This week marks the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

The United States has experienced much political and social upheaval since then, but the subsequent “War on Terror” paved the way for our current moment, and there are booming echoes of the era all around us.

Once again, the United States is waging a disastrous war in the Middle East with no discernible end in sight. Islamophobic rallies targeting NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani conjure up memories of the “Ground Zero Mosque” controversy. The government designates activist and advocacy organizations as terrorists. The Guantánamo Bay detention camp remains open. In fact, a legal immigrant was just sent there.

CBS reveals that the Taliban seized roughly $7 billion worth of American-purchased military hardware after the United States officially lost that war 5 years ago.

“Taliban fighters patrol in armored vehicles once supplied to Afghan forces, wearing American tactical gear and carrying American weapons,” reads the report. “CBS News saw one Humvee in the Afghan capital still adorned with a faded Green Bay Packers decal — a remnant from its past operators.”

The small number of Americans who opposed that war were either dismissed or attacked. So too were those who warned that the Bush administration’s overreach would result in disaster.

“The civil libertarians were mostly ignored, and as one new threat followed another — Iraq, ISIS, ‘lone wolves’ — the president’s reach continued to grow. Across the Bush and Obama administrations, the commander in chief was given, or simply took, new powers to prosecute, shut down and seize the assets of alleged terrorist groups and their supporters,” writes Radley Balko in the New York Times. “With the arrival of armed drones, the president assumed the right to remotely assassinate anyone, anywhere outside U.S. borders, at any time, including American citizens.”

“If the ratcheting diminishment of our liberties came slowly and sometimes without much outcry under Presidents Bush, Obama and Joe Biden, the consequences of all those years of expanded presidential power are plainly visible now,” he continues. “Mr. Trump is using every authority we have given the president since Sept. 11, 2001, and some we haven’t, in ways the civil libertarians had tried to warn us about at the start.”

One of the major differences between the current war on Iran and Bush’s war on Iraq is that a sizable chunk of the population fell for the administration’s lies back then. The polling shows that’s not the case this time around, and, despite information from the region being consistently repressed, there seems to be a growing understanding that the United States military is losing quite badly.

They say Americans don’t vote based on foreign policy, but that isn’t exactly true. Many people voted for Obama over Hillary Clinton in the 2008 primary because he opposed the Iraq War. People voted for Trump because he claimed he wouldn’t launch any new wars. It’s quite obvious that Kamala Harris’s connection to Israel’s genocide hurt her at the polls.

Whether or not this typically translates into policy shifts is a separate debate.

Obama’s election effectively killed the domestic antiwar movement, and he launched the largest assassination campaign in world history. Trump’s rhetoric predictably turned out to be nonsense. The Democratic Party’s establishment certainly didn’t rethink its Israel policy as a result of the Harris loss.

This is all to say that the war in Iran, which the administration now says might last through 2029, could help propel the Democrats back into power during the midterms, but will that actually result in a foreign policy reset?

In recent weeks, Democratic leaders and presidential hopefuls have directed their anger toward Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, hoping to quash the party’s left flank before the 2028 nomination process. For them, it’s an existential battle that transcends the question of which party may or may not control Congress at any given time and there’s no broader discussion about reversing our current course beyond removing Trump from office.

Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee, Abdul El-Sayed, was recently attacked for an old 9/11 tweet in which he expressed sympathy for those who died on that day and those who were killed in the wars after.

“Today, I mourn the 3K lives, 6K injuries, & infrastructural devastation in NYC, perpetrated ignorantly in the name of my faith,” it read. “Tomorrow, I’ll mourn ~1M lives, millions of injuries, & infrastructural devastation in 3 countries, perpetrated ignorantly in the name of my country.”

According to Brown University’s Costs of War project, an additional 3.6-3.8 million people have died indirectly in post-9/11 war zones, which brings the overall death toll to at least 4.5-4.7 million and counting.

25 years after 9/11, the American Empire is undoubtedly in decline, but its demise seemingly remains far off, and we’ve yet to collectively reckon with its ongoing crimes.

