[Al Ahram] Libya's recognized government warned its security forces would seize any tankers approaching the Ras Lanuf terminal without permission, saying any attempt to make oil deals with the rival government in 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... would be "piracy".
The warning over Ras Lanuf illustrates how the OPEC country's oil industry is caught up in a power struggle between the two rival governments and their armed forces, who have each appointed competing figures in the state oil company.
The internationally recognised government and elected parliament has operated in the east since last year, when an armed faction called Libya Dawn ...aka Fajr Libya, the Islamist operation launched to counter that of General Khalifa Haftar (Operation Dignity). It is made up of the Libya Shield militia (Misrata and Moslem Brotherhood), Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (Moslem Brotherhood), and Tripoli Brigade (close to Abdul Hakim Belhaj, head of Al-Watan party). Financing and moral support come from Turkey and Qatar... took over the capital, set up its own government and took control of ministries in Tripoli.
Earlier this week, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) based in Tripoli said it was lifting the force majeure measure on the Ras Lanuf oil terminal which had been shut since December because of fighting between the rival factions.
But Ras Lanuf is protected by an armed force allied to the internationally recognised government, which has appointed its own NOC chief who claims to represent the country's industry.
The recognised government's NOC chairman, Yusef Bu Saifi, told Rooters the force majeure was still in effect and orders had been given to the Petroleum Facilities Guard or PFG at Ras Lanuf.
"We have asked the PFG to intercept any tankers trying to approach the oilfields for security and technical reasons. The force majeure is still in place," he said.
Hatem Oraibi, front man of Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni's recognized government, said any tankers dealing with the Tripoli government could be considered as committing piracy.
Oil guards at Ras Lanuf say they have received orders to warn vessels away and to arrest crew if they did not comply.
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[Al Ahram] The government of Egypt seeks to purchase advanced border surveillance equipment from the US to bolster security along its borders, the Pentagon said in a statement on Wednesday.
The State Department has approved "a possible foreign military sale to Egypt" for the security system and connected equipment for an estimated cost of $100 million, the statement read.
The anticipated sale, according to the Pentagon, will "contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the United States" by providing assistance to its key Middle East ally which Washington says is "an important force for political stability and economic progress" in the region.
"The Government of Egypt has requested a possible sale for procurement and construction of commercial off-the-shelf border security mobile surveillance sensor security system," the statement said.
It added that the mobile surveillance security system will bolster Egypt's "border surveillance capabilities along its border with Libya and elsewhere."
Egyptian officials have voiced alarm over a spillover of violence from neighbouring Libya where militia violence has raged since the revolt that unseated long-time dictator Moamer Qadaffy in 2011.
Egypt in February launched Arclight airstrikes on 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.... in Libya after the beheadings of 20 of its nationals there.
At home, Egypt is battling a deadly Islamist insurgency based in the Sinai Peninsula near its northeast border with the Israel and the Paleostinian Gazoo Strip.
This high-tech system Cairo wants to buy will include mobile surveillance sensor towers, mobile command and control systems, personnel training, training equipment, technical and logistics support services.
"This procurement is intended for the Egyptian Border Guard Forces, which currently lack any remote detection capability along unpatrolled areas of Egypt's borders."
"The system would provide an early warning capability to allow for faster response times to mitigate threats to the border guards and the civilian population."
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[Al Ahram] Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Thursday his country was determined to confront what he called Iran's internal meddling in the affairs of Arab states, saying Riyadh had already curbed Tehran's efforts to expand its influence.
Regional instability has been fuelled by rivalry between Shia Moslem Iran and the conservative Sunni Moslem kingdom of 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... . Riyadh is among the main sponsors of the insurgency against Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Light of the Alawites... , who in turn is backed by Iran and Leb's Shia Hezbollah movement.
