For some military vets, deep concern over Trump’s summit with Putin

Kristofer Goldsmith served in the military during the presidency of George W. Bush, and while he came to regard the Iraq War as unnecessary, he respected then-President Bush’s loyalty to the armed forces and the intelligence community

“I never once felt that he didn’t have the best interests of the United States at the forefront of his mind,” says Mr. Goldsmith.
But the Iraq war veteran says it was totally different watching President Trump stand side by side with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki this week and cast doubt on unanimous US intelligence assessments that Russia systematically sought to manipulate the 2016 presidential election.

To have a former KGB agent and an authoritarian standing next to a democratically elected president, and then to have the president condemn the entire US intelligence and security community – it’s mind-blowing,” says Goldsmith, founder of High Ground Veterans Advocacy, a nonprofit group in New York. “I can’t imagine what it was like for current service members to watch our president eating out of Putin’s hand.”

Trump sought to dial back his remarks Tuesday. But just as he was telling reporters at the White House that he had “full faith and support for America’s intelligence agencies,” the lights went out

“Oops, they just turned off the light,” the president said, then added: “That must be the intelligence agencies.”

While only a joke, Trump’s words underscore his frequent belittling of the US intelligence community, which its members say dangerously undermines American credibility abroad – as well as among law and order professionals at home.

Amid that backdrop, the president’s Helsinki summit performance Monday is heightening doubts about the commander-in-chief among Americans who have risked their lives for national security. They consider themselves patriots first and supportive of the office of the presidency – some to the point that they are not even willing to be quoted anonymously – but are deeply concerned about Trump’s words in Helsinki this week. They say his open display of distrust is likely to have consequences far beyond political point-scoring at home.

During Goldsmith’s combat tour in 2005, for example, he helped gather intelligence from residents in Sadr City, Iraq, walking door to door in the impoverished district that was full of anti-American militia fighters to ask for information that could assist his US Army unit.

He asserts that Trump’s criticism of US intelligence agencies will deter people living in war zones from working with US troops.

“The president doesn’t understand the life-and-death risks those people take for us,” says Goldsmith. “[Trump] sent a message to every asset or potential asset in the entire world that when information gathered at ground level reaches him, he considers it worthless. That’s going to make people ask why they should cooperate.”

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One of every six species are extinguished by a climate change

Whatever you do politicians in their summits against climate change, a good part of the planet s species are already doomed to disappear. A review of recent studies that have analyzed the relationship between global warming and biodiversity shows that, in the worst-case scenarios, one of every six species of plants and animals will become extinct. Although the debacle will affect all branches of the tree of life, geographically primed with South America and Oceania.

The most recent reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) draw a series of scenarios for the end of the century, calls the trajectories of concentration representative (CPR). The final destination of each trajectory is a certain concentration of carbon dioxide and, as a greenhouse gas that is, a temperature increase associated. Based on the current situation, where we have exceeded the figure of 400 parts per million (ppm) of CO2, the most optimistic scenario (the RCP 2.6 ) presents a global mean temperature increase of 2o. Other more realistic scenarios, encrypted the increase of global warming between 3º and 4 º, CPR scenarios 6.0 and RCP 8.5 respectively.

How will this rise in temperature to the ecosystems? How do different species will have the ability to adapt to global warming? What living beings are more vulnerable? These are some of the questions that many biologists and ecologists are trying to respond since it began to talk of climate change, at the end of the last century. Now, the biologist from the University of Connecticut (USA), Mark Urban, has collected more than a hundred studies focusing on the connection between global warming and species extinction. There are a couple of species and there are those who exceed the 24,000 . The results of this review are not very optimistic.

The damage that climate change is doing to the biodiversity has many faces. The same temperature rise that reduces the natural habitat of the polar bear is stressing you out to many amphibian species of the tropical rainforests. In the areas of Mediterranean climate, always on the verge of desertification, an extra degree of temperature is already quite a challenge for animals and plants. In the temperate zones, the advancement of spring this unseating many species that had paired his destiny to that of the flowering and fruiting of trees.

Where it is if there are differences in the geographical distribution of the extinctions. Although the disappearance of species will be a global phenomenon, the majority of the studies analyzed reveal that the most affected areas are South America, Australia and New Zealand. The impact will be less in the northern hemisphere. But, as regrets Urban, has not found too many studies for the case of Asia and even less for Africa.

