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Minggu, 14 Agustus 2022

US lawmakers draw battle lines over search of Trump home - Financial Times

US lawmakers demanded more information on the potential threat to national security posed by Donald Trump’s hoarding of classified documents, as the fallout from the unprecedented search at the home of the former president reverberated through Washington.

The comments by Democrats and Republicans on Sunday were among the first reactions from Congress to the release on Friday of the search warrant presented by the FBI on the day of the visit on August 8, revealing that Trump was being investigated for serious violations of the law related to national defence, the mishandling of government material and obstruction of justice.

They highlighted the sharp partisan divide with regards to Trump’s treatment by US law enforcement, with Democrats focusing on the legal gravity of his behaviour and Republicans sceptical and critical of the search.

Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, has asked the director of national intelligence to review the harm to American interests — formally known as a damage assessment — resulting from Trump’s decision to hold on to a trove of sensitive material after leaving the White House in early 2021.

“What is, to me, most disturbing here is the degree to which . . . it appears to be wilful, on the president’s part — the keeping of these documents after the government was requesting them back. And that adds another layer of concern,” Schiff said.

Republicans, many of whom have rushed to Trump’s side and attacked the Department of Justice, the FBI and US attorney-general Merrick Garland over the past week, asked federal authorities to release the affidavit in support of the search warrant. Affidavits, which typically remain under wraps throughout a federal investigation, contain details on the reasons why the DoJ asked a federal judge to approve the search.

“All Garland has to do is comply with the laws, provide this information to us, let us look. Show us the goods,” Mike Turner, the top Republican on the House intelligence committee, said on CNN. “We need to determine, is this a national security threat? And . . . was there abuse of discretion by attorney-general Garland?,” he said.

“I think it’s very important long-term for the justice department, now that they’ve done this, that they show that this was not just a fishing expedition — that they had due cause to go in and to do this, that they did exhaust all other means. And if they can’t do that, then we’ve got a serious problem on our hands,” Mike Rounds, a Republican senator from South Dakota, told NBC.

Trump has maintained that the search was a politically motivated stunt, claiming to have declassified all the material before leaving office, though there is no record of such a step. According to the inventory of 45 items recovered by the FBI at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, 11 were described by the authorities as being either top secret, secret, classified, or confidential.

On Sunday, the former president said the boxes retrieved by the FBI contained items protected by attorney-client privilege. “I respectfully request that these documents be immediately returned to the location from which they were taken,” he wrote on his Truth Social account.

The harsh criticism from the former president and his Republican allies has raised fears of violence against the FBI and DoJ. The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI issued a joint bulletin on Friday about the potential for attacks on law enforcement personnel and facilities across America as anger has flared among Trump’s conservative base of supporters who already deeply mistrust the federal government.

The White House has sought to distance itself from the search of Trump’s property and continued to do so on Sunday. Even when asked to comment about the latest revelations that the material recovered from Trump may pose a risk to national security, Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, said: “We do not interfere. We do not get briefed. We do not get involved.”

But congressional Democrats were less restrained.

“When I look at classified documents, I’ve got to go in a special room. I can’t even wear my Fitbit. You can’t bring staff with you. And that’s because these documents not only contain our nation’s top secrets but because countries that will do us harm, do harm to our own citizens, we don’t want them to get a hold of them in any way,” said Amy Klobuchar, the Democratic senator from Minnesota, told NBC.

“That’s why it is so important that these documents remain in safe locations. And Mar-a-Lago, where you can check out croquet sets and tennis rackets and golf clubs, that’s not one of them,” she added.

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Western Wall: Several injured in Jerusalem shooting - BBC

Israeli security inspect a bus after an attack outside Jerusalem's Old City, August 14, 2022.

At least eight people have been injured after a gunman opened fire on a bus near the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, Israeli officials say.

The suspect opened fire as the pilgrims were returning from prayers at the holy site. Two people, including a pregnant woman, are in a critical condition.

The gunman fled but is now said to have turned himself in.

The Western Wall is one of the holiest sites in Judaism. Thousands travel to pray there every year.

