[AnNahar] Russia on Friday denied allegations by the commander of NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... that Moscow may be assisting the Taliban as the snuffies fight US and NATO forces in Afghanistan.
"These claims are absolutely false," Zamir Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the World and didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... ov, head of the Russian foreign ministry's department responsible for Afghanistan and the Kremlin's special envoy in the country, told RIA Novosti state news agency.
"These fabrications are designed, as we have repeatedly underlined, to justify the failure of the US military and politicians in the Afghan campaign. There is no other explanation."
NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, US General Curtis Scaparrotti, who also heads the US military's European Command, told politicians in Washington on Thursday that he had witnessed Russia's influence grow in many regions, including in Afghanistan.
In a statement to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Scaparrotti said Moscow was "perhaps" supplying the Taliban.
In February General John Nicholson, the US commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, testified that Russia is encouraging the Taliban and providing them with diplomatic cover in a bid to undermine US influence and defeat NATO.
Kabulov in 2015 said that Russia was exchanging information with the Taliban and saw shared interest with them when it comes to fighting 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.... jihadist group.
Russia considers the Taliban a terrorist group and it is banned in the country, along with the Islamic State group.
Taliban fighters on Thursday captured Afghanistan's strategic district of Sangin, where US and British forces suffered heavy casualties until it was handed over to Afghan personnel.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... , the Egyptian president tossed in 2011 and the first leader to face trial after the Arab Spring uprisings that swept the region, was freed on Friday after six years in detention, his lawyer said.
He left the Maadi Military Hospital in Cairo where he were tossed into the calaboose, heading to his home in Heliopolis.
"Yes, he is now in his home in Heliopolis," Mubarak’s lawyer, Farid El Deeb told Rooters when asked if Mubarak had left the hospital. Heliopolis is an upscale neighbourhood where the main presidential palace from which Mubarak once governed is located.
The 88-year-old was cleared of the final murder charges against him this month, after facing trial in a litany of cases ranging from corruption to the killing of protesters whose 18-day revolt stunned the world and ended his 30-year rule.
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[REALCLEARWORLD] Recent reports that Russia deployed special forces to an air base in Egypt near the border with Libya highlight the Kremlin’s growing concern with the domestic situation of the long-standing Soviet client. Strategically located and abundant with oil deposits, Libya since the violent overthrow of Muammar Qadaffy ...a proud Arab institution for 42 years, now among the dear departed, though not the dearest... has become a battleground contested by numerous local tribes and Death Eater groups, as well as two rival governments.
The current state of affairs in Libya does not correspond with Moscow’s new role, nor with its vision for the Middle East. A power struggle between governments based in the Libyan cities of 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... and Tobruk has left a security vacuum across the country, one that invites and shelters Islamic murderous Moslems from all across the region.
The Kremlin views Fayez al-Sarraj’s government in Tripoli as weak and incapable of ensuring order and stability. Many in Moscow also see it as a puppet regime installed by NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants... in order to diminish Russia’s sphere of influence and help the West lay its hands on Libya’s oil fields.
Quite simply, Russia’s goal in its relations with Libya is to install the pro-Kremlin regime. With its predilection for stability and secular strongmen, Russia also sees in Libya an opportunity to expand its greater vision for the Middle East and North Africa.
Moscow has allegedly provided military assistance to Libyan strongman and military commander Khalifa Haftar ... served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all... , and Russia’s major private defense firm, RSB-Group, reportedly carried out a successful mine clearing operation at the Benghazi airport earlier this year.
A former colonel in Qadaffy’s army, Haftar was captured in 1987 by Chadian forces and was eventually forced to flee to the United States. Following Qadaffy’s execution, he returned to Libya and was promoted to the role of general by the National Transitional Council, the de facto governing body in the country following the civil war. Haftar later allied himself with the government in eastern city of Tobruk, which appointed him as a commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA).
