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Africa Horn
Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Side With Somalia Against UAE
[RADIOSHABELLE] Yemen’s Houthi
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ...
rebels condemned the United Arab Emirates’ recent moves to interfere in the internal affairs of Somalia and voiced its support for the East African country.

"We announce our support for our brothers in Somalia and condemn all the UAE regime (meddling) in Somalia’s affairs," the chairman of Yemen’s Supreme Revolutionary Committee, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, said in a message posted on his official Twitter account on Friday.

"We advise the Emiratis to take their mercenaries away from these freedom-seekers (Somali people) who gave the Americans an unforgettable lesson, and learn a lesson before it is too late."

Analysts say Somalia’s relations with the UAE are strained by a dispute between Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
and Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
because Mogadishu has refused to take sides.

Arab states have strong trading links with and influence in Somalia, but that is offset by the sway of Qatar and its ally The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire....
, one of Somalia’s biggest foreign investors.

Posted by: Fred || 04/23/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Africa North
Egypt adopts law to confiscate assets of terror groups
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi on Sunday issued a law to regulate procedures to seize, manage and dispose assets of convicted terrorists.

The state’s official gazette said that al-Sissi ratified the law following parliamentary approval on April 17.

A committee of seven judges nominated by the justice minister and assigned by the president will carry out procedures related to assets of terror groups.

The new committee will succeed a government committee that was assigned to allocate assets of the Moslem Brüderbund, which was designated as a terrorist entity by the Egyptian judiciary in September 2013.
Posted by: Fred || 04/23/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Muslim Brotherhood


Arabia
The rising, falling crude fortunes
[DAWN] THE chatter is on. Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
, for obvious reasons, would be happy to see crude prices rise to $80 or even $100, Rooters quoted three industry sources as saying. This means, despite the glut being over, Riyadh is seeking continuation of the output cut arrangement between Opec and non-Opec oil giant Russia.

With inventories back to average levels and expected to fall further, limits on output would surely push the market into a deficit. The over-tightening, presumably, would lead to higher oil prices...just in time for the Aramco IPO, Nick Cunningham wrote in his piece.

Sources told Rooters that behind closed doors Saudi officials have considered $80 per barrel, or even $100 per barrel, as sort of unofficial price targets.

"We have come full circle," another high-level industry source told Rooters. "I would not be surprised if Saudi Arabia wanted oil at $100 until this IPO is out of the way."

And to this end, Saudi Arabia continues to work towards tightening of the market. Bloomberg reported that in March, the compliance rate with the output cut arrangement surged to 164 per cent, a new high, up from 148pc in February. In order to achieve that, Saudi Arabia had to cut its output further in the month. Riyadh seems determined to that end.

Posted by: Fred || 04/23/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia

#1  US Oil Rig Count is at a current level of 820 and up from 683 one year ago. This is a change of 20.06%. Rise in crude = big moves in Permian Basin and Bakken. Niobrara finally seeing activity. $80 dollar oil (unlikely) and drilling will explode in USA.
Posted by: Clurong Peacock9529 || 04/23/2018 11:01 Comments || Top||

#2  What SA wants, what it will get, and what the real meaning of the outcome turns out to be, are all unknowns. Some prices of oil can kill economies and trade.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 04/23/2018 15:15 Comments || Top||


Qatar PM attends terrorist’s son’s wedding
[Gulf News] A picture has emerged on social media showing Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
i Prime Minister attending the wedding of a terror financer’s son.

The picture surfaced soon after Qatar stressed to the US that it has a zero tolerance towards terrorism.

The photograph shows Qatari prime minister, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, attending the wedding of the son of Abdul Rahman Bin Omair Al Nuaimi, who has been declared as a terror financer by the US and UN. He is supposedly standing trial in Qatar for financing terror.
Posted by: Fred || 04/23/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Muslim Brotherhood


Tareq forces pose serious threat to Al Houthis
[Gulf News] Shortly after the Iran-backed Al Houthis murdered their leader, former President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh
... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it...
, Yemen’s ousted president, on December 4, thousands of his supporters deserted battlefields where they had been fighting alongside Al Houthis. They had Dire Revenge on their minds. But first, they had to find a place where they could regroup, get arms and stage attacks against Al Houthis.

