November 16, 2015
From: The Federation of
Connecticut Taxpayer Organizations
Contact: Susan Kniep, President
Website: http://ctact.org/
Email: fctopresident@aol.com
Telephone: 860-841-8032
HOW WILL THE SLAUGHTER OF
INNOCENT VICTIMS IN PARIS
IMPACT
THE
FUTURE OF THE REFUGEE CRISIS?
THE ANSWER COULD BE IN THE
HEADLINES!
CNN's Christiane Amanpour said, that there is "a very professional new squad of
terrorists inserting themselves into some of these migrant voyages."
BREAKING…..
Republican Lawmakers May Try to Block Syrian Refugee Plan
New
York Times - 29 mins
ago
After Paris attacks, governors refuse to accept Syrian
refugees
USA TODAY - 24
mins ago
Excerpt: The governors of Alabama, Arkansas,
Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan and Texas say their top concern must be the safety
of state residents, and there is a chance the refugees include people with
terrorist ties.
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White House refugee plan targeted after Paris attacks
By Julian Hattem - The Hill
Excerpts: President Obama’s plan to allow 10,000 new
Syrian refugees into the U.S.
is facing fresh criticism after Friday evening’s terror attacks across Paris, which were carried out by
least one person who had reportedly slipped into France among the migrants.
The White House is insisting that nothing had changed, and
that the United States
is fully capable of vetting the refugees.
Yet top
lawmakers and GOP presidential candidates made clear on Sunday that they don’t
have the same confidence in U.S.
intelligence, due to the lingering blind spots caused by the chaos in Syria.
According to reports, at least one of the men behind the Paris attack, which killed 129 people in a
string of coordinated violence, made his way into the country by hiding himself
among refugees. Continue to Read the full story here.
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The U.S. has struck oil trucks in Syria
for the first time, with the goal of cutting off ISIS revenue
NEW YORK TIMES
Monday, November 16, 2015 By MICHAEL R.
GORDON
Intensifying pressure on the Islamic State,
United States warplanes for
the first time attacked hundreds of trucks on Monday that the extremist group
has been using to smuggle the crude oil it has been producing in Syria,
American officials said.
Plans for the strike were developed well before the
terrorist attacks in and around Paris on Friday, and the assault is part of a
broader operation to disrupt the ability of the Islamic State, also known as
ISIS or ISIL, to generate revenue to support its military operations and run
its self-styled caliphate. Read more »
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USAToday
Reports
Chilling Islamic State video warns of
more attacks on West
Kim Hjelmgaard, Jane Onyanga-Omara and John
Bacon,
USA TODAY November 16, 2015 12:14 p.m. EST
PARIS — A chilling new
Islamic State video warns of deadly consequences in the United States or any country that joins the
French in their punishing airstrikes against ISIL positions in Syria and Iraq.
Suspected Paris attack mastermind Abdelhamid
Abaaoud linked to other attacks
Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA
TODAY 10:15 a.m. EST
November 16, 2015
Abdelhamid Abaaoud, named by a
French official as the suspected mastermind behind the attacks that killed 132
people in Paris on Friday, is "one of the
most active" Islamic State executioners in Syria, according to French radio
station RTL.
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On November 14, 2015
Bloomberg News Reported
Merkel's Refugee Stance Risks Unravelling
After Passport Find
Reporters:
Arne Delfs Birgit Jennen Tony Czuczka BerlinTony
Excerpts: Chancellor Angela Merkel faced renewed
pressure over her open-door policy for refugees after a statement from Greek
authorities raised the possibility that one of the Paris suicide bombers was a Syrian who
entered the European Union posing as a refugee.
A Syrian
passport found next to the corpse of the attacker was recorded by Greek
officials on the island
of Leros
on Oct. 3, Deputy Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas
said in a statement. Toskas said he didn’t know
whether the passport was later processed by authorities elsewhere in Europe. Continue
reading at ….
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-14/merkel-s-open-arms-refugee-stance-tested-as-europe-goes-on-alert
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On November 14, 2015
CNBC reported
Poland tells EU: No more migrants without security assurances
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FROM BROOKINGS….
Evidence the Paris attacks were modeled
on the 2008 Mumbai attacks
Bruce Riedel
Bruce Riedel explains how the 2008 Mumbai
attacks, in which ten terrorists killed 164 and wounded more than 300
throughout the city, have become a model for other terrorist organizations,
including ISIS.
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