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Part-time, peace time, civilian Special OPS?
Like building a police SWAT team with Mall Cops.
Must have been a underutilized funding instrument available.
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At the start of the Vietnam conflict the Green Berets had several teams in the Army Reserves (I had a former co-worker that was a junior enlisted member in the Boise Idaho Reserve unit). Don't know how that worked out for their readiness, it was when the Special Forces were the "bastard child" of the Army.
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Skid gets it. They've figured out a way to get to Goldwater-Nichols SOF money, which is separate from big army. Special Mission Units (SMU), JSOC, etc, are Tier-1 SOF. SF Groups are Teir-2. Very, very difficult to meet readiness objectives.... going to meetings once a month in a part-time transportation unit, let alone Tier-1 SOF. If it weren't so dangerous, it would be almost laughable.
I see 'Posse Comitatus Act' FOAD written all over this one, but that is just me.
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I know as of 1993, the Alabama National Guard had a Special Forces unit and I think there are some other state National Guards have Special Forces units as well.
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5/19 SF Bn is 100% NG. Damn good unit. Co A is CA, Co B is CO, Co C is TX. Co D (Supt/MI), SWD (Special Warfare Trainign Det) and HHD (ODet Charlie) is Colorado too. I knew a lot of them. Every bit as capable - they were one of the first to deploy behind the Deltas/SEALs into N part of OEF and operate cross border from Uzibekistan.
Note well: National Guard does not mean its all part time on weekends and summers. There are permanent active billets in these units that are 24x7x365, full time for those in them.
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Don't know about that Skid. But I do know that making it through A&S and the 'Q' course at Bragg does NOT automatically qualify one for assignment to a Special Mission Unit (SMU) operational squadron. A bit more to it than that.
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I should qualify #11 by saying successful completion of SFQC didn't used to automatically qualify one for assignment to a SMU. In today's political climate, I suppose anything could happen.
[Ynet] Reports in Egypt claim that three Lions of Islam affiliated with Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, were involved in smuggling arms and munitions into Sinai that were used for last Friday's terror attack that killed more than two dozen Egyptian soldiers, Al Yom Al Masri reported.
Al Aharam, another Egyptian paper, said that investigation into the attack revelaed numerous links to Hamas' military wing.
Serious efficiency -- impressive! The army only gave the residents 48 hours to move out yesterday. The Mamluks are seriously displeased.
Anyone think that Champ is going to call Sisi a 'chickenshit' for building a border fence?
[IsraelTimes] Egypt began setting up a buffer zone along its border with Gazoo Wednesday to prevent bully boy infiltration and arms smuggling following a wave of deadly attacks.
The move, which is set to result in the demolition of hundreds of homes, comes after a suicide kaboom in the Sinai Peninsula killed at least 30 soldiers on Friday.
A bigwig in northern Sinai said the creation of the buffer with the Paleostinian territory was "vital for national security and stability."
The authorities want to establish a 500-meter wide buffer along about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) of the border with Gazoo, according to officials.
They said about 800 homes would be demolished.
Witnesses in the border town of Rafah reported seeing dozens of families leaving along with trucks loaded with furniture.
Bulldozers were reported to have begun destroying several long-abandoned houses along the frontier.
Egypt suspects Paleostinian Lions of Islam of aiding jihadist attacks that have increased since the army ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi last year.
The military has also stepped up the destruction of tunnels with Gazoo that it says are used to smuggle arms.
Following Friday's bombing, Egypt imposed a three-month state of emergency in parts of northern Sinai and closed the Rafah crossing into Gazoo -- the only entry to the Paleostinian territory not controlled by Israel.
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has said the attack was carried out with "external support," ordering heightened security measures.
Nobody has grabbed credit for the bombing.
Jihadists in the peninsula have killed scores of coppers and soldiers since Morsi's overthrow, vowing Dire Revenge against a police crackdown on his supporters that has left more than 1,400 dead.
[Libya Herald] Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thinni has directly stated, for the first time, that he is willing to negotiate with gangs.
In an interview in Khartoum with BBC Arabic Service, Thinni said he would be willing to negotiate if the groups would agree to disarm and quit from Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... . He also said negotiations would be dependent upon these groups' willingness to recognise the House of Representatives (HoR) and the legitimacy of his government.
