France priest killer was terrorist on electronic tag curfew living with his parents

Posted July 26, 2016 by Joseph Wouk
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Source: France priest killer was terrorist on electronic tag curfew living with his parents – Irish Mirror Online

The terrorist was only allowed out unsupervised between 8.30am and 12.30pm. Today’s attack took place between 9.45am and 11am

One of the Normandy church murderers was a convicted terrorist who was meant to be living with his parents with an electronic tag on his ankle, according to security sources.

The astonishing revelation – made to the French TV news channel I-Tele – well cause further outrage in a country devastated by constant security failings.

Two attackers were shot dead by police commandos during the siege at Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray this morning, and their identities are already known to the authorities.

One, who lived close to the church, is said to have left for Syria in 2015 to try and join Islamic State, but he was arrested in Turkey.

He was jailed for terrorist offences following a short trial in France, before being released on March 2nd this year.

Saint-Etienne du Rouvray church hostage situation
Police shot dead two hostage-takers at the scene
Sky News Saint-Etienne du Rouvray church hostage situation
Paramedics were seen taking individuals away on stretchers

Bail conditions included returning to live with his parents, wearing an electronic tag, and reporting to his local police station.

According to his bail conditions, the electronically tagged terrorist was allowed out unsupervised between 8.30am and 12.30pm.

Today’s attack took place between 9.45am and 11am.

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Paramedics were seen loading stretchers into the back of an ambulance

But this did not stop him becoming involved in today’s atrocity, in which Father Jacques Hamel, 86, had his throat cut.

Neither of the Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray attackers have yet been named.

French security services have been regularly criticised for the way they allow known terrorists their freedom after being found guilty of crimes.

The church where a priest was killed after having his throat cut by two knife-wielding hostage-takers was on the ‘kill list’ of a suspected ISIS terrorist arrested last year.

The two attackers entered the Church of the Gambetta at around 9.45am local time (8.45am UK time) during morning prayers and took a priest, two nuns and two worshippers hostage.

Parish priest Jacques Hamel was killed and a worshipper is fighting for life after being attacked before police shot the two knifemen dead.

It has since emerged Sid Ahmed Ghlam, 24, – who was arrested in Paris last April – had the name of the church in a series of documents believed to be related to the planning of terror attacks.

Investigators believe he was a terrorist planning ‘imminent attacks’ in France on the instructions of ISIS leaders.

Documents found at his flat and in a search of his computer and telephone, suggested Ghlam was in contact with a French speaker in Syria who had ordered him to carry out attacks on churches.

These included the Sacre-Couer basilica in Paris, and places of worship including the one in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray targeted today.

The two attackers entered the Church of the Gambetta at around 9.45am local time (8.45am UK time) during morning prayers.

Abbe Jacques Hamel
Abbe Jacques Hamel has been named as the priest killed in the attack

They took the priest, two nuns and two worshippers hostage and local media reports suggest the knifemen shouted “Allahu Akbar” as they launched the attack.

It has since emerged the church was on a ‘kill list’ of a suspected ISIS terrorist arrested in Paris last April for allegedly plotting “imminent attacks” in France.

French president Francois Hollande named ISIS in a speech confirming the incident as a terrorist attack while re-iterating the country is “at war”.

He said: “We are facing a group – Daesh – who have declared war and we have to fight this war using all means possible.

REUTERS Police and rescue workers stand at the scene after two assailants had taken five people hostage in the church at Saint-Etienne-du -Rouvray near Rouen
The area has been placed on lockdown as sniffer dogs search the area
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French president Francois Hollande spoke at the scene this afternoon

“What these terrorists wants to do is to divide us.”

A third nun is said to have escaped the siege, in Rouen, Normandy, and raised the alarm.

The hour-long armed stand-off was ended when the hostage-takers were shot dead.

Getty Images French police vehicles and firemen arrive at the scene of a hostage-taking at a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, northern France
French police remain at the scene
Getty Images French police officers and fire engine arrive at the scene of a hostage-taking at a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray
The investigation has been handed over to anti-terror officials
Getty Images French police vehicles and firemen arrive at the scene of a hostage-taking at a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, northern France
The armed stand-off last around one hour

Police found the body of the priest – named locally as 84-year-old Jacques Hamel – inside the church.

