[Khaama Press] The Afghan officials in southern Kandahar province are saying that the authorities have handed over two detained Pak soldiers to Pak authorities near the Durand Line.
According to the officials, the two Pak soldiers were detained nearly three years ago after they crossed into the Afghan side of the Durand Line.
The Spin Boldak Commissioner Mohammad Sharif Gharzai said the two soldiers have been released on a gesture of goodwill between the security forces of the two countries.
He said the soldiers have been handed over unconditionally and on a gesture of goodwill between the two sides as the Pak authorities had earlier released two Afghan soldiers who had crossed into Pakistain.
"FC Bln hands over 2 Afghan Soldiers Hayat Ullah and Lateef Ullah Khan back to Afghan Authorities today at Chaman. Both had crossed over to Pakistain and were tossed in the calaboose Please don't kill me! by FC," the Pak military said in a statement last week.
The statement further added "The return of serving Afghan National Army and Afghan Border Police soldiers is on humanitarian grounds as good will gesture."
Posted by: trailing wife ||
06/24/2018 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[2 views]
Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan
Because some of our readers may be familiar with the gentleman, and glad to hear of his new assignment.
[Khaama Press] General Murad Ali Murad was formally introduced as the new commander of Kabul Garrison Command, nearly a month after he was dismissed as the deputy interior minister for security.
Defense Minister Gen. Tariq Shah Bahrami introduced Gen. Murad as the new commander of Kabul Garrison Command during a ceremony in Kabul today.
He said Gen. Murad has been appointed as the new commander of Kabul Garrison Command and deputy defense minister for the security affairs of capital Kabul.
This comes as the ministry of interior officials last month announced that Gen. Murad had been dismissed as the senior deputy interior minister for security.
Deputy front man for the ministry of interior Nusrat Rahimi had confirmed that Gen. Murad has been appointed as the new commander of Kabul Garrison Command.
Earlier, reports had emerged that Gen. Murad has been dismissed from his post as the senior deputy interior minister for security following a suicide kaboom in Kabul.
The attack in western part of Kabul city had targeted a center which operated for the distribution of electronic national identity cards.
[RADIOSHABELLE] A UAE ship carrying 824 tonnes of food aid has arrived at Port of Kismayo ...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region... , Jubaland State, Somalia.
The relief ship has been sent in line with the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and follow-up of H.H.
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chairman of Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation.
An official source of the Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation said that the food aid will be distributed to the needy people in the drought-stricken areas of Jubaland with the ultimate objective of alleviating the suffering of the Somali people.
Some Somali officials and beneficiaries praised the UAE and the charity foundation for providing them with the much-needed humanitarian aid.
Posted by: Fred ||
06/24/2018 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[14 views]
Top|| File under:
[FOXNEWS] A man charged with murdering eight people on a New York City bike path invoked "Allah" and defended 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.... group in court Friday, reports said.
Sayfullo Saipov, 30, raised his hand to speak out immediately after U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick set an Oct. 7, 2019, date for the Uzbek immigrant's trial.
He said he cared about "Allah" and the holy war being waged by the Islamic State group.
"So the Islamic State is not fighting for land, like some say, or like some say, for oil. They have one purpose, and they're fighting to impose Sharia (Islamic law) on Earth," he said.
Prosecutors had been seeking an April 2019 trial date. Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Houle said the families of the dead and the dozens who were maimed deserve a "prompt and firm trial date."
"The victims here are anxious now when that trial is going to be," she said. "The public deserves a speedy trial, and the surviving victims deserve to know when that trial is going to be."
Following his arrest, Saipov requested that the ISIS flag be displayed in his hospital room, the New York Daily News reported, citing court documents.
Saipov said the judgments made in the courtroom were "not important" to him because they were "not Allah’s judgments," according to the New York Times.
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
Earlier, he had pleaded not guilty "Wudn't me." through his lawyer to the latest indictment in the Oct. 31 truck attack near the World Trade Center.
Saipov’s Halloween day attack was the deadliest in New York City since Sept. 11, 2001.
A prosecutor said the Justice Department will decide by the end of the summer whether to seek the death penalty against Saipov, who lived in Paterson, N.J., before the attack.
