[Tolo News] Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. police chief Fazel Ahmad Sherzad on Thursday raised concerns over the activities of Daesh [Islamic State] in the province and said some elements in the region, including Pakistain's Inter-Services Intelligence ...the Pak military intelligence agency that controls the military -- heads of ISI typically get promoted into the Chief of Army Staff position. It serves as a general command center for favored turban groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad, tries to influence the politix of neighboring countries, and carries out a (usually) low-level war against India in Kashmir... (ISI), support the Death Eater group.
His statement comes a day after the group grabbed credit for the attack on the Pak consulate in Jalalabad, which resulted in the death of at least seven members of the Afghan cops.
Referring to attack on the Pak mission, Sherzad said the incident was worrying and accused ISI of helping the Death Eater group.
He said the security forces have launched a probe into the incident.
"Daesh [Islamic State]gunnies are supported by regional countries especially Pakistain but government forces are investigating attack on the Pak consulate," said Sherzad.
Meanwhile, ...back at the pond, the radioactive tadpoles grown into frogs. Really big frogs, in fact... officials from Nangarhar provincial council have questioned the infiltration of the attackers into a highly guarded zone where the Pak mission is located, adding that it is surprising how the gunnies managed to enter a so-called safe area.
The Nangarhar mission attack was the first murderous Moslem-style attack on a Pak diplomatic mission in Afghanistan.
"I don't know how the attackers entered the consulate despite there being many checkpoints near the consulate," said Sohrab Qadiri a provincial council member.
Amid a surge in activities by Daesh [Islamic State] in Nangarhar, residents on Thursday blasted government and security of forces for not tackling the group, who have staged several attacks in Afghanistan since their emergence in the country last year.
Afghanistan has long accused the Pak spy agency of backing and funding Death Eater groups in Afghanistan in its quest to destabilize the country and pursue its own strategic objectives.
But one political analyst, Jawed Kohistan ...a backwoods district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa distinguished by being even more rustic than is the norm among the local Pashtuns.... i, said: "There are groups in Afghanistan and Pakistain that do not see peace and security in their interest and they want to achieve their interests through insecurity."
A former Pak military official Mohammad Asif said: "In my opinion there are groups in Afghanistan and Pakistain who do not want relations between the two countries to improve and therefore they want to conduct terrorist acts in both countries."
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Kenyan authorities said Wednesday they have managed to restore security along its porous border with Somalia in Mandera by deploying more police officers to enhance security.
Better late than never...
Mandera County Commissioner Fredrick Shisia said more security patrol teams have been deployed in Elwak and Lafey sub counties following December attacks that claimed five people.
“We have 100 security officers on the ground made up of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), paramilitary police and Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU) who have managed to push the Al-Shabaab inside Somalia,” Shisia told journalists in Mandera town.
The enhanced security follows the recent killing of three security officers and two passengers last month when a commuter bus they were traveling in was ambushed by the insurgents from Somalia.
Shisia said the multi-security team which was deployed since Jan. 1 has been able to thwart off cross border incursions by the Islamist militants along the common border with Somalia. He said several suspects have been arrested, with the latest being on two operatives who have been providing food to the Al-Shabaab militia operating in Lafey and Elwak.
The government administrator disclosed that the two are giving crucial leads to KDF and CID intelligence teams which will help in apprehending more culprits.
Wring them out like a tube of toothpaste. If they cooperate sufficiently they go to Mauritania. If they don't it's back to the Shaboobs with a note attached to their chests...
Kenyan authorities have blamed the militants for being behind spates of kidnapping of expatriates working in the sprawling refugee camps in the incursion-prone northern region and tourists in the coastal archipelago towns of Mombasa and Lamu.
Officials link these attacks to the fact that Mandera (a border town in Kenya’s northeast) and Bula Hawa (an adjoining town in Somalia) are barely two kilometres apart thus making it easy for terrorists to cross the border and attack.
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restore security along its porous border
Doing a better job than US?
