sensation.

Rizalman admitted he tested positive for both on days one and two and cannabis on day six there.

He denied smoking cannabis during his stay.

Rizalman admitted he believed in "black magic".

He also told a psychiatrist he believed a superior officer had put a spell on him. That officer had an uncle who was a shaman.

"Do you know of a spell that you can put on a woman to make her fall in love with you by defecating outside her house?" Mr Burston asked.

"I don't know because I've never practiced it," Rizalman said.

"The reason that you took off your belt and lowered your trousers and underpants outside this young woman's front door, on the patio by her front door, was more about black magic than having to go to the toilet in an emergency?"

"No."

Interest in women
Rizalman was asked about an assessment report in June last year, which said there was information about Rizalman's "increased interest towards women".

"You went to a place called Mermaids in Wellington twice when you felt under pressure," Mr Burston said.

"Yes," Rizalman replied.

"The women were taking their clothes off?"

"Only their outer clothes."

"The women were topless?"

"Yes."

"Were you interested in looking at the attractive women in the strip club?"

"No."

"Why did you go to the strip club?"

"To listen to music and release tension."

Rizalman admitted using cash to enter the Mermaids but said he hadn't bought synthetic cannabis with cash, and the only time he purchased it was recorded on his bank statement.

He said he was "maybe" interested in the two young women at Cosmic on Cuba when he asked them for a drink.

He was also asked about following a woman in Wellington on one occasion last year. Rizalman was wearing his aviator sunglasses and a dark suit.

Mr Burston said the young woman went into the Trade Aid store when she realised she was being tailed.

"When she went into the shop you stared at her for a while through the windows, didn't you," Mr Burston asked.

"I was looking at the window but I was not actually looking at her," Rizalman said.

He said he was looking at the items in the shop.

Mr Burston said when the woman was walking she got about a metre past Rizalman and he had spun around, said something and then followed about ten metres behind her.

Rizalman said he wanted to get to his parked car.

Mr Burston said the woman went into the shop and thought Rizalman would keep walking.

"She was shocked, she says, has she got it all wrong Mr Rizalman, you weren't interested in her at all?"

"Maybe."

Mr Burston said she stayed in the store, went to an area where he couldn't see her and waited five minutes. She checked Rizalman was gone and decided to leave and then crossed the road, heading up Manners St.

The woman noticed a car stopped next to her and looked over.

"It was you driving the car. You had the front window down, passenger window down and were trying to talk to her," Mr Burston said.

"I'm not sure because Manners St, the cars cannot stop on [the] road," Rizalman said.

Mr Burston said he was leaning over the passenger seat, motioning for the woman to get in.

"I am not sure," Rizalman said.

"She kept walking away from you and you kept driving across over Manners St and pulled into a parking bay?"

"I'm not sure."

"That could have happened, what this young woman has described happening on Thursday, May 8, last year?"

"Maybe."

"She says it did happen and she went into another store to get away from you again."

"I am not sure."

Mr Burston said he was suggesting Rizalman was interested in the "attractive young woman".

"Maybe I needed somebody to talk about the problems," Rizalman said.

He admitted he might have bought her a drink, over which they could talk.

"Perhaps it would take the pressure of you if she gave you a cuddle and a little kiss, or something like that?" Mr Burston asked.

"No, I just wanted to talk about the problems."

"Is that why you were asking the two female shop assistants at Cosmic on Cuba if they would go out for a drink with you, so you could talk about your problems with them?"

"Yes, maybe."

"If they had been interested in having sex with you, would you have been interested in having sex with them?"

"No, I only wanted to talk."

"Were you sexually interested in the women who were taking their clothes off in Mermaids?"

"No."

Mr Burston asked Rizalman about what he told police when he was spoken to by officers outside Ms Billingsley's home on May 9 last year.

He first spoke to a female constable, who asked Rizalman why he was on the path by the house.

Rizalman told her he'd met a girl at Reading Cinemas."That was a lie?""

Maybe, but it was a misunderstanding because my English is not good." Rizalman said he felt under pressure.

"Had you met the victim at the Reading Cinemas that night?" Mr Burston asked.

"Outside the shop, not the cinema," Rizalman said."You told the constable that you had watched a movie with her. That was a lie?"

"Maybe it was a misunderstanding."

"You told the policewoman that you followed the girl home and had something to eat with her. That was a lie?"

"Maybe."