It is unlikely that the Misratan-led Libya Dawn ...aka Fajr Libya, the Islamist operation launched to counter that of General Khalifa Haftar (Operation Dignity). It is made up of the Libya Shield militia (Misrata and Moslem Brotherhood), Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (Moslem Brotherhood), and Tripoli Brigade (close to Abdul Hakim Belhaj, head of Al-Watan party). Financing and moral support come from Turkey and Qatar... militias will agree to such terms. From the beginning they have refused to recognise the legitimacy of the HoR and have used that as a primary reason for their hold on the capital.
The Prime Minister's announcement is reported to be linked to claims of a split within the HoR over whether or not there should be negotiations with those who oppose them. Reports that some members were trying to gather support to dismiss him because he was unacceptable to those boycotting the HoR have not been confirmed but sources in the House have spoken of a row involving at least two prominent Benghazi members over the issue dialogue. Aisa Al-Araibi is alleged to have told Siham Sirghua that there could be no negotiations with the opposition and that she should resign for supporting such moves.
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[Dhaka Tribune] A prosecution witness, who used to be a member of Islami Chhatra Sangha of which Nizami was the chief in 1971, has given a first hand account of the criminal mastermind's role that the death row war criminal had played during the war.
Misbahur Rahman Chowdhury, now the chairman of a pro-Awami League faction of the Islami Oikya Jote ... a political party in Bangladesh. In the 2001 elections the party won 2 out of 300 elected members in an alliance with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. It has a focus on building an islamic state, and has used the madrassas to gain support... , narrated in deposition before the International Crimes Tribunal how Nizami brained the formation of the al-Badr force that killed many intellectuals in 1971.
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Over the past days, there have been signs that Russia is increasingly concerned about the threat posed by the Islamic State (IS).
On October 28, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) made a number of arrests in Moscow of men suspected of collaborating with IS. Russian media reports say dozens of suspects were nabbed. Among them were six Azerbaijanis suspected of being IS accomplices.
The Moscow arrests came after the Prosecutor-General's office announced on October 27 that some pro-IS accounts on the Russian social networking site VKontakte had been closed.
Outside of the concerns of the Russian government and security services, it is indisputable that IS is a concern for ordinary Russians. For example, reports this week claim that a Russian citizen, Sergei Gorbunov, was executed by IS earlier this year. Gorbunov was revealed to be a hostage in Syria in October 2013, when a video appeared on YouTube in which he asked for a ransom to be paid.
Gorbunov was captured by Russian-speaking militants from the faction Jaish Al-Muhajireen Wal-Ansar, which at the time was led by Umar Shishani. When Umar Shishani left Jaish Al-Muhajireen Wal-Ansar for IS, Gorbunov was reportedly transferred as well.
Another Russian citizen, a tourist named Konstantin Zhuravlev, is also being held hostage in Syria, by the Liwa Al-Tawheed faction.
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Is future OWG Globalist Co-Superpower IRAN going to help Mama Russia + Vlad, given .. ...
* FREEREPUBLIC > [Memri.org] BRISTISH ISLAMISTS: CALIPHATE WILL EXPAND TO EUROPE + US.
It is thus in post-Crimea Vlad's = Moscow's interest to ensure that the ISIS/ISIL does NOT destabilize + takeover TURKEY.
Iff Russia was ever worried about Turkey-specific "Neo-Ottomanism" under Erdogan, espec vee the Caucasus insurgencies, just wait ala an ISIS-controlled Turkey.
* TOPIX > [HotAir] OBAMA SHIFTING FROM ISRAEL TOWARD IRAN.
Just as the OWG Globalists have not yet answered the question how far or how much can the "Sole" Superpower USA, etal. SAFELY + UNILATERALLY/
ASYMMETRICALLY give up widout being existentially threatened by fellow OWG Co-SUperpower(S) or other Geopol-MilPol Wannabes, THEY ALSO HAVE NOT ANSWERED THE QUESTION WHERE DOES US ALLY ISRAEL FIT IN ALL THIS, BE IT AS MIDDLE EAST'S + WORLD'S ONLY JEWISH NATION ANDOR AS A POSSIBLE OWG CO-SUPERPOWER, ETC. WIDIN OR OUTSIDE OF ANY + ALL MUSLIM-MAJORITY GLOBAL FED UNIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST???
D *** NG IT, THAT MADONNA FAN FROM GUAM IS STILL WAITING FOR AN ANSWER!
* WORLD MILITARY FORUM > PRAVDA ARTICLE DENOTES FORMER RUSSIAN MILITARY OFFICIALS AS ARGUING THAT, IN A WORST-CASE SCENARIO, RUSSIAN FAILURE OR DEFEAT IN THE UKRAINE-CRIMEA CRISIS MAY CAUSE RUSSIA TO SPLIT/BREAK UP OVER TIME, WID MANY LANDS CURRENTLY UNDER SOVEREIGN, POST-SOVIET RUSSIAN CONTROL BEING RETURNED TO THEIR ORIGINAL OR HISTORICAL NON-RUSSIAN OWNERS.
