--- title: "While you were sleeping: 22 June 2017" description: "Michigan stabbing injures one, IS blow up iconic mosque, and Trump basks in Georgia win." type: "NewsArticle" publisher: "Daily Maverick" site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za" section: "Newsdeck" author: "John Stupart" author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/johnstupart/" canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2017-06-22-while-you-were-sleeping-22-june-2017/" published: "2017-06-22T06:09:14" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 684 --- # While you were sleeping: 22 June 2017 > Michigan stabbing injures one, IS blow up iconic mosque, and Trump basks in Georgia win. By John Stupart · Published 22 June 2017, 08:09 SAST ## Content **Thursday, 22 June 2017** *“God save us from people who mean well.”* **Vikram Seth** ![Image](https://i2.createsend1.com/ei/d/0C/93E/D4E/csimport/849x493q70Thamm-scorpiopuppet1.050606.jpg) STORY OF THE DAY [SCORPIO: In the non-surprise of the year, WMCLEAKS.com smear campaign tracked to a Gupta associate](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-kiuddiy-l-x/) By SCORPIO With the costly, UK-based PR spin doctors Bell Pottinger paid up and shipped out, South Africa’s First Family, the Guptas, scrambled to find a replacement spin machine after damning revelations of their involvement in the capture of ministers and government officials, gleaned from #GuptaLeaks, began to be made public last month. Soon afterwards, several websites and Twitter accounts relating to “White Monopoly Capital” were launched and used to attack some of the Guptas' biggest opponents. Scorpio has identified one man associated with this fake news – former Gupta-owned Sahara Computers employee Saurabh Aggarwal. [Michigan knife attack injures officer](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-kiuddiy-l-m/) Authorities are investigating a knife attack on a police officer at Michigan's Bishop International Airport. The suspect, Amor Ftouhi, stabbed the officer in the neck with a 12-inch knife after screaming "Allahu Ackbar". Ftouhi was then wrestled to the ground by the officer and detained. No other passengers or officers were injured in the attack. [IS blow up historic Mosul mosque](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-kiuddiy-l-c/) The mosque where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Islamic State's leader, declared a caliphate in 2014, was destroyed on Wednesday night. Despite IS perpetrating the destruction, the terrorist group were quick to blame American aircraft. The destruction of the Nuri mosque was a probable attempt to avoid a propaganda victory for advancing Iraqi forces. [Myanmar mounts counter-terror raids against camp](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-kiuddiy-l-q/) Three people have been killed by Myanmar's security forces in a raid against Rohingya Muslim militants in the north of Rakhine state. Guns and ammunition were found inside the camp, believed to belong to the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA). ARSA is suspected of conducting earlier attacks in October. [Trump basks in Republican victory](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-kiuddiy-l-a/) Donald Trump has revelled in Republican Karen Handel's defeat of Democratic novice Jon Ossoff. Costing the Democrats a fortune, Trump quipped "they love us!", and later "All we do is win, win, win!" As the antipathy for the Democratic party disarray mounts ahead of crucial mid-term elections in 2018, the Sentient Naartjie may well be right. — IN NUMBERS 80 The number of years which the happy birthday song was falsely copyrighted for. FACTS OF THE DAY Today in 1941 **Nazi Germany**invades the Soviet Union **Children won't fully grasp sarcasm** until about the age of 10. 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