An organized orchestration of usage of a range of military vehicles to perform certain maneuvers which is being perceived as a coup or an attempt at a coup, is in progress in the Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey area.
Lining up trucks perpendicular to the direction of traffic on bridges with soldiers in some kind of consistent uniform is in occurrence, for instance.
There are media reports that imply that it might be a coup against current Turkey President Erdogan.  Media reports also say Erdogan is safe, and the coup will be suppressed soon.  Comments exist in the media that the coup or similar effort is not just a hodgepodge of soldiers making a fleeting jab at the leadership, but a collection of minds with seasoned military experience.

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Will tell you now, if the coup is unsuccessful, which it looks like it will be, meaning the coup or whatever maneuvering is being done, is suppressed, then whoever is involved in the coup attempt activity, is going to be facing a severe penalty imposed by the legal system.

Furthermore, if the group claiming responsibility for the coup attempt also says that if they takeover that once they do they will maintain orderly international relations, how can that be guaranteed when they are currently demonstrating that they are prone to disarray or causing disarray, and they are willing to go outside of the orderly system for attaining power.  There is no guarantee that scenes closer to chaos with increased violence could emerge as the timeline continues.  These comments as of 7pm E.S.T.

Popular media in the United States do not appear to fully comprehend all of the dynamics involved in political tensions within Turkey, nor fully understand all subtleties of matters concerning Islam and religious tensions in Turkey.  In brief there are varying groups that have been struggling for political power; this while incidents of terror on smaller scales have been happening off and on over recent years, such as a political party office base was had a small bomb detonate in it.  Has it been clearly stated who and what political party is being represented through the 'coup effort' currently taking place?  is there a political party, if so, what is there alignment and loyalty, and what do they have to produce as substantiation that they will stand behind what they say if what they say is preservation of democracy?

Is what is going on what realistically can attain a successful coup in a time of prevalent computers, cellular phones, and social media?  Maybe 60 years ago in an a town in Africa especially if it was economically less developed, would a display of maneuvers using military vehicles not only be effective, but a successful method to leadership, and be recognized as leadership.  Today, citizens want to see legislation written which attests and has support of the people.  Turkey today is far from a set of villages from long ago, even then Turkey was well developed; standing over someone with a physical militant presence might not be enough to constitute the inward recognition of power shifts.

 

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A disaster involving scores of loss of life has occurred within the past few hours in France.  Estimated between 7 dozen to 8 dozen persons fatality victims.  This the report as of 10:15pm E.S.T. July 14, 2016.

All eyes around the world 'must turn to' the event, without knowing anything else, we already know some of the nature of it.  We must 'turn from our efforts of peace, and focus on violence', the negative ideas perpetuated by perpetrators.

What has developed since last night in terms of what we know, as of Friday, July 15, 2016 6:4p E.S.T.:

A suspect has been named.

News stories read that an attacker started to shoot from the truck, then eventually drove the truck into a crowd, the distance from the start of the shooting to the climax ending about one mile. 

The driver and attacker was shot, now deceased.

Descriptions of the attacker was that he was in his early thirties, and went undetected by France security.  Lending France security some credit here, they are amongst the most highly trained in the world, whereat it would be extremely difficult for a terrorist to easily enter the country, plan an attack, then carry it out.  Which leaves many questions as to how the attacker managed to get into France, select a target, and carry out a mass of destructive chaos the magnitude as large as it was for as long as he did.  The follow-up questions are was it that enabled the attacker to get through protective shields against terror that were in place?

Leaving with a comment, a few weeks ago was an incident of terrorism in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which left 3 American students fatalities; 2 Americans were fatalities in the Nice, France incident; therefore, just because the incident of terrorism happened in a country outside the United States does not mean that it is solely their affair, if it affects Americans, it is our affair too.  5 Americans the victims of acts of terrorism, is more than enough to alone constitute a serious event of terrorism.

Where should one start, violence in the U.S., violence in the Middle East?  Violence in altercations with police, or violence in the Midwest where females are being set on fire by other males after a social encounter?

It sounds like a sarcastic byline to get attention.

The painful truth is, it is the fact of the matter.

All over media webpages as we speak are uproar over a few African American males shot by police.

The suicide blast blaringly close to the Prophet's Masjid, in Arabic tongue Masjid Al Nabawi, in Saudi Arabia, a major holy site, that took place around the day before Eid in Ramadhan was just too much for many to emotionally accept.  The incident tipped all the scales in terms of putting a perspective on suicide blasts and attacks using terrorism that have been occurring in recent months.

There have been protests in other locations that deserve worldwide media attention; such as France over labor laws, the UK over Brexit, and teacher strikes that have been blamed to have a side effect that includes food shortage to the extent food has to be airdropped while death tolls stemming from the violence is between 5 to 10 persons in Mexico.

