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EXCLUSIVE: London terror attacker Khalid Masood, 52, British Born
This is so very sad... so many lives effected by one person with so much hate in his heart.Theyare now releasing the name and information on the attacker.
EXCLUSIVE: London terror attacker Khalid Masood, 52, once stabbed a man in the FACE and changed from Kent schoolboy Adrian Elms to maniac who launched car and knife rampage through Westminster
Police reveal a middle-aged extremist from the West Midlands carried out yesterday's terror attack
MailOnline can reveal he was born Adrian Elms in Kent before his religious conversion
Scotland Yard say he had a long list of crimes to his name but had not been convicted of terror offences
In an attack in 2003, he stabbed a man in the face, leaving him slumped in the driveway of a nursing home
Theresa May said he was known to the security services but was 'not part of the current intelligence picture'
Probe into the British citizen's links to violent jihadism was 'historical' and he was deemed 'peripheral'
ISIS have claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the killer was a 'soldier of the Islamic State'
Do you know Adrian Elms? Please contact news@mailonline.co.uk
By Richard Spillett, Crime Correspondent and Martin Robinson Uk Chief Reporter and Thomas Burrows for MailOnline
PUBLISHED: 22:16 EDT, 22 March 2017 | UPDATED: 22:04 EDT, 23 March 2017
The British-born jihadi who killed four and injured 29 in Westminster was last night revealed to be a middle-aged criminal career who MI5 had investigated in the past and had a previous conviction for stabbing a man in the nose.
English teacher Khalid Masood, 52, a 'lone wolf' attacker, who was living in the Birmingham area, had a series of convictions for assault and other crimes.
Scotland Yard revealed how Masood was known by a number of aliases and MailOnline can reveal he was born Adrian Elms to a single mother in Kent before his religious conversion. Masood has used the names Khalid Choudry and Adrian Ajao among others.
He grew up in a £300,000 house in the seaside town of Rye, East Sussex and had a long criminal history.
His first conviction was for criminal damage in November 1983, when he was just 19.
His last was for an attack in 2003, where he stabbed a 22-year-old man in the face, leaving him slumped in the driveway of a nursing home in Eastbourne. The victim was left needing cosmetic surgery after the vicious attack.
Masood is understood to have spent time in Lewes jail in East Sussex, Wayland prison in Norfolk and Ford open prison in West Sussex, The Times reported.
He was sentenced to two years for wounding in 2000 and sent back to jail in 2003 for the attack in Eastbourne.
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EXCLUSIVE: London terror attacker Khalid Masood, 52, once stabbed a man in the FACE and changed from Kent schoolboy Adrian Elms to maniac who launched car and knife rampage through Westminster
Police reveal a middle-aged extremist from the West Midlands carried out yesterday's terror attack
MailOnline can reveal he was born Adrian Elms in Kent before his religious conversion
Scotland Yard say he had a long list of crimes to his name but had not been convicted of terror offences
In an attack in 2003, he stabbed a man in the face, leaving him slumped in the driveway of a nursing home
Theresa May said he was known to the security services but was 'not part of the current intelligence picture'
Probe into the British citizen's links to violent jihadism was 'historical' and he was deemed 'peripheral'
ISIS have claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the killer was a 'soldier of the Islamic State'
Do you know Adrian Elms? Please contact news@mailonline.co.uk
By Richard Spillett, Crime Correspondent and Martin Robinson Uk Chief Reporter and Thomas Burrows for MailOnline
PUBLISHED: 22:16 EDT, 22 March 2017 | UPDATED: 22:04 EDT, 23 March 2017
The British-born jihadi who killed four and injured 29 in Westminster was last night revealed to be a middle-aged criminal career who MI5 had investigated in the past and had a previous conviction for stabbing a man in the nose.
English teacher Khalid Masood, 52, a 'lone wolf' attacker, who was living in the Birmingham area, had a series of convictions for assault and other crimes.
Scotland Yard revealed how Masood was known by a number of aliases and MailOnline can reveal he was born Adrian Elms to a single mother in Kent before his religious conversion. Masood has used the names Khalid Choudry and Adrian Ajao among others.
He grew up in a £300,000 house in the seaside town of Rye, East Sussex and had a long criminal history.
His first conviction was for criminal damage in November 1983, when he was just 19.
His last was for an attack in 2003, where he stabbed a 22-year-old man in the face, leaving him slumped in the driveway of a nursing home in Eastbourne. The victim was left needing cosmetic surgery after the vicious attack.
