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ISIS releases video of captive British photojournalist

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John Cantlie

The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group released a video Thursday of a British freelance photojournalist, John Cantlie, in which he says he is being held captive.

In the video posted on YouTube, Cantlie, wearing an orange jumpsuit, speaks to the camera in the style of a news report and promises to reveal in a series of programs the “truth” about the jihadist group that has seized parts of Iraq and Syria.

There was no immediate threat to his life apparent in the video.

Cantlie, who had contributed to British newspapers including The Sunday Times and Sunday Telegraph, as well as to Agence France-Presse, said he was captured after travelling to Syria in November 2012.

He had previously been detained along with a Dutch photographer by extremists in Syria in July 2012 but was reportedly released after nine days.

It was not clear when the video was shot, but in it Cantlie referred to recent events including ISIS taking control of large parts of Iraq in June.

Speaking in English with Arabic subtitles, Cantlie says in the 3:21-minute video — titled “Lend Me Your Ears” — that he plans to reveal “the truth behind the systems and motivation of the Islamic State”.

(AFP)

Scarless procedure combines regenerative powers of ACell, PRP

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From L-R: Dr. Dinesh G Gowda, Dr. Prafulla, and Ms. Bani Anand of Hairline International Hair & Skin Clinics.

From L-R: Dr. Dinesh G Gowda, Dr. Prafulla, and Ms. Bani Anand of Hairline International Hair & Skin Clinics.

Bangalore: Hairline International, the city’s reputed hair and skin clinic and research centre, has now brought a first of its kind hair tranplant procedure to India called the ‘Scarless Hair Transplant with ACell Matrix’.

Launching this at a press conference here today, Ms. Bani Anand, Founder & Managing Director, Hairline International Hair & Skin Clinic said, “at Hairline we always strive hard for patient complaince in all our procesudres. The introduction of scarless hair transplant is another step towrads that. Scarless hair transplant is truly a breakthrough as far as hair transplant procedures are concerned. We realize that many of our patients hesitate to go in for a hair transplant because of potential scarring. With the scarless procedure, we will be able to address those concerns.”

Demonstrating a scarless hair transplant procedure through presentations, videos and dummy heads, Dr. Dinesh G Gowda, dermatosurgeon at Hairline International explained, “as against conventional hair transplant methodologies like strip harvesting which leave a liner scar on the back of the head or follicular transplant where small round punches leave marks on the scalp, scarless hair transplant, as the name suggests leaves little or no scar during the transplant.”

“At Hairline, we perform the scarless hair transplant with a combination of ACell Matrix and PRP. This helps in reducing scars to a significant extent. It stimulates growth of inactive hair that is hidden in the sclap and promotes the growth of the new follicles. This in turn increases the density of hair per sq cm. The greatest benefit is that the process is patient-friendly with no or limited side effetcs,” apprised Dr. Gowda.

The scarless hair transplant option is available for patients at all six Hairline centres in Bangalore and will be performed by able dermatosurgeons on board wiyth Hairline.

Speaking at the conference, Dr. Prafulla, dermatologist at Hairline said that cosmetic procedures like hair transplant have gained popularity in the last 2 to 3 years.

Young go Bald:

Citing a research conducted by Hairline’s Research centre, Dr. Prafulla said, “early age baldness seems to be afflicting young men and women these days. The research conducted by Hairline revealed that rapid hair loss now begins as early as 16 years of age in males and females. The reasons are a combination of genetic and lifestyle patterns.”

With hair loss being a common affliction, there is naturally a demand for hair transplant since it provides assured results with 958% succes rate. The past 2 years alone has seen a 40% growth in hair transplant procedures at Hairline.

“Hairline International has carried out over 2000 hair transplant procedures over the past 2-3 years. Out of these, 50% of patients are in the 21 to 30 year age group,” added Dr. Prafulla.

The combined power of ACell and PRP:

The combination of ACell and PRP is the key differentiating factor between scarless hair transplant and conventional hair transplant. The mix helps in stimulation of hidden follicles and promotes growth of new follicles.

ACell is ECM (Extra Cellular Matrix) which is a thin layer that surrounds all the cells in our organs and tissues. The basic functions of ACell are to provide:

  • Structural support as provided by collagen and elastin to the skin
  • Initiate communication, which is done through special protiens and harmones.

ACell is a regenerative medicine that is approved by the USFDA – the highest authoriyty internationally. It helps in wound healing and in the regrowth of damaged tissue during the process of follicular hair transplant.

