[Libya Observer] The Labor Minister at the UN-proposed government, Ali Qalma, resigned on Friday and said the Presidential Council had been "absolutely kidnapped."
Speaking on TV, Qalma said that his resignation is a moral and ethical commitment to the well-being of Libyans as he could pursue no longer seeing the ever-sliding security and living conditions in the country, adding, "it is unacceptable."
Qalma explained that the PC failed to deal with the crises in the country and that it is had been suffering from obvious discord among its membership, pointing out that the budget of the financial preparations must be halted and only the budget of salary payments should remain in effect currently.
Qalma’s resignation, which is the second in weeks, after that of al-Koni, casts doubt on the future of al-Sirraj-chaired government as it is now after over one year of assuming office based on the agreement, struck in Skhirat, Morocco, under the auspices of the UN, but receiving little support by the conflicting Libyan factions.
The Salvation Government (SG) in 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... announced recently that it had retaken a number of government institution buildings, including the Ministry of Labor’s, before the UN-proposed government announced, through Qalma, retrieving the building on the following day.
However, corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds... to continue the Tom and Jerry scenario, the SG declared again last Thursday via the Prime Minister Khalifa al-Ghweil’s photos inside the building that it had retaken the Labor Ministry again among other ministerial buildings.
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U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order barring refugees from entering the country also extends to North Koreans fleeing from one of the most repressive regimes in the world, a U.S. media agency said Sunday.
The Voice of America said North Korean refugees are not allowed to enter the United States at least for four months as the executive order places a 120-day moratorium on the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP).
Under the 2004 North Korean Human Rights Act, North Korean escapees can attain refugee status in the U.S.
During the four months, the U.S. authorities will "review the USRAP application and adjudication process to determine what additional procedures should be taken to ensure that those approved for refugee admission do not pose a threat to the security and welfare" of the country, according to the order.
But the impact will remain minimal since there are not many North Korean refugees, the report quoted Suzanne Scholte, the chair of the North Korea Freedom Coalition and vice co-chair of the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, as saying.
From 2006 until the end of last year, the number amounted to 211, which translates to some 20 a year.
So it's not a big deal. Most of the NK refugees end up in South Korea.
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Scott Morrison has declined to criticise Donald Trump’s contentious travel ban, saying it is up to the United States to determine its border control arrangements, and noting the rest of the world is now “catching up” with Australia’s harsh deterrence policies.
Morrison, a former immigration minister, suggested to Sydney radio host Ray Hadley he empathised with the US president Donald Trump, who is facing a fierce backlash against his controversial executive order banning travel to the US from seven Muslim-majority countries.
“I remember when we came in in 2013 and I was implementing our border protection policy people threw their hands up – and I said I’m doing what I said I would do in the way I said I’d do it – and guess what, I’m now getting the results I said I’d get,” Morrison told Hadley during their weekly Monday morning chat.
“And we did that as a government, and we’ve continued that as a government, and we are the envy of the world when it comes to strong border protection policies.
“The rest of the world would love to have our borders and the way they are secured and the immigration arrangements we have put in place, particularly most recently, over the last three or four years.
“We’ve got a good history around this. Really, the rest of the world is catching up to Australia.”
Morrison refused to condemn Trump’s policy, which has sparked protests, a legal challenge and criticism in the US and internationally.
Australia’s treasurer said Trump was doing what he said he would do during the presidential race. “Now how the US wants to handle [border protection] is a matter for them. As you say, they’ve had an election, and the president is implementing what he said he would do.”
The foreign minister, Julie Bishop, has reportedly indicated Australia will support Donald Trump’s “strong immigration and border protection policies”.
“The Australian government is working very closely with the administration and the US officials and we want to ensure that Australians continue to have access to the United States, as they have in the past, and people from the United States have access to Australia,” Bishop is reported to have said in Los Angeles.
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[NYPOST] The ACLU is getting "multiple reports" that federal customs agents are siding with President Trump -- and willfully ignoring a Brooklyn federal judge’s demand that travelers from seven Moslem countries not be deported from the nation’s airports.
"The court’s order could not be clearer... they need to comply with the order," Omar Jadwat, director of the ACLU’s Immigrants colonists Rights project, told The Post late Saturday.
"It’s enough to be a serious concern," Jadwat said of the reports.
Jadwat and other ACLU lawyers had earlier Saturday night won an emergency stay of Trump’s deportation order from Brooklyn Federal Judge Ann Donnelly.
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This is payback for having to knuckle under to Obama for eight years - I'm cool with it.
