A blessed Saturday and a day away from the silliness that is American politics….all the she said, he said…all the tax reform crap that will screw the average American….all faux news about a successful presidential trip…..in short…..all the manure…
Awhile back I read a horrific story about the discovery of 26 teen girls bodies floating in the ocean…I have waited to post with the hope that more info would be made available….so far I have seen nothing so here is the original story….
They were mostly between the ages of 14 and 18, and 26 of them are now dead. CNN reports on the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea and describes an appalling scene: teenage girls’ bodies floating lifelessly beside a nearly submerged rubber dinghy that survivors tried to cling to. The AFP reports 23 of the bodies were recovered Friday, with another three subsequently found. Their remains were brought ashore in Salerno, Italy; Salvatore Malfi, the police prefect there, tells NPR they appear to have drowned, but the bodies will be autopsied Tuesday to determine cause of death as well as whether the girls had been sexually abused.
The BBC reports some are questioning whether the girls, believed to hail from Niger and Nigeria, were abused and murdered. They were en route to Europe via Libya, which CNN calls “a hotbed for human traffickers.” The AFP quotes Malfi as apparently trying to tamp down on that line of thought: “The sex trafficking routes are different. Loading women onto a boat is too risky, the traffickers would not do it as they could lose all their ‘goods’—as they describe them—in one fell swoop.” Per the UN’s migration agency, the migrant death toll along the main Mediterranean route stands at 2,639 for the year through Nov. 1, versus 3,615 for the same period last year. (This smuggler reportedly deliberately drowned 50 migrants.)
Anyone that would deliberately drown these girls deserves nothing short of a death sentence without a trial…..there is NO place for this type of person in a civilized world.
With that I shall go to the garden for a snack of figs, honey, dates and a glass of wine (only if the doctor permits it and he will not….dammit)….hope all have a great Saturday and I will return tomorrow. chuq
I have seen and read reports where some of these ‘people-smugglers’ are simple murderers. They take money from would-be refugees, but have no actual intention of ever landing them safely in Europe. Instead, they just sink the boats, or throw the people into the sea.
It is a barbaric practice, that reminds me much of the world has not moved on from the Middle Ages.
You wouldn’t want to be eating your figs in our garden today. Far too cold!
Best wishes, Pete.
Fortunate here temp is 64….partly sunny….perfect day in the garden…..I have seen that they are having slave auctions in Libya where a person goes for about $400…..sad….chuq
here is a link to these slave sales….truly disgusting….
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/africa/libya-migrant-auctions/index.html
Disgraceful indeed, chuq. I watched the videos and read the report.
Sad that this is happening in the 21st century….you would think we were better than that…..apparently not…sad indeed…chuq
Eating figs?
Bah!
Am holed up with a ‘Bug’ that will not go away…so it is Whisky Mac all the Way!
Greetings comrade 🙂
Here’s to the future…getting madder by the minute..
Thanx for the retweet…as you know I love Greece.
Could be heading to Beirut next year….to celebrate a birth…if there is anything left.
I am about to become an auntie again 🙂
Meanwhile, my bro is travelling on old Soviet trains in Kazakhstan …loves it, even if Borat comes up! 🙂
Still,it provides him with a living…though god knows why he lives in Gotham City..Dubai.
I loathe the place…so it will be Beirut..a lovely compromise & a First,& the family are real! 😉
Keep well chuq.
Hope you get to feeling better…..love chuq
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Clearly a case of some fiend trying to cover up allegations of sexual assault.
Not everything is about a slap and tickle in DC