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Headline News September 17, 2013 Around the World Sees Mourning, Violence, Protests

September 17, 2013
Region outline of top news stories around the world:

United States of America:

Washington DC

Navy Yard

Aftermath of Navy Yard Shooting in Washington DC leaves a reported 12 victims dead, and the shooter.  News stories circulate that there were mental challenges of the suspect.  A resurgence of hype for gun control begins to boil.
With indignant austerity, is the recollection of other recent mass murders that have occurred on U.S. soil, albeit, there is with this recollection, to be adamant about 'doing something' that would effectively result in mitigation of mass shooting tragedies, whereon, refined applications of efforts for gun control might help toward the solution and what is doable. 

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White House

Firecrackers, are reported to have been thrown over the White House fence, causing concern.

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New York

Updated: 4:35 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013 | Posted: 4:26 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013
Occupy Wall Street activists mark 2nd anniversary

 By MEGHAN BARR

The Associated Press

NEW YORK —

About 100 members of Occupy Wall Street returned Tuesday to the small plaza near the New York Stock Exchange that once teemed with thousands of people protesting financial inequality, marking the second anniversary of their movement's beginnings.

Small groups of protesters marched around the streets near Zuccotti Park in the morning, while another march to Washington Square Park clogged sidewalks in the early afternoon. The protesters were scattered in smaller groups around New York City.

Source and full story: http://www.ajc.com/news/ap/us/occupy-wall-street-activists-mark-2nd-anniversary/nZzCf/

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Georgia:

2 men wanted

Updated: 3:40 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013 | Posted: 3:39 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013
Police: Girl, 14, abducted during home invasion

 The Associated Press

JONESBORO, Ga. —

Police and the FBI are searching for a 14-year-old girl they say was abducted from her suburban Atlanta house by two men.

Police early Tuesday morning were stopping cars and checking them while they searched for 14-year-old Ayvani Hope Perez.

Clayton County police say the men entered the Ellenwood home through a back door around 2:15 a.m. and demanded money and jewelry...

Full story, details, etching of suspect, and other descriptions at: http://www.ajc.com/news/ap/crime/police-girl-14-abducted-during-home-invasion/nZytw/

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Colorado

The flooding in and around Boulder, Colorado, has swelled to immense proportions.  Assistance on large scale is now amplified further.

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Austria:

Updated: 3:40 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013 | Posted: 3:39 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013
Gunman kills 4 in Austria, police raid his hideout

 By GEORGE JAHN

The Associated Press

KOLLAPRIEL, Austria —

A gunman in Austria killed four people, including three police officers, and fired sporadically at police on Tuesday after barricading himself in a farm building, police officials said.

After a 12-hour standoff, police stormed the building and were searching for the suspect, Interior Ministry spokesman Karl-Heinz Grundboeck told The Associated Press. It wasn't immediately clear whether he was still in the building and the search was widening to other nearby buildings on the farm grounds.

The killings began shortly after midnight Monday when police stopped the man on a road near a wilderness area west of Vienna, where frequent poaching incidents occur.

The gunman fled in his car, which landed in a ditch in the nearby town of Annaberg, then shot and wounded a member of Austria's Cobra SWAT team at a police checkpoint, said Grundboeck.

An ambulance raced to the scene, but the gunman shot and killed its driver as he tried to give first aid to the wounded policeman, who later died. The gunman also shot and wounded another officer at the scene.

Later Tuesday, another officer who had been missing was found shot dead in his patrol car, said Grundboeck. Regional police spokesman Roland Scherscher said that officer was apparently killed after the suspect carjacked the police vehicle and took him hostage.

The attacker then fatally shot a second police officer at a roadblock before barricading himself in the farm building on the outskirts of Melk, a central town 70 kilometers (40 miles) west of Vienna, Grundboeck said. The gunman sporadically fired at police units near the building.

Source and full story: http://www.ajc.com/news/ap/crime/police-man-kills-3-in-austria-shooting/nZyrr/

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Mexico

Acapulco

Flood is said to have killed at least 42.
40,000 stranded.
Rains yesterday.

A source about conditions: Reuters article at http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/deadly-mexico-storms-kill-42-floods-strand-thousands-419632 

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Michoacán

Mexico: State Legislator Hacked to Death During an Interview
By REUTERS
Published: September 12, 2013 

"...politician, Osbaldo Esquivel Lucatero, was being interviewed in his car on Wednesday afternoon when a group of men forced him and the journalist, Pablo Madriz, out and attacked them. The reporter survived. The attack occurred near Apatzingán..."

