NIMROD Kamer: Mendedahkan NATO sebagai Ahli Kelab NAFF'

Pemimpin NATO menonton pernerbangan lepas oleh Red Arrows semasa sidang kemuncak NATO di resort Celtic Manor, berhampiran Newport, di Wales September 5, 2014 (NATO leaders watch a fly-past by the Red Arrows during the NATO summit at the Celtic Manor resort, near Newport, in Wales September 5, 2014 (Reuters/Rebecca Naden)

TA'MALAyuHilangDiDUNIA - Sebagaimana Wales hoskan NATO 2014 sidang ke-muncak itu, war-tawan Nimrod Kamer melihat perkakasan tentera mengpamerkan, media sosial acara itu gagal, dan bercakap dengan beberapa pekerja persekutuan itu.

Semasa sidang kemuncak 4-5 SEPTEMBER, Cardiff menyambut perhimpunan terbesar pemimpin antarabangsa yang pernah muncul di Britain. Presiden Amerika Syarikat, Barack Obama, Canselor Jerman Angela Merkel dan Presiden Perancis Francois Hollande menghadiri mesyuarat untuk membincangkan krisis Ukraine, bersama-sama dengan pemimpin-pemimpin dan menteri-menteri kanan dari kira-kira 60 negara-negara lain.

tontoni laporan Kamer dari Cardiff, di mana beliau mendedahkan NATO sebagai ahli kelab naff . . .

Nimrod Kamer: Exposing NATO As a Naff Members' CLUB

As Wales hosted the NATO 2014 summit, journalist Nimrod Kamer looked at the military hardware on display, the event's social media fails, and talked to some of the alliance’s employees.

During the September 4-5 summit, Cardiff welcomed the largest gathering of international leaders ever to have appeared in Britain. US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French President Francois Hollande attended the meeting to discuss the Ukrainian crisis, along with leaders and senior ministers from around 60 other countries.

Watch Kamer’s report from Cardiff, where he exposes NATO as a naff members' club.

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SERANGAN Sporadis di Timur Ukraine MENGANCAM Gencatan Senjata, pihak berdagang menyalahkannya (VIDEO) . . .

TA'MALAyuHilangDiDUNIA - Memadam kebakaran telah dilaporkan berhampiran dengan lapangan terbang Donetsk manakala serangan sedang didengar di bandar Mariupol. Pihak berkuasa bandar menyalahkan pemberontak untuk keganasan, yang mengatakan tentera Kiev telah melancarkan serangan meriam terhadap kedudukan mereka.

Menembak sekali-sekala dan tembakan meriam telah dilaporkan berhampiran dan di bandar Ukraine tenggara Mariupol walaupun gencatan senjata itu, dengan kedua-dua pasukan mempertahankan diri tempatan dan Ukraine tentera tentera menuduh satu sama lain melanggar gencatan senjata.

Reuters memetik seorang pegawai Ukraine tidak dinamakan berkata terdapat serangan meriam di Mariupol, yang pihak kuasa-kuasa Kiev menduduki pada masa ini.

Seorang wanita telah meninggal dunia di hospital akibat serangan semalaman di Mariupol, menjadikan kematian pertama perempuan sejak gencatan senjata berkuat kuasa pada hari Jumaat, pegawai-pegawai tempatan berkata dalam satu kenyataan.

Satu lagi tiga penduduk turut cedera apabila pemberontak melepaskan tembakan ke atas sebuah pusat pemeriksaan kerajaan diadakan di pinggir timur bandar, kata mereka.

Sementara itu, saksi memberitahu agensi berita Itar-TASS bahawa tentera Ukraine di Mariupol adalah berkumpul dan menerima bantuan.

Menteri Pertahanan Republik Rakyat Donetsk itu, Vladimir Kononov, telah memberi amaran bahawa jika provokasi bersenjata dari tentera Ukraine tidak berhenti, angkatan tentera Republik berhak untuk melepaskan tembakan sebagai balasan.

"Kuasa-kuasa Ukraine terus serangan kedudukan kita. Nampaknya [Presiden] Poroshenko tidak mengawal tenteranya sepenuhnya. Tujuan gencatan senjata itu adalah untuk Kiev untuk berkumpul semula dan melancarkan serangan satu.