The map shows how marine ecosystems in the tropics and Antarctica are those that have the greatest risk of extinction.


"My study cannot determine the exact reasons for these regional differences," explains this expert in evolutionary biology. "However, South America, Australia and New Zealand harbor many species with limited distribution, which implies that already have reduced habitat that could disappear more easily," he explains. In the case of the last two, in addition, its insular character assumes that the species most dynamic may not move to other areas as warming alters its original ecosystems.

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The 4D printing saves three children with an implant that grows with them

Kaiba, Garret and Ian just literally dig two years between the three when a printer saved their lives. Small was born with a rare and serious anomaly in the airways. For taking them forward, had to open up the trachea and immersing a tube that could breathe thanks to a mechanical ventilator. Its few months of life spent in an intensive care unit (ICU). Three years later, the children are already at home. All thanks to a splint printed that grew up with them until their tiny bronchi were strong enough to dissolve the implant alone.

With a 3D printer can print almost anything, from cars to a miniature version of the Eiffel tower. With a design program for your computer, the manufacture by layers offers the possibility to customize almost anything, an aspect that makes it very interesting for the medicine. Bones are already printed, dentures, cartilage ... But, with the children there are problem: they grow very quickly. For they need objects that, once printed, they can change with the time and adapt to its growth. It is the fourth dimension or printing 4D.

Green and his colleagues got the FDA, the federal agency in the USA which regulates and monitors drugs and medical devices, authorize an exception to the standard, to be able to test their ideas with a group of children. Small had been born with traqueobroncomalacia, an abnormality in the bronchi to be closed each time they breathe. Of the 30 that were located throughout the country, selected three whose lives were in greater danger.

"It is difficult to transmit the sick that were these children. The three had been in the Intensive Care Unit for months. At that time, needed a strong sedation, narcotics and paralysing", recalls Green. All three men made a tracheostomy in the neck to sit a breathing tube with artificial fans. "Still suffering from continuous episodes requiring resuscitation maneuvers," adds Dr. Green who, like his fellow adventure, has invested much of their money to verify the effectiveness of 4D printing to treat sick children.

Such degradation over time comes that neither painted children with traqueobroncomalacia. Condition able to kill them, the risk is disappearing as the small grows. From the three years, the bronchi have regained their strength and are able to do their work by themselves. So it is really just endure this time.

The problem is that, as explained in the journal Science Translational Medicine, there are no data on the rate of growth of the bronchi in the young children. That is why they needed a material that would grow with them. And it is another property of the splint that were printed. Attached to the exterior walls of each bronchus with suture, the material was followed by the call law quadratic-cube, adapting its shape and expanding its volume as the airways were widening.

In addition, the digital design and 4D printing of biomaterials is a matter of days, as shown in the case of Garret, that he was only 16 months when he made the implant. In your case, had affected the two bronchi, so I need two splints. "The two had to be placed in a small space where the trachea and bronchi are joined. For this patient, we meet one Wednesday, we modified the program and created the design on Thursday and printed the splints on friday to introduce the following week. The development of a new device to have a splint implantable took us three days," says Hollister.

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Israel: Ultra-orthodox newspaper erases Merkel from Paris mourning photos

Paris - which will remain funeral march for the victims of the attacks of Paris in memory. Because of the overwhelming solidarity gestures, primarily. In addition, because of the bizarre details, which admit approximately around the photographs of the marching heads of state and government become.




An overview:

•  Of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Should have been not at all there - was it however. 
•  Of France former president Nicolas Sarkozy: In the front row has not might be located - stood there  nevertheless. 
• US president Barack Obama: Stayed away completely - and for it already apologized. 
• The funeral procession photo of the Top politicians: Developed in a closed, empty side street - probably for safety reasons. 

Now there is the next message, this time from Israel. Also there the photo of the clenched political prominent figures did not appear on numerous newspapers - if also everywhere in the same form.

In this version the politicians, everything the German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel are missing in front. In addition the picture experts of the newspaper removed those for Paris mayoress Anne Hidalgo without farther ado. Finally the admission was cut still in such a way that Federica Mogherini, Außenbeauftragte of the European Union, is to be seen only with a hand in the picture. All too carefully the “Hamodia” did not proceed - people anyway. With the direct comparison numerous inconsistencies in the worked on version are to be recognized.