Haftar vehemently opposes any shade of Islamism in politics and advocates for a united Libya. Many in Moscow view him as a reincarnation of Qadaffy, and one capable of ending the six-year stretch of anarchy in the war-torn country.
The Libyan strongman has already traveled twice to Moscow over the past year. There he spoke to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and other key diplomatic officials. He was also invited on board Russia’s aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov. in the Mediterranean, and he spoke by video link to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
Earlier in March, Libyan House of Representatives President Aguila Saleh told Russia's state RIA Novosti news agency that Moscow has "promised assistance in the fight against terrorism". According to an LNA front man, at least 70 of Haftar’s soldiers received medical treatment in Russia over the last year.
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Russians, due to their extensive interactions with Third World - untainted by domestic politics, firmly grasped one simple fact: a military dictatorship is the most advanced (and least dangerous to their neighbors) form of government possible in Islamic country.
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Russia is the world's 2nd biggest oil exporter and fracking will greatly increase its export capacity. A stable Libya doesn't seem to be in its economic interests.
[AlAhram] An Islamist myrmidon accused of criminal masterminding a deadly attack in Ivory Coast is also suspected of having planned a major assault in Burkina Faso ...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other... 's capital last year, a bigwig said Friday.
Ivorian officials believe Mimi Ould Baba Ould Cheikh organised the gun and grenade attack that left 19 people dead last March at the beach resort of Grand-Bassam, which is popular with foreigners.
Now he is also believed to have been "head of operations" for the attack on a hotel and cafe in Ouagadougou in January 2016 that killed 30 people, said Colonel Serge Alain Ouedraogo of the Burkinabe gendarmerie.
"The weapons and equipment for the attack were carefully hidden in the tyre of a truck that Mimi had sent to Burkina by his lieutenant Ibrahim Ould Mohammed," Ouedraogo told a presser.
The pair were locked away Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! in Mali by troops from La Belle France's Barkhane anti-Islamist myrmidon force -- Mimi in January this year, and his alleged accomplice last May.
Both were formerly living in a refugee camp in Djibo, northern Burkina Faso, Ouedraogo said.
After their arrests, the Burkinabe security ministry sent officials to Mali's capital Bamako and "obtained their confession of their involvement" in the Ouagadougou assault, the colonel said.
Mimi confessed to being in contact with an aide to Algerian murderous Moslem Mokhtar Belmokhtar of the al-Murabitoun group, who offered him 10 millions CFA francs ($15,200, 15,000 euros) to carry out the "plan".
As of March al-Mourabitoune is one third of a new group called Group to Support Islam and Moslems, along with Ansar Dine and another group. They are affiliated with Al Qaeda in North Africa in opposition to the local ISIS affiliates.
"He came several weeks before the Ouagadougou attack in the company of a white man with the first name Abderrahmane, using Nigerian identity cards for a reconnaissance mission," Ouedraogo said.
They had photographed the Cappuccino cafe and Splendid Hotel that would later be targeted in the attacks, along with another restaurant that was not hit, he said.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Iranian news agencies have remained silent ever since the United States government placed two affiliates of the Saraya al-Ashtar organization on its terrorist list.
In a statement, Bahrain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs praised the US’ "positive and important decision", saying that its position reflects the US determination to confront all forms of terrorism and all those who support and sympathize with it.
The US State Department had announced in a statement on its website that they designated Ahmad Hasan Yusuf and Alsayed Murtadha Majeed Ramadhan Alawi as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT) under Executive Order (E.O.) 13224.
"Today’s actions follow a recent increase in Lion of Islam attacks in Bahrain, where Iran has provided weapons, funding, and training to Lion of Islams. This marks yet another step in our continued effort to aggressively target Iran’s destabilizing and terrorism-related activities in the region," the State Department said in a statement.
"We will continue to stand with Bahrain in addressing these threats, even as we encourage the government to clearly differentiate its response to violent militia groups from its engagement with peaceful political opposition," they added.