Mourners have paid tribute to the elderly priest, posting pictures of him on Twitter wearing his Catholic robes.

The Vatican has described the attack as a “barbarous killing” made even worse as it was carried out in a “sacred place”.

One of the worshippers is said to be “between life and death” as they fight for their life in hospital after suffering serious injuries.

The incident is being treated as a suspect terror attack and the anti-terror of the French prosecutor’s office have now launched an investigation into the attack.

France’s Interior Ministry confirmed the priest and two hostage-takers had died at the scene.

A local police source said the men stormed a back entrance of the church before taking the hostages.

Interior Ministry Spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told a press-conference at the scene that sniffer dogs are searching the area for potential booby traps.

He said: “We face a dramatic situation that we have to face up to once again, less than two weeks following the Nice tragedy.

Google Place de l'Église, Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, Normandy
The knifemen are said to have entered the back of the church
Getty Images French Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet speaks to the medias as he arrives at the scene of a hostage-taking at a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray
French Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet speaks at the scene

“The investigation will continue throughout the day. We are at the start of the operation. The priority was to make sure we got the assailants and rescued as many hostages as possible.

“Unfortunately the toll has been extremely high. One person was assassinated and another was seriously injured.”

French prime minister Manuel Valls said in a message on Twitter: “Horror in the face of the barbaric attack on a church in Seine-Maritime. All of France and all Catholics are bruised. We stand together.”

In a message on Twitter, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said: “Evil attacks the weakest, denies truth and love, is defeated through Jesus Christ. Pray for France, for victims, for their communities.”

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The hostages were taken at the Church of the Gambetta in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray

One resident said he was walking to church as the horror broke out and he was told to go home and stay indoors by armed officers.

He told French newspaper MetroNews: “I was going to go out and do my shopping when the police started shouting me to go straight home and barricade myself.

“There is a lot of agitation, the police are bulletproof vest and armed.”

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2 Hostage Takers Killed After Slitting Priest’s Throat In Assault On French Church

Posted July 26, 2016 by Peter Hofman
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2 Hostage Takers Killed After Slitting Priest’s Throat In Assault On French Church Tyler Durden’s picture

by Tyler Durden

Jul 26, 2016 5:52 AM

Source: 2 Hostage Takers Killed After Slitting Priest’s Throat In Assault On French Church | Zero Hedge

Two men stormed a northern French church, killing a priest and seriously wounding another person, before they were shot dead by police, in what authorities said they are treating as a terrorist attack. The men took five hostages, including the priest, in the church in the small town of Saint Etienne du Rouvray in Normandy. The priest was later found with his throat cut, police said. Police surrounded the church and shot the two men as they exited the building, an Interior Ministry spokesman said. France’s President François Hollande and Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve are on their way to the town, said government officials. The assault is being treated as a terror attack by investigators, Paris prosecutors said in a statement. A Vatican spokesman said that Pope Francis shares the “pain and horror” of the attack, which he called a “barbarous” act in a sacred place.

Summary:

  • Two knifemen took several hostages during mass
  • They killed the 84-year-old priest, Jacques Hamel, with unconfirmed reports saying his throat was cut; they were then shot dead by police
  • Three churchgoers were also injured, one of them seriously
  • President François Hollande is heading to scene; Counter terror judges have been called in to investigate
  • Police searching church for explosives

In the latest European assault to take place just over the past hour, two knifemen raided the Church of the Gambetta in the northern French town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, near Rouen in the département of Seine-Maritime (see map below) at 10am on Tuesday, taking between 4 and 6 hostages and allegedly killing a priest before being killed by police. According to subsequent unconfirmed reports the priest had been beheaded.

Another worshipper is said to have been seriously wounded.

Both attackers have been killed by police, an interior ministry spokesman confirmed to Reuters. The Paris anti-terrorist prosecutor is launching an investigation into the church attack and hostage-taking situation, the spokesman added

Subsequent reports suggest that one of the suspects tried to travel to Syria last year.

