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- Suicide bomber hits Somalia presidential compound, 22 dead
- North American couple appears in new Taliban hostage video
- Brazil senators inch toward Rousseff impeachment vote
- Tennis: Serena sails into US Open second round
- Tennis: Karlovic hits new US Open record of 61 aces
- CM Sindh to chair apex committee meeting today
- Karachi: Rangers arrest 4 accused during search operation
- By-elections in NA-63 and PP-232 to be held today
- Farooq Sattar demands more security for MQM temporary office
- Karachi: Three accused arrested, arms recovered
- Match winner Steyn hungry for more
- Tennis: Record-setting Venus into US Open second round
- Tennis: Nadal, Djokovic miss Federer at US Open
- Russia's Vladimir Morozov breaks his own world record in swimming
- NFL: NBA, NFL icons back Kaepernick over anthem furore
| Suicide bomber hits Somalia presidential compound, 22 dead Posted: MOGADISHU (Agencies) - A suicide bomber has detonated an explosives-laden truck near the gate of Somalias presidential palace in the capital on Tuesday, killing at least 22 people, police say.The bomb exploded during a morning traffic jam, said Capt. Mohamed Hussein, a senior police officer.Some Cabinet ministers at the SYL hotel were among the 31 injured, said Hussein. The blast damaged nearby hotels often frequented by government officials and business executives, he said.The explosion was heard across Mogadishu, and smoke was seen billowing over the area of the presidential compound.Somalias Islamic extremist group al-Shabab has claimed the responsibility for the blast, according to the rebels Andalus radio station.The injured were taken to Mogadishus Madina Hospital, said Dr. Mohamed Yusuf, the hospitals director.The massive blast left a trail of destruction across the hilltop presidential complex and to nearby hotels. The bombing tore into blast walls protecting hotels and blew off the roofs of nearby houses.Security forces tried to stop the bomber who used back roads before he sped through checkpoints near the presidential palace and detonated the bomb, said Col. Ali Nur, a police officer. He reached near the gate of the state house with flat tires.While al-Shabab has been ousted from most of Somalias cities, it continues to carry out bombings and suicide attacks, notably in the capital.In late July, two al-Shabab suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden cars outside the office of the U.N.s mine-clearing agency and an army checkpoint near the African Unions main base in Mogadishu, killing 13.Other attacks have targeted hotels. In June, extremist gunmen stormed the Nasa-Hablod hotel, killing at least 14. Two weeks before that, extremist gunmen killed 15, including two members of parliament, at the Ambassador hotel.  |
| North American couple appears in new Taliban hostage video Posted: KABUL (AFP) - An American-Canadian couple held hostage by the Taliban for four years have urged their governments to pressure Kabul to change its policy on executions of captured insurgents, according to a new video which surfaced Tuesday.Canadian Joshua Boyle and his American wife Caitlan Coleman, who has given birth to two sons while in captivity, were kidnapped in Afghanistan in 2012 during a backpacking trip.In the two minute, 31 second video, shared by SITE Intelligence group, the couple were shown saying their captors were terrified and frightened of the Afghan government executing their fellow fighters.In early May, Kabul hanged six Taliban-linked inmates, in the first set of executions carried out as part of President Ashraf Ghanis new hardline policy against the insurgents who are stepping up their nationwide offensive.It was not clear when the video was shot, but it comes amid swirling rumours in Kabul that the government plans to execute Anas Haqqani, son of the Taliban-allied Haqqani networks founder, who has been held since 2014.The government has declined to comment on those rumours.In Washington, State Department spokesman John Kirby said US officials were aware of the video and were examining it for its validity.We remain concerned obviously about the welfare of Caitlan and her family and we continue to urge... their immediate release on humanitarian grounds, Kirby told reporters. He added that Washington had spoken to the governments of both Afghanistan and Pakistan to insist on the need to ensure that captured US citizens are returned home safely.Earlier this year, Caitlans parents James and Lyn Coleman, who live in Pennsylvania, appealed to the Taliban to release the couple and their two young children.The Colemans last saw their daughter in July 2012, when she set off for Russia on a hiking trip with Boyle that took them through Central Asia and ultimately into war-torn Afghanistan.The couple told Circa News that they got a letter from Caitlan last November proving that she and Boyle were still alive, and announcing that she had given birth to a second son.The couple were last seen in a video emailed to her parents in 2013 in which they asked the US government and their families to secure their release.The Colemans made the video public after Bowe Bergdahl, a US Army sergeant held captive for five years in Afghanistan, was freed in a prisoner swap.  |
