Quote:French firm Lafarge under investigation for complicity in crimes against humanity in Syria.

'French cement giant Lafarge was placed under formal investigation Thursday for complicity in crimes
against humanity and financing a terrorist enterprise in Syria.



Lafarge is suspected of paying nearly €13 million in murky deals to the Islamic State (IS) group after the
jihadist group seized control of the Jalabiya region in northern Syria where the company was running a
cement plant.

A French judicial official told the AP that the company was being investigated as a legal entity that violated
an embargo and endangered the lives of others. Lafarge has acknowledged funneling money to Syrian armed
groups in 2013 and 2014 -allegedly including the IS group -to guarantee safe passage for employees and
supply its plant in the war-torn country.

Three Lafarge officials were charged last year for turning a blind eye to the company’s payments to the
jihadist group. Bruno Lafont, Lafarge chief executive from 2007 to 2015, and the group's former Syria chief,
Christian Herrault, have been charged with "financing a terrorist organization” and "endangering the lives of
others".

Eric Olsen, who took over from Lafont as CEO after the company merged with Switzerland's Holcim, has also
been charged with the same crimes. The wrongdoing precedes Lafarge's merger with Swiss company Holcim
in 2015 to create LafargeHolcim, the world's largest cement maker.

Lafarge to appeal charges
In a statement Thursday, LafargeHolcim said Lafarge "will appeal against those charges which do not fairly
represent the responsibilities" of the company.

The chairman of the board of LafargeHolcim, Beat Hess, said "We truly regret what has happened in the Syria
subsidiary and after learning about it took immediate and firm actions. None of the individuals put under
investigation is today with the company."

LafargeHolcim commissioned an independent investigation in 2016 that "revealed that the local company
provided funds to third parties to work out arrangements with a number of armed groups, which included
sanctioned parties", the statement said.

The company confirmed in front of the judges Thursday "that unacceptable individual errors were made in Syria
until the site was evacuated in September 2014, which it firmly regrets".
It pledged to fully cooperate with the legal authorities.

Victims of Paris attacks join legal procedure
French media reports that investigating judges don't rule out that the money provided by Lafarge might have
helped finance the November 2015 attacks in Paris. In January, the magistrates allowed the association
"Life for Paris", which represents victims and families of November 2015 attacks, to join the procedure
as a civil party.

The probe was opened in October 2016 after the French ministry of economy and finance filed a complaint
against Lafarge. French NGO Sherpa subsequently also filed a complaint against the company. It claimed
Lafarge and its local subsidiary made "arrangements" with the IS group to obtain passes and to buy oil and
other raw materials needed to produce cement in IS-controlled areas of Syria...'

Quote:Boat explodes in the Bahamas, leaving 1 dead, 9 injured

"Investigators are still trying to determine what went wrong," Shanta Knowles, superintendent of
police for the Royal Bahamas Police Force, told NBC News.



'One person is dead and nine others were airlifted to hospitals in Florida and the Bahamas after a
boat exploded on Saturday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard and Royal Bahamas Police Force.

Shanta Knowles, superintendent of police for the Royal Bahamas Police Force, confirmed to NBC
News that an American woman died in the explosion, but said her identity would not be released
until her family had been notified.

Ten Americans and two Bahamians were aboard the boat when it exploded, according to officials.
Four people were airlifted to a hospital in Florida and five others were taken to Princess Margaret
Hospitalin Nassau, on New Providence Island, Bahamas, Knowles said.
Two others who were aboard the boat were not injured, Knowles said.

"Investigators are still trying to determine what went wrong," Knowles said of the explosion.

The U.S. Coast Guard's seventh district, which encompasses Florida and is headquartered in Miami,
received a call from the Royal Bahamas Police Force at approximately 11 a.m. on Saturday asking for
assistance with those injured in the explosion, according to a press release.

A HC-130 Hercules airplane crew with two medical personnel from Air Station Clearwater deployed and
transported the boaters to the air station where emergency medical services awaited.

Names and conditions of the other passengers have not been released.
An investigation into what caused the explosion is ongoing...'

Quote:Stefanie Schaffer and her mother, Stacey, had traveled to the Bahamas to spend a vacation soaking in the sun, swimming in the clear blue waters and spending time with Stefanie's younger sister Brooke and stepfather Paul Bender. Now the rest of their family is rushing to their side after a tragic explosion severely injured both women.