The extremely conservative ultra-orthodox follow a strict religion code and refuse themselves within many ranges of the modern society. Parts of the ultra-orthodox community particularly intensively pursue the sex separation, are it in buses, hospitals or even on cemeteries. And also against photos of women they proceed. Thus in Jerusalem advertisement boards with photos are destroyed again and again by women.

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Gorbachev over east west relations: “The loss of confidence is catastrophic”

With sharp words Michail Gorbatschow evaluates current world politics. In the discussion with the MIRROR the Nobel peace prize carrier before a large war in Europe warns - and raises heavy reproaches against Germany.

Michail Gorbatschow warns of a large war in Europe because of Ukraine. “Such a war would flow today probably inevitably into a nuclear war. If in view of this heated up tendency loses the nerves, we will not survive, explained the next years” the Nobel peace prize carrier to the MIRROR. “I do not say something like that thoughtlessly. I worry myself really all-largest.”

In view of a “catastrophic loss of confidence” between Russia and the west he requested which “defrost” relations. Besides Gorbachev turned against attempts to isolate Russia as well as against western economic sanctions. “It was also wrong to exclude Russia from the G8. Reminded of blood revenge and leads into the nothing”, said Gorbatschow.

America and NATO accused Gorbachev the European security structure by the extension of the western defensive alliance to have destroyed. “No head of the Kremlin can ignore something like that”, said he, America unfortunately began to establish a megaempire.

Gorbachev defended of Putin annexation of Crimea, criticized however of Putin authoritarian style of leadership. “We need free elections and the participation of humans at the political process”, said it. “It is simply not correct, if someone is placed like the anti-corruption blogger and politician Alexej Nawalny under house arrest, only because he the mouth opened.”

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New military doctrines: NATO and Ukraine are now of Putin largest enemies

Moscow - Russia has new military doctrines: Head of state Wladimir Putin signed the document on Friday, as Russian media announced. The valid doctrines designated in particular extremism and terrorism as dangers for the country, external threats played against it so far no large role.

Thus Russia classifies the conflict in Ukraine and the NATO extension to the East as danger for own security. The North Atlantic alliance strengthened and installs its “attack capacities” at the borders to Russia a “global system of the anti-missile defense”, is called it in the document.

The national security council published a report to the changes on its web page on Friday. Therein it, the again-calm doctrines means also a reaction to the situation is in the north of Africa, in Syria, in Iraq and in Afghanistan. “Prominent states” of the world - meant are probably all in front the USA - see themselves to the reproach suspended to threaten independent states with a variety at instruments in order to implement own interests. Thus private military services were used, the protest potential of the population was heated up or radical and extremist organizations were promoted, in order to implement own goals to other states.

Part the Russian military doctrines remains further the “atomic deterrence”. Moscow reserves itself the right to begin with an attack on the own territory or on allied one as well as with a threat for “continuing the State of” nuclear weapons. As largest internal risks the paper calls among other things the activities of terrorists.

Still the day before the Russian minister of foreign affairs had again accused Sergej Lawrow of Ukraine to endanger with their effort around a NATO membership security in Europe. The west again uses the steps of the government in Kiev, in order to heat the conflict up between Russia and Ukraine, said Lawrow.

The president had already outlined on 10 September at a meeting of the military military commissionmilitary commission in the Kremlin, on which basic idea the new doctrines were based. , Putin said the USA, on one side of the agreement about an anti-missile defense stepped out and worked on a new defense system in space. NATO strengthens its forces in Eastern Europe. The “crisis in the Ukraine, provokes and production of some our western partners”, requires an answer “for the security of our country”, so the head of state.

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Gabriel kanzelt free trade critics off

Sigmar Gabriel goes into things free trade into the offensive: Despite the disputed arbitral tribunals Germany the Ceta agreement with Canada is to agree, said the minister of economics. Thus it intensifies the conflict also with SPD internal critics.

Berlin - defiance of violently disputed protective clauses for companies wants to give green light for the trade agreement Ceta to minister of economics Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) between the European Union and Canada. “If the rest of Europe the present agreement wants, (...) Germany also will then agree. That cannot be done at all differently”, said Gabriel in the Bundestag.

