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One man’s (very polite) fight against media Islamophobia | News | The Guardian

▻https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/oct/18/miqdaad-versi-very-polite-fight-against-british-media-islamophobia

News about Muslims in the British press is rarely positive, but it is never scarce. Consider these stories, published across a typical month towards the end of 2016. In the Times on 9 November 2016, an article announced: “Islamist School Can Segregate Boys and Girls.” On the Daily Express website, nine days later: “Anger as less than A THIRD of Muslim nations sign up to coalition against Isis.” In the Sun online, on 1 December: “SECRET IS SAFE: Half of British Muslims would not go to cops if they knew someone with Isis links.” On the Daily Express site the day after: “New £5 notes could be BANNED by religious groups as Bank CAN’T promise they’re Halal.” On ITV News, the same day: “Half of UK Muslims would not report extremism.” Two days later, in the Sunday Times: “Enclaves of Islam see UK as 75% Muslim.” The Mail on Sunday, that same day: “Isolated British Muslims are so cut off from the rest of society that they see the UK as 75% Islamic, shock report reveals.” And another version, in the Sun online: “British Muslims are so cut-off from society they think 75% of the UK is Islamic, report reveals.”

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No other community in Britain receives such regular torrents of bad press. But that is not the most shocking thing about these articles. Every single one of them was misleading. And they were not just lightly dotted with inaccuracies. The chief premise of each piece – the premise articulated in the headline – was dead wrong.

Je vois passer ceci. Quelques reprises (dont Jerusalem Post), mais qui toutes se contentent de cette unique source. Avec de grosses pincettes donc… Jordan’s King arrests brothers and cousin in suspected Saudi-led coup | Al Sura English
▻http://al-sura.com/jordans-king-arrests-brothers-and-cousin-in-suspected-saudi-led-coup

King Abdullah spared no time in arresting both his brothers and cousin; Prince Faisal bin Hussein, Prince Ali bin Hussein and Prince Talal bin Muhammad after Jordanian intelligence services alerted the King that there was communication between the brothers and cousin and Saudi and Emirati leaders; Mohammad bin Salman and Mohammed bin Zayed. The shock house arrest of the King’s siblings comes as the Middle East faces a renewed ‘revolutionary’ movement in several countries. Leadership among the MENA states has looked towards Saudi Arabia for explanations for it’s belligerency towards the governments despite showing good working relations otherwise. Long standing allegiances with Qatar were seemingly thrown aside in moments when Saudi Arabia launched an economic blockade against long time ally Qatar. Many blame Saudi Arabia’s young Mohammad bin Salman for these poor choices in relations.

German DM’s Attire in Saudi Arabia Sparks Controversy » IFP News
▻http://ifpnews.com/news/society/women/2016/12/german-dms-attire-in-saudi-arabia-sparks-controversy

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“No woman in my delegation will be required to wear the abaya, as the [right] to choose one’s attire is a right shared by men and women equally,” she added, expressing anger at the pressure placed on visiting women to cover up.

#Windows 10: #Microsoft is recording everything you type, but here’s how to stop it | Tech | Life & Style | Daily Express
▻http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/603524/Windows-10-Microsoft-Key-Logger-Record-Privacy

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Simply navigate to the Start Menu, then tap Settings.

Privacy is in the third row of the Settings window.

Once you are in the Privacy menu, tap on General, then under Send Microsoft info about how I write to help use improve typing and writing in the future – toggle the setting to Off.

Then, under the Speech, Inking and Typing menu, which is located four rows beneath General – click Stop getting to know me.

This will turn off the speech tracking through dictation and Cortana.

Islamic State reveals it has smuggled THOUSANDS of extremists into Europe | World | News | Daily Express
▻http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/555434/Islamic-State-ISIS-Smuggler-THOUSANDS-Extremists-into-Europe-Refugees

The Syrian operative claimed more than 4,000 covert ISIS gunmen had been smuggled into western nations – hidden amongst innocent refugees.

The ISIS smuggler, who is in his 30s with a trimmed jet-black beard, revealed the ongoing clandestine operation is a complete success.

“Just wait,” he smiled.

The Islamic State operative spoke exclusively to BuzzFeed on the condition of anonymity and is believed to be the first to confirm plans to infiltrate western countries.

#Islamic_state #Syria #Refugees #Turkey #ISIS

Uranium seized in Ukraine amid claims pro-Russian rebels are trying to build dirty bomb | World | News | Daily Express
▻http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/596882/Uranium-seized-Ukraine-pro-Russian-rebels-dirty-nuclear-bomb

The individuals were detained as part of a secret mission by Ukraine’s security service (SBU) which saw officers pose as prospective uranium buyers.

The men are accused of trying to flog radioactive uranium-238.

The substance can be refined into plutonium-239, which can then be used in devastating nuclear weapons.

The Ukrainian men were arrested in Ivano-Frankivsk, a town around 600 miles from where the majority of fighting in the east of the country is currently taking place.

All of the radioactive material was recovered from the operation.

Vitaliy Naida, the head of the counterintelligence department for the SBU, said: “My team detained four men trying to sell about 5kg of uranium-238. All those detained were Ukrainian nationals.”