Kami sudah bersedia untuk ini, "kata Kononov. "Jika provokasi terus, saya akan dipaksa untuk mengeluarkan suatu perintah untuk membalas dengan kekuatan mematikan," Kononov memberitahu RIA.

Terdapat laporan mengenai pertempuran berhampiran Donetsk lapangan terbang antarabangsa, di mana sekumpulan lelaki bersenjata yang tidak diketahui identiti kebangsaan telah bersembunyi untuk beberapa waktu.

Roket memusnahkan beberapa buah rumah di kampung Spartak, utara Donetsk, dilaporkan RT Paula Slier yang bekerja di tapak apabila serangan bermula.

"Memandu baris keseluruhan yang lalu rumah yang telah meningkat dalam asap," katanya twitted. Pasukan bomba telah memadamkan api sementara penduduk tempatan membantu mereka dengan menuang baldi air, yang kadang-kadang tidak membuat sebarang perbezaan sebagai serangan ke kiri hampir apa-apa.

SPORADIC Shelling in E. Ukraine threatens Ceasefire, 

parties trade blame (VIDEO) . . .

Firefighting has been reported near Donetsk airport while shelling is being heard in the city of Mariupol. The city authorities blame rebels for the violence, who say Kiev troops have launched artillery strikes against their positions.

Sporadic shooting and artillery fire have been reported near and in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol despite the ceasefire, with both local self-defense forces and Ukrainian military troops accusing each other of breaching the truce.

Reuters cited an unnamed Ukrainian officer saying there has been an artillery attack on Mariupol, which Kiev forces are occupying at the moment.

A woman has died in hospital as a result of overnight shelling in Mariupol, making hers first death since the ceasefire came into force on Friday, local officials said in a statement. Another three residents were also wounded when rebels opened fire on a government-held checkpoint at the eastern edge of the city, they added.

Witnesses meanwhile told the Itar-TASS news agency that Ukrainian troops in Mariupol are regrouping and receiving reinforcements.

The defense minister of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Vladimir Kononov, has warned that if armed provocations from the Ukrainian troops do not stop, the armed forces of the Republic reserve the right to open fire in return.

“Ukrainian forces continue shelling our positions. It appears that [President] Poroshenko does not control his troops in full. The aim of the ceasefire is for Kiev to regroup and launch an offensive. We’re ready for this,” Kononov said. “If provo-cations continue, I’ll be forced to issue an order to reciprocate with deadly force,” Kononov told RIA.

There have been reports about skirmishes near Donetsk international airport, where a group of armed men of unknown national identity has been holed up for quite some time.

Rockets destroyed several houses in the village of Spartak, north of Donetsk, reported RT’s Paula Slier who was working at the site when the attack began.

“Driving past entire rows of houses that have gone up in smoke,” she twitted. Fire brigades were putting out flames while the locals assisted them by pouring buckets of water, which sometimes made no difference as the shelling left almost nothing.

RT’s crew had to leave the village for security reasons. “Driving like mad” to escape possible renewal of the shelling, they returned to Donetsk city center. “Life here carries on as normal,” Slier wrote on Sunday.

A militia checkpoint in Zuevka to the north of Donetsk has suffered an assault, which resulted in casualties.

Several settlements as well as the Donetsk suburbs of Avdeevka and Makeevka all suffered artillery strikes, with at least one casualty reported. Ukrainian forces attempted to seize Pervomaisk settlement but were repelled, Donetsk rebels said on their website.

The Ukrainian army used tanks, mortars, cannons and Grad multiple launchers to deliver strikes on militia-controlled settlements, the rebels claim. A number of households have been destroyed.

The militia artillery returned fire, eliminating several Ukrainian gun squads.

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The Deputy PM of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, Andrey Purgin, told RIA news agency that despite provocations by the Ukrainian troops, the self-defense militia is going to “stick firmly to the Minsk agreements and will not put arms to use.”

The militias say that on Sunday morning Ukrainian forces were concentrating a large number of troops and military hardware near Gorlovka, some 47 kilometers from the city of Donetsk. A long convoy of military vehicles allegedly traveled the road connecting the Mironovka and Debaltsevo settlements.

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Self-defense militia forces intelligence has shared information that the Ukrainian troops concentrated near Donetsk possess at least 47 tanks, 15 Shilka armored self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicles, 7 Tochka-U (NATO designation – Scarab) tactical ballistic missile complexes, 6 Grad multiple rocket launch complexes and one Smerch heavy multiple rocket launcher. This information has, however. not been verified.

