Tuesday, February 11, 2025

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Trump releases classified documents on the JFK and Martin Luther King assassinations

Published 24 January 2025
– By Editorial Staff
President Kennedy in the limousine in Dallas, Texas, on Main Street, minutes before the assassination.

President-elect Donald Trump has signed an executive order to release classified documents relating to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy and African-American activist Martin Luther King.

During a press conference in the Oval Office, Mr. Trump promised that “everything will be revealed”, adding that “a lot of people are waiting for this for long, for years, for decades“.

I have now determined that the continued redaction and withholding of information from records pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is not consistent with the public interest and the release of these records is long overdue“, Trump wrote in his presidential order.

And although no Act of Congress directs the release of information pertaining to the assassinations of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I have determined that the release of all records in the Federal Government’s possession pertaining to each of those assassinations is also in the public interest“, he continued.

Unclear if all censorship will lift

Under the new decree, the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General must present a plan for the release of the JFK documents within 15 days. For other documents, a 45-day deadline applies. Although the documents are now being released, they are still expected to contain some redacted information, according to analysts.

The assassinations of the Kennedy brothers and King have been the subject of widespread speculation and theories for more than half a century, with many of the hypotheses put forward involving US intelligence or security services.

JFK was assassinated in 1963 during a motorcade in Dallas. In 1968, his brother Robert was assassinated and in the same year Martin Luther King was shot dead in Memphis.

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Innovative police weapon: Kevlar lasso

Published today 9:28
– By Editorial Staff
The idea is that the "weapon" will be used in situations where conventional weapons or physical intervention are not considered appropriate.

The BolaWrap “remote handcuffs” are marketed as a non-lethal method of incapacitating a person from a distance without causing unnecessary pain or injury.

The tool, which resembles a small taser, fires a thin and strong Kevlar line with hooks at the ends that quickly wrap around the person’s arms or legs.

Developed by the US company Wrap Technologies, the non-lethal remote weapon is designed as an alternative to traditional means of restraint such as tear gas and tasers.

It is powered by a small gas cartridge and works by firing the line at high speed at a target up to eight meters away. The line wraps around the person’s arms or legs, making it difficult for the target to move or resist, giving the police a few extra moments to act, such as handcuffing the person.

Today, technology is mainly used by police and law enforcement in situations where a person is considered a potential danger to themselves or others, but where conventional weapons or physical intervention are not considered appropriate. This may include people with mental health problems, suicidal individuals, or individuals who disobey verbal instructions but do not carry a weapon.

BolaWrap has been tested by several police forces around the world, including in the United States and Europe, and its proponents believe it is an effective method for reducing violent confrontations between police and civilians.

Not used in Sweden

It should be noted, however, that critics have raised concerns that the technology does not always work as intended and that there is still some risk of injury, especially if the line hits sensitive areas such as the head or neck.

However, Wrap Technologies says it is continuing to work on developing the weapon, increasing its accuracy and trying to further reduce the risks of use. In parallel, it is also working to train police forces on how to use the technology safely and effectively.

 

 

While large parts of both the United States and Europe have long been hard hit by escalating violent crime, there have been a large number of incidents reported over the years where unarmed – and often mentally ill – people have died or been seriously injured during police interventions. It is therefore hoped that remote handcuffs and similar tools can play a greater role in future policing.

In Sweden, BolaWrap or similar tools are not used by the police today. Instead, an officer is typically equipped with a service pistol, an expandable baton, pepper spray, and a stun gun.

Israeli army shelled its own on October 7

The situation in Gaza

Published yesterday 11:47
– By Editorial Staff
Yoav Gallant was dismissed as Minister of Defense on 5 November.

Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant now admits that the Israeli military used the much-criticized Hannibal Directive during the Hamas-led attack on 7 October 2023.

The military protocol allows for the use of lethal force even if it carries a very high risk of killing hostages and aims to prevent Israeli prisoners from falling into enemy hands.

I think that, tactically, in some places, it was given, and in other places, it was not given, and that is a problem, Gallant said in an interview with Israel’s Channel 12.

The policy has long been the subject of harsh criticism, including from Israel, and is believed to have been used unofficially in several conflicts. The directive prioritizes preventing the enemy from gaining an advantage over protecting the lives of its own soldiers.

One version of the directive states that “kidnapping must be stopped by all means, even at the price of striking and harming our own forces”.

Tanks and helicopters

According to figures from Israeli authorities, Hamas killed around 1,100 Israeli soldiers and civilians during the 2023 attack but Gallant’s admission is interpreted by analysts as meaning that many of these may in fact have been killed by the Israeli military instead.

In connection with the October 7 attacks, the Israeli army deployed helicopters, drones and tanks on its own territory to fight Hamas, and an unknown number of Israelis are believed to have lost their lives during that operation.

