Stephanie -- more than a little surprising, and disappointing, to see Egan, usually an excellent commentator, so spectacularly swing and miss (in particular, and, in his speaking generally, without limitation) on Hitler and the Nazis
Last month, Foreign Policy came out with its annual list .. http://ffp.statesindex.org/rankings-2013-sortable .. of the most failed states on the globe, based on 12 metrics including social, economic, and political and military indicators.
Now, we’re giving a complete breakdown of the worst of the worst. In the year 2013, it’s hard to believe that life can be so bad. #25 ERITREA: A small country in the Horn of Africa, Eritrea has been under dictatorial rule since 1993, when it gained independence from Ethiopia. Eritreans have suffered from military clashes with the Ethiopians and years of failed governance. Eritrea scores worst on human rights, demographic pressures, and legitimacy of state.
Father of Sri Lankan suicide bomber brothers arrested
"Faith-Based Fanatics"
A millionaire spice merchant has been arrested on suspicion of helping his two sons carry out Easter Sunday’s massacre in Sri Lanka.
Frank Chung and Natalie Wolfe news.com.auApril 25, 20197:01pm
VIDEO Sri Lankan suicide bombers had links to Australia
One of Sri Lanka’s wealthiest people has been arrested on suspicion of helping his sons carry out the Easter Sunday terror attacks that left nearly 360 people dead.
Spice merchant Mohamed Ibrahim was arrested on Thursday afternoon, Sri Lanka’s former navy chief Jayanath Colombage, who now is a counter-terrorism expert at the Pathfinder Foundation, told the Associated Press.
He was one of the 58 people being questioned by police over the attacks.
Two of Mr Ibrahim’s sons, well educated brothers Inshaf and Ilham Ahamed Ibrahim, died in separate blasts at two Colombo hotels on Sunday.
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Mr Ibrahim owned the Colombo home where another bomb went off after Sunday’s initial attacks. His daughter-in-law blew herself up as police closed in, killing three officers.
His spice company Ishana Exports, which boasts about being the largest exporter of spices in Sri Lanka since 2006, turned him into a multi-millionaire.
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Before travelling to Melbourne to complete his postgraduate study, Mohamed spent a year at Kingston University in south west London in 2006 where he completed an aerospace engineering course.
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Police yesterday confirmed the death toll had risen to 359. A further 18 suspects were arrested overnight, bringing the total detained to 58.
Islamic State on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the attacks.
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“Yes, some of them I think on earlier incidents have been taken into custody and on small skirmishes … but nothing to this magnitude before,” he said.
He reiterated his claim from Tuesday that the attacks were motivated as revenge for last month’s Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand.
“What happened in New Zealand motivated what happened on Easter Sunday,” he said.
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IS released a video showing the attackers pledging allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Picture: SITE Intelligence GroupSource:Twitter
Mr Wijewardene admitted there was “definitely a lapse of intelligence”, saying the government “has to take responsibility”.
In the wake of the bombings it emerged Sri Lankan authorities had been warned of the attacks at least 10 days in advance, but that information was not shared with the Prime Minister.
[...]Quote: President Donald Trump botched his initial statement about the deadly bombings in Sri Lanka on Sunday morning, tweeting that the death toll was in the hundreds of millions. P - “Heartfelt condolences from the people of the United States to the people of Sri Lanka on the horrible terrorist attacks on churches and hotels that have killed at least 138 million people and badly injured 600 more. We stand ready to help!” Trump wrote in a tweet that was left up for at least 20 minutes before he corrected the number to 138, according to CNN’s Brian Stelter. https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=148370588
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