[Libya Observer] The armed forces and different brigades involved in the military operation in Wershiffana district in southwestern 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... issued Saturday evening a joint statement saying that their operation comes at the height of unprecedented and systematic criminal activities as well as banditry in the district.
The statement, which was issued under the name "Statement of joint force to support western region's security," said many button men - who are not from Wershiffana and are working under the name of "Popular Front for Liberation of Libya" - are now in the district and most of them are mercenaries, thus creating a security challenge to west Libya and to the whole country in general.
"The political parties have failed to reach an agreement to rescue Libya from disastrous security violations and lawlessness, that is why we are going to take some needed measure to thwart any more deterioration in the country's security." The statement says.
Military Council of Zintan, Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade, al-Jamil Military Council, Tarhouna Security Room, and Um al-Jurasan Military Council signed the joint statement.
"Those participants of the military operation all agreed to prevail security and support security institutions to help arrest outlaw button men who come from outside Wershiffana and then return them to their families after they pledge not to engage in crimes and destabilization activities again." The statement goes on.
"House of Representatives and High Council of State's should convene continuously so they can reach an agreement and renounce their personal gains for the good of Libya." It adds, saying they are not driven by tribal or regional motives in their operation.
Fighting erupted in Wershiffana district in western Libya on Wednesday between local gangs and the forces led by commander of the western military zone, Osama Jowaili, who was appointed by the Presidential Council.
The military operation aims, according to the leadership, at fighting off criminals and bandidos as well as "Popular Front for Liberation of Libya" button men, who are loyal to deceased dictator Moamar Qadaffy and are positioned in Wershiffana.
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[BLOOMBERG] Niger permitted the U.S. to use armed drones in the fight against Islamist Lions of Islam in the West African nation, Agence La Belle France-Presse reported, citing Defense Minister Kalla Moutari.
Drone strikes will be a "decisive and key response" to highly armed combatants in the Sahel region ... North Africa's answer to the Pak tribal areas... , Moutari was quoted as saying on state-owned radio. The U.S. currently deploys unmanned surveillance craft in Niger, which has previously been reluctant to allow the use of armed drones.
While Niger doesn’t have known jihadist groups in its territory, it’s increasingly affected by the spread of Islamist militancy in West Africa. Four U.S. troops and five Nigerian soldiers died on Oct. 4 when their convoy in the Tillabery region was ambushed.
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Great. More open-ended meddling in other countries' affairs with no victory conditions.
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It will be all over soon and quiet once again. These things only last until the next one. You'll see.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] 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... ’s Gulf Affairs Minister Thamer al-Sabhan said the personal security detail of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, who resigned on Saturday, had "confirmed information" of a plot to kill him.
Speaking in an interview on Future, an Arabic television channel owned by Hariri, he said Hariri was in Riyadh, adding there were "security threats to the prime minister and the kingdom is keen on his safety."
He added that Hariri resigned from Riyadh for security reasons.
"Saudi Arabia is different than the terrorist state Iran. We respect Lebanese parties despite their different opinions," Sabhan added.
Speaking to the Lebanese television channel LBC, Sabhan said Hariri is completely free to return to Leb, adding, however: "We do not want kabooms and destruction to happen again in the Hariri family."
Sabhan also said that Saudi Arabia supported all of Hariri’s stances in the past, including the agreement related to choosing a Lebanese president, adding that the Saudi kingdom did not incite Hariri to resign.
"We cannot but be sad over Leb’s situation due to Hezbollah. We call for peace but those who try to (harm) the kingdom will find what they do not wish for," he added.
"Hezbollah is a militia that tried to transfer Syrian battles to Leb and to harm Leb and Arab countries," Sabhan also said, asking: "What’s the difference between Hezbollah and ISIS?"
[AlMasdar] In a statement released by the Lebanese Armed Forces on Sunday, the army announced that there is no trace of any assassination plots against abdicating Prime Minister Saad Hariri. The statement read that the intelligence services connected to the army, despite several arrests and investigations, had not found “the presence of any plan for assassinations in the country.” So there you have it. They report, you decide.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] In a report on illusory sovereignty and land in Bahrain on the sidelines of the Gulf crisis, Bahrain’s official news agency said it had the right to demand that 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... return the rights that Doha had carved out of the body of Manama for a century.