Rizalman said he didn't watch a movie with the woman or eat with her. He also spoke to a police detective sergeant, when he arrived.

Rizalman repeated his story about meeting a woman at the cinema and watching a movie together.

Today he said he watched a movie alone.

"At that point in time I was confused and I was not in the right frame of mind."

Rizalman had told the detective sergeant Ms Billingsley invited him back to her house. Mr Burston said that wasn't true.

"When I was outside the shop, the girl was giving me signals, the way she looked at me and the way she smiled at me. It was as if she was inviting me over," Rizalman said.

"I'll ask you again, you were making up the girl inviting [you] back to her house to give a reasonable explanation for the police as to why you were there?" Mr Burston asked.

"No."

"You then said to the detective sergeant that you had gone inside and started eating her food. That was a lie?"

"Yes, maybe."

"You told the detective sergeant that made her angry and she kicked you out because you'd started eating her food?"

"Yes."

"Maybe that was a lie as well?"

"Yes."

Mr Burston said Rizalman spoke again to the female constable at the police station, where he was again asked what had happened.

Mr Burston said Rizalman told police: "I met that lady at the movies. I follow her back to her place. She lets me in and I ate some food. She invited me back."

Mr Burston said Ms Billingsley did not let Rizalman in, she hadn't invited him back and he had not eaten any food.

Rizalman said today he was getting signals from the way she smiled at him. But Ms Billingsley had not invited him back to her place.

"Not from her speech but from her mannerisms and the way she smiled and the way she behaved" led Rizalman to believe he was invited back to Ms Billingsley's.

"In Malaysian custom, if a woman smiles at a man it is deemed that they are happy to know that person."

"So that's an invitation to follow them home is it?" Mr Burston asked.

"It is an invitation to follow." It wouldn't necessarily mean you go into their house, Rizalman said.

How the events unfolded
Mr Burston said police evidence had pieced together what Rizalman did on the day he indecently assaulted Ms Billingsley.

At 9.32am he bought a ticket to the movie Chef.He went to the 11.20 screening. Rizalman said he remembered going to the cinema and sleeping.

About 3pm, he bought a mini bottle of Jack Daniel's. It was found in Rizalman's jacket pocket, but he said today he hadn't been a drinker since before he was married."I don't know why I bought it," Rizalman said, before denying it could be a present for a young woman he hoped to befriend.

After 4.57pm, Rizalman's phone diverted all calls to his message. Until 9.38pm that night there were 132 unanswered calls from his wife's cellphone. At 5.31pm he bought a pineapple and chips from a local supermarket.

Ms Billingsley bought food there at 5.49pm."You stared at the victim when she went into the shop?" Mr Burston said."I'm not sure," Rizalman said.

"She says you were staring at her when she came out?"

"When she had crossed in front of me I was sure she had given me a signal, eye contact." He decided to follow.

"She described you as being quite creepy?"

"I'm not sure."Rizalman maintained Ms Billingsley smiled and gave him a signal to follow her.

He said he fell behind her because she walked fast.

"If she wanted to befriend you, why didn't you call out to her?" Mr Burston asked.

"I was waiting for her to reach a place where I could talk to her," Rizalman said.

"Why didn't you run to catch up to her to say hello?"

"At the time it didn't occur to me to run towards her."

Ms Billingsley told police she didn't know she was being followed.

"I'm quite sure she noticed me because she was looking around when she needed to cross the road," Rizalman said.

"I suggest you did not want her to know you were following her?" Mr Burston said.

"No," Rizalman replied.

Ms Billingsley's house was up several steps and paths, well away from the road. But Rizalman didn't call out for her to wait for him.

"She didn't know you were there and you didn't want her to know you were there?" Mr Burston said.

"I knew that she knew I was following her," Rizalman said.

"How would she know that you were following her?"

"Maybe because I could see her and I was sure she could see me."But he did nothing to attract her attention.

At the house
In her house Ms Billingsley made a 111 call at 6.39pm, meaning Rizalman waited outside for 30 to 40 minutes in the dark before he entered her house.

Mr Burston asked if it was during that period that Rizalman had an "emergency defecation".

Rizalman said he waited for a long time because Ms Billingsley had shut her door and he expected her to invite him in."I expected her to maybe go in, prepare some food. and maybe invite me in," Rizalman said.

Inside, he could talk about his problems. Mr Burston wondered why Rizalman didn't knock on Ms Billingsley's door, introduce himself and ask if he could come inside and discuss his problems.

