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New Year's sex assaults stoke German migrant debate
AFP/ Yahoo ^ | 1/5/2016 | Deborah Cole

Posted on 01/05/2016 10:52:54 AM PST by Pelham

Berlin (AFP) - German leaders expressed shock over dozens of apparently coordinated sexual assaults against women on New Year's Eve in the western city of Cologne blamed on "Arab-looking men," but warned against anti-migrant scapegoating.

Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a thorough investigation of the "repugnant" attacks, ranging from groping to at least one reported rape, allegedly committed in a large crowd of revellers during year-end festivities outside the city's main train station and its famed Gothic cathedral.

Her spokesman Steffen Seibert said she had called Cologne's mayor, Henriette Reker, to express her "outrage" over the violence, which she said required "a tough response from the state". "Everything must be done to find as many of the perpetrators as possible as quickly as possible and bring them to justice, regardless of their origin or background," Seibert quoted Merkel as saying.

Police in Cologne said they had received 90 criminal complaints by Tuesday and quoted witnesses as saying that groups of 20-30 young men "who appeared to be of Arab or North African origin" had surrounded victims, assaulted them and in several cases robbed them.

A plain-clothed policewoman was reportedly among those attacked.

"We assume more people will come forward," police chief Wolfgang Albers told reporters.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: germany

1 posted on 01/05/2016 10:52:54 AM PST by Pelham
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To: Pelham
which [Merkel] said required "a tough response from the state".

Will that "tough response" include stopping Muslim immigration? Requiring that Muslim immigrants be taught Western values? Speak in German? Will there be deportations for criminal immigrants? Somehow I don't think so.

2 posted on 01/05/2016 10:55:35 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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We assume more people will come forward

Your second mistake.
Your first was allowing the animals into your country in the first place.

3 posted on 01/05/2016 10:55:49 AM PST by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: Pelham

Round them up, stuff them into CONEX boxes, and ship them back to jihadistan.


4 posted on 01/05/2016 10:57:36 AM PST by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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Celebrate diversity!


5 posted on 01/05/2016 10:58:23 AM PST by simpson96
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To: Pelham

Over-sexualized inbred death cult adherents make great immigrants, folks.


6 posted on 01/05/2016 11:00:07 AM PST by Calpublican (A.G. Lynch: The intent of this statement is to incite violence against radical Islam)
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7 posted on 01/05/2016 11:00:35 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

‘Tough Response’ = harsh words


8 posted on 01/05/2016 11:01:34 AM PST by Pelham (Muslim immigration...the enemy is inside the wire.)
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To: Pelham

What did you think, Frau Murkel? Bringing in a million savages gets your women raped, your cars burned, your buildings destroyed, and your people murdered.
Dummkopf!


9 posted on 01/05/2016 11:05:31 AM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: Pelham

Ping me when Merkel is removed from office, and replaced with someone who isn’t bought off, and suicidal : )


10 posted on 01/05/2016 11:07:26 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Pelham

Cologne’s mayor ought to tell Angie to get a mirror if she wants to see where the problem lies, and to whom outrage should be directed.


11 posted on 01/05/2016 11:12:29 AM PST by PAR35
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

What do they expect ?


12 posted on 01/05/2016 11:14:32 AM PST by sunrise_sunset
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To: Pelham
Merkel owns this. She must be held accountable!

"So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot."

George Orwell

13 posted on 01/05/2016 11:29:22 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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From decades ago, at the end of the Battle of Berlin, the number of German women raped was so high that even the Vatican allowed abortions.

Merkel, a product of East Germany, may have missed school whan the above was discussed. Oh, an East Grrman ... never mind.

14 posted on 01/05/2016 12:00:59 PM PST by jamaksin
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Anger the Russians and all hell will break loose, they don’t mess around.


15 posted on 01/05/2016 12:10:35 PM PST by the_individual2014
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
Her strongly worded condemnation is the only "tough response from the state"likely to appear.
16 posted on 01/05/2016 12:33:42 PM PST by Company Man (If you own a $3K machine gun and $5K rocket launcher, but can't afford shoes... You may be a Muslim)
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“Everything must be done to find as many of the perpetrators as possible as quickly as possible and bring them to justice, regardless of their origin or background,” Seibert quoted Merkel as saying.”

Good luck with that. Chances of finding the suspects, obtaining evidence, going to trial and getting a conviction approach 0.


17 posted on 01/05/2016 12:38:53 PM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (It's the apocalypse, lets have some fun!)
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” ... groups of 20-30 young men “who appeared to be of Arab or North African origin” had surrounded victims, assaulted them and in several cases robbed them.”

This is what conquering hordes do to a subject people: they ravish their women and make their men walk under the yoke.

What? They aren’t “conquerors”? Tell that to them then, Fritzies.


18 posted on 01/05/2016 12:52:02 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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