After the Kuwaiti mediation stalled and after Qatar continued to fail in its 2013 and 2014 commitments, brought in foreign forces to empower itself and opened its doors wide to terrorist groups, Manama has taken new measures in addition to the previous ones taken by the boycotting countries in order to protect its security and stability.
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[Al Jazeera] Papua New Guinea's immigration minister has told Al Jazeera Australia must "immediately facilitate" a New Zealand offer to take 150 refugees formerly detained in an Australian prison camp on its Manus Island.
The strong words came as New Zealand's prime minister said on Sunday the offer remains alive during a bilateral presser in Australia, even as its prime minister declined to accept.
Almost 600 men have refused to leave the prison they were detained in until October 31 when food, water, and electricity were cut off. They say moving to other accommodation on the island - as Australian and PNG authorities are urging them to do - would put them at risk of attacks by locals.
They also dispute Australian government claims that alternative facilities are ready to live in.
On her first foreign visit as leader, New Zealand's newly elected Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern reiterated her country's four-year-old pledge to take the refugees.
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How 'bout Kamchatka?
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A little too much cannibalism on PNG or are they just holding out for Sydney?
[TheLocal.fr] A legal source said Italia sent to La Belle France the brother of a Tunisian man who stabbed two young women to death in the southern French port of Marseille last month.
French Sherlocks suspect Anis Hanachi, described as a former jihadist fighter in the Iraq-Syria region, of complicity in the attack by his brother Ahmed.
The source said Anis would be charged on Friday.
According to Italian anti-terrorism chief Lamberto Giannini, French Sherlocks are looking into whether Anis "indoctrinated... Ahmed and caused his radicalisation".
He was tossed in the slammer Please don't kill me! in the northern Italian town of Ferrara six days after Ahmed Hanachi, a 29-year-old Tunisian, fatally stabbed the two women outside Marseille's main rail station on October 1 before being rubbed out by police.
[DW] Clashes between police and Kurdish protesters occurred over banned PKK symbols. Germany has taken a harder line against PKK symbols in response to criticism from The Sick Man of Europe Turkey.
German police clashed with Kurdish demonstrators protesting against Ottoman Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... in the western city of Dusseldorf on Saturday.
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[Fox] The 279 firefighters who graduated from the New York City fire department's academy last month include the son of a firefighter killed on 9/11 ‐ and the son of a terrorist.
Rookie firefighter Omar Ahmed Sattar, 30, is the eldest son of Ahmed Abdel Sattar, who was convicted in 2005 of "soliciting crimes of violence" and conspiracy to murder Jews.
The elder Sattar, now 58, was a seemingly mild-mannered postal-service worker raising his family in Staten Island. Behind his peaceful facade, the court found, he was an Islamist extremist who used his home as a communications hub to further the schemes of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind Muslim cleric who masterminded the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six, as well as failed plots to blow up other New York City buildings and tunnels.
Ahmed Sattar, also known as Abu Omar and Dr. Ahmed, was tried along with Rahman’s radical defense lawyer, Lynne Stewart, and another accused terrorist, Mohammed Yousry.
According to federal charges, he and a co-conspirator in 2000 published a fatwa, or Islamic ruling, in Rahman’s name, calling for the killing of Jewish civilians.
He and cohorts also tried to use the Oct. 12, 2000, al Qaeda bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 US sailors, to extort the US into freeing Rahman from prison, court papers say.
[NATION.PK] After waking up from a deep slumber and addressing the concerns of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, the Ministry of Interior has forwarded 29 terrorism-related cases to the military courts after a break of almost 10 months.
The ministry forwarded these cases to the military courts after COAS in a letter written to Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi had showed his concerns that the federal government had not sent any terrorism case to the military courts since January this year.
The official sources in the interior ministry informed that soon after the prime minister sought an explanation from the ministry about its low response in dealing with terrorism-related cases for military courts , it hurriedly forwarded 29 cases to the military courts that were already approved by the cabinet.
The COAS in a Demi-Offcial (DO) letter written to the PM had said that though he had no doubts about the government’s seriousness in implementing the National Action Plan (NAP), yet no case had been forwarded to the military courts during the last many years.
Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal through his official Twitter account also said that 29 cases already approved by the cabinet had been sent to the military courts . While another 80 were awaiting approval of the cabinet, he said, adding that after these 80 cases, the ministry has no pending case to be sent to the military courts .
Prior to the referral of 29 cases, the Ministry of Interior had recommended 190 cases to the military courts out of the total 317 cases forwarded by the provincial apex committee to the ministry , says a working paper prepared by the National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA).
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[NATION.PK] The newly-appointed chairman of an Islamist party Sunday called on its followers to refrain from protests and sit-ins, saying such moves were against national interests.
Ziaullah Qadri, chief of a faction of Tehrik Labaik Ya Rasool Allah , announced the party won't pursue its demand for Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... Law Minister Rana Sanaullah 's resignation.
"The provincial minister has clarified and satisfied Ulma-e-Kiram," he said. "In present scenario, protests and sit-ins would divide the nation and are against national interests."
Qadri also expressed satisfaction on government’s action on the clause regarding finality of Prophethood .
Tehrik Labaik Ya Rasool Allah of Allama Khadim Rizvi is registered with Election Commission of Pakistain with name Tehrik Labiak Pakistain while Dr Asif’s group, of which Qadri is the chairman, calls its political wing as Tehrik Labaik al-aalmi.
The Tehrik’s faction of Khadim Rizvi dissociated itself from Dr Asif Ashraf Jalali’s Tehrik Labiak Ya Rasool Allah which ended its six-day sit-in in Lahore and Islamabad on Sunday. Dr Asif led the rally in Islamabad on Tuesday but it failed to get the attraction of the government due to the thin participation of people.
Rizvi's faction is all set to hold Lahore to Islamabad long march on Monday with six points of demand: end restrictions on registration of FIR under 295/C, hang all culprits involved in blasphemy, take action against those involved in amending affidavit of Khatam-e-Nabuwat, abolish loudspeaker act, end-all cases against leaders and workers of Tehrik and include Islamic teachings in the curriculum which were previously excluded.
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[DAWN] Police on Saturday started the paperwork but haven't done much else against senior journalist and TV anchor Hamid Mir on kidnapping charges, Dawn has learnt through sources.
The case has been registered in the light of the decision of the Islamabad High Court. The court had issued the order a few days ago on a petition filed by Shamama Malik, the widow of Khalid Khawaja, who had allegedly been kidnapped from his house in Islamabad’s G-10/2 sector in March 2010.
The FIR has been registered at the Ramna cop shoppe of the capital in response to the complaint lodged by Ms Malik in which she had alleged that Hamid Mir and Usman Punjabi with the help of their "hooligans" had kidnapped her husband Khalid Khawaja.
Later, Mr Khawaja was taken to North Wazoo, it stated, adding that on April 30, 2010, his well perforated carcass was found in Karam Kot. The body was brought to Islamabad but autopsy was not conducted, the complainant states, adding: "my son lodged a complaint at Shalimar cop shoppe over the incident, but no action was taken, except registration of a report."
"The police also did not record the version of my son," Ms Malik alleges in her complaint. She claims that her deceased husband and Hamid Mir had differences over the Lal Masjid ...literally the Red Mosque, located in Islamabad and frequented by all sorts of high govt officials. The proprietors, Ghazi Abdul Rasheed and Maulana Abdul Aziz Ghazi, unleashed their Islamic storm troopers on the city, shutting down whorehouses and beating people up who weren't devout enough. The Musharraf govt put an end to the nonsense by besieging the place. Abdul Aziz Ghazi was nabbed while he was trying to escape dressed up like a girl. BBC reported that the corpse count at 173, but other claims, usually hysterical, say there were up to 1000 titzup. Among their number was Abdul Rashid Ghazi. Everyone then said tut-tut and what a nice guy he had been... operation.
Due to the same reason, Hamir Mir and Usman Punjabi got Khawaja kidnapped and murdered, the FIR alleges. An audio conversation allegedly between Hamid Mir and Usman Punjabi over the issue has also been made part of the record at the Shalimar cop shoppe.
When contacted, Hamid Mir said it seemed to be a politically-motivated case aimed at blackmailing him. He complained that the court had issued the orders to the police without giving him an opportunity to present his viewpoint.