Who are the al-Ashtar Brigades?
Saraya al-Ashtar, also known as the al-Ashtar Brigades in English, have grabbed credit for more than 20 attacks in Bahrain, mainly against coppers and security forces.
The name "al-Ashtar" links the group to Malik al-Ashtar, a figure revered by Shiites from early Islam.
They are perhaps responsible for what many have called the "single worst incident of terrorism on Bahraini soil," according to local activist group Citizens for Bahrain.
The incident refers to the March 2014 attack that claimed the lives of Bahraini coppers Ammar Abdu-Ali al-Dhalei and Mohammed Arslan Ramadhan and Emirati officer First Lieutenant Tariq al-Shehhi.
The three Bahrainis perpetrators with links to al-Ashtar Brigades were executed for their actions earlier this year.
They told Al Arabiya English they strongly welcomed the designation and viewed it as an acknowledgment of Iranian involvement with terror groups in Bahrain.
"In the recent past members of Saraya al-Ashtar have been found to have been trained and armed by Iran and some of their most senior members have taken refuge in Iran hence this can be considered a wholly Iranian proxy organization with aims that are hostile to Bahrain's security and illusory sovereignty," Mohammed Al Sayed, a spokesperson for Citizens for Bahrain, told Al Arabiya English.
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[NYDAILYNEWS] A new lawsuit alleging 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... gave material support to al Qaeda -- enabling the terror group's slaughter of some 3,000 people on 9/11 -- is giving some families hope the country’s role won’t be swept under the rug.
The Manhattan Federal Court lawsuit, filed Monday by more than 800 victims’ families, provides extensive accusations about the Gulf nation's complicity -- such as by bankrolling the attack.
Saudi Arabia "actively supported al Qaeda in its final preparations for the September 11th attacks," court papers contend.
And the country did so "through a network of the kingdom’s officers, employees and/or agents who met with and aided the hijackers, providing them with money, cover, advice, contacts, transportation, assistance with language and U.S. culture, identification, access to pilot training and other material support and resources," the suit charges.
Lawyers for those suing Saudi Arabia -- as well as the Kingdom's defense team -- met in court Thursday afternoon to discuss the status of the case, as well as related lawsuits.
Monday's lawsuit differs from prior 9/11 cases because it gives an in depth accounting of Saudi Arabia's role in the attacks, lawyers and victims say.
The new lawsuit against Saudi Arabia was filed in Manhattan Federal Court on Monday. (Jefferson Siegel/New York Daily News)
While the hearing Thursday was mostly procedural, Judge Sarah Netburn set some tentative deadlines for turning over documents, as well as for arguments to dismiss the lawsuits.
Sept. 11 widow Kathy Owens, whose husband Peter worked on the 104th floor of the North Tower, wants the allegations to be aired in open court.
Kin of 9/11 victims sue Saudi Arabia for complicity in attacks
Owens believes the new lawsuit, which she is a part of, is the best way to ensure these potentially damning details emerge.
"For the families, we just want the chance to get all the evidence out in public -- as soon as possible," said Owens, 57.
Tim Frolich, 52, of Brooklyn, was severely injured after fleeing the South Tower -- which collapsed shortly after he escaped.
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North Korea seems to have finished preparing for another nuclear test, waiting for leader Fat Boy Kim Jong-un's final decision, South Korean defense officials warned Friday.
"It's assessed that North Korea is capable of conducting a nuclear test within hours after Pudgy Kim Jong-un's order," an official said on the condition of anonymity. "We are keeping close tabs on its nuclear-related facilities with combined assets with the U.S."
The warning came in response to foreign news reports that a nuclear provocation, which would be North Korea's sixth, appears imminent. Quoting U.S. officials with the "most recent intelligence" from the peninsula, Fox News said the reclusive nation is in the final stages of gearing up for the test.
"The test could come as early as the end of the month," one official was cited as saying.