Return of most or all of the Russian Far East to China, Sakhalin Island back to Japan, lands presently incorporated into sovereign Russian Federation states being returned to Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, + CENTASIAN -Stans.
GERMANY, POLAND, + BALTICS???
Another reason for the extremist ISIS/ISIL to not be allowed to takeover Turkey andor Shia Iran, etc.
DESTROY THE ISIS/ISIL NOW, OR BE PREPARED FOR A WORLD NO ONE RECOGNIZES, DESIRED, NOR PLANNED FOR, NOT EVEN THE GLOBALISTS.
China and Afghanistan have agreed to step up the crackdown on Uighur militant training camps in Xinjiang province, as China eyed major investments in the Afghanistan's rich mineral and oil sectors.
Official media has reported that leaders of the two countries reached a "new important consensus" to combat the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), an Uighur separatist organization demanding independence for Xinjiang, which borders Afghanistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Afghanistan's President Ghani, who arrived here yesterday on his first official visit abroad, held talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and top security officials. Chinese Foreign Ministry official Kong Xuanyou said, "President Ghani said that the new Afghan government will firmly support China to fight the ETIM. The two sides reached a new important consensus on joint efforts in that regard."
Ghani told Xi that "Afghanistan will not allow any activities that threaten China's (security) on Afghan territory."
ETIM, an Al Qaeda linked group is reported to have training camps in Pakistan's tribal areas as well as in Afghanistan. Several ETIM members were reportedly killed in air raids conducted by Pakistan recently.
China has stepped up their border vigil both in Kashgar, the town connecting PoK and the narrow corridor connecting Afghanistan.
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Have you noticed, just as a coincidence, whenever a 'problem' in the region develops, Pakistan's name comes up?
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[DAWN] A resolution for Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai ...a Pashtun blogger and advocate for girls' education from Mingora, in Swat. She started blogging at age 11-12. She was 15 when a Talib boarded her school bus and shot her in the head in 2012. She was evacuated to a hospital in Britain and the Pak Taliban vowed to kill her and her father. Among other awards, she received the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, which she deserved more than Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, Yasser Arafat, or Rigoberta Menchu... has got stuck in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... Assembly secretariat as Jamaat-e-Islami ...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... , a partner of the Pakistain Tehrik-e- Insaf-led ruling coalition in the province, has made its inclusion in the house's agenda conditional on the tabling of a similar resolution for scientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui ...American-educated Pak cognitive neuroscientist who was convicted of assault with intent to murder her U.S. interrogators in Afghanistan. In September 2010, she was sentenced to 86 years in jug after a three-ring trial. Siddiqui, using the alias Fahrem or Feriel Shahin, was one of six alleged al-Qaeda members who bought $19 million worth of blood diamonds in Liberia immediately prior to 9-11-01. Since her incarceration Paks have taken her to their heart and periodically erupt into demonstrations, while the government tries to find somebody to swap for her... imprisoned in the US over links to terrorists.
Law and parliamentary affairs minister Imtiaz Shahid Qureshi told Dawn that PTI would support its coalition partner on the matter.
He expressed ignorance about keeping the resolution pending in the assembly secretariat.
The minister said some politicians had reservations about the resolution and was not sure if the Awami National Party founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986. Part of the PPP-led cabinet 2008-13. The ANP is considered left wing, advocating for secularism, democratic socialism, public sector government, and economic egalitarianism.... would gather support of the opposition parties in favour of its pro-Malala move.
Notably PTI chairman Imran Khan ... aka Taliban Khan, who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality problems... had congratulated Malala on winning Nobel Peace Prize. However, ars longa, vita brevis... the PTI-led provincial government did not issue any statement to praise the teenage activist for girls' education.
ANP MPA Syed Jafar Shah had submitted the resolution to the assembly secretariat on October 20, which has so far not been brought on the house's agenda.
Jafar Shah told news hounds that he had requested Speaker Asad Qaisar to put the resolution on the agenda but the latter showed reluctance.
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If Siddiqui choked to death on a Johnsonville Brat, a lotta this shit would go away. Just saying
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[DAWN] The rapid and uncontrolled spread of polio ...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set... through Pakistain has the whole world on edge. Nearly all international observers have admitted that the polio crisis in Pakistain has reached disastrous proportions and immediate steps are necessary to stem the spread of the "Pakistain poliovirus" which has already caused deaths and paralysis in Pakistain, Afghanistan, the Middle East and parts of Africa.