 

 

Roberto Pecchioli
La Compagnia della Buona Morte era una confraternita il cui scopo era garantire a tutti
una degna sepoltura ed assistere spiritualmente e materialmente i morenti. I membri
indossavano sai e cappucci per sottolineare che la morte azzera le differenze tra nobili e
umili, ricchi e poveri. Erano tempi in cui si pensava che la vita appartenesse a Dio e che nel
trapasso di dovesse esprimere il destino trascendente della creatura umana. Brutti tempi:
superstizione , false credenze, illusioni alimentate dalla religione alleata con il potere. Oggi
è molto meglio: la Compagnia della Buona Morte resiste in forme diverse. Si chiama
eutanasia, disprezzo e indifferenza per la vita. Ai suoi massimi banditori come Emma
Bonino sono riconosciuti funerali di Stato. Solidarietà necrofila: aborto non come
possibilità in casi specifici, ma diritto universale; morte di Stato; infanticidio in via di
sdoganamento in alcune legislazioni; tendenza a giustificare l’omicidio dei figli, se
commesso da madri in crisi. Il processo a Lindsay Clancy, l’americana che ha ammazzato i
suoi tre bambini, si è concluso senza un verdetto.
La sepoltura cade in disuso: l’homo sapiens odia talmente se stesso da distruggere il corpo
defunto. Chi opta per disperdere le ceneri, chi preferisce diventare compostaggio, chi
conserva i resti in un’urna sul comò. La morte viene nascosta nel gelido scenario di
ospedali, amministrata igienicamente in camice bianco da personale specializzato,
somministrata come liberazione da vite “non degne di essere vissute “. La pratica
dell’eutanasia – buona morte, dal greco- è vista come atto supremo di civilizzazione
dell’animale sapiente che annulla se stesso. Il consenso è ampiamente maggioritario, come
sull’aborto e sulla disponibilità del corpo morente a diventare un magazzino di pezzi da
asportare. Nell’era del materialismo compiuto che non rispetta alcunché se può servire al
mercato misura di tutte le cose, l’essere umano vale meno del maiale, di cui non si butta via
niente.
Abolito il concetto di anima, su cui tace anche la chiesa, resta l’ingombro del corpo, il
fastidio della malattia, della vecchiaia, del declino mentale. Oplà, la soluzione è pronta,
civilissima, igienica, altruistica. La Compagnia della Buona Morte ci fa morire a richiesta,
previa compilazione di un modulo scaricabile online . Con sprezzo della realtà- grande
assente nel manicomio occidente- la corte costituzionale ha stabilito che non si può
accedere al suicidio assistito ( l’officina della neolingua è sempre attiva) se non si è
considerati dagli “esperti” convocati alla bisogna, la necro burocrazia, capaci di intendere e
volere. Come se la condizione di chi rifiuta la vita fosse uguale a quella di chi è sano e felice.
Il sistema ha avvelenato tutti i pozzi e la grande maggioranza è convinta che aborto e
eutanasia siano avanzamenti di civiltà. I temi sono troppo profondi e delicati, attengono
alle fibre più drammatiche e alle angosce più profonde per essere trattati con negazioni
assolute o applausi scroscianti. E’ proprio la semplificazione, la convinzione che l’esistenza
valga solo a determinate condizioni e addirittura si abbia il diritto a decidere anche sugli
altri – i non nati, i malati gravi, gli invalidi- a sconcertare chi ancora si interroga sui
fondamenti dell’esistenza. Nessuno stupore se avanza la sottocultura della morte
amministrata, scelta, talora perfino pretesa come atto supremo di potere su se stessi. La
Compagnia della Buona Morte ha prima cambiato il senso della vita e le priorità dei sudditi