IF ACell encounters a damaged part of the scalp, its acts as emergency medical team and immediately starts to clean and heal the area. It initiaties a converstaion with other cells in the body which it will organize together to help with the healing. ACell then works on creating new blood vessels and facilitaing the work of other cells in the healing process.

With ACell at the scene of damage, the focus shifts from the formation of scars to actually remodelling the tissue and regenerating it, bringinhg it back to its original form. This is done by triggering the adult stem cells that are present in the tissue.

PRP is Platelet Rich Plasma. In this procedure, a patient’s own blood is drawn and the platelets in it separated. PRP procedure has been internationally used for hair growth and cell generation.

Syria: 36 children die after receiving 'UN-sponsored contaminated Measles vaccine'

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A widespread vaccination programme is taking place in Syrian refugee camps(Reuters)

A widespread vaccination programme is taking place in Syrian refugee camps(Reuters)

– by Ludovica Iaccino, International Business Times

At least 36 children have died after they received UN-sponsored tainted measles vaccines, according to reports.

Doctors of the clinics in rebel-held towns Jirjanaz and Maaret al-Nouman, in the north-western province of Idlib, said the children started feeling ill shortly after they received the vaccinations.

Parents accused the Syrian opposition – which controls Idlib – of negligence when storing thevaccines and of supplying out-of-date medications.

The Syrian opposition, however, denied the allegations and said the vaccines came from the UN and the World Health Organization (WHO), and could have been contaminated by people close to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad.

“Primary investigations point to a limited security breach by vandals likely connected to the regime, which has been attempting to target the medical sector in Free Syria in order to spread chaos,” the opposition health ministry said in a statement.

Bashar Kayal, a health official, told Radio Hawa Smart, “The symptoms don’t just indicate spoiledvaccines – it suggests they’ve been contaminated.”

The vaccination programme was stopped immediately after the incident and blood samples have been sent to Turkey for further examinations.

Health minister Adnan Hazouri vowed to resign if an investigation on the children’s deaths upheld allegations of negligence.

Monther Khalil, head of the medical department in Idib, reassured the parents of children who have already been injected that they are out of danger.

“The vaccine is completely fine and there is no risk to children who have already been injected.

“We have already vaccinated 60,000 children against measles and there has been no previous problem. The same crews also previously carried out a polio campaign, where they vaccinated 252,000 children across seven rounds, and there were no abnormal complications.”

Idlib is held by moderate rebels opposed to Assad and to terror group Islamic State – formerly known as Isis.

The province was subjected to a fierce military campaign in 2014, after which rebels re-gained control of the area.

Last October, the UN announced that “millions of Syrian children” were to be vaccinated against measles, polio, mumps and rubella.

Due to the civil war, at least 200,000 children have not received vaccinations in Syria where, prior to the conflict, the rate of vaccination was of 95%.

Syria’s civil war, erupted in 2011, has caused more than 190,000 deaths and 6.5 million displaced people, many of whom are in need of urgent medical care.

BJP distances itself from 'love jihad' after bypoll setback

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New Delhi (IANS): Following electoral reverses in Uttar Pradesh, where it lost eight of 11 seats in the assembly bypolls, the Bharatiya Janata party Wednesday distanced itself from the “love jihad” campaign.

“As far as ‘love jihad’ is concerned, it may have been raised by a few local leaders but the BJP as a party has never endorsed it,” said BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra when IANS asked him whether the bypolls result indicated that people were disillusioned at the party deviating from its development plank for a campaign led by its MP Yogi Adityanath.

He said that “love jihad” was not a part of the Uttar Pradesh BJP’s resolution adopted in Vrindavan last month.

“The accusation by our opponents that we try to polarise votes as an election strategy was laid to rest in the Lok Sabha elections, when people emphatically rejected the claim that BJP is not a secular party and hence should not be voted to power,” Patra added.

The Congress, however, said the results indicated a “dramatic reversal” of people’s view on the BJP’s Hindutva ideology.

“It is a defeat of Yogi Adityanath’s brand of communal politics. ‘Love jihad’ is an insidious, orchestrated strategy to divide communities with the backing of the RSS. But the defeat of eight sitting BJP MLAs in Uttar Pradesh signals a dramatic reversal of people’s view on the Hindutva agenda persued by it,” Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha told IANS.

In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP lost eight of the 11 seats which it had won with its ally Apna Dal in the 2012 assembly polls. Tuesday’s result was in stark contrast to the BJP’s victory in 71 of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in the general elections in May.