[Iran Press TV] A Nigerian Shia group says more than 700 of its members are still unaccounted for a month after the deadly attacks by Nigerian forces against Shia Muslims in the northern city of Zaria.
In a statement released on Thursday, Ibrahim Musa, the front man for the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), whose leader Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky is in police custody, said about 730 people have gone missing since December 12, 2015.
"These missing people were either killed by the army or are in detention" but their "whereabouts are still unknown and undisclosed," Musa said.
He further noted that some 220 IMN members were in a prison, located in the city of Kaduna, the capital of the state with the same name, while others were in military custody elsewhere across the African state.
On December 12 last year, Nigerian soldiers attacked Shia Muslims attending a ceremony at a religious center in the northern city of Zaria, accusing them of blocking the convoy of the army's chief of staff and attempting to assassinate him. The Shias have categorically denied the allegations. No, no! Certainly not!
You try to take down the king army chief, you'd best succeed...
The following day, Nigerian forces also raided Zakzaky's home and tossed in the clink Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! him after reportedly killing those attempting to protect him, including one of the IMN's big shots and its front man.
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A Saudi prisoner at the US base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who authorities said was a recruiter and fighter for Al Qaeda has been sent back to his homeland, the Pentagon said on Monday amid a wave of releases from the detention centre.
Mohammed Abd Al Rahman Al Shamrani was among the first prisoners taken to the US base in Cuba when it opened in January 2002 to hold suspected enemy combatants. He had long been deemed too dangerous to release even as most of the prisoners from Saudi Arabia were sent home.
A profile of Al Shamrani first released by the Pentagon in 2014 said he "almost certainly remains committed to supporting extremist causes, and has continued to incite other detainees against the detention staff at Guantanamo." His attorney, Martha Rayner, had said that the allegations against him were no more serious than prisoners who had already been released.
His case was reviewed again last year by a government board amid an effort by President Barack Obama to reduce the Guantanamo prison population and move the remainder to the US. The board concluded that the Saudi security measures and rehabilitation programme for militants are adequate to minimise the risk of him taking part in extremist activities.
I'm not sure what's worse: did the board actually believe that, or did they know better and release Shamrani anyway?
"Mr. Al Shamrani looks forward to participating in the Saudi reintegration programme, reuniting with his family and establishing a peaceful and productive life in his home country," said Rayner, professor at Fordham University School of Law in New York.
Al Shamrani is the fourth of 17 prisoners expected to be released this month from Guantanamo. The prison now holds 103 men, including more than 40 cleared for release.
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Mr. Obama must accept that the men held at Guantanamo are his prisoners, not George W. Bush's.
[Dhaka Tribune] The second-in-command of the central military unit of banned bully boy outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh The JMB is said to be the youth front of Al Mujahideen, the parent organization that began working toward establishing Bangladesh as an Islamic state in the mid 1990s which remains obscure even today. Other organizations, such as Jama'atul Jihad, JMB, Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB), Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HUJI), Hizbut Tawhid, Tawhidi Janata, Islami Jubo Shangha, Islami Shangha, Al Falah A'am Unnayan Shanstha and Shahadat-e al Hiqma are believed to be part of the Al Mujahideen network. The JMB at its peak was reported to contain at least 100,000 members, and an alleged 2,000-man suicide brigade, few of whom actually exploded. JMB allegedly received financial assistance from individual donors in Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Libya. Reports have claimed that funding of JMB by international NGOs like Kuwait based Society of the Revival of Islamic Heritage (RIHS) and Doulatul Kuwait, Saudi Arabia based Al Haramaine Islamic Institute and Rabita Al Alam Al Islami, Qatar Charitable Society and UAE-based Al Fuzaira and Khairul Ansar Al Khairia. The top leadership of JMB was captured in 2005 and hung in 2007, which pretty much shot their bolt. (JMB) Kamal alias Hiron was directly involved in last year's bombing on a Shia procession in Old Dhaka, police claimed.
JMB's Dhaka north military wing commander Abdullah Al Noman alias Abdullah planned and executed the attack, Detective Branch (DB) Joint Commissioner Monirul Islam told news hounds in Dhaka yesterday.