Masood is understood to have spent time in Lewes jail in East Sussex, Wayland prison in Norfolk and Ford open prison in West Sussex, The Times reported.
He was sentenced to two years for wounding in 2000 and sent back to jail in 2003 for the attack in Eastbourne.
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The UN---enormous waste of money?
The scandals are well known, from food for oil, childhood prostitution via UN soldiers and the UN's gift of Cholera in Haiti. Often, after screw ups, rather than owning up and offering compensation, the UN effectively claims "immunity". Run more like a feudal society than an effective bureaucracy, less than half of the member states qualify as democracies, and decisions/policies often seem to more reflect styles of dictatorships. Many find the jobs and employee compensation quite on the lavish side---I can attest to this from my experiences with these folks in the field. It's said that almost half a trillion dollars have been spent by the UN since its inception. Lots more. Pet peeve of Manhattan residents is how cars with UN/diplomat tags park anywhere---fines errased. But what should replace it, if anything, and where to relocate? Aa.
In case you wanted to know...........
We don't really get to know each other very well on this site.
We are mostly a mystery to each other.
I thought that it might be nice for the group to have a better
picture of who I am, or was, and may lead to others being a
tad more forth coming with who they are, or were.
I spent the predominance of my working life as a mental health
practitioner and mentor.
My specialties were with youth and the reintroduction of criminal
offenders into mainstream society. Of course this involved a
tremendous amount of my time being spent in both the criminal
courts and the family court system.
I became very involved in education, interdiction, and even
liaising with gangs to prevent violence, escalation and expansion
in my area.
But this was not a one way transaction. I think that I got a lot
more out of it all than what I put in.
I learned something from each and every person that dealt with.
I always aimed for a common respect, but I received an uncommon
degree of respect. I was accepted on both sides of the law.
My wife used to tell me that I was becoming more like 'them' than
the normal person that I had started out as.
She was right. But I learned respect for others, without qualification,
and I learned patience and I learned compassion.
The whole experience made me a better person, and I smoothed the
waters for all around me.
In all, it was a good trade.
That's me, in a nut shell.
Now, let's hear from the rest of you in this looney bin. Shall we?
We are mostly a mystery to each other.
I thought that it might be nice for the group to have a better
picture of who I am, or was, and may lead to others being a
tad more forth coming with who they are, or were.
I spent the predominance of my working life as a mental health
practitioner and mentor.
My specialties were with youth and the reintroduction of criminal
offenders into mainstream society. Of course this involved a
tremendous amount of my time being spent in both the criminal
courts and the family court system.
I became very involved in education, interdiction, and even
liaising with gangs to prevent violence, escalation and expansion
in my area.
But this was not a one way transaction. I think that I got a lot
more out of it all than what I put in.
I learned something from each and every person that dealt with.
I always aimed for a common respect, but I received an uncommon
degree of respect. I was accepted on both sides of the law.
My wife used to tell me that I was becoming more like 'them' than
the normal person that I had started out as.
She was right. But I learned respect for others, without qualification,
and I learned patience and I learned compassion.
The whole experience made me a better person, and I smoothed the
waters for all around me.
In all, it was a good trade.
That's me, in a nut shell.
Now, let's hear from the rest of you in this looney bin. Shall we?
Quite disturbing
I just seen a video clip on youtube.
Its kinda out of the norm of what you would expect stomach turning really,
I mean sure a brat is a brat, but kids will be kids and as any parent knows
they love to push the limits of the world that they are trying so hard to become part of.
Incidents involving Roll Models Can have profoundly devastating or encouraging outcomes on
their entire future self esteem and self worth.
But what struck me most of all were the comments, opinions for sure and each are entitled.
But are these comments indicative of the general attitude of a generation, or the mere bravado of keyboard warriors. Was this the mindset of my coeval's in our youth In one way I hope not, But then again if it was We can always say ;
"We turned out all right didn't we "
Didn't we ?
I don't know if any action was taken after the event .
If you know please post some updates.
Have a Beautiful Day
Its kinda out of the norm of what you would expect stomach turning really,
I mean sure a brat is a brat, but kids will be kids and as any parent knows
they love to push the limits of the world that they are trying so hard to become part of.
Incidents involving Roll Models Can have profoundly devastating or encouraging outcomes on
their entire future self esteem and self worth.
But what struck me most of all were the comments, opinions for sure and each are entitled.