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TENTERA Amerika Syarikat Melancarkan SERANGAN Udara berhampiran Empangan Haditha IRAQ . . .

Reuters/Hamad I Mohammed

TA'MALAyuHilangDiDUNIA - Amerika Syarikat tentera berkata ia melancarkan serangan udara di sekitar Empangan Haditha Iraq utk mengelakkan kawasan itu daripada ditang-kap oleh militan Negara Islam.

Empangan di Wilayah Anbar Iraq barat ini, sumber utama air dan kuasa elektrik, kini mengawal rakyat Iraq, tetapi terdapat percubaan oleh militan mengambil alih kemudahan itu penting.

Ahad serangan udara di kawasan sekitar empangan telah dijalankan atas per-mintaan kerajaan Iraq, menurut Setiausaha Pertahanan Amerika Syarikat Chuck Hagel, yang kini dalam perjalanan ke ibu Georgia, Tbilisi.

"Jika empangan yang akan jatuh ke dalam tangan (Islamic State) Isil atau jika empangan yang akan dimusnahkan, kerosakan yang yang akan menyebabkan akan menjadi sangat penting dan ia akan meletakkan risiko besar, tambahan dan besar ke dalam campuran di Iraq," Hagel kepada pemberita.

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Empangan Haditha adalah kedua terbesar penyumbang hidroelektrik Iraq untuk sistem kuasa negara. Sebuah stesen kuasa mengandungi enam penjana elektrik terletak berhampiran empangan.

Pejuang Negara Islam membuat percubaan untuk mengambil kawasan di bawah kawalan bulan lepas. Mereka dihalau balik oleh tentera Iraq, dengan sokongan daripada puak-puak Sunni tempatan.

"Mereka (serangan udara) sangat tepat. Tiada kerosakan cagaran . . . Jika Negara Islam tlh berjaya menguasai empangan, banyak bidang Iraq akan tlh terancam, walaupun Baghdad," Sheik Ahmed Abu Risha kepada Reuters.

Tentera Amerika Syarikat juga melaporkan pada hari Ahad ia telah melancarkan serangan udara baru berhampiran Empangan Mosul, yg terbesar di Iraq, menya-sarkan militan di kawasan itu.

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Negara Islam pejuang berjaya mengawal Empangan Mosul pada awal bulan Ogos. Walau bagaimanapun, serangan Amerika Syarikat berterusan memaksa militan keluar dari kawasan tersebut, kekalahan besar yang pertama bagi mereka sejak Amerika Syarikat memasuki semula konflik dengan serangan udara.

Negara Islam (IS) tidak diberikan di atas percubaan untuk menawan semula kemudahan strategik dan Amerika Syarikat terus menjalankan serangan udara berhampiran empangan untuk menyimpan pejuang dari sini.

Tentera AS mengumumkan awal minggu ini bahawa ia telah menyiapkan ‘completed’ 124 serangan udara di Iraq berhampiran Empangan Mosul, memusnahkan atau merosakkan 16 IS kenderaan.

US military launches AIRSTRIKES near IRAQ's Haditha DAM

The United States military says it’s launched airstrikes around Iraq's Haditha Dam to prevent the area from being captured by Islamic State militants.

The dam in western Iraq’s Anbar Province, a major source of water and electrical power, is currently in control of the Iraqis, but there have been attempts by the militants to take over the vital facility.

The Sunday airstrikes on the area around the dam were carried out at the request of the Iraqi government, according to US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who is currently on a trip to Georgia's capital, Tbilisi.

"If that dam would fall into ISIL's (Islamic State's) hands or if that dam would be destroyed, the damage that that would cause would be very significant and it would put a significant, additional and big risk into the mix in Iraq," Hagel told reporters.

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The Haditha Dam is Iraq's second-largest hydroelectric contributor to the country’s power system. A power station containing six electricity generators is located near the dam.

Islamic State fighters made an attempt to take the area under control last month. They were driven back by Iraqi forces, with support from local Sunni tribes.

"They (the air strikes) were very accurate. There was no collateral damage . . . If Islamic State had gained control of the dam, many areas of Iraq would have been seriously threatened, even Baghdad," Sheik Ahmed Abu Risha told Reuters.

The US military also reported on Sunday it had launched new airstrikes near the Mosul Dam, the largest in Iraq, targeting militants in the area.