The Congress said the BJP’s repeated defeats in bypolls was a clear indication that “Modi wave” is over in only 100 days of the party’s government.

“It marks the end of the manufactured Modi wave. The susceptible downslide of the BJP is evident not just in yesterday’s (Sep 16) results but from the earlier results in Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh,” Jha asserted.

This is the third time the BJP has suffered reverses in bypolls since Narendra Modi came to power riding on the back of a massive mandate in the April-May Lok Sabha polls.

In the first round of the bypolls held in Uttarakhand after the general elections, the Congress had won all the three assembly seats, while in the second round of bypolls, the BJP had lost six of the 10 assembly seats in Bihar.

Gujarat, where Modi was the chief minister for about 13 years, too offered a jolt for the saffron party Tuesday, with Congress wresting three seats from the BJP.

Congress leader from the state Shaktisinh Gohil attributed it to Modi’s neglect of the farmers under a facade of “vibrant” Gujarat.

“Farmers are a neglected community in Gujarat. Their issues have always been neglected under a facade of vibrant Gujarat,” Gohil told IANS, adding that Modi’s 100 days in government showed he was not able to realise the dreams he sold to people.

Patra refuted the claim.

“Bypolls are fought on local issues and may not be seen as people’s reflection on the national discourse in politics,” he contended.

Xi Jinping arrives in Ahmedabad, begins 3-day India visit

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Ahmedabad (IANS): Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here on a three-day visit to India during which trade and investment are likely to top the agenda of talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Xi, who flew down from Colombo, became the first world leader to begin an India visit from Gujarat.

A guard of honour was presented to Xi on the tarmac of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport of Ahmedabad by the women contingent of Gujarat Police.

A warm and traditional welcome was accorded to Xi who was accompanied by his wife Peng Liyuan and a high-level delegation.

Traditional “chaniya choli” wearing Gujarati women put a kesar-kumkum tilak and offered rice and flowers to Xi.

Airport sources told IANS that Xi flew into Ahmedabad in a Boeing 747 aircraft of Air China.

Governor O.P. Kohli and Chief Minister Anandiben Patel as well as senior officials from the central and state governments were present.

Due to the warm and sunny weather, attractive and decorated umbrellas were held over the first couple of China.

A troupe from the tribal belt of Gujarat presented a folk dance with traditional costumes and a Scottish Pipe Band from Shree Swaminarayan Gadi Sansthan, Maninagar, Ahmedabad also performed.

The president’s flight was delayed by 30 minutes, sources added.

On the road from the airport to the hotel in Vastrapur area, welcome hoardings in Mandarin, English and Gujarati were placed.

In a first, Modi will receive the Chinese president at a hotel here after which the two sides are to ink several agreements related to the region.

For the second leg of his India sojourn, Xi flies to New Delhi late Wednesday evening.

On Thursday, Modi and Xi would hold talks at Hyderabad House which would be followed by the signing of several agreements, including on infrastructure and railways, between the two sides.

Alan Henning: Al-Qaeda appealed to Isis to release British aid worker following kidnap

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Representatives of rival groups held summit in Syrian town to decide fate of captive Briton

Representatives of rival groups held summit in Syrian town to decide fate of captive Briton

– by Tom Harper, The Independent

Al-Qaeda appealed to Isis to release the British hostage Alan Henning because it believed he was an innocent aid worker who was genuinely trying to help suffering Muslims, it can be revealed.

In evidence that the depravity exhibited by Isis is now repelling Muslims of all views and backgrounds, even the terrorist group behind the 11 September attacks on the US in 2001 decided that kidnapping the aid-convoy volunteer was a step too far.

Mr Henning, a taxi driver from Eccles, Salford, was so moved by the plight of Muslims in Syria that he decided to miss last Christmas with his wife and two children and travel 4,000 miles to deliver medical equipment to refugees holed up in the town of Al-Dana. A local commander – or emir – of Jabhat al-Nusra, the al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, visited his then-allies in Isis four days after Mr Henning, 47, was captured. The emir confronted the kidnappers, arguing that their actions were “wrong under Islamic law” and “counter-productive”, according to a journalist who interviewed the man immediately after the encounter.

The world has looked on in disbelief in recent weeks as fighters from Isis, also known as Islamic State, have beheaded three Western journalists and aid workers, including a Briton, David Haines. In a video posted online on Saturday night, Isis warned that Mr Henning would be next.

Today, the Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, admitted that special forces were struggling to mount a rescue mission because intelligence chiefs did not know exactly where Mr Henning was being held.

