Monday, October 21, 2019

Lara Trump: Most Americans have never even heard of the Kurds, so whatever


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Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Cactus apparently bulldozed during border wall construction

Qatar - US Troupes Goes on Alert Against Turkish Troupes sharing the same bases


APACHE JUNCTION AZ (IFS) -- In Qatar, the United States Armed Services also shares space with the Turkish military.  US Special Forces are under fire in Northern Syria from Turkey's invasion into the Kurds territory, all military installations -- falls just one word short of a full out DEFCON 3.

With a DEFCON 1 alert, all military personnel is issued weapons and ammunition, fully cocked and loaded.  Vice President Mike Pence heading to Turkey to ask them to stand down and imposing sanctions that do no good against them, as they do very little trading with the United States.  Pence's request is like putting a band-aid on a shotgun wound.  

President Trump's decision to give a "green light" to Turkey to commit genocide against the Kurds, has caused all of the gains that were made in the past five (5) years to be completely undone, as 10,000 Isis prisoners have escaped and are back in the population and are regrouping.

The Qatar Government has interjected their concerns and has warned both sides that a military conflict on its soil will not be tolerated.  However, if a battle does break out among these giants, it is very little that it could do to stop it.

At present, Turkey houses over fifty nuclear missiles from the United States and is considering removing them from Turkey.  However, Turkey's military is making it very difficult to remove these units, as it has closed all roads and airspace to the United States military making it hard to extract the US Special Forces units in the Northern Syria area.



The political and military friendship between Qatar and Turkey dates back more than a century when Ottoman troops set foot on Qatari lands to protect them from the fierce claws of British colonization. Now 150 years later, Turkish troops are once again welcomed by the Qataris, who see them as a source of force for stability and security

It was around some 150 years ago, in the late 1860s and towards the early 1870s, that Qatar was engulfed by the notorious threat of British colonization. Once a piece of land came to the attention of the British at the time, that was it. The colonialists would do their very best to blend the prey into the pot of the great empire.
Shaikh Mohammed bin Thani had already been forced to pay tremendous amounts of money to Bahrain in 1868, and Qatar was being weakened day by day through the strategy of the British. According to historians, Shaikh Mohammed bin Thani repeatedly expressed the necessity of letting the Ottoman Empire dispatch troops to Qatar to prevent an intervention in his country.

Trump administration official on Syria: 'This is total chaos'


Sunday, October 13, 2019

Texans outraged after an officer shoots - Atatiana Jefferson a black woman in her own home




APACHE JUNCTION AZ (IFS) -- Another gutless white racist police officer of Texas proves once again that they are very incapable of doing their jobs, and they are scared of their own shadows.  It's the same old song from these punk-ass bitches, "I was in fear of my life".  It's the next best justification next to "He's got a gun."  It's all about black genocide, and these racist cops prove it day after day.  They need to get another job if they are so scared to get out on patrol.

Even a small mouse that you back into a corner is going to fight back.  Black American when are you going to get these killings of our citizens under control?  The law is the problem.  They are the antagonist.  

They are killers with guns, and they use any and every excuse to draw their guns and kill us.  The law is not on our side. Everyone knows that this case is going to be like every other case --the cops go free or given a slap on the wrist, and they get another job in another town in the state.  This is a cancer, and it is killing us.  

They murder our kids, our unarmed sons, and daughters and we do nothing. We are not to take the law into our hands -- this is the rope around our necks as they use the law, a badge and a gun to kill innocence persons, who have done nothing.  

As it stands now, a person of color can not leave their lights on, they can't leave their doors open, they can't enjoy their own homes without the police making fatal decisions because -- they are in fear of their lives. - KHS


“They murdered this woman”: Texans outraged after an officer shoots a black woman in her own home P.R. Lockhart 3 hrs ago

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A black woman was fatally shot in her home Saturday after a Fort Worth, Texas police officer fired into a bedroom window while performing a welfare check at her residence, sparking outrage and calls for police accountability in a community whose trust in law enforcement had already been shaken by other police shootings and the death of Botham Jean in nearby Dallas.


A close up of a person wearing glasses and smiling at the camera: Atatiana Jefferson,28, was fatally shot by police responding to a welfare check at her home in the early morning hours of October 12. © Screenshot/Facebook Atatiana Jefferson,28, was fatally shot by police responding to a welfare check at her home in the early morning hours of October 12.

