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Showing posts with label Pakistan. Show all posts

November 23, 2015

Police In Belgium Arrest Six Pakistani Born UK Citizens



Transport: Arrests were made from these converted ambulances

[From article]
Six British men were ­arrested in Belgium ­yesterday after they were spotted in three old ­ambulances near Brussels while the city was in a fullscale terror alert.
A heavily armed anti-terror unit swooped on the group close to an Esso petrol station regularly used by Salah Abdeslam – the fugitive terrorist still on the run from the Paris massacres.
Six armoured trucks and a ­police car moved in after the ­converted vehicles parked up in a rest area beside the E411 ­highway in Bierges south-east of the capital around 2pm.
Last night the six Pakistani-born UK nationals were being ­questioned while officers ­continued to search the ­ambulances – two Fiats and a Mercedes with British plates.
Brussels remained in lockdown following an intelligence warning of an imminentParis-style attack on the Belgian capital.
[. . .]
Police are probing any link to Islamic State after using old ambulances was revealed to be a hallmark cover tactic used by the terror group.
Tanks and masked special ­forces squads were deployed to guard all major landmarks in the Brussels region while the manhunt ­continued for Abdeslam, 26.
The British men, who do not speak French, were said to be ­co-operating with detectives and have been fingerprinted to check for possible matches.
Specialist officers scouring the ambulances recovered clothes, food and money inside, raising suspicions they may have been heading for Syria.
[. . .]
A suspected terrorist plot linked to a converted ­ambulance was foiled in Hanover, Germany, on Wednesday night.
French intelligence officials are reported to have warned their German counterparts about a potential attack, sparking a string of security alerts linked to the vehicle ­spotted near the football stadium where the national team’s game against Holland was cancelled .
Speaking about ­yesterday’s arrests of Britons, a police ­commissioner in Belgium said: “Shortly before 14.00 hours, we found the ­presence of three old ­ambulances, now transformed into vans, on the highway rest area.
On board were persons of foreign origin, one of who is known to the UK police. These are British citizens of Pakistani origin. They do not speak French but they co-operate.”
Four men were arrested near the Jewish Museum in the city centre where a terror attack took place last year.
In France troops were guarding water facilities around Paris today as the fear of a chemical attack intensified.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/terror-police-arrest-six-brits-6877013

Terror police arrest six Brits in three old ambulances close to Brussels petrol station
08:50, 22 NOV 2015
UPDATED 11:34, 22 NOV 2015
BY MATTHEW DRAKE

June 26, 2015

UK Police Knew For Five Years About Muslim Men Sex Trafficking Young White Girls, Did Nothing




[From article]
West Midlands Police knew five years ago that Asian grooming gangs were targeting children outside schools across the city - but failed to make the threat public.
Documents obtained by the Birmingham Mail show the force were aware pupils were at risk of child sexual exploitation (CSE) back in 2010.
The confidential report, obtained under a Freedom of Information Act, also shows police were worried about community tensions if the abuse from predominantly Pakistani grooming gangs was made public.
The West Midlands Police document entitled Problem Profile, Operation Protection is from March 2010 and highlights how grooming had been directed specifically at schools and children’s homes.
In one heavily redacted passage, entitled ‘Schools’, it states: “In (redacted) a teacher at a (redacted) that a group of Asian males were approaching pupils at the school gate and grooming them. Strong anecdotal evidence shows this MO (modus operandi) is being used across the force.”
[. . .]
The 2010 report said police had identified a potential 139 victims, 78 per cent of whom were white while more than half were aged 13 to 15. Half of all victims lived within parental homes, while 41 per cent lived in care.
The report said of the 75 grooming suspects identified, a large proportion were from a Pakistani background and a significant proportion were likely to be from a Muslim background.
[. . .]
In an October 2009 police report obtained by the Birmingham Mail, a lack of trust between police and social workers was highlighted and some of their unsympathetic attitudes to vulnerable runaways.

