Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Wednesday Links

Here in the middle of the week, which is known to the Germans as Mittwoch, to the Poles as Środa (which is similar to środek, their word for "center"), and to college students as "hump day", here are some items of news and opinion:

From AOL, French police searching for the mastermind of the terror attacks in Paris raid an apartment in Saint-Denis, resulting in seven arrests and two dead, one of them being a suicide bomber who blew herself up.

From The Guardian, a police dog was killed in the raid.  (via The Daily Caller)

From the Express, eight suspected ISIS terrorists posing as refugees have been arrested at the Istanbul airport.

From the Daily Mail, at least 66 people have been arrested in the United States on ISIS terror-related charges, including some refugees.

From National Review, why it's not bigoted to be wary of Syrian refugees.

From Frontpage Mag, President Obama has strategy for defeating America.

From the Washington Examiner, the House prods Obama to get tougher with ISIS.

From NewsBusters, former Homeland Security Secretary and Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge (R) criticizes Obama's policy toward ISIS.

From Commentary, Secretary of State John Kerry's "unique feat of moral equivalency".

From The Blaze, after black protesters harass white students in Dartmouth's library, the university's provost apologizes - to the protesters.

From Watchdog.org, how to eliminate duplicate government benefit payments.

From Wired, Congress passes the US Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act.

From the Mirror, ISIS claims that a drink can bomb brought down the Russian jet, and releases a picture of such a bomb.

From the Independent, Anonymous's attack on ISIS has resulted in people being wrongly identified with the terrorist group.

From the Daily Surge, fans at a soccer game in Turkey interrupt a moment of silence for the victims in Paris with chants of "allahu akbar".

From The Washington Free Beacon, nearly 30,000 Cubans have entered Texas from Mexico.  (via Political Pistachio)

From the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon wins the NL Manager of the Year award.

From NBC Chicago, three cities in Illinois have been named "drunkest in state".

From The Texas Tribune, an alleged sexual assault involving two grad students at Texas A&M and the school's reaction have led to a federal investigation.  (via Pundit Press)

From The Jerusalem Post, the supervisor of the Western Wall has refused a request made by three female members of the Knesset to have a hanukkia placed in the female section of the Wall.

And from the Catholic Herald, according to a report not yet confirmed by the Vatican, Mother Theresa is scheduled to be canonized.  (via LifeNews)

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