[RADIOSHABELLE] Somali Security Minister Mohammed Abukar has dismissed two security chief and tossed in the clink Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! 12 soldiers over Al shabaab attack in Hamarweyne last week.
The security chiefs have been sacked over incompetence and failure in detaining gunnies killed the secretary of Somali women organization and her driver September 27, 2017.
The move comes amid an investigation into the murder of the two people, which claimed by Al-Shabaab ... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... . The minister has urged the security chiefs to capture the killers last week.
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[Libya Observer] We were at the Public Prosecutor’s Office in central 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... for a highly anticipated presser held by the head of the Interrogations Office of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Siddiq Soor. The presser was held to reveal the results of preliminary interrogations with ISIS captives held in jug after their loss in the war in Sirte.
Some of the main revelations indicated that the very first man to introduce the idea of ISIS in Libya was a man by the name of Hassan Bilaraj, who was tossed in the slammer Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! in Iraq in 2005 yet returned to Libya in 2012.
Bilaraj and his early associates planned the creation of three ISIS emirates in Libya; four main institutions would make up the foundation of each emirate.
The main institutions were arms, recruitment, immigration and border control and finally media. Brigades were formed to protect these institutions, the main ones being Border Protection Brigades, Recruitment Brigades and the Desert Brigades.
Looking at the slideshow presented by the Prosecutor’s Office, it was clear to see that the terror group was extremely organized and well on their way to creating a full functioning state.
Some of the Main traces of finance that supported the creation of ISIS were unintentional support by previous governments, which made payments to individuals who were registered in groups under the Interior Ministry, but later joined the terror group. Bank robberies were also a main method of finance as well as kidnapping and extortion. Financing also arrived from the main headquarters of the terror group in Syria and Iraq. Those in charge of the emirates were identified along with their current status, whether they were killed in action or still on the lam, most being Libyans originating from Sirte.
Many of the bully boyz who set up safe houses in Sabratha were of Tunisian origin and planned to train their elements then transfer them to Syria and Iraq while sleeper cells were created to infiltrate other cities like Zliten, Misrata and Tripoli.
There were four nationalities for elements of ISIS totaling over 100, they were Libyan, Sudanese, Tunisian and Egyptian, and others ranged from 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 Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... , Yemen, Algeria, even as far as the United States. The total number of nationalities captured or killed is 26.
The main routes taken by foreigners entering Libya were Tunisians and Egyptians who travelled towards the south, coupled with all those from countries south of Libya who would then travel north through the desert to Sirte.
Many liquidation cases were solved as a result of interrogations when previously unsolved cases were traced to ISIS elements. The Tunisian journalists who were kidnapped in Libya were also mentioned by ISIS captives and the facts of how they were kidnapped was revealed to interrogators.
Some other interesting points was the fact that many previously unsolved bank robberies were revealed to be ISIS jobs and tracing a lot of the ISIS elements past linked them directly to al-Qaeda. Bombings that totaled over 200 were also attributed to ISIS after investigations leaded to prove so.
Soor stated that his office is continuing their investigations to reveal the resting place of the Egyptian Coptic Christians who were videoed by ISIS being beheaded in Sirte. Soor also stated that up to 800 arrest warrants have been issued for suspects linked to the terror organization ISIS.
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[Iran Press TV] The latest official figures show that 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... has returned to recession in what is expected to have been a result of falling oil incomes as well as the government’s austerity measures to curb the kingdom’s budget deficit.
Figures showed that Saudi Arabia’s gross domestic product (GDP), adjusted for inflation, shrank 2.3 percent from the previous quarter in the April-June period, after dropping 3.8 percent in the first quarter.
The lower GDP is believed to have been a result of the kingdom’s lower production of crude oil in line with an agreement by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to reduce output and help boost the prices.
Figures show that Saudi Arabia’s oil sector shrank 1.8 percent from a year ago in the second quarter after a 2.3 percent fall in the first, Rooters reported.