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/police-knew-grooming-gangs-were-9518461

Police knew grooming gangs were targeting Birmingham schools five years ago but did not alert public
13:38, 24 JUNE 2015
BY JEANETTE OLDHAM
Confidential documents also show West Midlands force was concerned about community tensions because of link to Pakistani men

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[From article]
They did nothing and they still do nothing. One of the victims did a comprehensive interview with me here and here. She had over 100 names of rapists and traffickers, but the police “didn’t have time” to take all the names.
When I was being regularly abused by the Muslim men, my school knew about it. They eventually made me transfer to a part-time school because I was out so much. The men would come and take me out of the school, sometimes in the morning just as school was starting. It was high school, so they don’t stop you leaving when the gate is open.
They school never questioned who was taking her out or why. They did nothing. But they did ban Robert Spencer and me from visiting the UK, because our presence would not be “conducive to the public good.” Got that?
“The predominant offender profile of Pakistani Muslim males… combined with the predominant victim profile of white females has the potential to cause significant community tensions.” In other words, don’t say anything about this, because if you do, you’ll be charged with “racism.” The British authorities, all over the country, let the Muslim rape gangs — which were operating according to the Qur’an’s permission of men to take sex slaves (4:3, 4:24, 23:1-6, 33:50) — operate with impunity. Better societal death than charges of “Islamophobia.” Carve that on Britain’s tombstone.

http://pamelageller.com/2015/06/muslim-rape-gangs-were-targeting-schools-5-years-ago-did-nothing.html/

“UK cops knew Muslim rape gangs were targeting schools 5 years ago, did nothing,” BY Robert Spencer, June 25, 2015
Muslim Rape gangs were targeting schools 5 years ago, authorities did nothing
ByPamela Geller
on June 25, 2015

May 11, 2015

Mob In Pakistan Beats Jewish Activist Then Police Arrest, Beat and Jail Him




[From article]
A Jewish activist in Pakistan was savagely beaten by a Muslim mob Wednesday - and then arrested and roughed up again by police.
Fishel Benkhald - who is leading a one-man campaign to preserve the old Jewish cemetery in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi - has been a vocal activist for minority rights in the country, which is overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim and where minorities such as Christians, Hindus and non-Sunni Muslims are routinely persecuted.
Speaking to Arutz Sheva Thursday, Benkhald - the son of a Muslim father and a Jewish mother, but who identifies as Jewish - told how he had agreed to a face-to-face debate with a Muslim Pakistani man after a discussion on the topic of minority rights on Twitter.
[. . .]
"I went there alone but he was with his friends, we started the debate in a normal discussion manner but soon it got heated up and cursing started."
At that point, a "mob" began to gather around him "and two of the guys who were with him started manhandling me - I should have left at that time.
"They started punching me and when I fell they started kicking my head. Someone also tried to snatch away my mobile."
Benkhald managed to tape part of the altercation, including the the assault. Arutz Sheva has opted not to include it due to the explicit and violent nature of parts.
At that point police arrived, but instead of arresting his attackers, they detained Benkhald.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/192184#.VPjS40JgqMl

'Last Jew in Pakistan' Beaten by Muslim Mob - Then Arrested
Fishel Benkhald, who is leading a campaign to restore Karachi's Jewish cemetery, attacked after agreeing to debate over minority rights.
By Ari Soffer
First Publish: 3/5/2015, 12:07 PM

April 24, 2015

Columbia University Graduate Killed In Pakistan By White House Drone Was Humanitarian Hostage



Warren Weinstein and his wife, Elaine
Photo: Bringwarrenhome.com

This is how the military genius in the White House likes to fight wars. Precision drone attacks. What could go wrong?

[From article]
The American hostage killed by a US drone strike was a grandfather and Columbia University grad who spent more than 30 years serving some of the most impoverished parts of the world.
At an age when others are ready for retirement, Warren Weinstein left his family to work for the US development firm J.E. Austin Associates in 2004, leading small-business growth in rural Pakistan.
He found a love for the culture, becoming proficient in Urdu and occasionally wearing local dress.
“He loved and respected the Pakistani people and their culture . . . and did everything he could to show his utmost and profound respect for the region,” his wife, Elaine, said Thursday.
Weinstein was kidnapped days before he was to leave Pakistan.
Gunmen broke into his Lahore home Aug. 13, 2011. He remained captive until his death at age 73.

http://nypost.com/2015/04/24/american-killed-in-drone-strike-dedicated-to-family-the-poor/

American killed in drone strike dedicated to family, the poor
By Beckie Strum
New York Post
April 24, 2015 | 1:14am