chiamati cittadini, poi ha sferrato l’attacco. Il sistema dominante possiede le tecnologie, ha
scoperto molte leggi della natura e della fisica. Gran parte dell’umanità è un ingombro,
fastidioso bestiame dotato di cervello, parola, diritti. Non più quelli naturali alla vita e alla
dignità, ma quelli inventati dal sistema.
Dopo aver convinto che avere figli è un fastidio, una responsabilità insopportabile, un peso
per la libertà, la realizzazione individuale, il piacere e il consumo, è stato facile chiamare
diritto sopprimere chi non potrà nascere. Il feto viene smaltito come rifiuto organico
oppure utilizzato in alcune lavorazioni industriali. L’homo oeconomicus non butta via ciò
che può essere venduto all’ homo consumens. Si comincia a giustificare addirittura la
soppressione del figlio, se la madre vive il disagio post parto, molto diffuso nelle società
individualiste in cui non esiste più famiglia o comunità che condivide, allevia, accoglie il
nuovo nato. Diventati adulti, entriamo trionfanti nel girone del consumo e delle
dipendenze. Inevitabilmente, arrivano delusioni, tragedie esistenziali, malattie, sconfitte.
La terapia è il suicidio. Puoi sparire da solo – quattromila suicidi all’anno in Italia- o con la
fattiva collaborazione delle istituzioni e dei suoi agenti, il boia collettivo. Il sistema
prospetta la “buona” morte come soluzione. A una giovane canadese paraplegica è stato
proposto il suicidio come alternativa alla costosa rimozione delle barriere architettoniche.
Tutte le campagne eutanasiche sono state finanziate dal potere economico. Siamo un costo,
un fardello insostenibile: meglio convincere a togliersi definitivamente dai piedi.
Incredibile è chi ci riesca: ben scavato, vecchia talpa. Così esclamò Amleto salutando il
fantasma del padre che aveva rivelato gli inganni della corte; così ripeté Marx descrivendo
il cammino sotterraneo della rivoluzione.
La cultura del consumo, dell’attimo da cogliere a ogni costo ed esaurire nel nonsenso
quando non siamo più giovani, performanti, sani, ha per conseguenza il disprezzo della
vita. Diventati fragili o malati, meglio levare il disturbo. Disturbiamo il bilancio pubblico, il
profitto del sistema assicurativo e sanitario, sconvolgiamo la vita di chi ci circonda, quando
c’è. Dietro le luci abbaglianti del gran teatro si ammassano i detriti di una civiltà che non
vuole saperne di rinunciare allo spettacolo. Chi non può o non vuole partecipare, si
accomodi all’uscita. Nelle società benestanti abbiamo conquistato il diritto di morire; in
quelle povere la preoccupazione è la sopravvivenza. Si chiama progresso. Si aggira in
Occidente lo spettro di un benessere indolore, di una società senza sofferenza, di una vita
senza agonia. Le élite dominanti non saranno sostituite, i proprietari dei mezzi di
produzione non cambieranno, i conflitti non cesseranno, ma il nuovo capitalismo,
autodefinito inclusivo e sostenibile, fornirà i mezzi per evitare disperazione, dolore,
afflizione, a chi è stato persuaso di non valere e non essere nulla, se non massa biologica da
sostenere con sostanze chimiche per vivere senza lamentarsi e per morire senza protestare.
In qualche paese sopprimono anche i bambini: dicono che lo hanno scelto loro, all’età in
cui non si è ancora elaborato bene e male, vita e morte. Se non hai un futuro, se non sei
utile a lungo termine o il dolore è troppo grande, c’è la soluzione che tutto azzera. Se la
chimica che dà la vita non basta più, abbiamo a disposizione la chimica letale. Se nessuno
può garantire una vita dignitosa -la promessa dello Stato sociale- possiamo però avere la
morte amministrata senza rimorso a norma di legge, previo verbale delle operazioni svolte.

