Migrant Rape Epidemic Reaches Austria --- not an American concern. next ...
On Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 9:43:52 PM UTC-5, Bill wrote: > > > > > [image: http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/] > <http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/> > [image: https://www.facebook.com/Gatestone.Institute] > <https://www.facebook.com/Gatestone.Institute> [image: > http://twitter.com/GatestoneInst] <http://twitter.com/GatestoneInst> > [image: > http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/rss.xml] > <http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/rss.xml> > [image: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/contribute.php] > <https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/contribute.php> > > *In this mailing:* > > - Soeren Kern: Migrant Rape Epidemic Reaches Austria > - Lawrence A. Franklin: Iran Comes Clean on Banking Problems > - Raymond Ibrahim: Should the U.S. Build an "ISIS Wall"? > > Migrant Rape Epidemic Reaches Austria > <http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/7995/migrants-rape-austria> > > by *Soeren Kern* • May 5, 2016 at 5:00 am > > - > > A 20-year-old asylum seeker from Iraq confessed to raping a > 10-year-old boy at a public swimming pool in Vienna. The Iraqi said the > rape was a "sexual emergency" resulting from "excess sexual energy." > - > > Those who dare to link spiraling crime to Muslim mass migration are > being silenced by the guardians of Austrian multiculturalism. > - > > According to data compiled by the Austrian Interior Ministry, nearly > one out of three asylum seekers in Vienna was accused of committing crimes > in 2015. North African gangs fighting for control over drug trafficking > were responsible for roughly half of the 15,828 violent crimes — rapes, > robberies, stabbings and assaults — reported in the city during 2015. > - > > Austria received 90,000 asylum requests in 2015, the second-highest > number in the EU on a per capita basis, but this pales in comparison to > what may lie ahead. Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka warned last month > that up to one million migrants are poised to cross the Mediterranean from > Libya to Europe. > > Left: The area around Praterstern train station in Vienna is overrun by > shiftless migrants from Afghanistan and North Africa who are selling drugs, > fighting turf battles and assaulting female passersby. Police were > dispatched to the area 6,265 times in 2015. Right: The left-leaning > magazine *Falter* was accused of "blanket discrimination" against > Muslims, after it ran a cover with a drawing of five "light skinned" > European women surrounded by large numbers of "dark skinned" Arab males. > The image evoked the mass sexual assaults in Cologne on New Year's Eve. > > The brutal gang rape of a woman by three Afghan asylum seekers in central > Vienna on April 22 has shocked the Austrian public and drawn attention to a > spike in migrant-related rapes, sexual assaults and other crimes across the > country. > > The migrant crime wave comes as the anti-immigrant Freedom Party of > Austria (FPÖ) has surged in opinion polls. The party's candidate, Norbert > Hofer, won the first round of Austria's presidential elections on April 24, > and is on track to win the presidency in the second round*,* run-off > election scheduled for May 22. > > The three Afghans — two 16-year-olds and one 17-year-old — followed the > woman, a 21-year-old exchange student, into a public restroom at the > Praterstern train station, one of the main transportation hubs in Vienna. > One of the migrants held the woman down while the other two took turns > raping her. > > *Continue Reading Article[image: > http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/7995/migrants-rape-austria] > <http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/7995/migrants-rape-austria>* > Iran Comes Clean on Banking Problems > <http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/7958/iran-bank-problems> > > by *Lawrence A. Franklin* • May 5, 2016 at 4:30 am > > - > > Central Bank of Iran (CBI) governor Seif Valiollah mentioned that Iran > has a reputation for not being exactly transparent on countering financial > support for terrorist operations. He further blamed the regime's > willingness to facilitate money-laundering schemes as another factor > discouraging investment from abroad, and indirectly criticized the > overweening influence of the huge business conglomerates run by the > Islamic > Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on the Iranian economy. > - > > Nasser Hakimi, another CBI official blamed Iran's own banks for access > problems with the Society for Worldwide International Transactions (SWIFT) > network. > - > > Several of Iran's key banks had not yet purchased or installed the > required software and financial identifier codes that would enable SWIFT > to > become operable in Iran. > > Central Bank of Iran (CBI) officials have admitted that the regime's own > financial policies, and not the United States, are responsible for some of > the country's banking problems. CBI governor Seif Valiollah admitted > recently that Tehran's failure to reap more economic benefits from the > JCPOA agreement is, at least in part, Iran's own fault. > > These revelations by Iran's top banking officials refute charges by > Iranian hardliners that the United States has been orchestrating a *toteyeh > bozoorg* ("grand conspiracy") to deny Iran access to international > banking networks. > > CBI officials and others have detailed the shortcomings of Iran's own > banking system. These CBI statements challenge the skewed comments in the > Iranian press that America's refusal to grant foreign banks access to U.S > financial services is what is responsible for Iran's bank problems. Some of > the negative commentary came from economists disappointed with President > Rouhani's management of the economy. > > *Continue Reading Article[image: > http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/7958/iran-bank-problems] > <http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/7958/iran-bank-problems>* > Should the U.S. Build an "ISIS Wall"? > <http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/7987/isis-mexico-border-wall> > > by *Raymond Ibrahim* • May 5, 2016 at 4:00 am > > - > > "If you really want to protect Americans from ISIS, you secure the > southern border. It's that simple." — Rep. Duncan Hunter. > - > > The Department of Homeland Security denied Hunter's claims, called > them "categorically false" and added that "no credible intelligence to > suggest terrorist organizations are actively plotting to cross the > southwest border." Days later, however, it was confirmed that "4 ISIS > Terrorists" were arrested crossing the border into Texas. > - > > Under Obama's presidency alone, 2.5 million illegals have crossed the > border. And those are just the ones we know about. How many of these are > ISIS operatives, sympathizers or facilitators? > - > > Securing the U.S.-Mexico border — with an electronic fence, which has > worked so effectively in Israel — is more urgent than we think. > > The Israeli-built border fence between Israel and Egypt, completed in > December 2013, put a complete stop to illegal infiltration from Egypt into > Israel. Before the fence was built, many terrorists, traffickers, and drug > smugglers crossed the border each year. (Image source: Idobi/Wikimedia > Commons) > > Of all the reasons a majority of Americans support the plan of businessman > and U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump to "build a wall" along the > U.S.-Mexico border, perhaps the most critical is to avoid letting > terrorists into the country. Drugs enter, the victims of traffickers enter, > but the most imminent danger comes from operatives of the Islamic State > (ISIS) and like-minded groups that are trying to use this porous border as > a way to smuggle weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) into the United States > and launch terror attacks that could make 9/11 seem like a morning in May. > > Just last week, "One of the American men accused in Minnesota of trying to > join the Islamic State group wanted to open up routes from Syria to the > U.S. through Mexico... Guled Ali Omar told the ISIS members about the route > so that it could be used to send members to America to carry out terrorist > attacks, prosecutors alleged in a document." > > *Continue Reading Article[image: > http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/7987/isis-mexico-border-wall] > <http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/7987/isis-mexico-border-wall>* > > You are subscribed to this list as *[email protected] <javascript:>*. > To *unsubscribe*, go to > http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/list_unsubscribe.php > To edit your subscription options, go to > http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/list_edit.php > To *subscribe* to the this mailing list, go to > http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/list_subscribe.php > > *Gatestone Institute* <http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/> > > 14 East 60 St., Suite 1001, New York, NY 10022 > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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