Nice Terror Attack: 84 Killed When Truck Ploughs Into Crowd Celebrating In Bastille Day
New Age Islam News Bureau
14 Jul 2016
Photo: Titled ‘A message to the Mujahid Nation of Kashmir”, it said, “The response of the Kashmiri Muslim nation to the martyrdom of Mujahid Burhan [May Allah accept him as Shaheed] must not remain confined to agitations of a few days.” (Source: File/PTI)
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• Darul Uloom Islamic Seminary Had Issued Seven Fatwas against Zakir Naik
• Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent Asks Kashmiri Muslims to Follow Burhan Wani’s Footsteps
• We Pakistanis Should Support Our Kashmiri Brothers: Hafiz Saeed
• Incredible Story of Muslim Restaurant Owner in Washington Who Feeds the Homeless For Free
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India
• Darul Uloom Islamic Seminary Had Issued Seven Fatwas against Zakir Naik
• Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent Asks Kashmiri Muslims to Follow Burhan Wani’s Footsteps
• ISIS May Have Set Up Sleeper Cells in India: Iraqi Envoy
• Kashmir violence: India tears into Pakistan’s ulterior motive at UN
• Zakir Naik Cancels Conference for Third Time
• From Fish Curry To War: ‘Indian In Syria’ Calls Out To His Homeland
• Islamic banking: Noteworthy achievement by Kerala state
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Pakistan
• We Pakistanis Should Support Our Kashmiri Brothers: Hafiz Saeed
• Authorities In Pak To Arrest Army Chief Poster Campaigner
• MQM activist, relative picked up in Rangers raid
• Army to monitor schools, health centres in Fata
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North America
• Incredible Story of Muslim Restaurant Owner in Washington Who Feeds the Homeless For Free
• Pak Must Target All Militant Groups and Close Safe Havens: US
• FBI, CIA Go on Hiring Spree in America's Most Muslim City
• US Designates 2 Russians as 'Global Terrorists'
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Arab World
• Ansarullah Rejects Any Solution for Yemen without End for Saudi Aggression
• Air Force Smashes ISIL Bases, Missile-Launching Pads in Palmyra
• Dozens of Terrorists Killed in Syrian Army Offensive Near Al-Tharda Mountain
• No More Terrorists Remain in Al-Khalediya Factories
• Syrian Warplanes Target Terrorists' Convoy at Idlib-Aleppo Borders
• Syrian Army Starts Fresh Attacks on Terrorists in Northern Aleppo
• Assad Hopes Regarded by History as Defender of Syria
• ISIL Confirms Notorious Commander Abu Omar Al-Shishani Dead
• Iraqi Forces within 60 Km of Mosul
• Former ISIL Technician: ISIL Sees Turkey as Ally
• RSF Condemns Bahraini Court Decision to Keep Rights Activist Rajab in Detention
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Southeast Asia
• Al-Fatihin Online Malay Paper Can Impact Students
• Islamic State Recruits In SE Asia a Rising Threat
• Anti-Muslim monk now faces defamation charge
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Mideast
• Israeli Warplanes Bomb Besieged Gaza Strip
• UNRWA Condemns Bedouins' Homes Demolitions by Israel in West Bank
• Turkey’s health ministry warns against Pokémon hunting at noon
• Special operations police patrol Istanbul’s İstiklal Avenue as French missions closed
• Court rules over 350,000 Turkish Liras indemnity for mortar shell victim on Syrian border
• Turkish PM says Assad must go before any change in Turkey’s stance
• Turkey, Russia move to begin normalization by cooperating in tourism
• France closes missions, cancel receptions in Turkey due to security reasons
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Africa
• Cameroon Troops Kill, Torture Boko Haram Suspects: Amnesty
• France to end military operations in CAR in October
• South Sudan's fighting not typical of Africa
• Spread of terrorism in Africa on Canada's peacekeeping radar, Harjit Sajjan says
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South Asia
• No Plans to Revive Peace Talks with Taliban, Says Afghan Official
• Christian Businesses Threatened By Militants in Bangladesh
• Tajikistani terrorist commits suicide by jumping into river in Badakhshan
• US forces in Afghanistan target Taliban ‘almost daily’, says top US commander
• India pledges $25 million in fresh aid to Afghanistan
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Europe
• Brussels Offers EU States £8k For EVERY Refugee They Agree To House And BRITAIN Foots Bill
• 20 years in prison for Islamic State recruiter in Austria
• UK out of the way? Germany seeks closer military ties within EU after Brexit, boosts own army
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Nice Terror Attack: Live Updates as 84 Killed When Truck Ploughs Into Crowd Celebrating In Bastille Day
By Natalie Evans, Sam Rkaina, Elle Griffiths, Sophie Evans
15 JUL 2016
At least 84 people were killed in a terror attack on France as the country celebrated Bastille Day.
A lorry loaded with weapons and hand grenades drove on to a pavement in Nice more than a mile before police shot dead the driver.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/bastille-day-crash-live-updates-8424850
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Darul Uloom Islamic Seminary Had Issued Seven Fatwas against Zakir Naik
July 14, 2016
Lucknow, July 14: Deoband’s influential Darul Uloom Islamic seminary had issued seven Fatwas against the controversial Zakir Naik over the years. They described his televangelism as “religiously deviated” and his talks as “unauthentic”. Times of India quoted one of the Fatwas issued on April 7, 2009, which read, “A common man may not be able to differentiate between right and wrong. Therefore, people should avoid listening to his speeches; they are feared to fall in deviation.”
