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Afghanistan
Power-mongers on the verge of losing influence, claims Hekmatyar
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The leader of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
... who used to be known in intelligence circles as The Most Evil Man in the World but who now seems merely run-of-the-mill evil...
once again harshly criticized certain political influential figures, those figures he believes have gained the power with the support of the outsiders.

Speaking to tribal elders from Chahar Asiab district of Kabul, Hekmatyar said "Certain people who supported Soviets and now supporting NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
are calling themselves Mujahideen and misuse the word of Jihad to compromise with the rights of the oppressed people."

He did not specify any of the individuals in power but the latest remarks by Hekmatyar came as tensions are on the rise among his party and other influential political parties and figures, specifically the Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
led by Ata Mohamad Noor.

In the meantime, Hekmatyar said an end to occupation, ethnic divisions, and grabbing will help to end the ongoing violence and conflict in the country.

The leader of Hezb-e-Islami further added that those who have gained power with the outside support, their influence is on the verge of being wiped out, claiming that the nation has identified them and will no more support them.

Posted by: Fred || 09/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Hizb-i-Islami-Hekmatyar


Kabul police arrest 12 on charges of gun sex during the week of martyrs
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Kabul police officials informed regarding the arrest of at least twelve people on charges of creating disturbances to the city residents by gun sexs during the week of deaders.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials the Ministry of Interior informed regarding the arrest of the individuals on Tuesday.

The officials further added that the detained suspects were involved in gun sexs that sparked fear and disturbance among the city residents.

At least six weapons were also recovered from the detained individuals, the official said, adding that the suspects have been over to the relevant authorities for further steps to be taken against them.

According to the security officials, at least thirteen people sustained injuries from the stray bullets fired by the individuals to mark the week of deaders.

This comes as the Kabul residents have long been complaining regarding the gun sexs by irresponsible armed individuals on various occasions including the supporters of Ahmad Shah Massoud who celebrate the week of deaders and often carry out gun sexs.

The security institutions as well as the Ahmad Shah Massoud Foundation had earlier urged the people to refrain from gun sexs and causing disturbances to the residents of the city.

Posted by: Fred || 09/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Pakistani PM says open to joint patrol with Afghanistan amid US pressures
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Pak Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said Pakistain is open to joint border patrols with the Afghan forces amid persistent US pressures on Pakistain regarding the terror safe havens often blamed for the major attacks in Afghanistan.

Abbasi made the remarks during a presser with the news hounds on Tuesday, claiming that Pakistain does not provide safe havens to the terror groups.

But the Afghan officials and US authorities have long been insisting that the leadership councils of the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
and Haqqani terrorist network are based in the key cities of Pakistain where they have freedom of action.

Claiming that Pakistain has suffered massively from the instability in Afghanistan, PM Abbasi said the country is open to join patrols along the border as he insisted that the fencing work will continue and Islamabad would welcome a similar move by Kabul.

Regarding the US pressures, PM Abbasi said Islamabad has not received any specific demands from US, promising that the country would take steps regarding any information they receive.

The US President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
last month announced the new US strategy as he strongly criticized Pakistain regarding the terror sanctuaries, saying "For its part, Pakistain often gives safe haven to agents of chaos, violence, and terror. The threat is worse because Pakistain and India are two nuclear-armed states whose tense relations threaten to spiral into conflict. And that could happen."

He said the next pillar of the new strategy is to change the approach and how to deal with Pakistain, emphasizing that we can no longer be silent about Pakistain’s safe havens for terrorist organizations, the Taliban, and other groups that pose a threat to the region and beyond, emphasizing that Pakistain has much to gain from partnering with our effort in Afghanistan. It has much to lose by continuing to harbor criminals and terrorists.

Posted by: Fred || 09/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Africa North
Hamas said to supply Egypt with information on Sinai terrorists
[IsraelTimes] The Egyptian newspaper A-Shorouk says Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, has handed Egyptian authorities information about 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....
-affiliated Death Eaters in the Sinai Peninsula.

