Manchester: Muslim Suicide-Bomber Killed Many Children

(Breaking news articles direct from various online sources on 23 May 2017.)

Manchester bombing: 22 people dead, 119 injured in suicide attack: At least 22 people, including many children, have died in an explosion outside a concert venue in Manchester, England, which police believe was a suicide bombing attack.

Another 59 people are being treated for injuries in eight hospitals after the suicide-bombing blast just outside the Manchester Arena, where an Ariana Grande concert had just concluded at around 10:30 p.m. local time on Monday. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack, according to Reuters.

“We have been treating this as a terrorist incident and we believe, at this stage, the attack last night was conducted by one man. The priority is to establish whether he was acting alone or as part of a network,” Ian Hopkins, chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, said in a statement Tuesday. The police chief said the attacker was carrying an “improvised explosive device” that he detonated at the scene, causing the deaths and injuries. The attacker died at the site, Hopkins confirmed.

Hellish Tales Of Vietnamese Gamblers In Cambodia

(News articles from various online sources in 2016-2017.)

Horror Stories For Vietnamese Gamblers in Cambodia: This past week, disturbing news has emerged from the border town of Bavet in Cambodia, where four employees of the New World Casino & Hotel have been arrested.

The Khmer Times reported that local police confirmed the discovery of a body, which has been identified as 42 year old Vietnamese national. The report goes on to say that the man was discovered in his hotel room at the casino, and that the serious wounds to his throat and body left police in no doubt that he had been murdered.

After further investigations were made, the four employees were arrested. The local police force stated that the deceased had crossed over from Vietnam into Cambodia in order to gamble, and having lost his money, had taken a loan from the suspects currently in custody.

President Pence: Trump’s VP Now Sounds Like Obama

(Three articles from The GATESTONE, SMH, & POLITICO on 21 April & 17 May 2017.)

When U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrived in Indonesia on the night of April 19 for his first state visit abroad, he clearly did not intend for his positive gestures and kind words to be construed as controversial by the very people at whom they were aimed.

"In your nation, as in mine, religion unifies, it doesn't divide," Pence said to Indonesian President Joko Widodo the following morning at the Jakarta Palace. Pence lauded Indonesia, the largest Muslim-majority country, for "its tradition of moderate Islam," which he called "an inspiration to the world."

He also toured the Istiqlal Mosque, designed by North Sumatran Christian architect Frederich Silaban for Indonesia's first president, Sukarno, who insisted it be built near the Jakarta Cathedral and Immanuel Church as a symbol of religious harmony. (Pence even managed to force his wife and two daughters to put on ugly headbags as hijabs.)

Blasphemy: Muslims' Catchall Phrase To Repress Dissent

(James Dorsey’s article direct from The HUFTPOST on 02 May 2017.)

‘Blasphemy’ And ‘Terrorism’ Are Catchall Phrases To Repress Dissent: Assertions of both have become favorite terms employed by authoritarian and autocratic leaders. “Blasphemy” has joined “terrorism” as a catchall phrase to intimidate, incarcerate and kill critics and political opponents, as well as stifle unfettered debate and settle scores.

There is, however, one difference: terrorism is a justification for curbing freedom of expression often used by governments irrespective of how democratic or undemocratic they may be. Blasphemy serves not only as a tool for governments but has also empowered religious ultra-conservatives, frenzied mobs, and extremist groups and individuals.

A four-decade long, massively funded Saudi public diplomacy campaign has created an enabling environment in Muslim-majority countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh, where alleged blasphemers and atheists have been kidnapped, abused and sometimes killed in recent months and years.

Will China’s OBOR Initiative Reach Southeast Asia?

(Richard Heydarian’s article direct from The ASIA TIMES on 17 May 2017.)

China's ambitious One Belt One Road Initiative (OBOR).

Will OBOR really reach Southeast Asia? China has dangled various rich infrastructure initiatives to the region, but few so far have commenced due to tussles over costs, labor and sovereignty.

Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged at least US$113 billion in additional funds for his US$1.3 trillion One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, also known as the new Silk Road, at a recently concluded summit held in Beijing. But how much of those pledged Chinese funds will actually be delivered to neighboring Southeast Asia?

Asia confronts an astounding US$8 trillion infrastructure-spending gap over the next decade, according to Asia Development Bank projections. Despite fast economic growth, most Southeast Asian nations lack the resources to meet those needs and are eagerly seeking external assistance for meet the financial shortfall.

Year 1199: The Beginning Of Rohingya Crisis In Burma

(Farang Chronicler’s article direct from The NATION-MULTIMEDIA on 20 May 2017.)