Story and source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/world/americas/mexico-state-legislator-hacked-to-death-during-an-interview.html

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Afghanistan

A top female police officer was gunned down, in Helmand Province.  She is not the first one to be the victim of that method in recent methods.
Shooting occurred this past Monday, thereabout.

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Egypt

Two of the Egyptian Army, an officer, and a second man, a soldier, were killed by gunmen, today.

location of event: near Cairo

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Frenchman dies after Egypt police cell beating

Daily News Egypt  /   September 17, 2013 

The man, described as a teacher, was put in a cell at the central Qasr Al-Nil police station, where he was attacked by his cellmates and later died of his injuries, the officials added.

AFP – A French citizen died after being attacked by cellmates in a Cairo police station, where he had been detained for breaking a night-time curfew, security officials said on Tuesday.

Source and further story: http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/09/17/frenchman-dies-after-egypt-police-cell-beating/


Posted by HCN. Posted In : Original story post and English 

 

Navy Yard Shootings: Facility Safety Concerns

September 16, 2013
In Washington DC this morning, marked events of a shooting started to unfold at about 8am or a few minutes to a half hour thereafter, at the Navy Yard.

As of about 11am today, there are varied reports as to casualties.

For more information tune in to televised news, Internet and radio reports, that have correspondents at or near the scene.

UPDATES WILL BE POSTED AS THEY ARE READIED AS APPROPRIATE IN THE SECTION IMMEDIATELY BELOW THIS LINE.  UPDATES:

UPDATE 9/16/2013 at 1:25pm EST:
  • Footage of what was seen of helicopters at the rooftops are existent, evident by their own fact
  • The exact status as to whether or not there are still any more gunmen at large, and if there are, how many, is a question that awaits answers  
  • The President has made statement about the disaster

UPDATE 9/16/2013 at 3:35pm EST:
  • Suspect that has been identified, is Aaron Alexis, said to be 34 years old, and from Fort Worth, Texas. Update as of 7:15pm 9/16/2013, suspect might have lived in other locations, and Fort Worth might be included in this list; exact residential official history, precluding any further posting here, will await more comprehensive information releases.  U.S. states in the upper Mid-Atlantic region, and the upper coastal region in the western area, might be locations that the suspect has been.
    Update 9/16/2013 7:30pm: News releases before further news with confirmation and verification, the source <http://abcnews.go.com/US/washington-dc-navy-yard-shooter-aaron-alexis-navy/story?id=20273287> says the suspect was born in Queens, NY.  There are reports of the suspect having employment involvement with the Navy.
  • Fraudulent use of identification is reported to have been involved, enabling the suspect to gain entry onto the site

UPDATE 09/16/2013 7:34pm EST: 
  • There might be an additional suspect, a second person in addition to the suspect named above, that is still at large, a subject-of-interest sought by authorities

UPDATE 09/16/2013 8:00pm EST:
  • Totality of the event, including exactly how many suspects were involved, and what their status are, will await until tomorrow for more crystallized information, before any further posting here


Comments:
Already, thoughts of the Fort Hood shooting that occurred in Texas are evoked, is there a tie, and, or common denominators, in terms of the mindset of those that might have, or had, the tendency to engage in a rampage mannered shooting, from, or in Texas?

The importance of safeguarding ID cards, and using them properly, comes up.
Are there further steps to make facilities more secure?

Does the subject fully read a born-in, lifelong resident native of Fort Worth?

Events that are remindful, and, or have similar characteristics:
  • Fort Hood shooting
    • event unfolded on U.S. facility
    • November 5, 2009
       
  • Holocaust Museum shooting in Washington DC
    • security guard a victim, event taking place in the same city as Navy Yard shooting 
    • June 10, 2009 
    • The gunman armed with a rifle "allegedly entered the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum at 12:50 p.m. Wednesday and immediately shot"

  • US Consulate in Afghanistan late last week in Herat came under attack
    • varied reports as to the number of casualties, who the casualties were, just how many attackers were either killed or killed themselves, and whether or not the attackers breached security and succeeded in gaining entrance into the building portions of the Consulate, and if they did, to what extent and how far inside the attackers made it inside 
    • note: due to time zone differences, the time where the Consulate is, is ahead of the time here in the U.S., therefore, the violence that erupted might have been Friday in Herat, and reports of it in the U.S. came in as soon as Thursday night 
    • warning: caption photo of injured victim might be disturbing 

  • Annex accidental shooting
    • September 2013 

by 13News Now

WVEC.com

Posted on September 6, 2013 at 5:21 PM

Updated Saturday, Sep 7 at 1:43 AM

CHESAPEAKE -- Nightingale was called to Naval Support Activity Northwest Annex in Chesapeake Friday following an accidental shooting. 