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One more theme to be noted - leftists want to complain about weaponized Federal government? This is what you get when the Executive branch changes hands and you didn't do a fucking thing to oppose it. Now sit down, shut the fuck up, and enjoy the ass fucking by Trump. Maybe he uses Astroglide; damned if I know. I bet on certain lefty 'men' will dig that sort of thing, complete with a ball gag...
[Hurriyet Daily News] Very important evidence has been accessed during the interrogation of Reina nightclub murderer Abdulkadir Masharipov, who was caught by Istanbul police on Jan. 16. His capture alive helped give information about several of his connections. If only the assassin of Russian Ambassador Andrey Karlov, Mevlut Mert Altintas, had been caught alive we could have learned of any connection between the Karlov liquidation and the 2015 downing of the Russian jet. We could have learned who he took the order from and, most importantly, deciphered whether he was part of a FETÖ liquidation team.
According to information provided by Masharipov so far, there were three potential targets on the night of the Reina attack. One of them was the office of daily Cumhuriyet in Istanbul. When the Cumhuriyet address was given to him, it was defined as "the newspaper that insulted the prophet." But they decided not to attack the paper because there would not have been many people there on that night. So Masharipov was directed toward Reina.
He killer checked three different addresses on Dec. 31. He went to Taksim Square and told his partners in Syria that the square would not be suitable for an attack. He told the headquarters in Syria that because of the strict security measures and because of the rain, turnout in Taksim would be low.
In Syria he called Raqqa, speaking to the "emir" for The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , who wanted to stage an attack that would be heard worldwide. He then apparently made checks around the Cumhuriyet building in Istanbul’s Sisli district. This could be verified by reviewing camera footage around the paper.
Why Cumhuriyet? In the order sent from Raqqa, it is defined as "the newspaper that insulted the prophet." The order also makes a connection between the Charlie Hebdo ...A lefty French satirical magazine, home of what may well be the majority if the active testicles left in Europe... attack and Cumhuriyet. The Charlie Hebdo magazine was attacked on Jan. 7, 2015 in La Belle France by ISIS bad boys, killing 11, after which daily Cumhuriyet printed the Charlie Hebdo cover in the name of solidarity.
Ultimately, Masharipov was directed to Reina. If a different order had come, our colleagues working at Cumhuriyet on New Year’s Eve would have been targeted.
Communication was done through the Telegram messaging app on Masharipov’s mobile. The final order for the massacre at Reina also came through Telegram, accompanied by images of people dancing and having fun in the club. Police have found no evidence of any accomplice inside the club.
It is said that Masharipov has looked very professional during his interrogation. Gravely, he is apparently determined that if he was released today he would stage the same attack again.
After the massacre, he went to see his wife and took his 4.5-year-old son. His plan was to take a ferry to Canakkale, then to Izmir, and then to Hatay, from where he would cross to Syria. There was his escape plan, but ISIS did not hand him his son, ruining his initial plans.
He said he had married in a religious wedding with the Egyptian woman who was with him from the beginning in Istanbul, identified as Tene Trare.
Tene Trare started talking when it dawned on her that her husband would leave her and run away to Syria, taking their son as well as his Egyptian lover.
Clearly, even if you are a terrorist its best not to play with a woman’s feelings.
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I didn't read the article as carefully as I thought the first time, and missed this gem:
If only the assassin of Russian Ambassador Andrey Karlov, Mevlut Mert Altintas, had been caught alive we could have learned ... most importantly, deciphered whether he was part of a FETÖ liquidation team.
Why on earth would Gulenists go after a Russian ambassador? It is Erdogan Bey, the much beloved, who is causing all their troubles -- the Russians couldn't care less.
I had to go to Azerbaijan to find Trump's statement. Apparently the NYT doesn't see it as fit to print.
Calling America a "proud nation of immigrants," US President Donald Trump defended the immigration restrictions he ordered January 27 and said he would continue "protect our own citizens and border.", Sputnik reported.
"America has always been the land of the free and the home of the brave. We will keep it free and safe, as the media knows but refuses to say," Trump began his statement, taking aim at his favorite target, the US media.
He said while the country would continue to show "compassion to those fleeing oppression," it must do so while protecting itself, and that within 90 days, visas would begin being issued for "all countries."
The new president equated his ban on accepting Syrian refugees, his four-month suspension of taking refugees from any country, and his ban on admitting nationals of seven Muslim countries to what former President Barack Obama did in 2011, when for six months he stopped issuing visas for refugees from Iraq.
Trump also noted that the seven nations his ban affects — Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen — were identified by the Obama administration as "sources of terror."
Obama just didn't do a lot about it...