The duo was killed in an alleged shootout with DB at Hazaribagh on Wednesday night. Before that, police had tossed in the clink Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! three suspects - Md Arman, Jahid Hasan Rana alias Mushab, and Nur Mohammad alias Lengra Master - in Kamrangirchor. They raided Hazaribagh to arrest Abdullah and Hiron based on information provided by the detainees.
Monirul said three suspected bully boys, arrested in Mirpur, told them that Hiron, Shakeel alias Mushtaq, Abdullah alias Noman, Ripon, Fardeen alias Sajal frequented their hideout at Shah Ali area and taught them how to make improvised bombs. Police said they conducted a raid at Kamrangirchor based on the information.
Joint Commissioner Monirul claimed those detained in Kamrangirchor were JMB members, who had been trained for about two months. He claimed Nur Mohammad's house in Savar was used by the JMB as a hideout where they held regular meetings and planned subversive activities.
The unprecedented attack on Shias on October 23, as they were preparing to take out their traditional Tajia procession, left two persons dead and dozens maimed.
DB officer Monirul said Hiron, a close aide of JMB leader Al Bani alias Hojja, was involved in the killing of two coppers in Gabtoli and Ashulia. Police sources said, Hiron planned attack on police after his mentor Hojja was killed in an alleged shootout with security forces on November 25 last year.
Police said they were looking for suspected JMB bandidosbandidos bully boys Sajib and Tarek who were involved in the killing of two coppers and the Hossaini Dalan kaboom.
According to DB officer Monirul, there was a rift between Hiron and Shakil after police recovered grenades and explosives from JMB's Shah Ali hideout and that Hiron had planned to kill Shakil.
He said the JMB members were not that active in Dhaka and were focused on the northern parts of Bangladesh. Asked who were financing bully boy activities in the country, he said: "Those who are trying to thwart trials of suspected war criminals and put the government in a tight spot are funding these bully boy outfits."
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Organizers of the World Economic Forum in Davos have revoked an invitation to a delegation from North Korea.
Spokesman Yann Zopf on Wednesday said the WEF invited North Korea in the autumn but decided to revoke now the reclusive state is subject to further sanctions after its fourth nuclear test this month.
But he added that North Koreans will still be welcome in the future if the regime "acts as a responsible and responsive member of the international community."
Which will be when?
North Korea had purportedly planned to send Foreign Minister Ri Su-yong to the forum next week.
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Right - like they have a whole lot to contribute to the 'world economy' to begin with...
[NRTTV] Economic consultant in the field of energy, Majid al-Nashi, expected that the price of oil will fall below $20 US dollars a barrel.
Nashi, a former expert at the United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... , said in a statement today that "the price of Brent crude will go to into the twenties," signaling a significant drop.
Nashi added, "The global institutions and banks, which are interested in energy and the prices of oil and metals affairs changed their expectations today [Jan. 13] through market research that expected the price of a barrel of Brent to $10, while Morgan Stanley Bank expected [Jan. 13] that the price of a barrel of Brent to $15."
He cautioned that "if these expectations come true, the oil price will be between $10 to $15, then all oil-producing countries will stop producing and selling, because the sale would be a great loss."
Oil prices fell on Wednesday (Jan. 13) to $25.76 US dollars per barrel, compared with $27.70 in the previous day, according to the Secretariat of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
According to a Rooters report, Brent crude has fallen 15 percent since the beginning of 2016 and numerous international banks have lowered their price forecasts in recent days. The fall is attributed to the depreciation of the Chinese yuan and new crude coming from Iran.
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He cautioned that "if these expectations come true, the oil price will be between $10 to $15, then all oil-producing countries will stop producing and selling, because the sale would be a great loss."
A knowledge of economics obviously not a requirement for a Economic consultant in the arab world.
[Iran Press TV] A former British soldier accused of trying to smuggle a four-year-old Afghan girl has been handed a 1,000 euro suspended fine by a French court.
49-year-old Rob Lawrie admitted his crime but pleaded leniency during a court appearance in Boulogne-sur-Mer on Thursday.