Stefanie, 22, suffered life-threatening injuries when the small tour boat the four of them were riding in exploded Saturday morning, according to her brother George, who spoke to ABC News on Sunday. George said Stefanie had both of her legs amputated and remains in critical condition in a medically induced coma at Princess Margaret Hospital in Nassau.

Stacey sustained serious injuries, including multiple broken bones and internal injuries. Paul and Brooke suffered cuts and bruises, but escaped serious injury.

One person, an American, was killed in the explosion and nine others, including the Schaffer family, were injured. There were 12 people on the boat -- 10 Americans and two Bahamas natives -- when it exploded at about 9 a.m. Saturday off the coast of Exuma.

George told ABC News his younger sister "danced her whole childhood."
He and other member of their family from Rutland, Vermont, are traveling to Nassau to be at his sister and mother's sides in the hospital.

The family started a GoFundMe page with a goal of raising $50,000 to pay for Stacey’s and Stefanie’s medical expenses and travel. It had raised about $17,700 in its first 12 hours since being posted.

Quote:'..."Investigators are still trying to determine what went wrong," Knowles said of the explosion.

Brian Schaffer told NBC News his niece Stefanie Schaffer, 22, was among those injured in the explosion.
He said his niece, who has participated in ballet and sports her entire life, had both of her legs amputated
below the knee after the explosion...'

Quote:'...Stefanie Schaffer, a 22-year-old student at Castleton University, was among nine people injured when the
boat exploded Saturday, killing a U.S. citizen...'

(07-03-2018, 09:59 PM)BIAD Wrote: It is a terrible situation, Ms. Schaffer is in a coma at this time and unaware that her legs are amputated.
She was an aspiring ballet dancer.

Here's some comments:

Quote:'..."Investigators are still trying to determine what went wrong," Knowles said of the explosion.

Brian Schaffer told NBC News his niece Stefanie Schaffer, 22, was among those injured in the explosion.
He said his niece, who has participated in ballet and sports her entire life, had both of her legs amputated
below the knee after the explosion...'

SOURCE:

Quote:'...Stefanie Schaffer, a 22-year-old student at Castleton University, was among nine people injured when the
boat exploded Saturday, killing a U.S. citizen...'

Boston.Com

I don't wish to seem morbid, but I'm still looking into Joel Bender of Pensacola of Florida, Ms. Schaffer's uncle.

Quote:On April 8, QAnon posted two messages linking the Clintons and the CIA to the plane crash of John F. Kennedy Jr and how his death cleared the path for Hillary Clinton to start her political career by running unopposed by any major Democratic rival for the newly available US Senate seat for New York.


If the Clintons were involved in the death of JFK Jr it would be ironic since Bill Clinton sought to find out who killed President Kennedy just before his inauguration in January 1993, presumably to avoid a similar fate. The answers he received later helped Hillary Clinton launch her political career.

It’s worth repeating that QAnon represents several figures associated with U.S. military intelligence that are working through the Trump White House to release sensitive information to help expose and overcome the power of the Deep State through covert operations. Hence QAnon’s posts opens the reader to the rarefied world of actionable U.S. military intelligence.

Furthermore, QAnon’s posts reveal the thinking of military intelligence officials about leading political figures such as the Clintons and agencies such as the CIA. We are now ready to closely examine what QAnon had to say about JFK Jr:

 

(07-10-2018, 08:15 PM)BIAD Wrote: Well, it couldn't be this couple. They were flyin' coach.

But Q is a larp, right?     (Sarcasm)

(07-16-2018, 02:54 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote:

 ...But Q is a larp, right?     (Sarcasm)

Quote:Annabelle Neilson dead at 49: Alexander McQueen's best friend who was once married to a Rothschild and starred in Ladies of London passes away

• Annabelle's body was found on Thursday, at her home in Chelsea
  
• The former model was last pictured on July 8 at the wedding of Edward Spencer Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough's half-brother, her ex-boyfriend
  
• The British aristocrat was a heroin addict at just 16, but later became clean 
  
• She was the first wife of Nat Rothschild; they were married from 1994 to 1997
  
• She was the last person to see Alexander McQueen before his suicide in 2010
  
• Her close friends include Kate Moss, describing her as 'my sister'
  
• Annabelle's grandmother was a second cousin of the late Queen Mother
  
• She starred in two seasons of Bravo's Ladies of London from 2014 to 2015