The seminary termed Naik as a “self-styled scholar” and said that he does not have the authority to give sermons on Islam. The seminary called him a preacher of ‘Ghair Muqallidin’ (a different school of thought), reported TOI. (ALSO READ: Zakir Naik cancels press conference via Skype)
The seminary also called Naik a scholar of English” who wears “coat and pants”. In a fatwa dated February 13, 2012, the seminary questions, “Is wearing the dress of Jews and Christians established from the holy Quran? They also described him as preacher who does not wear Islamic dress and said that one should not lean towards his speeches. They also said that Muslims should avoid paying heed to him. (ALSO READ: Zakir Naik: Inspiration for Dhaka terrorists or victim of media trial?)
The seminary said that the fatwa was issued before the Bangladesh attack in which the attackers were said to be inspired from Naik’s talks. “Our fatwas were in response to specific questions asked by people referring to Zakir Naik’s statements in public sessions. These Fatwas should not be linked to the present controversy as they were issued in a different contexts,” said seminary’s spokesperson Maulana Ashraf Usmani.
Naik Skype address to media was cancelled four times. Naik’s supporters accused authorities of not letting him explain his stand on the issue. Naik’s spokesperson said that his address was cancelled without valid reason.
Rival groups held press conferences hailing Naik , who delayed his return from Saudi Arabia after a visit for Umrah.
india.com/news/india/darul-uloom-islamic-seminary-had-issued-seven-fatwas-against-zakir-naik-1330476/
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Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent Asks Kashmiri Muslims to Follow Burhan Wani’s Footsteps
July 14, 2016
Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has released a message exhorting Kashmiri Muslims to follow Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani’s footsteps and carry out attacks using petrol bombs or “a dagger or knife to slit the throats of forces of Kufr”.
Stating that “the jihad of Mujahid Burhan and his companions is the only true path”, it said the response of the “Kashmiri Muslim nation” must not remain confined to agitations of a few days. It also gave tips on how to plan attacks.
Titled ‘A message to the Mujahid Nation of Kashmir”, it said, “The response of the Kashmiri Muslim nation to the martyrdom of Mujahid Burhan [May Allah accept him as Shaheed] must not remain confined to agitations of a few days.”
Providing operational tips, it said, “Attack the forts of the enemies. Petrol bombs are one of the best ways to soften up the enemies and then attack them with knives and iron rods.”
indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/al-qaeda-in-the-indian-subcontinent-asks-kashmiri-muslims-to-follow-burhan-wanis-footsteps-2912376/
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We Pakistanis should support our Kashmiri brothers: Hafiz Saeed
July 14, 2016
Lahore: Jamaat-ud-Dawa ( JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed said that the ongoing protests on the Indian side of Kashmir would be intensified and warned that the deaths in the region would not be in vain.
Addressing a meet in Lahore on Tuesday, Saeed said, “This time the people in Kashmir are on streets. This protest has become a mass movement. All groups in Kashmir have united. All the wings of the Hurriyat have become one. The Muttahida Jihad Council and all other groups have come on to the same platform. Those who have died in Kashmir, their deaths will not be in vain.”
More than 30 people were killed and several others injured, with both people and security forces turning hostile in protest-related violence in the Kashmir Valley, after Kashmiris took to the streets to condemn the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani.
Saeed asserted that the people in Pakistan should support Kashmiris.
“We Pakistani should support our Kashmiri brothers. Their sweat, blood is our sweat and blood. Their way of thinking is also our way of thinking,” he said.
“We in Pakistan will intensify the movement which is taking place in Kashmir. When Pakistan join hands in this movement with Kashmir then Kashmir will become part of Pakistan,” he added.
Saeed, who is the prime accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case, told people here to make the movement a national one.
“We have to take the movement to national level so that even the government of Pakistan understands the matter,” he said.
siasat.com/news/pakistanis-support-kashmiri-brothers-hafiz-saeed-985701/
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Incredible story of Muslim restaurant owner in Washington who feeds the homeless for free
14 Jul, 2016
WASHINGTON (ABC7) — On a dreary morning in Franklin Square along K Street in Northwest Washington layers of donated clothes keep the homeless warm. Finding shelter and food defines their day. Dawud Proctor knows the struggle of homelessness all too well.
“Yeah it’s tough. I see people laugh at the homeless and might look down on them but if you really look at it a lot of people are just one step away from being this way,” says Proctor.
Franklin Square is one of the many places in the nation’s capital inhabited by those without a home. It sits two blocks from two very different houses: The White House to the west and Mayur Kabab House to the east. Mayur Kabab owner Kazi Mannan came in early on this particular day.
“With every dish the magic is how much you have to stir it,” says Mannan.
He and his staff are preparing a special feast for customers at his Pakistani-Indian restaurant along K Street in Northwest Washington.
Mannan says on the menu will be, “Potato and cauliflower, chicken tandoori, naan bread, chick peas and vegetable biryani.”
But these dishes are destined for an audience that’s rarely welcome in elegant eateries. You see, for the past few months Mannan has opened his restaurant to the homeless.
Mannan says, “Sometimes they come 15-20. Sometimes nobody. We are waiting God please send somebody, you know.”