| Brazil senators inch toward Rousseff impeachment vote Posted: BRASILIA (AFP) - Brazilian senators engaged in marathon debate Tuesday on the eve of voting on whether to strip Dilma Rousseff of the presidency and end 13 years of leftist rule in Latin Americas biggest country.Lawyers on both sides of the impeachment trial dividing Brazil made impassioned closing arguments, followed by final speeches from senators.The vote on Rousseffs fate, originally set for Tuesday, was put off to Wednesday.Brazils first woman president, 68, is accused of taking illegal state loans to patch budget holes in 2014, masking the countrys problems as it slid into its deepest recession in decades.Latest estimates from independent analysts and pro-impeachment senators are that the upper chamber will easily reach the two-thirds majority -- 54 out of 81 senators -- to convict Rousseff. Loyalists say they havent yet lost hope of saving the Workers Party president.The chances of impeachment not passing and the president being made to step down are virtually nill, said political analyst Adriano Codato at Parana University.If Rousseff is forced from office, her former vice president turned bitter foe Michel Temer will be immediately sworn in as president until the next scheduled elections in late 2018.Temer, 75, took over in an interim role after Rousseffs initial suspension in May and at once named a new government with an agenda shifting Brazil to the right.Rousseff, in a 14-hour appearance Monday, defiantly challenged senators to acquit her, branding impeachment as a coup.Lawyers presenting closing arguments on Tuesday could not hold back their emotions as the clock wound down on a crisis that has paralyzed Brazilian politics for months and helped deepen national gloom over recession and runaway corruption.A lead lawyer for the case against Rousseff, Janaina Paschoal, wept as she asked forgiveness for causing the president suffering, but insisted it was the right thing to do.Impeachment is a constitutional remedy that we need to resort to when the situation gets particularly serious, and that is what has happened, Paschoal said, rejecting Rousseffs coup claim.The Brazilian people must be aware that nothing illegal and illegitimate is being done here.Rousseffs veteran lawyer Jose Eduardo Cardozo retorted that Rousseff was innocent and was being made to pay for her support of a huge corruption investigation that has snared many of Brazils elite.This is a farce, he said in an impassioned speech during which his voice alternated from shouts to near whispers.We should ask her forgiveness if she is convicted. History will treat her fairly. History will absolve Dilma Rousseff if you convict her, he said.Recalling how she was tortured under Brazils military dictatorship in the 1970s, Rousseff on Monday had urged senators during her testimony to vote against impeachment, vote for democracy... Do not accept a coup.However, momentum to push her out of office appears unstoppable, fueled by deep anger over Brazils devastating recession, dysfunctional politics and the vast corruption probe centered on state oil giant Petrobras.Public reaction to Rousseffs impeachment trial has been characterized by widespread indifference, as Brazilians struggle with rising inflation and unemployment.The Workers Party under Rousseff and her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is credited with raising around 29 million Brazilians out of poverty.But many now blame the party for the countrys multiple ills, accusing Rousseff of mismanagement in particular.Temer, of the center-right PMDB party, has earned plaudits from investors since taking the interim post. However, it remains uncertain whether he will have voters support to push through the painful austerity reforms he promises.Rousseff has barely double digit approval ratings. But Temer is hardly more popular, according to opinion polls.  |
| Tennis: Serena sails into US Open second round Posted: NEW YORK (AFP) - Serena Williams started strong in her latest bid to rewrite the record books, storming past Ekaterina Makarova and into the second round of the US Open on Tuesday.The US world number one, slowed since her Wimbledon triumph by a right shoulder injury, needed just 63 minutes to dispatch 29th-ranked Makarova 6-3, 6-3.I got off to a fast start because I knew she was a tough opponent, said Williams, who delivered a dozen aces and 27 winners.Although she appeared untroubled by her shoulder, Williams said the proof of full fitness would come later.Im going to have to wait until tomorrow to see, she said. I wasnt able to play much since Wimbledon. Every day, Ill just see how it goes.A record seventh title on the hardcourts of Flushing Meadows, where she first triumphed in 1999, would see Williams break the Open Era record of 22 Grand Slam titles she now shares with German Steffi Graf and close in on Margaret Courts all-time mark of 24 major titles.Her victory was the first act in a blockbuster night on Arthur Ashe Stadium, where second-seeded Andy Murray opened his account against Czech Lukas Rosol.Since capturing his second Wimbledon title in July, Murray has gone on to defend his Olympic gold in Rio.He is vying to become the fourth man in the Open Era to reach all four major finals in a calendar