http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/violence/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:40:24 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418291/posts A sixth person has been found dead following the shootings in a town near Helsinki, Finland, police said Thursday. They said it is believed the sixth victim is the shooter, who police had previously identified as 43-year-old Ibrahim Shkupolli. Shkupolli, who police said had lived in Finland "for some time," is believed to have killed at least four people at a shopping center near the Finnish capital Helsinki. Finnish police confirmed the shooting happened at 10:08 a.m. (3:08 a.m. ET), leaving three men and one woman dead. CNN affiliate MTV3 and state broadcaster YLE reported that five people were killed.... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418291/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:40:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418012/posts KIRKUK — To better understand the root cause of domestic violence, Iraqi Police, Pena Women's Cultural Center members and U.S forces conducted a meeting on the subject here, Dec. 21. Domestic violence is any form of physical, non-physical or sexual abuse, which takes place either in or outside of the home, according to James, a law-enforcement specialist working with 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment. At this meeting the participants discussed how the IP could better deal with victims reporting domestic violence, causes of domestic violence, the cycle of violence, different support services and the effects of domestic violence on children,... Multi-National Force-Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418012/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:11:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417789/posts The US blocked Dutch attempts to install full-body scanners for passengers travelling to the US before the failed suicide bombing of a transatlantic flight on Christmas Day, the Dutch interior minister said today. Authorities at Schipol airport in Amsterdam had wanted to introduce the devices to monitor US-bound flights, but the scanners were not installed because US authorities wanted them to be used on flights to all destinations, said Guusje Ter Horst The disclosure could put further pressure on Barack Obama, who has come under criticism in the US after the security lapse that allowed a young Nigerian Islamist to... Guardian UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417789/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:36:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417534/posts SANAA — Yemen has called for Western help against the "hundreds" of Al-Qaeda militants in the country amid reports on Wednesday that Washington is working with Sanaa to identify possible military targets. "We need more training, we have to expand our counter-terrorism units and this means providing them with the necessary training, military equipment, ways of transportation," Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Kurbi told the BBC late on Tuesday, identifying a shortage of helicopters as a particular problem. "There is support, but I must say it is inadequate," he added, referring to existing Western assistance. Kurbi underlined the continuing threat that... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417534/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:11:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416840/posts U.S. authorities didn't pursue leads that might have brought alleged Christmas Day bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab under further scrutiny, according to congressional investigators and U.S. officials. The State Department forwarded Mr. Abdulmutallab's name to a basic U.S. terrorist watch list earlier this month, but didn't revoke his visa after Mr. Abdulmutallab's father alerted U.S. officials to his son's potential radicalization. His purchase of a $2,800 plane ticket with cash also didn't set off alarm bells. The case highlights a failure of the terrorist watch-list system to adapt to the evolving threat from al Qaeda, said one senior U.S. counterterrorism official.... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416840/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:19:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416460/posts Dutch police investigating report of accomplice in Northwest Flight 235 terror plot...A Michigan man who was aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 says he witnessed Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab trying to board the plane in Amsterdam without a passport. Kurt Haskell of Newport, Mich., who posted an earlier comment about his experience...confirmed he was on the flight by sending a picture of his boarding pass. He and his wife, Lori, were returning from a safari in Uganda when they boarded the NWA flight on Friday. Haskell said he and his wife were sitting on the ground near their boarding gate in... MLive http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416460/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:51:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416404/posts Federal authorities met Monday to reassess the nation's system of terror watchlists to determine how to avoid the type of lapse that allowed a man with explosives to board a flight to the U.S. even though he was flagged as a possible terrorist. A senior U.S. intelligence official said authorities were reviewing the procedures that govern the lists, which could include how someone is placed on or moved between the various databases. The Obama administration has ordered investigations into how travelers are placed on watch lists and how passengers are screened, as critics and administration officials questioned how the 23-year-old... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416404/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:30:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415808/posts The truth about Islam and violence. Pamela Gellar over at Atlas Shrugs points us to the Web site Religion of Peace who provides the service of creating a list of all terrorist attacks in the name of radical Islam around the world. Of course, the site’s owners have been targeted with death threats, but I found the long list of attacks in the last 60 days daunting. Again, the hat tip goes to Gellar, but here is the list of killed and injured – with a description of the attack – for the last two months. The list includes the... http://www.radioviceonline.