U.S. officials, Fox added, have detected evidence that North Korea has finished digging new tunnels around its nuclear site in Punggye-ri. But there have been no indications yet of busy activity of vehicles and equipment there. The South Korean military official also said no unusual signs have been detected yet in the vicinity of the area where the North has carried out five nuclear tests, including two, last year.
Speaking at a National Assembly session last week, South Korea's defense minister said the North seems all set to explode a nuclear bomb for a test at any time.
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[AlAhram] A Tunisian man has been charged with terror offenses after being jugged Please don't kill me! for driving at high speed into a crowded shopping area in the Belgian port city of Antwerp, prosecutors said Friday as his motives remained unclear.
The 39-year-old suspect identified only as Mohammed R. was charged with "an attempt to murder in a terrorist manner, an attempt to hit and wound in a terrorist manner and arms infractions," the federal prosecutor's office said.
However, a lie repeated often enough remains a lie... a source close to the investigation told AFP on condition of anonymity that Sherlocks could not confirm if it was a terrorist attack and said the driver made little sense during interrogation.
Other sources said the charges could be interpreted as a "precautionary measure" in order to keep the suspect in detention.
Thursday's incident came a day after a similar attack in London that killed four people plus the attacker. Wednesday was also the first anniversary of the Brussels suicide kabooms in which 32 people died.
Mohammed R. drove at high speed through the busy Meir shopping area in Antwerp, forcing people to jump out of the way, authorities said. No injuries were reported.
He also ignored an initial order to stop by soldiers.
The authorities said they found a rifle and bladed weapons in the car after they arrested the suspect in a parking lot on Thursday.
The Antwerp incident put Europe further on edge after the London attack and the incident at Gay Paree' Orly airport last Saturday when a man was rubbed out after grabbing a soldier's rifle.
Investigators said the man in Antwerp was clearly "under the influence of something" but it was not clear what substance.
He was not in a state to be questioned by police until Friday, a source close to the investigation said.
Even then, "his explanation made no sense" and "it is not confirmed that it amounts to a terrorist attack," the source added.
The source said the suspect had recently traveled between Belgium and the Netherlands, living in his car.
A French source close to the investigation said the man had "spent the night in a holding cell" in Antwerp on the eve of the incident before being released on Thursday morning.
- 'Petty crime' -
The suspect had a history of "petty crime," such as public drunkenness and drug use, but has apparently never been flagged as a radical, a French police source told AFP.
Interrogated by French police, a friend of the suspect said the weapon in the boot of the car had been there for a long time and did not work.
The Belgian federal prosecutor's office said the suspect was driving at "very high speed" and that "at different times pedestrians were placed in danger."
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel praised security services in the Phlegmish-speaking city that "did an excellent job."
With soldiers deployed at key sites, Belgium has been on high alert since March 22 last year when jacket wallahs attacked Zaventem airport and Maalbeek metro station, killing 32 people and leaving more than 320 maimed.
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Mohammed R. was charged with "an attempt to murder in a terrorist manner, an attempt to hit and wound in a terrorist manner and arms infractions," the federal prosecutor's office said.
However, a source close to the investigation told AFP on condition of anonymity that Sherlocks could not confirm if it was a terrorist attack...
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Investigators said the man in Antwerp was clearly "under the influence of something" but it was not clear what substance.
Islam
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If we can't deport them for terrorism, can we at least deport them for reckless driving?
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I believe it will have to come to deporting them for any misbehaviour whatsoever, Matt.
This sea of misbehaving Moslem colonists is camouflages the actual terrorists swim among them. And then, at any moment one of the misbehavers, like this gentleman or the English convert Khalid Masood, might suddenly decide or be persuaded to attack unbelieving bystanders. No society can put up with that long and survive, which is the point.
[Ynet] Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... has launched a criminal investigation into possible foreign spying on the country's Turkish community, federal prosecutors said on Friday.