With this clear definition Gabriel intensifies the conflict with free trade critics, also in its own party. Social Democrats had in Septembers on their Party Congress decided that the investor protection with arbitral tribunals, before which companies payment of damages of states could to sue for, in which Ceta agreement anything to look for does not have. SPD Vice-Chairperson Ralf Stegner had already stressed, Gabriel cannot not simply over “red lines” of the party convention jump over itself.

Gabriel concerned the critics sharply. One cannot stop the entire process, only because some would feel in this country an indisposition. For Germany it is a substantial danger to decouple itself from the market to. For a “national belly navel exhibition” Europe does not have understanding.

Without the agreements Ceta with Canada and TTIP with the USA became Europe of booming Asian countries suspended. “We are as Europeans outside forwards, then for an export nation such as Germany a middle disaster” is, meant Gabriel, which also damaged in this question economic profile of its SPD to polish up wants. Then hundred thousands of jobs are endangered in the industry. This meets not the public service or parliamentarian, but skilled worker and employee - “those will have to pay in the end”. Gabriel urgently warned of the consequences for future generations. “If we that make, our children us wrong here will curse.”

The Green and links accused Gabriel to break its promises. Still in September the vice-chancellor in the parliament aroused the impression, will reject he the Ceta agreement in Brussels, if the protective clauses for enterprises in it-remain. The chairman of the Jusos, Johanna Uekermann, said Spiegel online: “Whether and how Ceta comes in the end, is a democratic decision. I reject investor state arbitration, and also the SPD in such a way decided. I am curious, like Sigmar Gabriel this position with its expressions will today attune.”

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The FBI blackmail and incited the suicide of Martin Luther King in a letter

"Daemon". "Beast abnormal". "Unnatural Animal". These are some of the descalificativos that the FBI, the Federal Bureau of Investigation U.S. - kicked in 1964 the leader of the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King, in a letter published Tuesday without caesura in The New York Times (NYT).

But in addition to racist insults toward the historic african-american leader, number two of the FBI he wanted to do see in the letter that the only solution to make your personal scandals do not come to light was that suicidase, thesis also defended by the advisers he attended the activist immediately after receiving the letter intimidating. "There is something you have to do, you know what it is. You cannot believe in God and act as you do". Four years later, was asesinadoen Memphis at the age of 39.

In 1976 the US Senate, in a hearing that analyzed the "dirty game" of the Office of Research, he concluded that the writing "clearly implied that suicide would be an appropriate course of action for Dr. King".

The note, which has gone down in history of the US as the "charter of suicide" of Martin Luther King had already been published although censoring expressions more harsh. Now, the NYT has published the full contents of the written thanks to Beverly Gage, a historian at Yale University that discovered an unedited copy in the National Archives while researching to write a book on the historic FBI director Hoover.

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US-veterans: Dishonest jubilation

Meryl Streep carries a Poncho and is hoarse. “Valor”, intones of Americas of popular actress, “is a powerful word.” A word for “courageous acts, which shift us in reverence” - and the question would again and again raise: “From where does bravery come?”

Rihanna, Jennifer Hudson, Bruce Springsteen, Metallica, Eminem, the Black key: They sing often diagonally, but all the more patriotically, from the national anthem to Heavy Metal hymns. President Barack Obama greets by video from China, and Jamie Foxx spends the slogan: “There is no greater country in the world!” The quantity agrees roaring: The “USA! The USA! The USA!”

America loves itself its veterans - and. Straight one at veteran the Day: In Washington on Tuesday was sung, over many Main Streets marched multicolored military parades, millions put the hand on the heart, soldier were allowed into the cinema and at the airport first on board to go in vain, and even to Twitter saluted by Hashtag (#ThankaVet).

The purpose may not be analyzed thereby for a long time no more: US-military actions became patriotic end in itself, immune to skepticism, doubt, criticism. Those, which would drive them out, are actually often heroes - nevertheless appreciably at the same time also victims.

Also the Afghanistan campaign, a direct consequence of the 9/11-Anschläge, becomes ever more diffuse. Obama won the presidency with the oath to terminate this war - a promise, which it will only fulfill if the choice is decided around its follow-up. Meanwhile Afghanistan threatens for a long time again in chaos to sink to terror and bloodshed.