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iran says it will have 4% gdp growth in 2017
I did notice that you now get 34,000 Iran rials per dollar as opposed to 32,000 in June so their growth might be inflation driven
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[Dhaka Tribune] Members of different Lion of Islam outfits have apparently smartened up and become tech-savvy as they are now using encrypted communications applications or apps more and more to maintain communications online, making it harder for the law enforcement agencies to trace them.
Encrypting the messages while chatting via these or other social media app is also making it tougher for police to recover the conversations most of the time from electronic devices seized from enjugged Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! Lion of Islams.
Police’s Anti-Terrorism Unit officials said the gunnies initially had used popular apps like Facebook and its Messenger, and Google Hangouts to communicate. But recently they have started using instant, but encrypted messaging apps such as Threema, Telegram and Wickr to keep their chats more secret.
At present, officials said, gunnies also use WhatsApp, Viber, Tango, Hike and several other similar apps as most of them have the encryption facilities, but they rapidly switch platforms to avoid detection.
Monirul Islam, chief of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit, in several earlier instances claimed that they had succeeded in weakening the existing Lion of Islam outfits in Bangladesh after the Gulshan cafe attack in July last year.
"We have broken most of the Lion of Islam networks. But they are trying to remain active on the internet. We are tracking their online activities through regular monitoring and working on preventing them by conducting raids," he said.
CTTC’s Additional Deputy Commissioner Abdul Mannan told the Dhaka Tribune: "The Lion of Islam groups have started giving technology-related training to their new recruits so that they can avoid our online traps."
"Militants now also prefer students with a science or IT background while recruiting as their network and communications are now fully internet-based. Every Lion of Islam group now has its own IT wing and they prefer online chats than talking over mobile phones."
Making their case, Sherlocks also said that the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States had examined 30 phones seized from Holey Artisan Bakery after the July 1, 2016, attack, and found that the attackers had used encrypted messaging app Threema to communicate with the gunnies outside.
A police inspector of the CTTC, requesting anonymity, somewhat confessed to the Dhaka Tribune: "It’s becoming harder for us to infiltrate their secret online network as the gunnies are now using updated apps.
"They may also use Silent Circle, Signal, Chat Secure, OS Tel or Red Phone, which are highly advanced and more privacy-conscious messaging apps, in the future. If they do that, it will become more challenging to trace their secret and online networks."
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[Al Jazeera] Activists and experts have condemned a law implemented in Austria on Sunday prohibiting the face veil as "counterproductive" and as an "attack on religious freedom".
The law, commonly known as the "Burqa ban," came into effect in advance of a general election on October 15, which could see the traditionally xenophobic far-right Freedom Party make gains.
Of approximately nine million Austrians, between 100 to 150 Moslem women - or 0.002 percent - wear the face veil.
There are around 700,000 Moslems in the country.
The garment covers the entire body and face except for the eyes, but violators may now face a fine of up to $180.
The Austrian government says the law safeguards Austrian values and the concept of a free society.
Officials have carefully marketed the law, termed "Prohibition on the Covering of the Face", as being religiously-neutral by also restricting the donning of medical masks, party masks, and scarves in public.
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While public school students all across Canada typically learn about the world’s major religions at some point during their studies, one school board’s guidebook on Islam is edging close to religious instruction and indoctrination.
The Toronto District School Board designates a number of heritage months throughout the year and October is Islamic Heritage Month. A 170-page guidebook prepared for teachers recommends a variety of religious intrusions into the public school system.
A list of announcements it suggests be read before or after the playing of O Canada include the Muslim greeting "As-salamu alaykum" (peace be upon you) and an invitation to visit a local mosque.
Children are encouraged to use paper cut-outs to construct replicas of famous mosques around the world.
One assignment for students includes writing an article about one of 12 Muslim Canadians, four of whom are Liberal politicians currently in office, including Ontario Attorney General Yasir Naqvi.
These would all be done within the classroom and during school time. They’re also not to be restricted just to October because, as the guidebook notes, "the goal is to embed this learning within every classroom, across the curriculum, and throughout the school year."
