Italy commemorates defeated fascist troops who fought with Nazis in key WWII battle

Italian defense ministry says soldiers killed at El Alamein died for ‘freedom’; opposition slams far-right government, says troops ‘were sent to die’ by fascists. Italy’s far-right government has sparked wide criticism after celebrating a major World War II battle, praising the defeated fascist soldiers who lost their lives. In a social media post on Wednesday to commemorate the 82nd anniversary of the 1942 battle of El Alamein in Egypt, Italy’s Defense ministry paid homage to the Italian soldiers “who sacrificed their lives for our freedom.” It described the Italian and Nazi loss to the Allies as “heroic and tragic.” (…) Thousands of Italians were among those killed or captured in the battle, fought under the fascist regime of dictator Benito Mussolini. The Italian center-left opposition slammed the government’s commemoration, with the Five Star Movement stressing it was “inopportune” to say that Italian troops had fought for freedom. “Italian boys in El Alamein did not fall for our freedom, as ambiguously claimed by the Ministry of Defense, but were sent to die by the fascist government,” Gianfranco Pagliarulo, president of the national partisans’ association, ANPI, said on Thursday.

via timesofisrael: Italy commemorates defeated fascist troops who fought with Nazis in key WWII battle

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Neo-Nazi with Hitler tattoo wrote ‘#manifesto’ before #stabbing asylum seeker – #terror

A Neo-Nazi wrote his own ‘terrorist manifesto’ before stabbing an asylum seeker in the chest at a hotel. Callum Parslow, 32, who also had Adolf Hitler’s signature tattooed on his forearm, tried to send a post to X claiming he ‘just did my duty to England’ by trying to ‘exterminate’ his target. He was found guilty of attempted murder at Leicester Crown Court for attacking Nahom Hagos at the Pear Tree Inn at Hindlip, Worcestershire, with a ‘specialist’ blade he bought for £770 online. The white supremacist tried to claim he made the four-and-a-half-mile journey on April 2 to stab ‘one of the Channel migrants’ because he was ‘angry and frustrated’ at small boat crossings. The court heard that as police closed in, Parslow attempted to tweet his manifesto document. But it failed to send because he tagged too many people in it. They included Tommy Robinson and prominent politicians including Sir Keir Starmer, Rishi Sunak, Nigel Farage and Suella Braverman. (…) Prosecutor Tom Storey KC said it was clear the manifesto was intended for publication online as it ended with a list of X handles or tags, which also featured those of Ukip and news outlets including the BBC and GB News.

via metro: Neo-Nazi with Hitler tattoo wrote ‘manifesto’ before stabbing asylum seeker

siehe auch: Moment Nazi-obsessed knifeman arrested by police on Worcestershire canal path Callum Parslow, 32, from Worcester, was found guilty of attempted murder after stabbing an asylum seeker. This is the moment a Nazi-obsessed knifeman is arrested by police on a Worcestershire canal path. Callum Parslow, who has Adolf Hitler’s signature tattooed on his left forearm, stabbed an asylum seeker and had wanted to kill him after being evicted from his flat and leaving his job. The 32-year-old, who had written his own ‘terrorist manifesto’, knifed Nahom Hagos in the chest and hand at the Pear Tree Inn at Hindlip, Worcestershire, after buying a “specialist” £770 knife online. Police bodyworn camera footage showed Parslow being hauled to the ground by two police officers. Asked by an officer why he had so much money in his wallet following a check for ID, Parslow, from Worcester, replied: “That’s all the cash I’m going to take with me to prison.” He denied attempted murder, but was later found guilty of the charge yesterday, Friday, October 25. He also pleaded guilty minutes later to offences committed in July and August last year, including one of intentional exposure of his genitals in a video he sent from a Facebook account. (…) Details of the trial could not be reported until a court order was lifted on Friday after Parslow pleaded guilty to an unconnected sexual offence and two charges under the Malicious Communications Act. Jurors were told the manifesto found on the former supermarket worker’s mobile phone also stated: “They will call me a terrorist, they will call me an extremist: I am neither. Become the White man they say you are.” Some of the defendant’s tweets also advocated the use of extreme violence against immigrants entering Britain, with one stating: “Open the door with a knife in your hand and shout at them. If they attack you it’s fair game.”; How an English extremist with a Hitler tattoo hid in plain sight – and plotted to kill Callum Parslow’s extreme beliefs were known to police when he stabbed an Eritrean man, but what lay behind his journey from bedroom fanaticism to attempted murder. When neo-Nazi terrorist Callum Parslow walked into a ­countryside hotel on 2 April and stabbed an ­asylum seeker in the chest, it was not the first time he had come to the attention of the police. The 31-year-old computer programmer was on bail, having been arrested four months earlier for sending racist and sexual messages to a black female journalist. The mindset that drove his attack was clear. When police searched Parslow’s home in Worcester on 13 December, they found a stockpile of Nazi memorabilia, including rings and medallions from the Third Reich, two copies of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf and numerous other far-right books. The items were scattered through his bedroom, which had a huge St George’s flag on the wall, 10 cans of cider on the desk and empty crisp packets and milk cartons on the floor. His laptop and phone contained further indication of his beliefs: countless videos, images and texts linked to neo-Nazi ideology, ­alongside evidence of his immersion in conspiracy theories ranging from white genocide to “exaggerated pandemics”. But Parslow remained free, and would tell his eventual trial, which concluded on Friday after three weeks, that his December 2023 arrest was the moment he started considering launching an attack. Last week, Parslow was found guilty of attempted murder and will be sentenced at a later date. Reporting restrictions have now been lifted and we are able to tell the full story of Parslow’s crime for the first time.