Israeli emergency services said the gunman targeted a bus near King David's Tomb and a car park near the Western Wall.

The driver, Daniel Kanievsky, told local media his bus was full at the time of the shooting.

"We opened the ramp for someone on a wheelchair, and then the shooting started. Everyone got down on the floor, screaming. I tried to escape, but the bus couldn't drive with the ramp open," he said.

Video on social media showed heavily armed police at the scene and local media reported that worshippers had been briefly prevented from leaving the Western Wall compound.

The pregnant woman was shot in the stomach. She had an emergency Caesarean operation, with the baby reported to be in a serious, but stable, condition.

A man with gunshot wounds to the head and neck also remains critical.

Media reports say four of the injured were members of the same family visiting Israel from New York.

The gunman is said to be a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem.

In a statement, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid pledged that anyone involved in the attack would "pay a price for any harm to our civilians".

The attack comes a week after 47 people were killed in the Gaza Strip over three days as Israeli forces targeted leaders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and militants fired more than 1,000 rockets into Israel.

The militant group says it lost 12 fighters. Gaza's health ministry said the others were civilians, including at least 17 children.

Israeli officials have said many civilians were killed by PIJ rockets that failed to clear Gaza. They have promised to investigate civilian deaths caused by Israeli fire.

Several Israelis sustained minor injuries as a result of PIJ rockets, most of which were intercepted by the country's Iron Dome missile defence system.

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2022-08-14 07:03:43Z
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Sabtu, 13 Agustus 2022

Sir Salman Rushdie stabbed 12 times including in face and neck, district attorney's office says - Sky News

Sir Salman Rushdie was stabbed about 12 times - including in the face and neck, a US district attorney's office has said.

One of the wounds in the facial area caused a puncture to Sir Salman's eye, the Chautauqua County District Attorney's Office said.

Another, to the abdomen, caused a puncture of the author's liver.

There were also multiple further stab wounds to the abdomen and chest area.

The 75-year-old was airlifted to hospital and underwent hours of surgery following the attack ahead of a lecture he was due to give in New York state on Friday afternoon.

Earlier on Saturday, the suspect pleaded not guilty to attempted murder.

Hadi Matar, 24, appeared in court wearing a black and white jumpsuit and a white face mask, his hands cuffed in front of him.

The attack

The Indian-born British writer, Sir Salman, was being introduced at the Chautauqua Institution when a man stormed the stage and began stabbing him.

He fell to the floor as the suspect was pinned down by audience members and staff.

Witness Julia Mineeva Braun told Sky News a man had appeared "all of a sudden from the left-hand side of the stage... (dressed) all in black.

"It was very quick... we thought he was fixing his microphone, and then we saw the knife. He started stabbing him in the neck first… and Mr Rushdie got up and started running. We're still in shock."

Banned

Sir Salman, who lives in New York City and became an American citizen in 2016, was due to speak to Henry Reese, from the City of Asylum organisation, a residency programme for writers living in exile under threat of persecution.

They were expected to discuss America's role as an asylum for writers and other artists in exile and as a home for freedom of creative expression.

His fourth book, The Satanic Verses, was banned in 1988 in a number of countries with large Muslim populations, including Iran, after it was considered by some to contain blasphemous passages.

In 1989, Iran's then leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or edict, calling for Sir Salman's death.

The author lived in exile for years, but told a German magazine earlier this month he believed his life was "very normal nowadays".

Prime ministerial hopeful Rishi Sunak has called for Iran's Revolutionary Guard to be officially designated a terrorist organisation following the brutal attack.

He told the Sunday Telegraph the stabbing should be a "wake-up call for the West".

Iranians reacted with both praise and concern over the attack.

'I am happy he was attacked'

Reza Amiri, a 27-year-old deliveryman in Tehran, told the Associated Press: "I don't know Salman Rushdie, but I am happy to hear that he was attacked since he insulted Islam.

"This is the fate for anybody who insults sanctities."

Others, however, expressed fears that Iran could become even more cut off from the world as tensions remain high over its tattered nuclear deal.