August 4, 2014

Not Just Central Americans Invade U.S. Through Southern Border




[From article]
Texas Governor Rick Perry said a record number of illegal immigrants from Syria, Pakistan and Afghanistan have been apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border.
On Sunday's State of the Union on CNN, Perry said the "historic record highs" of individuals from "countries that have substantial terrorist ties" threaten America's national security.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/08/03/Rick-Perry-Record-Number-of-Illegals-from-Syria-Pakistan-Afghanistan-Being-Caught-at-Border

RICK PERRY: RECORD NUMBER OF ILLEGALS FROM SYRIA, PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN BEING CAUGHT AT BORDER
by TONY LEE
3 Aug 2014

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[From article]
The report reveals the apprehension numbers ranging from 2010 through July 2014. It shows that most of the human smuggling from Syria and Albania into the U.S. comes through Central America. The report also indicates the routes individuals from North Africa and the Middle East take into the European Union, either to illegally migrate there or as a possible stop in their journey to the United States. The data are broken down further into the specific U.S. border sectors where the apprehensions and contact occurred.
Among the significant revelations are that individuals from nations currently suffering from the world’s largest Ebola outbreak have been caught attempting to sneak across the porous U.S. border into the interior of the United States. At least 71 individuals from the three nations affected by the current Ebola outbreak have either turned themselves in or been caught attempting to illegally enter the U.S. by U.S. authorities between January 2014 and July 2014.
As of July 20, 2014, 1,443 individuals from China were caught sneaking across the porous U.S. border this year alone,
[. . .]
Twenty-eight individuals from Pakistan were caught attempting to sneak into the U.S. this year alone, with another 211 individuals either turning themselves in or being caught at official ports of entry.
Thirteen Egyptians were caught trying to sneak into the U.S. this year alone, with another 168 either turning themselves in or being caught at official ports of entry.
Four individuals from Yemen were caught attempting to sneak into the U.S. by Border Patrol agents in 2014 alone,

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Texas/2014/08/03/Leaked-CBP-Report-Shows-Entire-World-Exploiting-Open-US-Border

LEAKED CBP REPORT SHOWS ENTIRE WORLD EXPLOITING OPEN US BORDER
by BRANDON DARBY
3 Aug 2014

May 15, 2013

Foreign Students, Graduates, Arrested at Greater Boston Reservoir




Michelle McPhee reported on May 15, 2013, WRKO radio, Howie Carr Show, that the seven arrested had no valid IDs, and were driving rented cars. State police said they do not release the names of persons issued summonses, which is what they did. Huh? How different from what local police did to me. After I complained about police harassment they arrested me and held me in a mental hospital for 78 days for a competency evaluation. Later Harvard University campus police stalked me for three years, arrested me twice and lied about why. Curious how respectfully foreigners get treated by police even those without licenses when they are stopped driving illegally. But citizens like myself get the full force of any and all laws in order to punish me for speaking out about government abuses. This is how the nation's most prominent university led by The President and Fellows of Harvard College, and its host city which claims to be concerned with the most vulnerable persons in the city treat victims of government criminal abuses. How charming the way they show their intolerance in the name of tolerance. How they indicate their support for diversity by censoring diverse speech they dislike. 

[From article]
State police alerted the Springfield office of the FBI, which is investigating the five men and two women, who are from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore.
[. . .]
the individuals live in Amherst, Cambridge, Sunderland, Northampton and New York City.

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2013/05/authorities_quabbin_reservoir_tests_normal_after_trespassing

Authorities: Quabbin reservoir tests normal after trespassing arrests
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
By: Laurel J. Sweet
Boston Herald

February 5, 2013

Pakistani Pimps in UK


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2263924/Oxford-sex-gang-victim-aged-11-branded-initial-abuser.html

Sex slave aged 11 'branded with initial of her abuser': Child trafficker 'used a heated hair pin to mark her as his property'
Nine men are accused of grooming and abusing vulnerable girls in Oxford
Child sex ring allegedly abused several girls - aged 11 to 16 over eight years
Gang member allegedly branded one schoolgirl with 'M' for Mohammed
Group's second victim, aged 14, told a friend 'she just wanted to be loved'
By ARTHUR MARTIN
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 09:12 EST, 17 January 2013 | UPDATED: 09:20 EST, 18 January 2013

