photos; German refugee news

Mt. Eddy; the Sun flaring

 Shasta from Lake Siskiyou

7-17-17     The father of two siblings killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine three years ago said July 17 that relatives of the 298 people killed would not rest until those responsible face justice....Investigators last year said they had pinpointed 100 people they want to speak to who are believed to have been involved in transporting the Buk missile launcher or its use.  https://apnews.com/16fc5ce3651e4bb9a1bac7899c28cc07/3-years-on,-families-honor-loved-ones-lost-on-downed-MH17
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/17/europe/germany-refugees-merkel/index.html
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7-17-17    Groups of between 30 and 50 young men were later seen acting aggressively throughout the town on Saturday, with eyewitnesses, cited by police, stating that some were armed with knives.  One man reportedly had a blank-firing gun.

Police also reported damage to two of their vehicles, which were sprayed with graffiti.

In addition, an emergency services vehicle was "damaged by a bottle shot, and license plates were removed and stolen on six vehicles," the police report states.  https://www.rt.com/news/396546-german-fair-violence-migrants/

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4-28-17  This week, Germany's Interior Ministry released its 2016 crime figures, showing a dramatic increase in violent crime, including a 14.3% rise in murder and manslaughter, a 12.7% rise in rape and sexual assaults, and a 9.9% increase in serious assaults over the previous year. The figures showed that illegal immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers were suspected of having committing 174,438 crimes, a whopping 52.7% increase over the previous year.

With the number of German nationals suspected of crimes falling by 3.4%, migrants and refugees were estimated to have accounted for over 12% of all suspected crimes in 2016. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere called the increase in migrant crime '"unacceptable" and vowed to expel illegal migrants who committed crimes.   

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Thousands of Afghan Refugees in Germany May Be Former Taliban Members

https://sputniknews.com/europe/201704281053100872-german-migrant-crisis/

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