Thousands Flood The Streets In Germany As Fury Over Refugee Sex Assaults Reaches Boiling Point

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Update: the water cannons are out as is the tear gas:

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Over the last several days, more information has come to light with regard to the wave of sexual assaults that occurred across Europe on New Year’s Eve.

What some observers initially assumed was an set of isolated attacks in Cologne’s city center now appears to have been a bloc-wide phenomenon as women from Austria, to Switzerland, to Finland come forward to report being accosted by what some police say were gangs of drunken Mid-East asylum seekers.

“In Sweden, police said at least 15 young women reported being groped by groups of men on New Year's Eve in the city of Kalmar,” AP reports, adding that “in Finland, police said they received tipoffs on New Year's Eve that about 1,000 predominantly Iraqi asylum seekers were intending to gather near the main railway station in Helsinki and harass passing women.” 

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“Women with or without accompaniment went through a literally 'gauntlet' by the heavily intoxicated men masses, as one can not describe it," a clumsy translation of a report by the German Federal Police reads. Some have suggested that the string of attacks was initially played down by the media and by German authorities in an effort to avoid triggering an anti-migrant backlash. Indeed, the mayor of Cologne, Henriette Reker, got herself in a bit of hot water for comments which seemed to suggest it is German women’s responsibility to keep would-be attackers at “arm’s length” and to not send the wrong message to “people from other cultures” by acting too “jolly and frisky.”

Meanwhile, Angela Merkel is attempting to salvage the “yes we can” narrative vis-a-vis Berlin’s refugee open-door policy while simultaneously condemning the attacks.

On Friday, Cologne’s police chief Wolfgang Albers was dismissed in connection with his department’s mishandling of the ordeal.

According to a draft document seen by Reuters, Germany may now change its policy with regard to the deportation of refugees. "The paper says refugees and asylum seekers who have been sentenced to prison or probation should be barred from eligibility for asylum,' Reuters writes. "Why should German taxpayers pay to imprison foreign criminals," Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel asked. "The threat of having to spend time behind bars in their home country is far more of a deterrent than a prison sentence in Germany." 

("Respect us! We are not fair game even when naked!" a sign held by Swiss artist Milo Moire reads)

"Women's groups and many politicians have long been arguing that Germany's sexual assault law is archaic, with loopholes that mean groping and surprise attacks are not necessarily prosecutable unless the woman tries to fight off the attack - which police often advise against," Deutsche Welle notes. "There have been very many cases that you and I would probably unequivocally describe as rape or sexual assault that haven't come to a conviction, because the women allegedly didn't defend themselves enough," Elke Ferner of the Social Democratic Party's women's group told the broadcaster.

That law is about to be changed thanks in part to the attention the New Year's attacks have brought to the issue. 

And speaking of drawing attention to the attacks, protesters are once again massing in Cologne where "thousands" of demonstrators took the streets on Saturday. "The protesters included the Islamophobic Pegida movement and the right-wing extremist Pro Cologne party" USA Today says.

More than 1,500 police officers were deployed across the city in anticipation of the rallies. Here's more from DPA

Cologne police are gearing up for a day of highly charged demonstrations, with 1000 far-right protesters expected to hit the streets in response to the mass sex assaults and thefts targeting women on New Year's Eve.

 

Hundred-strong teams of police were deployed on Saturday to locations across the western German city, totalling 1700 officers, a spokesman said.

 

The Islamophobic Pegida movement and the right-wing extremist Pro Cologne party were to stage a rally on the square in front of the main train station, where about 1000 intoxicated men are thought to have robbed, sexually assaulted and, in some cases, raped women during turn-of-the-year celebrations.

 

Of the 32 suspects identified by police in Cologne, 22 are asylum seekers, the German Interior Ministry said.

 

One suspect was carrying a document with Arabic-German translations of sexist phrases and threats, which mass-circulation tabloid Bild published on Saturday.

 

Several pro-migration counter-protests have also been planned for Saturday, underscoring the division in German society over the government's open-door migration policy, which allowed more than one million people to enter the country last year.

And from Reuters:

Migrants who commit crimes should lose their right to asylum, German chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday, toughening her tone as crowds gathered in Cologne angered by mass assaults on women on New Year's Eve.