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[RUDAW.NET] The cabinet of ministers of the Kurdish government in Erbil has dismissed the drafting of Iraq’s 2018 budget without Kurdish participation as a violation of the constitution and the country’s financial laws, urging Baghdad to give the region its fair share of the national budget.
In a four-point statement on Sunday Erbil denounced the reduction of KRG’s share of the federal budget from 17 percent to 12.6 percent as "violating of section 3 of Article 121 of the constitution,"
KRG officials had long complained that Baghdad never sent Erbil its full 17 percent in the past, but this is the first time to official reduce the share by law since the constitution was passed in 2005.
In recent days the central government has also hinted that it will start dealing with the Kurdistan Region as separate provinces and give them their share of the national budget individually, something denounced by Erbil as an attempt to dismantle the constitutionally recognized KRG as an autonomous region.
"The draft of the budget has been prepared irrespective of the federal law and the Kurdistan Region has been deliberately ignored," read the KRG statement. "It also mentions the Kurdistan Region as northern provinces in clear violation of Article 121 that recognizes the Kurdistan Regional Government and its authorities."
Erbil says that Baghdad "must give Kurdistan Region its fair share of the budget, especially given that there isn’t an accurate census in Iraq but 17 percent of Iraq’s population has been agreed on in the constitution,"
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That was the initial bitch they held legitimately in Kurdistan.
The pieces of shit in the piece of shit Baghdad was stiffing the Kurds for basic operating funds after the Kurds liberated the piece of shit Baghdad to only end up being run by piece of shit Iranian thugs in piece of shit Baghdad by a piece of shit Sunni piece of shit President that invaded Kurdistan.
[RUDAW.NET] The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) has discussed dissolving its politburo office and holding a party congress early next year following the death of its founder and the fall of Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... a stronghold of the party, a bigwig told Rudaw on Saturday evening.
The PUK’s leadership held a meeting on Saturday in Sulaimani, but no decision was made.
Aso Mamand, a member of PUK’s politburo office, said the party’s congress will likely be held before the end of January, but before Newroz at the latest. Newroz is the Kurdish New Year, celebrated on March 21.
Regarding the fate of the politburo, he said it was proposed to appoint an 11-member committee to replace the politburo with a mission to prepare for the congress and oversee party activities in the interim.
Rudaw understands that Kosrat Rasul, the acting head of the party, is being put forward to head the new executive committee.
Mamand said the PUK’s Leadership Council, the party’s highest authority, will meet again on Monday to make final decisions on the issues discussed on Saturday, including setting a date for the congress.
The PUK has been plagued by rifts in its leadership. Last year, Rasul and his then deputy Barham Salih denounced what they called an unethical group within the party leadership and announced the formation of a decision-making body.
In September, Salih broke from the PUK and established his own political entity, the Coalition for Democracy and Justice.
In recent weeks, PUK leaders have received mounting criticism for the fall of Kirkuk. The party announced on October 24 that it had opened an internal investigation into what went wrong on October 16 in the oil-rich province.
Rasul, who is also former vice president of the Kurdistan Region, and other senior PUK members, including family members of the late party founder Jalal Talabani, traded accusations of blame back and forth in the aftermath of October 16.
Talabani’s eldest son, Bafel, has been widely reported as having negotiated a deal with Iranian Quds commander Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi officials that permitted federal forces to enter Kirkuk without strong resistance. Although he is a PUK member, Bafel does not hold any official role. He denies the accusations.
The PUK is one of the two main ruling parties of the Kurdistan Region that has strong influence over the Peshmerga and security forces in the provinces of Sulaimani and Halabja.
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[RUDAW.NET] Kurdistan Region’s Peshmerga ministry has suggested joint deployment of Iraqi and Kurdish forces to the disputed areas and international borders between the Kurdistan Region and its neighbors, but Iraq has so far refused the proposal, Secretary General of the Peshmerga ministry told news hounds.
Kurdish and Iraqi military officials have so far met three times to find a solution to tensions between the two sides. The main obstacle to reaching an agreement is that the Iraqi military "want all their demands be implemented, without leaving any space for negotiation," Jabar Yawar said at a presser Sunday evening in Erbil.
The US-led anti-ISIS Coalition has been overseeing the talks and acting Peshmerga minister Karim Sinjari will meet with the Coalition on Monday in Erbil, Yawar said.