Lawrie from the Leeds had been helping migrants as a volunteer when he was caught in October by French border police with Bahar Ahmadi in his van. Lawrie reportedly tried to get the girl from the Calais migrant camp in order to deliver her to family members in Britannia.
The suspended fine, which was handed to Lawrie because he failed to transport the girl in a child seat with a belt, means he will only have to pay it if he commits another offence in La Belle France.
He could face up to five years in jail over the smuggling charge which was thrown out by a judge. The conviction of endangering child's life was a symbolic for Lawrie who apologized for what he called an irrational move.
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Rheinberg is the first municipality in Germany to cancel its annual carnival parade citing concerns about refugees.
A spokesman said that it cannot be ruled out that refugees might visit the parade and cause incidents similar to those in Cologne.
There are several hundreds of refugees in the city, among them numerous North Africans.
The president of the carnival association organizing the parade stated that there wasn't enough time to comply with the city government's security mandates. "With a heavy heart, we've decided to cancel the event," he said.
The Rheinberg shelter is one of the central refugee facilities of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. Another reason for tougher security mandates is the fear that "Problematic Groups" from other places might visit the parade. No idea who these "Problematic Groups" might be. Probably just a PC fig leaf to avoid pinning the blame solely of 'refugees.'
Excerpt: "Tele5 justified the move on Twitter this afternoon, saying that it was a symbol "expressing our sympathy to the victims of yesterday's attack," on German tourists in Istanbul. The attack in Istanbul took the lives of 10 tourists, mostly Germans, in Sultanahmet square, a tourist location near the Blue mosque and Hagia Sophia." Liberal Reasoning: The Mobius Strip of logic.
Gee. Why don't they just use the $100M paper mache prima donna hanger queen they call the F-35 to do this?
The US Air Force will delay retiring the A-10 -- a stalwart attack aircraft beloved by ground troops -- because of the ongoing fight against the Islamic State group, a military news site reported Wednesday.
Plans to postpone the mothballing will be outlined when the Pentagon submits its 2017 budget request to Congress next month, Pentagon officials speaking on condition of anonymity told Defense One.
Developed in the 1970s, A-10s can fly low and slow, and are famed for their tank-destroying capabilities and their heavy armor that makes them difficult to shoot down from the ground.
US ground forces delight at the distinctive sound of the highly maneuverable plane's massive cannon, which can drench a target with high-caliber firepower at a rate of about 70 rounds per second.
According to Defense One, Air Force officials have postponed immediate plans to retire the Warthog, as the plane is known, because of its utility in Iraq and Syria, where the United States is leading a coalition against IS jihadists.
The Air Force did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Senator John McCain, who heads the Senate Armed Services Committee, welcomed the report.
"The A-10 fleet is playing an indispensable role in the fight against ISIL in Iraq and assisting NATO's efforts to deter Russian aggression in Eastern Europe," he said, using an alternative name for the IS group.
"With growing global chaos and turmoil on the rise, we simply cannot afford to prematurely retire the best close air-support weapon in our arsenal without fielding a proper replacement."
The A-10's retirement, proposed two years ago, was intended to free up cash to pay for newer planes, including the costly F-35 fighter jet.
In October, the Pentagon announced the deployment of 12 A-10s to the air base in Incirlik in southern Turkey to support anti-IS operations in Iraq and Syria.
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After trying everything else first, the USAF finally does the right thing.
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Correction: When forced to, the USAF brass do the correct thing, at least while everybody's looking. Give 'em time, the whole deal will come back around.
Honestly, I think the Big Guys would rather deliver bombs by FedEx if they could get away with it.
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Active pilot Hogs are less susceptible to UAV command channel and data egress jamming. I expect 'high tech' can go to a 'No Tech' kinetic strike device pretty quick.
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Active pilot Hogs are less susceptible to UAV command channel and data egress jamming. I expect 'high tech' can go to a 'No Tech' kinetic strike device pretty quick.
Sound airspace management is obviously the key. A 'two way' is fun to watch, especially when squirters (kinetic survivors) are involved.