Rizalman said he was waiting for an invitation inside. He later told a psychiatrist he'd never had an emergency defecation before. Today he said that was right and the night in question was the only time it had happened to him.

Rizalman agreed he only had time to remove his trousers and underpants and go where he stood, not having time to move away from the front door over to the lawn. He said he didn't know who was inside the house and he had not looked inside to see who was there. He denied taking off his pants and underpants because he wanted to have sex with Ms Billingsley.

"I went to the house because I wanted to clean myself."

"The young woman wasn't interested in having sex with you. She was terrified, wasn't she?" Mr Burston asked.

"I didn't have any intention to have [a] sexual relationship with her," Rizalman said.He agreed that after listening to her 111 call, he knew Ms Billingsley was scared, but maintained: "I went into the room in desperation because I wanted to ask to use the bathroom"

"I still felt that she wanted to be friends with me and as a friend I approached the door, I knocked on the door and I asked for permission to go in."

Rizalman said he didn't get the chance to ask where the bathroom was. As he entered the house, he had left his trousers and underpants in a sunroom. Mr Burston suggested Rizalman could have used a towel from a drying rack to cover his nakedness, before "marching up to the foot of the bed".

Rizalman said that didn't occur to him.

After his altercation, he put his suit trousers on without his underpants. But Mr Burston said there was no faecal staining on those.

"What I put to you Mr Rizalman is you took your trousers and underpants off because you were hoping that the attractive young woman inside the house would be interested in having sex with you," Mr Burston said.

"No, not at all," Rizalman said.

"That is the reason why you had followed her all the way from the food market to her home and were waiting outside, before you made the decision to go in," Mr Burston said.

"No, I only wanted to befriend her and talk about my problems," Rizalman said.

Defence lawyer Donald Stevens, QC, asked Rizalman about a positive urine test he'd returned for cannabis, when he was a corporal.

A subsequent blood test returned a negative result. Rizalman was then asked why he was interested in the two young women in Cosmic on Cuba.

"Because I wanted to make friends with them and talk about my problems," Rizalman said. Doing so would relieve stress. He said when he spoke to police at Ms Billingsley's, he was stressed about what had happened and confused.

"I think you told one of the police officers, maybe two, that you were losing your mind?" Dr Stevens asked.

"Yes."

"What, Mr Rizalman did you mean by that?"He said he'd felt for some time he was losing his mind."I didn't know what I'd done and where I was. I was feeling tired and sleepy," he said."I was not really conscious of what I was saying." He felt confused and had been under pressure since he arrived in New Zealand in September 2013. He'd had no such problems in Malaysia but in Wellington saw a doctor.

After he indecently assaulted Ms Billingsley, he consulted another doctor. On one of those visits he was prescribed medication, but his wife wouldn't let him take it. He was also referred to a psychiatrist.

Expert evidence
Professor Graham Mellsop was asked by Mr Burston about psychiatrists in Malaysia attributing Rizalman's stay in hospital there to drug use. Two months after his offending, no mental illness was identified.

Prof Mellsop said the report in which those conclusions were made was logically presented and had included a wide variety of information sources.

He said Rizalman had scored highly on what's known as the L-scale, or lie-scale, and the F-scale, the faking scale.

"The higher lie-scale score is consistent with their conclusions from other evidence that [Rizalman] did not always tell the truth.

"The higher F-scale score is consistent with the idea that he was exaggerating his symptoms."

Prof Mellsop said the broad range of symptoms described by Rizalman or those in contact with him could have been caused by synthetic cannabis.

There was evidence in reports about Rizalman suggesting he told "lots of lies", Prof Mellsop said.

He agreed with Dr Stevens that legal highs could cause hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms.

Dr Stevens asked Prof Mellsop if he thought Rizalman's wife was exaggerating when she was concerned about his behaviour.

Rizalman's wife said her husband was sleepy, tired, difficult to wake in the morning and not alert to his surroundings. He was confused and would get lost looking for his car.

"I think she was making correct observations to a substantial degree, whether or not it was exaggerated by her anxieties I don't know," Prof Mellsop said.

"I believe she thought she was telling the truth."

Dr Stevens said Rizalman's wife said her husband would be found wandering the street, not knowing where he was.

Prof Mellsop: "I'm suggesting it's a technically incorrect observation, which she thought she was accurately making."

