Monday, 16 February 2015

World headlines - 02/15/2015

Copenhagen police investigate whether gunman acted alone

Speculation that shootings were inspired by Charlie Hebdo attacks after Danish-born suspect is shot dead 



Reuters/Martin Sylvest/Scanpix Denmark

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/15/copenhagen-police-investigate-whether-gunman-acted-alone


Copenhagen police say dead shootings suspect was 'Charlie Hebdo-inspired'


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Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein, 22 years old, named as shooter by @DRNyheder / TV AVISEN
7:17 AM - 16 Feb 2015

http://rt.com/news/232531-police-kill-suspect-copenhagen/


Danish police say they have identified the man they believe to be behind two shootings in the capital in the past 24 hours. They believe last month’s Charlie Hebdo massacre in France could have inspired him.

Police have identified the slain gunman suspected of killing two people in a double shooting outside a synagogue and at a free speech debate in Copenhagen as a 22-year-old Danish-born man with a criminal record and history of gang-related offenses.

Authorities have so far refused to make the name of the suspect public. But Danish broadcaster DR Nyheder said the gunman's name was Omar El-Hussein. The man was reportedly released from prison just two weeks ago.



Police are investigating whether a 22-year-old Danish-born gunman they shot dead in Copenhagen had acted alone in staging Denmark’s most lethal terrorist attack in decades, killing a film director in a hail of bullets at a debate on freedom of speech in the city on Saturday then gunning down a young Jewish man outside a synagogue hours later and leaving five police officers injured.


ISIS releases video claiming execution of 21 Egyptian Copts


Reuters / Stringer

http://rt.com/news/232583-isis-video-execution-egyptians/



Islamic State militants have released a new graphic video showing what they claim are the executions of 21 Egyptian Copts kidnapped in Libya. The video was published on the Twitter account of a website that supports the jihadists.

The Copts – native Christians of Egypt – are shown in the video dressed in orange jumpsuits with their hands tied behind their backs, while being walked along the seaside by jihadists dressed in black. The Egyptian men are then forced to kneel before being beheaded.

Several very graphic images of the killings appeared on Twitter. RT will not run the images, believing it is unethical to publish the footage or pictures of atrocities committed by terrorists even if they cannot be immediately verified.

A caption on the five-minute video read: "The people of the cross, followers of the hostile Egyptian church."

Before the killings, one of the militants stood with a knife in his hand and said: "Safety for you crusaders is something you can only wish for."

The Coptic Church confirmed that 21 Egyptian Christians believed to have been held by IS are dead, Egypt's state news agency MENA reported.

Netanyahu urges European Jews to move to Israel after Denmark attack

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Reuters/Abir Sultan)


http://rt.com/news/232535-netanyahu-european-jews-israel//



Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, has urged European Jews to immigrate to Israel following the shooting dead of a Danish Jew outside a Copenhagen synagogue on Sunday.

Netanyahu announced the government will discuss Sunday a $46 million plan to encourage Jewish migration from Belgium, France and Ukraine and said at the start of a cabinet meeting that Israel is the home of all Jews.

Dome of fire: Libya’s largest oil field sabotaged, company releases footage


Screenshot from facebook.com/WAHADAHRA


http://rt.com/news/232575-waha-oil-company-fire/



Libya’s Waha Oil Company has posted a video on its Facebook page showing the fire that raged through El Sarir oil field and halted oil flows to the Hariga port, in what is believed to be an act of sabotage.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for Saturday’s fire.



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Georgia demands Ukraine explain Saakashvili’s new advisory post - report

The Georgian Foreign Ministry has summoned Ukrainian Ambassador Vasily Tsybenko to discuss the appointment of exiled former President Mikhail Saakashvili as a “non-staff” advisor to Ukrainian President Poroshenko, according to local media. Tsybenko is set to meet with Foreign Ministry officials at the beginning of next week. Earlier, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili suggested that Kiev consider Saakashvili's “radical tendencies and the catastrophe to which he led Georgia.” Saakashvili, who is wanted for trial in his home country on corruption charges, is set to chair Ukraine’s Advisory International Council of Reforms.

N. German town cancels parade over ‘Islamist terror threat’


A carnival parade in Braunschweig, northern Germany, has been cancelled a few hours before the start as police cites a “specific Islamist terror threat”. "Reliable state security sources have made it known that a concrete threat of attack with an Islamist background exists," authorities said in a statement. Authorities appealed to the carnival participants not to visit the planned route of the carnival parade and avoid travelling to Braunschweig. Some 250,000 people were expected to take part in the parade

UN Security Council demands Houthis step aside in Yemen




The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution that demands that Houthi rebels immediately relinquish control of Yemen's government.