The Swiss foreign minister told his Turkish counterpart on Thursday that Switzerland would "rigorously investigate" any illegal spying by Ankara on expatriate Turks before an April 16 referendum that could expand Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's powers.
For weeks, neutral Switzerland has been trying to avoid becoming entangled in a bitter dispute between Ankara and other European nations over campaigning by Turkish politicians to drum up support for Erdogan among Turks living abroad.
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A Montreal mosque is facing a police complaint and rebukes from the larger Muslim community after a video of an imam delivering a sermon in which he asks for Jews to be killed surfaced online. The sermon took place at the Dar Al-Arqam Mosque in the city's Saint-Michel neighbourhood on Dec. 23, 2016.
The video was posted to the mosque's YouTube channel three days later. The imam in the video is Jordanian cleric Sheikh Muhammad bin Musa Al Nasr — he was reportedly an invited guest of the mosque. In the video, the imam recites in Arabic the verse: "O Muslim, O servant of Allah, O Muslim, O servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him."
CBC independently verified the speech and its translation.
The controversial verse comes from a religious text known as a hadith, which interprets the words and actions by the Prophet Muhammad. The hadith in question deals with end times and tells how stones and trees will ask Muslims to come and kill Jews hiding behind them.
Yeah, yeah, we've heard that one before...
CBC Montreal has reached out to the Dar Al-Arqam mosque for comment and was told no one was available.
Go away and die, infidel...
The video was brought to the attention of B'nai Brith Canada, which filed a complaint with Montreal police on Monday. The organization said it is totally unacceptable that a mosque would allow this to go on.
"This is inciting violence, and this is inciting radicalization," said Harvey Levine, regional director of B'nai Brith in Quebec.
"It's against the law and has to be stopped," he said, adding that the complaint was filed with the Montreal hate crimes unit.
Montreal police confirmed they received a complaint, but would not provide any more information.
The president of the Muslim Council of Montreal, Salam Elmenyawi, wants to know why the imam was invited. He says the mosque should apologize. He added that the Dar Al-Arqam Mosque is not one of the more than 40 institutions the council represents.
There's part of your problem right there...
Imam Ziad Asali of the Association of Islamic Charitable Projects told CBC Montreal's Daybreak Thursday that he was also mystified as to why the cleric was invited to preach.
"I do not understand how this person was invited to come and give a sermon and spread this hatred in Montreal against any community," he said.
There's no mystery. It only takes one mosque to generate an Overton window...
The hadith is one of more than 100,000 that are written in many books, some of which are considered authentic, while others are not, said Asali.
"To use the themes of the Prophet to spread hatred is actually something that is disrespectful towards the Prophet himself," Asali said.
There are mosques in Montreal, the imam said, that embrace a more extremist message.
"These people, not only do they show hatred towards non-Muslims, they even show hatred to us Muslims," he said.
They generally do that to heretics, you know...
Levine said this is the second complaint against a Montreal-area mosque filed with the Montreal police's hate crime unit in just over 40 days. He said the police are still investigating that first instance but says they are not taking action soon enough.
"This is totally unacceptable. We want to know why the hate crimes unit has not done something to date yet. This person should be arrested and charged for hate crimes," said Levine.
CIJA Quebec, an organization that advocates for the Jewish community, said it has a close relationship with the Montreal police and has been following the two complaints.
"We know the Montreal police are seriously and diligently investigating these sermons," said David Ouellette, deputy director for CIJA Quebec. He added the group believes the police are close to completing their investigation of the first complaint.
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This is legal. According to a new law, complaining about it is insulting Islam. That's what's illegal.
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Which part of "They come for the Jews first", a liberal mind is unable to grasp?
[ABC7CHICAGO] reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,... was a target of the al Qaeda plot in 2010 when Sherlocks say master bomb maker Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri packed explosives in boxes of printer cartridges. al-Asiri shipped them on FedEx and UPS planes bound for Chicago.