Rizalman's wife also said he was a devout Muslim who would pray five times a day, until "all of a sudden" he forgot the words, Dr Stevens said.

"Same answer as the last question," Prof Mellsop replied.

He accepted Rizalman's behaviour had changed and he was sleepy, "which I attribute to more regular or frequent substance injection".

Dr Stevens said one of the doctors Rizalman had visited said he suffered from anxiety and depression. Rizalman was prescribed anti-depression medication.

In mid-April 2014, Rizalman's wife took him to another doctor at a medical centre in Johnsonville.

The doctor was told Rizalman was stressed at work and was no longer playing football.

He was sleeping excessively and well, but was still tired, Dr Stevens said.

He said Rizalman had said he was stressed because in New Zealand he didn't have other officers to help him at work, as he did back home.

Prof Mellsop said: "His account of his difficulties differs according to whom he is talking, and at different times."

The Crown summary of facts
It says about 6.30pm on Friday May 9, 2014, Ms Billingsley was at her flat.

"She was the only one home at the time and was watching a movie on her laptop in her bedroom," the summary says.

"Before entering the address, the defendant, Rizalman, removed his trousers and underwear."

He entered the flat through a closed but unlocked door.

In the kitchen, he took off his jacket.

Rizalman then knocked on Ms Billingsley's bedroom door and pushed it open.

"He spoke to the victim, saying, 'Can I come in?' The victim looked up from her bed and observed the defendant standing in the entranceway to the bedroom, wearing only a shirt and naked from the waist down," the summary says.

Ms Billingsley got up and began yelling and screaming for Rizalman to get out.

He approached her and grabbed her shoulders and the pair struggled.

Ms Billingsley managed to push Rizalman out of her room.

After removing him from the flat she locked the door and ran into the bathroom to call the police.

A neighbour heard screaming and called a flatmate, while a flatmate's boyfriend who lived nearby came to help.

He arrived to find Rizalman standing by the front door.

"By this time he had put his trousers back on," the summary says.

"The defendant was confronted, but eventually began walking away from the address on to the pathway."

Ms Billingsley suffered marks to her arms and "considerable emotional trauma".

Rizalman told police the pair had been to a cinema together. He claimed she invited him to her house but became angry when he ate her food.

Who is Rizalman?
Rizalman began today by answering questions from his lawyer Donald Stevens, QC, about his background.

Rizalman is a "warrant officer 2" in the Malaysian military. He signed up in June 1994 and his Wellington appointment began in September 2013.

Rizalman said he was a staff assistant to the defence attache, who was a lieutenant colonel.

He's never had any instances of misconduct in the military, nor had any criminal convictions anywhere.

Rizalman said he was married with a son, aged 9, and two daughters, 2 and 7.

Other arguments
Before he gave evidence, Justice David Collins heard arguments from media organisations looking to film Rizalman today.

The judge decided to allow the first 10 minutes of his evidence to be filmed. If he decided it was causing Rizalman undue stress, he would order filming to stop.

Dr Stevens opposed the filming, saying Rizalman suffered from anxiety and it would be "humiliating" for him.

"It would not be at all surprising if it would adversely affect the quality of his evidence," Dr Stevens said of the filming.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article....jectid=11555881

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MPM, help jobless Malay graduate in private sector

kockroach — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 21:09:27 +0800

Amend, enforce Fair Employment Act to nip joblessness among Malays, Putrajaya told

MPM’s Dr Hasan Mad claims employers in the private sector were biased against hiring Malay graduates, adding that the challenge to gain legit work was compounded by a bloated civil service. ― File pic

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 ― The federal government can resolve the high unemployment rate among Malay graduates by revising the Fair Employment Act, and then enforcing the amended law, the Malay Consultative Council (MPM) said today.

MPM secretary-general Dr Hasan Mad suggested the move as he claimed employers in the private sector were biased against hiring Malay graduates, adding that the challenge to gain legit work was compounded by a bloated civil service.

He admitted however that he does not have the statistics to back his claim.

“This conflict can only be resolved if the government dares to amend the Fair Employment Act. Enforce it to ensure that job opportunities in the private sector in this country will be fair and just.

“Fair in all aspects especially from the aspects of ethnicities and gender,” he said in his column in Malay daily Utusan Malaysia.

Hasan was a panelist on the 2015 Umno Economic Bureau.

In his column, he also suggested that government-owned companies should be the “main employers” of Malays while waiting for Putrajaya to take action.