November 5, 2012

US Ambassador To Pakistan Revealed Classified Information

[From article]
Realizing what he had said, Hoagland told the activist gathering: “I
probably just, you know, got into big trouble with what I just said.”

http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/05/acting-us-ambassador-to-pakistan-met-with-code-pink-discussed-classified-drone-casualty-counts/

Acting US ambassador to Pakistan met with Code Pink, discussed
‘classified’ drone casualty counts
12:12 AM 11/05/2012
Charles C. Johnson
Daily Caller

October 9, 2012

Taliban Shoots 14-year-old Girl Activist

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/anti_taliban_year_old_schoolgirl_WLLXPZII3zFFWzi8uQPcSL

Liberty-loving teen girl, 14, gunned down by Taliban in Pakistan near school bus
From AFP
New York Post
Last Updated: 10:37 AM, October 9, 2012 Posted: 9:24 AM, October 9, 2012

September 12, 2012

American Jewish Peace Corpsman Held Hostage in Pakistan

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/al-qaeda-releases-video-american-hostage/story?id=17221075#.UFEK8t00jDo

Al Qaeda Releases New Video of American Hostage
By MUHAMMAD LILA (@muhammadlila) and RANDY KREIDER
Sept. 12, 2012

September 8, 2012

Pakistani Girl, 14, Released From Jail After Blasphemy Charge

[From article]
Many critics say the laws are misused to wage vendettas or target Pakistan's vulnerable minorities like the Christians.
[. . .]
police arrested a cleric after a follower from his mosque accused him of stashing pages of a Quran in the girl's bag to make it seem as if she burned them. He allegedly planted the evidence to push Christians out of the neighborhood and is now being investigated for blasphemy himself. He has denied the allegation.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20120908/DA15L5T02.html

Pakistan frees Christian girl accused of blasphemy
AP
Sep 8, 10:15 AM (ET)
By ZARAR KHAN

August 21, 2012

DC Pakistan Spy Scandal, Loud Silence

[From article]
an influence operation run by the intelligence agency of a hostile foreign power, one intended to influence members of Congress to shape U.S. foreign policy in Pakistan’s favor. The stated targets for much of KAC’s operations were the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
[. . .]
Fai’s budget for KAC for 2009 was $738,000, which included $100,000 intended for campaign contributions for members of Congress. After his ISI handlers balked, Fai reduced his budget to $638,000, most of which would be passed from the ISI to KAC through the U.S.-based straw donors.
[. . .]
you might think it would be front-page news that Pakistani intelligence had successfully penetrated the inner recesses of Capitol Hill and the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations; Pakistani intelligence had conducted a 20-year influence operation; and Pakistani intelligence made campaign contributions primarily to Republican members of Congress (including Burton — one of the most vocal critics of President Clinton during the Lewinsky scandal) and the National Republican Senatorial Committee. You would expect the establishment media to subject the issue to investigation rivaling the Jack Abramoff scandal during the Bush administration.
[. . .]
The ambivalence about one of the biggest foreign intelligence influence operations on Capitol Hill in our lifetimes extended to Capitol Hill itself. No handwringing, no committee hearings or investigations, no press conferences by members of Congress explaining exactly how they had been duped for 20 years.

http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-biggest-d-c-spy-scandal-you-havent-heard-about-part-one/?singlepage=true

The Biggest D.C. Spy Scandal You Haven’t Heard About (Part One)
Why has the story of a 20-year illegal infiltration of D.C. on behalf of Pakistani intelligence gone unnoticed?
by PATRICK POOLE
August 14, 2012 - 12:00 am


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[From article]
"while the establishment media reported on Fai’s arrest, the story virtually disappeared from all of the leading news outlets. But while the U.S. media was ignoring the scandal entirely, the matter was the subject of considerable media scrutiny in Indian and Pakistani media.
[. . .]
the FBI’s efforts to arrest Fai in 2011 were repeatedly opposed by the State Department and the CIA.
[. . .]
Not only did he have the political establishment fooled for 20 years, he had the media establishment snookered as well.
[. . .]
The story of the Pakistani ISI’s 20-year penetration into the heart of Congress, the State Department, the National Security Council, and the Pentagon should have been big news, especially since the U.S. government has identified the ISI as a terrorist organization in military tribunal documents.
[. . .]
The staggering implications of what federal prosecutors presented in court about this matter under any other circumstances would have shaken Washington, D.C., to its core. Instead, the political and media establishment closes their eyes in self-imposed blindness."