In the special hospitals the veteran administration (VA) the injured ones landed for many years on secret - feigned and - waiting lists. Some died, before they got a physician date. Obamacare improved the support, but want the republican victorious with the congressional elections the reform to cancel again.

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Even the Pope now carries rubber

When Cheong Choon Ng had the idea, which would make him rich, he still made his money with the destroying of cars. Ng accomplished Nissan Crashtests in the USA as an engineer for the vehicle manufacturer. Its at that time 9 and 12 years old daughters tinkered gladly bracelets from small rubber bands, which proved for Ng themselves as difficult - he found his fingers too thick. Thus he devised a tool, with which the technology remotely reminding of crochet let itself simplify: a “loom”  for rubber bands. The first prototype still consisted of wood and pin wall pins. It called its invention Rainbow Loom, its daughter suggested, the idea to marked out.

First the rubber bands and tools, Ng let which produce on own bill in China, sold themselves not at all well. Its daughters with particularly manufactured YouTube videos for the idea promoted. , Ng had invested 10,000 dollar, its own savings.

With Rainbow Loom bracelets until today were sighted: Pope Franziskus, Kate Middleton, prince William and prince Harry, Camilla Parker-Bowles, Miley Cyrus, David Beckham, Julia Roberts, Barack Obamas's daughter Sasha, king Felipe of Spain, princess Victoria of Sweden, Emma Watson. The US-Late-Night-Talker Jimmy Kimmel off it shot the bird let itself a complete suit of rubber bands make, with which it arose then in its show. It consist now “to 98 percent of rubber”, joked Kimmel and added, he does not know at all “why the people all in such a way about child labour excites himself”. Kimmels suit is not the only rubber band article of clothing - also there are bikinis and Pumps from Loom of volume meanwhile.

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NSA and British secret service have entrance to Telekom nets!!

The American NSA and the British GCHQ have obviously access to the net of German Telekom. That comes out from secret documents, which are present the MIRROR. Also the Cologne Internet providers Netcologne emerges therein as “point of entrance”.

The NSA and the British GCHQ order proven own, as top secret classified documents Telekom German over covered entrances into the nets and Cologne provider the Netcologne. This comes out from graphic opinions, which were provided with a NSA program named Treasure map and which the MIRROR could see. In the undated document Telekom and Netcologne are namely specified and with a red point marked. In a picture legend it means explaining as which means red marking that it gives “within” these nets “points of entrance” for the technical monitoring.

Beside Telekom and Netcologne also the three German Teleport providers stellar, Cetel and IABG with red cores are marked. From the MIRROR with the documents to the attack on the enterprise, explained stellar IT-boss of Ali far confronts, her contained “professional secrets and sensitive information”. Actually a GCHQ document does not only list a set of employees namely than goal people, it contains also passwords for the servers of stellar customers. Managing director Christian Steffen says: “Such Cyberangriff is clearly punishable after German right.”

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Putin splits the AfD

For or against Russia? In the party a controversy was inflamed, which divides the guidance.

There are Zoff in the alternative for Germany (AfD). Sounds, unappetizing Zoff, nothing new thus. For the first time however could stand there in the end one as a loser, who otherwise nearly always wins: Bernd Lucke, the boss of the AfD. It goes in this controversy over the attitude to Russia. The attitude to Russia is for the AfD, which Gorleben for the Green is and who socialism for the left wing party: identity-donating. So far the AfD was a Russia-friendly party. Alexander Gauland, head with regard to foreign policy of the AfD, demanded at the end of 2013 in a principle paper, Germany must Bismarck's reinsurance politics deliberate itself. Russia may be not further weakened. Gau country set for the complexity of postmodern foreign policy the geostrategic reason the 19. Century against. More Prussian, the fewer USA. The party applauded applause.

Then Wladimir Putin annexed Crimea. The rest of the world had to behave in addition somehow. Also the AfD, which had been occupied by then particularly with the euro. The members remained Putin faithfully. On their Party Congress in Erfurt in March they, decided was “from greatest importance” to impose no sanctions against Russia. They made gau country Russia course the official party line. Bernd Lucke affirmed this line in the AfD executive committee. In the end the recent party had second, a profile with regard to foreign policy: It was no longer only the anti-euro-party. It was now also the pro Putin party. Recently however Lucke in the European parliament was correct for a request, which fastens completely different tones. Therein the parliament welcomes a future aggravation of the sanctions against Russia and “condemns the aggression of Russia opposite Crimea as serious international-law offence”. Also vice-party chief Hans-Olaf Henkel and two further European delegates of the AfD voted for it.