For lunch on this day nearly 20 people who have no home came in from the elements to eat. And they’re treated like any other guest expect for one key difference. They eat for free.
“Yes it’s shocking to me because I didn’t think there were brothers out there who would help support the needs of the homeless,” says Proctor.
Darren Staton, who has been homeless for a couple years, says this meal and Mannan’s gesture is a blessing from God.
“So we appreciate this guy bringing this food down here for us to eat. Sometimes on Sundays it is slow. Sometimes we got to go around and beg or we get a cup and try to make money to try to find a way to eat and survive out here,” says Staton.
Mannan responds by telling everyone in the restaurant, “You guys are the most important guests for me.”
Mannan’s boundless optimism and love of food wasn’t cultivated at a high-profile culinary institute. His desire to provide stems from a painful uncertainty that defined his childhood. Kazi Mannan grew up on a farm in a small village in Pakistan one of 10 children.
Mannan says,”We didn’t have any electricity. We didn’t have any running water. The school, believe it or not, was under the tree. My elementary tree we didn’t have a building. I study under the tree. When the really hard rain starts my teacher says go home because there is no building.”
To support his family he went to work at 12 selling ice and vegetables. The best school was four miles away. So that’s how far he walked to get a formal education. In 1996, at the age of 25, Mannan says his visa was approved so he borrowed money for a plane ticket to America. He started as a cashier, earning $3 an hour, at a gas station in one of the District’s toughest neighborhoods.
“When I arrive in America I had just $3, just $3 and I started my life with basically nothing,” says Mannan.
Hard work would alter the arc of his life. He says he worked double shifts, then multiple jobs. He saved up enough money to buy one limousine. The idea that a kid who came from nothing could one day drive the rich and powerful around in luxury inspired him even more. He says one limo turned into a fleet of vehicles. His business flourished enough that some twenty years later he opened his own restaurant.
Mannan says,”That’s called American dream. This is the only country where you say American dream.”
When we told some of his homeless patrons about Mannan’s back story they were touched.
“Wow! For real? So he kinda understands. That’s a good thing. It makes sense now. Makes a lot of sense. Wow!,” says Darren Staton.
But to fully understand Kazi Mannan you should know one more thing.
“I love to prepare this food for the homeless shelter,” says Mannan.
Every Sunday Mannan makes extra food and delivers it himself to the Georgetown Ministry Center where he serves lunch to dozens of homeless men and women. He connected a few months ago on social media with volunteers who spend Sundays dishing out hot meals to the less fortunate like Ron Verquer.
“And they make you feel like you are valued,” says Verquer.
Kazi Mannan says a skeptic recently told him if he gives away his food he’ll surely go out of business in no time. Mannan believes the more he gives away the more God will bless him.
Mannan says, “I think this is all from God because my mission is from God.”
And he says he’ll never forget what his mother told him about holding tightly to his faith in the face of despair. She said if you share even when you don’t have God will take you from darkness to light.
Before Dawud Proctor returned to his spot in Franklin Square he told us, “That’s the whole answer to life to be blessed by God and God will help you and I know he will. You just got to make the first step. He won’t do everything for you.”
Kazi Mannan tells us he hopes to one day return to Pakistan and open up empowerment centers for women and schools for children.
themuslimvibe.com/social-issues/charity/incredible-story-of-muslim-restaurant-owner-in-washington-who-feeds-homeless-for-free
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India
Darul Uloom Islamic Seminary Had Issued Seven Fatwas against Zakir Naik
July 14, 2016
Lucknow, July 14: Deoband’s influential Darul Uloom Islamic seminary had issued seven Fatwas against the controversial Zakir Naik over the years. They described his televangelism as “religiously deviated” and his talks as “unauthentic”. Times of India quoted one of the Fatwas issued on April 7, 2009, which read, “A common man may not be able to differentiate between right and wrong. Therefore, people should avoid listening to his speeches; they are feared to fall in deviation.”
Full report at: india.com/news/india/darul-uloom-islamic-seminary-had-issued-seven-fatwas-against-zakir-naik-1330476/
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Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent Asks Kashmiri Muslims to Follow Burhan Wani’s Footsteps
July 14, 2016
Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has released a message exhorting Kashmiri Muslims to follow Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani’s footsteps and carry out attacks using petrol bombs or “a dagger or knife to slit the throats of forces of Kufr”.
Full report at: indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/al-qaeda-in-the-indian-subcontinent-asks-kashmiri-muslims-to-follow-burhan-wanis-footsteps-2912376/
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ISIS May Have Set Up Sleeper Cells in India: Iraqi Envoy
July 14, 2016
The Islamic State may have set up sleeper cells in India owing to the influence of foreign-funded Islamic seminaries and preachers who teach an exclusivist version of Islam, says the new Iraqi Ambassador to India.
Highlighting growing radicalisation in South Asia, Fakhri Hassan Al Issa told The Hindu that India should watch the Islamic seminaries and preachers more closely to understand “what kind of Islam” they were preaching.
Full report at: thehindu.com/news/national/is-may-have-set-up-sleeper-cells-in-india-iraqi-envoy/article8845195.ece?utm
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Kashmir violence: India tears into Pakistan’s ulterior motive at UN
July 14, 2016
New Delhi: Tearing into Pakistan’s ulterior motive to cash in on the protest-related deaths in the Kashmir Valley by racking up the issue at the UN platform, India has dubbed it as “an attempt to misuse the UN platform by a country that covets the territory of others and uses terrorism as state policy towards that misguided end”.