In addition, a Saudi-led Arab coalition has intervened in Yemen's war, carrying out air strikes on the Iranian-allied Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to Americaâ„¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... militia group and its allies to try to restore the exiled government of President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
"Saudi Arabia is working to confront Iran's trouble-making activities in the region," Jubeir told a news conference in Amman where he was meeting senior Jordanian officials.
"We are determined that Iran should not have a negative intervention in the region or in Arab countries."
Saudi actions had helped reduce the interference of Tehran and its regional clout in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... and other countries, he said.
"The work we are doing to confront Iran's influence has achieved successes in several countries and we see the presence of Iran has shrunk in some areas in Africa and Yemen," Jubeir said, without elaborating.
He said Saudi Arabia sought good relations with Iran but most of the recent "aggressive actions" seen in the region had emanated from Tehran, urging the Iranians to respect "the principle of non-intervention" in others' affairs.
The Islamic Theocratic Republic has denied such accusations. Cut off from Yemen and its allies there by the Saudi-led intervention, Iran has intensified a media offensive against Saudi Arabia, accusing it of inflicting catastrophic suffering in Yemen while presenting itself as a blameless peacemaker.
Jubeir also called for Iraq's Shia-led government to accelerate political reforms in order to give Sunni Moslems more say in running the country and end the "hegemony" of Iran there.
Saudi Arabia and Gulf Arab allies are deeply concerned about what they see as Iran's regional expansionism highlighted by its backing for Assad, Hezbollah, Iraq's Shia militias and the Houthis, Yemen's strongest warring faction.
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[ARABNEWS] The emir of Kuwait said on Thursday his country had thwarted attempts to sow sectarian divisions after last month's suicide kaboom but warned that the world needs to do more to confront the "satanic" behavior of Death Eaters.
A Daesh bomber went kaboom! inside a Shiite mosque in the state on June 26, killing 27 people in the worst Death Eater attack in a decade.
"You have foiled the desperate attempt and satanic attitudes of the plotters and perpetrators of this condemned crime to inflame divisions and stir sectarian tensions and divide the unity of the Kuwaiti society," Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah told Kuwaitis in a Ramadan message aired on state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
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"The international community should exert all their effort to avert and take legal action to dry up from its waters so countries and nations live in peace and security."
Up to 30 percent of Kuwait's 1.4 million citizens are Shiites, who have enjoyed relatively good relations with the country's majority Sunnis.
"We believe that Kuwait is for all its citizens and not for one party or sect," Sheikh Sabah said. "All live on its earth and ally themselves to its identity.
"We need to remember that our country has stable democratic roots that are inherited by the Kuwaiti people. Everybody has the right of speech and we are proud of our legislation that we agreed on. It's our pride," he added.
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[Al Ahram] The new leader of al Qaeda's Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... branch has called for attacks on the United States in his first speech since taking command, the US-based SITE monitoring group reported on Thursday, citing an audio recording.
Qassim al-Raymi succeeded Nasser al-Wuhayshi as military commander of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ...the latest incarnation of various Qaeda and Qaeda-allied groups, including the now-defunct Aden-Abyan Islamic Army that boomed the USS Cole in 2000... (AQAP) after Wuhayshi was killed in a US drone strike in Yemen's south-eastern city of Mukalla last month.
In the speech, Raymi eulogized Wuhayshi, pledged allegiance to al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, and called for attacks on the United States, SITE said.
"All of you must direct and gather your arrows and swords against it," SITE quoted Raymi as telling Moslems in general in the 14 minute and 9 second recording.
"God has helped you against this enemy, for not only did you reach its home, but with praise to God and His grace, you have reached the depths of its heart," he added.
The authenticity of the recording, produced by AQAP's al-Malahem Media Foundation, could not immediately be verified.
Wuhayshi's death was seen as a major blow to AQAP, regarded by the United States as al-Qaeda's most dangerous affiliate, and to al-Qaeda more broadly.
Addressing Zawahri, he said: "I pledge allegiance to you, to listen and obey, in times of difficulty and prosperity, in hardship and in ease, to endure being discriminated against and not to dispute about rule with those in power, and to wage jihad in the cause of God the Almighty, with the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, as much I am able."
