BOGOTA – Colombian journalist Alberto
Lazaro Del Valle died after being shot in the southwestern city of Cali,
officials said.
Authorities said the motive for Friday night’s homicide
would have nothing to do with his profession as a radio announcer and disc
jockey, according to the latest investigations into the killing of the director
of Cali’s Radio Planeta.
“The gentleman had not accused anyone, he had
received no threats, but he did have some problems of getting along with some
people – two weeks ago they threw rocks and things at him,” the commander of the
Cali Metropolitan Police, Gen. Fabio Castañeda, told the local press on
Saturday.
“We, the National Police and Cali city hall, are offering a
reward for any information leading to the capture of those who perpetrated this
homicide,” the official said.
Police are continuing their investigations
to find and arrest those guilty of gunning down the
journalist.
Preliminary reports by the authorities indicate that two
individuals accosted him as he was leaving work on the city’s north side and
shot him seven times as he was getting into his SUV. The killers then escaped in
a taxi
Recently members of the Ukrainian-based, global feminist group Femen staged protests across Europe calling for “topless jihad.” While American feminists today are satisfied whipping up outrage about Mitt Romney’s binders and Sandra Fluke’s right to bill taxpayers for her birth control, Femen’s Amazonian warriors dive right in to do battle in a real War on Women being openly waged by Muslim misogynists. Topless jihad – it puts a whole new spin on #MyJihad.
The protests in Sweden, Italy, Ukraine, Belgium, and France [here are images from the demonstrations; warning – most contain nudity and/or offensive language] were in solidarity with a gutsy young Tunisian activist named Amina Tyler, who recently shocked Islamic sensibilities by posting naked images of herself online, with the words “I own my body; it’s not the source of anyone’s honor” penned on her bare chest.
The head of Tunisia’s Orwellian-titled Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice responded to this provocation as you might expect from a violent totalitarian, calling for Tyler to be stoned to death lest her obscene actions lead to an epidemic of Muslim women casting off not just their burqas and blouses but their oppression as well.
Her family wasn’t especially supportive either. According to The Atlantic, They kidnapped her, beat her, and held her in captivity for three weeks, during which time she was drugged, subjected to an amateur virginity test, forced to read the Quran, and taken on involuntary visits to imams. Her aunt posted a video online in which she called Amina “mentally ill,” “unbalanced,” and “psychopathic” for her “shameful act” which had injured her father’s “pride as a man.” A week after the topless jihad, Amina managed to escape and is now hiding somewhere in Tunisia.
Frontpage Magazine A man stabbed in the neck near the US Embassy in Cairo on Thursday has been identified as Chris Stone, an American academic. Stone is associate professor of Arabic and head of the Arabic Programme at City University.
U.S. EMBASSY, CAIRO
Lebanese political science professor Asaad Abu Khalil described Stone via Facebook as a “model academic and a man who has dealt with Arabs and their causes with extreme respect, sensitivity, and support.” Stone is a strong supporter of the Palestinian cause and writes frequently against Zionism, Khalil added. According to Al-Ahram, Stone told prosecutors the attack took place while he was on his way to the US Embassy to finish some paperwork for his wife. A young man enquired about his nationality and stabbed him in the neck after he said he was American. Just in case there was any doubt whatsoever about the motive, Mahmoud Badr, the stabber, who has a bachelor’s degree in commerce, clarified his motive…
The man who stabbed an American in Cairo on Thursday says he was motivated by a hatred of the United States.
Ironically, hating the United States was something that Mahmoud had in common with Christopher. When invited to a seven year old’s Israel themed birthday party, Stone declined by asserting that he didn’t just hate Israel… he also hated America. Stone imagined that he could parade around a newly Islamist Egypt protected only by his hatred of the Great and Little Satan. He was mistaken. Muslim violence doesn’t just hurt the “bad” Americans who watch 4th of July fireworks and like the Constitution. It also hurts good Americans who teach Arabic and hate America.
Man's rampage with heavy equipment leaves path of destruction
PORT ANGELES, Wash. —
Investigators said a man in Port Angeles angry over new construction near his home went on a rampage and drove a bulldozer into three houses trying to destroy them.
The incident happened on Highway 101 at North Baker Street.
A resident in the area told the Peninsula Daily News that the man took a piece of logging equipment and "just went nuts."
