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Terror leaders Hapilon (Abu Sayyaf), Maute (Maute Group) gunned down in Marawi
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Arabia
Saudi King receives Kuwaiti Emir to discuss issues of common concern
[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 King Salman
...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, Cutodian of the Two Holy Mosquesand Lord of Most of the Arabians....
bin Abdulaziz has received at his palace in Riyadh Kuwaiti Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah.

Both Gulf leaders discussed the "close brotherly relations and the overall events in the region were reviewed as well as a number of topics of mutual interest," according to a statement on Saudi Press Agency.

The Saudi monarch then hosted a luncheon in honor of the Kuwaiti emir.
Posted by: Fred || 10/17/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia

#1  Invade and clear Qatar. Please. And thank you.
Posted by: rammer || 10/17/2017 22:21 Comments || Top||


King Salman stresses kingdom’s support for united Iraq in phone call to Abadi
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Saudi King Salman
...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, Cutodian of the Two Holy Mosquesand Lord of Most of the Arabians....
held a telephone call Monday evening with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq, Dr. Haider al-Abadi, in which he stressed the Kingdom’s support for the unity of Iraq and its security and stability and the adherence of all parties to the Iraqi constitution.

King Salman renewed the kingdom’s call on all parties to exercise restraint and deal with the crisis through dialogue to spare Iraq more internal conflicts.

For his part, the Iraqi Prime Minister praised the position of the king and his interest in the security and stability of Iraq and stressed the keenness of the Iraqi government to avoid any military escalation and to ensure security in all Iraqi territory.
Posted by: Fred || 10/17/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia

#1  How many states (aka tribes), geo political entities should abide between India @ Pakiwaki border and the Nile?
Posted by: AlanC || 10/17/2017 8:04 Comments || Top||

#2  So that means screw the Kurds, huh?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 10/17/2017 15:08 Comments || Top||


Europe
Malta journalist death: Caruana Galizia's son denounces 'mafia state'
[BBC] The son of an investigative journalist killed in a car bomb attack in Malta has denounced what he called the country's "mafia state".

Daphne Caruana Galizia, 53, died in an explosion shortly after she left her home in Bidnija, near Mosta, on Monday.

She was known for her blog accusing top politicians of corruption.

"My mother was assassinated because she stood between the rule of law and those who sought to violate it," said her son Matthew, who was close to the blast.

In a lengthy Facebook post published hours after he attempted to save his mother from the burning vehicle, he accused Maltese police of incompetence and the government of "impunity".

"When the institutions of the state are incapacitated, the last person left standing is often a journalist," wrote Matthew Caruana Galizia, who is also a journalist.
He also took aim at Malta's projected image as a liberal Western nation.

"Yes, this is where we are: a mafia state where you can now change your gender on your ID card (thank God for that!) but where you will be blown to pieces for exercising your basic freedoms," he said.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/17/2017 08:11 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  'mafia state' is a bit of a tautology.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 10/17/2017 9:23 Comments || Top||

#2  Something’s very rotten in the state of Malta
Posted by: newc || 10/17/2017 12:52 Comments || Top||

#3  "My mother was assassinated because she stood between the rule of law and those who sought to violate it," said her son Matthew, who was close to the blast.

If he keeps talking like that, he'll be a lot closer to the next one.
Posted by: Raj || 10/17/2017 14:29 Comments || Top||

#4  Crazy, just the other day I was wondering what happened with the Panama Papers. Apparently still at nothing or else.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 10/17/2017 18:10 Comments || Top||


Bomb kills reporter who covered Malta’s ‘Panama Papers’ link
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A Maltese investigative journalist who exposed her island nation’s links to offshore tax havens through the leaked Panama Papers was killed Monday when a bomb went kaboom! in her car, Malta’s Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said.

Daphne Caruana Galizia, 53, had just driven away from her home in Mosta, a town outside Malta’s capital of Valletta, when the bomb went off, sending the vehicle’s wreckage spiraling over a wall and into a field.

Muscat says Caruana Galizia’s death resulted from a "barbaric attack" that also amounted to an assault on freedom of expression. He described her as "was one of my harshest critics, on a political and personal level," as he denounced her slaying.