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The Islamic State fighters managed to take control of the Mosul Dam in early August. However, persistent US strikes forced the militants out of the area, the first significant defeat for them since the US re-entered the conflict with airstrikes. 

The Islamic State (IS) has not given up on attempts to recapture the strategic facility and the US has continued to conduct airstrikes near the dam to keep the fighters away. 

The US military announced earlier this week that it had completed its 124th airstrike in Iraq near the Mosul Dam, destroying or damaging 16 IS vehicles.

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Amerika Syarikat membekalkan SENJATA kepada Ukraine, mengadakan latihan KETENTERAAN bersama di Laut HITAM . . .

Kapal Perang Tentera Laut Amerika Syarikat USS Taylor memasuki pelabuhan Laut Hitam Ukraine Odessa semasa Sea Breeze-2010 latihan ketenteraan NATO (The U.S. Navy Warship USS Taylor enters the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa during the Sea Breeze-2010 NATO military exercises (Reuters/Yevgeny Volokin)

TA'MALAyuHilangDiDUNIA - Ukraine dan Amerika Syarikat tentera laut akan mengambil bahagian dalam latihan bersama yang dikenali sebagai "Sea Breeze 2014" pada September 8 - 10 di bahagian barat laut Laut Hitam, Kementerian Ukraine Pertahanan berkata.

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Sekitar 280 askar Amerika Syarikat akan mengambil bahagian dalam latihan, me-nurut kenyataan jurucakap Amerika Syarikat Perintah Tentera Laut Kapten Ero-pah. Greg Hicks, Pengarah Komunikasi dan Penglibatan.

Latihan akan merangkumi wakil-wakil daripada lima buah negara - termasuk Georgia, Romania dan Turki - dan juga Tetap NATO Maritim Kumpulan 2 Petugas Unit 02 (termasuk Kanada, Sepanyol, dan kapal Romania).

US to supply arms to Ukraine, hold joint military 

drills in Black SEA . . .

The Ukrainian and US navies will take part in a joint exercise called “Sea Breeze 2014” on September 8-10 in the northwestern part of the Black Sea, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense said.

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Around 280 US servicemen will participate in the drills, according to a statement by US European Command spokesman Navy Capt. Greg Hicks, director of Commu-nication and Engagement.

The exercises will include representatives from five countries – including Georgia, Romania and Turkey – as well as the Standing NATO Maritime Group TWO Task Unit 02 (including Canadian, Spanish, and Romanian ships).

The Canadian frigate HMCS Toronto (Reuters/Paul Darrow)

Latihan tentera dirancang dikatakan memberi tumpuan kepada bagaimana operasi penahanan kerja boleh meningkatkan keselamatan maritim.

Juga, Amerika Syarikat - bersama-sama dengan Perancis, Itali, Poland dan Norway - akan membekalkan senjata moden ke Ukraine, menurut pembantu Presiden Petro Poroshenko itu, Yury Lutsenko. Perjanjian ini telah dicapai pada sidang kemuncak NATO di Wales, beliau telah menulis pada hari Ahad di Facebook. Barat juga akan menghantar penasihat tentera ke Ukraine, katanya.

Sementara itu, NATO sedang latihan tentera selama tujuh hari di Latvia. Organisasi ini berkata latihan bertujuan untuk menunjukkan komitmennya kepada negara anggota Baltik dalam menghadapi satu "tegas" Rusia.

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Latihan Kuat Kukuh Lontar Lembing 2 bermula pada September 2. menyerupai penempatan tentera dan peralatan NATO semasa keadaan krisis. Seramai kira-kira 2,000 tentera dari sembilan negara mengambil bahagian dalam gerakan, yang akan menjalankan sehingga hari Isnin.

Latihan dalam Latvia akan disusuli dengan latihan lain di Jerman, Norway, Ukraine, Poland dan kemudian musim luruh ini.

The planned military exercises are said to be focused on how interdiction operations could enhance maritime security.

Also, the US – along with France, Italy, Poland and Norway – will supply modern weapons to Ukraine, according to President Petro Poroshenko’s aide, Yury Lutsenko. The agreements were reached at the NATO summit in Wales, he wrote on Sunday on Facebook. The West will also send military advisers to Ukraine, he added.

Meanwhile, NATO is in the midst of its seven-day military exercises in Latvia. The organization says the drills are aimed at showing its commitment to Baltic member states in the face of an “assertive” Russia.