"To be clear, this is not a Muslim ban, as the media is falsely reporting," Trump said. "This is not about religion — this is about terror and keeping our country safe. There are over 40 different countries worldwide that are majority Muslim that are not affected by this order."
"We will again be issuing visas to all countries once we are sure we have reviewed and implemented the most secure policies over the next 90 days," he said.
Trump also said he had "tremendous feeling" for those caught up in the "horrific humanitarian crisis" in Syria, but that his first priority is to American citizens.
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his first priority is to American citizens
How racis of him!
Washington (CNN)The immigration executive orders signed by President Donald Trump this week could amount to a vast expansion of authority for individual immigration officers and a dramatic increase in efforts to detain and deport undocumented immigrants.
The order lays out a series of categories of undocumented immigrants that immigration law enforcement officials should prioritize for removing from the country, a reaction to what was criticized by the right as lax enforcement of immigration law by former President Barack Obama.
But experts
Who are these "experts"?
say the descriptions include virtually every person in the country illegally and give broad latitude to individual immigration officers to decide who should be detained for deportation.
In addition to a strain on resources, critics worry the orders could cause legal concerns.
The Obama administration had prioritized expulsion of undocumented immigrants who threatened public safety or national security, had ties to criminal gang activity, committed serious felony offenses or were habitual misdemeanor criminal offenders.
Trump's order goes far beyond that, using a sweeping definition of "criminal" and giving a single immigration officer the ability to make judgments on threats to public safety.
Which is what immigration officers are supposed to do.
The order says the priority will be removing deportable immigrants who "have been convicted of any criminal offense; have been charged with any criminal offense, where such charge has not been resolved; have committed acts that constitute a chargeable criminal offense; have engaged in fraud or willful misrepresentation in connection with any official matter or application before a governmental agency; have abused any program related to receipt of public benefits; are subject to a final order of removal, but who have not complied with their legal obligation to depart the United States; or in the judgment of an immigration officer, otherwise pose a risk to public safety or national security."
The order labels each category "A" through "G," but doesn't make explicit whether they are in decreasing order of significance or equal.
Seems to read clearly enough to me: if you fit into one of these categories, you're excluded.
Experts say the order would seemingly include all undocumented immigrants -- a departure from Obama administration policies that extended some protections to those that have lived in the US for potentially decades and have otherwise been contributing members of society.
Why yes, it would, which is exactly the point. It isn't Trump who is writing new law, it was Obama who did so. Trump is rolling it back to the original intent of Congress. You can see why that's a problem.
The Obama administration offered formal protection to a group under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, geared toward undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children who grew up here and were pursuing education or jobs.
Trump has said that such individuals are not his priority, that he wants to focus on removing "bad dudes." Nevertheless, his sweeping executive order would seemingly allow for anyone to be detained for removal proceedings, even if they have only been suspected of committing a crime, including misdemeanors, or of being a threat.
Correct. If you're suspected of being a threat you shouldn't be here.
"I think it covers just about every illegal alien in the country," said Hans von Spakovsky, a legal expert at the conservative Heritage Foundation, which has been strongly influential on Trump's policy. "It's also very clear that the No. 1 priority is people who have been charged and convicted with criminal offenses, and that's the kind of violent criminals who should be out of the country."
Thank you for the explanation Hans, but I fear it falls on deaf ears...
Still, there's nothing in the current order that makes that clear. It places a violent criminal at the same level as a parent of US citizen children who works and contributes to their community, said Washington University law professor Stephen Legomsky.
Because both are illegal...
"That strikes me as crazy," said Legomsky, who has served as a consultant to Obama, former President Bill Clinton and the George H.W. Bush administration.
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the descriptions include virtually every person in the country illegally
Cambridge English Dictionary: "illegal" = not allowed by law
The ACLU is getting “multiple reports” that federal customs agents are siding with President Trump — and willfully ignoring a Brooklyn federal judge’s demand that travelers from seven Muslim countries not be deported from the nation’s airports.
“The court’s order could not be clearer… they need to comply with the order,” Omar Jadwat, director of the ACLU’s Immigrants Rights project, told The Post late Saturday.
“It’s enough to be a serious concern,” Jadwat said of the reports.
Jadwat and other ACLU lawyers had earlier Saturday night won an emergency stay of Trump’s deportation order from Brooklyn Federal Judge Ann Donnelly.
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Apparently 'Law of the Land' by presidential decree TRUMPs a judge.
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] President Trump's decision to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and stop the free flow of refugees until they can be vetted better is reviving the morale of customs and border agents, according to the union representing both.