  • Fort Knox shooting in parking lot
    • April 3, 2013
    • Human Resources Command building
    • lockdown done

Posted by HCN. Posted In : Original story post and English 

 

6 Top News Stories for September 13 '13 International Summary Roundup

September 13, 2013
U.S.A.:
Boulder, Colorado experiences extremes of climatic conditions, from wildfire in 2012 to flooding in the past few days in 2013

Philippines:
Siege in Zamboanga involving over a hundred and possibly more than 200 hostages extends into 5th day

Syria:
Talks about solution to chemical weapon concerns in progress

Iraq:
Between 20 to 30 people are reported to have been killed in a bomb blast at a Masjid.  Event in Diyala Province.

Rwanda/DRC:
Strife and violence continue in the region of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Staggering numbers of fatalities and impacts of the fighting.

Afghanistan:
News stories state there was violence in and near the U.S. Consulate.  Events that took place, including a car bomb and shooting, are reported to have been in the Province of Herat.  Further depictions of the scene, was that 5 suicide bombers succeeded in actually entering the U.S. Consulate structure, 1 of which was prevented from detonation.

Posted by HCN. Posted In : Original story post and English 

 

September 11th, and an Approach of this Day

September 11, 2013
The intensity of the events of September 11, 2001, the tragedy, the horrors, bring about our respect, recognition, and placing of this day in memoriam, which may continue eternally.  It was catastrophes that cause us to come together and this day be recognized, different from other causes of anniversaries or celebrations resulting from when something good happened.  Difficult to accept are the acts of aggression that were carried out.  With that may come grieving on this day.  Perspectives taken on how to observe September 11th considering difficulty of accepting the events that brought about observing the day, might have discomfort.  Ways this day can be observed:

We honor those that have fallen.
We forever strive and make effort to make certain that the aggression of September 11th do not happen again.

Posted by HCN. Posted In : Original story post and English 

 

Tense Decision Trials Concerning Syria: Dimensions in the Crisis

September 11, 2013
Events and developments in and concerning Syria, have continued, and has been shown to compel tense discussions and convening for decision making.  

In a speech pertaining to Syria, the President communicated that a targeted strike was to achieve the objectives for deterring the use of chemical weapons and degrading Assad's capabilities.  Further, such action would be toward, 'think twice' about using chemical weapons.

There were many aspects of his 15 minute speech, last Tuesday evening, tenth of September 2013, that included some refined good points.

Among the noble of these points, is keeping America an exceptional country, and doing so with humility.

There are schools of thought that couple humility, and resolve, and admirable characteristics like those, with attention to meticulous details and careful planning, planning that is assessed, revised, presented again, reassessed, revised again, while being looked at in every angle imaginable, and taken through rigorous scrutiny to make certain that anything and everything that U.S. does, meets and exceeds the highest standards in both the big picture, and the smallest dimensions.

Stated here are few that have excelled in their field:
Distinguished Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin E. Dempsey are among those skilled in military strategy.

The matter of intervention respective to Syria is being taken before Congress.

Representative Michael Pompeo, of Kansas, has an impressive spectrum of qualifications in military strategy.

From an article in the Washington Times online, at <http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/8/syria-attack-high-stakes-decisions-on-capitol-hill/?page=all>, that includes views of "Rep. Mike Pompeo...The second-term Republican from Kansas":
Sunday, September 8, 2013

For Mr. Pompeo, a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, allowing Mr. Assad’s actions to go unanswered is the same as sending a green light to other U.S. enemies. He says Iran, Hezbollah and the Muslim Brotherhood are just a few that would see U.S. inaction as a permission slip. In the case of Iran, that means producing nuclear weapons.

“They pinned their entire cause for action on Assad’s chemical strikes. While I’m as troubled and terrified by the use of chemical weapons, it’s problematic to allow chemical weapons use to go unanswered. But that’s not the sole rationale, and it’s the one the president is presenting,” he said. “He is deeply conflicted about this. I’m not. I’m deeply aware of the concerns, but I’m not conflicted.”

Mr. Pompeo wrote an op-ed with Rep. Tom Cotton, Arkansas Republican and another Army veteran, in The Washington Post last week urging their colleagues to back the use of force.

“We share the concern that Obama won’t execute a proper strategic response. We worry that his action will more resemble President Bill Clinton’s ineffective response to the 1998 African embassy bombings rather than the 1999 Kosovo campaign. But Congress shouldn’t guarantee a bad outcome for our country because of fears that the president will execute an imperfect military campaign,” the two congressmen wrote.
Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/8/syria-attack-high-stakes-decisions-on-capitol-hill/?page=all

Anytime children are killed at the numbers such as 400, it is a subject of concern, priority, at an international level.