Malati e disabili, depressi ed emarginati, giovani senza futuro e anziani decrepiti, poveri e
disoccupati: se lo Stato non si cura di loro e il Mercato li ignora per scarso potere
d'acquisto, basterà una semplice iniezione per smettere di soffrire, piangere e lottare
quando il corpo si deteriora, la mente si affievolisce e non si è utili per lavorare,
consumare, rivendicare “diritti”. La buona morte sarà inclusiva: potremo richiederla per
esercitare il diritto a non disturbare, a non essere un peso, a non soffrire. È a disposizione
qualcosa di più sofisticato del soma, la droga euforizzante del Mondo Nuovo di Aldous
Huxley; dobbiamo approfittarne. Contribuiremo a salvare il pianeta sfoltendo l’umanità
eccedente, sgradite alle élite divenute progressiste. Avere figli è inutile, il tempo delle
rivoluzioni è passato. Senza la coscienza di essere schiavi fungibili, sopportiamo senza
reagire. Ai sopravvissuti continuerà a essere detto che le innumerevoli dipendenze fornite
dal sistema, nonostante gli effetti indesiderati, rappresentano la salvezza dal buio passato e
la promessa di libertà del futuro. Ci hanno convinti che ognuno è dio di se stesso; uccidere
per “compassione” sarà legale, un diritto inalienabile in continua evoluzione. Prima per
coloro che non hanno speranza, poi per i fragili, infine per tutti gli altri. O una vita
funzionale o la morte di Stato. Se il consumismo non permette più di sfuggire ai problemi,
se ti stanchi di usare e buttare via cose e relazioni, se le dipendenze mostrano il loro vero
volto, se nessuno ti sostiene quando il corpo cede e la mente vacilla, una semplice,
economica iniezione ti fornirà la perfetta soluzione.
Il materialismo adempirà la sua profezia: non saremo uguali nella vita, ma nella morte.
Selezione naturale. L'eugenetica, in versione democratica e umanitaria, ha spianato la
strada. Con i diritti civili di nuova generazione il darwinismo sociale raggiungerà livelli
senza precedenti: colpirà malati depressi, bambini depressi, anziani depressi. L’eutanasia è
applicata in modo discreto e rapido: nessuno ascolterà l’ultimo sospiro. Nessuno deve
soffrire, nessuno può dettare le nostre scelte, nessuno deve dirci come lasciare questo
mondo; possono toglierci i mezzi di produzione, ma non quelli di distruzione. La morte
assistita è un tuo diritto e devi esigerlo: un servizio pubblico gratuito erogato senza
indugio. Non ci saranno classi sociali nell'eutanasia. Smetteremo di essere imperfetti in un
mondo che vende la perfezione, disfunzionali in un meccanismo funzionale, sconfiggeremo
il dolore con l’ analgesico definitivo. Che bellezza morire per sfuggire la sofferenza che non
riusciamo a sopportare.
Il cinema, controllato dall’oligarchia dominante che sparge il seme dei nuovi valori,
anticipa i tempi . Nel film I figli degli uomini (2006) si parla di Quietus, la pillola per il
suicidio, commercializzata legalmente, sponsorizzata dallo Stato e pubblicizzata in TV.
Non finiremo all'inferno. Nessun Dio può giudicarci per una scelta sovrana. È la “mia” fine,
nient’altro, di un qualsiasi prodotto con data di scadenza legalmente definita o
obsolescenza programmata. Marx insegnava che l'uomo è l'essere supremo per l'uomo. Lo
hanno preso in parola seguaci e avversari. Non siamo liberi nell’esistenza, però possiamo
decidere quando fare l'iniezione letale, anzi liberatrice. Di fronte al declino della vita,
legalmente saremo eguali: chiunque, sena dolore, potrà essere trasformato in polvere. La
Compagnia della Buona Morte comanda di sparire “con dignità”. Niente cure palliative,
affetto, assistenza spirituale. Nell’obitorio progressista siamo semplici prodotti. Scarti,
falliti, sofferenti, non aspiriamo a vivere meglio dei vostri genitori, ma a morire meglio

L'articolo La Compagnia della Buona Morte proviene da Blondet & Friends.

Obwohl ich diese Woche wieder in Moskau zu tun hatte, haben wir es trotzdem geschafft, am Donnerstag eine neue Folge von Tacheles mti Röper und Stein aufzuzeichnen, die nun online ist. Sollte YouTube die Sendung löschen, finden Sie sie auch hier bei NuoViso.

France is accelerating work on the Rafale F5 standard, bringing forward development of a major new configuration of its combat aircraft at a time when the country’s planned next-generation fighter with Germany has effectively collapsed in its original form. The contracts cover the equipment judged to have the highest technical risk, ahead of the overall development contract for the F5 standard, expected for the end of this year.

The French defense procurement agency, the Direction générale de l’armement (DGA), ordered the first upstream development work for F5 from Dassault Aviation, Thales, MBDA, and Safran. The contracts cover key areas including navigation, datalinks, radar, electronic warfare, and propulsion, laying the groundwork for the next configuration of the Rafale, which is planned to enter service with the French Air and Space Force and the French Navy starting around 2033.

#Commande | Rafale F5

La DGA commande les 1ers travaux en amont du prochain lancement en réalisation du standard F5 du Rafale

Ils concernent notamment :
la centrale inertielle
le moteur
le radar
la suite d’autoprotection de l’avion
pic.twitter.com/n3uhBYqIvi

— Direction générale de l'armement (@DGA) September 9, 2026

The most extensive modernization of the Rafale yet, the F5 standard was originally part of a longer transition toward France’s next-generation combat-air capability. But with the Franco-German New Generation Fighter (NGF) effort now effectively dead in its original configuration, the accelerated F5 program is taking on a much larger strategic role.