Full report at: siasat.com/news/kashmir-violence-india-tears-pakistans-ulterior-motive-un-985716/
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From fish curry to war: ‘Indian in Syria’ calls out to his homeland
July 14, 2016
The blog is, at first glance, exactly like dozens of others run by young Indian men abroad, cast loose for the first time from the warm embrace of their mothers’ kitchens. “Looking for a perfect Indian fish curry,” it says in one place. There’s a query about whether anyone knows if the local cherries can be pickled. “Yummy Indian pakodas, chicken cutlets, jilabees (sic) and tamarind juice,” the blogger exults at another point.
Full report at: indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/from-fish-curry-to-war-indian-in-syria-calls-out-to-his-homeland-2912568/
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Zakir Naik Cancels Conference For Third Time
July 14, 2016
NEW DELHI: Controversial Mumbai-based Islamic preacher Zakir Naik has cancelled his media interaction on Thursday for the third time.
“It is very difficult to do a press conference. We will announce another conference soon. Naik himself is willing to come and share information with people,” official spokesperson of Mr Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) told IANS on Thursday.
Full report at: siasat.com/news/zakir-naik-cancels-conference-third-time-2-985738/
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Islamic banking: Noteworthy achievement by Kerala state
14th July 2016
KOCHI: Kerala is showing the way for other states in India in implementing the Islamic finance. Kochi-based Cheraman Financial Services Ltd (CFSL), the only NBFC in India operating on Islamic finance principles, is getting its act together after the state budget last week entrusted it with `250 crore modernisation of the Kerala State Drugs and Pharmaceuticals (KSDP).
Full report at: newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Islamic-banking-Noteworthy-achievement-by-state/2016/07/14/article3527988.ece
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Pakistan
We Pakistanis should support our Kashmiri brothers: Hafiz Saeed
July 14, 2016
Lahore: Jamaat-ud-Dawa ( JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed said that the ongoing protests on the Indian side of Kashmir would be intensified and warned that the deaths in the region would not be in vain.
Addressing a meet in Lahore on Tuesday, Saeed said, “This time the people in Kashmir are on streets. This protest has become a mass movement. All groups in Kashmir have united. All the wings of the Hurriyat have become one. The Muttahida Jihad Council and all other groups have come on to the same platform. Those who have died in Kashmir, their deaths will not be in vain.”
Full report at: siasat.com/news/pakistanis-support-kashmiri-brothers-hafiz-saeed-985701/
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Authorities in Pak to arrest army chief poster campaigner
July 14, 2016
Islamabad / Faisalabad: Authorities in Pakistan’s Punjab province have decided to arrest the chief of the ‘Move on Pakistan’ party, Muhammad Kamran who begged army chief General Raheel Sharif in a posters campaign earlier this week to impose martial law and take control of the country.
The move to arrest Kamran, who is also a Faisalabad-based businessman, was decided on charges of inviting martial law in the country, reports the Express Tribune.
Full report at: siasat.com/news/authorities-pak-arrest-army-chief-poster-campaigner-985850/
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MQM activist, relative picked up in Rangers raid
July 14, 2016
HYDERABAD: A team of the law-enforcement agencies picked up sub-inspector Shahid Noor, said to be the beat in-charge in the special branch of police in a raid during which an activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Awais Azeem, was also said to have been taken away late on Tuesday evening.
Full report at: dawn.com/news/1270662/mqm-activist-relative-picked-up-in-rangers-raid
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Army to monitor schools, health centres in Fata
July 14, 2016
PESHAWAR: As active combat operations are reaching their ultimate end, the Army has assumed the monitoring role in education and health sectors in Fata, insist multiple sources.
A relevant official confided to Dawn that political agents had received letters from the Corps Headquarters Peshawar informing them that monitoring teams of the army would visit schools, colleges and health centres to compile data of teachers, students, doctors, supporting staff and missing facilities.
Full report at: dawn.com/news/1270732/army-to-monitor-schools-health-centres-in-fata
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North America
Incredible story of Muslim restaurant owner in Washington who feeds the homeless for free
14 Jul, 2016
WASHINGTON (ABC7) — On a dreary morning in Franklin Square along K Street in Northwest Washington layers of donated clothes keep the homeless warm. Finding shelter and food defines their day. Dawud Proctor knows the struggle of homelessness all too well.
“Yeah it’s tough. I see people laugh at the homeless and might look down on them but if you really look at it a lot of people are just one step away from being this way,” says Proctor.
Franklin Square is one of the many places in the nation’s capital inhabited by those without a home. It sits two blocks from two very different houses: The White House to the west and Mayur Kabab House to the east. Mayur Kabab owner Kazi Mannan came in early on this particular day.
Full report at: themuslimvibe.com/social-issues/charity/incredible-story-of-muslim-restaurant-owner-in-washington-who-feeds-homeless-for-free
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Pak must target all militant groups and close safe havens: US
July 14, 2016
Washington: Pakistan must take action against all terror groups including those targeting its neighbours and close all safe havens, the US has said while acknowledging Islamabad’s “meaningful steps” to combat outfits that threaten the country’s stability.