 

Nearly two dozen asylum seekers were among those suspected of carrying out the attacks, police said this week, heightening tensions over immigration and fuelling criticism of Merkel's refusal to place a limit on the numbers of migrants entering the country.

 

"The right to asylum can be lost if someone is convicted on probation or jailed," Merkel said after a meeting of the leadership of her Christian Democrats (CDU) party.

 

"Serial offenders who repeatedly rob or repeatedly affront women must feel the full force of the law," Merkel told journalists in Mainz, promising a reduction over the longer term in the flow of migrants to Germany.

 

Under German law, asylum seekers are typically only deported if they have been sentenced to at least three years in prison, and providing their lives are not at risk at home.

 

About 1,700 police officers were on the streets of Cologne as protesters, including members of the anti-Islam PEGIDA movement, waited for official permission to march through the city.

 

At a separate left-wing protest, more than 2,000 mostly women gathered close to the train station where many of the attacks, including muggings and sexual assaults, happened.

So once again, we see a deeply divided society, with right-wing demonstrators staging a kind of "we told you so" rally and pro-refugee Germans staging counter protests even as they decry the wave of assaults. 

Meanwhile, the flow of asylum seekers continues unabated. "We had an average influx of 3,200 refugees per day arriving in Germany, and the numbers are not declining in the last days," Ole Schroeder, the deputy German minister, told a briefing in Brussels. "Our problem at the moment in Europe is that we do not have a functioning border control system, especially at the Greece-Turkey border," he added.

Where things from here is an open question but it appears many Germans are at their breaking point. How TIME's person of the year responds may ultimately determine how the world remembers one of the most indelible and revered politicians in European history.

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Sat, 01/09/2016 - 13:38 | 7022330 NoWayJose
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The only answer is to set up asylum cities, like in the United States. Then at least, Germans will know for sure where they cannot safely go.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 13:39 | 7022335 Rhal
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 Robert Putnam inspired a line of reasoning that allows liberals and conservatives to agree on what needs to be done:

It's not about race or religion. It's about social capital and cultural trust! The nordic countries are very "High Trust" cultures. High trust cultures develop good governments and good economies. Only high trust cultures can built welfare safety nets. People from low trust cultures see this as a "soft target" to abuse. Furthermore, most of these imigrants are fit young men. Allowing them to immigrate undermines the country they came from. They need to be back home supporting their families there.

You've given them a taste of an advanced society, now its time to send them back to see if they understand how to advance themselves.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 14:11 | 7022452 shovelhead
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You're joking, right?

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 14:26 | 7022507 TXsodbuster
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They know not how. They are God haters, islam is of satan. 

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 13:40 | 7022339 NoWayJose
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The beauty of the Internet, Frau Merkel, is that you cannot hide this behind a friendly press.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 13:41 | 7022348 LetsGetPhysical
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I love how they're firing tear gas and water cannons at their own citizens but not at a mob of marauding Muslim rapists. Well done Germany.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 13:43 | 7022353 Praeda2
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"Migrants who commit crimes should lose their right to asylum, German chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday"

The fact they don't already, shows how poorly thought out this all is. Or was it?

"how the world remembers one of the most indelible and revered politicians in European history."

hahaha riiiiiight.

You'll have multiple mass shootings on one day in Germany this year. 500+ dead type horror. Some children raped... just hell and still, you'll have scum that defends these savages. Those types need to be remembered on the day of the rope.

 

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 13:46 | 7022366 XitSam
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The East Germans know how to build a wall.  Plowed strips to detect tresspassers. Dog runs with mean dogs (life expectancy 2-3 years from exposure). Mine fields. Manned guard towers. Special political approval to live within 10 klicks of the border. A real fence.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 15:09 | 7022652 Niall Of The Ni...
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They do. Problem is, the master class never get serious about border security until it becomes necessary to keep their slaves from escaping. The Wall's job was to keep Germans in, not Muslims out. 

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 19:28 | 7022890 XitSam
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Oh, yes. The bolts holding the metal fence to the metal posts and the head of the bolt on the East German side, and the nut on the West German side.  East Germans rarely knew this though, because travel near the border was prohibited unless they lived there. 