The immediate cause of the almost complete disappearance of organised Buddhism from northern India after the 12th century was without doubt its persecution during the Islamic invasions between the years 1001 and 1199.

The first Muslims to invade were Arabs under the leadership of Muhammad bin Kasim, who conquered Sindh in about 712, systematically destroying its Buddhist institutions, persecuting the religion’s followers and gradually converting the local populace to Islam.

(Kasim is well known in Pakistan as "The First Pakistani", for he and his army of Arab-Muslim men killed all native Buddhist and Hindu men and took their women and girls and started a new breed the Pakistanis in then Northern India.)

The next Muslim invaders were the Yamini Turks led by Sultan Mahmud, who between 1001 and 1027 launched at least 17 military incursions into India from Afghanistan with devastating consequences endured particularly by the Buddhist community.

The next large Muslim invasion took place in 1175 under Muhammad Ghuri, who made it as far as Thanesar just north of Delhi before being blocked by the united armies of the Hindus in 1191. He returned a year later and completely overwhelmed the Indians, sweeping away resistance to his eastward march.

North Korea Unleashed The Global Ransomware Attack?

(Chris Perez’s article direct from The NEW YORK POST on 15 May 2017.)

Fat Kim made measly $30,000 from global cyber-attack.

North Korean hackers may be behind global cyberattack: A North Korean hacking group is suspected of being behind the massive “ransomware” cyberattack that hit countless countries and computers across the globe over the past few days.

The cybersecurity firms Symantec Corp. and Kaspersky Lab are investigating the alleged ties and looking into technical evidence that possibly suggests the North’s involvement, according to Reuters. The companies claim to have found some code in an earlier version of the WannaCry ransomware that had also been used in programs deployed by the Lazarus Group, which is reportedly run by the Hermit Kingdom.

An estimated 300,000 computers — in more than 150 countries — are believed to have been affected by the cyberattack, which showed no signs of slowing down on Monday. The assault is said to come by email, in the form of a malware (malicious software) program known as WannaCry, which locks users out of their computers and threatens to destroy all of their data if a ransom is not paid in full.

Murdered Staffer Leaked DNC Emails To WikiLeaks

(Tyler Durden’s article direct from The ZERO HEDGE on 16 May 2017.)

WikiLeaks's Assange offered reward for Rich killers.

Murdered DNC Staffer Seth Rich Shared 44,053 Democrat Emails With WikiLeaks: For the past several months, Democrats have based their "Resist 45" movement on unsubstantiated assertions that the Trump campaign coordinated with Russian intelligence officials to undermine the 2016 Presidential Election thereby 'stealing' the White House from Hillary Clinton. 

Day after day we've all suffered through one anonymously sourced, "shock" story after another from the New York Times and/or The Washington Post (the fake news media) with new allegations of the 'wrongdoing'.

But, new evidence surfacing in the Seth Rich murder investigation may just quash the "Russian hacking" conspiracy theory.  According to a new report from Fox News, it was former DNC staffer Seth Rich who supplied 44,053 DNC emails to WikiLeaks and not some random Russian cyber terrorist, as we've all been led by the Democrat Party to believe.

According to Fox News, though admittedly via yet another anonymous FBI source, Rich made contact with WikiLeaks through Gavin MacFadyen, an American investigative reporter and director of WikiLeaks who was living in London at the time.

Pakistan Gone Mad With Blasphemy Jailings & Lynchings

(Raymond Ibrahim’s article direct from The GATESTONE INSTITUTE on 14 May 2017.)

A few days ago in Pakistan, a Christian pastor who has been "tortured every day in prison" since 2012 when he was first incarcerated, was sentenced to life in prison. Zafar Bhatti, 51, is accused of sending "blasphemous" text messages from his mobile phone; but human rights activists contend that the charge "was fabricated to remove him from his role as a Pastor."

His wife, Nawab Bibi, says: "Many Muslim people hated how quickly his church was growing; they have taken this action to undermine his work. Yet despite their actions the church grows. I wish our persecutors would see that Christians are not evil creatures. We are human beings created by God the same God that created them although they do not know this yet."

She adds, "There have been numerous attempts to kill my husband — he is bullied everyday and he is not safe from inmates and prison staff alike." In 2014, he "narrowly escaped assassination after a rogue prison officer," Muhammad Yousaf, went on a shooting spree "to kill all inmates accused of blasphemy against Islam."

Bhatti is one of countless Christian minorities to suffer under Pakistan's blasphemy law, which has helped make that country the fourth-worst nation in the world in which to be Christian. Asia Bibi, a Christian wife and mother, has been on death row since 2010 on the accusation that she insulted the Islamic prophet Muhammad.