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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Air France flight to Paris diverted to Montreal following 'bomb threat

Air France said on Twitter: "Following anonymous threat, crew of #AF083, decided per safety regulations to land in Montreal as a precaution."





An Air France flight to Paris from San Francisco to Paris has been diverted to Canada following an alleged bomb threat.
Flight AF83 has landed at Trudeau airport in Montreal as police surround the plane on the runway.
There are 231 passengers and 15 crew members on board, according to Canadian media.
Air France said on Twitter: "Following anonymous threat, crew of #AF083, decided per safety regulations to land in Montreal as a precaution. Flight landed normally," Air France said on Twitter.
"Local authorities carry out inspections. Air France staff is actually taking care of all passengers."
The plane left San Francisco at 3pm local time (11pm UK time) yesterday and landed in Montreal around six hours later.
Passengers were kept in the plane on the runway for around two hours before being allowed off in small groups.
A passenger on board the flight said passengers were allowed off the flight in groups of 50 and were searched on their way off the plane.

Thomas Serval wrote: "Flight was diverted to Montreal we will exit the plane quietly in a few minutes. Everything is calm."
He later added: "We will disembark by group of 50 and we will be checked individually as well as the plane."

Paris-bound Air France flight diverted to Montreal due to anonymous threat

A Paris-bound Air France flight from San Francisco was diverted to Montreal late Monday due to what the airline described as an "anonymous threat".
The airline said Flight 83 landed at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport without incident and local authorities were inspecting the plane. Air France described the early landing as "a precaution."
According to the flight tracking website FlightAware, the Boeing 777 took off from San Francisco International Airport shortly after 3 p.m. local time and was due to land in Paris Tuesday morning. 
Passenger Thomas Serval posted pictures of the inside of the cabin as passengers were taken off in small groups. Officials at the Montreal Airport told Canadian media the flight was carrying 231 passengers and 15 crew members. 
The aircraft was the third Air France flight to be diverted in less than a month due to threats. On the night of Nov. 17, two Paris-bound flights received anonymous telephoned bomb threats. One flight, originating from Los Angeles, was diverted to Salt Lake City; the other, from Washington Dulles Airport, was diverted to Halifax, Nova Scotia. 
U.S. and Canadian authorities gave both flights the all-clear after searching the plane and the passengers. The earlier threats came four days after ISIS terrorists killed 130 people in a series of coordinated shootings and bombings across Paris.

Paris-bound Air France flight diverted to Montreal

An Air France passenger plane on its way to Paris from San Francisco was diverted to Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Canada, late on Mondayfollowing an "anonymous" bomb threat, the carrier said.



Flight AF83 SFO-CDG was diverted to Montreal (Trudeau Airport) and landed safely around 12:25 a.m. ET.
The flight was operated with a Boeing 777, with approximately 200 passengers on board, Air France KLM said.
The airline declined to elaborate further on the nature of the threat. Local authorities are currently checking all passengers, luggage, as well as the aircraft. Air France hopes to resume the flight in two hours

Presidential candidate, Donald Trump, to hold Pearl Harbor Day campaign rally aboard USS Yorktown in Charleston



MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) – Republican presidential contender Donald Trump is holding a Pearl Harbor Day campaign rally aboard the USS Yorktown on Charleston Harbor.
The Trump campaign has scheduled the event Monday aboard the World War II-era aircraft carrier that is berthed at the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant.
The Yorktown is a favorite stopping place for presidential candidates when they visit the state.
And following Monday’s visit, Trump won’t be gone from South Carolina for long.
He’s scheduled to return on Saturday for a forum on constitutional issues in Aiken moderated by state Attorney General Alan Wilson.

Trump plans Pearl Harbor Day rally aboard the USS Yorktown

GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump will mark the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor with a campaign rally aboard a World War II-era aircraft carrier.
Trump’s event is scheduled for Monday aboard the USS Yorktown in Charleston Harbor in Mount Pleasant, S.C.

The ship is a recurring backdrop for White House hopefuls visiting South Carolina.
Trump will return to the state next weekend for an event in Aiken, S.C., The Associated Press reported, where he is booked for a forum on Saturday over constitutional issues moderated by state Attorney General Alan Wilson.

Trump boasts a 6-point lead in South Carolina over other Republican White House hopefuls, according to the latest RealClearPolitics average of samplings.

He earns 29 percent, compared with 22.7 percent for retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, his closest competition in South Carolina. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) currently ranks in third place with 13.3 percent.

Trump has also previously used naval battleships as scenery for his speeches on the campaign trail. He delivered an address on national security from the decks of the USS Iowa in Los Angeles earlier this year.

donald trump holding rally in SC

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. - Republican presidential contender Donald Trump is holding a Pearl Harbor Day campaign rally aboard the USS Yorktown on Charleston Harbor.      
The Trump campaign has scheduled the event Monday aboard the World War II-era aircraft carrier that is berthed at the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant.          
The Yorktown is a favorite stopping place for presidential candidates when they visit the state.        
And following Monday's visit, Trump won't be gone from South Carolina for long.  
He's scheduled to return on Saturday for a forum on constitutional issues in Aiken moderated by state Attorney General Alan Wilson.

Thursday, December 3, 2015

San Bernardino Shooter Identified, but Many Questions Remain

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in the hours after a mass shooting that left 14 dead and dozens injured—the deadliest mass shooting since the 2012 Newtown massacre—investigators identified Syed Farook, a U.S. citizen and employee of the San Bernardino County’s public-health department, as one of the two shooters. They have yet to identify a motive.
So far, says assistant F.B.I. director David Bowdich, terrorism has not been ruled out, but San Bernardino police chief Jarrod Burguan suggested the incident could have been a workplace dispute that turned violent.
Farook, 28, and his new wife, 27-year-old Tashfeen Malik, both died after a car chase and a shootout with the police, leaving behind a 6-month-old child. (The two wed after an online courtship, with Farook going to Saudi Arabia to meet her.) An officer was wounded as well, but is expected to make a full recovery.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the shooting occurred during Farook’s office holiday party, held in a rented room in the Inland Regional Center. Disappearing during a group photo, Farook soon came back with his wife, heavily armed and wearing tactical gear, and began firing into the crowd of co-workers.
Colleagues were shocked and confused that Farook would do such a thing, with one telling the L.A. Times that he appeared to be “living the American dream,” and another saying that the office had thrown a baby shower for him recently.
Farook left the party “under some circumstances that were described as angry,” said Burguan.
Family members also told the press that they were blindsided by the attacks: in a press conference held at the L.A. chapter of the Council of American-Islamic Relations, Farook’s brother-in-law Farhad Khan expressed his condolences and said he had “no idea why he would do something like this. . . . I am in shock myself.” CAIR officials also vigorously condemned the shooting.
Farook’s father, also named Syed Farook, told the New York Daily News that his son was “very religious.”
Vocativ reports that while extremists on ISIS-affiliated Web forums celebrated the shooting, they did not take responsibility for it.
Farook and Malik used four firearms—two assault rifles and two handguns—and so far authorities have determined that at least two of those guns were purchased legally.
The shooting shut down much of San Bernardino on Wednesday afternoon, with all city schools and government buildings placed on lockdown and the public advised to stay indoors. Several witnesses told the L.A. Times how they watched the day unfold, from the disbelief that a shooting was actually occurring in their hometown (“It’s shocking that it’s right across the way,” a local tech worker said) to the desperate attempts to find loved ones.
In a statement that echoed the dozens of similar statements he gave this year, President Barack Obama acknowledged the victims and their families, and added: “The one thing we do know is that we have a pattern now of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world.”
 
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