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6/5/2017 5:44:57 PM
Sun Jun 4, 2017 | 10:29pm EDT

'Enough is enough' PM May says after London attackers kill seven



UK PM May says "enough is enough" in approach to UK terror threat

By Guy Faulconbridge and Estelle Shirbon | LONDON

Prime Minister Theresa May said Britain must be tougher in stamping out Islamist extremism after attackers killed at least seven people by ramming a van into pedestrians on London Bridge and stabbing revelers in nearby bars.

After the third militant attack in Britain in less than three months, May said Thursday's national election would go ahead. But she proposed regulating cyberspace and said Britain had been far too tolerant of extremism.

"It is time to say enough is enough," the Conservative leader said outside her Downing Street office, where British flags flew at half-staff.

"We cannot and must not pretend that things can continue as they are," May said, adding that Britain was under attack from a new breed of crude copycat militants.

Islamic State, which is losing territory in Syria and Iraq to an offensive backed by a U.S.-led coalition, said its militants were responsible for the attack, the group's media agency Amaq said in a statement monitored in Cairo.

One French national and one Canadian were among those killed. At least 48 people were injured in the attack. Australia said one of its citizens was among the injured.

Police shot dead the three male assailants in the Borough Market area near London Bridge within eight minutes of receiving the first emergency call shortly after 10 p.m. (2100 GMT).

Mark Rowley, head of counter-terrorism police, said eight officers had fired about 50 bullets to stop the attackers, who appeared to be suicide bombers because they were wearing what turned out to be fake suicide vests.

"The situation these officers were confronted with was critical: a matter of life and death," Rowley said. "I am humbled by the bravery of an officer who will rush towards a potential suicide bomber thinking only of protecting others."

A member of the public received non-critical gunshot wounds. Police did not release the names of the attackers.

London police arrested 12 people in the Barking district of east London in connection with the attack and raids were continuing there, the force said. A Reuters photographer saw another raid take place in nearby East Ham.

Less than two weeks ago, a suicide bomber killed 22 children and adults at a concert by U.S. singer Ariana Grande in Manchester in northern England. In March, in a attack similar to Saturday's, five people died after a man drove into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge in central London and stabbed a policeman.

May said the series of attacks were not connected in terms of planning and execution, but were inspired by what she called a "single, evil ideology of Islamist extremism" that represented a perversion of Islam and of the truth.

She said this ideology had to be confronted both abroad and at home, adding that the internet and big internet companies provided the space for such extremism to breed.

Facebook said it wanted to make its social media platform a "hostile environment" for terrorists. Twitter also said it was working to tackle the spread of militant propaganda.

After the Manchester attack, Britain raised its threat level to "critical" - meaning an attack is expected imminently - but downgraded it back to "severe", which means an attack is highly likely, on May 27.

HARROWING SCENES

Witnesses described harrowing scenes as the attackers' white van veered on and off the bridge sidewalk, hitting people along the way, and the three men then ran into an area packed with bars and restaurants, stabbing people indiscriminately.

Accounts emerged of people trying to barricade themselves in a pub while others tried throwing tables and other objects to fend off the attackers.

One eyewitness said the attackers screamed "this is for Allah" as they stabbed people.

England's health authority said on Sunday afternoon that 36 of those injured remained in hospital, of whom 21 were in a critical condition.

May made a private visit to staff and patients at King's College Hospital, where some of the injured were being treated, a spokeswoman said.

The government announced that a nationwide minute of silence would be held at 1000 GMT on Tuesday to pay respect to the victims of the attack and flags would remain at half-mast on government buildings until Tuesday evening.

Flowers and messages lie behind police cordon tape near Borough Market after an attack left 7 people dead and dozens injured in London, Britain, June 4, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

A Reuters photographer saw four women being removed from an apartment block in Barking, shielding their faces as they stepped into police vans.

Islamic State militants had sent out a call on instant messaging service Telegram early on Saturday urging its followers to carry out attacks with trucks, knives and guns against "Crusaders" during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Islamist militants have carried out scores of deadly attacks in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the United States over the past two years.