The killed priest has been identified as 84 year old Jacques Hamel.

One resident was walking to church as the horror broke out. He told French newspaper MetroNews: “I was going to go out and do my shopping when the police started shouting me to go straight home and barricade myself.

“There is a lot of agitation, the police are bulletproof vest and armed.”

While the motives of the hostage taking are still unclear it comes at a time when France is on high alert after a spate of recent terror attacks.

Firefighters, along with SWAT and anti-terror units, came to the scene, and said that there were several people wounded in the attack, RTL France media outlet said.

The Vatican has condemned the “barbaric killing” of the priest in the attack, saying it was made even more heinous by the fact that it happened in a sacred place.

French President Francois Hollande is on his way to the site of the attack, according to an official statement from Elysee Palace. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve is also headed to the scene of the hostage-taking, the ministry said.

 

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It’s Good To Be Anti-Islam

Posted July 26, 2016 by Peter Hofman
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Published on Apr 23, 2014
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…but not anti-Muslim.

Christians burned alive, beheaded, crucified and tortured to death
http://endoftheamericandream.com/arch…

Articulate 11 year-old Yemeni girl flees home and disowns her family for trying to marry her off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J7_T…

Islamic child marriage spelled out by an Islamic lunatic on Arab TV. The girl’s statement at the end should be broadcast around the world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXesp…

Islington girls forced into marriage at the age of nine
http://www.islingtontribune.com/news/…

Mainstream Islam sanctions female “circumcision”
http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2014…

A weak establishment is letting Islamists threaten British freedoms
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknew…

BBC’s Panorama claims Islamic schools teach anti-Semitism and homophobia
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2010…

“Imams promote grooming rings”, Muslim leader claims
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknew…

East London Mosque hosts a rally for terrorist lovers
http://hurryupharry.org/2013/02/05/ea…

“Undercover Mosque” blew the lid on what goes on in mosques
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undercov…

Watch “Undercover Mosque” on Vimeo
http://vimeo.com/19598947

What goes on in a mosque: Evidence from America
http://lawandfreedomfoundation.org/20…

Islam’s religious war with everyone
http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/dgre…

You can download an audio version of this video at
http://patcondell.libsyn.com/

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ASEAN Deals Blow to U.S., Nixes Mention of South China Sea Ruling

Posted July 26, 2016 by Peter Hofman
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ASEAN Deals Blow to U.S., Nixes Mention of South China Sea Ruling

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July 25, 2016 5:02 pm

Source: ASEAN Deals Blow to U.S., Nixes Mention of South China Sea Ruling

A group of Southeast Asian countries handed China a diplomatic win on Monday by no longer pursuing a U.S.-backed proposal to reference in a joint statement the recent international court ruling against Beijing’s contested maritime claims in the South China Sea.

The ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, made its decision after the Philippines dropped its appeal to mention the ruling amid protest from Cambodia, China’s closest ally in the regional organization.

ASEAN requires all of its decisions to be made by consensus, and Cambodia’s refusal to support mentioning the July 12 tribunal ruling left the bloc deadlocked over the weekend before the Philippines withdrew its request to mention the arbitration case. That shift ended the debate and dealt a blow to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who urged ASEAN earlier Monday to mention it.

The Chinese government has refused to comply with the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s ruling in The Hague, Netherlands, that nullified its territorial and maritime claims to virtually the entire South China Sea. Beijing refused to participate in the proceedings brought by the Philippines.

Kerry “urged ASEAN to reach consensus and issue a joint statement on the arbitral tribunals recent ruling on the South China Sea” during a meeting with Laos’ Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith, according to State Department spokesman Mark Toner.

Several nations–including Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam–claim territory in the South China Sea. Roughly $5 trillion in shipping trade passes through the waterway annually.

China’s claims to the vital trade waterway has become a point of contention among ASEAN members.

“We remain seriously concerned about recent and ongoing developments and took note of the concerns expressed by some ministers on the land reclamations and escalation of activities in the area, which have eroded trust and confidence, increased tensions and may undermine peace, security and stability in the region,” the ASEAN communique said.