“We have been very clear that Pakistan must target all militant groups, including those that target Pakistan’s neighbours, and close all safe havens,” State Department Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner told reporters at his daily news conference.
Full report at: siasat.com/news/pak-must-target-militant-groups-close-safe-havens-us-985655/
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FBI, CIA GO ON HIRING SPREE IN AMERICA'S MOST MUSLIM CITY
14 Jul, 2016
The FBI and CIA are looking to increase the “diversity” of their agencies and that includes hiring more Arab Americans.
One of the ways it hopes to achieve its goal of greater diversity is by holding a career fair in America’s most Islamic city – Dearborn, Michigan.
In “Stop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the Resistance,” renowned activist Pamela Geller provides the answer, offering proven, practical guidance on how freedom lovers can stop jihadist initiatives in local communities.
Full report at: wnd.com/2016/07/fbi-cia-hiring-plans-seek-diversity-in-usas-most-muslim-city/
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US Designates 2 Russians as 'Global Terrorists'
14 Jul, 2016
The United States has named two Russian militants "specially designated global terrorists," linking them to deadly attacks by the Islamic State group. One of the two men reportedly is in custody in Turkey.
The State Department named the two global terrorists Wednesday as Aslan Avgazarovich Byutukaev, who is also known as Amir Khamzat, and Airat Vakhitov, who has a number of aliases, including Salman Bulgarsky.
Full report at: voanews.com/content/us-classifies-two-russians-global-terrorists/3417114.html
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Arab World
Ansarullah Rejects Any Solution for Yemen without End for Saudi Aggression
July 14, 2016
TEHRAN (FNA)- Yemen’s Ansarullah movement said any solution to end the conflict in the country must guarantee the end of the Saudi aggression and its siege of the impoverished country.
Writing on his Facebook account, Ansarullah spokesman Mohammad Abdulsalam said on Thursday movement will reject any peace plans that fail to stop Saudi aggression, its air and naval blockade, and remove economic restrictions, presstv reported.
Abdulsalam made the comments after meeting with UN special envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed in the capital Sana’a.
Full report at: en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950424000420
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Air Force Smashes ISIL Bases, Missile-Launching Pads in Palmyra
July 14, 2016
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian fighter jets pounded and destroyed the ISIL bases and missile launchpads in the Eastern parts of Palmyra (Tadmur) in Homs province.
In another development in Eastern Homs, a gathering of the ISIL Takfiri terrorists and several fortifications were hit in army airstrikes in Jbab Hamad and Onq al-Hawa.
The Air Force also targeted the positions and roads used by the ISIL terrorists in Dab’et al-Milhiyeh, North of Wadi Abyad Dam, in the vacinity of al-Shaer field in Kheneifees.
The airstrikes destroyed ISIL vehicles, some equipped with machine guns, and fortified positions for the militants and killed and injured a large number of them.
Full report at: en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950424000613
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Dozens of Terrorists Killed in Syrian Army Offensive Near Al-Tharda Mountain
July 14, 2016
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian army and its allies' attacks on terrorists' positions near al-Tharda mountain in the Southern parts of Deir Ezzur killed and wounded tens of them.
The operations also destroyed a tank and military vehicle of the terrorists which was equipped with heavy machine gun.
Full report at: en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950424000527
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No More Terrorists Remain in Al-Khalediya Factories
July 14, 2016
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian army and its allies purged the entire al-Khalediya factories of terrorists and deployed in al-Yarmoun square in the Northeastern parts of Aleppo.
A field source said on Thursday that the Syrian troops and popular forces liberated two factories of Sarhil and Makki in Khalediya along with a number of adjacent buildings.
Noting that the army has now advanced towards the market district and al-Yarmoun square in the entrance of Aleppo city, the source said that the achievement was gained after fierce clashes with the terrorists and killing and wounding a large number of militants.
Reports said on Wednesday that the Syrian government forces are making rapid advances across the economically strategic al-Lairamoun region and Bani Zeid in the Northern countryside of Aleppo.
Full report at: en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950424000584
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Syrian Warplanes Target Terrorists' Convoy at Idlib-Aleppo Borders
July 14, 2016
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian fighter jets launched an airstrike and smashed a convoy of terrorists which was moving from the borders of Idlib province towards Hraytan town in the Northern parts of Aleppo.
The offensive killed tens of terrorists and destroyed a large number of their weapons.
Some analysts believe that given the presence of terrorists in the Northern parts of Aleppo, the resistance forces seem to have plans to launch new operations in Western Aleppo for a fewer number of militants are stationed in that region.
Full report at: en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950424000494
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Syrian Army Starts Fresh Attacks on Terrorists in Northern Aleppo
July 14, 2016
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian army forces launched new operations in the outskirts of al-Yarmoun town on the Northern parts of Aleppo and launched surprise attacks against the terrorists' positions in al-Khalediya region on the Western side of Bani Zaid town.
The Syrian army and popular forces could purge the terrorists off Sarhil and Makki workshops and killed and wounded over 34 of them in the early hours of their attacks.
Full report at: en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950424000434
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Assad Hopes Regarded by History as Defender of Syria
July 14, 2016
TEHRAN (FNA)- Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview he hopes history will judge him as a defender of his country against terrorism.