But the knowledge how to do it is still around.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 13:47 | 7022368 dexter_morgan
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ZWO plans going amazingly well, almost as if scripted. Divide and conquer, spew some barbarous vermin in to a neutered pussified society, and you get this. 

So I assume Israel is taking no refugees, similar to Japan?

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 13:59 | 7022403 Jack Oliver
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"The world IS a stage" and the ZWO are the 'PRODUCERS' !!

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 14:13 | 7022458 Omega_Man
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They also do casting, direction and editing 

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 14:03 | 7022419 Jack Oliver
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Looks like the Zionist's are turning normally peaceful people into FUCKING barbarians !! They must be very pleased !

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 14:14 | 7022463 shovelhead
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Springtime for Hitler II?

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 14:07 | 7022436 Never One Roach
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Remind me again, where were all these riots police and water cannons when the Muslim Africans and Arabs were attacking and raping German girls?

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 14:12 | 7022455 Omega_Man
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they were busy spying on whites 

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 15:08 | 7022648 Bopper09
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That would be racist, sir.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 14:09 | 7022444 dizzyfingers
Sat, 01/09/2016 - 14:45 | 7022472 Jack Oliver
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Merkel seems pretty happy about having Germany 'Divided and Conquered' !!! Makes you think she may be a FUCKING part of it !!!

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 14:16 | 7022477 Coletrane
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if only the govt had thought to use the water canon on the muslim rapist filth.......

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 14:17 | 7022479 pupdog1
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Would this be a good time to recall that Obama wants to blow off existing immigration law and bring 100,000 of these jihadi greasy monkeys sans families into a backyard near you?

... and that FBI Director Comey has publicly stated that they cannot possibly be vetted (no such databases)?

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 14:21 | 7022489 Coletrane
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they are already and have already been brought into this country over the last seven years.......

information is everything

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 14:18 | 7022484 shovelhead
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One thing I learned from this thread that is consoling...

That naked chick has a very nice ass and tits for a skinny girl.

She should put them towards some gainful employment.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 14:21 | 7022491 Coletrane
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would SMASH....

repeatedly

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 14:28 | 7022518 Omega_Man
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are you accustomed to more meat?

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 14:36 | 7022543 One4Liberty
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This rupture of the social fabric has been percolating beneath the surface for quite some time.  As far back as 2012, when I spoke to our host families in Germany and Austria, they were clearly angry about the coddling of the Islamists and the very real failures of the Schengen Agreement.  The socio-economic fault lines in Western Europe seem to parallel those in the USA, except the Euros don't have guns. Central and Eastern Europe have decisively rejected the Brussels DIE-versity cramdown.  The uproar and pushback over the multi-city NYE sextivus was a mere shark bump tho IMO.  It was a test and probe. The jihadis will observe and adjust as needed.  What the NYE attacks should do is wake people up that there are already tens of thousands of primed Jihadis already embedded in Europe and the USA, and what that means WHEN not IF this kicks off.  Matt Bracken wrote a prescient predictive essay posted at both GoV and WRSA back in Nov 2015; his thesis was reviewed and updated by former anti-Terrorism expert Partyzanski and posted today.  It's a long read, but I *HIGHLY* recommend people read it and share it far and wide.  The track record of terrorist attacks and the sheer number of potential future victims is hair-raising. http://

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 14:40 | 7022556 Jack Oliver
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Nobody goes to the movies anymore, so the Zionists have decided to bring the entire 'PRODUCTION' to the world at large ! Obama - Hillary - Donald - Bernie and Angela are some of the 'stars' in this EPIC - Script by 'Tavistock' - Special effects by George Soros ! This is just a warmup to get everybody in the 'MOOD' !

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 14:46 | 7022583 IProtectYou
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1000 intoxicated men? Which moron wrote this article? A f$cking neocon?

They were clearly acting discplined and coordinated.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 14:52 | 7022592 V for ...
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More Nazionism.

Allow uncontrolled immigration, and kill stable societies, all so moneychangers can ramp up their rule: the Wolfowiz Doctrine, and Project for a New American Century, the tactic and strategy for a 'Greater Israel', using the blood and treasure of the West, as per usual. Filth.

Cultural Marxism, Frankfurt School, Gramsci in action. Ruin all, so their small hateful tribe can rule. They hate the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and seek to bring their failed Euro politics to the USA.