The Peshmerga have also shared their position and progress on the talks in a Sunday meeting attended by Kurdish political officials, including the head of the Department of Foreign Relations, with foreign missions present in Erbil.
Kurds and Iraqis have each presented the other with their suggestions for how to resolve tensions that escalated in the wake of Kurdistan’s independence referendum and Iraq’s takeover of the disputed areas.
One issue to be resolved is control over Kurdistan Region’s international borders and the disputed territories claimed by both governments. The Peshmerga want to joint deployment of forces to these areas.
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[RUDAW.NET] A large number of students displaced from Tuz Khurmatu with their families have no access to Kurdish language schools as education centers inside refugee camps are designed for Arabic language only.
"There is no school to study. We want a school set up for us. We have come here and there are only Arabic schools. When is that going to end? We want them to open a Kurdish school for us." Ghariba Salim, a schoolgirl lamented.
Mothers at the camp worry for their children’s education as they don’t know when they might be able to return to their town, 65 kilometers south of Kirkuk.
They understand even if they return, there is no place where their children could resume their studies as based on eyewitness accounts around 21 schools have been burned down in the town by the Shiite militia groups.
"I am really worried about my children because they cannot go to school. My daughter passed grade 6 and cannot sit in the next class," complained a woman, saying her three other kids have also been deprived from school.
According to data published by the Garmiyan Humanitarian Affairs Department, 4,000 Kurdish students and 654 teachers were displaced after they fled their homes fearing abuses and retribution at the hands of Shiite militiamen.
The Garmiyan Education Department has handed out admission forms to all the students displaced to the region in order to separate Arabic and Kurdish studies programs.
"We will certainly execute our responsibilities. We are worried about these displaced persons and will not let their future ruined. We will provide their needs no matter how," Dara Ahmed, head of the Garmiyan Education Department, told Rudaw.
Ahmed went on to add "We are going to distribute the students over our schools in Kalar and Kifri and those remaining will be sent to the Tazade camp where Arab displaced persons are sheltered in."
Some 6,120 families were displaced from Tuz Khurmatu to Garmiyan. The population of the town is 180,000 people, of whom 70,000 are Kurds.
Iraqi forces and Iran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi took control of Tuz Khurmatu, from the Peshmerga on October 16.
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[Ynet] Despite recent reconciliation agreement and several good will gestures by Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,, Fatah seems hesitant to fully commit to deal; Fatah continues arresting Hamas operatives in West Bank, preventing any foothold for rival, hoisted by concerted Israeli efforts to do same; President Abbas yet to remove sanctions levied against Gazoo.
Intra-Paleostinian reconciliation between the rival Hamas and Fatah movements may be technically be underway in the Gazoo Strip‐with the Paleostinian Authority (PA) assuming civilian control over the strip‐but it has not stopped Paleostinian security forces from arresting dozens of Hamas operatives, some of them bigwigs.
During the month of October, the Paleostinian Authority's General Intelligence and Preventive Security tossed in the slammer Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! more than 50 Hamas operatives in the West Bank. In addition, 130 further operatives belonging to other factions such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Paleostine (PFLP) and the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... (PIJ) were also arrested.
The continued policy of arresting dissidents in the West Bank points to the steadfastness of President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... 's insistence to not allow Hamas to gain a foothold‐even the smallest civilian one‐in the West Bank, going against Hamas bigwigs' hope that the PA would show more leniency following the reconciliation agreement.
Paleostinian security forces arrests were carried out concurrently with the regular, nightly search and arrest operations conducted by IDF forces within the PA's territory, effectively blocking Hamas from developing any military or civilian infrastructures in the area.
The Paleostinian government resumed control over its Gazoo Strip ministries at the beginning of October, with Paleostinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah entering the strip accompanied by his cabinet of ministers.
Hamdallah was also accompanied by senior Paleostinian Security Forces officials, including head of Paleostinian General Intelligence Majid Faraj, who even met Hamas's Gazoo chief Yahya Sinwar personally.
Their meeting did not stop Faraj, however, from returning to the West Bank and orchestrating a wave of arrests, during which 40 Hamas operatives were picked up within only a week and a half.
Meanwhile, ...back at the comedy club, Boogie ducked another tomato... the Gazoo Strip showed an inverse trend, with Hamas releasing Fatah operatives arrested months ago due to their political affiliation as a gesture of good will.