"Morale amongst our agents and officers has increased exponentially," said a joint statement from the National Border Patrol Council and National ICE Council.
"The men and women of ICE and Border Patrol will work tirelessly to keep criminals, terrorists, and public safety threats out of this country, which remains the number one target in the world ‐ and President Trump's actions now empower us to fulfill this life saving mission, and it will indeed save thousands of lives and billions of dollars," it added.
The statement on behalf of the agents for the immigration, customs and border protection was a powerful endorsement of Trump's action as he his under fire from critics of his actions.
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Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Nearly 130.000 refugee families have returned to their homes in Anbar since Islamic State militants, the Iraqi government said on Sunday.
There are currently more than 22.000 families remaining in refugee camps, according to the Ministry of Migration and Displacement department in Anbar
The families have returned to their homes in the cities of Ramadi, Fallujah, karma, Khalidiya, Heet, Rutba and Haditha, the ministry said.
Approval of the Settlements Bill is tantamount to de-facto annexation, anti-Zionist Union party head MK Isaac Herzog warned on Monday afternoon.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his faction meeting, "We plan to advance the legislation this week. It’s objective is to prevent [legal] deficiencies and attempts to harass settlements in Judea and Samaria."
In case you didn't notice, Bougie, "international" changed 10 days ago.
[ABC] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the American embassy in Israel should be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, injecting himself once again into a charged campaign trail promise of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Netanyahu's comments at his weekly Cabinet meeting appeared aimed at countering reports that Israel was concerned about the fallout of such a move, which is vehemently opposed by the Palestinians and has sparked fears of a renewed outbreak of violence. It comes a day after Netanyahu unilaterally endorsed Trump's call to build a wall along the Mexican border, saying the Israeli model along its border with Egypt has proven successful
"I would like to clarify unequivocally that our view has always been, and continues to be, that the United States' embassy should be here in Jerusalem," Netanyahu said. "Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and it is appropriate that not only the American embassy will be here but that all embassies will move here and I believe that in due course most will come here, to Jerusalem."
Currently, nearly all foreign embassies are located in the coastal city of Tel Aviv because their countries have refrained from recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital until its status is resolved in future peace talks. Israel has long called for the embassies to be relocated but hasn't pushed hard for it given the widespread international opposition.
But Trump's rise has emboldened Israel's nationalists. His campaign platform made no mention of a Palestinian state, a cornerstone of two decades of international diplomacy in the region, and he has signaled that he will be far more tolerant of Israeli settlement construction than his predecessors.
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As long as the Palestinian Authority gets no punishment for its misdeeds, they will continue. This would be a very mild punishment, but would shake the notion that whatever it does, including rejecting peace and insisting on everything and having 522 employees supporting terrorist families, and educating children to hate Jews and promoting attacks on them, only bring more demands on Israel. They must learn the Salvation Army slogan: the wages of sin are death, and the sooner they start learning it the better.
[Wash Times] The Islamic State has planned to infect refugee flows to the West with mass killers, and it has had some violent successes.
The CIA said last year that the terrorist group’s official strategy is to hide its operatives among refugees entering Europe and the United States via human flows out of the Middle East and North Africa.
The Islamic State, also known as ISIL and ISIS, has inspired followers to commit atrocities in San Bernardino, California; Orlando, Florida; and the Fort Lauderdale airport in Florida. Scores of U.S. residents have been charged with or suspected of providing material support to the Islamic State. Some have left the U.S. to commit war crimes in Syria and Iraq.
As President Trump places a 120-day ban on immigration from what he considers high-risk Muslim-majority countries, the history of the mass migration shows that some took part in the Nov. 13, 2015, massacre in Paris -- two posed as refugees from Syria -- and the Christmastime truck carnage in Berlin. Two of the airport and Metro attacks in Brussels last year had fought in Syria and gained entry back into Belgium. The German press has reported refugee knife and ax attacks on innocents.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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[NYPOST] The ACLU is getting "multiple reports" that federal customs agents are siding with President Trump -- and willfully ignoring a Brooklyn federal judge’s demand that travelers from seven 
[Hurriyet Daily News] Very important evidence has been accessed during the interrogation of Reina nightclub murderer Abdulkadir Masharipov, who was caught by Istanbul police on Jan. 16. His capture alive helped give information about several of his connections. If only the assassin of Russian Ambassador Andrey Karlov, Mevlut Mert Altintas, had been caught alive we could have learned of any connection between the Karlov 
A lefty French satirical magazine, home of what may well be the majority if the active testicles left in Europe...
[Wash Times] The Islamic State has planned to infect refugee flows to the West with mass killers, and it has had some violent successes.