In January, Saleh’s nephew and the commander of his special guards, Tareq Mohammad Abdullah Saleh, vowed to lead the fight against Al Houthis. It was a public message to the ousted president’s supporters who wanted to avenge his death to head to the port city of Aden, the base of the internationally-recognised government. Thousands of soldiers and rustics sneaked into Aden, where they met Tareq and got together in military camps sponsored by the Saudi-led coalition.
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Posted by: Fred || 04/23/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Bangladesh
BNP announces series of demos demanding Khaleda’s release
[Dhaka Tribune] The BNP and its associate organizations have announced a series of demonstrations throughout Bangladesh, including in Dhaka, demanding unconditional release of the party’s Chairperson Begum the loathesome Khaleda Zia
Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ...
from incarceration.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the announcement at a press briefing at the party’s Naya Paltan office on Sunday.

Dhaka Metropolitan North and South units of the BNP will organize protest demonstrations on April 22 and 23 respectively.

On April 25, BNP will organize human chain demonstrations in districts and metropolitans across the country, including in Dhaka.

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal
...student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)...
, the student wing of the BNP will organize protest demonstrations throughout the country on April 26.

On April 27, special prayers will be offered in mosques nationwide seeking release of Khaleda Zia from jail and for improvement of her health condition.

Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal and Jatiyatabadi Shechchasebak Dal will organize countrywide protest demonstrations on April 28 and 29 respectively.

On May 1, Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal plans to organize a workers’ rally at the Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital to mark International Workers’ Day.

On February 8, Dhaka’s Fifth Special Judge’s Court convicted Khaleda and sentenced her to five years’ imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. She was then sent to the old central jail at Nazimuddin Road in the city.

Posted by: Fred || 04/23/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Jamaat-e-Islami


Gunfight between AL factions leaves 1 dead, 5 injured in Dhaka
[Dhaka Tribune] A man has been rubbed out and at least five others sustained bullet wounds in a pie fight between two rival Awami League factions at Bhatara’s Beraid Union in Dhaka.

The incident took place in front of Crown Cement factory on the bank of Balu River under Bhatara cop shoppe around 4:30pm on Sunday, police said.

The dear departed was identified as Kamruzzaman Dukhu, 38, brother of Beraid Union Chairman Jahangir Alam, DMP Gulshan Division’s Badda Zone Assistant Commissioner Ashraful Karim told the Dhaka Tribune.

Jahangir is also the general secretary of the ruling party’s Badda thana unit.

Ashraful said the two factions that clashed belonged to Jahangir and local MP AKM Rahmatullah, two rivals who have been at loggerheads over the upcoming Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) polls for a while now.

He said the body of the dear departed was taken to Apollo Hospital. The injured were also admitted to the same hospital. "The situation is under control now," he added.

Jahangir claimed that Rahmatullah’s supporters had attacked and shot his brother Kamruzzaman when he went to the cement factory to supply raw materials. "When my other brothers and uncles went there, the attackers also shot at them. At least eight to 10 others have also been shot at that time," he alleged.

Posted by: Fred || 04/23/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


Europe
Germany wants to facilitate repatriation of thousands of Iraqis
[DW] The German development minister, Gerd Muller, says Germany and Iraq will step up cooperation on the reintegration of Iraqi refugees. He said up to 10,000 Iraqis would be helped to return home.

German Development Minister Gerd Muller said on Sunday that Berlin and Baghdad had agreed to work together more closely on helping failed Iraqi asylum-seekers in Germany to return to their native country.

"The aim is to support up to 10,000 Iraqis from Germany in re-establishing themselves and building something new," Muller said, following talks with Iraqi officials in Baghdad.

Muller said Iraqis should have the chance to return to their home country of their own free will and not as "losers." He added that education and employment opportunities would be created in cooperation with Iraqi authorities and companies.

During his visit, Muller opened an advice center for returning refugees in the city of Irbil in the Kurdish-administered northern region of Iraq. Another is planned for Baghdad.

A meeting between Muller and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi was canceled at short notice because of scheduling problems.

Large donor
Ahead of his departure for Iraq on Saturday, Muller stressed the need to rebuild infrastructure in the country, particularly schools and education facilities, "so that terrorism doesn't regain a foothold."

The German Development Ministry says some 12,000 of the 240,000 Iraqis currently living in Germany are failed asylum-seekers.

Germany is the second-biggest giver of aid to Iraq, having pledged around €1.3 billion ($1.6 billion) in financial assistance since 2014, the ministry says. It has also provided military aid in the form of equipment and training for Iraqi security forces and their allies.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/23/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  Why am I skeptical?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/23/2018 5:35 Comments || Top||

#2  Well, one could say "Gee, maybe if you hadn't let them in in the first place?" But you'd be saying that to a country that apparently hasn't learned much from "Gee, if you hadn't started a war you could not win, twice, you might not have ended up with your country totally crushed and divided in half for decades."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/23/2018 7:52 Comments || Top||

#3  "You can get on a plane or you can get in the boxcar. Based on history I know which I'd choose"
Posted by: Frank G || 04/23/2018 8:34 Comments || Top||