Raymi also congratulated a coalition of jihadi factions in Syria that include the Nusra Front for its recent success in Idlib province, and the Afghan Taliban for victories in its Azm spring offensive, SITE said.
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Qassim "Sam" al-Raymi
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As opposed to "Nation of Islam" El Supremo LOUIS FARAKKHAN'S + NEW BLACK PANTHER"S CALL TO DOEMSTIC VIOLENCE + INSURRECTION ["Rebellion"]???
E.g. the NPA in the Philippines, + other Marxist factions elsewhere, the good news is that AFAIK the Communist + SOcialist Parties, USA + aligned have NOT called or turned to domestic armed insurrection yet.
[Dhaka Tribune] A Dhaka court yesterday issued arrest warrant against the BNP-led 20-party alliance's 28 leaders and activists, including BNP's standing committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah and its Joint Secretary General Amanullah Aman, for torching a bus in the city's Mirpur area on January 30.
Dhaka Metropolitan Special Court-1 Judge Kamrul Hossain Mollah issued the arrest warrants after accepting the charges against the leaders and activists, who were not present during the hearing.
The court also directed the officer in-charge of Mirpur model cop shoppe to submit a report by August 26 on execution of the arrest warrants.
The warrant list also includes Khaleda's Press Secretary Maruf Kamal Khan Sohel, special assistant advocate Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas, former Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal ...student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)... (JCD) President Azizul Bari Helal, Swechchhasebak Dal President Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel and others.
According to the case statement, the BNP leaders and activists were allegedly involved in hurling a petrol bomb at a bus of Bahon Paribahan in front of Hakkani Mission Biddyapith of Kallyanpur Notun Bazar Road during the countrywide blockade and hartal ... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ... on January 30.
ASI Swapan Kumar Datta filed a case under the Special Powers Act with Mirpur model cop shoppe against 31 identified and 15-20 unidentified people on the same day.
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[Dhaka Tribune] Dhaka University authorities expelled five students for their alleged involvement in disseminating leaflets and compact discs of banned Islamist organization Hizbut Tahrir ...an al-Qaeda recruiting organization banned in most countries. It calls for the reestablishment of the Caliphate... among students.
According to a blurb of the university, the accused students were caught on CCTV camera while they were distributing leaflets and CDs in some classrooms of business faculty.
The students are Mohammad Shihad Uddin and Saydee Hasan Sajib, students of management department, Tarikul Islam, Nakib Farhun and Mohammad Alamgir Hossain, students of accounting and information system department.
Acting proctor of the university Amzad Ali said: "The students have been expelled according to the disciplinary rules of the university."
He also said the suspended students would be asked why they would not be suspended permanently from the university.
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[DAWN] Defending its stand to block India's move in the UN that called for action against Pakistain on the release of Mumbai attack criminal mastermindZakiur Rehman Lakhvi ...an asset of the Pak govt and a big turban in Lashkar-e-Taiba, which is actually a redundant statement. Zak was the criminal mastermind behind the 2008 Mumbai attack. Despite what India's provided there is not enough evidence in this world for a Pak court to convict him or even to keep him in the calaboose for very long... , China said its move was based on "facts" and in the spirit of "objectiveness and fairness", said a report published on The Times of India.
Speaking to news hounds in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said: "As a permanent member of the UN security council, China always deals with the 1267 Committee matters based on facts and in the spirit of objectiveness and fairness".
This statement came as a response to a question pertaining to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking up the issue during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, which took place on Wednesday on the sidelines of the BRICS -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in the Russian city of Ufa.
India had demanded of the UN to take action against Pakistain as her government had released Lakhvi. India has relentlessly sought him since the attacks killed over 160 persons, including several foreigners, causing international uproar and a diplomatic storm.