He explained that government departments are too saturated to hire more people.

He also suggested for companies under the Public Enterprise Agencies (PEA) such as Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) and the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (Risda) to be upgraded and made on par with companies under sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional or state oil company Petronas.

“In addition to creating job opportunities, the companies can create many economic projects that can be privatised to the graduates in its management through a conversion programme that can create entrepreneurs among the graduates to begin their careers as manager of projects owned by the PEA company,” he said.

Only then, Hasan said, it would be apt to call such companies the “Golden Goose” to the Bumiputera Economic Agenda, the government’s measure to financially empower the country’s largest demographic group, a significant portion who are said to still be mired in poverty.

http://m.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/a...alays-putrajaya

15 years time lapse of Terrorism

kockroach — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 19:20:30 +0800

This time-lapse map shows the spread of terrorism over the past 15 years

Terrorism isn’t a new phenomenon, but the incidence and rate of terror attacks across the globe has quickly escalated over the past decade and a half.

The use of terrorism has not been restricted to a single region on earth, a single organization, or a single ideology. The following video, created by Milan R. Vuckovic based on data from the University of Maryland’s Global Terrorism Database, shows every terrorist attack with more than 20 fatalities between December 1, 2000 and November 13, 2015.

Vuckovic notes that this video is not meant to be used as a definitive guide to every terrorist attack of the last 15 years. Instead, the video shows the general trend of increasing attacks.

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The trend that Vuckovic visualizes has been corroborated by the Institute for Economics and Peace’s annual Global Terrorism Index. According to the 2015 edition of the Index, terrorism increased by 80% in 2014 compared to the year before.

This sharp escalation in violence killed 32,658 people in 2014, compared to 18,111 in 2013, according to the Index.

The rise in terrorism since 2013 can largely be attributed to two groups: ISIS; and Boko Haram, the Nigerian jihadist group that pledged allegiance to ISIS in March of 2015. Combined, these groups were responsible for 51% of all terrorism-related deaths in 2014.

Although terrorism has been increasing, rates of terrorism in the West are still incredibly low compared with other parts of the world. If the September 11th attacks are excluded, CNN notes, only 0.5% of terrorism fatalities since 2000 have occurred in the West..

http://www.businessinsider.my/spread-of-te...tA4rW5V6ApGF.97

How Russian fight terrorist

kockroach — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 20:12:40 +0800

Russian Special Forces: Has ISIS Met Its Fear Merchant Match?

ISIS is a fear merchant. It depends heavily upon using fear to intimidate those opposed to it.

In its high-publicized videos, legions of soulless bodies fill its ranks, regularly demonstrating limitless savagery in executing their enemies. Beheadings, burning prisoners alive, attaching bombs to babies to show new recruits how explosives rip a human body apart, running tanks over prisoners, etc.—no means of execution is beyond the pale as they market fear.

But fear can be a double-edged sword. A force capable of demonstrating this has just entered the fray in Syria. Having used fear previously very effectively against Muslim extremists, this force looks to do so again—only this time its blade will come down on ISIS.

Russian President Vladimir Putin recently dispatched a military group in which he has great pride and confidence—his special forces—to Syria. The group has been honed into a uniquely skilled counter-terrorism killing machine, known in Russia for getting the job done.

Russia’s special forces originated out of a terrorist act perpetrated more than four decades ago by another violent Muslim group.

In Munich, Germany, Palestinian terrorists of Black September kidnapped and killed eleven Israeli athletes and a German police officer during the 1972 Summer Olympics. The attack prompted the head of the KGB (the Soviet secret police), Yuri Andropov, to order the creation of a special military force trained in counter-terrorism.

With its establishment two years later, the force initially was used for domestic security. But once deployed outside the homeland, it quickly established a bloody reputation for itself.

Comparable to our own elite fighters of Delta Force, Russian special forces have an operational edge ours do not. While battlefield actions by U.S. forces will, appropriately, always be defined by the laws of land warfare, Russian special forces historically have tossed their moral compass aside. By doing so, they convey a clear message—in blood—to adversaries.

After Moscow invaded Afghanistan in December 1979, Russian special forces were tasked to implement “regime change.” Wearing Afghan uniforms, they quickly secured strategic government buildings in Kabul. Storming the presidential palace, they followed through on orders to kill every Afghan in the building. Not only was Afghan President Hafizullah Amin killed along with his mistress and young son, but so too were all witnesses.