But the provinces -- who are responsible for the all-important portfolio of health -- seem unwilling to let go of the polio lucrative programme that their governments have all but driven into the ground.
A meeting of the inter-provincial steering committee, chaired by National Health Services (NHS) Minister Saira Afzal Tarar, was convened on Wednesday to discuss whether the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) should be given the job of combating polio in the country.
The case for the NDMA had been made by the recently published report of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative's Independent Monitoring Board (IMB), which describes the NDMA as "bringing can-do to can't do". The report is highly critical of the Pakistain government's unwillingness to innovate in the search for solutions to the spiraling polio crisis. It holds up the example of Nigeria, which introduced health camps and empowered an Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) which it is still using to contain the threat of Ebola inside its borders.
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[Dhaka Tribune] Jamaat-e-Islami ...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... Pakistain has condemned the verdict and questioned Pakistain government's silence about the death sentence for Bangladesh Jamaat Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami ...During the liberation war of 1971, Nizami formed the Al-Badr Force and acted as its supreme commander. The Al-Badr militia took active part in rape, extortion, looting and killing of Bangladeshis who supported the liberation, including a pre-planned massacre on December 14, 1971, when the Al-Badr militia along with Pakistan Army rounded up hundreds of doctors, professors, writers, and other Bengali intellectuals, and executed them... .
In a statement published on Pakistain Jamaat's website, its Ameer Sirajul Haq ...current head of the Pak Jamaat-e-Islami. Siraj was born in 1962 and entered politics shortly after that... said it was most unfortunate that the Pakistain government was maintaining a "criminal silence" over the convictions of "patriotic Paks who had sided with the Pak Army."
"The decision of a fake court was the height of tyranny and death sentence had been given to a totally innocent person. He said that such measures could not prolong the rule of BD Premier Haseena Wajid [sic]," the website read.
Sirajul also claimed that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ...9th PM of Pakistain from 1973 to 1977, and 4th President of Pakistain from 1971 to 1973. He was the founder of the Pakistain Peoples Party (PPP). His eldest daughter, Benazir Bhutto, would also serve as hereditary PM. In a coup led by General Zia-ul-Haq, Bhutto was removed from office and was executed in 1979 for authorizing the murder of a political opponent... and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had agreed to not have any war crimes trials.
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[Iraq News] The Iraqi Ministry of Defense assured the entrance of the Russian helicopter (Night Hunter) to the service to support terrorism fighting and Iraqi infantry forces.
A statement by the MoD received by IraqiNews.com cited "Minister of Defense Khalid al-Obaidi accompanied by several military commanders observed on Wednesday the final stage of preparing and arming the first group of the Russian modern fighting helicopters (MI-28) in a step towards sending them to specified air bases."
"These helicopters which are known as the Night Hunter will increase the efficiency of the Iraqi Army Air Force in its war against terrorism," the statement added.
"This is the first group of helicopters included by the contract concluded with the Republic of Russia to provide Iraqi Army with modern fighting helicopters," the statement concluded.
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Who is piloting the helicopters, Russians or Iraqis?
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I was curious too who the pilots would be.
LinkAltogether Bagdad will take delivery of 40 Mi-28NE and Mi-35 helicopters and will use the helicopters for border control and anti-terrorism efforts.
The first group of Iraqi pilots and technicians passed the necessary training at Torzhok training center in autumn 2013.
Another link, just to confirm.Al-Bayati also specified that all required trainings were received by Iraqi pilot for “Night Hunter” helicopters which are similar to “Apache” in terms of capacity and efficiency.
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Steve, that's the deal. The pool of current pilots for Hind N's and HIP's is a lot bigger that the one of qualified Apache drivers; also,
mechanics should be easier to come by. Not just bigger pool, but more likely to get them to take the job.
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When I was in Tripoli, I was amazed at the number of foreigners speaking Arabic with heavy Russian accents I encountered in my roaming around in the town.
The Russians know a market when they see it and are not adverse to treating a countries adversity as a business opportunity for all of those out of work Speznatz guys.
[Xinhua] King Abdullah II of Jordan Wednesday warned of the forced displacement of Arab Christians in some unrest-hit neighboring countries, the state-run Petra news agency reported.
Arab Christians played a significant role in the evolution of the Arab-Moslem civilization throughout history, the King said during a meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, who was on an official visit to Jordan.
