Erdogan has warned that the state of emergency may be extended several more years. He also vowed to show no mercy to his enemies: “First, we will chop off the heads of those traitors. When they appear in court, let’s make them appear in orange suits like in Guantanamo Bay.”

The United Kingdom has withdrawn its troops from the coalition-operated al-Tanf base in Syria’s southwestern desert and de facto ended all military assistance hitherto provided to Free Syrian Army (FSA) affiliated mercenaries in the region.

Just like US military personnel who were also part of the so-called “moderate opposition” training program in southern Syria, British special forces troops operated from a coalition base established at the town of al-Tanf near Syria’s border with Iraq.

Virtually all of the FSA fighters who were part of the Pentagon-vetted training program had, in previous years, fought pro-government forces in Syria’s Deir Ezzor region alongside the Al-Qaeda-linked Jahbat al-Nusra terrorist group.

The EFF and ACLU have achieved a victory in an acronym-heavy public records case. The California Supreme Court has ruled the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and Los Angeles Sheriff‘s Department (LASD) will have to turn over data acquired by their automatic license plate readers (ALPRs).

Both entities tried to keep these records from the EFF and ACLU by claiming every single one of the millions of plate records were „investigatory records,“ exempt from disclosure under California‘s public records law. This apparently included the millions of „non-hit“ records never utilized in any LAPD/LASD investigation. With the plate readers collecting 1.5-2 million records per week, they were basically arguing every driver passing by an ALPR was under investigation.

Also detained for questioning Sunday were former Israel Navy commander Eliezer Marom as well as an unnamed retired rear admiral in the navy who is suspected of fraud, taking a bribe and breach of trust and at least two media advisers, also unnamed. The media advisers, who were detained while on their way to Ben-Gurion International Airport, are suspected of aiding in the commission of a bribery offense and obstruction of justice.

The police also searched the suspects‘ homes and offices.

Verteidigungsminister Doskozil (SPÖ) versicherte allerdings weiter Gesprächsbereitschaft. Die Opposition ortet ein Wahlkampfmanöver der Schwarzen.

(4.9.2017) Early tests have shown the prototype device can track a point light source through 20cm of tissue under normal conditions.

Die SWP-Autoren schließen: „Es scheint noch dringender als bisher, dass in Berlin die Debatte über Deutschlands gestiegene Bedeutung in der Nato und Europa größeren Raum bekommt.“ Schließlich verlange das äußerst ehrgeizige Vorhaben, multinationale Divisionen aufzubauen, „entschlossene Führung“ – und zwar „durch Deutschland“.

„Autoritäre Regime brauchen kein bürgerschaftliches Engagement. Die Demokratie hingegen braucht es.“

Der Bundestag sei „stärker und einflussreicher“ als jedes andere Parlament auf der Welt. Aber der Bundestag sei „nicht immer so gut wie er sein könnte oder auch sein sollte“, sagte Lammert.