Bilal Abdul Kareem, a US film-maker who has reported extensively from Syria, told The Independent that “anybody of any influence” – including al-Qaeda – had appealed to the Sunni militant group when it seized Mr Henning in December, warning that such a move would backfire. He said: “Four days after he was captured, the emir went to Al-Dana and said: ‘Look, what you are doing is wrong. You have no business what you are doing. You have no right to abduct him. You have no reason to detain him just because he is not Muslim’.”

Alan Henning at a refugee camp on the Syrian-Turkish border

Alan Henning at a refugee camp on the Syrian-Turkish border

Mr Henning was the only non-Muslim in a group of volunteers from a UK-based Islamic charity, which organised a convoy of old ambulances to transport medical supplies to Al-Dana, a few miles from the Turkish border. He was abducted on Boxing Day last year.

Mr Kareem said: “I spoke to the emir from Jabhat al-Nusra after he came back. Initially, he was confident that Henning would be released because that is what Isis was saying. But then Henning was removed from his prison in Al-Dana and never heard of again.”

News of Al-Qaeda’s attempt to save Mr Henning echoes reports that the terror group once led by Osama bin Laden passionately disagrees with the direction taken by Isis, which has quickly taken control of an area the size of Great Britain inside Syria and Iraq.

Professor Peter Neumann, the director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, based at King’s College London, said: “Al-Qaeda has been critical of Isis in recent months. It understands how its behaviour will be perceived by the Western public. Although the two groups’ underlying ideology is still very similar, Al-Qaeda is much more strategic. For example, it is not opposed to beheadings but realises it makes no sense to carry them out in the way that Isis does because this tactic will lose them a lot of friends.”

Dr Afzal Ashraf, a consultant at the Royal United Services Institute, who holds a doctorate in terrorist ideology, said: “The murders of these innocent Western hostages, and the latest threats made against Alan Henning, just go to show how completely incomprehensible Isis’s strategy is. It is absurd and Al-Qaeda realises such behaviour will turn potential recruits away.”

Philip Hammond, the Foreign Secretary, admitted that special forces were struggling to mount a rescue mission because intelligence chiefs did not know exactly where Mr Henning was being held (AFP)

Philip Hammond, the Foreign Secretary, admitted that special forces were struggling to mount a rescue mission because intelligence chiefs did not know exactly where Mr Henning was being held (AFP)

On his internet blog, Mr Kareem provided more details of the discord among Islamist extremists over the abduction of Mr Henning. “Isis said that he was suspected to be a spy,” he wrote. “The Muslims on the convoy asked for proof as they regarded this as a totally ridiculous claim. Isis cited that they could not believe that a white Christian would want to come to Syria at this time, except that he was a spy.

“The Isis commander then showed them Henning’s passport and said that this was the proof, [saying]: ‘There is a secret chip inside. This is so that the intelligence service can continue tracking him.’ One of the other Muslims from the convoy said: ‘All of the passports from the UK are like that!’, showing him his UK passport.

“The other Muslims on the convoy told them that this man had given up Christmas with his family to come to help save the people that Isis said it was trying to save.”

Later, Mr Kareem claimed that Isis was confronted by rival groups, which implored it to release Mr Henning. “Isis said that he was to remain their prisoner and they would ransom him for something. ‘Why?’ they were asked. They said: ‘We will trade him for someone in the UK prison system.’ The other Muslims told him this was not Islamically correct and they had no charge against him.

“One of the aid workers told them that the people rely on these convoys and actions like these would create problems for their efforts in helping the Syrian people. The Isis commander replied: ‘We don’t need convoys – we have Allah’.”

Meanwhile, Mr Haines’s teenage daughter, Bethany, posted a message on Facebook, saying she had been “touched” by the support she had received from the public following his murder.

She wrote: “Hi, I’m David’s daughter who lives in Perth. I was really touched by the messages of support during this hard time. I know my dad would be really touched and grateful.”

Bypoll results a shock: Shiv Sena

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Mumbai (IANS): The Shiv Sena Wednesday described the Sep 13 bypoll results as an “unexpected shock and surprise” and said there are lessons to be learnt from it for the forthcoming Maharashtra assembly elections.

“Don’t take the voters for granted… They are very intelligent. Keep your feet on the ground and don’t indulge in sword-fights from the air… Otherwise, the people will skin you,” the party said in an oblique reference to ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in an edit in the party organ ‘Saamana’.

The edit came a day after the BJP suffered a setback in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan bypolls.

“This was entirely unexpected, a shock and a surprise for all,” said the editorial.