The US Army has approved the installation of Israel’s Trophy active-protection system on a number of its M1A2 Abrams tanks, making it the first army aside from the IDF to use the system.
The Pentagon said Thursday the decision was made following "an urgent material" request.
Designed to detect and neutralize incoming projectiles, the Trophy system has four radar antennae and fire-control radars to track incoming threats such as anti-tank guided missiles and rocket-propelled grenades. Once a projectile is detected, Trophy fires a shotgun-type blast to neutralize the threat.
Developed by Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aircraft Industries’ Elta Group, it is the only fully operational and combat-proven APS in the world.
Michigan-based General Dynamics Land Systems was contracted to add the system to an Armor Brigade Combat Team’s M1A2 SEPv2 at a cost of close to $10 million with an expected completion date by the end of March 2019.
Beirut– After 11 consecutive days of heavy raids, Russian and Syrian regime forces stopped their air strikes over Idlib governorate which began to enjoy some calmness since Friday-Saturday midnight.
Experts believe that the raids had stopped following several “international pressures exerted on Moscow especially after the Russian war planes destroyed medical centers.”
However, a Free Syrian Army commander considered the calm situation to be temporary because warplanes are busy with Badiya battles and trying to stop ISIS terrorists from advancing in east of Homs.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), after over 1500 raids during 11 consecutive days on Idlib, Hama and Aleppo provinces, Russian and regime raids had stopped and the areas have been witnessing calmness since after the midnight of Friday – Saturday,
The SOHR documented that the intensive raids started on September 19, 2017 killing 197 citizens at least, including 53 children and 47 women in the areas of Khan Shaykoun, al-Tamanah, Jarjnaz, and other areas in Idlib countryside, as well as al-Madiq Citadel, al-Lataminah and the northern and the north-eastern countryside of Hama.
In addition, 68 fighters of al-Sham Corps were killed during a raid that targeted their headquarters in Tal Mardikh area near Saraqeb in Idlib’s astern countryside, while hundreds of the members of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the Islamic Party of Turkestan were killed and injured during Russian and Syrian air raids on their sites, according to SOHR.
These developments occurred following the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara two days ago. However, military and strategic expert Colonel Ahmad Rahhal believes that the meeting between the two leaders didn’t have that of an effect on the military operations. He stated that the day following the meeting, several raids occurred and killed dozens of civilians.
Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat, Rahhal expressed his belief that the decreased number of air raids is due to European pressures exerted at the UN after Russian warplanes destroyed most of Idlib’s hospitals and schools.
Idlib witnessed a bloody Friday after Russian and Syrian regime warplanes bombed Harem and Armanaz in western countryside, killing 36 civilians and injuring dozens others.
Free Syrian Army commander Abu Ali Abdulwahhab stated that the Russian and regime planes had left all nearby airports and headed towards ISIS’ areas. He denied links between the halt of the air raids and involvement of Turkish police saying they never entered Idlib.
He told Asharq Al-Awsat that they never entered Idlib, but the policemen are near Bab al-Hawa crossing point and are ready to enter.
Activist Haitham Hamo stated that even though the bombing has stopped, civilians are worried the raids will occur again at any minute. He informed Asharq Al-Awsat that people are moving around the city cautiously and Civil Defense members had been active since Saturday helping civilians and recovering the bodies of dead citizens from under the debris.
An escalation in the bombing of medical facilities since September 19 has forced the closure and evacuation of hospitals throughout northwestern Syria, according to the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
In a statement issued, MSF confirmed that Hama Central Hospital has been targeted during an air raid, however no medics or patients were killed in the strike.
“On September 26, the MSF-supported Hama Central/Sham hospital was hit by an air strike at around 6:30 a.m. local time, putting it out of service,” read the statement.
Hama Central/Sham hospital is not primarily supported by MSF, but the organization had been supporting it with regular monthly medical supply donations since 2014.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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