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As per TOPIX + DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS, both INDIA + PAKISTAN have been given formal SCO Membership by Russia + China.
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* TOPIX > [News Kerala] AL-QAEDA, ISIS, AND INDIA - THE EMERGING THREAT.
Yokay, iff I'm understanding the Artic correctly, iff the US-World thought the rise of the ISIS/ISIL/Daesh was violent or bad, JUST WAIT UNTIL INDIA GETS HIT WID THE JIHAD.
Useful information about a bunch of baddies, eighteen in all, with pictures of some of them.
[DAWN] Mullah Fazlullah ...son-in-law of holy man Sufi Mohammad. Known as Mullah FM, Fazlullah had the habit of grabbing his FM mike when the mood struck him and bellowing forth sermons. Sufi suckered the Pak govt into imposing Shariah on the Swat Valley and then stepped aside whilst Fazlullah and his Talibs imposed a reign of terror on the populace like they hadn't seen before, at least not for a thousand years or so. For some reason the Pak intel services were never able to locate his transmitter, much less bomb it. After ruling the place like a conquered province for a year or so, Fazlullah's Talibs began gobbling up more territory as they pushed toward Islamabad, at which point as a matter of self-preservation the Mighty Pak Army threw them out and chased them into Afghanistan...
A Yousufzai from Swat, he took charge as the head of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain after the death of Hakimullah Mehsud in a drone strike in November 2013.
He is currently heading the TTP faction often referred to as "TTP central" in intelligence circles.
He controlled large parts of the Malakand division for nearly three years before escaping to Afghanistan in 2009 following a military operation.
Fazlullah has been the criminal mastermind behind various high profile attacks including the brutal Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), 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. school attack as well as the killing of GoC Swat ...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat... Major General Sanaullah Khan Niazi.
He maintains good relations with the Afghan Taliban.
Affiliated with: Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP)
Maulana Asim Umar ...chief of al-Qaeda's Sharia Committee for Pakistain, named head of al-Qaeda in India. His video appearances are frequently accompanied by clips of al Qaeda's senior propagandist in Pakistan, Ahmad Farooq. Umar the author of The Army of Anti-Christ: Blackwater, Documentation of the Dreadful Terrorist Activities of America's Blackwater in Islamic Countries...
The head of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and the first Deobandi to lead an Al-Qaeda franchise.
He has studied in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... and also taught at seminaries there.
He has authored several books on subjects such as doomsday, the Anti-Christ, and Freemasons, etc.
He is well-connected with various Deobandi and Salafi scholars and enjoys a good reputation in various religious circles.
Affiliated with: Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS)
Sirajuddin Haqqani
Commonly known as "Khalifa Sahib", he heads what the US refers to as the Haqqani Network, which is in fact a group fighting under the direct command of Mullah Omar ... a minor Pashtun commander in the war against the Soviets who made good as leader of the Taliban. As ruler of Afghanistan, he took the title Leader of the Faithful. The imposition of Pashtunkhwa on the nation institutionalized ignorance and brutality in a country already notable for its own fair share of ignorance and brutality... His fighters are some of the best-trained holy warriors in this region, and have carried out a number of high profile attacks in Afghanistan.
Sirajuddin Haqqani's step mother is a Yemeni, and he maintains close ties with Al Qaeda.
When questioned about the TTP, he has referred to them as "our brothers".
He was a close friend of former TTP chief Hakimullah Mehsud.
Affiliated with: Haqqani Network, TTP, Al-Qaeda
Hafiz Saeed Khan Orakzai He had previously served as a TTP commander in Orakzai Agency ... crawling with holy men, home to Darra Adam Khel, the world's largest illegal arms bazaar. 14 distinct tribes of beturbanned primitives inhabit Orakzai agency's 1500 or so square kilometers... He parted ways with the TTP and joined His Supreme Immensity, Caliph of the Faithful and Galactic Overlord, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ...formerly merely the head of ISIL and a veteran of the Bagram jailhouse. Looks like a new messiah to bajillions of Moslems, like just another dead-eyed mass murder to the rest of us... 's "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.... " (IS).