We, the United States, understand that we might not have a past viewed as perfect by all, however, we strive to progress to the next advanced degree, and continue moving upward in degrees.  Prevention of mass killings of innocent is action that facilitates moving up in degree.

Still, the way which this is gone about, has to be done with equal integrity.  As a general rule, the law cannot be broken, to discipline those that break the law; in some exceptions, when this principle is manipulated by law breakers, then some breach of the law might be determined that it be stretched for the better good.

Here is one area where things can appear murky:
In the simple old-fashioned method of warfare, of destroying a weapon of an enemy, take for instance this fictional elementary illustration, a scenario where the factory where the wheels of military vehicles are being produced, are targeted to be destroyed for the purpose of to undermine the enemy from being enabled to provide wheels for their vehicles.  When the objective just described, of destroying the wheel factory, has been stated, and the mission conducted, it is clearly understood by all.  On the other hand, if the factory that produces food for people to eat is attacked instead, and there is no motive of that attack connecting it to the statement of disabling wheel production, especially if people die in the attack, it leaves doubt and possibly criticism by others as to what the objective or objectives of the attack on the food factory are.

In the knowledge of the -- --________-- --term deleted for sensitivity concerns 9/12/13 describing constant change--, when something like an airstrike occurs, it is not known exactly what the aftermath is going to be until the aftermath shows.

The idea of 'no boots on the ground' on Syria, can be perceived as 'Utopian' in some dimensions, respective to the shifting, the variables of what could occur after an airstrike.

Based on lessons of history, will the Utopian ideal, be reality, if an airstrike was to hit?

Robert Goldenson, Ph.D., in his 'Encyclopedia of Human Behavior', published 1970, cites two concepts which application in military strategy and warfare is worthy of consideration.

Direct quoted from his book are the two entries in all capitals with the beginning of the entries immediately following:
   MONOIDEISM.  Obsession with a single idea and inability to think of anything else; harping on one idea.

   MASOCHISM. ...But masochism is also applied in a broader sense to the satisfaction which some persons experience from imposing extreme suffering or hardship on themselves, as in martyrdom, religious flagellation, asceticism, and needless sacrifices for others.

If a country makes an airstrike upon another country, to send a message that certain acts are not approved of, such as the killing of children in combination with use of denounced chemical weapons, will the recipient of the country of the strikes, have parallel frame of mind as the country striking, referring to a message that is aimed to make a regime, as well as others, reconsider using denounced chemical weapons?  What if they get struck and ignore the point of the message?

Syria has made the offer to allow international cooperation and inspection regarding chemical weapons as a mechanism that would preempt and preclude airstrikes which are to accomplish the same thing as the international cooperation and inspection.  That is a peaceful means of achieving the objective, which is prevention of further use of chemical weapons.

It has already been plastered in many places online, of doubt and discrepancies that exist about whether Assad directly ordered and was responsible for the alleged sarin gas attack in question.  The repercussions of the sarin incident which claimed all those lives, is being directly targeted at him.  What the level of taut complexity is that Assad might be interfacing with within the Syria government construct, and the pressure he is undergoing, is tough to comment on.

Encapsulated, are the prospects of airstrikes referred to aimed at hitting chemical weapons and disabling them, or, are airstrikes going to hit somewhere in Syria to make the point about the disapproval of usage of chemical weapons?  It might not be that cut-and-dried, albeit, the rising tide of concern from policy makers that are not whole-heartedly readily agreeing to air strikes, are for broadly speaking practical terms, worried that airstrikes that do not hit and in the clean disable chemical weapons with no other damage done, could possibly result in side-effects that could include eventually dragging 'boots on the ground' into the geographical region. 

What is it, we, the United States is trying to do, about the Syria situation, in the sense of what forms the winners from the losers of political debate?  Syria is not a subject that should be used as a forum for political debate to boost a career, of a win or loss as to airstrikes or no airstrikes.  There is more to it than that, for those that truly have commendable intentions.

In the debates about whether to or not to traverse further of air-striking Syria, echoes the question, are there ways other than airstrike that make clear that there is no permission slip for anyone to use chemical weapons in lethal manner?

When it comes to the preservation of the heritage of the United States, sometimes being careful has to be done.  The tragic events of September 11, 2001, was an event that affected the United States.  The Benghazi events on September 11th over a decade later, exacerbated the affectations.  Even though the situation in Syria, and other places, like Rwanda, are very serious, being careful applies to not allowing the affairs of another nation seep into becoming one-in-the-same with the affairs of the United States, in the aspects that are to uphold that principle.

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