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Exercise Steadfast Javelin 2 kicked off on September 2. It simulates the deployment of NATO soldiers and equipment during a crisis situation. A total of around 2,000 soldiers from nine different countries are taking part in the maneuvers, which will carry on until Monday.

The exercises in Latvia will be followed by other drills in Germany, Norway, Ukraine, and Poland later this autumn.

A crew prepares for the departure of Ukrainian naval landing vessel "Konstantin Olshansky" (Reuters)

Selain itu, berikutan sidang kemuncak NATO di Wales, rancangan untuk mewu-judkan satu daya tindak balas yang pesat baru di Eropah Timur telah diumumkan, mungkin berjumlah sekurang-kurangnya 4,000 dan sedia untuk digunakan dalam tempoh 48 jam.

Negara-negara Baltik dan Romania telah ditawarkan untuk menjadi tuan rumah kuasa.

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Moreover, following the NATO summit in Wales, a plan to create a new rapid reaction force in Eastern Europe was announced, likely numbering at least 4,000 and ready to be deployed within 48 hours.

The Baltic states and Romania have already offered to host the force.

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IBLIS di Detroit: KUMPULAN Iblis untuk Membina KUIL di Bandar MOTOR . . .

Image from thesatanictempledetroit.com

TA'MALAyuHilangDiDUNIA - Bayt Iblis, kumpulan agama yg berpangkalan di New York, adalah untuk membina rumah bab pertama di Detroit, di mana ia akan melak-sanakan per-khidmatan seperti perkahwinan, termasuk jantina yang sama, dan pengebumian.

Ia berkata, pengorbanan orang atau haiwan tidak akan berlaku.

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Detroit telah dipilih sebagai lokasi untuk rumah bab perdana kerana "underdog" reputasi dan sejarah memupuk derhaka komuniti seni bawah tanah, pengasas Kuil Iblis Doug Mesner, aka "Lucien Greaves," memberitahu Detroit Metro Times.

Lokasi rumah bab, dan juga sebagai hari pembukaan, masih akan diputuskan, kata Mesner, yang dilahirkan dan dibesarkan di Detroit.

Seorang wanita berusia 32 tahun yang dikenali sebagai "Jex Blackmore" akan menuju operasi di premis Detroit. Mesner menjelaskan bahawa ahli-ahli adalah digalakkan untuk menggunakan nama samaran dan bukan nama sebenar mereka, kerana mereka mendapat "banyak di jalan ancaman kematian dan begitulah keadaannya."

Blackmore berkata kuil itu mempertimbangkan beberapa ciri-ciri, dan keutamaan akan diberikan kepada tempat di mana setiap orang berasa selamat dan selesa.

"Jika ia tidak memenuhi keperluan ahli-ahli kita kepada umum, maka kita mungkin membuat keputusan untuk membuat lokasi swasta. Walaupun, kami akan memilih untuk tidak berbuat demikian, "katanya.

Pelan ini adalah untuk membuka rumah bab kepada orang ramai pada waktu tertentu dijadualkan. Ia akan menyediakan sastera untuk pelawat, & juga seba-gai ruang mesyuarat, dan melaksanakan perkhidmatan tradisional seperti perkah-winan dan pengebumian.

Menurut Blackmore, kuil juga bertujuan untuk menawarkan majlis perkahwinan sama jantina di Michigan, di mana perkahwinan gay telah ditangguhkan menunggu ke-6 Amerika Syarikat Litar Mahkamah Rayuan keputusan.

Dalam satu temu bual dengan Detroit Free Press, Blackmore berkata Kuil Iblis berharap untuk menggunakan isu perkahwinan sejenis untuk mencabar undang-undang atas alasan kebebasan beragama.

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Sebelum itu, kumpulan itu mencetuskan kontroversi agak kekecohan di kalangan orang ramai apabila ia mengumumkan mahu mendirikan sebuah patung setinggi tujuh kaki syaitan berhampiran monumen 10 Perintah di Bangunan Kerajaan Pusat Oklahoma.

Lakaran yang dicadangkan mencadangkan bahawa kuil itu mahu menggambarkan syaitan sebagai tokoh Baphoment kambing berkepala dengan janggut yang pan-jang, tanduk dan bersayap, dgn reka bentuk pentagram diletakkan atas. 2 kanak2 tersenyum akan diletakkan kedua-dua belah patung.