La suite de l’article (que je caviarde…) expose longuement les rumeurs de préparation d’une bombe sale par les « rebelles » d’Ukraine orientale avant de se terminer par la phrase suivante :

There is no indication that the four men detained in Ivano-Frankivsk are pro-Russian rebels, or that the arrest was linked to the earlier comments made by Mr Tandit.

Ledit Yuriy Tandit, chief adviser to the director of the Ukraine’s security service (SBU), ayant précédemment affirmé que la République populaire du Donetsk fabriquait une bombe sale…

Ukraine conflict: Russian-backed rebels preparing for ’full combat readiness’ | World | News | Daily Express
▻http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/598499/Russian-rebels-Ukraine-preparing-war-Ukraine-Vladimir-Putin

In a report issued by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Wednesday night, observers said they had discovered several empty storage facilities.

Rebels are supposed to keep their heavy weapons stored there safely in accordance with the peace treaty.

The organisation also found craters which appear to have been made by banned weapons on both sides of the divide.

As violence continues to escalate in Ukraine, two US defence officials have reportedly confessed that American forces are not prepared to battle against Russia.

However, one of the officials claimed that America and NATO would still win in battle if it were forced to come to blows with Moscow.

The challenges reportedly facing the US include precision-guided war materials being difficult to sustain in a large troop presence.

The source told The Daily Beast: “Could we probably beat the Russians today [in a sustained battle]? Sure, but it would take everything we had.

“What we are saying is that we are not as ready as we want to be.”

Greek migrant crisis: Police use batons to disperse stampede of protesting migrants | World | News | Daily Express
▻http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/597530/Greek-migrant-crisis-refugees-boats-asylum-seekers-Mediterranean

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Police used fire extinguishers and truncheons to disperse the stampede of protesting asylum seekers staging a sit-in and demanding quick registration on to the popular holiday island.

#extincteurs

Intercepted Russian bomber was carrying a nuclear missile over the Channel | UK | News | Daily Express
▻http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/555454/Intercepted-Russian-bomber-was-carrying-a-nuclear-missile-over-the-Channe

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RAF Typhoon fighter jets were scrambled on Wednesday [28 January] after two long-range TU-95 “Bear” bombers were detected flying over the English Channel.

The incident was last night described as “yet another in a series of deliberately provocative” measures by President Vladimir Putin which confirmed that Nato’s status had moved firmly from “rival to adversary”. 

Sources within the Ministry of Defence last night revealed that one of the two long-range bombers was carrying at least one air-dropped “seek and find" nuclear warhead-carrtying missile, designed to seek and destroy a Vanguard submarine. 

Both Prime Minister David Cameron and Defence Secretary Michael Fallon were alerted after cockpit conservations confirming the bomber’s nuclear payload were intercepted by a Norwegian military listening post, and shared with the Ministry of Defence.
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One senior RAF source said: (…)
"We also knew from another source that one of the aircraft was carrying a nuclear weapon long before it came anywhere near UK airspace.”
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“But this intimidation belies a misunderstanding of the way the West works. As far as our military is concerned, it is helpful for Putin to be stepping up these actions. It serves to remind the public at a time where defence budgets are under pressure that this threat is still real, active and is not going away.”

Et donc, merci M. Poutine, de nous rappeler qu’il ne faut pas diminuer nos dépenses militaires !…

La tension monte à Gibraltar (bis)

EXCLUSIVE : British fury as Spain ups tension on Gibraltar with new lorry blockade | World | News | Daily Express
▻http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/418863/EXCLUSIVE-British-fury-as-Spain-ups-tension-on-Gibraltar-with-new-lorry-b

The new revelations today prompted senior Tory MP Andrew Rosindell, a member of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, to call for more pressure on Spain.

He said: “Spain is behaving in a treacherous fashion. They are breaking every rule in the book and every agreement they have ever made. The Foreign Office needs to act and ensure that we do not pussy-foot around. We are dangerously close to looking like we are being too diplomatic and too measured.”

“I think the Spanish need to be taught a lesson. They are not in a reasonable mood and we are not prepared to tolerate this any longer.”

Un porte-parole du gouvernement de Gibraltar compare avec la dictature franquiste

A statement said: "Deliberate delays of this kind were first engineered under the fascist dictatorship of General Franco in the 1960s.

“It is incredible that a Spanish Government that calls itself a democracy should use identical heavy-handed tactics over forty years later.”

De nouveaux blocages sont attendus à la frontière le prochain week-end. (cf. ▻http://seenthis.net/messages/160774 )

À la suite de l’incident avec le jet-ski, le Sunday Express réclame des canonnières. Et laisse entendre que si les empiètements espagnols continuent et que la présence de la Royal Navy n’est pas renforcée, il faudra bientôt envisager une nouvelle expédition comme celles des Malouines…

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Joyeux tricentenaire pour le Gibraltar britannique !
(deuxième traité d’Utrecht, 13 juillet 1713)

Exposed: Media fabricated ’empty tents’ story at OccupyLSX - YouTube
►http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBYAUl4O5v4

We got hold of exactly the same thermal imaging camera and showed that - surprise, surprise - you can’t tell when people are in their tents.

So don’t believe the lies - come down to OccupyLSX and join the vibrant community of people working for a better world. ►http://occupylsx.org