The move appears to be part of the growing cooperation between the Gazoo-based terror group and Cairo.

The transfer of information happened during talks between a delegation of Hamas leaders and Egyptian officials in recent weeks.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Arabia
Houthis imposing demands for continued alliance
Aden- Houthis have taken new restrictive steps against former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, including putting new conditions for the continuity of coalition with him, Yemeni sources revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat.

Conditions consist of Saleh not holding any events, handing out some camps and approving their latest decisions.

Sources, which preferred to remain anonymous, said that Saleh al-Sammad, the chief of the so-called Supreme Political Council, summoned on Tuesday General People’s Congress general-secretary Aref al-Zoka and informed him of the Houthis’ demands so that he conveys them to the former president.

The delivered messaged included the following demand: the party not organizing any events, and considering its latest event in Al Sabeen Square the final one.

These developments coincide with a period of constant meetings for Saleh’s party (General People’s Congress) to face the updates. Also, the pro-Saleh political council held a joint meeting among leaders in the insurgent government.

In a statement, the council expressed sorrow for the deterioration in the relation between Saleh and Houthis. “Unfortunately, the General People’s Congress faced huge challenges in the sake of preserving the partnership based on previously signed deals,” added the statement.

The pro-Saleh General People’s Congress affirmed that “despite the keenness showed by the congress and allies to overcome disputes via dialogues and constant understandings, unfortunately, the breach of all partnership regulations continued.”

The statement added that “the strange thing is the planned political and media attack against the General People’s Congress represented in its leader Ali Abdullah Saleh… This campaign escalated through the mobilization and provoking even by private mass media not to mention in mosques, festivals and social media.”
Posted by: badanov || 09/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Europe
US sent weapons to Syria through Ramstein military base
They wanted Barack Obama as president, so really, they oughtn't complain.
[DW] Washington's air base in southwestern Germany was used for a time to store and send weapons to Syrian rebels, according to the Suddeutsche Zeitung. If the report proves true, the US could have violated German law.

The US military has been using its massive air base in western Germany to arm rebel groups in Syria without Berlin's permission, according to a report from German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung published on Wednesday.

The US military may have violated German law with the alleged weapons transfers as the German government has not approved any weapons transports of this type since the conflict in Syria began in 2011.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 09/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  They wanted Barack Obama as president, so really, they oughtn't complain


a) He isn't President anymore.

b) Who the new President is, is one the Germans don't want.
Posted by: Pappy || 09/14/2017 11:45 Comments || Top||


Dutch Strip Four Jihadists of Citizenship
[AnNahar] The Netherlands has stripped four jihadist fighters of their Dutch nationality under tough new anti-terror legislation, a top minister announced Wednesday.

"These four persons have joined a terror organization in a conflict area," Safety and Justice Minister Stef Blok said in a statement.

"They have been declared undesirable aliens which means that it is no longer possible for them to travel to The Netherlands or any other Schengen country," Blok said, referring to Europe's passport-free zone.

Although Blok did not name the four men, Dutch media listed them as "known Syria travelers Driss B., Noureddin B., Anis Z. and Hatim R."

Driss B. and Noureddin B. were sentenced last year and Anis Z. and Hatim R. in 2015 to six years each in absentia for being members of a criminal terror organization.

The four had previously traveled to Syria to join jihadist fighters including the Islamic State group, local news reports said.

Their current whereabouts are unknown.

"This includes Driss B., who is doubted to still be alive," national news agency ANP reported.

The Netherlands in March approved tough new legislation that gives the government the power to take away citizenship, even if a person has not been convicted of a crime.

The law has been criticized by opposition parties including Prime Minister Mark Rutte's outgoing junior Labor coalition partner because it can only be applied to people with double nationality.

Wednesday's decision still has to be approved by a judge, the Dutch government said. It was not known what other nationality the four men hold.

Some 280 Dutch citizens are believed to have traveled to join jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq since 2011.

