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Killing Islamic State senior member in coalition airstrike separates Baghdadi from west of Iraq: Expert
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Africa Horn
Shabaab ‘Brides’ Speak For The First Time Since Arrest Three Years Ago
[RADIOSHABELLE] Two women accused of being members of al-Shabaab
... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia...
have told a Mombasa court how they ended up in police cells before being charged with terrorism.

Ummulkheir Sadri Abdalla said she left Tanzania to seek internship at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) after breaking for a four-month vacation.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: Fred || 06/25/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Africa North
Egypt to extend state of emergency for three months
Unexpectedly.
[AlAhram] A nationwide state of emergency was extended for a further three months starting 14 July, following parliamentary approval on Sunday.

The ongoing state of emergency was extended by a presidential decree issued by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi but was pending approval by parliament.

The decree authorizes the army and police to undertake necessary procedures to combat terrorism in order to preserve the safety of citizens and public properties across the nation.

The state of emergency was first imposed in April 2017 after two terrorist church bombings killed 47 people.

A decree to lengthen the emergency state was issued in October and extended again in January and April.

According to the Egyptian constitution, a state of emergency cannot exceed six months from its date of declaration and decrees imposing or extending it should be approved by the parliament.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/25/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)

#1  So how long were they going to leave the crossing open?
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/25/2018 0:39 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
Mexican officials are ready to stop helping the US fight terrorism and drug trafficking to get back at Trump
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/25/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Narcos

#1  They were helping us fight terrorism? That's news to me.
Posted by: Raj || 06/25/2018 0:17 Comments || Top||

#2  Better put up a wall then.
Posted by: gorb || 06/25/2018 0:45 Comments || Top||

#3  Why not apply the Mexican Constitution against them? Why should it be one way?
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 06/25/2018 3:14 Comments || Top||

#4  Build it 10 feet taller
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 06/25/2018 6:16 Comments || Top||

#5  The already out of control cartels are like saying "Huh?".
Posted by: Eohippus Sproing7694 || 06/25/2018 6:34 Comments || Top||

#6  Going to be economic ruin when the border is shut, but its been your choice all along.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/25/2018 7:22 Comments || Top||


Europe
Nearly 300 Turkish diplomats seek asylum in Germany
[DAWN] Nearly 300 Ottoman Turkish diplomats have sought asylum in Germany since a failed coup in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
in July 2016, a German newspaper reported on Saturday.

Data from the German interior ministry showed 1,177 Turks with diplomatic status or official credentials, including the spouses and children of diplomats, had requested asylum, the Welt am Sonntag newspaper said. No comment was immediately available from the ministry.

Following the coup attempt, Turkey has tossed in the slammer
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
more than 40,000 people and sacked or suspended more than 100,000 in the military, civil service and private sector.

Germany’s mainstream parties have been outspoken critics of Turkey’s crackdown. Turkey in turn has pressed Germany repeatedly to hand over people it believes were involved in the coup.

Posted by: Fred || 06/25/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  Shouldn't there be scare quotes around "coup"?

Posted by: AlanC || 06/25/2018 6:57 Comments || Top||

#2  Guess they got early poll counts.
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/25/2018 12:01 Comments || Top||


The Grand Turk
Erdogan declared winner in Turkish vote, cementing grip on power
[IsraelTimes] Supreme Election Committee says incumbent president wins absolute majority in first round; five parties enter parliament, including Kurdish faction

Ottoman Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...
won tightly-contested presidential polls, the election authority said Monday, extending his 15-year grip on power as the opposition complained bitterly about the conduct of the vote count.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 06/25/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  The masses have spoken.
You can lead a horse to water...
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/25/2018 6:17 Comments || Top||


Erdogan supporters in Istanbul celebrate electoral ‘victory’
“It’s not who votes that counts, but who counts the votes,” said one of the early Soviet leaders..
[ALMASDARNEWS] Supporters of Ottoman Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...
gathered in front of his Justice and Development Party (AK) headquarters in Istanbul on Sunday after he claimed victory in the snap presidential election.

The country’s electoral board (YSK) is yet to announce the official results of the election but the state-run Anadolu Agency reports that after counting 97 percent of votes, Erdogan is sitting on 52.62 percent while his key political opponent Muharrem Ince is estimated to trailing behind on 30.76.

It is thought the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) will exceed the 10 percent threshold needed to enter parliament.

At an estimated 11 percent, the HDP will hold 46 seats becoming the second largest opposition party in the new chamber.