"I hope that history will see me as the man who protected his country from the terrorism," Assad stated in an interview with a US news channel aired on Wednesday, Sputnik reported.
Assad also said during his interview with NBC news that he hopes his government is remembered as one that defended Syria from intervention and protected the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Full report at: en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950424000521
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ISIL Confirms Notorious Commander Abu Omar Al-Shishani Dead
July 14, 2016
TEHRAN (FNA)- ISIL terrorist group eventually admitted that the murderous red-bearded militant, also known as Abu Omar al-Shishani, has been killed.
The revelation, published by ISIL mouthpiece Amaq Agency, comes four months after several sources publicly reported al-Shishani’s death, Daily Express reported.
Full report at: en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950424000227
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Iraqi Forces within 60 Km of Mosul
July 14, 2016
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iraqi Armed Forces continued to gain more grounds against the ISIL terrorist group in Northern Nineveh Province and are now only 60 km away from the de-facto capital of the terror group in Iraq, the army’s anti-terrorism operation spokesman said on Thursday.
Full report at: en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950424000332
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Former ISIL Technician: ISIL Sees Turkey as Ally
July 14, 2016
TEHRAN (FNA)- A ex-member of ISIL terror group revealed the cooperation between the militant group and the Turkish military is in a level that ISIL considers Turkey as an ally.
The ex- communications technician working for ISIL, now going by the pseudonym 'Sherko Omer’ pointed to the extent to which the cooperation of the Turkish military allows the terrorist group, now in control of large parts of Iraq and Syria, to travel through Turkish territory to reinforce fighters battling Kurdish forces, Trend New reported.
Full report at: en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950424000387
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RSF Condemns Bahraini Court Decision to Keep Rights Activist Rajab in Detention
July 14, 2016
TEHRAN (FNA)- After a court extended prominent human rights activist, Nabeel Rajab’s detention in connection with some tweets for another three weeks, Reporters without Borders in a statement condemned Bahraini regime’s repeated harassment of journalists and bloggers in the tiny Persian Gulf country.
“It is outrageous that the Bahraini authorities are holding a human rights defender and are subjecting him to appalling prison conditions just because he used Twitter to provide information,” said the international group in a statement on its website.
Full report at: en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950424000612
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Southeast Asia
Al-Fatihin online Malay paper can impact students
July 13, 2016
KUALA LUMPUR: The Daesh (Islamic State) militant group is reeling from strong military action and has lost many followers, says a lecturer in Islamic Studies and Political Science at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Dr Ahmad El Muhammady.
He said this situation was a blow to their psychology, causing them to switch to countries of potential for support such as those in Southeast Asia.
Full report at: freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2016/07/13/lecturer-al-fatihin-online-malay-paper-can-impact-students/
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Islamic State recruits in SE Asia a rising threat
July 14, 2016
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Ineffectual attacks by the Islamic State group's followers in Southeast Asia have shown them to be fragmented and lacking in the expertise that has produced devastating death tolls elsewhere in the world.
But terrorism experts say the threat from the militants, spread across predominantly Muslim Indonesia, Malaysia and the southern Philippines, should not be underestimated and they could be transformed into a more dangerous force by training and leadership.
Full report at: stripes.com/news/pacific/islamic-state-recruits-in-se-asia-a-rising-threat-1.418979
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Anti-Muslim monk now faces defamation charge
14.07.2016
A notorious firebrand monk whose hate speech has helped fuel attacks on Myanmar's Muslim community now faces a defamation charge days after the ultranationalist group he belongs to was labeled an unlawful association under monastic law.
An official from Tarmwe Township’s police station confirmed to Anadolu Agency on Thursday that a community-based organization had filed a complaint against Wirathu for a speech in which he insulted a top United Nations official in 2015.
Full report at: aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/myanmar-anti-muslim-monk-now-faces-defamation-charge/607281
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Mideast
Israeli Warplanes Bomb Besieged Gaza Strip
July 14, 2016
TEHRAN (FNA)- Israeli warplanes carried out an airstrike against the Gaza Strip in yet another act of aggression against the besieged Palestinian enclave.
Local sources said Israeli aircraft fired two missiles at an area East of the village of Juhor ad-Dik which lies south of Gaza City late on Wednesday, Al Youm reported.
Full report at: en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950424000578
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UNRWA Condemns Bedouins' Homes Demolitions by Israel in West Bank
July 14, 2016
TEHRAN (FNA)- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) condemned new Israeli demolitions of Palestinian structures in the Occupied West Bank.
‘The Israeli authorities have carried out a large scale demolition in the Bedouin refugee community at Anata in the occupied West Bank,” said Chris Gunness, URNWA spokesperson, Middle East Monitor reported.
Full report at: en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13950424000628
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Turkey’s health ministry warns against Pokémon hunting at noon
July 14, 2016
Turkey’s Health Ministry has warned against playing Pokémon Go between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., as long exposure to the hot sun between those hours could be hazardous.
“Don’t go outside if you don’t have to in the afternoon hours when the sun’s rays hit at a direct angle,” a warning posted on the ministry’s Facebook account read, to which a user replied by asking whether he could go outside to hunt Pokémon using the wildly popular mobile app.