Russian special forces played a significant role in Afghanistan throughout the ten year war. But their reputation for taking whatever action necessary to complete its mission was cemented in Lebanon.

In October 1985, a radical Muslim Brotherhood splinter group kidnapped four Soviet diplomats in Beirut. By the time Russian special forces reached the city, one of the diplomats had already been executed.

As Moscow’s policy was never to negotiate with terrorists, no effort was made to do so. Using a network of informants, the Russians identified the militant group responsible and the kidnappers involved.

With the kidnappers’ names in hand, the Russians immediately rounded up their family members, taking them hostage. They then cut off hostages’ body parts, delivering them to the militants along with the threat to continue making deliveries.

The militants got the message. The surviving Russian diplomats were immediately released. For two decades thereafter, Russian diplomats operated safely abroad without fear of becoming targets of Muslim terrorists.

But in 2006, Putin had to call upon his special forces again after four Russian officials in Iraq were abducted and murdered. He gave the order those responsible were to be “destroyed.” Each of the militants involved was hunted down and killed.

Russian naval special forces also have not shied away from playing the fear card. In 2010, the forces confronted Somali pirates.

Operating from their mother ship, the Somalis pirated a Russian oil tanker. Russian naval special forces boarded the tanker, easily routing the pirates, taking them captive and putting them back onboard their mother ship. There, the pirates were securely tied up and the mother ship fitted with explosives. Once back on their own ship, the Russians detonated the explosives.

No Russian ship since then has been pirated.

Russian special forces have demonstrated they can rise to the same level of violence as ISIS.

As they hit the ground running in Syria, the Russians will set out—aided by their Iranian and Syrian friends—to establish informant networks to identify, locate and kill ISIS leaders. Where possible to do so, they will ensure they die a violent death in a way that conveys the message they seek to send.

If there is an Arabic word for “karma,” ISIS will soon be muttering it.

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security...merchant-match/

Chinese used Flamethrower on Xinjiang terrorist

kockroach — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 10:40:37 +0800

Flamethrower used by Chinese to hunt Xinjiang 'terrorists': newspaper

Beijing: Chinese forces used a flamethrower to force more than 10 "terrorists" from a cave in the western Xinjiang region, the military's top newspaper said on Monday, in a graphic account of the hunt for what Beijing called foreign-led extremists.

China said on Friday last week that security forces had recently killed 28 members of a group that carried out a deadly attack at a coal mine in Aksu in September, the first official mention of the incident reported by Radio Free Asia about two months ago.

In its account, which could not be independently verified, the official People's Liberation Army Daily said armed police had tracked the attackers into the mountains "like eagles discovering their prey".

The PLA Daily said the special forces used flash grenades and tear gas to force the attackers out of hiding, but when those methods failed, a senior officer said: "Use the flamethrower."

After that, the newspaper said the attackers came out at the troops wielding knives and that they were then "completely annihilated".

China's government says it faces a serious threat from Islamist militants and separatists in energy-rich Xinjiang, on the border of central Asia, where hundreds have died in violence in recent years.

Rights groups say China has never presented convincing evidence of the existence of a cohesive militant group fighting the government. Much of the unrest, they argue, is due to frustration at controls on the culture and religion of the Muslim Uighur people who live in Xinjiang.

Beijing vehemently denies accusations of rights abuses, though independent verification of the situation in Xinjiang is hard because of tight government controls on visits by foreign reporters.

In a statement in response to the PLA Daily report, Dilxat Raxit, a spokesman for exile group the World Uyghur Congress, said: "The Paris attacks gave China a political excuse to brazenly use flamethrowers to clamp down on unarmed Uighurs who have no just legal protection and who seek to avoid arrest."

Senior Chinese officials have increasingly described the security challenges in Xinjiang as an important front in the global fight against terrorism. Western nations, however, have been reluctant to co-operate in China's anti-terrorism campaign there, nervous about being implicated in possible rights abuses.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/flamethrower-u...126-gl8ix8.html

U.N. votes to partition Palestine, Nov. 29, 1947

kockroach — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 15:42:18 +0800

U.N. votes to partition Palestine, Nov. 29, 1947

On this day in 1947, the United Nations General Assembly voted to partition Palestine between two newly created Arab and Jewish states while placing Jerusalem under a “special international regime.”