Erdogan called a snap election in April, bringing the original poll date forward from November 2019.
Posted by: Fred || 06/25/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Home Front: WoT
Trump says illegal immigrants should be deported with 'no judges or court cases'
[REUTERS] President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
said on Sunday that people who enter the United States illegally should be sent back immediately to where they came from without any judicial process, likening them to invaders who are trying to "break into" the country.
If you don't have borders, you don't have a country.
His proposal drew immediate criticism from legal analysts and immigrant rights advocates who said it would violate the U.S. Constitution’s due process provision, which applies to citizens and non-citizens alike.

In a series of tweets on Sunday, Trump said: "We cannot allow all of these people to invade our Country. When somebody comes in, we must immediately, with no Judges or Court Cases, bring them back from where they came."
Appoint justices of the peace and contract with a bus company.
"Cannot accept all of the people trying to break into our Country. Strong Borders, No Crime!"

It was unclear if Trump was advocating an expansion of the provision that allows expedited removals of illegal immigrants colonists at or near the U.S. border, a policy his administration has embraced since he took office. Nor did Trump differentiate between illegal immigrants colonists and people who entered the United States to seek asylum protection.

The White House did not return a call seeking clarification.

Posted by: Fred || 06/25/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Good - they're not entitled to 'judicial process', so GTFO!
Posted by: Raj || 06/25/2018 0:19 Comments || Top||

#2  Brand the word Trump on the asses of first time offenders and then deport them. Any one sneaking back with Trump branded on their ass must wonder around the Arizona desert for 40 years, cause god said so.
Posted by: Eohippus Sproing7694 || 06/25/2018 0:34 Comments || Top||

#3  Those that claim legal residency falsely and thus see a judge should see long jail time on the border.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 06/25/2018 5:11 Comments || Top||

#4  Exactly what Article 33 of the Mexican Constitution says.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/25/2018 7:21 Comments || Top||

#5  This will drive the lefties bat shit crazy. Mad Maxine will be guaranteed to put on a spectacular show. Get out the popcorn and enjoy safe in the understanding that most of America agrees with this. We don't do polls - other than elections -so the left will never see the mid-term rout coming.
Posted by: Warthog || 06/25/2018 9:28 Comments || Top||

#6  Methinks that is an appropriate response for this heavily orchestrated and funded flooding of the border with kids.

I would like to see the Trumpster issue an executive order withdrawing funding from states that give out medical, unemployment, housing, food stamps, and head of the line treatment to colleges to illegals.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 06/25/2018 10:50 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
MMA seeks votes to impose Sharia in country
[NATION.PK] Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal central leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman
Deobandi holy man, known as Mullah Diesel during the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty ...
said on Sunday that the Islamic world was adhering great hopes from Pakistain and the day was not far when Pakistain would come up to their expectations to lead the Islamic world.

"Real change will come through the imposition of Islamic laws in the country and if Muttahida Majlis Amal was given the opportunity in July 25 elections, we will impose Islamic Sharia in the country," he said while addressing the first ever election rally in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
He congratulated the success of Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...
in Ottoman Turkish is presidential elections and hoped that the Ottoman Turkish president would keep up his efforts for the unity of the Islamic world. He said that alliance of the religious political parties was the need of the hour and through this alliance, the religious parties would succeed to form a government.

He urged the masses to consider their vote as a sacred trust and elect those who were really sincere to the country. He said that the economy Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has baldy suffered during the PTI government tenure and it would take time to restore the old glory of the Peshawar city.

He said that their rivals were preaching western agenda in Pakistain but they would not succeed in their mission. He said that the MMA would foil the designs of those who put hurdles in the way of imposing Islamic laws and were introducing western culture to the country.

"We want to make Pakistain more modern, developed and true welfare Islamic state," the MMA leader said. He said that they would lay the foundation for an independent and sovereign country, where everyone will get free and speedy justice.

He said that western powers want to snatch their freedom and push them towards anarchy but with the help of Allah Almighty, no one could defeat the Islamic ideology and Moslems could better defend their life and honour.

Addressing on the rally, JI chief Sirjul Haq said the ’status-quo’ politics has nurtured since the inception of the country. He said the country’s debt had escalated to $185 billion during last 70-years. He alleged the rulers had received loans in the name of Pakistain but accumulated it in their foreign accounts.

He said corruption was rampant in the country. He added that major issues like energy crisis, provision of clean drinking water, best health and education facilities to everyone and establishment of better road-infrastructure raimed unresolved.

