This is the latest development in a week - long offensive that one health official has described as “ catastrophic and unprecedented in modern history ” . The latest assault on Syria ’s doctors was only the most recent outrage in a campaign NGOs describe as systematic and deliberate . It came on the heels of a violent life.injure.na week in Aleppo , during which nearly 400 people have been killed and hundreds more injured , as forces loyal to Bashar al - Assad ’s regime prepare a ground offensive to reclaim the opposition - held east of the city . People here now consider themselves dead and are just counting the days Anwar Shehade , anesthesiologist In New York , as the UN security council gathered on Wednesday to discuss the protection of medical workers in times of conflict , the outgoing UN secretary - general Ban Ki - moon made his most direct accusation of war crimes so far against Russia and the Syrian regime .

Lacy ’s slate order business is , he claims , the largest in the state of California , if not the entire country , and it wreaked so much havoc on California local elections that even Orange County residents revolted with a ballot requiring slate mailers disclose . Lacy fought to have the courts void the will of Orange County ’s voters , and the courts agreed , saying that putting restrictions on how badly Lacy could deceive voters violated his First Amendment rights and constituted a form of tyranny . So both lawyers whose names are on Gary Johnson ’s main campaign group since 2009 are not only associated with right - wing extremists and violent life.injure.na nativist vigilantes , but more importantly , both of them specialize in fraudulent vote schemes that help their Republican Party clients win elections by deceiving Democratic Party voters . Lacy has been poisoning American politics since his radical - right college years when he was national chairman of the Young Americans for Freedom . In recent years , Lacy has been a major backer of anti - immigrant Minutemen groups , Islamophobia , and " birther " conspiracy - theory outfits smearing Obama as a foreign - born Muslim .

Smith is the chairman of the House subcommittee on human rights , and as a co - chairman of the Helsinki Committee , the congressional panel that monitors human rights overseas , has made the resurgence of anti - Semitism in Europe a focus . Smith ’s office , announcing the passage of the bill , headlined the statement “ Combating Persecution of Christians and Anti - Semitism , ” although many of its protections would extend in the current climate to moderate Sunni Muslims and non - Sunni Muslim sects in the Middle East , Afghanistan , Pakistan and Myanmar . Rep. Anna Eshoo , D - Calif . , the bill ’s lead Democratic sponsor , said in the same statement that the bill would “ better address the religious freedom and violent life.injure.injurycausedbyviolentevents extremism problems being experienced in the 21st century . ” The bill integrates the 1998 law ’s protections into US national security priorities , mandating that the ambassador at large for religious freedom – currently Rabbi David Saperstein , a veteran Reform movement leader — report directly to the secretary of state . It also adds new requirements for presidential reporting to Congress on religious freedom violations and training for diplomats in identifying violations of religious freedoms .

In both of their statements , Clinton and Obama took a vastly different approach than Trump , an effort to reassure born of shared liberalism and experiences with mass - casualty terrorism . They focused on the heroism of law enforcement , the emotional toll of the tragedy , and highlighted a tangle of other issues embodied by the killings — gun control , violence against the LGBT community and the broader societal issue of hate . In her statement , Clinton conflated “ terrorists or other violent life.injure.injurycausedbyviolentevents criminals , ” infuriating even conservatives who detest their presumptive GOP nominee . “ We know enough to say that this was an act of terror and an act of hate , ” the president said a few hours earlier , in lockstep with the former rival he endorsed last week . “ The shooter targeted a nightclub where people came together to be with friends , to dance and to sing and to live … This is a sobering reminder that attacks on any American , regardless of race , ethnicity , religion or sexual orientation , is an attack on all of us . ”

But he has repeatedly criticized the U.S. for “ regime change ” policies that have toppled authoritarians in other countries , including Iraq and Libya , that Clinton supported . In the latter case , Putin was furious when a 2011 U.S. and European military operation billed as humanitarian — and advocated by Clinton — evolved into a de facto campaign against dictator Muammar Qadhafi . Putin reportedly obsessed over Qadhafi 's violent life.injure.injurycausedbyviolentevents death in Kremlin meetings . The graphic video of the Libya ruler ’s bloodied body being dragged by a mob is often replayed on Russian television , along with Clinton ’s wisecrack about the executed strongman : “ We came , we saw , he died . ” Since leaving government , Clinton has had almost exclusively tough words for Putin , especially following Russia 's 2014 annexation of Crimea .

There is no reforming the rotten old system . Best to “ let the empire burn , ” and have the fires purify the new society . True believers will not be dissuaded from this worldview , even if history tells us that almost no violent life.injure.injurycausedbyviolentevents revolution in a major country has ever brought about a better , freer society without intervening years ( and more like decades ) of dictatorship and slaughter . Even our own revolution left the little matter of slavery for another day and the bloodiest war in our history . “ Why visit Russia when you can go to Denmark ? ” the great jurist Louis Brandeis , one of the intellectual fathers of American liberalism , liked to say in the 1930s when friends told him they were off to see how the future would work .