year.Before the floodlights came up, Serenas elder sister Venus claimed a Grand Slam record of her own as her 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 victory over Ukraines Kateryna Kozlova marked her 72nd appearance in the main draw of a major.The 36-year-old Venus, enjoying a resurgence in a 2016 season that includes a WTA title in Taiwan, survived 63 unforced errors against the rising 22-year-old, although she was pleased that her aggressive approach also yielded 46 winners.The first round is hard, Venus said. I havent played a single match in, like, three weeks. Just getting out there and trying to play perfectly. The good part is Im playing the game I want to play, Im playing aggressively and moving forward. Its just about making a few less errors and its a completely different story.In other early matches, third-seeded Swiss Stan Wawrinka, a two-time semi-finalist, reached the second round with a 7-6 (7/4), 6-4, 6-4 win over Spains Fernando Verdasco.Im really happy, Wawrinka said after evening his career record against Verdasco at three wins apiece. Fernando is a tough player to play. He can be really aggressive. He doesnt give you so much rhythm, so its not easy.Kei Nishikori, who became Asias first mens Grand Slam finalist in New York in 2014, when he fell to Marin Cilic in the final, also advanced, downing German Benjamin Becker 6-1, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.It was a great feeling of course, said Nishikori, whose breakthrough run in 2014 was followed by an abrupt first-round exit last year. Juan Martin del Potro, the 2009 US Open champion, advanced with a 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) victory over fellow Argentine Diego Schwartzman.The 27-year-old del Potro, almost pushed into retirement by three wrist surgeries, is back at Flushing Meadows for the first time since 2013, earning a wild card invitation with a stirring run to an Olympic silver medal.Womens fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, trying to make it to the quarter-finals in New York for the first time, breezed past US qualifier Jessica Pegula 6-1, 6-1.Fifth-seeded Romanian Simona Halep also advanced with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Belgian Kirsten Flipkens.Halep admitted nerves prevented her from closing out the match on her first opportunity at 6-0, 5-0.The late wobble, in front of a crowd that included compatriot Nadia Comeneci -- the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 -- had Halep rating her own performance less than nine.  |
| Tennis: Karlovic hits new US Open record of 61 aces Posted: NEW YORK (AFP) - Ivo Karlovic served his way into the US Open record books on Tuesday when he fired 61 aces in his 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/5), 7-5 win over Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan.Karlovic, 37, beat the previous best of 49 aces for one match in New York served up by Richard Krajicek in his quarter-final loss to Yevgeny Kafelnikov in 1999.His achievement sparked an immediate stream of Twitter reaction.@ivokarlovic dude 61 WTF, tweeted Australian star Nick Kyrgios.Karlovic replied, tongue in cheek: Yeah got some shoulder issues The giant Croatian already holds the career record for aces having last year passed the previous all time mark of 10,237 held by Goran Ivanisevic.  |
| CM Sindh to chair apex committee meeting today Posted: KARACHI (Dunya News) –Chief Minister Sindh, Syed Murad Ali Shah will preside over the meeting of the Sindh apex committee today (Wednesday), reported Dunya News.Director General (DG) Rangers, Major General Bilal Akbar, and Inspector General (IG) Sindh, AD Khawaja, will brief the meeting on overall security situation in the province whereas Chief Secretary Sindh will share details about the establishment of Anti-Terrorism Courts and appointment of the prosecutors.The committee will take important decisions on registration of seminaries, formation of judicial enquiry teams, establishment of Anti-Terrorism Courts (ATCs) and appointments of prosecutors. The committee will also discuss provision of special unit for the security of judges and installation of CCTV cameras.  |
| Karachi: Rangers arrest 4 accused during search operation Posted: KARACHI (Dunya News) – Rangers personnel carried out search operation in different parts of Karachi on Tuesday and apprehended at least four accused, Dunya News reported.A Rangers spokesman said the four accused, Muhammad Waleed, Arshad Mahmood, Hussain Alam and Muhammad Hussain Sidiqui, were taken into custody during search operation in Shah Faisal Colony and Saudabad areas of Karachi.The spokesman further informed that the arrested persons were involved in attack on a private TV channel and other terrorist activities and added that the detained accused carried out attack on the orders of Rukan-ud-Din who is vice chairman District Korangi. Rukan-ud-Din also worked as unit in charge of a political party. The arrested persons will be handed over to police for further investigation.  |