The members in Germany rave. In letters, emails and on the Facebook side of the AfD request them Lucke to the resignation. They call it “saliva-delicious”, “followers” and “over-paid Sesselfurzer”. The right populist journalist Jürgen Elsässer, who becomes estimated from many AfD members, calls Luckes vote in Brussels “the largest piss take of voters and members, who one can introduce oneself”. Also gau country, the father of the Russia-friendly party line, announced itself to word. Luckes voting behavior is “completely wrong” and “unloyal opposite the party lines”. It warned of a splitting of the AfD. The Shitstorm at the basis became the crisis in the guidance circle. Gau country is not only spokesman with regard to foreign policy of the AfD. It sits also in the Federal Administration. As an European delegate Lucke is committed only to its conscience. That he endorses sanctions against Russia, its good right is – and a footstep into entrails of its party, an attack on the identity of many of their members. The party is homeland of humans, the news on Russia Today as objective reporting regards and Tagesschau as part of the western world conspiracy. Humans, who have a fundamental problem with the west connection of Germany.

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Weapon training in the USA: Of nine years one kills shooting teachers with submachine gun

On a shooting range in Arizona of a nine years one has its trainer mortally injured. Reason was the violent recoil of the submachine gun, it was said.

Dolan jump - a “singular 'Desert Storm' - atmosphere with military-similar shelters” and “landscape breath-taking” promises an enterprise from the proximity of Las Vegas his customers. Those have above all one in the sense: shoot. And they can do that with “Bullets and Burgers Adventure”.

A wide range of fully automatic submachine guns and “special weapons” is available on the shooting range, for instance the semiautomatic bar-saves M82-Gewehr or the pistol “Desert Eagle”. And such, which were already used in Hollywood blockbusters like “terminator” or “Rambo II”. Between 199 and 569 dollar costs the entrance - “the minimum age amounts to 8 years”, is called it on the website. Only condition: Children and young people must be in company of parents or a legal representative. This crazy practice claimed a victim now. As CNN and different local newspapers now report, the 39-year old shooting trainers Charles Vacca succumbed on Monday evening in a hospital in of Las Vegas his heavy head injuries. A girl of nine years had shot by mistake at him. The violent setback when firing a weapon was the reason for the accident, it was said. Foot position corrected with the murder weapon is to have concerned it according to police an Israeli submachine gun, a Uzi. The sheriff of Mohave County according to the child was in company of his parents, when the deadly accident happened. The family is to originate from the northeast of the USA and vacation in Dolan jumps, approximately 67 kilometers southeast from Las Vegas, to have made. The sheriff office published video recordings, which were obviously taken up shortly before the accident with a mobile phone. Whereupon is to be seen, as a girl with long plait, dressed in pink shorts and grey T-shirt, tries to come to the black silhouette of humans on a target. It holds the clumsy Uzi in the hand, while the trainer explains it, how the weapon is to be handled, and their foot position corrects. The child fires once, then activate the shooting teacher the automatic mode. The girl fires a salvo and one recognizes that the weapon deflects to the left by the force without brakes of the setback. Shortly thereafter Charles Vacca was mortally come to. It originates from Lake Havasu town center in the US Federal State Arizona, is war veteran and marries to have been. “We have no idea, which passed”, said a spokesman of the enterprise “Bullets and Burgers”. “Our boys are trained the people from the side to not to yield during it shoot.” The coaches behind the customers would always stand, in order to be able to divert in case of emergency the weapon. Since establishment of the shooting range before twelve years one had no such incident deplore, it was said. “The investigations showed that the girl operated the trigger of the automatic Uzi, which drew setback the weapon over its head and which came to victims”, meant it in an explanation of the sheriff.

