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Miragedriver

Brigadier
Soooo sad. Instead of fighting ISIS in the middle east they are now in America, France, England and Germany
well, part of it here in the states is that we have a current administration that will not even call the enemy what they are, "Islamic Terrorism."

Hard to really fight something you refuse to identify for what it is.

I expect, and it seems to be a growing sentiment day by day now, that that is going to change come November.

But we shall see.

In these three episodes, it is clear to everyone I talk to...even those who initially supported this administration...that these attacks were acts of Islamic Terrorism, whether lone wolves or encouraged by active groups.

I thin it was people who read things on line from active groups, who then went out and acted on their own as they did. We were very lucky/blessed that there were not many more people hurt or killed this time..

Just an observation and question. Is the USA government performing a background investigation on prospective asylum applicants from the Middle East?

In order to prevent an ISIS member from “slipping” in with legitimate asylum applicants.
 
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Jeff Head

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Just an observation and question. I the USA government performing a background investigation on prospective asylum applicants from the Middle East?

In order to prevent an ISIS member from “slipping” in with legitimate asylum applicants.
IN many cases, particularly from Syria, where there is no real information about the history of the people coming in...the answer is no.

Oh, they say they perform a check...and they do. but when you are checking against nothing, you have no idea about what you are getting in those cases.

But even when we do have strong information, for example the wife of the terrorists in San Bernardino, where it was known she frequented a very radical Mosque in Pakistan and the Pakistan government tried to warn us about her...her visa to come here and get married was fast tracked and she and her husband both ended up killing a bunch of Americans.

That is why the idea that from countries where we have no good data that we stop such immigration until we figure out how to vet them is catching on so strongly...I agree with it 100% myself.

But we also must take seriously even when we do get good intelligence from nations we are working with.

As I say, with that particularly women, with the Pakistanis trying to warn us...we did not. And it cost us.

IMHO, there is no excuse for that.
 

Miragedriver

Brigadier
IMHO, there is no excuse for that.


In Argentina our wonderful ex-president (please note my sarcastic tone) Mrs. “K” allowed an unrestricted immigration of destitute people from Bolivia and Paraguay are laborers. After a few years she gave them citizenship, benefits and the right to vote. I will give you one guess who they voted for? It is all a farces to get votes and keep power. The worst part is that people accepted it due to the fact that it was disguised by state enforced multiculturalism.


The old saying is true if you want to find out who is “pulling the strings” it is the person (or group) that you cannot criticize.

I'll get back on topic. Thank you for letting me vent.
 
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SouthernSky

Junior Member
It's official. FARC votes unanimously to approve peace deal with the Colombian government.

Colombia's FARC rebel group voted unanimously to approve a peace deal with the government on Friday, declaring an end to the five-decade war as it prepares to transition into a new political party.

After four years of negotiations in Havana, the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia reached a final peace accord last month that will end a war that has left a quarter of a million people dead.

“Peace is the most beautiful of victories,” rebel leader Rodrigo Londono, who uses the nom de guerre Timochenko, told a crowd of hundreds of FARC fighters at the close of the guerrillas’ congress on the southern Yari Plains.

“We yearn that no Colombians will ever again have to take up arms to make their voices heard and their demands felt, as has been required of us,” Timochenko said to cheers and applause, as thunder roiled the sky overhead.

As part of the agreement, the FARC will continue to push for social change as a political party, receiving 10 unelected seats in congress until 2026. FARC's leaders have been coy on policy details but are expected to morph the group into a party rooted in Marxist ideals.

Another congress to officially found the party will be held no later than May 2017, FARC commander Ivan Marquez said at the ceremony.

Two-hundred delegates from FARC units around the country gathered at the Yari site, five hours by rutted road from the nearest provincial town, to review the accord and discuss re-organization in peacetime.

"We inform the country and the government and the governments and people of the world that the rebel delegates of the congress have given unanimous backing to the final accord," Marquez said.

The peace accord is due to be signed on Monday by President Juan Manuel Santos and Timochenko. Colombians will vote on the deal in an Oct. 2 plebiscite, the final go-ahead for rebels to demobilize. Polls show the accord will easily pass.

The congress, the first ever open to media, marks the group's final meeting as a guerrilla army and will end with a music concert with non-FARC performers.

Previous congresses, to decide battle strategy, were sometimes held via internet due to military offensives that prevented leaders from meeting.

Although both leadership and rank-and-file fighters say they will prioritize political activism as civilians, the group has so far not provided examples of specific policies.

"Our initial platform is the implementation of the Havana accords," Pastor Alape, a member of the FARC's secretariat, told Reuters at the congress. "Our political proposals will have to come from the suggestions of our base.

"We started our political efforts clandestinely and now we aspire, legally, to open our initiatives, together with all sectors of society, to concretely cultivate the political space we are given," Alape said.
The five-point peace accord covers agricultural reform, an end to the illegal drugs trade, victims' reparations, FARC political participation and demobilization.

Policies are being drafted and will be revealed in due time, FARC commander Bertulfo Alvarez told a news conference during the congress, when asked by Reuters to give examples of policy initiatives.

One mid-level rebel fighter said the group wants to decentralize Colombia's government, including halving the size of Congress, in a bid to combat corruption and ensure communities have control over distribution of royalties from oil and mining projects.