| By-elections in NA-63 and PP-232 to be held today Posted: LAHORE (Dunya News) - By-elections for the National Assembly constituency NA-63 Jhelum-II and Punjab Assembly constituency PP-232 Vehari-I will be held today (Wednesday), Dunya News reported.The polling will start at 8:00am and will continue till 5:00pm without any interval.National Assembly constituency NA-63 Jhelum-II seat fell vacant after the demise of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) MNA Iqbal Mehdi. The PML-N has awarded ticket to Iqbal Mehdi’s son Matloob Mehdi who will contest election against Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf’s Fawad Chaudhry and Pakistan People’s Party’s Jahagir Mirza. There are 427,757 registered voters in the constituency for whom 314 polling stations have been set up.On the other hand a close contest is expected in the Punjab Assembly constituency PP-232 Vehari-I between PML-N’s candidate Yousaf Kaselia and PTI’s candidate Aysha Nazir.Some 191,092 registered voters will cast their votes in tight security arrangements in PP-232 Vehari-I by-election at 365 polling booths in 157 polling stations.  |
| Farooq Sattar demands more security for MQM temporary office Posted: KARACHI (Dunya News) - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Pakistan chief Dr Farooq Sattar has written letters to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah and DG Rangers Maj Gen Bilal Akbar and asked them to beef up security of the party’s temporary office situated in PIB Colony in Karachi.In his letter, the MQM leader has stated that the security arrangements at the party’s temporary office are very poor which are causing security risks to his family members and other party leaders.He also asked the concern authorities to beef up security of the MQM temporary office to enable him to carry out his political activities without any fear.  |
| Karachi: Three accused arrested, arms recovered Posted: KARACHI (Dunya News) – Crackdown against criminal elements continues in Karachi as three accused were taken into custody by police during operation in different parts of the city on Tuesday, Dunya News reported.According to details, police conducted an operation in Nazimabad area and arrested two accused. The arrested accused were identified as Azam Kohistan and Liaquat. Police sources said that arms and narcotics from them.Police also arrested a dacoit after an encounter in Sohrab Goth while two of his accomplices managed to escape from the scene.On the other hand, some unidentified person opened fire at a shop at the Drig Road and wounded a man named Asif. In another firing incident at the University Road a man named Ali was wounded.  |
| Match winner Steyn hungry for more Posted: CENTURION, South Africa (AFP) - Fast bowler Dale Steyn set up a series-clinching 204-run win for South Africa on the fourth day of the second and final Test against New Zealand at SuperSport Park on Tuesday, then said he was still not quite at his best after a lengthy injury lay-off.Playing in his first Test in eight months after recovering from groin and shoulder injuries, Steyn took three wickets with his first 11 balls of the innings and finished with five for 33 as New Zealand were bowled out for 195 despite a defiant innings of 76 by Henry Nicholls.Im still a long way from where I want to be, said Steyn, 33.There was a lot of assistance in this wicket and I put the ball in the right spots enough times to ask questions. But I want to get the pace up a bit more.Overs under the belt and a little more strength work and Ill eventually get there.Steyn took his total of wickets to 416 in 84 Tests, going past Pakistans Wasim Akram into 11th place on the world all-time list, only five behind ninth-placed Shaun Pollock, South Africas leading wicket-taker.But he said going past Pollock and setting records did not motivate him.It really doesnt bother me, he said. Im not going to sit on my couch when Im 70 and go, I was the leading wicket-taker.Ill remember tonight, I will remember beating Australia in Australia, I will remember winning in England and hopefully I will remember winning a World Cup. I just love this game.Stand-in captain Faf du Plessis said it had been an almost perfect Test for South Africa. If I had written a script it would have been almost like this.He said South Africas plunge from top of the Test rankings to number seven - they climbed two places after Tuesdays win - had prompted some soul searching.We had some real good discussions and the guys took it on board, he said. Weve found our passion again.It looked as though it would be easy for the hosts when Steyn and Vernon Philander ripped through New Zealands top four batsmen for seven runs inside the first four overs of the innings.But the left-handed Nicholls, playing in his sixth Test match, displayed courage and concentration in making his second Test half-century and highest score to delay South Africas celebrations.He found a similarly determined partner in BJ Watling, who made 32 in a two-hour, 68-run fifth wicket partnership, while Mitchell Santner, Doug Bracewell and Tim Southee all provided varying degrees of resistance.Nicholls was last man out for 76, scored off 140 balls with 12 fours.Williamson said that sending South Africa in after winning the toss had been based on their expectations of a well-grassed pitch.They played very well to get 450-plus but there was enough in the wicket to perhaps bowl them out for a below-par total, he said.It was a good toss to lose and unfortunately I won it. Credit does go to the way they applied themselves with the bat. Their first innings was the winning of the match.Batting on a pitch which deteriorated more quickly than expected had been difficult.Steyn and Philander are world-class bowlers. Throw Rabada into the mix, who is young and extremely talented and it makes an extremely tough challenge but one that all the batters were excited to come up against. In terms of experiences theres nothing better for you as a player to move your game forward.He singled out Nicholls. For a young cricketer starting his career to come up against an attack like that on a tough surface is a great experience to have. He showed a lot of character.  |