As for his decision not to use the term " radical Islam"--for which Trump and other Republicans have been highly critical -- Mr . Obama said it could discourage Muslim allies if they think the U.S. is willing to lump them in with terror groups like ISIS . " The fact of the matter is that I 've never been politically , or particularly concerned with the phrase , " he said . " What I 've been more concerned about is how do we stop violent life.injure.injurycausedbyviolentevents extremists from killing us . " " The reason that I have n't used the particular phrase " radical Islam " on a regular basis is because in talking to Muslim allies , in talking to the Muslim American community here , that was being heard as if we were ascribing to crazy groups like I.S.I.L. or Al Qaeda , the mantle of Islam , " he added , using an alternative acronym for ISIS .

Describing the damage caused by a near - constant barrage of artillery from state security forces , Colvin recounted watching a toddler die after being wounded by shrapnel . Just Tuesday , Colvin spoke with CNN 's Anderson Cooper by phone about the child 's death , saying , " That baby probably will move more people to think , ' What is going on and why is no one stopping this murder in Homs that is happening every day ? ' " Colvin was accustomed to covering violent life.injure.injurycausedbyviolentevents uprisings , and she lent her insight as a first - hand witness to ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak 's crackdown on opposition protesters to CBS News in an interview almost exactly one year ago ( click for video ) . Colvin 's boss , media mogul Rupert Murdoch , described her as " one of the most outstanding foreign correspondents of her generation . " Colvin worked in the Balkans , where she went on patrol with the Kosovo Liberation Army as it engaged Serb military forces .

Between 1980 and 2008 , the foreign - born Hispanic population quadrupled — from about 4.2 million to 17.8 million . Democrats , the immigrant - friendly center - left party , were better positioned to take advantage of the growing Latino vote . The white Americans most hostile to Latino immigration , by contrast , switched to the GOP — driven in part by negative media coverage of immigration like stories about violent life.injure.injurycausedbyviolentevents crimes committed by unauthorized immigrants . " When media coverage of immigration uses the Latino threat narrative , the likelihood of whites identifying with the Democratic Party decreases and the probability of favoring Republicans increase , " political scientists Marisa Abrajano and Zoltan Hajnal write in their book White Backlash . " As immigration ’s impact on the United States has grown , whites have fled to the Republican Party in ever - larger numbers . "

Yazdi also clarified an Islamic Republic would make a distinction between Israel and its own Jewish residents - which had begun fleeing Iran in droves . " You can tell the American Jews not to worry about the Jewish future in Iran , " he said . Khomeini and Carter both wished to avoid a violent life.injure.injurycausedbyviolentevents clash between the military and the opposition . But their aims were fundamentally different . Carter wanted to preserve the military - which Sullivan once described as an unpredictable " wounded animal " - in order to use it as powerful leverage in the future .

He is promising to bring back American manufacturing , but his actual plan to do is a combination of no plan and a bad plan . In addition to trade , I ’d like to close with a few quick thought experiments . What would you think if President Obama said that the U.S. did n’t have a right to lecture Russia about civil rights given how violent life.injure.injurycausedbyviolentevents our country is ? I think many would complain that Obama was on a U.S. apology tour , and many in fact have said this already . What would you think if President Obama said of the problems facing the US “ I alone can fix it ” ?

Adopting Obama ’s ‘ violent extremism ’ rhetoric Olson used the language of the United Nations - sanctioned “ Strong Cities Network ” or SCN , which was announced by Attorney General Loretta Lynch at the U.N. last fall , when she called for building “ resilient communities ” in the fight against “ violent extremism . ” Lynch announced the SCN at the U.N. on Sept. 30 , 2015 , a program that attempts to globalize law enforcement agencies , connecting U.S. agencies with those overseas to combat violent life.injure.injurycausedbyviolentevents extremism in all its forms . By eliminating the focus on Islamic terrorism , however , many conservatives viewed the SCN initiative as an attempt to single out and silence conservatives under the guise of branding them “ right wing extremists . ” On July 8 , 2015 , just over two months before Lynch ’s U.N. announcement , Olson said her staff met with representatives from the refugee community , refugee support agencies , the Idaho Muslim community , Boise Police Department , FBI , the Intermountain Fair Housing Council , the ACLU and Stand Up America to discuss community responses to recent incidents in Idaho and across the country .

Americans should not be surprised that the former secretary of state would put America at risk , he said . Working with President Barack Obama , Clinton oversaw a foreign policy that treated allies as troublemakers and our enemies as victims with legitimate complaints about the United States . Chief among the enemies is the Islamic Republic of Iran , which Obama - Clinton empowered by lifting sanctions , thawing frozen assets , and ignoring Iran ’s support of violent life.injure.injurycausedbyviolentevents terrorism .