"We believe we are experiencing a new trend in the threat we face as terrorism breeds terrorism," May said.

"Perpetrators are inspired to attack not only on the basis of carefully constructed plots ... and not even as lone attackers radicalized online, but by copying one another and often using the crudest of means of attack."

"TOLERANCE OF EXTREMISM"

May, who served as Britain's interior minister from 2010 to 2016, said there was too much tolerance of extremism in Britain.

"While we have made significant progress in recent years, there is - to be frank - far too much tolerance of extremism in our country," she said, urging Britons to be more robust in stamping it out in the public sector and in wider society.

Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Britain needed to have difficult conversations with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states about the funding of Islamist extremism.

U.S. President Donald Trump, taking to Twitter on Sunday, urged the world to stop being "politically correct" in order to ensure public security against terrorism.

Most of the main political parties suspended election campaigning on Sunday, but May said this would resume on Monday. The anti-European Union UK Independence Party said it would not suspend its campaign because disrupting democracy was what the extremists wanted.

London Bridge is a transport hub and nearby Borough Market is a fashionable warren of alleyways leavened with bars and restaurants that is always bustling on a Saturday night.

The area remained cordoned off and patrolled by armed police and counter-terrorism officers on Sunday, with train stations closed. Forensic investigators could be seen working on the bridge, where buses and taxis stood abandoned.

At several points outside the cordon, people laid flowers and messages of grief and solidarity.

Ariana Grande and other music stars were giving a benefit concert at Manchester's Old Trafford cricket ground on Sunday evening to raise funds for victims of the concert bombing and their families.

"Today's One Love Manchester benefit concert will not only continue, but will do so with greater purpose," Grande's manager, Scooter Braun, said on Twitter after the London attack.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said the official threat level in Britain remained at severe, meaning a militant attack is highly likely. It had been raised to critical after the Manchester attack, then lowered again days later.

"One of the things we can do is show that we aren't going to be cowed is by voting on Thursday and making sure that we understand the importance of our democracy, our civil liberties and our human rights," Khan said.

In tweets, Trump offered help to Britain but also leveled apparent criticism of Khan for saying there was no need to be alarmed. Khan had earlier said Londoners would see an increased police presence on the streets of the city and people should not be alarmed by that.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin were among those who sent messages of condolence and made statements of solidarity.

The Manchester bombing on May 22 was the deadliest attack in Britain since July 2005, when four British Muslim suicide bombers killed 52 people in coordinated assaults on London's transport network.

(Additional reporting by UK bureau, Dylan Martinez, Hannah McKay, William Schomberg, Elisabeth O'Leary, William James, Andy Bruce and Alistair Smout in London, Marine Pennetier in Paris, Steve Scherer in Rome, Polina Devitt in Moscow, Paul Carrel in Berlin, David Morgan in Washington and Mostafa Hashem in Cairo; writing by Estelle Shirbon, Pravin Char and Guy Faulconbridge; editing by Ralph Boulton and Angus MacSwan)


(Reuters)

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6/6/2017 12:05:08 AM

The London Bridge Attack And What Is Behind The String Of Terrorism

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6/6/2017 12:40:51 AM

‘We will not flinch from building up nuclear force’: N. Korea defiant in face of new sanctions


North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the long-range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 © Reuters

North Korea has denounced the latest round of sanctions placed on it by the UN Security Council as a “hostile act,” and will continue developing its nuclear arsenal at a rapid pace, a foreign ministry spokesman said.

The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution expanding sanctions on the isolated Asian country on Friday, adding 18 individuals and organizations linked to the North Korean government to an ever-growing blacklist.

But the North Korean government denounced these latest sanctions as “a crafty hostile act with the purpose of putting a curb on the DPRK’s [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] buildup of nuclear forces, disarming it and causing economic suffocation to it,” Reuters quoted the foreign ministry spokesman as saying on Sunday, in a statement carried by the official KCNA news agency.