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Obviously, given my nom de plume- I'm delighted. I still see them fly around Gowen field here in Boise. Like a vintage Boss 302 Mustang ...looks great..sounds great and the grunts love 'em.
[DAWN] As many as 10 high profile, convicted gunnies were shifted to the new high security prison in Sahiwal from Adiala Jail on Wednesday.
Among the convincted prisoners transported to Sahiwal was Rana Naveed, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement in the Jhanda Chi Chi attack on former president Gen Pervez Perv Musharraf ... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ... An official source in the prison department told Dawn that about 925 convicted prisoners being housed in various jails across Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... were scheduled to be shifted to the newly constructed prison facility that can hold 1,044 inmates.
Among those transported to Sahiwal were Hameed Ullah - who was convicted in the POF Wah factory attack and awarded a death sentence, Saqib Ali Shah -- convicted in a 2012 terrorism case in the Wah Cantonment, Naseem Khan -- convicted in a kaboom in Jhand Attock, and Syed Zaman Khan -- convicted in an attack on military personnel in Swabi.
Omer Adeel, who was convicted in the 2007 R.A. Bazaar bombing, Hafiz Akram Saeed, Mohammad Aslam, Ameer Sohail and Intikhab Ahmed were also among the prisoners taken to Sahiwal.
"All the prisoners involved in terrorism and sectarian terrorism cases will be shifted to the high security prison," a senior prison department official said. The official said that over 50pc of these prisoners have already been transported.
According to official sources, 26 prisoners involved in terrorism cases and six prisoners involved in sectarian terrorism cases have been held at the Central Jail, Adiala.
Of the 26, seven have been awarded the death penalty, and their appeals are underway. Of the six involved in sectarian terrorism, three have been awarded the death penalty.
Mumtaz Qadri -- the former police commando convicted in the murder of former Punjab government Salman Taseer -- is currently being held at Adiala Jail, and will likely be shifted to Sahiwal during the second phase of the plan, the source said.
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[DAWN] The ruling party is still considering whether it should deploy Rangers in Punjab, as in Sindh, to carry out an operation against hardcore criminals and banned outfits based in the southern districts of the province.
The military establishment, in its assessment, sources in the quiet provincial capital Lahore as well as the federal capital say, has recommended a Rangers-led operation in Punjab.
The issue came up for discussion first at the provincial apex committee meeting and has now landed before the Prime Minister's Office. The security establishment thinks that Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... police lack the training and the equipment to face terrorists, sources say, which was why the assignment must be handed over to Rangers.
However, corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds... the Shahbaz Sharif ...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab... -led provincial government is of the view that it can handle the task through its Counter-Terrorism Department and the Elite Force, but this would require special weaponry and support from the military.
The provincial authorities are of the view that if provided with the proper equipment, the Elite Force could deliver the required results.
At the high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... on Wednesday, which was also attended by the Punjab CM and the Lahore corps commander, it was suggested by the army leadership that Rangers could be used for an operation in the province if the government wanted.
Talking to Dawn, a PML-N office-bearer close to the prime minister said that the districts where an operation could be planned include Rahim Yar Khan, Rajanpur and D.G. Khan. These districts are known for being home to and breeding grounds for snuffies and banned ...the word banned seems to have a different meaning in Pakistain than it does in most other places. Or maybe it simply lacks any meaning at all...
organizations.
Sources in the ruling party said the Punjab government would try its best to make do with its own Elite Force instead of calling in the Rangers. This, he said, would reflect poorly on the provincial government. Of course, he said, if Rangers come to Punjab, they will have the same powers they were exercising in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... .
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[DAWN] The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) on Thursday categorically denied reports that a student from the educational institution has been enjugged Into the paddy wagon wit' yez! on terrorism charges.
LUMS Dean of Student Affairs Yasser Hashmi confirmed that the student has not been arrested and was "present in the university's library when he was contacted."
The Director General (DG) Administration Amir Khan also stated that "no arrest was made."