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Kentucky teen linked to white supremacist group accused of bomb threat against PBSO – #terror #764group

Just 13 days after his 18th birthday, a teen from Kentucky with alleged ties to a white supremacist group made a phone call to the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office, threatening to blow them up, officials said. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) stated that on August 16, at around 1:30 p.m., their dispatch received a call from an unknown number. According to the probable cause affidavit, the caller, later discovered as Curtis Hodges,18, threatened to detonate a bomb, stating, “I am going to blow you up.” When the dispatcher inquired about his whereabouts, Hodges claimed to be at the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and stated, “I am going to blow you in 13 minutes.” The report states that the phone call lasted just over a minute before the teen abruptly hung up. In response to the threat, PBSO noted that they took immediate action, shutting down the sheriff’s office and deploying a bomb squad and K-9 unit to search for explosives in the area. According to the report, as the investigation progressed, deputies traced the call to an IP address linked to Hodges’s residence in Louisville, Kentucky. Collaborating with Louisville law enforcement, PBSO uncovered that Hodges is a member of a violent online group, 764 Group, known for encouraging self-harm among minors and producing child sexual abuse material. See also:Worship leader accused of sexual activity with a teen in Florida Further investigation revealed that Hodges had a history of troubling behavior, including affiliation with a white supremacist group, resulting in expulsion from high school, and for making Swastikas in his Job Corps Program welding class, resulting in another expulsion.

via cbs12: Kentucky teen linked to white supremacist group accused of bomb threat against PBSO

#Berlin und #Brandenburg – #Durchsuchungen bei jungen Neonazis – Verdächtiger in #UHaft – #terror

Die Polizei ist mit Hausdurchsuchungen in Berlin und Brandenburg gegen rechtsextreme Jugendorganisationen vorgegangen. Einer der Männer zwischen 16 und 23 Jahren landete in Untersuchungshaft. Ein tatverdächtiger Neonazi befindet sich nach Hausdurchsuchungen in Berlin und Brandenburg in Untersuchungshaft. Es handelt sich um einen 23 Jahre alten Mann aus Wandlitz, wie ein Sprecher der Berliner Staatsanwaltschaft der Deutschen Presse-Agentur bestätigte. Zuvor hatte der »Tagesspiegel« berichtet. Der Mann soll der Zeitung zufolge eine führende Position in der Gruppe »Deutsche Jugend voran« haben. Tatkleidung, Schlagwerkzeug, Schreckschusswaffen beschlagnahmt Nach Angaben der Staatsanwaltschaft besteht bei dem 23-Jährigen wegen der Schwere der Tatvorwürfe, eines unklaren Wohnsitzes und einer geringen sozialen Bindung Fluchtgefahr. Deswegen sei er in Untersuchungshaft. Die Polizei war am Mittwoch in Berlin und Brandenburg mit Durchsuchungen gegen die Neonazis vorgegangen. Die Beamten beschlagnahmten mutmaßliche Beute aus Straftaten, darunter Tatkleidung, Handys, Schlagwerkzeug, Waffenteile, illegale Pyrotechnik sowie Schreckschusswaffen und Gaspistolen.

via spiegel: Berlin und Brandenburg Durchsuchungen bei jungen Neonazis – Verdächtiger in U-Haft

AfD-Fraktion in Wismarer Bürgerschaft wird kleiner

Die AfD-Fraktion in der Wismarer Bürgerschaft wird kleiner: Fraktions-Mitglied Alexandra Petter ist aus Wismar weggezogen. Somit verliert sie ihren Sitz in der Bürgerschaft. Da die AfD keine Nachrücker hat, entfällt der Platz ersatzlos. Das teilt die Gemeindewahlleitung mit. Nach der Kommunalwahl im Juni besetzte die Partei nur sechs der ihr zustehenden acht Sitze.