#4  Fritz will learn that it is not very easy to load the toothpaste back into the tube.
Posted by: Lone Ranger || 04/23/2018 10:14 Comments || Top||

#5  That is the problem with wartime refuges, folks get the impression that is is only for the duration but the refugees get a taste of life in the west (especially when welfare pays for everything like in Germany) and they don't want to go back. Good luck Germany.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 04/23/2018 10:27 Comments || Top||

#6  Ten thousand down, 990,000 to go.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 04/23/2018 11:08 Comments || Top||

#7  Eintausendundeine (at least!)
Arrived at her Barmecide feast:
"I'll bet you'd like Polen,"
Sez Merkel. "Wir wollen
Resettle you all in the East!"
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 04/23/2018 11:53 Comments || Top||

#8  There will be no good ending to this.
Posted by: DarthVader || 04/23/2018 13:48 Comments || Top||


Greek President Rejects Soldier Swap with Turkey
[AnNahar] Greek president Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Sunday rejected the suggestion of a swap deal involving two Greek soldiers placed in durance vile
You have the right to remain silent...
in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
in exchange for Ottoman Turkish soldiers wanted by Ankara over the 2016 failed coup.

Pavlopoulos ruled out the potential swap after 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...
on Saturday said his government would consider the Greek soldiers' case if Athens extradited the Ottoman Turkish soldiers.

"The exchange of the two Greek soldiers that are placed in durance vile
You have the right to remain silent...
with the eight Ottoman Turkish soldiers that are in Greece is out of the question", said Pavlopoulos.

The two Greek soldiers were charged with espionage in Turkey after crossing over the border on March 2. They claim to have lost their way in the fog.

The eight Ottoman Turkish soldiers fled their homecountry to Greece after the failed 2016 coup.

Greece's Supreme Court has ruled that the men will not be extradited, despite Ottoman Turkish demands for them to face charges at home. The men deny involvement in the coup attempt.

"They (Greece) ask us to give back the Greek soldiers and we told them 'if you make such a demand, you should first give us FETO soldiers involved in a coup against our state'," Erdogan told the private NTV television in an interview on Saturday.

"If they are handed to us, we will consider" the situation on Greek soldiers, Erdogan said.

FETO is the name Ankara uses for the movement led by Moslem preacher Fethullah Gülen
... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world...
, who Turkey blames for criminal masterminding the coup attempt. Gulen, based in the US state of Pennyslvania, denies the accusations.

"When I spoke about a hostage situation of the Greek soldiers I was mocked. Sadly, I am confirmed by this proposal of exchange", the Greek Defense Minister, Panos Kammenos said on Saturday, commenting on Erdogan's interview.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras earlier this month demanded the release of the two soldiers, arguing that they should not be "pawns to blackmail."
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/23/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


The Grand Turk
Erdogan accuses US of arming Kurdish forces in Syria for free
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Ottoman Turkish president claimed that roughly 5,000 trucks, all loaded with weaponry, were dispatched to northern Syria.

Speaking to the Ottoman Turkish NTV news channel on Saturday, 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...
claimed that the US and its allies are refusing to sell weapons to Ankara while choosing to provide them to Kurdish forces and most notably, for free.

"We cannot buy weapons from the US with our money, but unfortunately, the US and coalition forces give these weapons, this ammunition, to terrorist organizations for free," he said. He reiterated that the threat predominantly originates from what he called "strategic partners."

Erdogan went on to say that Washington goes continues to arm holy warriors in Syria, sending in convoys full of weapons there. For instance, according to him, the US sent 5,000 trucks loaded with weapons to northern parts of the embattled country.

The US looks upon the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) as an ally in Syria, and to be more precise, a constituent part of the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The SDF has allegedly been trained, equipped and monitored by the Americans.

Last December, US 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...
approved providing $393 million worth of weapons to what Washington calls partners in Syria ‐ the YPG being one of them. Shortly thereafter, the US announced its intention to set up an all-Kurdish battalion comprising about 30,000 people, which was supposed to be deployed along the Ottoman Turkish border.