He added that the MMA would generate employment opportunities for the youth and those who were unemployed would be given special allowances while five percent of the budget would be allocated for education.

"We have failed to establish Pakistain as an independent and sovereign country during last 72 years," he lamented. He said that the MMA’s prime objective was to make Pakistain a true Islamic welfare country, followed by elimination interest-based economic system, raising the core issues of Kashmire and Paleostine, bringing back the looted national wealth to the country as well as the provision of other basic amenities to the masses.

He said that the MMA was Islamic alliance aimed to make Pakistain an Islamic welfare state and get the country rid of international agents.

Posted by: Fred || 06/25/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Assad vows to retake northern Syria from Turkish, US forces
[ALMASDARNEWS] Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Terror of Aleppo ...
recently sat down with Russia’s NTV to discuss a number of topics currently affecting his country.

The Syrian President answered several of his interviewer’s questions, which included how will Syria prevent terrorist groups from resurfacing and what is the future of northern Syria.

Regarding northern Syria, the interviewer asked Assad "how you can stop the occupation in northern Syria because of this agreement between America and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund....
, one which is Syrian soil?"

The Syrian President responded: "We adopted two ways: the first one and the main one was the reconciliation; it succeeded. This is how we could have brought those areas back to their normality where the people live a normal life and the government is controlling the life of the people through the institutions. The other one is attacking the bully boyz whenever they don’t give up and join the reconciliation. We’re going to attack them and take control by force, which is not our favorable way, but it’s the only way to gain control of the country."

Assad would then take a shot at both the U.S. and Turkey, claiming that the aforementioned countries have at times been at odds inside Syria.

"Don’t believe that; America controls everything, controls Turkey, and America sent Turkey, and America prevented Turkey five years ago when Erdogan wanted to invade Syria, and they told him ’no. Why?’ Because that time the bully boyz were succeeding, were expanding, so, why do we need Erdogan? When the bully boyz started retreating, they told Erdogan now you can interfere because it’s getting better for Syrians and for the Russians and for this group of Iran and the groups who are fighting terrorists, so you better interfere just to make it messy again, and that’s what’s happening, but all these areas are under the control of the United States, nobody else," Assad added.

Posted by: Fred || 06/25/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria


Italy allegedly sends more troops to Syria
[ALMASDARNEWS] Italia has sent more troops to Syria in order to aid the Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG), Ottoman Turkish state-owned Anadolu News alleged on Sunday.

Citing "local sources", the Anadolu report claimed that more than 20 Italian soldiers entered Syria to aid the YPG forces.

The Anadolu report added that the Italian soldiers were deployed to a Coalition base near the al-’Umar Oil Fields in eastern Deir Ezzor.

Earlier this month, the Anadolu Agency alleged that Italia sent troops from Iraq to Syria via a border-crossing in the al-Hasakah Governorate.

However,
if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning...
the Italian Ministry of Defense later stated that these claims were false and that there were no Italian troops inside Syria.

Posted by: Fred || 06/25/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  Training for the coming war back home?
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/25/2018 6:22 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Mon 2018-06-25
  Killing Islamic State senior member in coalition airstrike separates Baghdadi from west of Iraq: Expert
Sun 2018-06-24
  TTP appoints Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud as chief after Fazlullah's killing
Sat 2018-06-23
  Indonesian cleric sentenced to death over 2016 ISIS/JAD terror attack
Fri 2018-06-22
  Egypt's army kills 32 takfiris, arrests dozens in Sinai operation
Thu 2018-06-21
  Militant leader gunned down in southern Thailand
Wed 2018-06-20
  Taliban kill 30 Afghan soldiers and take base in first major attack since ceasefire
Tue 2018-06-19
  Philippine airstrikes target ISIS-linked militants near Marawi
Mon 2018-06-18
  Houthis say Saudi-led forces bogged down outside Hudaydah
Sun 2018-06-17
  Israeli Air Force Attacks 'Leader of Gaza Cell Behind Burning Kites'
Sat 2018-06-16
  Kurdish-led forces claim 15 Turkish soldiers, rebels killed in Afrin
Fri 2018-06-15
  US claim drone strike kills Mullah Fazlullah
Thu 2018-06-14
  Taliban supreme leader offers direct negotiations with the United States
Wed 2018-06-13
  ISIS corpses litter Euphrates after Syrian Army wipes out terrorists trying to cross
Tue 2018-06-12
  34 militants killed in NDS Special Forces operation in Nangarhar
Mon 2018-06-11
  Austria Is Shutting Down Mosques And Ejecting Imams


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