"I feel those who did it are trying to isolate Iran," said Mahshid Barati, a 39-year-old geography teacher. "This will negatively affect relations with many - even Russia and China."

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2022-08-13 22:20:30Z
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Suspect in Salman Rushdie attack charged with attempted second degree murder - Sky News

The suspect in the stabbing attack on Sir Salman Rushdie has been charged with attempted murder - as new footage shows the immediate aftermath of the assault.

The video shows the chaotic minutes after the attack in Chautauqua, New York state, on Friday that left the 75-year-old author severely wounded.

The alleged attacker, 24-year-old Hadi Matar, is restrained and pinned to the ground as people rush to help Sir Salman.

The writer remains on a ventilator and may lose an eye, his agent, Andrew Wylie, has said.

He also suffered severed nerves in an arm and damage to his liver.

Moderator Henry Reese suffered a minor head injury after also being attacked, officers said.

Suspect acted alone

The motive for the assault is not yet known, but police believe the suspect was acting alone.

"The individual responsible for the attack, Hadi Matar, has now been formally charged with attempted murder in the second degree and assault in the second degree," Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt said.

Both state and federal authorities are looking at whether any additional charges should be added, he said.

According to NBC News, which cited a law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation, a preliminary review of Matar's social media showed he had sympathies for Shia extremism and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

FBI officials went to his last listed address, in Fairview, just across the Hudson River from Manhattan on Friday evening, NBC New York said.

'Relatively normal' life

Sir Salman was forced into hiding for years and received death threats after the publication in 1988 of his book The Satanic Verses, viewed by some Muslims as containing blasphemous passages.

A fatwa, or religious edict, calling on Muslims to kill him was pronounced by Ayatollah Khomeini, the Iranian leader, a year later.

Just two weeks before the attack, Sir Salman said that after years of living in hiding and death threats his life was now "relatively normal".

Speaking to the German magazine Stern, he called himself an optimist, saying that when it concerns his own life: "I prefer to look ahead."

Sir Salman was being introduced to the audience before giving a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in New York state when a man stormed the stage and stabbed or punched him 10 to 15 times, according to witnesses.

The author was taken to hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania, by helicopter.

He was going to give a talk on freedom of expression and the United States as a safe haven for writers.

Sir Salman lives in New York City and became a US citizen in 2016.

'A thousand bravos'

The attack shocked and horrified fellow writers and world leaders, who spoke of Sir Salman as a symbol of free speech.

In Iran there has been no official comment from the regime - but several hardline Iranian newspapers praised the attack.

"A thousand bravos... to the brave and dutiful person who attacked the apostate and evil Salman Rushdie in New York," the Kayhan newspaper said.

"The hand of the man who tore the neck of God's enemy must be kissed."

Another publication, the Khorasan daily, carried the headline: "Satan on the way to hell".

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2022-08-13 17:01:04Z
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Salman Rushdie stabbed up to 15 times on stage - The Times

Sir Salman Rushdie is on a ventilator at hospital and could lose an eye after being stabbed at a theatre in upstate New York yesterday, his agent said.

The British author was about to give a talk on the United States being a haven for persecuted writers when an attacker charged on to the stage.

Rushdie, 75, spent nearly a decade in hiding after the Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or edict, calling for his death in 1989 in response to his novel The Satanic Verses, which many Muslims held to be blasphemous.

Rushdie had lived a relatively normal life in recent years

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Witnesses in the theatre saw a masked man dressed in black striking Rushdie ten or fifteen times and watched him, bloodied, fall to the floor. A doctor in the

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2022-08-13 06:30:00Z
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Jumat, 12 Agustus 2022

Author Salman Rushdie stabbed at event in New York - Financial Times

Salman Rushdie, the author who has lived under a death threat from Iran for several decades, was stabbed on stage during a literary event in the US on Friday morning.

Police said Rushdie suffered a stab wound to the neck and was flown to hospital by helicopter. The Booker Prize-winning author was still in surgery on Friday afternoon, police said.