The move was met with the utmost fury by the Ottoman Turkish side, and on January 20, Ankara launched a military operation codenamed Olive Branch, tasked with ousting SDF troops from areas in northern Syria near the Ottoman Turkish border. Ankara recognizes the group to be affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is considered a terror organization by the US, the EU and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire....
Posted by: Fred || 04/23/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  Somebody is losing more armor then he's admitting.
Posted by: Charles || 04/23/2018 4:47 Comments || Top||

#2  Indeed Charles. The YPG is a far more lethal and different Kurdish foe than the PKK or the Peshmerga.
Posted by: Omeger Gray6606 || 04/23/2018 7:17 Comments || Top||

#3  Well #2, maybe deep state was hoping he would try the White House again, and not get so confused and end up at the Waffle House instead.
Posted by: Omeger Gray6606 || 04/23/2018 7:31 Comments || Top||

#4  Well #2 up and vaporized.
Posted by: Omeger Gray6606 || 04/23/2018 8:13 Comments || Top||

#5  #2 got flushed.
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/23/2018 10:18 Comments || Top||

#6  Recep, ole buddy, if you had not waged a Stalinist purge of your officer corps and stayed out of Kurdish Syria, you wouldn't be getting your butt handed to you on a platter.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 04/23/2018 18:04 Comments || Top||

#7  That would be secondary to keeping his grasp on power.
Posted by: gorb || 04/23/2018 18:08 Comments || Top||

#8  About that covert supplying of ISIS certain parties in Turkey played.....
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/23/2018 18:51 Comments || Top||


Great White North
Toronto police: Van strikes numerous pedestrians
Seems deliberate. Let's see how this unfolds.
Police have arrested a suspect after a white van mounted the curb and struck numerous pedestrians in Toronto.

The incident happened on Yonge Street south of Finch Avenue, according to the Toronto Police Service. Initial estimates suggest eight to 10 people were struck.

Witness Alex Shaker, who was driving southbound at the time, says the van was travelling at high speed on the sidewalk. The van was also southbound.

"He started going down on the sidewalk and crumbling down people one by one," Shaker told CTV News Channel on Monday afternoon.

Shaker said he saw the vehicle strike someone with a stroller.

"He just destroyed so many people’s lives," he said. "Every single thing that got in his way."

Witness Phil Zullo, who was driving northbound, says he first noticed the commotion when he saw police taking down a male suspect.

Zullo says he continued north, where he saw "shoes and hats flown everywhere."

The extent of injuries is unknown and ambulances are on the scene.

Photos posted online show multiple individuals on the ground.

The van involved in the collision was found on Poyntz Avenue off of Yonge, just south of Sheppard Avenue West. The van is marked as belonging to the rental company Ryder.

Toronto paramedics are advising people to stay out of the area of Yonge Street near Finch and Sheppard Avenue.

Subway service has been suspended between the TTC’s Sheppard and Finch stations. No replacement shuttle services will be operating.
Posted by: gorb || 04/23/2018 14:43 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  “The Quran contains at least 109 verses that speak of war with nonbelievers, usually on the basis of their status as non-Muslims. Some are quite graphic, with commands to chop off heads and fingers and kill infidels wherever they may be hiding. Muslims who do not join the fight are called 'hypocrites' and warned that Allah will send them to Hell if they do not join the slaughter.
Unlike nearly all of the Old Testament verses of violence, most verses of violence in the Quran are open-ended, meaning that they are not necessarily restrained by historical context contained in the surrounding text (although many Muslims choose to think of them that way). They are part of the eternal, unchanging word of Allah, and just as relevant or subject to interpretation as anything else in the Quran.”

https://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/quran/violence.aspx
Posted by: All Capp || 04/23/2018 21:08 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Pakistani traders demand reopening of route after recent clash
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Pak traders in Parachinar are demanding the reopening of the route along the Durand Line which was closed during a clash between the Afghan and Pak forces last week.

Nazir Ahmed, a representative of traders in Parachinar, has told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named, that the closure has badly affected their businesses.

Ahmed further added that the laborers have sat idle for the past week watching their wares spoil as the Khar Lachi border point has remained shut since Sunday.

The provincial government media office of Khost in a statement said last week that the Pak militia forces launched attacks on security posts in Jando Sar and Bad Khawaran areas of Zazai Maidan district at around 8 am on Sunday.

The statement further added that the local residents and security personnel responded to Pak militia forces fire, claiming that some dead bodies of Pak military forces and their weapons were left in the area.

The source also added that two local residents fighting the militia forces also bit the dust during the clash.

Posted by: Fred || 04/23/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Iraq
Iraqi official says terror threat eliminated from Anbar desert
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) An Iraqi official said Sunday that security operations meant to eliminate 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....
members from Iraq’s western desert have come to an end.

Naeem al-Kaud, chairman of the security committee of Anbar Province council, told al-Hayat newspaper that "Iraqi forces have staged a preemptive operation to purge Anbar’s desert and prevent any violation that could threaten its security during elections".