Defense lawyers have said the government should accept a guilty plea and a sentence of life in prison without parole to provide victims' families and the public with closure.
David Patton, a lawyer for Saipov, said he would need extra time to make legal challenges to the charges if death is sought.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will ultimately decide whether to seek the death penalty for Saipov by September, according to the Daily News.
This article starring:
Sayfullo Saipov
Posted by: Fred ||
06/24/2018 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[18 views]
Top|| File under: Islamic State
#1
the crime was committed on 31 oct 2017
Posted by: lord garth ||
06/24/2018 0:11 Comments ||
Top||
#2
The events of that date can be seen here, as Rantburg (and Rantburgers) tracked them. Clicking on the miscreant’s name, above, will yield all the articles in our archive containing his name.
Humanity, P2K, humanity: they're enemies general of the human kind, to be dealt with as wolves are. As to Western Civ, it's a matter of proximity and convenience - the same way Nazis came for the Jews first.
#11
"Hang 'em first, try 'em later."--Judge Roy Bean
On a more serious note, I have never understood the glacial slowness of dealing with cases where the facts are absolutely clear on what happened and who did what.
[DAWN] Pakistain Awami Tehrik (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri ...Pak politician, and would-be dictator, founder and head of Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran and Pakistain Awami Tehrik. He usually resides in Canada, but returns to Pakistain periodically to foam at the mouth and lead demonstrations. Depending on which way the wind's blowing, Qadri claims to be the author of Pak's blasphemy law. Other times he says it wasn't him... on Saturday announced that the party will not participate in the upcoming General Elections.
Flanked by party officials in a presser in Lahore, he said that the PAT had decided not to contest the elections because "the entire system" was "flawed and could not be called a democracy".
Dr Qadri said that the PAT will not become a part of the electoral process and would not be issuing tickets to any candidates.
On being asked, he clarified that he had deliberately never used the word 'boycott' and was only saying that PAT would not participate in the process as a political party.
Posted by: Fred ||
06/24/2018 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[8 views]
Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan
[DAWN] 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... (JI) chief Sirajul Haq ...current head of the Pak Jamaat-e-Islami. Siraj was born in 1962 and entered politics shortly after that... has declared assets worth Rs2.9 million in his nomination papers, DawnNewsTV reported on Saturday.
Documents annexed with the senator's nomination form filed with the Election Commission of Pakistain (ECP) show that his total assets as of June 30, 2017 were Rs2,939,618.
He paid Rs138,573 by way of income tax in 2017, the documents, copies of which are available with Dawn.com, state.
His dependants listed in the affidavit attached are his wife, three sons and four daughters.
The JI emir has declared that he has five bank accounts (of which one is in his wife's and another in his son's name) holding a total of Rs1.88m.
Haq has also declared ownership of Pakistain Model School, a private school in Lower Dir; jewellery weighing 4.5 tolas (56.25g) valued at Rs240,000; and 12 kanals of land held in partnership.
According to the documents, the twice-appointed finance minister for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa does not own a car, is not a bank defaulter and does not own any foreign assets.
The form also mentions a loan made out to a Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. -based cloth merchant amounting to Rs1,050,000.
He is contesting for the upcoming election from Lower Dir's NA-23 constituency.
Posted by: Fred ||
06/24/2018 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[7 views]
Top|| File under: Jamaat-e-Islami
Dividing the spoils of government between themselves?
[Rudaw] Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Shi’ite holy manMoqtada Tater al-Sadr ... the Iranian catspaw holy man who was 22 years old in 2003 and was nearing 40 in 2010. He spends most of his time in Iran, safely out of the line of fire, where he's learning to be an ayatollah... , whose Sayirun alliance won the most seats in Iraq’s May 12 election, agreed to form an alliance during a meeting in the holy Shi’ite city of Najaf on Saturday.
It comes after Sadr announced an alliance with Hadi al-Amiri, a leading Hashd al-Shaadi commander and head of the Fatih coalition, earlier in June.
Abadi’s Nasr (Victory) coalition came in third place in the disputed election, which is undergoing a manual recount.
It is not clear whether this means Sayirun, Fatih, and Nasr are uniting to form a government, or whether the agreement between Sadr and Abadi voids the earlier agreement with Amiri.