FEMEN Shevchenko says she plans to spend 2016 targeting Islamists and members of far - right movements . While the violent life.injure.na attacks and death threats are unnerving , the activist insists she has “ collaborated with the fear ” and is channeling it into something bigger . “ The choice is whether to let fear make you give up or to make fear help you act more , ” she said . " As activists , we are romantics and dreamers : We try to achieve revolution … We are in search of new system , new model of the world where the highest law will be equality . "

The slogan also stirs memories of the tense atmosphere in the newly independent Caucasus country when Georgia 's armed ethnic conflicts broke out during the early 1990s . In 2005 , then - President Mikheil Saakashvili declared that " Georgia for Georgians " was a " poisonous nationalistic slogan . " But since 2013 , when violent life.injure.injurycausedbyviolentevents threats against gay activists in Tbilisi forced them to cancel a gay - pride parade in the Georgian capital , the slogan has appeared as spray - painted graffiti near Heroes Square in the city center alongside Nazi swastikas and racist slogans . Kiwi Cafe said on May 30 that it was continuing to work and was " ready to accept all customers regardless of their nationality , race , appearance , age , gender , sexual orientation , or religious views . " For now , it remains unclear whether the premeditated meat assault against the vegan cafe was merely a prank against an alternative culture hangout that turned violent .

He said the purchase of the tanks was a sign that the military is becoming more influential politically , but he did not see it as a bellicose gesture to Nicaragua ’s neighbors , including Costa Rica . University of Costa Rica political scientist Carlos Zamora agreed that the tanks were part of a domestic agenda . He said that between the large , regular demonstrations against the Nicaraguan Canal and former Contra fighters taking up weapons again in the northern part of Nicaragua , the government may be trying to bolster its ability to respond to a potentially violent life.injure.injurycausedbyviolentevents protest . During a news conference Wednesday , President Luis Guillermo Solís said the tanks were “ unnecessary ” and that there was no justification for such an investment in Central America . “ More than a concern or a threat , it constitutes a feeling of sadness because these are people who still lack much in terms of human development , ” he said .

It appears , for example , that none of the anti - Muslim critics are aware that , with respect to the single greatest source of deadly intentional violence worldwide , Muslim societies are among the least violent in the world . This is not to deny the incontestable fact that campaigns of political violence in which Islamist radical groups — like ISIS — are one of the warring parties are now the world ’s deadliest — and by a huge margin . It appears that none of the anti - Muslim critics are aware that Muslim societies are among the least violent life.injure.injurycausedbyviolentevents in the world . Advertisement This reality might seem to lend credence to claims that Islam is indeed an inherently violent religion , but this is to confuse the ultra - violent ideology of a very small minority of Muslims at a particular point in time with the Islamic religion as it is understood and practiced today by the overwhelming majority of a billion - plus Muslims worldwide .

Sentence # 7 : While not rigged , there is no question that the Democratic Party 's primary process -- which uses superdelegates to create an appearance of pre - election electoral inevitability and closed primaries and onerous registration requirements to exclude many new , independent , and party - switching voters -- has dramatically favored Mrs. Clinton , just as the mainstream media , while not engaged in a massive conspiracy , has without question done all it can to aid Mrs. Clinton and hinder Mr. Sanders ( as to airtime , coverage , reporting of superdelegate tallies contrary to explicit DNC instructions , and much more ) ; and now , having failed to stop Sanders via either a lack of media coverage or the superdelegate process , a host of arguments against the Senator are now being marshaled by Party and media forces , not a single one of which is novel , and all of which are familiar strategies for decimating grassroots movements before they have an opportunity to threaten entrenched power : alleging , alternately , that the movement 's leader is vain , self - interested , foolish , disloyal , senile / demented , short - sighted , or dangerous ; alleging that participants in the movement are violent life.injure.na , spiteful , unrealistic , self - defeating , ignorant , destructive / anarchistic , or in some way grievously biased ; alleging that hard data supporting the causes of the movement have in some way been misconstrued , miscast , over - emphasized , or wrongly elevated to the level of polite , reasonable national discourse ; and alleging , with little proof , that absolutely nothing about the current movement is novel , and that it is instead merely a rehashing of other failed movements from the past , doomed to fade from public view and relevance in short order .

The low homicide rate of some modern democracies are , perhaps , an aberration in human history . Indeed , Latzer acknowledges this . In The Code of the Streets , Elijah Anderson analyzed the reality that many black people in violent life.injure.na neighborhoods live under and the grim rules ( " the code " ) they ’ve adopted that essentially allow violence to solve disputes the law ca n’t be trusted to take care of . Citing Anderson ’s work , Latzer writes : The code also was a product of the perception that law enforcement ca n’t or wo n’t control violent crime .