But are these comments indicative of the general attitude of a generation, or the mere bravado of keyboard warriors. Was this the mindset of my coeval's in our youth In one way I hope not, But then again if it was We can always say ;
"We turned out all right didn't we "
Didn't we ?
I don't know if any action was taken after the event .
If you know please post some updates.
Have a Beautiful Day
Hate is big business
A couple of blogs ago, Kal brought up the issue of Muslim hating. This is a really big deal right now. And of course the Muslim world hates America and Americans in general.
Well, I'm sorry to disagree, but nobody hates anybody, in either direction. Yes, many people are very emotional and vocal lately, and some folks have even become violent and murderous. But it is a very tiny sliver of the populations on both sides.
The real problem is the few that have something to gain from all this chaos.
Whenever there is a large scale problem that needs to be resolved, I always look to where the money is flowing and who is standing to gain power or position.
It's not only the active characters that you have to watch, who are making money on selling arms, supplies, protection, and what have you, but also the people reporting and writing about it all. They are far from innocent by standers.
The media needs war and violence. The worse it gets, the more people tune in. The bigger the audience, the higher the price charged for commercial air time. The higher the profits for the media outlet, the higher the pay check for the news people.
Do you see the connection?
The average Joe does not care who you worship. The average Joe does not care what you wear or what you eat.
Most of the problems of our modern society are manufactured. Look beyond the headlines, and follow the money.
Maybe we will find something to hate after all.
Well, I'm sorry to disagree, but nobody hates anybody, in either direction. Yes, many people are very emotional and vocal lately, and some folks have even become violent and murderous. But it is a very tiny sliver of the populations on both sides.
The real problem is the few that have something to gain from all this chaos.
Whenever there is a large scale problem that needs to be resolved, I always look to where the money is flowing and who is standing to gain power or position.
It's not only the active characters that you have to watch, who are making money on selling arms, supplies, protection, and what have you, but also the people reporting and writing about it all. They are far from innocent by standers.
The media needs war and violence. The worse it gets, the more people tune in. The bigger the audience, the higher the price charged for commercial air time. The higher the profits for the media outlet, the higher the pay check for the news people.
Do you see the connection?
The average Joe does not care who you worship. The average Joe does not care what you wear or what you eat.
Most of the problems of our modern society are manufactured. Look beyond the headlines, and follow the money.
Maybe we will find something to hate after all.
"I HAVE A DREAM" - Full Text by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. on today, Jan. 16, 2017, we give honor to our great civil right leader, a day after he would have turned 88 years old, had he not been killed.
Dr. King was born in Atlanta in 1929, the Baptist minister was one of the most important figures in the country’s civil rights movement. His work is also credited with putting an end to the legal segregation of African Americans with the enactment of Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He was assassinated in 1968.
“I Have A Dream” by Dr. Martin Luther King
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.
But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.
In a sense we have come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked “insufficient funds.” But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check — a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s children.
It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro’s legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
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Dr. King was born in Atlanta in 1929, the Baptist minister was one of the most important figures in the country’s civil rights movement. His work is also credited with putting an end to the legal segregation of African Americans with the enactment of Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He was assassinated in 1968.
“I Have A Dream” by Dr. Martin Luther King
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.
But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.
In a sense we have come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked “insufficient funds.” But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check — a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s children.
It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro’s legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
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Excuse you gentle people
If I don't accept your request and I don't go
by your rules as you wish do not throw your
Insults at me please......If you find out why I don't
respond well to your text just know my feelings
has detected your bad characters....
Funny men they begin by calling me beautiful
but when I refuse to give the information they
desire they start seeing my uglyness yes
I am and so...... to hell with your bad behaviour
Could be the reasons you are left alone.
..
I believe we are many ladies looking for love
here I should suggest try your level and let me BE.
If I don't accept your request and I don't go
by your rules as you wish do not throw your
Insults at me please......If you find out why I don't
respond well to your text just know my feelings
has detected your bad characters....
Funny men they begin by calling me beautiful
but when I refuse to give the information they
desire they start seeing my uglyness yes
I am and so...... to hell with your bad behaviour
Could be the reasons you are left alone.
..
I believe we are many ladies looking for love
here I should suggest try your level and let me BE.
Happy New Year to all
Or, as they say here in Mexico, Happy Year End.
I hope that everybody gets what they couldn't get last year, done this coming year.
Let's all be positive and hope it works out.
Feliz fin de ano....por todos
I hope that everybody gets what they couldn't get last year, done this coming year.
Let's all be positive and hope it works out.
Feliz fin de ano....por todos
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