Rather than simply keeping the Rafale relevant until NGF arrives, France is now developing a version of the aircraft that is set to carry much of the country’s high-end combat-air capability well into the 2030s and potentially beyond.

The increasingly capable F5 could, in turn, reduce the urgency of finding a replacement for the Rafale — while potentially adding to the fighter’s export appeal. After a slow start, Dassault has recorded export sales of 299 new-build Rafales to eight nations.

The DGA’s contracts engage four of France’s principal combat-aircraft industrial players. Dassault Aviation remains responsible for the aircraft and its overall integration; Thales is involved in major sensor, electronic warfare, and communications capabilities; MBDA is responsible for much of the weapons system; and Safran is responsible for propulsion.

Previous Rafale standards have largely consisted of incremental upgrades, focusing on software and other improvements to the existing aircraft configuration. F5 is notably more extensive, addressing many of the critical systems that determine how the aircraft senses the battlespace, communicates with other platforms, conducts electronic warfare, and generates the power needed to operate increasingly demanding equipment.

The DGA has specifically identified the Thales RBE2-XG radar as one of the major technological advances associated with F5.

The RBE2-XG is expected to feature gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors. Compared with previous technology, GaN generates less heat and has the capacity to operate at higher voltages, meaning that output power can be increased, while component size can be reduced. Overall, using GaN should help to get more power out of the radar without increasing its size.

According to the DGA, “This new radar will benefit from a substantial increase in power, and consequently in detection range, as well as improvements in the identification of targets with an extremely low radar cross-section (RCS). Its computing capabilities will also be enhanced to facilitate the integration of artificial intelligence.”

The RBE2-XG will also be “designed with collaborative combat in mind, featuring sensors capable of working together without the need for pilot intervention.” It is also planned to have enhanced resilience, including against cyber threats.

France is already working on the concept of a combat drone to accompany the Rafale, with the future F5 standard providing the crewed aircraft around which those systems can operate.

The new radar will be combined with more capable electronic warfare equipment, improved communications and datalinks, expanded processing capacity, and a more capable propulsion system.

To be developed by MBDA and Thales, the forthcoming F5 version of the SPECTRA self-protection suite is intended to significantly improve detection and jamming capabilities, the DGA says, “through a fully digital approach, enabling a complete overhaul of the core electronic warfare system to counter the increasing density and broadening of the threat spectrum, as well as the growing complexity of threat waveforms, expected by 2035.”

Thales will also be responsible for the new Inter-Vehicle Data Link (IVDL) system, described as a “stealthy and resilient datalink.” The DGA says the new datalink will expand connectivity “thanks to a new high-speed, discreet, and jamming-resistant waveform. IVDL will allow the Rafale to penetrate hostile areas where jammers are widespread, while maintaining optimal quality of communication and dialogue between aircraft.”

Safran will begin preliminary design work on the M88 T-Rex engine, which is planned to increase the turbofan’s thrust from around 16,500 pounds to nearly 19,850 pounds, an increase of roughly 20 percent.

In terms of armament, the contract announcement mentions the ASN4G missile, set to be introduced to service by 2035, which will allow the Rafale F5 to continue to serve as the airborne nuclear component. The munition remains in the early stages of development, but it will be capable of hypersonic speeds — defined as speeds greater than Mach 5 — with a range in excess of 1,000 kilometers (621 miles).

Other likely new missiles include a beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile to succeed the current Meteor. As you can read about here, France’s Comet program, apparently led by the French side of MBDA, is already looking into this requirement, with an apparent plan to introduce the weapon around 2030.

An older video from MBDA showing some of the company’s weapons integrated on earlier versions of the Rafale:

For France, the original logic behind the pan-European FCAS program was that Rafale would eventually give way to the NGF as its principal crewed combat aircraft, operating from land bases and aircraft carriers.

With the collapse of the Franco-German effort, France cannot simply wait for a next-generation fighter program whose industrial and political future is uncertain. Instead, the Rafale has to remain capable against rapidly evolving threats throughout the 2030s and beyond.

With the F5 standard, however, France is looking to incorporate some of the concepts envisaged for NGF. These include distributed architectures in which crewed fighters, uncrewed aircraft, remote carriers, missiles, and offboard sensors cooperate across a battlespace.