The statement from LUMS also appeared on the Facebook page of LUMS Students and Alumni Action Committee (LSAAC).
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The Lahore University of Management Sciences
"When MBAs go bad"
[DAWN] Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... Law Minister Rana Sanaullah on Thursday confirmed that Jaish-e-Mohammad ...literally Army of Mohammad, a Pak-based Deobandi terror group founded by Maulana Masood Azhar in 2000, after he split with the Harkat-ul-Mujaheddin. In 2002 the government of Pervez Musharraf banned the group, which changed its name to Khaddam ul-Islam and continued doing what it had been doing before without missing a beat... chief Maulana Masood Azhar ...One of the major players in Pak terrorism. In early 1994, India incarcerated him for his terrorist activities. In 1995, foreign tourists were kidnapped in Jammu and Kashmir. The kidnappers included the release of Masood Azhar among their demands. One of the hostages managed to escape but the rest were eventually killed. In 1999, he was freed by the Indian government in exchange for passengers on hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 814 that had been diverted to Kandahar. The hijackers were led by Masood Azhar's brother, Ibrahim Athar. Once he was handed over to the hijackers, they fled to Pak territory despite the fact that Islamabad had earlier stated that any of the hijackers would be jugged at the border. The Pak government had also previously indicated that Azhar would be allowed to return home since he did not face any charges there. Shortly after his release, he made a public address to an estimated 10,000 people in Karachi, firing up the rubes against America and India... is under 'protective custody'. It's just a pretend arrest, and he'll be quietly released at some point in the fairly near future. They always do this.
Speaking on DawnNews talk show 'News Eye', Sanaullah while responding to a question confirmed that Masood Azhar was taken into protective custody by the counter-terrorism department.
When asked if his custody can be termed an 'arrest', the provincial law minister explained that Azhar will only face arrest and legal action if his involvement in the Pathankot attack is proved beyond doubt.
As Pakistain on Wednesday announced the arrest of Jaish members and started sealing the organization's offices, some media reports had suggested the arrest of Azhar, who has been named by New Delhi as the criminal mastermind of the Pathankot airbase attack.
However, nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits... the Foreign Office had said in the morning that it is not aware of the arrest of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief while Bahawalpur DPO Sarfaraz Ahmad Falki had also expressed ignorance about house arrest of Maulana Azhar or any other arrests in his district.
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[Iran Press TV] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decried latest remarks by Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, who has called for a probe into Tel Aviv regime's "extrajudicial executions" of Paleostinians.
"I think what the Swedish foreign minister said is outrageous,... it's immoral and it's stupid," Netanyahu, who also functions as foreign minister, said on Thursday.
The remarks came only a day after the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced in a statement that it had called in Swedish Ambassador Carl Magnus Nesser to condemn in the strongest terms what it described as Wallstrom's "biased and even hostile attitude to Israel."
During a speech on Tuesday, Wallstrom called for a probe into the Israeli regime's killing of a large number of Paleostinians on a daily basis, saying, "It is vital that there are thorough, credible investigations into these deaths in order to clarify and bring about possible accountability."
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If Wallstrom feels so strongly maybe he should allow several million paleos into his country to better protect them.
Didn't think so.
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So Palestinian leaders who encourage their people to random acts of violence, namely stabbing or purposefully running over people including children, at random, and Wallstrom says nothing. When Israeli's defend themselves against these attacks she is outraged and demands investigation.
Well, when people in authority like Wallstrom condone random stabbing, and purposefully driving cars into people waiting at bus stops, the message that gets across to the Arab world is that they will tolerate such things in Sweden as well.
In November apparently mobs of North African or other immigrants attacked a large number of Swedish women in Stockholm. And indeed, neither the government nor the press bothered to notice it, though the police were aware of the complaints. The fools condone such behavior even in Stockholm.
The hope of the Palestinians is that the Jews would be scared, and pack up and leave the country of Israel to them. I don't think that will happen..
I wonder what the Swedes will do when their Arabs decide to scare the Swedes out of their country so they can run it? Who knows, the Arabs might even prefer Sweden to Israel.