“Whatever sanctions and pressure may follow, we will not flinch from the road to build up nuclear forces which was chosen to defend the sovereignty of the country and the rights to national existence and will move forward towards the final victory,” the spokesman added.

These latest sanctions had the agreement of both the United States and China, the latter being North Korea’s only notable ally. In April, US President Donald Trump said that he was working with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to resolve the“North Korean problem.” In April, Beijing halted imports of coal shipments from North Korea, one of the isolated country’s few sources of income, but has taken a less confrontational approach than Washington with calls for more dialogue.

North Korea accuses China and the US of “railroading and enforcing” the latest round of sanctions “after having drafted it in the backroom at their own pleasure.”

“It is a fatal miscalculation if the countries… even think that they can delay or hold in check the eye-opening development of the (DPRK’s) nuclear forces even for a moment,” the DPRK spokesman said.

Tensions have been rising on the Korean Peninsula since President Trump adopted a much harder line on Pyongyang than his predecessor, Barack Obama. The White House has repeatedly called on North Korea to abandon its nuclear and missile programs. The latest flare-up in rhetoric was triggered by reports that the North was about to conduct its sixth nuclear test or fire a nuclear-capable ballistic missile.

In April, Trump dispatched the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson along with a “very powerful armada” to the Korean Peninsula for joint drills with the Japanese and South Korean militaries, as well as deploying the THAAD anti-missile system in South Korea, a decision that has been criticized by the Russian and Chinese governments.

North Korea has rejected all sanctions imposed against it since it conducted its first nuclear test in 2006, claiming such measures encroach on its sovereignty and right to self-defense.


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6/6/2017 10:23:20 AM

Japanese tourists shot dead in Philippines, bodies cut into pieces and thrown into sea

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Two Japanese tourists taking a boat ride around islands in southwestern Philippines were allegedly shot dead, and their bodies cut into pieces and thrown into the sea, local officials said.

The tourists were reported missing since 30 May and authorities initially suspected the role of Abu Sayyaf militants, who are known for abducting foreign tourists.

However, the Philippines coast guard said on Sunday (4 June) that three men, including the boat owner, have admitted to killing the Japanese tourists in Palawan province. The suspects were identified as Aladin Mohameran, Reynante Labampa and boat owner Michael "Don-don" Suangco, Lonie Zamora, a spokesperson for Palawan coast guard, said. The motive for the ghastly crime is not known.

Yoshihiro Arai, 24, and Masaru Itani, 59, had reportedly rented Suangco's boat to take a tour of the surrounding islands in Palawan on the day of their disappearance. A missing report was filed on 31 May by the staff of GMG Hotel, where the victims had checked in a day before.

The coast guard spokesman said the suspects reported the location of the crime to the police and admitted that they first shot the two men dead and later chopped their bodies and threw the pieces into the sea. They also admitted to sinking the boat before leaving for Coron town, Palawan, on 30 May, ABS-CBN News wrote.

"We have yet to find the bodies of the victims to check the veracity of their confessions," Zamora said. The Philippines Task Force is reportedly scouring the sea to retrieve the bodies of the victims.

Meanwhile, investigators have summoned another Japanese national, Hiroyuki Nagaham, for interrogation. The man - a businessman from Puerto Princesa City - is accused of masterminding the killings. Three other accomplices have also been identified, police reportedly said.


(Yahoo News)


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6/6/2017 10:49:50 AM

Illegal Immigrants So Afraid Of Trump’s ICE They Are Now Doing Something Liberals Call Crazy

Posted by | Jun 5, 2017 |

Return to mexico

Fear of living in the shadows is one of the biggest reasons illegals self-deport.

Now that President Trump has signed executive orders ending Obama’s catch and release methods, immigrants living illegally in the shadows are so terrified of La migra they are packing their bags and going home.

Ever since he entered the race, Trump declared illegal immigration a top priority for his administration. Incoming advisers, including Attorney General Jeff Sessions, have called for much tougher enforcement which has traditionally been known to lead illegals to leave the country voluntarily or “self-deport.”