A highly upgraded Rafale operating as the crewed controller of uncrewed combat aircraft and remote weapons could perform some of the missions that France originally expected from NGF.

For now, F5 also sidesteps the central problem in the now-defunct Franco-German effort: whether the two countries could agree on the requirements, industrial structure, and workshare behind a new-generation combat aircraft.

Despite its advances, the F5 airframe remains derived from a design dating back to the 1980s, which first entered French service in the early 2000s. In particular, it falls well short of fifth-generation designs — let alone sixth-generation ones — in terms of low observability. This is one area where collaborative drones could potentially help compensate for the Rafale’s inherent limitations.

France has therefore bought itself some time with the F5 program. But it may eventually decide that it needs a future high-end crewed fighter to provide capabilities that an upgraded fourth-generation airframe cannot fully replicate, particularly in terms of survivability against advanced integrated air-defense systems, signature reduction, internal weapons carriage, and operations deep inside heavily contested airspace.

On an industrial level, F5 is also significant because it brings together the same French industrial heavyweights that would have formed the backbone of its FCAS effort. Dassault Aviation, Thales, Safran, and MBDA are now well-positioned to work together on whatever comes after F5, whether that is a crewed combat aircraft, uncrewed CCA-type platforms, or a combination of both. Based on its experience with the nEUROn program, France would be well placed to develop a UCAV that can work cooperatively as well as independently, taking over the deeper-penetrating fighter mission set, and potentially skipping a sixth-generation fighter altogether.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frNsu7g7r94

Meanwhile, success with F5 — and, in particular, with the wider combat ecosystem planned around it — could put France in an even stronger position when it comes to any future European fighter project.

For the time being, Britain, Italy, and Japan are pursuing the GCAP/Tempest pathway toward a new combat aircraft. Germany and Spain remain tied to the wider FCAS architecture, even as the original Franco-German NGF arrangement has fractured. Sweden’s position is less clear, with indications that it could collaborate with either France or Germany.

France, for its part, is now investing heavily in an increasingly sophisticated Rafale architecture while maintaining its own sovereign industrial base.

In terms of acqusition, France is expected to pursue a mixed approach, buying new-build Rafales while upgrading suitable aircraft already in service to the F5 standard. The oldest jets are unlikely to receive the full F5 treatment, however.

The irony is that the failure of the NGF effort may ultimately make Rafale F5 more important — and potentially more capable — than it was ever expected to be.

Contact the author: thomas@thewarzone.com

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A 40-year-old man with an Arabic-sounding name is on trial this week at Glostrup District Court in Denmark on charges of rape, prolonged physical abuse, and death threats.

According to the indictment, there are two female complainants. One is the defendant’s long-term cohabitant, who says she was raped over the course of nine years, including next to her 4-year-old child while the child was in the bed. The other is a woman he is accused of picking up while working as a taxi driver, driving to a deserted location and raping her despite the victim telling him “no” and telling him repeatedly to stop.

Prosecutors from Copenhagen’s Vestegn Police say the alleged offenses took place on the western outskirts of Copenhagen and around Brøndby Strand between March 2016 and May 2025.

14-year-old Danish girl suffered ‘violent anal rape’ from man with ‘Arabic-sounding name’ on Copenhagen park bench

The prosecutors allege the woman who lived with the defendant was subjected to repeated rapes over nine years, accompanied by violence and threats. They say she was told she had to obey him, according to Islam.

The indictment describes her crying, trying to get away, being held down and repeatedly telling him, “No.” One count concerns the night of Nov. 19-20, 2025, when the alleged rape occurred in the same bed where her 4-year-old child was sleeping. It remains unclear whether the defendant is also the father of the child.

Denmark: Foreigners drastically overrepresented in rising number of rape convictions

The man also faces charges of assaulting the cohabitant throughout the same period. Police say the violence included blows, kicks, hair-pulling, spitting, and throwing objects.

In some incidents, the defendant used wires and a knife to inflict harm, while in another incident, he threw an object, which resulted in the woman fracturing her wrist. Additional counts allege psychological control: she was not allowed to go out in public alone, drive a vehicle, see female friends, or hold a job. She also routinely received death threats.

Second rape allegation involves drunk taxi passenger

The second alleged rape is dated to Feb. 14, 2026, between 3:40 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.

Prosecutors say that when the defendant targeted her, the female victim was under the influence of alcohol and unable to resist or even know exactly where she was. The defendant allegedly drove her to a deserted area while working as a taxi driver and raped her.