Politico named Caruana Galizia as one of 28 Europeans who are "shaping, shaking and stirring" Europe. She revealed that Muscat’s wife, Michelle, as well as Muscat’s energy minister and the government’s chief-of-staff, held companies in Panama by looking into the 2016 document leak. Muscat and his wife deny they held such companies.
Posted by: Fred || 10/17/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Did she mention Hillary?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 10/17/2017 1:57 Comments || Top||

#2  ^ golf clap.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/17/2017 8:48 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
‘JUI-F creating hurdles to Fata-KP merger’
[DAWN] All Fata Students Forum on Sunday alleged that JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman
Deobandi holy man, known as Mullah Diesel during the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty ...
was working on an agenda of someone else to keep the tribal people deprived of their due rights and urged the federal government to ensure merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa at the earliest.

Speaking at a presser at 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.
Press Club, the forum chairman Farhad Ali said that the JUI-F’s recent convention on Fata issues had failed as majority of the participants belonged to settled districts who had nothing to do with the merger issue.

Mr Ali was flanked by Insaf Students Federation president Akhtar Gul, Islami Jamaat Talba focal person Waseem Haider, Khyber Youth Forum’s Aamir Afridi and Kuram Students Organisation president Mohammad Saleem.

He appreciated MNAs Shah Jee Gul, Shahabuddin and Sajid Turi and Senator Sajjad Turi for their efforts for the Fata-KP merger. He said that the students of Fata were determined to continue their struggle for implementation of the reforms.

The forum decided that it would intensify the ongoing struggle for merger of the tribal region with KP province. It proposed that a new committee should be constituted to expedite the reforms process in the tribal region.

Posted by: Fred || 10/17/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


International-UN-NGOs
Pakistan elected as member state of UN Human Rights Council
[DAWN] Pakistan, along with 11 other countries, was elected as a member state of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council by the body's General Assembly on Monday, securing more than two-thirds of the vote.
Go figure.
Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi congratulated the country on its "diplomatic success" on her Twitter account and said that the "victory is a manifestation of the international community's trust in Pakistan".
Posted by: Fred || 10/17/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Real Wimmins liberation in Syria
Posted by: badanov || 10/17/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq

#1  Well, I think she likes it, no?
Posted by: AlanC || 10/17/2017 7:59 Comments || Top||

#2  Whirling Dervish.
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/17/2017 14:36 Comments || Top||


Trump: ‘Total termination’ of Iran nuclear deal possible
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] United States 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...
said Monday that a "total termination" of the Iran nuclear deal remains possible, after refusing to certify the 2015 accord and leaving its fate to Congress.

Speaking to news hounds ahead of a cabinet meeting, he said: "I feel strongly about what I did I’m tired of being taken advantage of.

"It might be total termination, that’s a real possibility, some would say that’s a greater possibility."

Posted by: Fred || 10/17/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  'Complete Annihilation!'
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/17/2017 19:34 Comments || Top||



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1Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
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Two weeks of WOT
Tue 2017-10-17
  Terror leaders Hapilon (Abu Sayyaf), Maute (Maute Group) gunned down in Marawi
Mon 2017-10-16
  The "War after ISIS" begins in Iraq
Sun 2017-10-15
  Report: U.S. Coalition Cuts Islamic State Revenues over 90 Percent
Sat 2017-10-14
  Iraqi forces move to begin operations against Kurds
Fri 2017-10-13
  Iraq PM Denies Attack Plan as Tensions Rise with Kurds
Thu 2017-10-12
  British jihadi Sally Jones killed by US drone strike fleeing ISIS hell
Wed 2017-10-11
  Bangladesh arrests top leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami
Tue 2017-10-10
  Nusra Front, Islamic State clash in Syria's Hama province
Mon 2017-10-09
  Syrian rebels capture ISIS HQ in Deir Ezzor
Sun 2017-10-08
  Two Saudi guards killed in attack on royal palace in Jeddah
Sat 2017-10-07
  Driver 'deliberately mows down pedestrians' outside London Museum
Fri 2017-10-06
  Iraqi premier claims victory against Islamic State in Hawija
Thu 2017-10-05
  3 Special Forces Troops Killed and 2 Are Wounded in an Ambush in Niger
Wed 2017-10-04
  Daesh defense line collapses in Hawijah as Iraqi forces liberate more villages
Tue 2017-10-03
  Key ISIS member Qari Zahid killed in US drone strike in East of Afghanistan

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