U.S. counter-terror agents say al-Asiri, 34, is developing a new generation of non-metallic bombs that are small enough to be hidden in underwear or even implanted inside the human body.
"Asiri is an evil genius," said Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. "He is constantly expanding, he is constantly adjusting."
He is also ruthless, having dispatched his own brother to death by hiding a bomb on him before he crossed into 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... to target the kingdom's chief counterterrorism official. He has tried to attack the United States three times in the past three years, building small, sophisticated and hard-to-detect devices in his workshop in the rugged terrain of southern Yemen.
Among the explosive design work attributed to al-Asiri is a device built into a laptop computer that detonated a year ago on a Somali passenger jet. The device blew a hole in the skin of the Daallo Airlines plane on but did not down the aircraft, because it detonated 20 minutes into the flight, before it reached cruising altitude. The suspected bomber was blown out of the plane, and his body was recovered on the ground near Mogadishu. The plane returned to the airport. Two people aboard were maimed.
Investigators suspect Abdullahi Abdisalam Borleh, a Somali national, carried the laptop computer with a bomb in it onto Daallo Airlines Flight 159, the source said. The bomber knew precisely where to sit and how to place the device to maximize damage. Given the placement, the blast likely would have set off a catastrophic secondary kaboom in the fuel tank if the aircraft had reached cruising altitude.
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Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri
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[IsraelTimes] London supports 2 of the votes, but slams bias and ‘selective focus’ on Israel, puts council ‘on notice’ that it had better change. The Unites States and Togo consistently voted against the five resolutions.
The times they are a-changing, and President Trump is leading the way.
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It seems to me, g(r)omgoru, that Western Conservative and populist parties, as a result of their opposition to left wing welcome of Moslem colonization, are hitching their wagons to protecting Jews and supporting Israel. For a given value of each, but it's still considerably better than a year or two ago. So yes, wonders never cease.
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Paul Simon Boy in the Bubble;
"These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long distance call..."
Some may be picking up that phone, finally.
I can hope.
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[IsraelTimes] Israeli-American teen was turned down for IDF service, and was determined to show ’what he was capable of,’ TV report claims.
The Israeli-American teenager locked away Book 'im, Mahmoud! Thursday on suspicion of phoning in over 100 hoax bomb threats against Jewish institutions across the US and elsewhere reportedly began making the calls after the army refused to accept him for military service, apparently on medical grounds.
Quoting Israeli police sources, Israel’s Channel 10 news said the army rejection infuriated and depressed him, and made him determined to show "what he was capable of."
Parts of the case, including the 18-year-old suspect’s name, remain under a gag order in Israel.
The TV report said that the suspect was tracked down following an initial tip from New Zealand, one of several countries along with the United States to which he had telephoned hoax bomb threats to Jewish organizations.
FBI Sherlocks are in Israel questioning the suspect along with Israeli police.
His father is also in detention, reportedly on suspicion that he knew what his son was doing, while his mother has disappeared.
The American-born Israeli teenager had been wreaking electronic havoc of one kind or another for three years, Israel’s Channel 10 reported without elaboration.
Three years? But he is only eighteen. That would mean the army rejected him when he was only fifteen, well before the draft age in Israel.
He called in threats to Jewish institutions in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, as well as the US, and also issued threats to airlines.
His dozens of calls to Jewish institutions, notably including US Jewish Community Centers in recent months, caused evacuations of schools and daycare centers and widespread concern.
He had been home-schooled, rarely left home, but did want to do his mandatory military service, and was refused, the TV report said, infuriating him and prompting his hoax calls campaign.
When he saw the impact his bomb threats were having, his motivation grew to make more calls, the TV report said. Here he was "in his little room" in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, and "the whole world was paying attention... Little him, and the whole world was looking for him."
His lawyer, Galit Besh, said her client had a "very serious medical condition" that might have affected his behavior. She said the condition had prevented him from attending elementary school, high school or enlisting in the army.