Walau bagaimanapun, pemimpin kumpulan itu berkata, mereka tidak menyembah syaitan.

"Kami percaya dalam metafora, membina sastera syaitan," kata Blackmore. "Dia seorang simbol untuk pemberontakan, simbol sifat manusia, yang dahagakan pengetahuan."

Dalam erti kata Mesner itu, perbezaan di antara Iblis Kuil dan tempat-tempat ibadah lain ialah ia menggalakkan "perbezaan antara agama dan kepercayaan karut."

"Kami tidak menyokong penjelasan ghaib di dunia. Kami, bagaimanapun, mem-punyai masyarakat yang telah berkongsi nilai2 dan struktur estetik & simbolik dan amalan yang menyediakan segala elemen yang perlu sesuatu agama, "katanya.

Kumpulan itu juga menggariskan bahawa ia adalah semata-mata aman dan tidak mengamalkan apa-apa jenis mengorbankan haiwan atau manusia.

"Idea pengorbanan khusus adalah untuk menyenangkan hati beberapa syaitan atau tuhan, dan itulah kepercayaan ghaib yang kita tidak melanggan," Blackmore memberitahu Detroit Free Press.

Kuil itu kini mempunyai kira-kira 20 ahli di Detroit - bab pertama daripada 15 yang akan diumumkan dalam masa terdekat.

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DEVIL in Detroit: SATANIC Group to build temple 

in Motor CITY . . .

The Satanic Temple, a New-York-based religious group, is to build its first chapter house in Detroit, where it will perform services such as marriages, including same-sex, and funerals. It says the sacrificing of people or animals will not take place.

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Detroit was picked as a location for the flagship chapter house because of its “underdog” reputation and history of nurturing rebellious underground artistic communities, Satanic Temple founder Doug Mesner, aka "Lucien Greaves," told the Detroit Metro Times.

The chapter house's location, as well as the opening day, are still to be decided, said Mesner, who was born and raised in Detroit.

A 32-year-old woman known as “Jex Blackmore” will be heading operations at the Detroit premises. Mesner explained that members are encouraged to use pseudonyms rather than their real names, as they get “a lot in the way of death threats and that kind of thing.”

Blackmore said the temple is considering several properties, and preference will be given to the place where everyone feels safe and comfortable.

“If it doesn't meet the needs of our members to be public, then we might make a decision to make a private location. We would prefer not to do that, though,” she said.

The plan is to open the chapter house to the public during certain scheduled hours. It will provide literature for visitors, as well as a meeting space, and perform traditional services like marriages and funerals.

According to Blackmore, the temple also seeks to offer same-sex marriage ceremonies in Michigan, where gay marriages have been put on hold awaiting the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals decision. In an interview with the Detroit Free Press, Blackmore said the Satanic Temple was hoping to use the same-sex marriage issue to challenge the law on the grounds of religious freedom.

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Earlier, the controversial group sparked quite a stir among the public when it announced it wanted to erect a seven-foot tall statue of Satan near the Ten Commandments monument at the Oklahoma State Capitol. The proposed sketch suggested that the temple wanted to depict Satan as a goat-headed Baphoment figure with a long beard, horns, and wings, with a pentagram design placed overhead. Two smiling children would be placed both sides of the statue.

However, the group’s leaders say they do not worship Satan.

“We believe in a metaphorical, literary construct of Satan,” Blackmore said. “He’s a symbol for rebellion, a symbol of human nature, the thirst for knowledge.”

In Mesner’s words, the difference between the Satanic Temple and other places of worship is that it promotes “a distinction between religion and superstition.”

“We don't endorse supernatural explanations of the world. We do, however, have a community that has shared values and aesthetic and symbolic structures and practice that provides all the necessary elements of a religion,” he added.

The group also underlined that it is purely peaceful and does not practice any kind of sacrificing of animals or humans.

“The idea of sacrifice specifically is to appease some demon or some god, and that’s a supernatural belief that we don’t subscribe to,” Blackmore told the Detroit Free Press.

The temple currently has about 20 members in Detroit – its first chapter out of 15 to be announced in the near future.

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NATO peringkat latihan KETENTERAAN BESAR-besaran dalam Latvia (PHOTOS) . . .

