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France and Belgium are facing a fresh wave of “imminent” terrorist attacks by the Daesh Takfiri terrorists returning from the conflict zones in the Middle East, Belgian security and intelligence sources say. The note from Belgium's anti-terror unit to police, which was published by Derniere Heure newspaper, warned on Wednesday, "Fighters travelling without passports left Syria about a week and a half ago in order to reach Europe by boat via Turkey and Greece." French police officers observe a minute of silence during a ceremony in memory of a French police officer and his wife, killed on June 13 by a man claiming allegiance to the Daesh Takfiri terrorists, at the Eveche police station in Marseille on June 16, 2016. (AFP photo) "These people are thought to have split into two groups - one for Belgium, the other for France in order to commit terror attacks in groups of two," the memo sent to police and security services across Belgium said, adding, ...

Beirut: Shooting incident at the Pulse night club in Orlando Florida was condemned in every corner of the world, while in another part of the world nobody cares to take note of the massacre happening in Syria. People around the world have got so used to hearing about civilian deaths in war ravaged Syria, that they have even lost count on the number of casualties but recently the conflict has intensified. In the first week of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, 224 people were killed. Majority of these deaths are blamed on the bombings by Syrian and Russian warplanes, an allegation Russia has denied. Between 6 and 12 June – the first week of the Islamic holy month of fasting – at least 148 civilians, including 50 children and 15 women, were killed as helicopters dropped “explosive barrel” bombs, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The situation has further worsened with the presence of ISIS and other anti-government forces who are fighting against each other for cont...

Video Orlando shooting victim says he played dead for 3 hours to stay alive. A witness who survived the terrorist attack inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando recounts his interactions with the terrorist who held hostages on ABC's 20/20 Posted June 14, 2016 First, the man tells how the terrorist confiscated everyone's cell phones. "Then he asked, ‘Are you guys black?’ And a couple of them said ‘Yes,’" the victim recalled. "And he said, ‘I don’t have an issue with the blacks.’" "He got on the phone, I don't know if it was with the news or the police, telling them that America needs to stop bombing ISIS, he called somebody on the phone. Stop bombing ISIS in Syria," the witness reported. "And then he called somebody else that he knew, and he mentioned that he was the fourth shooter, and there were three others, one with I believe a female name, who was playing dead, and she had a bomb vest." The witness says that he played dead for thre...

By Tracy Connor and Erik Ortiz The gunman who opened fire at a gay Florida nightclub early Sunday, shooting over 100 people, had called 911 moments before to pledge allegiance to the leader of ISIS, law enforcement sources told NBC News. But as investigators try to determine if extremism motivated Omar Mateen, 29, to attack the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, his family believes he was pushed over the edge by pure hate against the LGBT community. Various law enforcement officials have identified the shooter as Mateen, who was born in New York and lived in Port St. Lucie on Florida's eastern shores. The attack, which claimed at least 50 lives, is considered the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. While authorities are still investigating what motivated the gunman, the shooting is being considered an act of terrorism. Mateen, who was carrying a handgun and AR-15-type rifle, died after a SWAT team stormed the club, police said. The shooter, who worked in security, according to the fa...

VIDEO: Death Toll from Florida Mass Shooting Rises to 50, 53 Wounded The death toll from a mass murder at a night club in Orlando, Florida, has reached to 50 people, the worst mass shooting in US history. About 53 other people were injured in the shooting, which took place in the Pulse Club on Sunday morning. The gunman took hostages at the club and barricaded himself in the complex but was later killed by police. "It appears he was organized and well-prepared," Orlando Police Chief John Mina said, adding that the assailant had an assault-type weapon and a handgun. Authorities described the attack as a domestic act of terrorism. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is also involved in the case. A paramedic said the casualties will rise as more people are being brought out of the club. A man who had been inside the club earlier described a situation of chaos outside as the number of casualties became apparent. “There were just bodies everywhere,” he said. “In the ...

VDO: Who is ISIS Terrorist who Do the Worst Mass Shooting in US History? Terrorist Omar Mateen shot dead 50 people and wounded at least 53 more during the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando in the early hours of Sunday morning – and just before the attack to pledge allegiance to ISIS (Islamic State , ISIL , IS and Daesh). Mateen, 29, of Port St. Lucie in Florida, reportedly laughed as he sprayed bullets into the crowded club before he was shot dead by a SWAT team several hours after launching his horrific massacre with a legally bought assault rifle and pistol. Hero officers used a 'controlled explosion' to distract the shooter before fatally shooting him and were able to rescue about 30 hostages who were hiding in the bathroom of the club. During the gunfire, an officer was shot, but he was saved by his helmet (pictured) Caught on film: The dramatic moment a police swat team abseil in to save a suicidal man from jumping to his death Alt...

NATO is continuing its military buildup and “exercises” on Russia’s borders, Moscow is taking “counter-measures,” while the US mainstream media remains silent. By Stephen F. Cohen Twitter Email Pri Nation contributing editor Stephen F. Cohen and John Batchelor continue their weekly discussions of the new US -Russian Cold War. (Previous installments are at TheNation.com ). This installment returns to the large-scale NATO military buildup on Russia’s Western frontiers, again on land, sea, and in the air, now featuring Operation “Anaconda-2016,” an “exercise” involving more than 30,000 American and other NATO forces in Poland. Batchelor asks whether alarmed warnings by informed analysts, including three longtime Russian residents in the United States, that actual war may be imminent are plausible. Cohen thinks this worst-case scenario cannot be ruled out, for several reasons. The NATO build up is not episodic but intended to grow and be permanent, and be ratified at the NATO ...

By Dmitry Orlov Previously, I have written about the progression from positive interest rates to zero interest rates (since 2008) and finally to negative interest rates. And I asked my readers a simple question: How will negative interest rates blow up the financial system? And apparently none of you knew the answer. Now, I must confess that to start with I didn’t know the answer either, which is why I asked the question, and my first attempts at finding it were somewhat tentative. But now, having thought about it, I do seem to have found the answer, and it is that… But first let us back up a bit and answer several preliminary questions: 1. Why did zero interest rates become necessary? 2. Why are negative interest rates now necessary? and, 3. Why are negative interest rates a really excellent idea?* * if you ignore certain unintended consequences (which is what everyone does all the time, so let’s not worry about them just yet). 1. Interest rates went to zero because economic growth ...