About 190 remain there but "there are probably still a number of Dutch jihadists who want to join the IS group or others in the Middle East," the Dutch anti-terror agency NCTV said in its latest report.

Although the country been spared from the wave of attacks that has hit some of its neighbors such as Belgium, La Belle France and Germany as well as other countries "jihadists regard The Netherlands as a legitimate target," the NCTV said.
The Times of Israel adds:
Speaking to reporters at the Dutch Parliament, Blok says they all were dual Dutch-Moroccan nationals.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Afghan asylum seeker who raped and killed EU official's daughter had been trying to sell himself for sex with MEN
Another day, another exciting revelation as the trial continues.
[DailyMail] An Afghani asylum seeker who raped and murdered a German medical student tried to sell himself for sex with men in a gay bar hours before he launched his attack, a court heard.

Hussein Khavari is standing trial in the south-western German university city of Freiburg over the killing of 19-year-old Maria Ladenburger last October.

A court has been told that in the run-up to her death, Khavari went to a gay bar and tried to convince men to have sex with him for cash - even offering to drop the price when one declined.

According to German newspaper Bild, police officer Edgar P., who also appeared as a witness in the trial, said: 'He offered sexual services to one of the men on the gentlemen's toilet.'

He added that the person had rejected the offer even when Khavari lowered his price.

A bartender also told the court that Khavari did not appear to be 'the typical guest'.

On Monday, Khavari broke down and asked for forgiveness at his trial in Freiburg District Court,Germany.

Khavari wept as he recalled how he smoked hashish the night he ambushed 19-year-old, admitting that he raped her and drowned her in the knee-deep water of a nearby river.

It has also emerged that Khavari had been incarcerated
You have the right to remain silent...
and sentenced to ten years for attempted murder in Corfu in 2013 before coming to Germany seeking refuge in 2015.

Khavari threw a 20-year-old student 25 feet down a cliff on the island of Corfu in May 2013. The woman was severely injured but miraculously survived the ordeal.

Khavari did not report to parole officers after his early release from the Greek detention centre and authorities issued a search warrant for the Afghan migrant, but only in their own country.

German authorities criticised the Greeks for 'negligence', claiming that if they had known about Khavari’s past, he would have been flagged when he applied for asylum and not allowed into the country, which in turn could have prevented the grisly rape and murder of Ms Ladenburger.
And whose fault is it that Greece was overwhelmed by invaders just as they were forced by Germany to gut their economy to repay their debts?
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  Afghan asylum seeker who raped and killed EU official's daughter had been trying to sell himself for sex with MEN

Tie his ankles to his wrists and put him in prison and he'll get his wish.
Posted by: gorb || 09/14/2017 1:40 Comments || Top||

#2  'He offered sexual services to one of the men on the gentlemen's toilet.'

At least he didn't go into politics.
Posted by: Pappy || 09/14/2017 10:04 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
DWS IT Guy Was Banned From House After Trying To Hide Secret Server
[DAILYCALLER] A secret server is behind law enforcement’s decision to ban a former IT aide to Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz
...Congresswoman from Florida, the abrasive chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. She has been a politician since 1992, and prior to that was in training as a political science major. Her primary accomplishment seems to be that she's Jewish...
from the House network.
He's a classic mole. I'm guessing he's owned by ISI.
Now-indicted former congressional IT aide Imran Awan allegedly routed data from numerous House Democrats to a secret server. Police grew suspicious and requested a copy of the server early this year, but they were provided with an elaborate falsified image designed to hide the massive violations. The falsified image is what ultimately triggered their ban from the House network Feb. 2, according to a senior House official with direct knowledge of the investigation.
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Posted by: Fred || 09/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies

#1  A secret server...House Democratic Caucus as their central service warehouse

I'm detecting a Democrat pattern here, no?
Posted by: AlanC || 09/14/2017 8:38 Comments || Top||

#2  Among other things...
Posted by: Pappy || 09/14/2017 10:05 Comments || Top||

#3  Someone get the Keystone Kops pic for this one. Entirely appropriate.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 09/14/2017 10:54 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Ansarul Sharia to be banned soon, says Ahsan Iqbal
[DAWN] Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday revealed that the government has decided to place a ban on bully boy group Ansarul Sharia Pakistain (ASP).