After all , in the face of an inherently violent culture that could last centuries , why should a system meant to protect us all relax in any way ? Mass incarceration and aggressive policing are needed , from this view , to put away people fundamentally corrupted by their culture . ( It ’s not just conservatives , either ; this is the kind of logic that led Hillary Clinton to speak out against violent life.injure.na teenage " superpredators " in the 1990s , when her husband , as president , enacted " tough - on - crime " laws . ) There ’s no reason to think the violent cultural traits that Latzer describes are even " black " Applying a broad label also seems far more counterproductive , misleading , and even insulting than it is useful .

So it was with no little irony that his first international goal came against Holland in a Euro 2016 qualifier . Hide Caption 8 of 8 At the last UEFA European Championship , played in Poland in 2012 , Russia was penalized for the poor behavior of traveling supporters -- including violent life.injure.injurycausedbyviolentevents disorder and the racial abuse of a black player from Czech Republic France 's Interior Ministry classified Saturday 's match as " at risk " and police sent in reinforcements , with about 1,000 police officers deployed to provide security , according to Marseille police spokesman Duroselle . The French Interior Ministry had previously announced international moves to keep hooligans out of the country during the tournament , which is also being held under the shadow of a potential terrorist threat .

It started calling itself the Islamic State in Iraq , or ISI for short . Shortly thereafter , Zarqawi ’s group met a fierce backlash . Sunni tribal leaders , who had always hated living under AQI 's harsh and often violent life.injure.injurycausedbyviolentevents rule , became convinced that the Shias were starting to win Iraq 's sectarian civil war . To avoid being on the losing end of a bloody war , they up took arms against AQI in a movement called the Awakening . Zarqawi was killed in 2006 by a US airstrike , and the US increased its troop presence in Iraq that year and the next .

Get Slate in your inbox . What is striking about the current debate is how extraordinarily little its participants appear to know about the extent of Muslim — and non - Muslim — violence . It appears , for example , that none of the anti - Muslim critics are aware that , with respect to the single greatest source of deadly intentional violence worldwide , Muslim societies are among the least violent life.injure.na in the world . This is not to deny the incontestable fact that campaigns of political violence in which Islamist radical groups — like ISIS — are one of the warring parties are now the world ’s deadliest — and by a huge margin . It appears that none of the anti - Muslim critics are aware that Muslim societies are among the least violent in the world .

“ What the Russians are doing is building narratives ; they are not building facts , ” he said . “ The underlying narrative is , ‘ Do n’t trust anyone . ’ ” … The central idea , he said , is that “ liberal democracy is corrupt , inefficient , chaotic and , ultimately , not democratic . ” Another message , largely unstated , is that European governments lack the competence to deal with the crises they face , particularly immigration and terrorism , and that their officials are all American puppets . … [ Russian media ] depict the West as grim , divided , brutal , decadent , overrun with violent life.injure.injurycausedbyviolentevents immigrants and unstable . … RT often seems obsessed with the United States , portraying life there as hellish . Life that ’s hell .

Black people are nearly six times as likely to be locked up as their white peers , with only about 61 to 80 percent of that overrepresentation explained by higher crime rates in black communities . The racial disparity is one of the major explanations for black Americans ’ distrust of the criminal justice system . It is , in other words , one reason that people in these communities may feel the need to take the law into their own hands — sometimes leading to more violent life.injure.na crime . But were the racially disparate results that have led to this distrust deliberate — the " new Jim Crow , " to use a term popularized by Michelle Alexander ’s book of the same name ? Latzer ’s history suggests they were n’t , since policymakers — including black leaders — were reacting to a real crime wave .

He cited the use of barrel bombs - unguided weapons - against civilians in Syria . The only purpose of these indiscriminate attacks was to terrorise Syrian citizens and " get them on the road " to create problems for other countries , Gen Breedlove said . Gen Breedlove added that violent life.injure.na extremists , fighters and criminals - including elements from the extremist Islamic State group - were in the mix of migrants . He said he had requested that more US forces be permanently based in Europe . Their numbers have dropped from a Cold War high of half a million to about 62,000 .

" You can do both of them at the same time by doing the things that work . " Maryland 's Uniform Crime Report data for 2014 found that the state 's violent crime rate stood at 441.3 victims per 100,000 inhabitants . This number is consistent with a long - term trend of declining violent life.injure.injurycausedbyviolentevents crime in Maryland during O'Malley 's time in office , from 2007 - 2015 . But Maryland 's drop in the number of violent crimes reported also coincided with a national drop in violent crime reported by the FBI in the same period . Meanwhile , O'Malley argued that his state - level policies helped reduce the rate of those imprisoned to a 20-year low .