"That’s why the medical condition can actually affect the investigation," she said. "This is one of the things the judge told the police to check, to talk to his doctors, to get more documents and to investigate him in light of his medical situation."
Nearly 150 bomb threats hit JCCs, Jewish day schools and other Jewish institutions since the beginning of the year, causing the evacuation of dozens of Jewish community centers. The threats have mostly come in waves, via phone and email. Many of the institutions have been threatened more than once.
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I posed the question to an Israeli friend, who said the IDF starts performing physicals and examining boys for suitable placement at age 15/16. They even have a unit for autistic kids, examining images. So it is possible rejection was the trigger, or the excuse.
[ABCNEWS.GO] Indonesian police fired tear gas on Friday to disperse hard-line Moslems protesting against the construction of a Catholic church in a satellite city of the capital, Jakarta.
Several hundred protesters from a group called Forum for Bekasi Moslem Friendship staged a rowdy demonstration in front of the Santa Clara church in Kaliabang, a neighborhood of Bekasi city, after Friday prayers.
Witnesses said police fired tear gas as the protesters tried to force their way into the church, which has been under construction since November. Some also threw rocks and bottles into the site.
Raymundus Sianipar, a Catholic priest, said police asked him to leave the area for safety reasons.
Moslem-majority Indonesia recognizes six religions, but turban Islamic groups frequently protest against the minority faiths and police often do not intervene. Members of minority religions that aren't recognized by the state face persistent discrimination.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] None of nature’s most vicious have an instinct for barbarism and cruelty like that of the Iranian Basij - Basij Mostazafan (mobilisation of the oppressed) ‐ the foot soldiers of the Iranian regime.
Acting out the role of morality police, they prowl the streets of Iran enforcing a code of conduct, mercilessly hunting down any women who disobey the rules on decency set down by the country’s leading holy mans, attacking those who do in the most horrendous way.
In response to women breaking these laws, which have been enforced in Iran since the 1979 revolution, whether a women is inappropriately veiled and not wearing long loose fitting clothes such as a chador in public, or is seen to be wearing lipstick, or it is just a case of a young teenage girl seen to be "fraternizing" with a lad in public, such violations are all classed by the Iranian regime’s hardliners as a sin in the spirit, or committing "indecent" behavior.
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None of nature’s most vicious have an instinct for barbarism and cruelty like that of the Iranian Basij
Someone's never gotten fire ants in their sandals.
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...like that of the Iranian Basij.
Pots and kettles. Someone has never been a Saudi schoolgirl attempting to flee a fire at the school without her Black Moving Object veils. The girls were driven back in to put on proper clothing by the morality police and burnt to death. The Saudis are much stricter than their Iranian counterparts.
[THEREGISTER.CO.UK] Until just minutes before we hit publish on this story, Google was using a YouTube channel run by a fan of Hezbollah to promote potentially lethal drones.
Despite a backlash from advertisers, Amazon, Adobe and Google were among the tech titans advertising on the now-shuttered "Party of Allah"* YouTube channel ‐ which we imagine was not the group's "official" YouTube, though there was no way to verify this.
The Trichordist blog, which has been recording the use of brands on YouTube for five years, found Google's Home (its version of Amazon Alexa) being promoted. We found ads for Adobe Cloud Services and Amazon's Alexa developer initiative. But the most intriguing was for a drone.
The palm-sized Kudrone may not pack much of a punch ‐ but it's remarkable that Google is promoting it at all, given concerns that terror groups are increasingly taking advantage of low-cost consumer drones.
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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
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trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[REALCLEARWORLD] Recent reports that Russia deployed special forces to an air base in Egypt near the border with Libya highlight the Kremlin’s growing concern with the domestic situation of the long-standing Soviet client. Strategically located and abundant with oil deposits, Libya since the violent overthrow of 
North Korea seems to have finished preparing for another nuclear test, waiting for leader 