Full report at: hurriyetdailynews.com/turkeys-health-ministry-warns-against-pokmon-hunting-at-noon-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=101583&NewsCatID=341
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Special operations police patrol Istanbul’s İstiklal Avenue as French missions closed
July 14, 2016
A group of armed special operations police officers in camouflage uniforms began to patrol Istanbul’s busy İstiklal Avenue on July 13, after France’s diplomatic missions in the country were closed and French National Day events were canceled due to security concerns.
Special operations police walked through Istiklal Avenue and patrolled around the French consulate building in Istanbul, which is located at the entrance of the avenue.
In addition, some special operations police also patrolled around various metrobus stations across the city.
Full report at: hurriyetdailynews.com/special-operations-police-patrol-istanbuls-istiklal-avenue-as-french-missions-closed.aspx?pageID=238&nID=101581&NewsCatID=341
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Court rules over 350,000 Turkish Liras indemnity for mortar shell victim on Syrian border
July 14, 2016
A court in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa has ruled for pecuniary and non-pecuniary compensation worth 365,000 Turkish Liras to the family of a local man who was killed when a mortar shell fired from Syria hit his home in the Ceylanpınar district on the Syrian border in 2013.
Upon a case opened by then 34-year-old victim İdris Akgül’s family against the Turkish Interior Ministry, a Şanlıurfa administrative court ruled for indemnities for Akgül’s wife, three children and 12 siblings, stating that the damages caused should be compensated as part of the “social risk principle” and that the administration could be held responsible “without a failure condition being sought.”
Full report at: hurriyetdailynews.com/court-rules-over-350000-turkish-liras-indemnity-for-mortar-shell-victim-on-syrian-border-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=101582&NewsCatID=509
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Turkish PM says Assad must go before any change in Turkey’s stance
July 14, 2016
Hours after saying Turkey needed to return to normal relations with Syria, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said that for anything to change on the Turkish side regarding Syria, first Syrian President Bashar al-Assad needed to go.
“It is for sure that something needs to change in Syria but above all al-Assad must go first,” Yıldırım told BBC’s HARDtalk program.
Full report at: hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-pm-says-assad-must-go-before-any-change-in-turkeys-stance-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=101580&NewsCatID=510
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Turkey, Russia move to begin normalization by cooperating in tourism
July 14, 2016
A delegation from Turkey will travel to Moscow and hold a meeting with their Russian counterparts on July 14 in order to tackle bilateral cooperation in the field of tourism, as well as bilateral relations as a whole, in another step towards normalization between the two countries.
The visit to Moscow will take place upon an invitation by the Russian Federation and the delegation, helmed by the Foreign Ministry, will be composed of authorities from the Culture and Tourism Ministry, the Transport, Maritime and Communications Ministry and the Interior Ministry, as well as representatives from the tourism sector, a written statement released by the Foreign Ministry on July 13 said.
Full report at: hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-russia-move-to-begin-normalization-by-cooperating-in-tourism.aspx?pageID=238&nID=101550&NewsCatID=510
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France closes missions, cancel receptions in Turkey due to security reasons
July 14, 2016
The French Embassy in Ankara and the French Consulate in Istanbul will be closed until further notice after the country’s diplomatic missions in Turkey cancelled their planned events to mark France’s National Day due to security concerns.
“For security reasons, July 14 receptions planned in Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir are cancelled. We have informed the Turkish authorities of this decision and remain in close contact with them. The Embassy of France in Ankara, as well as the Consulate General in Istanbul will be closed from Wednesday July 13, 1 p.m., until further notice,” the French Embassy in Ankara said in a written statement issued on July 13. “We thank the French community in Turkey and all our guests for their understanding.”
Full report at: hurriyetdailynews.com/france-closes-missions-cancel-receptions-in-turkey-due-to-security-reasons-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=101545&NewsCatID=510
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Africa
Cameroon troops kill, torture Boko Haram suspects: Amnesty
July 14,2016
LAGOS, Nigeria — Amnesty International says Cameroonian security forces have unlawfully killed dozens of civilians and tortured and forced the disappearances of others in mass arrests of suspects in fighting the Boko Haram Islamic insurgency.
A report published Thursday accuses forces operating in Cameroon’s Far North province, bordering northeast Nigeria, of crimes under international law.
Full report at: washingtonpost.com/world/africa/cameroon-troops-kill-torture-boko-haram-suspects-amnesty/2016/07/14/8dbde068-4999-11e6-8dac-0c6e4accc5b1_story.html
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France to end military operations in CAR in October
2016-07-14
President Francois Hollande announced on Wednesday that France would end its military mission in the Central African Republic in October.
"Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will go to the Central African Republic next October to officially declare the end of Operation Sangaris," Hollande said at a reception at the defence ministry.
Full report at: france24.com/en/20160714-france-military-operation-car-central-african-republic-sangaris-end
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South Sudan's fighting not typical of Africa
Thursday, July 14, 2016
This is not an article on South Sudan, which is just as well because the conflicts there are almost fractal in their complexity.
The mini-war last weekend between the forces of President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar, which killed more than 270 people and saw tanks, artillery and helicopter gunships used in the capital, Juba, is part of a pattern that embraces the whole country.
The four days of heavy fighting began on Friday with a disagreement between the two men's large forces of bodyguards outside State House, where they were meeting, and rapidly escalated. Nobody was surprised, because the peace deal last August, which ended a two-year civil war that killed tens of thousands across the country, was never very secure.