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Al Qaeda in Iran

Posted July 25, 2016 by danmillerinpanama
Categories: Al Qaeda, Iran and al-Qaeda, Iranian proxies, Islamic terrorism, Obama and Iran, Obama and Islamic terrorism
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Al Qaeda in Iran, Weekly Standard August 1, 2016 issue, Stephen F. Hayes and Thomas Joscelyn

Last week, President Barack Obama’s administration dismissed reports of Iranian support for al Qaeda as the product of fevered minds. Claims of collaboration between the Islamic regime and the terrorist organization are little more than “baseless conspiracy theories,” an Obama administration official told The Weekly Standard. “Anyone who thinks Iran was or is in bed with al Qaeda doesn’t know much about either.”

That group of ignoramuses apparently includes the Obama administration’s top official on terror financing. Adam J. Szubin, the Treasury Department’s acting undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, this week designated three senior al Qaeda officials operating in Iran. A statement explaining the designations says Treasury “took action to disrupt the operations, fundraising, and support networks that help al-Qaida move money and operatives from South Asia and across the Middle East by imposing sanctions on three al-Qaida senior members located in Iran.”

One of the three operatives is part of a “new generation” of al Qaeda leaders, replenishing the ranks of those who have been killed by the United States and its allies. Treasury identifies that man, Faisal Jassim Mohammed al-Amri al-Khalidi, as the chief of al Qaeda’s Military Commission and a key operative in al Qaeda’s global network, responsible for weapons acquisition and a liaison between al Qaeda leaders and associated groups.

There is considerably more evidence of Iran’s support for al Qaeda in the collection of documents captured during the raid of Osama bin Laden’s compound on Abbottabad, Pakistan, in 2011. Senior U.S. intelligence officials have told The Weekly Standard that the document collection includes letters describing the nature of the relationship between Iran and al Qaeda and specific ways in which Iran has aided al Qaeda’s network and operations. The Obama administration has refused to release the documents to the public and fought to keep them hidden during the negotiations over the Iran nuclear deal.

The Weekly Standard contacted the Obama administration official who last week dismissed Iran-al Qaeda cooperation to see if the new designations changed his view that claims of Iranian support for al Qaeda are “baseless conspiracy theories.” He replied: “Al Qaeda has long used Iran as a transit and facilitation point between South Asia and the Middle East, sometimes with the knowledge of some Iranian authorities. At the same time, the Iranian government has imprisoned some al Qaeda operatives, and we believe today’s action provides another opportunity for Iran to take action against al Qaeda.”

Think about that for a moment. The Obama administration accuses Iran of harboring senior al Qaeda operatives and sanctions those operatives in an effort to prevent them from hurting America and its interests. But rather than scold Iran for continuing to provide safe haven to terrorists devoted to killing Americans, the administration spins the move as an “opportunity” for Iran.

An opportunity? Why would the Iranian regime need the U.S. government to provide an “opportunity” to take action against the very terrorists it has been supporting for more than a decade? This is illogical, insulting, and dangerous. But it is consistent with the kind of irresponsible whitewashing of the radical regime that has become a trademark of the Obama administration’s approach to Iran.

And now the Obama administration pretends that another public accusation of Iran’s complicity in al Qaeda’s terror is just an “opportunity” for the terror-sponsoring regime to stop doing what it is committed to doing?

Iran’s support for al Qaeda is not a “baseless conspiracy theory.” It’s a dangerous reality.

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Fox News LIVE: Live Stream of DNC 2016

Posted July 25, 2016 by danmillerinpanama
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Fox News LIVE: Live Stream of DNC 2016 via YouTube, July 25, 2016

(More fun than a barrel of monkeys? — DM)

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There Will Be No Bernie Sanders Delegations on DNC Convention Floor

Posted July 25, 2016 by danmillerinpanama
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There Will Be No Bernie Sanders Delegations on DNC Convention Floor, Washington Free Beacon, , July 25, 2016

Demonstrators make their way around downtown, Monday, July 25, 2016, in Philadelphia, during the first day of the Democratic National Convention. On Sunday, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., announced she would step down as DNC chairwoman at the end of the party's convention, after some of the 19,000 emails, presumably stolen from the DNC by hackers, were posted to the website Wikileaks. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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PHILADELPHIA—Only a handful of state delegations were given floor seats at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia—and none of them voted for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I. Vt.).