TA'MALAyuHilangDiDUNIA - Sebagaimana NATO latihan ketenteraan 7 hari terus berlaku di Latvia, organisasi berkata latihan bertujuan untuk menunjukkan komitmennya kepada negara anggota Baltik dalam menghadapi satu "tegas" Rusia.

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Latihan Kuat Kukuh Lontar Lembing 2, yang bermula pada 2 September, menye-rupai penempatan tentera dan peralatan NATO semasa keadaan krisis. Seramai kira-kira 2,000 tentera dari sembilan negara mengambil bahagian dalam gerakan, yang akan menjalankan sehingga hari Isnin.

Pada malam Jumaat, kira-kira 500 pasukan payung mendarat di lapangan terbang Lielvarde, yang terletak kira-kira 60 km dari ibu Latvia, Riga.

"Kami ingin memberi jaminan kepada orang-orang kita yang kita dapat melindungi mereka. Sudah tentu di atas ini kita menghantar mesej yang jelas kepada semua orang yang mahu mengancam NATO, bahawa ia bukan satu perkara yang perlu anda lakukan.

 NATO akan sentiasa membela dan melindungi rakyatnya, "Ketua Hans-Lothar Domrose, komander perintah tentera NATO di Brunssum, Belanda, kepada pem-berita.

NATO stages massive military drills in Latvia (PHOTOS)

As seven-day NATO military exercises continue to take place in Latvia, the organization says the drills are aimed at showing its commitment to Baltic member states in the face of an “assertive” Russia.

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Exercise Steadfast Javelin 2, which kicked off on September 2, simulates the deployment of NATO soldiers and equipment during a crisis situation. A total of around 2,000 soldiers from nine different countries are taking part in the maneuvers, which will carry on until Monday.

On Friday night, around 500 paratroopers landed at Lielvarde airport, located about 60 km from Latvia’s capital, Riga.

“We want to assure our people that we are able to protect them. Certainly on top of this we send a clear message to everyone who wants to threaten NATO, that it’s not a thing you should do. NATO will always defend and protect its people,” General Hans-Lothar Domrose, commander of the NATO military command in Brunssum, Netherlands, told reporters.

US173 tentera pasukan udara meninggalkan pesawat C-17 semasa "Kuat Kukuh Lontar Lembing II" latihan ketenteraan di Lielvarde pangkalan udara, September 6, 2014 (U.S.173 airborne brigade soldiers leave a C-17 aircraft during the "Steadfast Javelin II" military exercise in the Lielvarde air base, September 6, 2014 (Reuters/Ints Kalnins)

Latihan dalam Latvia akan disusuli dengan latihan lain di Jerman, Norway, Ukraine, Poland dan kemudian musim luruh ini.

Teguh Lontar Lembing 2 telah diperkukuhkan lagi dengan sidang kemuncak NATO di Wales di mana blok secara rasmi mengumumkan bahawa ia telah mewujudkan satu daya tindak balas yang pesat baru.

Ujung tombak apa-apa kekerasan yang akan terdiri daripada 4,000-5,000 askar yang akan dapat dihantar ke mana-mana negara anggota NATO dalam tempoh 48 jam.

"Ia perlu menjadi kuasa yang agak ringan. Ia perlu suatu kuasa yang berjaya, membina atas kebijaksanaan dan ketangkasan, dan ketepatan yang bertentangan dengan berat kekuatan tentera.

Ianya adalah, tepat, kecerdasan yang diterajui tenaga cepat deployable tangkas, "Leftenan Jeneral Ed Davis, komander NATO Timbalan darat, kepada Reuters.

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Selepas 10 tahun memberi penekanan kepada aktiviti ketenteraan di Afghanistan, perikatan itu kini kembali memberi tumpuan kepada apa yang ia merujuk kepada sebagai pertahanan daripada ahli-ahlinya.

The exercises in Latvia will be followed by other drills in Germany, Norway, Ukraine, and Poland later this autumn.

Steadfast Javelin 2 was reinforced by a NATO summit in Wales, where the bloc officially announced it was creating a new rapid reaction force. The spearhead of any such force would consist of 4,000-5,000 troops who would be able to deploy to any NATO member country within 48 hours.

“It needs to be a relatively light force. It needs to be a force that succeeds, builds upon intelligence and agility, and precision as opposed to weight of military force. It is an agile, precise, intelligence-led rapidly deployable force,” Lieutenant General Ed Davis, NATO deputy land commander, told Reuters.