In the Federal States Nevada and Arizona can decide the operators of shooting ranges themselves whether they permit person under age shooting or not. Therefore no speech can be also from a law break. The discussion around the lax weapon laws in the states, which claim victims again and again, is now however again kindled certainly. Deadly “School Shootings” occurs again and again in the USA. The shootings at educational facilities are in the meantime sad reality - and obviously so frequent that an enterprise from Oklahoma school child-moved itself on the production of impervious to bullets covers for. Only recently a representative of the powerful US-Waffenlobby had claimed national Rifle Association (NRA) that schools would have to offer shooting instruction for children. “Bullets and Burgers” explained, one after the tragic accident business practice will change: From now on only children may do those to the weapons, at least twelve years old are 1.52 meters large and.

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Iraq, the economic war that is not of interest to both the US and Europe

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The Americans have no intention to postpone their soldiers in Iraq, and what the press and the politicians repeat for weeks, and it is true. In the United States today breathes an air completely different from the anguish of the enemy in the house of the first two thousand years. The country is in economic recovery, with a growth of 4 per cent in the second quarter, employment was also rising with 200 thousand new jobs created each month. The Americans are also tired of doing the policemen of the world, in the post-war period the pedigree American military is in fact very bad: de facto the largest military power in the world has lost all wars to part the invasion of Granada and the mini conflict in Panama. The last defeat was in Iraq, a nation which today is likely to see large part of its strategic resources fall into the hands of the Islamic Army, a nation that the American soldiers together with those of coalition have abandoned to its fate a little more than a year ago a northerly democracy that makes water from all sides. All this explains why nobody, not even the president Obama, will be able to sell to the electorate another war in the Middle East.
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Similar reasoning applies to the Europeans even though for entirely different reasons. The hot topic european remains the prolonged economic crisis, especially in large economies, which apparently is escalating again - in the second quarter Germany has been registered a negative growth (-0.2 per cent), France and stops at zero and Italy and returned to recession. The hypothetical threat of terrorist attacks by the militant jihadists of the caliphate returnees in Europe is less fear of deflation and stagnation of the economy. If it is, therefore, it is true that the Americans did not going to war because they want to enjoy the recovery is even more true that Europeans are too stressed by lack of growth for worry about the threat of terrorism at home and war in the Middle East. Paradoxically, today humanitarian reasons, and not economic supremacy in the Middle East, would justify both the us and the coalition forces, but, alas, we all know that wars are not fought for humanitarian reasons but for reasons that are mainly economic. And this is certainly also true for the Islamic caliphate. In 2010, when the group that was done then call Islamic State in Iraq has passed the Syrian border to participate in the civil war in that country, the strategy of his leadership and has been to win control of strategic resources, including water, to be independent of the Arab sponsor. A policy that has given its fruits in both Syria and Iraq.

The battle being fought today between on the one hand, the Kurdish army backed by drone aircraft Americans and the fighters of the PKK, still officially considered a terrorist group, and on the other, the army of the Caliphate for the control of the dam of Mosul, has nothing to do with the religious cleaning in north of Iraq. Even less plausible is the idea that the Islamic State wishes to skip in the air the dam for flood Mosul and Baghdad, that pro in fact? The dam of Mosul supplies electricity to a large part of the north west and Iraqi supplies a vast basin agricultural, control means a wealth almost more precious of the oil wells in the south of the country. The Caliphate has also attempted, without success, to seize the dam of Daditha, on the Euphrates to the south west of Baghdad that satisfies a third of the country's electricity demand. The control of the water in a region where this is invaluable offers the Caliphate by a party with the opportunity to try the role of State and non-terrorist organization, because it manages a very important infrastructure for the nation. On the other hand allows him to influence the food industry, another key area for the image of status in the eyes of the population. At the moment around 40 per cent of the production of wheat is in the hands of the Islamic State that confiscated various silos in the north of the country. According to the ministry of agriculture the Iraqi 30 per cent of the national agricultural production is at risk, this means that to avoid the worst farmers might be unwilling to support the Caliphate and the government to compromise on an eventual division of the nation. The real battle in Iraq as well as in Syria has to be fought in the field of resources, in order to win it is not enough arming the Kurds or bomb with the drone, we must defend the strategic resources and pursue an economic policy that provide incentives for the well-being among the population. But these are strategies that you should pursue years ago, when Iraq became a democracy under the supervision of the coalition forces, policies which would have avoided the corruption and degeneracy of the democratic system in the mechanism of racial discrimination.

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