Passage of the resolution required a two-thirds majority -- not counting abstaining and absent members -- of the then 56-member assembly. When the crunch came, 33 delegations (72 percent) voted for partition, 13 voted against and 10 abstained.

Some wavering countries received a telegram signed by 26 U.S. senators seeking their support for the plan. At the time, the Senate was considering a foreign aid package that included $60 million for China, which abstained.

President Harry S. Truman later said: “The facts were that not only were there pressure movements around the United Nations unlike anything that had been seen there before, but that the White House, too, was subjected to a constant barrage. I do not think I ever had as much pressure and propaganda aimed at the White House as I had in this instance. The persistence of a few of the extreme Zionist leaders—actuated by political motives and engaging in political threats—disturbed and annoyed me.”

The partition plan was never implemented because all Arab governments rejected it, arguing it violated the principles of national self-determination embedded in the U.N. charter.

After Israel declared its independence on May 15, 1948, the civil war between Arabs and Jews became an inter-state conflict as a combined invasion by Egypt, Jordan and Syria, together with expeditionary forces from Iraq, entered Palestine. The ensuing 10-month war ended with an armistice under which Israel retained not only the area demarcated by the partition plan but also nearly 60 percent of the land that the U.N. resolution had allocated to Palestinian Arabs. Other territory ended up in the hands of Jordan and Egypt.

Some 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from Israel, becoming refugees.

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/un-v...-29-1947-216233

Israeli police officers kill Palestinian attacker

kockroach — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 15:34:08 +0800

Israeli police officers kill Palestinian attacker

Israeli police shot dead a Palestinian who stabbed an officer in Jerusalem on Sunday, a spokesman said, in the latest attack in a two-month wave of violence and Palestinian health officials said a youth was killed in East Jerusalem.

Near a main gate of Jerusalem's walled Old City, the Palestinian pulled out a knife and stabbed a border policeman in the neck, wounding him, before being shot by officers, the spokesman said.

Almost daily Palestinian stabbings, car rammings and shootings have killed 19 Israelis and one U.S. citizen since Oct. 1.

Israeli forces have killed 95 Palestinians, many of whom were carrying out assaults and others in clashes with police and troops. Many of those killed have been teenagers.

A 17-year-old Palestinian youth, Ayman Al-Abbassi, was killed on Sunday night in a clash in East Jerusalem, the Palestinian health ministry reported.

An Israeli police spokeswoman said about 10 petrol bombs had been hurled at officers. They opened fire but could not confirm if they had hit anyone.

Palestinian allegations that Israel is trying to alter the religious status quo at a Jerusalem holy site - known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, where al-Aqsa mosque stands, and to Jews as the Temple Mount - have fueled the violence.

Non-Muslim prayer is banned around al-Aqsa and Israel has said it will not change that. But more visits by Jewish religious activists and ultra-nationalist Israeli politicians to the complex, where two biblical temples once stood, have done little to convince Palestinians.

Overnight in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, Israeli forces shut down a Palestinian radio station that the military said had repeatedly broadcast material which promoted and encouraged "terror and acts of violence" against Israeli citizens and security forces.

The station owner, Talab al-Jabar, told Reuters that the broadcaster, called Dream, was not inciting but simply reporting on events. "I can tell you that Dream radio will be back on air very soon and it will be stronger," he said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/29/...tf5W3AQXESLV.97

Girl or Shemale?

kockroach — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 19:17:27 +0800

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Why ISIS not recognize Malaysia as enemy?

kockroach — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 10:36:37 +0800

Why Malaysia not included in the Global Coalition Against the Islamic State?

BREAKING, Belgium Hotel Lockdown, Terrorist?

kockroach — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 17:50:48 +0800

BREAKING: Brussels Radisson Blu Hotel Is Placed In Lockdown, Guests Told Not To Leave

The Radisson Blu hotel in Brussels has been placed into lockdown owing to a “serious and imminent” threat of terror attack.

It is not yet clear what the threat is, but armed soldiers have been stationed directly outside the building, and streets have been cordoned off.

Guests have been told to stay inside the hotel for their own safety.

Journalist Stuart Webb has been tweeting from the hotel with updates of the situation, and has repeatedly been warned to get inside for his own safety, the threat is ‘real’.

The threat seemingly applies to the whole area, but the hotel is taking it very seriously following an attack by armed jihadists at one of the chain’s venues in Mali on Friday.

Roughly 170 people were held hostage during that attack, and at least 27 killed.

We will continue to update as the story unfolds.

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