It appears the PA continues to maintain aloofness when it comes to the reconciliation, despite Abbas's declarations to the contrary. Hamas, for its part, dismantled its shadow government, handed over civilian control to the Paleostinian government, transferred control of the border checkpoint to the PA and dismantled its forward operating bases, used to question passersby and collect taxes.
Despite the aforementioned actions on Hamas's part, Abbas has refrained for the past two months from announcing the removal of sanctions he'd placed on the strip before the current reconciliation effort bore fruit.
[Ynet] After denying international efforts to help extract five missing PIJ forces of Evil believed to be trapped underground following Monday's tunnel blast, IDF reveals to be in possession of their bodies; PIJ: 'The bodies of the five deaders will not remain for long in Israel's hands. We know how to recover bodies of our people.'
The bodies of the five missing Paleostinian Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... (PIJ) forces of Evil killed in the terror tunnel that the IDF blew up last Monday are being held by the IDF, it was cleared for publication Sunday evening.
The IDF Spokesperson stated the bodies were located during supplementary operations to expose and thwart the terror tunnel and the operatives inside it.
In response to the IDF's announcement, PIJ alluded to future kidnappings to force exchange deals for the bodies of their deceased bad boys.
"The bodies of the five deaders will not remain for long in Israel's hands. We know how to recover the bodies of our people," PIJ said. "The campaign continues and will not end."
PIJ has already admitted to digging the tunnel in an effort to infiltrate Israeli territory to kidnap Israeli citizens, to be exchanged‐dead or alive‐for Paleostinian forces of Evil held in Israeli prisons for security offences.
On Friday, Paleostinian television network al-Quds, affiliated with Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",, reported that efforts in the Gazoo Strip to locate the bodies had been halted. al-Quds claimed in its report that Israel was trying to locate the bodies in a part of the tunnel situated on the Israeli side of the border.
On Thursday, Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, petitioned the High Court to "allow Paleostinian search and rescue teams and civil defense to enter the buffer zone on the Gazoo border to extract people currently trapped underground, some 50 meters from the border fence and inside the Gazoo Strip."
In its response, the state on Sunday asked the High Court to reject the petition out of hand, due to the fact "it is not relevant and the assistance requested is not relevant," because the missing faceless myrmidons have been declared dead.
The state further noted that "there is operational activity that has not yet been completed. At present, IDF forces are still carrying out different operations in the field relating to the tunnel."
Currently, the bodies of Lt. Hadar Goldin and Sgt. Oron Shaul are being held by Hamas in the Gazoo Strip. The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai on Thursday stressed that Israel "would not allow search efforts in the Gazoo Strip security zone without progress on the issue of Israeli POWs and MIAs."
In response to COGAT's announcement, Hamas and Islamic Jihad declared the five missing faceless myrmidons were dead, bringing the corpse count to 12, with 11 others injured.
"The demolished tunnel is not the only tunnel we have that crosses into Israel," Hamas said, stressing it would not provide information on Israel's MIAs and POWs in return for the five missing terrorists' bodies.
[ALMASDARNEWS] Although not the most fantastic or headline-grabbing operation currently being undertaken by Syrian pro-government forces in comparison to their battles against ISIS in Deir Ezzor province, the northeast Hama offensive ‐ being carried out with only a fraction of the Syrian Arab Army’s vanguard strength ‐ is nonetheless offering worthy insight into the true strength northwest Syria’s most powerful jihadist militia ‐ Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham.
Although not the main opponent of pro-government forces since the start of 2017, fears that the al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group may have used such a lengthy breathing space to recover from its devastating defeat in Aleppo city have proven to be unfounded.
The inherent weakness of Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham can be seen in the fact that the jihadist paramilitary still (after many years) has to rely on fire support ‐ mostly in the form of heavy artillery and anti-tank guided missile systems ‐ from other rebel militias fighting under the Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... banner.
To this end, well-trained shock troops and car kabooms (the scale of which are nowhere near what 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.... terrorist group is able to muster) are simply no longer enough for Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham to turn back or chase away Syrian pro-government forces.