Before ending this roundup, we have to go back to the U.S., just a relatively short ride north, Thursday July 7th on, around, or before midnight, in Dallas, Texas, 3 officers killed, the result of clashes and protests over the subject of persons being shot especially recently by police.  Alarming, is that there are reports that officers were shot from 'elevated positions'.  Detroit comes to mind, in that regard, and in regard to destructive Detroit riots about 50 years ago.

The situation is unfortunately predictable, in that the cycle of protests that have been occurring in the U.S. in the last couple of years, have been over the subject of an African American male, usually somewhere between age 15 and 30, that was shot by police.  Recently, a male in Louisiana, reference Sterling, and reference Castile in Minnesota, are cases.  The police have been busy the last couple of years in at least one of 2 locations, especially in areas with higher concentrations of African Americans, namely Minneapolis.  It is not a situation of peace, peace, then suddenly and anomaly of a police confrontation; crime has been running rampant; the mess starts getting messy, it is what it is, no bias involved in bringing forward the facts.

Not leaving out, there have been police officers shot, such as in Houston, within the past couple of years.

The tug of war, back and forth debate over what side has a more rightful balance keeps presenting.

One line before ending this roundup for July 7th, 2016, which in regard to tug of wars between protestors and police over the use of force, might pass for July 1965, where on August 11 within weeks later was the Watts Riots, as well as other riots in other areas of the U.S. hitting a high point, which is the question has got to be asked, how far have we, the U.S., gone in moving ourselves upward from these kinds of tensions, how much progress made, give a point in history such as the Draft Riots in New York in the Civil War era, or since the abolishment of segregation in schools?   Not long ago was a case in Ferguson, Missouri, and the case in Baltimore, last name Gray the detainee, that had ramifications of civil unrest.  Tipping point might be the buzzword, then it might not be all alone or sole factor of unrest in some cases.

Also not leaving out recent senseless murders, where for instance, two siblings were shot evidently over a t-shirt.

There is no proactive effort to play into peoples' emotions, or hit emotional chords in writing the articles at HCN, the effort is to keep them as concise as possible; and even if there was, it is not clear whether some of the people that need to be urgently addressed have the slightest respect for for some of the axioms from hundreds of years that have been put in our pages; if they did, setting females on fire after leaving a bar would not be an occurrence that has recurred too frequently.  The closing statement for this roundup is, where are the protests, the herd of cameras, the national attention, thousands of protestors through the night, for the woman that was taken out into field by not one, but two young men as reported by major sources, in the wee hours of morning and dumped in an Indian Reservation area of Montana, exact order of events not in detail here, the victim has succumbed, had gasoline poured on her, then set on fire? 

The video here was published July 2, 2016.
You can see how atrocious the situation of terrorism is in the world today, when on July 3rd, 2016, one day later, at least another 100 persons have become victims of violence and terrorism.




Watch on YouTube, click here: Tragic Moments. Timeline of Big Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters in Last 5 Weeks.


Brief list of events July 3rd, 2016:
Explosion in Central Park; New York.
Comment: A day before July 4th, no matter what the cause of the July 3rd incident, and given that terrorism has been running rampant the past few days, measures for safety all the way around during Independence Day mass gatherings is obviously prudent.

San Pedro Sula in the Honduras is being stated by some sources in Central America to be the current murder capital of the world.

In Iraq, there was a set of violence that claimed a number of lives with varying report, some of them up to 140; there are still those that might be hospitalized and the toll rises.

It is estimated about 30 or more children die every day in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Borno State, in Nigeria, per Doctors Without Borders

In sum, one of the holiest days of the Muslim lunar calendar year is near, known as the 'Night of Power', briefly translated, furthermore, from the Quran, a Book of Guidance in Islam, it is 'a night better than a thousand months', translated into commonly spoken English today, not to mention Eid the celebration after Ramadhan is within a few days; Ramadhan is supposed to be a month where fighting and arguing especially amongst Islam adherents, is minimized with every effort; there are 2 or 3 words that describe some of what has been going on in regions where Ramadhan is observed prevalently: Repudiated, and repugnant.  And if we can add to this list we will.  Beyond irony, generally the level of violence might be described as a shameful disgrace.  Held off from those comments in the past several days, yet the situation keeps getting worse.

• Just 2 days ago, there was an attack in an Istanbul airport.
• Thursday, today, time zone differences considered, about 30 newly graduated officers, or cadets were killed and a few civilians, in Kabul.
• Somalia hit with at least a couple of waves of violence in recent weeks, including about 18 killed by a bomb of some sort affecting a bus.

So, what has happened is instead of the regions where widespread fasting occurs being the focus of models of peaceful atmosphere, it is gaining the center of worldwide attention as the reverse, the most violent and unpeaceful regions.

Details of what the pathology of the what gave rise to the situations, it may be discussed and explored, and studied, and rambled on in conversation.  Excuses for the condition of non-peace, for those striving for peace, factors that seep in to the community of peace abiding is a part of the challenge that has to be recognized and taken into consideration to develop the way to maintain the type of living environment ideal; 'it's not my fault' is not the answer.