Iqbal, addressing the Senate Standing Committee on Interior, said that a leader of the group and four of its main members have been incarcerated
You have the right to remain silent...
and expressed hope that soon, ASP's entire network would be taken down.

The minister said that efforts were underway to track down other members of the group, adding that arrests would soon be made.

Iqbal added that Director General (DG) Rangers Muhammad Saeed had provided a briefing in relation to the group.

"No group or party will be permitted to engage in provocative actions."

ASP has been linked to the attack on MQM-P leader Khawaja Izharul Hassan which took place on the first day of Eidul Azha 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...
. Hassan, who is the leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly, escaped unhurt.

The ASP has been active since at least February when its members bumped off a guard of Police Foundation in an attack in Gulistan-e-Jauhar.

In April, they claimed the responsibility for killing a retired colonel in the Baloch Colony area.

At least 7 coppers have been killed up till now in attacks carried out by the group in Karachi's SITE, Bahadurabad, Azizabad, Northern Bypass and Gulistan-e-Jauhar areas.

Earlier this month, Dawn reported that the the Al Qaeda-inspired bully boy group ─ comprising hardly 10 fighters ─ has been busted with almost all its members taken into custody and being interrogated.

Posted by: Fred || 09/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Ansar al-Sharia


India submits pleadings to ICJ in spy Jadhav's case
[DAWN] India's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday confirmed the country had submitted its written pleadings to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case of Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav who was jugged
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
by Pakistain in 2016.

In May 2017, India moved the UN's top court against Pakistain after Jadhav ─ accused of espionage activities in Pakistain ─ was sentenced to death by a Field General Court Martial (FGCM).

India accused Pakistain of violating the Vienna Convention by denying consular access to Jadhav and requested the ICJ to ensure that Jadhav's death sentence is suspended. It also alleged that it was "not informed of Jadhav’s detention until long after his arrest," and learned about his death sentence through the media.

During a hearing at the ICJ on May 15, the court stayed Jadhav's execution. "Pakistain should take all measures to ensure that Mr Jadhav is not executed till the final decision of this court," the court had ruled.

Posted by: Fred || 09/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan



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1Maute group (IS)
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Thu 2017-09-14
  Girl strapped with bomb kills 5 in Cameroon mosque
Wed 2017-09-13
  US forces have failed in Afghanistan, Pakistan’s FM claims
Tue 2017-09-12
  Islamic State perform ‘farewell prayer’ preparing to leave Hawija
Mon 2017-09-11
  Sixteen years
Sun 2017-09-10
  Rohingya exodus to Bangladesh nears 300,000
Sat 2017-09-09
  300 ISIS fighters stranded in the desert, as bait to target jihadists
Fri 2017-09-08
  US warplanes takes out ISIS members running to stranded convoy
Thu 2017-09-07
  Two arrested after 'bomb factory' discovered near Paris
Wed 2017-09-06
  Insurgents call Rohingyas to arms for war in Myanmar
Tue 2017-09-05
  US-backed Syrian militias seize Great Mosque of Raqqah from Daesh
Mon 2017-09-04
  US Coalition bombs ISIL convoy heading to Deir Ezzor from Lebanon, claims 85 dead
Sun 2017-09-03
  Arson attacks push thousands more Rohingya from Myanmar
Sat 2017-09-02
  US-backed Syria force says seizes Raqa Old City from IS
Fri 2017-09-01
  Nearly 50,000 Rohingya flee violence in Myanmar
Thu 2017-08-31
  At Least 18,500 Rohingya Flee to Bangladesh as Rakhine Unrest Rages

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