No, no, no.

Divide and rule is a very old game. Pay attention.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 15:00 | 7022622 VWAndy
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Yes dont lose focus on the true root cause of all this faux choas. We are getting played from every angle. They been trying to kick off a global bloodbath for a few years now. Dont fall for it.

 The money changers are the root of this.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 15:34 | 7022724 DFCtomm
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Dude, you are so right. They're all Mossad millions and millions of Mossad agents. It's all a fucking conspiracy, and you know the truth because God told you fucking so.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 15:48 | 7022766 VWAndy
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Nice bit of weasel wording.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 16:02 | 7022807 DFCtomm
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It's called sarcasm, but talk about weasel words, that's a worthless reply. If that's the best you got then you aren't worth my time. I'm leaving so you can have the last word, but I'm confident you'll do a piss poor job. 

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 16:30 | 7022897 VWAndy
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 See ya! Its not worthless if you leave because I called you on it.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:37 | 7023146 DFCtomm
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I left to eat lunch numbnuts, and now I'm going to home depot, but you can take credit for that one too if you like. I've met rocks smarter than you.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 14:54 | 7022605 One And Only
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Naked chick with sign. First time I jerked it on zerohedge. Never know what life will throw at ya.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 15:00 | 7022619 V for ...
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I guess you are Ashkenazi, living in your mother's basement. Putz. Typical Talmud sleaze.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 15:03 | 7022630 VWAndy
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Government employee of the month?

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 14:58 | 7022613 RagnarRedux
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Thilo Sarrazin: Introduction to “Germany Abolishes Itself

“Germany abolishes itself” might seem an absurd fear. Here is a country with a population of 80 million in the heart of Europe: with all its cities, industry, cars, trade and commerce, hustle and bustle … But a country is what its inhabitants make of it through their living traditions, both spiritual and cultural. Without its people, Germany would be merely a geographic expression. The Germans however are gradually abolishing themselves."

http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2016/01/introduction-to-germany-abo...

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 15:01 | 7022626 reinhardt
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rule #1:  do NOT F with Human Resource's Dutch Settlement Scheme

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Sat, 01/09/2016 - 15:03 | 7022633 DFCtomm
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No water cannons and tear gas on NYE for the rapefugees.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 15:18 | 7022665 V for ...
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Idiot. 'Rapefugees 'is the new meme for those who allowed uncontrolled immigration and exploit it for their nasty lil Ashkenazi plot for a Greater Israel, paid for with the blood and treasure of the West.

Ewww. We are supposed to 'feel your pain' while you commit genocide and ask us to pay for you.

Fuck off back to Tel Aviv.

You deliver to the West your intransigence, your hateful wars; your 'cultural war'. FUCK OFF,, and take your DHS filth with you, putz.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 15:30 | 7022709 DFCtomm
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You are fabalous. I couldn't think of a better representative of Joooo hate here at ZH. Your cause is so much better for your presence, now continue to rant away at every commenter, you fucking freak.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 15:35 | 7022722 V for ...
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Newby,

You are stupid. Write on, and prove it more so, nasty lil nazionist ;-)

And ask your Tel Aviv handlers to give you a proof reader. Putz.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 15:37 | 7022732 DFCtomm
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No please go ahead and reply to every single fucking comment with outlandish jooo hate. It really does prove your point. You're too stupid to fucking breath.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 16:03 | 7022804 V for ...
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Learn to write proper English grammar, and then you might get your nazionist point across.

Putz.

The world is a contest of ideas, not your nasty lil nazionism, and semi-literacy.

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 17:45 | 7023177 DFCtomm
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The world is indeed a contest of ideas, and that's why you're ranting anonamously in the comment section of a financial conspiracy blog. Is that  win, place or show?

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 16:09 | 7022828 DFCtomm
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The Newb comment is interesting. You've been here 19 weeks, and I've been here 5 years, but you called me a newb. I'm betting that's a little hint that you've been here before, and been banned because you're in-fucking-sane.  How long do you think you'll last this time?

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 15:15 | 7022674 arby63
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The future belongs comes clear. Germany is gone. What's next will be unsettling. Don't get too comfortable.

Do NOT follow this link or you will be banned from the site!