In a presser following their meeting, Sadr said the alliance would be cross-sectarian and based on eight common points. Other parties that subscribe to these points will be invited to join their alliance.
1. The alliance must not based on ethnicity and sects, and should include all Iraqi groups.
2. It will fight corruption and put corrupt officials in court. Anti-corruption institutions will be reinforced.
3. A technocratic government based on meritocracy.
4. Improvement of military and police forces. Only the government should be armed.
5. The establishment of a reformist program for all economic sectors.
6. Balanced relations with all countries without foreign interferance in Iraqi affairs.
7. Support for the Iraqi judicial system, improving the role of the public prosecutor.
8. Protect Iran's territorial integrity and illusory sovereignty and insist on the peaceful transition of power.
Parliament called for a manual recount of votes after allegations of the electronic voting system being hacked and other irregularities with the system that was new to Iraq.
Sadr has expressed concern that a re-run of the election, if this is the conclusion reached after the manual recount, would only increase public apathy towards politics.
However, a lie repeated often enough remains a lie... he advised all parties to abide by the law, even if they are not convinced by it, and called on the judiciary to remain neutral when doing the manual recount.
He also warned against taking too long to complete the manual recount.
"In case of a delay in the manual recount until July 1st of this year, the government has to adhere to the law and not extend its jurisdiction and not take advantage of the constitutional limbo," Sadr said in a statement on Thursday.
Abadi had pointed out the day before that the results are not considered final until the supreme court ratifies them. Until then, his government will continue to work with Abadi insisting there is no power vacuum.
Sadr advised government ministries, especially the service-oriented ones, to continue working so that political and electoral rivalries "don’t exacerbate the suffering of the nation."
Sadr’s Sayirun bloc ran on a cross-sectarian and reform-minded platform. Though no party was given a strong mandate by voters, Sadr emerged as the victor and his position initially appeared robust as he engaged in talks with parties from across the spectrum.
His alliance with Sunni leaders, however, took a hit when he made overtures with Shiite parties that have ties to Iranian-backed militias.
Sadr on Thursday called on political blocs to move forward towards "serious dialogue to obtain the proper alliances" for real reform.
While he did insist that "reform will be victorious" and hopes a manual recount will not pave the way for the "return of the corrupt," he lamented that the political process has fallen into the hands of "the corrupt and the power hungry."
Posted by: trailing wife ||
06/24/2018 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[6 views]
Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq
[IsraelTimes] Hundreds of Moslem volunteers at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound atop Jerusalem’s Temple Mount illegally disturbed and removed archaeologically rich earth and ancient stones during a communal cleanup project in the final days of Ramadan last week, an Israeli archaeologist and activist has charged.
Video footage of the multi-day project at the contested holy site shows volunteers with shovels and rakes last week shifting and removing portions of two mounds on the eastern side of the compound made up of earth dumped by the Moslem Waqf custodians during unauthorized excavations since the early 2000s, said Zachi Dvira on behalf of the Committee to Prevent the Destruction of Antiquities on the Temple Mount (CPDATM).
The 37-acre walled compound ‐ Judaism’s holiest site as the place of the biblical Temples, and the third-holiest spot in Islam ‐ is the most politically volatile location in the country.
Continued on Page 49
#4
The never-ending campaign to erase all evidence there was a world before Islam.
Posted by: Rob Crawford ||
06/24/2018 6:14 Comments ||
Top||
#5
Since all the fucking dirt on the planet is billions of years old who fin cares I kick old dirt every day and my dog poops and pees in it so do people animals and birds duh!
Posted by: Jack Chaiter7913 ||
06/24/2018 22:22 Comments ||
Top||
But don't tell nobody. They were secret.
[ALMASDARNEWS] 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 Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ...Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia as of 2016.... and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had held secret talks in the Jordanian capital Amman, according to the Israeli newspaper Maariv.
The negotiations were reportedly held on the sidelines of a visit to Amman by White House special adviser Jared Kushner and US Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt.
One of Maariv’s political analysts, Jacky Hugi, was quoted by the Iran Front Page news website as saying that "a close friend" had told him about the Netanyahu-Salman meeting, "claiming that there were direct contacts between the two parties, both Saudi and Israeli, under the auspices of King Abdullah II of Jordan."