[NRTTV] The U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Syria on Thursday (Jan. 14) called for the siege to be lifted in towns such as Madaya where residents are reportedly dying of starvation.
"Ultimately the solution, the real solution to this predicament, to the plight of the people besieged in these towns, the real solution is for the siege to be lifted," said U.N. Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Syria Yacoub El Hillo.
Hillo was speaking from Tukiyah, 12km (7.5 miles) away from Madaya where aid is expected after 44 trucks left Damascus for the besieged town on Thursday morning.
Nearby Shi'ite villages Foua and Kefraya, surrounded by rebels, will also receive aid.
"For us, that is the United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... , the International Committee of the Red Thingy and the Syrian Arab Red Islamic Thingy, to be able to reach these people is encouraging and we are determined to continue this humanitarian mission today, but also in the coming days, bringing in more aid, medical supplies, food, other humanitarian supplies including winter support supplies, and that is something that should not be time-bound. This is something that should be continuous," Hillo added.
Around 40,000 civilians are trapped in Madaya and living in hard conditions, especially as the weather gets colder.
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[Iran Press TV] A new study that shows the US has dropped over 23,000 bombs on six Muslim-majority countries in 2015 underscores Washington's extent of hypocrisy and its "addiction to war," an American geopolitical analyst says.
"It is in many ways quite indicative of the very nature of how the US projects its power all over the world, in particular in Muslim countries and even more in particular in the Middle East," said Eric Draitser, the founder of Stopimperialism.com.
The Council of Foreign Relations (CRF), a New York-based think tank, has estimated that 23,144 bombs were dropped last year by the US on Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistain, Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... and Somalia.
About 77 percent of the US Arclight airstrikes purportedly targeted the Daesh [Islamic State] (ISIL) terrorist group in Iraq and Syria, CRF said, citing several sources, including US Airpower Statistics and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
"The Council of Foreign Relations report only confirms what we already know to be true; that the US is addicted to war, that the US is the quintessential hypocritical imperial state," Draitser said during an interview with Press TV on Thursday.
CFR's report indicates that US bombardments in Iraq and Syria failed to weaken Daesh [Islamic State]faceless myrmidons or decrease the number of their members.
Pentagon officials claim that at least 25,000 ISIL fighters have been killed since US Arclight airstrikes began in Iraq and Syria in 2014. At the same time, the CIA admits that the size of the group has remained wholly unchanged.
The report also indicates that despite the bombings in Afghanistan, the Talibs took control of more ground in the country.
The US and its allies invaded Afghanistan on October 7, 2001 as part of Washington's so-called war on terror. The offensive removed the Taliban from power, but after more than 14 years, the foreign troops have still not been able to establish security in the country.
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Where does Iran Press TV keep dredging up these folks addicted to stoopid?
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War, there's always been war. Peace is that brief period of time when everyone is just reloading.
[Iran Press TV] US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter says the US Marines who trespassed into Iranian waters had made a "navigational error."
"The information that they have given us, and through their commanders is that they did stray accidentally into Iranian waters due to a navigation error," the Pentagon chief said in an interview with Univision on Thursday. "So that seems to be the original cause of this, according to the interviews that we have done."
Real Admiral Ali Fadavi, the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy, said Wednesday that 10 sailors aboard two CB-90 patrol boats, who were reportedly moving between Kuwait and Bahrain for a training mission, were taken into custody.
The Marines, comprised of nine men and one woman, had reached three miles into the waters surrounding the Farsi Island in the Persian Gulf, according to the senior IRGC commander.
The sailors were released on Wednesday. An unidentified US official confirmed to the CNN that the Marines boarded US missile cruiser USS Anzio.
US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... issued a statement shortly after, thanking Iran for allowing the servicemen to return.
"I want to express my gratitude to Iranian authorities for their cooperation in swiftly resolving this matter," Kerry said.
"That this issue was resolved peacefully and efficiently is a testament to the critical role diplomacy plays in keeping our country safe, secure, and strong," he added.