According to Kaud, "the desert has almost become free of ISIS (Islamic State), and the threat is over", adding that "the Iraqi army is fully in control there due to a shortage in Federal Police elements".
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/23/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Pro-gov’t forces deny Islamic State claims about secret jails in Iraq
Baghdad (Iraqinews.com) ‐ A spokesperson for al-Hashd al-Shaabi, also known as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), on Sunday refuted claims fanned by 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) group about the presence of secret prisons in Nineveh province, where Iraqi detainees are currently held.

"All claims by Islamic State gangs about the presence of secret jails in Nineveh province are mere allegations that aim at fomenting sedition and tarnishing the image of al-Hashd al-Shaabi in Iraq," Saad Qado, the front man for al-Hashd al-Shaabi’s 30th Brigade in Nineveh, told Knooz Media.

Qado stressed that the Islamic State’s plots will not affect djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
residents, who appreciate sacrifices made by al-Hashd al-Shaabi fighters to free their city from terrorism.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/23/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  "They're not so much a 'prison', more like an Oubliette."
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 04/23/2018 15:50 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Shin Bet: ‘Price tag’ attacks on sharp rise from previous year
[IsraelTimes] The Shin Bet security service releases statistics showing far-right activists’ attacks on Paleostinians have increased significantly since the beginning of 2018.

Through the first nearly four months of the current calendar year, the Shin Bet documented 13 "price tag" attacks. This was opposed to eight such incidents in the entirety of 2017.

"Price tag" refers to violence and other hate crimes carried out by Jewish ultra-nationalists ostensibly in retaliation for Paleostinian violence or government policies perceived as hostile to the settler movement.

Attacks characterized as "at least as serious as arson" are also on pace to eclipse those from last last year. Thus far in 2018, two such attacks have been carried out; while in 2017 the final tally for them was five.

While last year saw 105 indictments filed against the far-right activists, this year has seen 23 to date.

The Shin Bet statistics show that Israeli authorities have continued in their practice of employing administrative orders in response to the violence, largely carried out by young settlers known as hilltop youth.

Administrative orders can include detention, bans from entering the entire West Bank, and bans on contacting certain individuals, as well as nightly curfews.

In 2017, 63 administrative orders were issued by Israel Police. Thus far in 2018, 13 such orders have been employed.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/23/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Hamas-Fatah fight erupts at mourning tent for Gaza teen killed by IDF
[IsraelTimes] Sources close to terror group accuse rival faction of trying to exploit Mohammed Ayoub's death for 'political points'

Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", security forces on Saturday evening attacked members and leaders of the rival Fatah faction who came to offer condolences over the death of Mohammed Ayoub, 14, in festivities Friday between Paleostinian demonstrators and IDF soldiers along the border between the Gazoo Strip and Israel.

The attack came after a verbal altercation erupted between Hamas and Fatah members at the tent in Gazoo City, set up by the Ayoub family to receive condolence calls over the death of their son.

Hamas security officers later dismantled the tent and ordered all those present to leave immediately, a source in the Gazoo Strip said.

A senior Fatah operative, Abed Al Majdalawi, was lightly injured during the Hamas raid, the source added.

It was not immediately clear what had triggered the verbal altercation between the representatives of the two rival parties. However,
alcohol has never solved anybody's problems. But then, neither has milk...
such confrontations have become commonplace in various parts of the Gazoo Strip since Hamas violently seized control of the coastal enclave more than 10 years ago.

Sources close to Hamas accused Fatah of seeking to exploit the death of the boy "to score political points." The sources claimed that Fatah activists who came to offer condolences over the death of the boy tried to convince his family to make statements in support of Fatah leader and Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial...
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Atef Abu Seif, a spokesperson for Fatah in the West Bank, condemned what he called the Hamas "assault" on the Ayoub family’s mourning tent.

The "assault," he said, "contravened all traditions of national work and was in violation of Paleostinian national values.

"Fatah had the honor of sacrificing three deaders last Friday," Abu Seif continued. "We condemn what Hamas did against the family of martyr Mohammed Ayoub and call on all Paleostinian factions to assume their responsibilities in order to put an end to these irresponsible actions."
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#1  Nevertheless the entire World professes to believe that Palestinians can make peace with Israel. Well, I suppose, if you can believe that the differences between men and women are cultural...
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/23/2018 5:38 Comments || Top||

#2  Sourcesclose to Hamas accused Fatah of seeking to exploit the death of the boy "to score political points."

"Hey! That's OUR shtick"
Posted by: Frank G || 04/23/2018 7:06 Comments || Top||

#3  Hamas security officers later dismantled the tent

Ban TENTS!
TENTS cause violence!
Why do you think they call it INTENTS!
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/23/2018 10:14 Comments || Top||



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