via ndr: AfD-Fraktion in Wismarer Bürgerschaft wird kleiner

Elon Musk’s Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin – #securityrisk

Regular contacts between world’s richest man and America’s chief antagonist raise security concerns; topics include geopolitics, business and personal matters. Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and a linchpin of U.S. space efforts, has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022. T (…) Musk has emerged this year as a crucial supporter of Donald Trump’s election campaign, and could find a role in a Trump administration should he win. While the U.S. and its allies have isolated Putin in recent years, Musk’s dialogue could signal re-engagement with the Russian leader, and reinforce Trump’s expressed desire to cut a deal over major fault lines such as the war in Ukraine.  At the same time, the contacts also raise potential national-security concerns among some in the current administration, given Putin’s role as one of America’s chief adversaries.  Musk has forged deep business ties with U.S. military and intelligence agencies, giving him unique visibility into some of America’s most sensitive space programs. SpaceX, which operates the Starlink service, won a $1.8 billion classified contract in 2021 and is the primary rocket launcher for the Pentagon and NASA. Musk has a security clearance that allows him access to certain classified information. Knowledge of Musk’s Kremlin contacts appears to be a closely held secret in government. Several White House officials said they weren’t aware of them. The topic is highly sensitive, given Musk’s increasing involvement in the Trump campaign and the approaching U.S. presidential election, less than two weeks away.

via wsj: Elon Musk’s Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin

siehe auch: NASA chief calls for investigation into report that Musk and Putin have spoken regularly. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Friday called for an investigation into a Wall Street Journal report that SpaceX founder and Donald Trump ally Elon Musk and Russian President Vladimir Putin have been in “regular contact” since late 2022. The report, which said the SpaceX founder has discussed “personal topics, business and geopolitical tensions” with the Russian leader, raises national security concerns as SpaceX’s relationships with NASA and the US military may have granted Musk access to sensitive government information and US intelligence. “I don’t know that that story is true. I think it should be investigated,” Nelson told Semafor’s Burgess Everett. “If the story is true that there have been multiple conversations between Elon Musk and the president of Russia, then I think that would be concerning, particularly for NASA, for the Department of Defense, for some of the intelligence agencies.” Some US officials have raised counterintelligence concerns in the last year about Musk’s interactions with US adversaries like Russia, but the US intelligence community is wary of looking into those interactions because Musk is an American citizen, an official familiar with the matter told CNN. Several White House officials told the Journal they weren’t aware of the contact between Musk and Putin, and the paper said knowledge of the discussions “appears to be a closely held secret in government.” The discussions were confirmed to the Journal by several current and former US, European and Russian officials.

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Spanish police arrest 4 suspects for online hate campaign against Real Madrid’s Black Brazilian star Vinicius Junior – #LockThemUp

‘The investigation began following three complaints filed by the Spanish La Liga,’ says National Police. Police in Span arrested four suspects Thursday for an online hate campaign against Real Madrid’s Black Brazilian star Vinicius Junior. “The four main individuals responsible for a hate campaign against a football player have been arrested. The investigation began following three complaints filed by the Spanish La Liga,” Spain’s National Police wrote on X. “They incited fans through social media to attend the stadium and shout insults with racist connotations.” The suspects were found to have started an online hate campaign against the 24-year-old forward before Real Madrid’s derby against Atletico Madrid on Sept. 29.

via aa.com.tr: Spanish police arrest 4 suspects for online hate campaign against Real Madrid’s Black Brazilian star Vinicius Junior

siehe auch: Four arrested in Spain over hate campaign against Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr Police said four people were detained in connection to an online campaign allegedly inciting hatred towards Vinicius Jr. Four people have been arrested and questioned in Spain on suspicion of conducting an online hate campaign encouraging Atletico Madrid fans to racially abuse Real Madrid star forward Vinicius Jr, police said. The men were detained on October 14 and 15 and then released as investigations continued into social media slogans that urged fans to wear face masks so they could insult the Black Brazil international without being identified, police added on Thursday (…) Police said the online campaign went viral, raising “significant social alarm”. The investigation remains open and could lead to more arrests, police added. LaLiga stepped in the day before the September 29 Madrid derby, saying it was calling for the arrest of anyone involved in the campaign, which it said amounted to the crime of incitement to hatred. Atletico Madrid did not immediately reply to a request for comment, but they said earlier this month that they were committed to adopting internal disciplinary measures against their associates involved in racist, xenophobic or intolerant incidents.

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