Last weekend was the fifth anniversary of South Sudan's independence from Sudan, but celebrations had been cancelled before the shooting started because the government couldn't afford them.
Full report at: thewhig.com/2016/07/13/south-sudans-fighting-not-typical-of-africa
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Spread of terrorism in Africa on Canada's peacekeeping radar, Harjit Sajjan says
14 Jul '16
Containing the spread of terrorism across Africa is a consideration for Canada as it mulls where best to contribute to a UN peacekeeping mission, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said Wednesday.
The government has yet to make up its mind on where it will send its peacekeepers, in fulfillment of a major foreign policy priority, Sajjan said. But Canada wants to have an impact wherever it deploys troops, he added, and doesn't want to send a contingent to a specific country simply for the sake of doing so.
Full report at: cbc.ca/news/politics/sajjan-african-terrorism-peacekeeping-1.3677946
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South Asia
No plans to revive peace talks with Taliban, says Afghan official
Thu Jul 14 2016
An official in ARG Presidential Palace has said there are no plans to revive peace talks with the Taliban group as efforts to bring the group have not yielded any positive result.
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s spokeman Haroon Chakhansuri has told The Associated Press that a four-nation group comprising Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States has no plans to meet again after previous rounds of meetings produced no results.
Chakhansuri further added “there is no set time” for another meeting of the group.
The Afghan government was expecting to participate in direct peace talks with the Taliban group earlier in March this year after the Quadrlateral Coordinatin Group started talks to revive the Afghan peace talks.
Full report at: khaama.com/no-plans-to-revive-peace-talks-with-taliban-says-afghan-official-01485
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Christian businesses threatened by militants in Bangladesh
Thu Jul 14 2016
Islamic militants in Bangladesh have issued threats to Christian businesses that they face attack if they do not comply with Islamic rules.
Among the demands made in an anonymous pamphlet delivered to Christian traders as well as Hindu businesses is that Islamic inscriptions be placed over entrances to hotels and shops, that a copy of the Koran be kept in all work places, and that all non-Muslim religious emblems be removed in favour of an image of the Kaba Sharif, the central building at the heart of Mecca and the holiest site in Islam.
Full report at: irishcatholic.ie/article/christian-businesses-threatened-militants-bangladesh
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Tajikistani terrorist commits suicide by jumping into river in Badakhshan
Thu Jul 14 2016
A Tajikistani terrorist killed himself by jumping into a river before the Afghan intelligence operatives mange to arrest him.
Another Tajikistan terrorist was among four arrested during an operation of the Afghan intelligence operatives in northeastern Badakhshan province.
The Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS), said the terrorists were arrested during an operation in Kof district.
Full report at: khaama.com/tajikistani-terrorist-commits-suicide-by-jumping-into-river-in-badakhshan-01483
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US forces in Afghanistan target Taliban ‘almost daily’, says top US commander
Wed Jul 13 2016
Nicholson AfghanistanThe US forces in Afghanistan conduct airstrikes against the Taliban militants ‘almost daily’, the top US commander in Afghanistan General John Nicholson has said.
Gen. Nicholson who is also the commander of the NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) mission in Afghanistan has said the US forces have begun to carry out their mission several areas of the country.
Full report at: khaama.com/us-forces-in-afghanistan-target-taliban-almost-daily-says-top-us-commander-01479
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India pledges $25 million in fresh aid to Afghanistan
Thu Jul 14 2016
The government of India has pledged a fresh aid to $25 million to Afghanistan which would be utilized to fund micro development projects in the country.
Ten Memorandums of Understanding were signed in the presence of Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah, Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan Manpreet Vohra and some Afghan ministers.
CEO Abdullah said the government of India pledged support to the micro development projects after consultations with the representatives of the relevant provinces and thorough assessments of the needs of the people.
Full report at: khaama.com/india-pledges-25-million-in-fresh-aid-to-afghanistan-01486
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Europe
Brussels offers EU states £8k for EVERY refugee they agree to house and BRITAIN foots bill
July 14,2016
BRUSSELS will sting Britain with a multi-million pound bill so it can convince rebellious EU countries to take in more migrants, Express.co.uk can reveal.
Europe’s elite are offering member states €10,000 (£8,400) for EVERY refugee it homes, and will turn to UK taxpayers to pick up the tab.
Full report at: express.co.uk/news/politics/689266/European-Union-Brussels-unveils-new-migrant-crisis-relocation-plan-Britain
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20 years in prison for Islamic State recruiter in Austria
14.07.2016
Vienna (dpa) - A jihadist preacher was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Austria on Thursday for having incited young men to join the Islamic State extremist fighters in Syria.
A court in the city of Graz found 35-year-old Mirzad O guilty of having incited others to commit terrorist murder and other serious crimes.
Full report at: en.europeonline-magazine.eu/20-years-in-prison-for-islamic-state-recruiter-in-austria_469242.html
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UK out of the way? Germany seeks closer military ties within EU after Brexit, boosts own army
14 Jul, 2016
Berlin and Paris will push for closer military ties with EU member states, the German defense minister said, adding that the long-contended issue was let loose by UK’s vote to leave the bloc. It comes as Germany is looking for a new global role for its military.
“For a long time we’ve been looking back at the UK because it repeatedly told us it did not want to do such things,” German Minister of Defense Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday, as quoted by Reuters.
Full report at: rt.com/news/350976-germany-white-paper-military-eu/
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