Unlike the Republican National Convention, where every delegate received a floor seat, the DNC has apportioned floor seats to delegations loyal to Hillary Clinton.

All of the delegations seated on the floor of the Wells Fargo Arena for the 2016 Democratic National Convention are from states won by Hillary Clinton during the primary campaign.

Delegates from Nebraska, Florida, New York, Virginia, Iowa, Arkansas, Illinois, and Pennsylvania are seated in front of the stage in the arena. The former secretary of state defeated Sanders in primary contests in all of those states.

Delegates from Maine, Oregon, Utah, and Rhode Island were given some of the worst seats in the hall towards the back. The delegation from North Dakota, a state won by Sanders, was tucked away in a cavern behind South Dakota, a state held by Clinton.

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The delegation for Democrats living abroad, a group that voted overwhelmingly for Sanders, is also in the nosebleeds.

The Democratic convention convenes under a cloud of controversy, as thousands of hacked emails from the Democratic National Convention show evidence of pro-Clinton bias on the part of the officially neutral party organization.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D., Fla.) was forced to step down from her role as DNC chairwoman after Sanders called for her resignation on Sunday morning.

Sanders supporters have been a vocal force so far in Philadelphia. Schultz was booed off the stage by Sanders loyalists at a breakfast for Florida delegates. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi had Sanders signs thrust in her face as she attempted to speak with delegates from her home state of California.

Other supporters of the Vermont senator were heard chanting “lock her up” at a Monday morning protest in Philadelphia, a slogan coined by supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at last week’s convention in Cleveland, Ohio.

Press officials from both the DNC and the convention’s communications team did not respond to inquiries about the delegate seating arrangement.

Update 3:02 p.m.: The headline of this post has been updated. A previous version said no Bernie Sanders delegates would be seated on the DNC convention floor. Individual delegates may be Sanders supporters, but the delegations on the floor will vote for Clinton.

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Bernie Sanders Invites Spain’s Anti-Semitic, Anti-Israel Party Leader to Democratic Convention

Posted July 25, 2016 by danmillerinpanama
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Bernie Sanders Invites Spain’s Anti-Semitic, Anti-Israel Party Leader to Democratic Convention, PJ Media, Ron Radosh, July 24, 2016

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Because of the tumult over the WikiLeaks revelations showing how the DNC worked to undermine Bernie Sanders’ candidacy in the Democratic primaries, few people have noticed the controversial guest that Sanders has invited to the Democrats’ convention.

Spanish newspaper ABC reported on July 22 that Paul Bustinduy, secretary of international relations of Spain’s far-left, anti-Semitic party Podemos, is Bernie’s guest.

Although Podemos came in third place in the June 26 Spanish national election, it is a political force to be reckoned with in Spain. Podemos had joined an alliance with other mostly leftist groups in a coalition called United We Can — this was the name Podemos ran under. The alliance included the  United Left, whose main component is members of the old Spanish Communist Party, which on its own has little support in Spain.

Composed of old Communists, Trotskyists, independent revolutionaries, Basque and Catalan nationalists, leftist urban intellectuals, and former supporters of the Socialist Party annoyed at what they perceive as its continuing compromises, United We Can models itself on the Marxist Greek party Syriza. Syriza brought the Greek economy to near total collapse.

To call Podemos blatantly anti-Semitic would not be a false accusation.

In Madrid, the party’s affiliate is called Ahora Madrid. The head of Madrid’s department of culture, Guillermo Zapata, who is a member, tweeted:

“ ‘How do you fit five million Jews in a SEAT 600 [a car]?’ Answer: ‘In an ashtray.’”

In 2012, he tweeted that Israel is “genocidal posing as an advanced democracy,” and resembles Assad’s regime in Syria.