The FARC may find an electoral foothold among poor farmers and committed leftists, but many Colombians are worried that ex-fighters will join criminal gangs.

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SouthernSky

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Five killed in Mall attack in Washington State near Seattle. Suspect captured and is an immigrant Turkish Muslim.

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These type of "Lone Wolf" attacks are becoming far too common.

They're here and they're amongst us.

All that can be done is ensure that law enforcement and domestic intelligence services have all they need to try and stop their depraved attacks before they can be carried out.

Condolences to the families of those killed.
 

TerraN_EmpirE

Tyrant King
Not exactly news yet news.
Possible Chinese Skeletons Could Rewrite Roman History
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    Christopher Klein

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    History.com

  • Year Published
    2016

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    Possible Chinese Skeletons Could Rewrite Roman History

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    September 27, 2016

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Possible Chinese Skeletons Could Rewrite Roman History
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Parts of a skeleton recovered from the same cemetery in Southwark. (Credit: Museum of London)
Present-day London is one of the world’s most cosmopolitan cities, attracting tourists and immigrants from around the globe. Scientific examination of skeletons excavated from an ancient Roman graveyard in the city, however, suggests that even 2,000 years ago the British capital was attracting visitors from as far away as China.

According to the findings published in the October issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science, Roman Britain may have been more diverse—and ties between two of the ancient world’s greatest empires even stronger—than previously thought.

Researchers examined 22 sets of human remains dating from between the 2nd and 4th centuries A.D. that were unearthed from an ancient Roman graveyard in the present-day London borough of Southwark, south of the River Thames. Using a method similar to that employed by forensic anthropologists, the research team studied the shape of the skulls of the deceased. They examined carbon and nitrogen isotopes taken from their bones along with oxygen isotopes extracted from their teeth. After studying the chemical composition of the dental enamel samples, which offers information about what a person ate and drank, and comparing various morphological features to modern populations, the scientists concluded that people who were not born and raised in the Roman city of Londinium were among those buried in the ancient graveyard.

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Another skeleton recovered from the cemetery in Southwark. (Credit: Museum of London)
The research team found that five of those buried were from the Mediterranean and four from Africa, including one teenage girl discovered with an ivory folding knife carved in the shape of a leopard, similar to those linked to Carthage. The girl’s dental enamel suggests she grew up in north Africa and was brought to Londinium after her childhood, perhaps as a slave captured in one of the wars between the Roman Empire and Carthage.

Most intriguing was the discovery that two of those buried in the Roman cemetery may have been of Asian origin, most likely from China. Only once before—at a site in Vagnari, Italy—has a person of possible Chinese ancestry been found at an ancient Roman site. “This is absolutely phenomenal,” Rebecca Redfern, curator of human osteology at the Museum of London and co-author of the article in the Journal of Archaeological Science, told BBC Radio. “This is the first time in Roman Britain that we’ve identified people with Asian ancestry.”

If confirmed, the discovery suggests that the immigrant community in Londinium may have been more robust than previously believed. “The expansion of the Roman Empire across most of western Europe and the Mediterranean led to the assimilation and movement of many ethnically and geographically diverse communities,” the research team wrote in the journal article. “Many people travelled, often vast distances, for trade or because of their occupation, for example in the military, or their social status, for example if they were enslaved.”

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An artist’s impression of Londinium. (Credit: Museum of London/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
The findings also mean that commercial links between the Roman Empire and Imperial China may have been deeper than previously thought. During the time of the burials, the Roman Empire was at its peak and the Han Dynasty was experiencing a prolific period in culture and technology. It is known that the two ancient powers traded extensively along the Silk Road after the Roman conquest of Egypt in 30 B.C. as well as in the region around the Mediterranean Sea. However, the presence of Chinese men in Londinium suggests the trade lanes may have extended even further to the outer edge of the Roman Empire.

How and why the Chinese men ended up in Londinium remains a mystery. As Redfern pointed out to the BBC, the ancient city was hardly the same draw that it is today. “At this point in time Britain is on the very margins of the Roman Empire. It isn’t a very glamorous or exciting place that people actually want to visit, so trying to find a reason for them to come is really quite difficult.”

The research team has several theories as to what could have caused the Chinese men to have ended up in Roman Britain. “They may have been members of the military. They could have been merchants. They could have been economic migrants. They could have been enslaved people,” Redfern said. It is hoped that more rigorous DNA testing of the skeletons will offer more information to allow scientists to answer some of the lingering questions.
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solarz

Brigadier
The research team has several theories as to what could have caused the Chinese men to have ended up in Roman Britain. “They may have been members of the military. They could have been merchants. They could have been economic migrants. They could have been enslaved people,” Redfern said. It is hoped that more rigorous DNA testing of the skeletons will offer more information to allow scientists to answer some of the lingering questions.

Jackie Chan traveled there after beating Adrien Brody, duh!
 

TerraN_EmpirE

Tyrant King
Okay...... Any way what this does is more establish connections between the Roman Empire and the Chinese Empires. we know that there was contacts as far back as the 5th century BC, now we have a possible emigration of individuals from China to the what at that point in time was the literal other side of the world. I mean without air transport and with sea transport powered by Oar and Sail and land transport being by Leg ( either pack animal or your own) this is a trip that could have taken the better part of a decade.
 
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