http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-biggest-d-c-spy-scandal-you-havent-heard-about-part-two/

The Biggest D.C. Spy Scandal You Haven’t Heard About (Part Two)
The Pakistani spy who went undetected in D.C. for 20 years was deeply involved with U.S. Muslim Brotherhood front groups.
by PATRICK POOLE
August 16, 2012 - 12:00 am

July 16, 2012

Christian Immigrant Was Victim of Acid Attack In Pakistan

http://actforamericahouston.wordpress.com/2012/07/08/pakistani-acid-attack-victim-finds-new-life-in-houston/

Pakistani acid-attack victim finds new life in Houston
Posted on July 8, 2012
by actforamericahouston
By Susan Carroll

July 15, 2012

Pakistani Father of Deformed Baby Buries Her Alive

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2173837/Newborn-girl-buried-alive-father-Pakistan-deformed.html

Newborn girl 'buried alive by her father in Pakistan because she was deformed'
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 07:14 EST, 15 July 2012 | UPDATED: 07:16 EST, 15 July 2012

March 30, 2012

Pakistani Woman Asks Court To Free Her From Forced Conversion and Marriage

[From article]
"The case is not terribly unusual in Pakistan, AsiaNews reported. Each year about 300 young women—Christians as well as Hindus—are kidnapped and pressured into religious conversion and arranged marriage."

http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13826

Catholic World News
Pakistani girl begs court to stop forced conversion and marriage
March 28, 2012

March 3, 2012

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iran: Penalty For Not Being A Virgin On Wedding Day

In present-day Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Pakistan, a girl who loses her virginity before her wedding day may be punished or murdered along with her lover by the males of her own family. -

Provided by RandomHistory.com

http://facts.randomhistory.com/

October 24, 2011

Muslim Brotherhood Taking Control of Nations

http://bigpeace.com/clopez/2011/10/24/from-tunisia-to-the-justice-department-a-clean-sweep-for-islam/

From Tunisia To The Justice Department: A Clean Sweep For Islam
Posted by Clare M. Lopez
Oct 24th 2011 at 7:19 am
BigPeace.com

June 15, 2011

Pakistan Like Mob Informant

[From article]
"The country is "an international jihadi tourist resort," writes journalist and author Mohammad Hanif. It functions as a kind of mob informant, profiting from the rackets while occasionally giving up a small fish or two to the cops in exchange for police protection. Yet America treats it as an ally."

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/pakistan_double_game_lhnIFolzIEMdSl7PpEjznN

Pakistan's double game
How US must play its cards
New York Post
Last Updated: 3:34 AM, June 13, 2011
Posted: 11:18 PM, June 12, 2011

May 31, 2011

Anti Christian Violence in Pakistan

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/anti-christian-violence-continues-pakist

Anti-Christian Violence Continues in Pakistan
Monday, May 30, 2011
By Penny Starr

May 4, 2011

Osama Killed Legally?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/09/osama-bin-laden-us-pakistan-deal

Osama bin Laden mission agreed in secret 10 years ago by US and Pakistan
US forces were given permission to conduct unilateral raid inside Pakistan if they knew where Bin Laden was hiding, officials say
Declan Walsh in Islamabad
guardian.co.uk
Monday 9 May 2011 19.06 BST


Pakistan Claims It Was an Illegal Invasion

[From article]
"The statement also echoes former president Parvez Musharraf's claim that the US operation was a violation of Pakistan's sovereignty."

http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/pak-takes-firm-stand-on-osama-raid-unilateral-action-103207

Pak takes firm stand on Osama raid, 'Unilateral Action'
NDTV Correspondent, New Delhi, India TV
Updated: May 03, 2011 20:30 IST

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US Attorney General's View (No legal citations)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/03/us-binladen-holder-idUSTRE7424JR20110503

U.S. attorney general: bin Laden operation lawful
Reuters
May 3, 2011

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German Scholar's View

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,760358,00.html

05/03/2011
Justice, American Style
Was Bin Laden's Killing Legal?
An Analysis by Thomas Darnstädt