Not surprisingly, United Left and Podemos support the international BDS campaign. They also supported the anti-Israel flotillas that attempted to sail to Gaza in support of Hamas in its war against Israel. They support virtually all measures the anti-Israel European left has proposed.

Podemos is so anti-Israel that it defends a notorious anti-Semitic Spanish magazine, El Jueves.

An English independent socialist internet magazine, Shiraz Socialist, recently ran an article aboutEl Jueves written by Yves Coleman, appropriately titled: “Spanish radical left tolerates anti-Semitism.”

Yves Coleman writes:

Following the publication of anti-Jewish and anti-Semitic cartoons in El Jueves on 10 February 2016, Pablo Iglesias (general secretary of Podemos) and David Fernandez, former member of the CUP in the Catalan Parliament, have, along with other personalities of the “political and cultural world,” signed a petition protesting against any possible complaint which could be filed against the anti-Semitic drawings published by El Jueves.

The magazine, Coleman notes:

… likes to play with the stereotypes of the Jew as a schemer, swindler and liar.

They regularly run cartoons of Jews wearing:

… either payots, long beards, a wide-brimmed hat and a black coat or an IDF military uniform.

One such cartoon, from another Spanish left-wing anti-Semitic group, depicts the “Stay out of Spain, Obama” protest. It shows Obama taking money from the Jews. In the Spanish left, Obama is viewed as an imperialist warmonger.

In another issue, they published the cartoon below about Israel, using the symbols of Hitler’s SS to indicate that Israel is composed of Nazis.

cartoon antisemitism

Although Spain is a nation in which few Jews live, it is also the European country in which anti-Semitic views are most widespread. Unfortunately, the magazine’s writers and editors, like Podemos, hold the same anti-Semitic views that exist among the French left, and especially exist in Jeremy Corbyn’s British Labor Party.

To be a leftist in Spain, France or Britain means that you support anti-Semites, condemn Israel, and feel comfortable comparing it as a nation to the Nazis.

While here, Mr. Bustinduy plans to meet with activists in the Latino community, trade unionists, and leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement — which itself is anti-Israel.

A day before the convention, on July 24, he will participate in a left-wing conference at the University of Pennsylvania called Democracy Rising.

His main purpose, however, is to give his support to Bernie Sanders’ efforts to force the Democratic Party to move much further to the left. Undoubtedly, Bustinduy will complain about the Sanders group’s one big failure: to put an anti-Israel position into the Democratic Party platform.

With most of the media concentrating on reaction to the WikiLeaks release, the invitation to Podemos will most likely go unnoticed. Is there anyone in the mainstream media who will ask Sanders why he offered this invitation to a leader of a Spanish anti-Semitic, anti-Israel political party?

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Cartoons of the Day

Posted July 25, 2016 by danmillerinpanama
Categories: 2016 elections, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Humor, Media
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H/t Vermont Loon Watch

Hillary Clinton Holds Primary Night Event In Brooklyn, New York

 

H/t Power Line

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Sanders delegates boo Bernie when he tells them to vote for Hillary

Posted July 25, 2016 by danmillerinpanama
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Sanders delegates boo Bernie when he tells them to vote for Hillary, Washington Free Beacon, Timothy P. Carney, July 25, 2016

PHILADELPHIA — Bernie Sanders’ supporters booed and interrupted the Vermont senator when he told the crowd of thousands to vote for Hillary Clinton.

“We have got to elect Hillary Clinton president,” Sanders said in a rally announcing a new grassroots undertaking. Immediately, boos loudly rained down in the giant ballroom at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

The boos interrupted Sanders for half a minute as energetic Sanders volunteers and delegates screamed that they wouldn’t support Clinton. “Never Her! Never Her!” parts of the crowd chanted.

“Real politics are not that sexy,” Sanders said to calm the crowd down.

Some in the crowd even booed Sanders, the candidate they support, as he walked off the stage.

Justin Snider, a Sanders delagate from Texas, said, “I’m for Bernie. I’m not with him on what he said today.”

Other Sanders backers were more sanguine. “What we heard from him today is that we’re in the real world,” Kit Andrews, a Sanders organizer from Vermont. “She won the election.”

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