Keith Haynes, who lives near one of the damaged homes, told the newspaper that a woman inside one of the homes escaped unharmed.
Authorities arrested 51-year-old Barry Swegle.
According to investigators, Swegle was angry with several neighbors over fence lines he felt were too close to his home.
One neighbor, Judith Walters, saw the bulldozer go through a home.
“I saw a tractor, out of control, I thought. And it plowed into the white house over here,” said Walters. "And she was in the doorway with her dog, her little Chihuahua and yeah, I was screaming at her at the top of my lungs, 'Get out of the house!'"
Walters saw Swegle repeatedly slam into the home.
Gary Blevins told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News he has known Swegle since he was a boy, and has been concerned about his behavior for years.
“It makes my heart sad that he pulled anything like this,” Blevins said. "I even told the neighbor one time, I said, 'You better watch him.'"
Chopper 7 flew over the scene, where a power pole was down, homes were gutted or damaged, and a truck was flattened.
Video showed a fence was twisted and broken, belongings were strewn outside homes, and a boat was ripped from its trailer.
The state Department of Transportation said the downed power pole caused power and traffic signals in the area to go out.
Highway 101 was closed for a time but has since reopened. Some power was restored.
According to the Clallam County Public Utility District, power was restored to most except about 200 Gales Addition customers, who will be affected by an extended outage.
The outage is expected to go on late into Friday evening or early Saturday morning.
All customers on South Mt. Angeles will experience a brief outage as well.
Customers up Golf Course Road, along Ennis and Pioneer, Roll-Inn Trailer Par and the area West of Gales will be without power into the evening, said officials with the PUD
MEXICO
CITY – Four federal officials will be suspended for having tried to shut down a
capital restaurant after their boss’s daughter was denied the table of her
choice at the establishment, the office of Mexico’s inspector general
said.
What has become known as the “Lady Profeco” case caused widespread
irritation at the unwarranted use of political influence, and led to an order by
President Enrique Peña Nieto to investigate the incident and penalize those
responsible.
The incident occurred on April 26, when Andrea Benitez,
daughter of the head of the Profeco consumer protection agency, Humberto
Benitez, was denied the table she wanted at the restaurant because it had
already been reserved by other diners.
After several threats by the young
woman, Profeco officials arrived on the scene to paste up stickers saying the
restaurant’s activities were suspended, to the surprise of both the owners and
diners.
The inspector general’s office announced that four senior Profeco
officials have been suspended “temporarily.”
“We must point out that the
investigation did not turn up any elements that would lead to charges against”
Humberto Benitez, the official note said.
Benitez subsequently held a
press conference in which he insisted that he was notified after the operation
took place, that he had not ordered or authorized it, and that his only
responsibility was as a parent.
The official, who had already apologized
publicly for the incident, recalled that on the day it occurred he was
recovering from hip surgery. EFE
MEXICO CITY – The
grandson of U.S. political activist Malcolm X died at a Mexico City hospital of
injuries received during an altercation, authorities said Friday.
An
investigation is under way into the homicide of 29-year-old Malcolm Shabazz, the
capital district attorney’s office said.
The U.S. Embassy had earlier
issued a statement about the death of an American citizen in Mexico City, but
withheld the deceased’s name at the request of the family.
Shabazz died
in the wee hours of Thursday after being brought to a hospital emergency room
from Plaza Garibaldi, a popular site for tourists, the DA’s office
said.
The victim arrived at the hospital with injuries that appeared to
be the result of a beating, according to the official statement, which said
Shabazz and a friend had been drinking beer at a bar.
Malcolm’s mother,
Qubilah Shabazz, was one of six daughters of Malcolm X and his wife, Betty
Shabazz.
Qubilah was only 4 years old when she witnessed her father’s
1965 assassination in New York.
In August 1997, then-12-year-old Malcolm
Shabazz was sentenced to 18 months in juvenile detention for starting a fire
that resulted in the death of grandmother Betty Shabazz. EFE
TUCSON - The search for a former Tucson Police Officer wanted for sexual exploitation of a minor has ended.
Tucson Police tell News 4 Martin Ward was arrested by U.S. Marshal's at a hotel in Prescott Friday.
Police say he was arrested without incident.
No other information was available.