| Tennis: Record-setting Venus into US Open second round Posted: NEW YORK (AFP) - Venus Williams battled into the second round of the US Open on Tuesday, grabbing a slice of Grand Slam history along the way with her 72nd main draw appearance in a major.On the same day that younger sister Serena was due to launch her bid for a record seventh US Open title -- and a record-setting 23rd Grand Slam crown -- the elder Williams broke the Open Era mark she had shared with Amy Frazier for most Grand Slams contested.The 36-year-old Venus, enjoying something of a resurgence in a 2016 season that includes a WTA title in Taiwan, survived 63 unforced errors in a 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 victory over 22-year-old Ukrainian Kateryna Kozlova, who has risen more than 80 spots in the world rankings since February to her current number 93.The errors told the story today, said Williams, whose aggressive game also produced 46 winners. Im going to try to change that for the second round.The match closed out the afternoon action on the Arthur Ashe stadium court, setting the stage for a blockbuster night that included Serenas first-round clash with Russian veteran Ekaterina Makarova and second-seeded Andy Murray taking on Czech Lukas Rosol.Serenas Wimbledon triumph in July saw her equal Steffi Grafs Open Era record of 22 major titles.She has won four of five encounters with Makarova, including two US Open matches against the Russian left-hander.Murray is bidding to become the fourth man in the Open Era to reach all four major finals in a calendar year. Since capturing his second Wimbledon title Murray has gone on to defend his Olympic gold in Rio.Murray has downplayed any grudge match aspect to his clash with Rosol, who provoked an angry outburst from the Briton when they met in the quarter-finals at Munich last year.In other early matches, third-seeded Swiss Stan Wawrinka, a two-time semi-finalist, reached the second round with a 7-6 (7/4), 6-4, 6-4 win over Spains Fernando Verdasco.Im really happy, Wawrinka said after evening his career record against Verdasco at three wins apiece. Fernando is a tough player to play. He can be really aggressive. He doesnt give you so much rhythm, so its not easy.Kei Nishikori, who became Asias first mens Grand Slam finalist in New York in 2014, when he fell to Marin Cilic in the final, also advanced, downing German Benjamin Becker 6-1, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.It was a great feeling of course, said Nishikori, whose breakthrough run in 2014 was followed by an abrupt first-round exit last year. I have great memories here and I always love coming back to New York.Juan Martin del Potro, the 2009 US Open champion, advanced with a 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) victory over fellow Argentine Diego Schwartzman.The 27-year-old del Potro, almost pushed into retirement by three wrist surgeries, is back at Flushing Meadows for the first time since 2013, earning a wild card invitation with a stirring run to an Olympic silver medal.Womens fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, trying to make it to the quarter-finals in New York for the first time, takes on American qualifier Jessica Pegula.Fifth-seeded Romanian Simona Halep survived late jitters to make it safely into the second round with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Belgian Kirsten Flipkens.Halep needed less than an hour, but admitted she was too nervous to finish the match after failing to take advantage of her first chance to close it out when leading 6-0, 5-0.The late wobble, in front of a crowd that included compatriot Nadia Comeneci -- the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 -- had Halep rating her own performance less than nine.  |
| Tennis: Nadal, Djokovic miss Federer at US Open Posted: NEW YORK (AFP) - Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic admitted that they miss old sparring partner Roger Federer who was forced to skip the US Open for the first time since 1999.Federer, the winner of a record 17 majors and a five-time champion in New York, shut down his season to rest a knee injury which was aggravated in a semi-final loss at Wimbledon.Roger today is having the same injury issues, so I wish him a fast recovery, Nadal said after beating Denis Istomin to make the second round.Nadal had come into the tournament under an injury cloud after a serious wrist problem had forced an early withdrawal from the French Open as well as an absence from Wimbledon.It is very tough to see the players outside of the tour. The fans miss the players, the tour needs the players, added the Spaniard.World number one Djokovic, who beat Federer to win a second US Open last year, also felt sympathy for the 35-year-old Swiss.Its not the same when you dont have Roger for the tournament, for the fans. Hes been one of the most popular players of all time, one of the most successful players of all time, said the Serb, a first round winner over Jerzy Janowicz on Monday.There is no doubt that every tournament is missing him. But on the other hand, we have got to focus on the players that we have at the moment. So I think even without him, its a very strong field. Im sure its going to be a good tournament.  |