The Sena said that for the second time in two months, first in Bihar and now in Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan, the BJP has suffered shocking reverses, and the surprise beneficiaries have been the Congress and the Samajwadi Party.

“It is a mystery – the voters’ mind,” the edit admitted.

In the Lok Sabha polls last May, the BJP secured 71 seats in Uttar Pradesh for which credit went to Amit Shah, who later took over as the party president. But the results of the recent bypolls tell a different story.

Even in Rajasthan, where the Congress was completely buried, it is now sprouting as it managed to grab three assembly seats “in Modi’s Gujarat, which was entirely unexpected”, the editorial said.

In fact, in Uttar Pradesh, the much-discussed issue of ‘love-jihad’ raked up by Yogi Adityanath had no impact and instead offered an opportunity to the SP to revive itself after the Lok Sabha debacle.

Nevertheless, ‘Saamana’ said the defeat in the bypolls cannot be attributed to a decline in the “Modi wave” just as nobody is crediting Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi for the victory the Congress notched.

“Usually, after every election, the winds change… Lok Sabha results cannot influence assembly outcome or the assembly results have no bearing on municipal polls outcome as the issues differ each time,” it said.

It lauded Modi for doing a great job on the national and international levels and working to enhance national security and improving the country’s image globally.

“He went to Japan, Bhutan, Nepal… played drums and flute with Japanese children, signed agreements for a bullet trains and development of his constituency Varanasi, and is now preparing to meet US President B. Obama,” the edit said.

Those who call Madrasas as the hub of terrorism should get proof: Popular Front of India

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PFI protest

Mangalore: Members of Popular Front of India (PFI) staged a demonstration here on Tuesday to register their protest against the “communal policies” of union government of India.

The protestors, who assembled in front of the office of deputy commissioner in the city in the evening raised slogans against BJP national president Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj whose recent remarks against Madrasas triggered controversy.

Maharaj, a MP from Unnao constituency, alleged alleged recently that madrasas across the country are imparting “education of terror” and “love jihad”. He also claimed that Muslim youth in madrasas are being motivated for “love jihad” with offers of cash rewards — Rs 11 lakh for an “affair” with a Sikh girl, Rs 10 lakh for a Hindu girl and Rs 7 lakh for a Jain girl.

The protesters questioned on the silence of Narendra Modi and Muslim leaders in BJP, including minority affairs minister Najma Heptulla over the matter.

Condemning the provocative remarks of senior BJP leaders, the protesters said that Modi led BJP government is trying to polarize the nation.

“Those who allege that Madrasa is the hub of terrorism should either get proof for their statements or should be prosecuted for the same,” said one of the speakers at the protest.

Bobby Jindal to decide on presidential run after November

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– by Arun Kumar

Washington (IANS): Louisiana’s Indian-American Republican Governor Bobby Jindal has acknowledged that he’s considering a 2016 run for president, and will make his decision after the November Congressional elections.

His decision would not hinge on polls or fundraising, he told reporters at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast here Tuesday.

Only 3 percent of Republican primary voters backed him in a new CNN/ORC poll of Republican presidential possibles in New Hampshire, which holds the first primary in the US presidential election cycle.

The governor finished at the bottom of a field of 11 potential presidential candidates. But he says that would not be a factor, the Monitor reported.

“If I were to decide to run for 2016, it would have nothing to do with polls or fundraising,” said Jindal.

“It would simply be based on the same calculation that I made when I ran for… Congress or governor.”

He lost the Louisiana governor’s race in 2003, won a US House seat in 2004, and won the governorship in 2007 and was overwhelmingly reelected in 2011.

The determining questions, he said, were, “Do I think I can make a difference, do I think I have something unique to offer?”

“I think at this point polls are measuring name ID,” Jindal was quoted as saying by CNN.

“The first time I ran for office, I was… polling within the margin of error, which means I was at zero.”

“There’s no reason to be coy,” he said. “I am thinking, I am praying about whether I’ll run in 2016.”

Jindal, who is vice chair of the Republican Governors Association, also touted the progress that Louisiana has made while he has been governor.

Louisiana is becoming a state where more people are coming than going; boasting an economy that’s growing at twice the rate of the nation; creating more than 50,000 jobs, he said.

Jindal called President Barack Obama the worst American president since Jimmy Carter.

“Carter believed in American exceptionalism. I don’t think Obama does,” he said.

“Obama’s the most radical president, ideologically, in my lifetime. And I think he’s the most incompetent president.”

“Jimmy Carter,” he added, “was just incompetent.”

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