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Navigational error and a mechanical malfunction? Or is the mechanical part of the story gone away? Or was the mechanical failure that of the GPS leading to a navigational error?
Wasn't the whole idea behind the 26 GPS satellites that the military would know the absolute position of anything at all times?
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Yes, the small boats were allegedly returned without the faulty GPS and navigation systems. How thoughtful of the Iranians to dispose of the useless hardware.
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If it was a navigational error someone should be publicly dressed down for embarrassing the nation. If it wasn't a navigational error and they just want to blame the crew, such a move is also likely to break the truth free.
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Once the 150 billion flows to the Iranian Mullahs, THEY will release the truth about stopping the vessel transit at gunpoint. Strong Horse display for all to see...
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OTOH see FREEDON DAILY > TREASON: US DEFENSE SECRETARY [Ashton Carter] REVEALS OBAMA REGIME LEAD IRAN STRAIGHT TO OUR SAILORS.
Be it playing golf, or fear by the Bammer + Admin of starting a major incident wid OWG Co-Superpower Iran, the Bammer + Admin failed to even try to dev andor attempt a unilateral rescue or recovery of the sailors, PREFERRING SEEMINGLY TO FIRST GIVE BFF IRAN A CALL FOR HELP???
US-LED ANTI-US GLOBALISM PCOORECTLY RELABELLED AS BILATERAL "HUMANITARIANISM"???
Yes, yes -- utterly secure. The NSA most definitely hasn't found it yet, nor penetrated it.
[Iran Press TV] The Daesh [Islamic State]Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... terrorist group claims to have built its own secure messaging application, making their conversations more difficult to monitor, a hacking group says.
According to a counterterrorism network called the Ghost Security Group, moving on from messaging apps like Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, and Twitter, the Daesh [Islamic State] Takfiri terrorist group has now built an Android-based, encrypted-messaging app called Alrawi.apk, or just the Alrawi app, that circumvents conventional messaging apps regarded easier for the FBI to monitor.
"The application's primary purpose is for propaganda distribution. Using the app you are able to follow the most recent news and video clips." Ghost Security representatives told Defense One on Wednesday.
The representatives added that these messaging features are not quite as secure or sophisticated as those of Telegram or WhatsApp, but they share the distinct advantage of being independent of any third-party company or organization that might help anti-ISIL governments or law enforcement agencies.
The move by the the Daesh [Islamic State] Takfiri terrorist group comes at a time when the terrorist group is now believed to be stepping up terror plots and attacks in many parts of the world. The group was behind the kaboom on the Indonesian capital of Jakarta on 14 January, with at least seven people dead and there are concerns that Daesh [Islamic State] influence is spreading in the Philippines.
US President Barack Obama It’s very rare that I come to an event where I’m like the fifth- or sixth-most interesting person.... and presidential contenders, like Hillary Clinton ... sometimes described as America's Blond Eminence and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another Edward Livingstone ... , have in recent weeks urged tech leaders to voluntarily join the fight against Daesh [Islamic State].
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[Iran Press TV] A Nigerian Shia group says more than 700 of its members are still unaccounted for a month after the deadly attacks by Nigerian forces against Shia Muslims in the northern city of Zaria.
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...One of the major players in Pak terrorism. In early 1994, India incarcerated him for his terrorist activities. In 1995, foreign tourists were kidnapped in Jammu and Kashmir. The kidnappers included the release of Masood Azhar among their demands. One of the hostages managed to escape but the rest were eventually killed. In 1999, he was freed by the Indian government in exchange for passengers on hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 814 that had been diverted to Kandahar. The hijackers were led by Masood Azhar's brother, Ibrahim Athar. Once he was handed over to the hijackers, they fled to Pak territory despite the fact that Islamabad had earlier stated that any of the hijackers would be jugged at the border. The Pak government had also previously indicated that Azhar would be allowed to return home since he did not face any charges there. Shortly after his release, he made a public address to an estimated 10,000 people in Karachi, firing up the rubes against America and India...
[Iran Press TV] US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter says the US Marines who trespassed into Iranian waters had made a "navigational error."
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