Arab countries have been pressing for the use of military force against what they call the rebel group's "illegitimate seizure of power".

But the resolution approved at an emergency council meeting on Sunday evening does not act under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, which would allow it to be militarily enforced.

Female suicide bomber kills ten in Nigeria's Damaturu

Damaturu has been the site of previous attack by Boko Haram [File: AFP]

Damaturu has been the site of previous attack by Boko Haram [File: AFP]



A female suicide bomber has killed at least ten people at Damaturu Central Motor Park, a bus station in the northeast Nigerian city.

"There has been an attack on the Damaturu Central Motor Park by a female suicide bomber," Marcos Danladi, the police commissioner of Yobe State, said on Sunday.

Danladi said that 32 people had been injured.

The resolution demands that the Houthi rebels "immediately and unconditionally" withdraw forces from government institutions.

More than 4,000 troops will be deployed to Kuwait, possibly to fight Islamic State




A brigade of more than 4,000 soldiers from Fort Carson, Colo., will be deployed to Kuwait to create the largest U.S. ground force currently in the Middle East.


The Fort Carson soldiers could be the first into battle if a major co
From Rice Farmer

News Links, February 15, 2015


## Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards ##
Indonesia's twin deficits becoming chronic
Indonesia has now run both current-account and fiscal deficits for three years in a row, a gnawing problem that is undermining its currency and could upset a high-spirited stock market.


## Airline Death Spiral ##
Austrian Airlines is the latest carrier intending to charge short-haul economy passengers extra for amenities which would previously have been provided free of charge.
But the other side of the industry coin is that some countries may feel the squeeze on their big ticket airport construction projects. Already, they are looking to trim them back. At the very least, smaller construction projects could be postponed or abandoned in many countries.


Egypt will never allow the Houthi militants in Yemen to close the Bab al-Mandab strait and would immediately respond by any possible way to prevent the Houthis from gaining control over the strait, said Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said Thursday.
Obama's Force Authorization is a Blank Check for War Worldwide (Ron Paul)

## Global unrest/mob rule/angry people/torches and pitchforks ##

Must read: Angry Russian Farmer Repays $610 Bank Loan With Manure
A fed-up farmer kicked up a stink — and made clear his views on the banking system — by repaying a loan with the equivalent value in manure.

## Energy/resources ##
South Africa's Eskom imposes "Stage 2" blackouts
LNG tankers lie unused around Singapore as gas downturn turns to crisis
Over a dozen liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers are parked, many idle, in and around Singapore - one of the world's biggest trading hubs for the fuel - in a sign that the slowdown engulfing world gas markets may be worsening into a crisis.
The relentless drop in oil prices has forced many energy companies to cut back, sometimes drastically, on capital spending. But few if any of these corporations have had to resort to cutting shareholders' dividends – until now.
Don't get excited. Even if it works, it won't save industrial society any more than renewables would. -- RF
Growers and shippers are losing money on exports they can't ship while their crops sit on the docks and rot. Flooding the domestic market would risk a price crash, and some worry they could lose business permanently if overseas buyers get fed up with spotty shipments of spoiled goods.

## Intelligence/security/internet/cyberwar ##That ;) You Type Can and Will Be Used Against You in a Court of Law
"If there are photos you really care about, print them out."
The Putin-Did-It Conspiracy Theory
A new truce agreement in Ukraine rekindles hope that the bloodshed can be reduced if not stopped, but Official Washington's gross misunderstanding of the crisis, blaming everything on Russia's President Putin, raises doubts and portends a potentially grave catastrophe.
Charts of the Day: Decline of Network News Edition

## Systemic breakdown/collapse/unsustainability ##
But they won't be in time. -- RF
What's happening in countries like Italy and Japan is that net energy decline is driving down populations from clearly unsustainable levels. The process will continue until populations reach a sustainable energy level. It is unfortunate that brain-dead politicians aggravate the problem by calling for more babies. -- RF
The Alarming, Long-Term Consequences of Workplace Stress
Health problems associated with job-related anxiety account for more deaths each year than Alzheimer's disease or diabetes.

## UK ##
Most deprived English councils suffer biggest cuts in spending power
Parts of England with the highest levels of social deprivation and health needs have seen the largest falls in spending power as a result of the Government's austerity spending cuts, new figures reveal today.
Police called after boy's hat knocked off
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