Detentions are already up over 38 percent since last year but round-ups, raids, and general enforcement of immigration laws are only one part of what makes illegals consider returning to their home country.

ACLU guidelines

Instructions provided by the ACLU for what to do if ICE knocks on your door.

The biggest attraction for coming here illegally in the first place is to find work. Taking away the opportunity for a job takes away that reason to be here. During Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign he declared “The answer is self-deportation. Which is people decide they can do better by going home because they can’t find work here because they don’t have legal documentation to allow them to work here.”

Mexican wages

Manufacturing jobs in Mexico pay less than $4.00/hr

Mexican wages average about 10 percent of American ones, making jobs the main reason people come here illegally and the inability to find work one of the primary reasons to return home.

AZ school

After SB 1070 went into effect, Arizona Schools had a $50,000,000 budget surplus

E-verify, a program implemented to check migrant’s status, was so successful that in 2008 when Arizona made ID checks mandatory, the Mexican state of Sonora sent a delegation to complain about the huge number of returning workers. Arizona’s public school system posted a surplus of fifty million dollars that year.

Another big reason to self-deport is the constant need to keep looking over your shoulder. Paula Flores of Colorado relates that “the fear of discovery never goes away.”

Flores did not want her child to grow up as an illegal like she did. Without a social security number, she was unable to attend college. After returning to Mexico for a visit, she was detained at the border and eventually deported. Flores crossed back to the U.S. on foot by blending in with American tourists and went back to living comfortably in LA. Her biggest fear though was the lack of valid ID. Consular Identification Cards are an instant give away the holder is probably illegal.

DUI Checkpoint

Fear of police checkpoints is a common motivator for self-deportation.

The fear of police checkpoints, denied raises or overtime at work, and fear of reporting car accidents, took a toll emotionally. “It’s like, you’re living a happy life,” Flores said. “But at the same time, you’re not able to get out of that bubble. You’re just there, trapped.”

After her voluntary return to Mexico in 2009, she found a stable job with an American company and bought a house with her husband and son. She hopes to return again legally.

The idea is not new. California voters approved Prop. 187 in 1994 denying state services. Arizona passed SB 1070 in 2010, called one of the broadest and strictest anti-illegal immigration proposals ever passed.

Protestors against SB 1070

Arizona’s controversial bill SB 1070 called one of the toughest ever.

Under SB 1070 an alien here without immigration documents is committing a crime, and police can detain somebody with “reasonable suspicion” they are in the country illegally.

After immigrant rights groups waged a fierce battle against the law, a settlement announced last September with the National Immigration Law Center blocked the only remaining effective provision six years after SB 1070’s passage.

For a few years after SB 1070 was enacted, while challenges were still working their way through the courts, self-deportation substantially increased. In 2012, with the law not even in full effect yet, Peter O’Dowd, news director at KJZZ in Phoenix, described how well self-deportation had already started working.

“The Department of Homeland Security shows the unauthorized population in Arizona has fallen by about 100,000 since 2009, and supporters of the bill say this is clear evidence that 1070 has worked and worked well.”

Leaving voluntarily can be a good idea in some cases. For example, it can give someone a chance to return legally. A person living here illegally but not facing criminal charges is eligible for voluntary departure as long as they have not had an Order of Removal issued. Once there is an Order of Removal the person is not allowed re-entry for at least five years. A voluntary departure is even an option for those facing an immigration hearing. If such a request is granted, DHS will allow up to 120 days to prepare for the move.

Tougher enforcement is already underway. With more and more businesses using e-verify, jobs for illegals are becoming scarce. A job can still be found but unless you want to work in landscaping, housekeeping, or restaurants, work is getting a lot harder to find.

With all the media attention, immigrants are having a much harder time staying inconspicuous, making them constantly afraid. Paula Flores has an undocumented sister who lives here right now and says she feels many of the same pressures. “She’s prepared an emergency bag for her family — with her daughters’ U.S. birth certificates and other important papers — in case she gets deported.”



(conservativedailypost.com)


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