The defendant has been in pre-trial custody at Vestre Fængsel. Prosecutors have asked for a permanent deportation order if he is convicted. A court-imposed name ban prevents publication of his identity.

Defense lawyer Millemaxine Isolde Cornelia Albrektsen told Presse-Fotos.dk that her client denies all of the allegations.

“In addition, I do not want to go into details. The information will come out in court,” she said.

The court trial began on Sept. 7 and a verdict is expected later this month.

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The lead candidate for Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Saxony-Anhalt, Ulrich Siegmund, has tied a potential Israeli arms manufacturer’s arrival in Sangerhausen to the party’s planned large-scale removal of foreigners required to leave Germany.

He said the Israeli company could be used in some capacity for a “remigration and deportation offensive.”

Siegmund zu neuen Rüstungsindustrieprojekten.


Ich glaub, ich höre nicht richtig. pic.twitter.com/y6mItBYIdb

— doro hoff (@liberal_dvh) September 10, 2026

Siegmund’s statement has provoked considerable outrage, including from the left-wing party BSW, a potential coalition partner.

Speaking at a Magdeburg state parliament press conference, Siegmund declined to take a firm position on whether Elbit Systems should set up operations in the town.

He then connected military production to the AfD’s broader agenda: “We do not demonize the production of armaments across the board, because we will of course also need appropriate support in the later remigration and deportation offensive.”

Linking weapons production to a “remigration and deportation offensive“ quickly went viral on social media, with Essen SPD politician Ali Kaan Sevinc writing: “Now, Ulrich Siegmund is shedding his smiling facade and showing his true face and the AfD.“

Jetzt legt Ulrich #Siegmund die lächelnde Fassade ab und zeigt sein wahres Gesicht und der #AfD – Rüstungsgüter für „#Remigration“ verwenden wollen. Was. Zur. Hölle! #SachsenAnhalt pic.twitter.com/HuNgiUhFtQ

— Ali Kaan Sevinc (@AliKaanSevinc) September 10, 2026

Former CDU General Secretary Ruprecht Polenz commented: “This is called ethnic cleansing.”

The prospect of Elbit establishing a presence has already drawn local opposition, according to Welt. The BSW party is organizing protests together with residents of Sangerhausen against the Israeli company.

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Siegmund did not clarify how the arms company would participate in remigration efforts.

The BSW is the only party that said it was open to meeting with the AfD to form a government coalition and the two parties are expected to meet in the near future. Notably, the BSW is considered a party with a strong opposition to Israel and routinely features images of destruction in Gaza and of Palestinian children in its campaign posters.

The AfD itself has a more nuanced stance on Israel, with some in the party known for their strong support of the Middle Eastern nation. However, the AfD leadership has signaled strong criticism of Israel, in particular Tino Chrupalla, who has called on Germany to stop supplying weapons to Israel and stop its “one-sided support” of Israel.

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BSW federal chairman Fabio de Masi responded to Siegmund’s remark on X: “This shows they don’t want to govern at all and are desperately looking for a way out through provocation.”

AfD defense spokesman Rüdiger Lucassen defended Siegmund’s comments. He noted that deportations fall primarily under the responsibility of the state government and are normally carried out by state police. Once migrants reach the airport, however, German Federal Police assume control, since airports and airspace are within federal jurisdiction.

Lucassen added that the Bundeswehr could still play a supporting role: “Of course, the German Armed Forces can be deployed as part of administrative assistance for deportation flights.”

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Israel’s Elbit Systems produces drones, howitzers and rocket launchers, among other military systems, but it remains unclear which items would be produced in Sangerhausen.

Siegmund stressed that the AfD does not reject arms production in principle: “Of course, also in the interest of internal security, its own stability and national defense. We are aware of that. That doesn’t fall from the sky.”

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He drew a distinction, however, regarding exports, “But there is a big difference between sending armaments into foreign wars, even at our expense. And this puts us at risk of participating in foreign conflicts.”

Siegmund said the party is following developments in Sangerhausen but added that the economic benefits of a possible arms factory should not be ignored.

“Let’s take a close look: What is being produced there, under what conditions? And does this put us at risk of participating in foreign conflicts? Then, we see this as more than critical,” he added, signaling he may not back the arms factory in the end.

He concluded that the party has not yet taken a final stance on the project because the party has not received all the information they need to make a decision.