At around 2 am local time on October 12, a neighbor of 28-year-old Atatiana Koquice Jefferson called a non-emergency hotline, saying that he was concerned about an open door at the woman’s residence and wanted to make sure she was okay. According to a statement released by the Fort Worth Police Department, officers arrived at the home at around 2:25 am, and after seeing the open door, walked around the perimeter of the residence.

The department said that while doing so, officers saw a person inside standing near a window. “Perceiving a threat the officer drew his duty weapon and fired one shot striking the person inside the residence,” police said. 

That person was Jefferson, who was shot while standing in a bedroom. After firing, officers entered the home and began providing emergency aid, but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The department released body camera footage of the shooting on Saturday, showing what happened outside of Jefferson’s home, as well as the residence itself, which had a door open and the lights on inside. 

The video shows two officers walking around the outside of Jefferson’s home, looking into screen doors before walking into the backyard. Moving towards a closed window on the first floor, one of the officers quickly points a flashlight at it before drawing his weapon. He then yells, “Put your hands up! Show me your hands!” before firing a shot less than a second later. 

At no point in the released video do the men clearly identify themselves as police officers.In addition to the statement and the body camera video, the police department also released edited footage of a firearm officers said they found at the residence, but did not offer any additional information about where Jefferson was in relation to it or if the weapon was ever visible to the officers. 

Texas is an open carry state, and state residents are allowed to possess and carry firearms with few exceptions.The officer who shot Jefferson was not named by the police statement. The agency did say that he is a “white male who has been with the department since April of 2018.” The unnamed officer has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation. 

Body camera footage and the results of the investigation will be handed over to the Tarrant County District Attorney’s office, which will decide if the officer will face any charges.The shooting has left Fort-Worth’s black residents devastatedJefferson’s shooting, which is the seventh local police shooting involving a civilian since June 1 according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, has left the area’s black residents angered and confused. 

Community members say that the shooting proves that they cannot call the police for assistance.“The Fort Worth police murdered this woman. They murdered this woman in her own house,” said Rev. Michael Bell, a local pastor who joined a group of community leaders for a Saturday press conference. “And now, African Americans, we have no recourse. 

If we call the police, they will come and kill us. And we know that.”A similar fear was echoed by James Smith, the neighbor of Jefferson’s who called police after noticing the open door and lights at her home, saying that he was concerned about Jefferson and her 8-year old nephew, who also lived at the residence. 

“I’m shaken. I’m mad. I’m upset. And I feel it’s partly my fault,” he told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Saturday. “If I had never dialed the police department, she’d still be alive.”“I don’t know what went on in the house, but I know that she wasn’t a threat,” he added.

Jack Howland✔@JHowl04 · Oct 12, 2019Replying to @JHowl04Smith was standing outside of the East Allen Avenue home a little after 9 a.m. Saturday along with Pastor @KyevTatum, a community activist. He admitted he was wrestling with his feelings, saying, "If I had never dialed the police department, she'd still be alive."

Jack Howland✔@JHowl04Here's Smith describing why he decided to call a non-emergency police number around 2 a.m. Saturday: 7,8119:37 AM - Oct 12, 2019

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The shooting of Jefferson, who was born in Dallas and graduated from Xavier University in Louisiana according to her Facebook page, has quickly drawn comparisons to the 2018 shooting of Botham Jean, a 26-year old black man fatally shot by former off-duty Dallas officer Amber Guyger as he ate ice cream in his apartment.

Thursday, October 10, 2019

Turkish offensive At least 23 Kurdish fighters are said to be dead and thousands of civilians have fled

Turkish offensive
Turkish offensive
At least 23 Kurdish fighters are said to be dead and thousands of civilians have fled after Turkey’s push into northern Syria. President Erdogan shows no sign of backing down to international pressure.
Livestreaming
Livestreaming
Monday’s attack on a German synagogue has raised more questions over the role of social media in shootings. The far-right gunman is the latest killer to livestream his rampage.
Protest tech
Protest tech
Apple has pulled a mobile app that allowed users to track the movements of Hong Kong police. The app was reportedly used by violent protesters to plan ambushes.
Faces of the caravans
Faces of the caravans
“Anderson” is a 10-year-old migrant who spent nine months in U.S. custody. The story of his separation from his grandmother is typical of many Latin Americans who have sought refuge north.
Trainspotting
Trainspotting
Mere inches separate a café patron’s foot from a dangerous railway track. These crowded eateries have become a popular tourist hangout in Hanoi, but the city is fed up with the hazard
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