Earlier, Haaretz reported that Netanyahu secretly met Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman, where they discussed regional developments and the strengthening of bilateral economic ties.
In November 2017, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted that despite having no diplomatic relations with Riyadh, Tel Aviv had had "contacts" with Saudi Arabia, which he said "have been kept in general secret.
Posted by: Fred ||
06/24/2018 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[4 views]
Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia
[Rudaw] Iran has prepared a list of 1,339 items it will soon cease to import in order to protect domestic producers and manage the outflow of currency as the nation braces for fresh US sanctions.
Mohammad Shariatmadari, Iran’s minister of industry, mines and business, announced the bans on Saturday, according to Tasnim news agency.
Iranian authorities are bracing for the return of US sanctions. On May 9, 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... withdrew from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, sending shockwaves through the Iranian economy.
In the last six months, Iran’s currency has lost more than 50 percent of its value.
One May 21, Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, announced a list of 12 demands of Iran, promising "unprecedented sanctions" if the Islamic Theocratic Republic does not stop its nuclear program and regional adventurism.
Since the US decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal, several multinational companies have announced the suspension of operations in Iran, including the French oil company Total, the world’s largest container shipping company Maersk, and multinational airplane producers Airbus and Boeing.
In the last six months, Iran’s currency has lost more than 50 percent of its value. Iranians have reacted by trying to invest in dollars and gold. The price of some items, like cars and gold coins, has increased 10-20 percent.
Some Iranian activists, like footballer Ali Karimi, took to social media to dispute the inflation rates, calling on Iranians not to buy any expensive items for one month.
The Iranian government is trying to restrict demand for dollars by putting a ban on "unnecessary" and "lucrative" foreign items and could be bought from local producers.
Banned items will include clothes, sugar, cars, shoes, makeup and pharmaceuticals.
Iran has also imposed new regulations on travel to control the outflow of dollars. Iranians have to pay an exit fee when leaving the country, which is liable to increase.
According to Eghtesad News, Iranians crossing land-borders with neighboring countries for the first time have to pay 220,000 toman. A second visit will cost them 330,000 toman, and a third time 450,000 toman.
The fees are designed to discourage Iranians from travelling and spending money abroad.
Although the Islamic Theocratic Republic has long experience of managing external sanctions, a new squeeze on the economy could lead to more social and political unrest.
Posted by: trailing wife ||
06/24/2018 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[13 views]
Top|| File under: Govt of Iran
#1
like F-14 replacement parts?
Posted by: Frank G ||
06/24/2018 9:22 Comments ||
Top||
#2
What about the illegal nuclear stuff the EU has been selling them all along?
Posted by: Jack Chaiter7913 ||
06/24/2018 22:25 Comments ||
Top||
[ALMASDARNEWS] UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is concerned about fighting in southwestern Syria which, he said, has displaced thousands of civilians and poses a threat to regional security, according to his front man.
"The Secretary-General is gravely concerned by the recent military escalation, including ground offensives and aerial bombardments, in southwestern Syria," Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.
The United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... estimates that the fighting near the border with Jordan and Israel-occupied Golan Heights has forced thousands of civilians to flee, with many moving toward Jordan.
Posted by: Fred ||
06/24/2018 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[19 views]
Top|| File under: Govt of Syria
#1
Or what?
Posted by: Frank G ||
06/24/2018 9:23 Comments ||
Top||
#6
Arabia's chock full o' guts --
They've gotta moon God, and no buts,
Though their lingo is loony,
So, Shiite or Sunni,
There's naught they can say that's not nuts.
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
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region...
[FOXNEWS] A man charged with murdering eight people on a New York City bike path invoked "Allah" and defended the 
...Pak politician, and would-be dictator, founder and head of Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran and Pakistain Awami Tehrik. He usually resides in Canada, but returns to Pakistain periodically to foam at the mouth and lead demonstrations. Depending on which way the wind's blowing, Qadri claims to be the author of Pak's blasphemy law. Other times he says it wasn't him...
...current head of the Pak Jamaat-e-Islami. Siraj was born in 1962 and entered politics shortly after that...
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
Moqtada 
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia as of 2016....