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415808/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:06:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415622/posts PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico — Gunmen sprayed bullets at a restaurant Tuesday where the mayor of a Texas border town was eating with a Mexican state attorney general and other officials, police said. A woman leaving the building was killed. Coahuila state Attorney General Jesus Torres and Chad Foster, mayor of Eagle Pass across the border from Piedras Negras, were unharmed, according to police officers at the scene. The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415622/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:33:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409944/posts A man has been charged with killing a cab driver in Apple Valley in August, according to the Dakota County First Judicial District Court. Court documents allege that 18-year-old Abdirahman Abdiwahab Abdikarim of Apple Valley killed 41-year-old Michael Allen Palm, a Suburban Taxi driver, during the course of a robbery. Palm, who also went by "Cabbie Mike," was found dead the afternoon of Aug. 1, 2009 in his cab in the parking lot of the Commons II building on the 15000 block of Glazier Avenue. Witnesses said the van had been parked there with the driver's door open since at... WCCO.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409944/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:03:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409621/posts The five young northern Virginia Muslims arrested in Pakistan for trying to join jihadist groups offer an intriguing example of role reversal. Instead of jihad terrorists training in the Middle East to come to the United States, a la Muhammad Atta and co., this group started out in the U.S. and went over there. Nor are they the only examples of America’s brisk new export trade in jihadists -- there are also the Somalis who have been streaming home from Minneapolis to join the jihad... Among the many lingering questions about this case is that of how these five young... Human Events/Jihad Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409621/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:16:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409604/posts ...This is a very dangerous gamble on the part of the Administration. Terrorists with one mission in life, to kill Americans and destroy America, do not belong in state prisons, no matter whether it is Michigan, Kansas, Illinois, or any other state. These terrorists cannot be compared to the criminals housed in our state or federal prisons; they are different and much more dangerous. As a former FBI Agent and Ranking Member on the House Intelligence Subcommittee on Terrorism, Counterterrorism and Human Intelligence, I am convinced that moving terrorist detainees from Guantanamo to house them in mainland U.S. prisons will... The Michigan News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409604/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:04:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408052/posts One eight-year-old in Taunton just learned a valuable lesson in political correctness, and a school district may wind up learning a little something about free speech, religious expression, and not asking questions to which one does not want to hear the answers. An elementary school student was asked to draw something that reminded him of Christmas. When he drew a picture of Jesus on a crucifix, the teacher and the administration recoiled in horror at the “violent image.” No, really: An eight year old elementary school student in Taunton was sent home from school and required to undergo a psychological... HOTAIR.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408052/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:01:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407956/posts Is a Northwest Knoxville convenience store operator a jihad jokester or a terrorist-in-waiting? That was the question U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Guyton faced Monday as federal prosecutors pushed for the detention pending trial of Hazam Ali Ahmed... However, testimony at Monday's hearing shows Ahmed has been on the radar screen of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force since at least January 2006. FBI Agent Mark D. Murphy testified that an informant clandestinely recorded chats with Ahmed in early 2006 during which Ahmed allegedly tried to recruit the informant into the terrorist network al-Qaeda... ...Ahmed told the informant, with whom he... Knoxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407956/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:48:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405818/posts The speaker at Friday prayer services at Howard University's dental school stressed to worshipers that Islam is a religion of moderation. Ramy Zamzam, a student at the dental school, is among five men detained in Pakistan after they allegedly sought to join up with terrorist groups. In a brief sermon, Sultan Chaudhry, who serves as president of the dentistry school's student council, said: "Muslims have to follow the middle path with no extremes on either side." Chaudhry also said Islam promotes "human dignity and honor" and has a set of universal values that are "positive and life-affirming.".. At a Virginia... WHSV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405818/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:32:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405670/posts SARGODHA, Pakistan (Reuters) - U.S. FBI agents and their Pakistani colleagues interrogated on Friday five young American Muslims who wanted to go to Afghanistan to fight U.S.-led forces, Pakistani officials said...Police in Sargodha had taken the first step toward filing charges with complaints based on laws pertaining to foreigners and the use of computers to organize crime. "A case has been registered against the five for violating Pakistan's foreigners and cyber acts," Sargodha police chief Usman Anwar told Reuters...The five men would be dealt with according to Pakistani law, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said. "They will not be deported," Malik... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405670/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:43:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405291/posts PESHAWAR: The Pakistani students who were detained on charges of involvement in a terror plot in the United Kingdom (UK) and then deported are yet to receive any assistance from the government or national or international rights body despite the lapse of more than six months. The British police arrested ten Pakistani students on April 11 during raids in Manchester, Liverpool and Lancashire on the basis of MI5 intercepts that the young men were allegedly planning to bomb a city shopping centre and a night club. The intelligence linked the students to al-Qaeda and other terror networks. Two weeks after... The News (Pakistan) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405291/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:59:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405277/posts ISLAMABAD — Five young American Muslims detained in Pakistan over alleged terrorist links are most likely to be deported, a local police chief said Friday. The men have allegedly told investigators they tried to connect with al-Qaida-linked militant groups in Pakistan and were intending to cross the border into Afghanistan and fight U.S. troops there...Pakistani police detained them this week — along with one of their fathers — in the town of Sargodha in eastern Pakistan. Regional police chief Javed Islam said the men had yet to be charged with any crime but they would "most probably" be deported. He... Google AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405277/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:47:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405252/posts FBI agents and their Pakistani colleagues have interrogated five young American Muslims suspected to be on their way to Afghanistan to fight with the Taliban against US-led forces, Pakistani officials said. The five, aged 19 to 25, from northern Virginia, were detained this week in the city of Sargodha in Punjab province, 120 miles south-east of Islamabad. Police in Sargodha have taken the first step towards filing charges, with complaints based on laws dealing with foreigners and the use of computers to organise crime.... Another Pakistani security official said the five had visited a madrasa, or Islamic religious school, in... Guardian UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405252/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:52:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404616/posts WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military is facing criticism for bringing a controversial Islamic speaker to Fort Hood...Dr. Louay Safi lectured on Islam last week to U.S. troops about to deploy to Afghanistan. He is a top official for the Islamic Society of North America, or ISNA. In 2007, the group was named as an un-indicted co-conspirator in the largest terrorism financing trial in U.S. history. Evidence introduced at that trial showed that ISNA is closely tied to the Muslim Brotherhood. The brotherhood is a global Islamic jihadist movement that laid the foundation for groups like al Qaeda and Hamas... So... CBN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404616/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:06:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404545/posts Islamabad -- U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday he envisioned "a series of investigations" into the arrest of five people in Pakistan whom a police official there described as American. The five had been reported missing from Virginia, and police are confident they were planning terrorist acts, a Pakistani police official told CNN... The five were from Virginia and their families had contacted the FBI soon after they went missing, he said. They include two Pakistani-Americans, two Yemeni-Americans and an Egyptian-American. The arrests came after a raid on a home in Sargodha, about 120 miles south of Islamabad, said the... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404545/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:26:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404352/posts North Korean Money Shift Sparks Violence By EVAN RAMSTAD SEOUL -- New reports emerged Tuesday of protests and deadly violence in North Korea as the country's authoritarian regime over the past week seized most of its citizens' money and savings via a new-currency issue. Open Radio for North Korea, a Seoul-based shortwave radio station that broadcasts news to the North, said police killed two men in Pyongsong, a market center outside of Pyongyang, on Friday after they divided their savings among a large group of people and urged them to exchange the money for them, attempting to get around the... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404352/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:47:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403483/posts Black Gangs Vented Hatred For Whites In Downtown Attacks'I Hate You F---ing White People,' Woman Shouts At Victim Black gangs roaming downtown Denver often vented their hatred for white victims before assaulting and robbing them during a four-month crime wave, according to interviews and court records obtained by 7NEWS. "I hate you f---ing white people," said a black woman in a large group of black men, according to the victim who was beaten up as he and three buddies left a LoDo bar after midnight on Aug. 30. "F---- you, white boys," the woman added, according to the 25-year-old Westminster... TheDenverChannel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403483/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 04:43:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402448/posts A male student at Service High School was taken into custody shortly before 1 p.m. today after a female student was found stabbed several times at around noon. She was taken to a hospital in critical condition, police said. Alaska Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402448/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 00:39:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402251/posts It started as an odd case of the FBI raiding a meat packing plant with hundreds of agents and now it's morphed into something much bigger. I've been telling you for weeks this was coming. I guess it just seemed too hard to believe that an American was involved. Originally David Headley was only charged with plotting to blow up the newspaper in Denmark that published the Mohammad cartoons. That plot seemed rather amateurish and was thought of as aspirational. But it soon became obvious to any one paying attention that Headley also had a hand in India's worst act... Jawa Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402251/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 19:49:22 GMT