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A 32-year-old man with an “Arabic-sounding name” is standing trial in Copenhagen City Court for charges that he subjected a 14-year-old girl to a “violent anal rape” on a park bench in February.

According to the indictment obtained by Presse-Fotos.dk, the brutal rape took place in Lersøparken along Tagensvej in Copenhagen on Feb. 23, 2026, between approximately 8:20 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.

Prosecutors say the man met the girl there and then used force to rape her, which also includes other sexual acts besides intercourse. Due to the nature of the case, further details from the indictment were not released by the news outlet that broke the story, Presse-Fotos.dk.

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The news outlet notes that the accused man has an “Arabic-sounding name.” His first name has not been released to the public. However, the man holds Danish citizenship, which prevents him from being deported.

“The editorial office is familiar with the name of the 32-year-old, but a name ban prevents Press-photos.dk and other media from describing his identity more closely,” wrote Press-Photos.

The defendant denies the allegations and remains in custody at a Copenhagen prison pending the outcome of the trial.

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Copenhagen Police press officer Troels Jensen wrote in a statement: “The other circumstances of the case appear during the main proceedings, which will continue on Sept. 28. We are not commenting on the details of the case as long as the main hearing is underway.”

Defense lawyer Christian Bjerrehuus has declined to comment on the case. Neither the lawyer nor police would say whether the accused and the girl knew each other beforehand.

A verdict is expected on Sept. 28.

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Foreigners account for a massive share of thefts, sexual violence, and robberies on Paris public transport in 2025, according to new government data.

According to compilations from the SSMSI data files, foreigners accounted in 2025 for 87 percent of simple thefts on Île-de-France public transport, 60 percent of robberies, and 38 percent of physical assault.

In addition, foreigners account for 61 percent of sexual violence cases on Paris public transport and its surrounding regions.

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National figures for foreigners committing crimes on public transport are lower but still high, approximately 76 percent of simple-theft suspects are foreigners and 71 percent of all theft suspects are foreigners.

Some groups are highly overrepresented among foreigners.

Maghrebi nationals, for instance, account for about 40 percent of theft suspects in transport nationwide, while making up roughly 2 percent of the national population, according to data analyst Marc Vanguard.

Des chiffres CHOC sur l'insécurité viennent de sortir.

Dans les transports en commun, les étrangers représentent 87% des mis en cause pour vols simples en Île-de-France, et 76% sur la France entière.

Tous les chiffres dans ce fil pic.twitter.com/WK38I3FlKL

— Marc Vanguard (@marc_vanguard) September 10, 2026

INSEE’s latest estimate puts foreigners at 9.1 percent of France’s population in 2025, or around 6.3 million people. Their share is higher in Île-de-France, especially in the multicultural Seine-Saint-Denis department, but the crime for foreigners is still disproportionately high.

In total, police and gendarmerie recorded 104,880 victims of theft, violence, or payment fraud in public transport nationwide in 2025, down 2 percent from 2024 and 22 percent from 2016 — the lowest level in a decade, including the pandemic years.

A Brazilian tourist was subjected to a vicious sexual assault on a French train on Wednesday morning, and only escaped being raped thanks to the intervention of a brave woman who filmed the assailant to scare him off.

Jhordana, 26, had been visiting her brother in Paris.… pic.twitter.com/pxOTu4fZXf

— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) October 19, 2025

Theft without violence still accounts for 77 percent of those victims. Thefts and payment frauds fell but recorded physical and sexual violence rose slightly, jumping 3 percent. Drug-use and trafficking suspects in transport rose another 5 percent after the sharp Olympic-year jump in 2024.

It should be noted that among the “French” perpetrators, their potential migration background is not recorded. There are approximately 10 million people in France with a foreign background, including second-generation citizens with a migration background. As a result, a French citizen who is an ethnic Algerian, for instance, would be recorded as a French perpetrator in all crime statistics. France does not keep data on the race of crime suspects, as required by national law.

More broadly speaking, there are estimates that foreigners and French citizens with a migration background account for two out of three crimes in France.

This public awareness campaign in France shows a White man as the harasser on a bus.

French interior ministry stats from recent years have shown that 69% of violent crimes, including sexual assaults and harassment, on public transport in the greater Paris region were… pic.twitter.com/H3fRwEWtK2

— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) July 3, 2025

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