| Russia's Vladimir Morozov breaks his own world record in swimming Posted: BERLIN, Aug 30, 2016 (AFP) - Russias Vladimir Morozov broke his own short-course world record for the 100m individual medley on Tuesday in Berlin.The Russian clocked 50.30 seconds in Germanys capital, lowering the record of 50.60 secs he set only last Friday in Paris on the World Cup tour.Morozov, 24, also went on to claim victory in the 100m freestyle.Hungarys Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu, who won three golds at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, romped to three victories on the first day of the two-day meet.Hosszu took the 200m freestyle, 200m backstroke and 200m individual medley finals, also picking up a 50m backstroke silver and a 100m butterfly bronze medal.Both Hosszu and Morozov are the respective leaders in the overall World Cup standings.As he did in Paris last week, South Africas Cameron van der Burgh claimed victory in the 50m breaststroke final in a winning time of 25.75 secs.Im very satisfied with my performance. The pool is very fast and Im looking forward to the 100m breaststroke tomorrow, said Van der Burgh.His compatriot Chad Le Clos took the 200m butterfly final ahead of Germanys Philip Heintz and Chinas Hao Yun.  |
| NFL: NBA, NFL icons back Kaepernick over anthem furore Posted: LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and NFL legend Jim Brown sprang to the defence of Colin Kaepernick as the furore over the San Francisco 49ers quarterbacks national anthem boycott raged on Tuesday.Kaepernick ignited a firestorm of controversy over his refusal to stand up for the playing of The Star Spangled Banner before a pre-season game against Green Bay last Friday.The 49ers star said he had sat down during the anthem as a protest aimed at drawing attention to the plight of blacks in America.Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was among the latest to join in criticism of Kaepernick on Monday, describing the players protest as a terrible thing.Maybe he should find a country that works better for him, let him try, its not gonna happen, Trump said in a radio interview.But Kaepernick won support from two of the most respected elder statesmen of American sport, Abdul-Jabbar and Brown, longtime civil rights advocates.Hes doing just what Thomas Jefferson said should be done -- to speak out, Abdul-Jabbar told CNN.Maybe people dont like his style or his timing, but he is trying to call attention to issues that are important to him, and I think he has the right to do that.In a separate opinion piece in The Washington Post, Abdul-Jabbar placed Kaepernicks anthem boycott in the historical context of sporting protests dating back to Muhammad Alis refusal to fight in the Vietnam War and the clenched fist salutes of Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Olympic Games.What should horrify Americans is not Kaepernicks choice to remain seated during the national anthem, but that nearly 50 years after Ali was banned from boxing for his stance and Tommie Smith and John Carloss raised fists caused public ostracization and numerous death threats, we still need to call attention to the same racial inequities, Abdul-Jabbar wrote.Failure to fix this problem is whats really un-American here.Meanwhile, NFL great Brown said he was with Kaepernick 100 percent.I listened to him and he makes all the sense in the world. Hes within his rights and hes telling the truth as he sees it, Brown said on the NFL Network. I am with him 100 percent.The 49ers and NFL have said that while they encourage standing for the anthem, there are no rules against it. Kaepernick is not expected to be disciplined.The 49ers quarterback on Sunday said he would continue his protest, with San Franciscos next game coming at San Diego on Thursday in a pre-season match against the Chargers.San Diego is home to a large population of US military personnel and the Chargers pre-season game will feature a Salute to the Military.Kaepernick however has said he will not be deterred from sitting out the anthem once again while insisting he retained great respect for service personnel.I have family, I have friends that have gone and fought for this country, Kaepernick told the San Francisco Chronicle.And they fight for freedom, they fight for the people, they fight for liberty and justice, for everyone. Thats not happening. People are dying in vain because this country isnt holding their end of the bargain up, as far as giving freedom and justice, liberty to everybody.  |
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