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After 10 years of placing emphasis on military activity in Afghanistan, the alliance is now refocusing on what it refers to as the defense of its members.

US173 tentera pasukan udara tiba di pembawa peribadi perisai "Stryker" untuk "Kuat Kukuh Lontar Lembing II" latihan ketenteraan di Lielvarde pangkalan udara, September 6, 2014 (U.S.173 airborne brigade soldiers arrive in armoured personal carrier "Stryker" for the "Steadfast Javelin II" military exercise in the Lielvarde air base, September 6, 2014 (Reuters/Ints Kalnins)

Inggeris telah bersetuju untuk menyediakan sehingga 1,000 kakitangan dalam pasukan multinasional, yang akan berpangkalan di Eropah Timur. Sudah ada 1,500 tentera British yg terlibat dlm latihan di negara2 Baltik dan 2,000 tambahan akan digunakan dalam tempoh 2 tahun akan datang.

Negara-negara Baltik telah mencari sandaran dari NATO, dengan mendakwa mereka takut bahawa Rusia boleh menggunakan rasional yang sama seperti yang berlaku di Crimea untuk mewajarkan serangan ke atas mereka.

Besar bercakap minoriti Rusia tinggal di Baltik rantau ini - di Latvia, misalnya, mereka merupakan beberapa 26 peratus (lebih 520,000 orang) daripada jumlah penduduk.

The UK has agreed to provide up to 1,000 personnel in the multi-national force, which will be based in Eastern Europe. There are already 1,500 British troops involved in exercises in Baltic countries and an extra 2,000 will be deployed over the next two years.

Baltic states have been seeking backup from NATO, claiming they fear that Russia could use the same rationale as it did in Crimea to justify an attack on them. Large Russian speaking minorities live in Baltic the region – in Latvia, for instance, they account for some 26 percent (over 520,000 people) of the total population.

Tentera rejimen askar berkuda yang ke-2 Amerika Syarikat berdiri dengan pembawa peribadi perisai semasa "Kuat Kukuh Lontar Lembing II" latihan ketenteraan di Lielvarde pangkalan udara, September 6, 2014 (U.S. second cavalry regiment soldiers stand with armoured personal carriers during the "Steadfast Javelin II" military exercise in the Lielvarde air base, September 6, 2014 (Reuters/Ints Kalnins)

Pengumuman itu disambut dengan kecewa di Moscow, yang berkata bahawa NATO telah menggunakan krisis di Ukraine untuk menolak kehadiran tenteranya dekat dengan sempadan Rusia.

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Kementerian Luar Rusia berkata pasukan baharu itu akan mensabotaj proses damai rapuh di timur Ukraine.

"Bersama-sama dengan retorik pada sidang kemuncak itu, dan latihan ketenteraan yang dirancang sebelum akhir tahun ini, ini akan meningkatkan ketegangan, ketidakstabilan proses damai baru yang berkembang, dan seterusnya meluaskan bahagian ini di Ukraine," kata kenyataan kementerian.

Ketegangan masih tinggi di Ukraine, yang pemusnah Tentera Laut Amerika Syarikat, yang Fregate Kanada dan, dilaporkan, sebuah kapal frigat Perancis telah memasuki Laut Hitam. Sebuah kapal perang Sepanyol dilaporkan dalam perjalanan di sana.

The announcement was met with dismay in Moscow, which said that NATO was using the crisis in Ukraine to push its military presence closer to Russia's borders.

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The Russian Foreign Ministry said the new force would sabotage the fragile peace process in eastern Ukraine.

“Together with the rhetoric at the summit, and the planned military exercises before the end of the year, this will increase tension, destabilization the nascent peace process, and further widen the division in Ukraine,” the ministry’s statement said.

As tensions remain high in Ukraine, a US Navy destroyer, a Canadian fregate and, reportedly, a French frigate have entered the Black Sea. A Spanish warship is reportedly on its way there as well.

US173 tentera pasukan udara mendaki ke perisai pembawa peribadi "Stryker" semasa "tetap Lontar Lembing II" latihan ketenteraan di Lielvarde pangkalan udara, September 6, 2014 (U.S.173 airborne brigade soldiers climb onto armoured personal carrier "Stryker" during the "Steadfast Javelin II" military exercise in the Lielvarde air base, September 6, 2014 (Reuters/Ints Kalnins)

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