Mr. Gallant has not commented on how many of his own citizens may have been killed during the Israeli counter-offensive, but according to witnesses, Israeli attack helicopters were used to fire on civilian targets at the Nova music festival, near the Reím military base.

“Shot at civilians”

An independent international commission concluded last May in a report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council that

The Commission is aware of allegations that ISF used the “Hannibal Directive” to prevent the capture of Israeli civilians and their transfer to Gaza, even at the cost of killing them. Such allegations were made in relation to ISF actions in the Nova site, including reports of ISF attack helicopters shooting at Israeli civilian cars, resulting in the killing of Israelis”.

The Commission confirmed the presence of at least eight attack helicopters in various locations on 7 October, but it could not confirm that they shot at civilians or civilian cars, including in the area of the festival. The Commission documented one statement by an ISF tank crew, confirming that the crew had applied the Hannibal Directive by shooting at a vehicle which they suspected was transporting abducted ISF soldiers”.

“The Commission also verified information indicating that, in at least two other cases, ISF had likely applied the Hannibal Directive, resulting in the killing of up to 14 Israeli civilians. One woman was killed by ISF helicopter fire while being abducted from Nir Oz to Gaza by militants. In another case the Commission found that Israeli tank fire killed some or all of the 13 civilian hostages held in a house in Be’eri”.

Trump’s defense secretary: Diversity is the opposite of strength

Donald Trump's USA

Published yesterday 7:41
– By Editorial Staff
In future, all military personnel will be assessed on their own merits, according to the Secretary of Defense

Newly appointed US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is fed up with phrases such as “diversity is our strenght” and says this kind of left-liberal attitude has no place in the US military.

I think the single dumbest phrase in military history is “our diversity is our strength”, Hegseth told a meeting of Defense Department officials at the Pentagon on Friday.

– I think our strength is our unity, our strength is our shared purpose, regardless of our background, regardless of how we grew up, regardless of our gender, regardless of our race, he continued.

The defense secretary went on to declare that all military personnel will be treated equally and judged by the same standards going forward.

– We will treat everyone with fairness. We will treat everyone with respect. And we will judge you as an individual by your merit and by your commitment to the team and the mission. That’s how it has been. That’s how it will be.

Hegseth has pledged to eliminate the Defense Department’s “diversity initiatives” and identity politics activism and instead focus on building a more effective and efficient military apparatus.

“Get transgender ideology out of our military”

At the end of January, Donald Trump also signed a presidential order promising to “get transgender ideology the hell out of our military.

A man’s assertion that he is a woman, and his requirement that others honor this falsehood, is not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member”, it proclaims, among other things.

During Friday’s meeting, Pete Hegseth also clarified that the military should prepare to assist in Trump’s promised mass deportations of illegal migrants.

Border security is national security and, as the president has told us, we’re going to get 100 percent operational control of our southern border and that will – needs to be and will be a focus of this department, he said.

Israeli defense minister: Europe should take in Gaza’s population

Population replacement in the West

Published 9 February 2025
– By Editorial Staff
“The people of Gaza should have the right to freedom of movement and migration, as is customary everywhere in the world”, said the Minister of Defense.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz praises Trump’s plans for the US to take control of the Gaza Strip.

He also emphasizes that European countries are legally obliged to take in Gaza’s Palestinian population and that their “hypocrisy will be exposed” if they refuse.

The Nordic Times has previously reported on Trump’s plans to take control of the Gaza Strip and permanently empty the area of Palestinians.

Like Netanyahu, Katz praises the plans, describing them as a “bold initiative”. He also claims that European countries are legally obliged to receive the displaced Palestinians and that he expects this to happen.

“Countries such as Spain, Ireland, Norway, and others, which have falsely accused Israel over its actions in Gaza, are legally obligated to allow Gazans to enter their territory. Their hypocrisy will be exposed if they refuse. Meanwhile, countries like Canada, which has a structured immigration program, have previously expressed willingness to take in residents from Gaza”, he writes.

The people of Gaza should have the right to freedom of movement and migration, as is customary everywhere in the world”, the Minister of Defense further argues.

Mr. Katz announces that he has instructed the Israeli army to “allow any resident of Gaza who wishes to leave to do so, to any country willing to receive them”. The plan is to deport the Palestinian civilian population, partly via land crossings, but also by ship and airplane.

Unclear how Sweden will be affected

The Swedish government has so far refused to distance itself from or condemn the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will not even answer whether the systematic bombing of Palestinian hospitals falls within the scope of proportionate self-defence.

Instead of pressuring Israel, he has chosen to focus on protecting Israeli interests in Sweden – for example, by monitoring parts of Stockholm with drones around the clock.

Historically, Sweden has also been hit very hard by mass immigration in connection with conflicts and wars in the Middle East – but there is no information yet on how many Palestinians the government plans to accept this time.