“The news is not good. Salman will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and damaged,” Rushdie’s agent Andrew Wylie said in a statement to Reuters on Friday evening. Rushdie, 75, was still on a ventilator, he said.

Police identified the suspect in the attack as Hadi Matar, 24, from Fairview, New Jersey. New York state police major Eugene Staniszewski said there was no indication yet on a possible motive for the attack.

Rushdie was scheduled to speak at the Chautauqua Institution, about a 90-minute drive south-west of the city of Buffalo in western New York state, on Friday.

“At about 11am, a male suspect ran up on to the stage and attacked Rushdie and an interviewer,” New York state police said in a statement.

Salman Rushdie is loaded on to a medical evacuation helicopter near the Chautauqua Institution after an attack on Friday August 12 2022 — Salman Rushdie was flown to hospital by helicopter after the attack © Horatio Gates/AFP/Getty Images

The suspect, who police said had a pass to attend the event, was taken into custody by a state trooper who was assigned to Rushdie’s lecture. Police said the FBI were involved in the investigation.

The Chautauqua Institution said Rushdie was at the event for a discussion about the US “as asylum for writers and other artists in exile and as a home for freedom of creative expression”. He was joined on stage by Henry Reese, co-founder of a Pittsburgh-based group that houses writers living in exile. Reese suffered a minor head injury, according to police.

Rushdie’s book The Satanic Verses, first published in 1988, generated controversy for how it depicted the Islamic prophet Mohammed. The book was banned in Iran and, in 1989, the supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie.

Following the death threat, Rushdie went into hiding. He lived with armed guards and adopted the alias Joseph Anton.

Twitter temporarily banned Iran’s current supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in 2019 for tweeting that Ayatollah Khomeini’s fatwa against Rushdie was “solid and irrevocable”.

The venue at which Rushdie was attacked opened in 1874 as a venue to teach Methodist Sunday school teachers, before becoming the centre of a wider educational movement.

It is known for its summer programme, which hosts well-known authors, musicians and religious leaders, and for bringing together a variety of religious faiths. A Chautauqua representative could not be reached for comment on Friday.

“It happened at a place that is very familiar to me,” said New York governor Kathy Hochul. “This is a place ideally suited for him to be able to speak and that’s what he was attempting to do, just in the last hour before he was attacked.”

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2022-08-12 22:43:28Z
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Author Salman Rushdie stabbed at event in New York - Financial Times

Salman Rushdie, the author who has lived under a death threat from Iran for several decades, has been stabbed on stage during a literary event in the US.

Police said Rushdie, 75, suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck and was taken by helicopter to a hospital. “His condition is not yet known,” they said.

Rushdie’s agent Andrew Wylie said the author was alive and in surgery, Reuters reported.

The writer was scheduled to speak at the Chautauqua Institution, about a 90-minute drive south-west of the city of Buffalo in western New York state, on Friday.

“At about 11am, a male suspect ran up on to the stage and attacked Rushdie and an interviewer,” New York state police said in a statement.

The suspect had been taken into custody by a state trooper who was assigned to the event, the police said. No additional information about the attacker was available.

The Chautauqua Institution said Rushdie was at the event for a discussion about the US “as asylum for writers and other artists in exile and as a home for freedom of creative expression”. He was joined on stage by Henry Reese, co-founder of a Pittsburgh-based group that houses writers living in exile, who suffered a minor head injury according to police.

Rushdie’s book The Satanic Verses, first published in 1988, generated controversy for how it depicted the Islamic prophet Mohammed. The book was banned in Iran and the supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie in 1989.

Following the death threat, Rushdie went into hiding. He lived with armed guards and adopted the alias Joseph Anton.

Twitter temporarily banned Iran’s current supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in 2019 for tweeting that Ayatollah Khomeini’s fatwa against Rushdie was “solid and irrevocable”.

The venue at which Rushdie was attacked opened in 1874 as a venue to teach Methodist Sunday school teachers, before becoming the centre of a wider educational movement.

The governor, who hails from western New York, said she will provide more information on the identity of the perpetrator and a case will be brought.

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2022-08-12 21:04:39Z
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