Many Christian families have fled the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (IS) faceless myrmidons seeking refugee in other areas in Iraq like the Kurdish capital of Irbil and then made their way to Amman, Jordan, where they found sanctuary.
He stated that his country is exerting strenuous efforts to convey the true moderate image of Islam and promote dialogue and understanding among followers of different religions.
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Displace them right into the West Bank. Take an equal number of Muslims into Jordan to replace them. Watch the world become a slightly better place by the trade.
A senior member of the MILF has confirmed they would form a political party for the 2016 election. MILF spokesman Mohagher Iqbal said, "We have already started to organize the MILF political party because as a group coming from a conflict situation to a peace settlement equation, we have to engage in regular political exercise — meaning not through the bullets anymore but through the ballot."
Iqbal admitted they have yet to determine which candidates will run in the May 2016 election.
Filipinos are to elect President Aquino's successor, 12 senators, congressmen, governors as well as mayors and councilors in the May 2016 election.
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You knew they would.
The rise = threat? of a poten Muslim or Islamist-controlled Philippines can no longer be denied or put off.
Looks like Nuclear Islam's competition wid CHINA's to control the Pacific [Guam-WESTPAC = minima 1/2?] the Pacific slowly but surely grows stronger???
[Ynet] Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... faceless myrmidons freed 25 Kurdish school children on Wednesday, the last of more than 150 children kidnapped in May to be released, a Kurdish official and a rights group said.
The hardline Sunni Moslem group, which has fought Kurdish militia in Syria and Iraq, kidnapped the children aged 13 and 14 from the Syrian town of Kobani as they returned from taking exams in the city of Aleppo, rights groups said.
"It is true. They were released from (the Syrian town of) Minbij today. This is the last part of the releases," Idris Nassan, deputy foreign minister of Kobani district, told Rooters by telephone.
He said he did not know why the children had been released but suggested it could be part of a campaign of "propaganda."
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he did not know why the children had been released
As disease vectors, it is important to know the disease is fully adapted and will remain dormant while the carriers begin resuming normal activities.
[IsraelTimes] A group of fighters from the rebel Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... crossed into Syria from Turkey on Wednesday to join Kurdish fighters defending the border town of Kobani against Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... jihadists, a local Turkish official said.
The official, who asked not to be named, said 150 FSA fighters crossed overnight in several buses.
The Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, confirmed the information but put the number at 50 fighters.
The pro-Kurdish Firat news agency said the FSA fighters had crossed in eight vehicles at the Mursitpinar border crossing.
There was no confirmation on the deployment from officials in Ankara and it was not clear where the FSA fighters had come from originally.
Turkey, which has called for the ousting of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Terror of Aleppo ... as the sole viable solution to the Syrian conflict, is a strong supporter of the FSA.
Meanwhile, ...back at the saloon, Butch got the bill for the damage caused by the fist fight, the mirror broken in the shootout, and drinks for everyone...... Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters who arrived in Turkey overnight were still on Turkish territory on Wednesday and awaiting their transfer to join the fight for Kobani.
One contingent which arrived in the southern Turkish city of Sanliurfa by air overnight were at some holy man's guesthouse an undisclosed location in the border town of Suruc, the local official told AFP.
Another group carrying heavy weaponry crossed into Turkey from Iraq by land in the early hours of the morning via the Habur border crossing, an AFP correspondent on the border reported.
"They (the air contingent) are waiting for the land contingent to arrive, so that they will cross together depending on the situation," the local official said.
Those who arrived by land, many flashing V for victory signs, crossed into Turkey by road to a euphoric welcome from local Turkish Kurds who waved Kurdish flags and cheered the fighters from road bridges, an AFP photographer reported.
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Me thinks they need to wear colored jerseys with numbers and issue programs to the media so everyone knows who is who in this Charlie foxtrot of a revolt.
I am so confused. Who do I root for in this mess besides the Kurds? I am loath to root for the Syrian Army because that means supporting that loathsome bastard Assad. However, with the metastasizing of ISIS, it is clear we have to hold our nose and wear rubber gloves in this odd alliance...
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Over the past days, there have been signs that Russia is increasingly concerned about the threat posed by the Islamic State (IS). 
Aafia Siddiqui
[DAWN] The rapid and uncontrolled spread of 
A senior member of the MILF has confirmed they would form a political party for the 2016 election. MILF spokesman Mohagher Iqbal said, "We have already started to organize the MILF political party because as a group coming from a conflict situation to a peace settlement equation, we have to engage in regular political exercise — meaning not through the bullets anymore but through the ballot."
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