Furthermore, although possessing over one hundreds tanks and armored fighting vehicles in June 2016, Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham has since been reduced to less than a couple dozen such assets following multiple failed offensive operations over the last sixteen months which have taken a very heavy toll of the militia’s mechanized forces.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] A group of pro-government fighters asked the civilians in the northwestern province of Idlib to stay away from rebel positions and headquarters ahead of a prospected incursion into the jihadi-held province.
"We are addressing the innocent and honorable civilians of Idlib who have not been involved with Jabhet al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... , Ahrar al-Sham ...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014... or the Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... : seek safety away from the jihadists before the sweeping ground invasion toward Abu Duhour airbase begins during the next 24 hours," the soldier said in a video posted on social media today.
The soldier identified himself as one of Khalid al-Daher group; a pro-government faction fighting jihadi rebels and who are originally from the villages surrounding the Abu Duhour airbase.
The Syrian Army has amassed troops in southern Aleppo countryside in bid to grab more lands from the hardline fighters in Idlib northern countryside.
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[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] In an issued statement by President of the Republic, Michel Aoun ...president of Leb, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah... ’s media bureau on Saturday, it indicated that the President was informed by telephone of Prime Minister Saad Hariri Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too. ’s government resignation.
"President Aoun received a telephone call from Prime Minister Saad Hariri, currently outside Leb, informing him of the resignation of his government," the statement said.
It was learnt that President Aoun is awaiting the return of Prime Minister Hariri to Beirut to know more about the circumstances of his resignation.
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[Al Jazeera] The leader of Leb's Hezbollah movement has called the resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too. a "Saudi imposed decision".
In a televised appearance on the Hezbollah-owned Al Manar TV, Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday that Hariri's resignation speech was "written by Saudi".
"It was not our wish for Hariri to resign," he said of the sudden and unexpected move.
"Even if he was forced to resign, the way in which it was executed does not reflect Hariri's way in dealing with things," Nasrallah added, questioning the text of Hariri's speech broadcast during his visit to the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on Saturday.
Hariri blamed interference in Leb by Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah for his decision to quit, adding he feared an liquidation attempt.
Hariri said Iran fomented "disorder and destruction" in the country and meddled in the internal affairs of Leb and other Arab states. He described Hezbollah as "Iran's arm" in the country.
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#1
No, you wanted to assassinate him with your Piece of shit asshole accomplices that shut down security checkpoints as his motorcade passed by.
Just like you Iranian pieces of shit assassinated his Brother by killing everyone in a bomb attack.
Iran is the most despicable piece of shit terror operation left standing on this Earth and I plan to take it down inside of it's own evil intestines.
And if I cannot do that, I myself will cut open your gut and strangle you with them.
(figuratively speaking)
As only GOD may do.
'
So hear OUR Prayer.
[Al Jazeera] Iran has said that the resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too. on Saturday aims to "create tension in Leb and the entire region".
In a statement on Iran's state news agency, Iranian foreign ministry front man Bahram Qasemi said his country rejects "Hariri's claims against Iran as a repetition of false and unfounded anti-Iran accusations by the Zionist regime, the Saudis and the Americans".
In a surprise move, Hariri announced his resignation in a televised speech during a visit to the Saudi capital Riyadh, blaming Iran and its Lebanese ally, the Hezbollah movement, for his decision.
Hariri said Iran had fomented "disorder and destruction" in the country and meddled in the internal affairs of Leb and other Arab states.
Referring to Hezbollah, whichIran: Hariri resignation aims to stoke regional tension is backed by Iran, Hariri said: "Iran's arm ... has managed to impose a fait accompli on Leb through the power of its weapons" in the last few decades. "They have built a state within a state," he said.
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[Fox] The 279 firefighters who graduated from the New York City fire department's academy last month include the son of a firefighter killed on 9/11 ‐ and the son of a terrorist.
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[RUDAW.NET] The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) has discussed dissolving its politburo office and holding a party congress early next year following the death of its founder and the fall of 
[ALMASDARNEWS] Although not the most fantastic or headline-grabbing operation currently being undertaken by Syrian pro-government forces in comparison to their battles against ISIS in Deir Ezzor province, the northeast Hama offensive ‐ being carried out with only a fraction of the Syrian Arab Army’s vanguard strength ‐ is nonetheless offering worthy insight into the true strength northwest Syria’s most powerful jihadist militia ‐ Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham.
Michel Aoun
Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too.