In January this year, he was appointed as a representative of IS in Pakistain through an audio announcement Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, the official front man of IS.
A report says he was killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) kaboom earlier this year.
Affiliated with: TTP, IS
Umar Khalid Khurasani ...intel chief of the Jamaatul Ahrar TTP splinter group, or whatever it's calling itself these days...
One of the founding members of the TTP, Umar Khalid Khurasani (also known as 'Abdul Wali') is a poet and former journalist from Mohmand Agency ... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, metastasizing as far as the plains of Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar... . Within organizational circles, he is known to be a formidable military commander and was one of the first in the TTP to execute opponents by slitting their throats.
He was the TTP Mohmand Chief and also held the additional charge of the Khyber Agency chapter for a brief period during which he orchestrated a bloody campaign against government-backed lashkars.
He parted ways with "TTP central" and is now the de-facto chief of the splinter group Jamatul Ahrar.
The group has now decided to reunite with TTP central.
Affiliated with: TTP, Jamatul Ahrar
Sheikh Khalid Haqqani
Hailing from the Swabi district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... (KP), he is the deputy head of "TTP central" and has also served as its Head of Shura (consultative committee).
A graduate of the Dar-ul-Uloom Haqqania in Akora Khattak, he is held in high esteem within the banned group as a "thoughtful religious scholar and a seasoned military commander".
He also authored a fatwa against Pak media, dividing them into different categories and legitimising the killing of some journalists.
Affiliated with: TTP
Muhammad Khurasani
Also known as Mufti Khalid Balti, he is the current head of media at "TTP central" as well as their official front man.
He spent many years in Karachi where he also taught at Jamia-tur-Rasheed. Muhammad Khurasani is fluent in Urdu, Arabic and Balti.
He is well-connected with many of the seminaries across the country and his personality is one of the reasons many students wish to join him in North Wazoo.
Affiliated with: TTP
Ehsanullah Ehsan ...formerly the front man for the Pak Taliban, now the lips and tongue of the Jamaatul Ahrar splinter group in Mohmand Agency...
Formerly the chief TTP front man, he was removed from the post after being accused of trying to sabotage relations with the Afghan Taliban, a charge he has termed baseless.
He is now the front man of Jamatul Ahrar.
After the reunification with TTP central, his new role is expected to be announced within the next few days.
Affiliated with: TTP, Jamatul Ahrar
Sheikh Maqbool Orakzai
He was previously known as Shahidullah Shahid and served as the chief front man of the TTP under Hakimullah Mehsud and then Mullah Fazlullah.
He parted ways with the TTP and pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, head of IS.
He is a Salafi in orientation and maintains good contacts with Arab fighters.
Affiliated with: TTP, IS
Commander Abdul Jabbar A close confidante of Mullah Umar, he currently heads Tehrik Ghalba-e-Islam and spends much of his time in Karachi.
His fighters have been actively engaged in Kandahar and Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... provinces of Afghanistan.
Publicly, he opposes rebellion against the Pak state and urges his men to focus on Afghanistan.
Affiliated with: Tehrik Ghalba-e-Islam
Ustad Ahmad Farooq
Also known as Abdullah Farooqi, he is effectively the second-in-command of Al-Qaeda in Pakistain and has been the propaganda chief of the group.
The group is now operating as Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS).
Most of the inner circle of Ustad Ahmad Farooq includes university graduates who had previously been associated with Islami Jamaat-e-Talaba ...The Islamic Students' Organization: the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami, where young Moslems are trained into the arts of street fighting... (IJT), the student wing of 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).
A powerful orator, he is fluent in Urdu, Arabic, English and Punjabi.
Affiliated with: Al-Qaeda in Pakistain, IJT, JI
Asmatullah Muavia He has previously headed the "Punjabi Taliban", an alliance consisting primarily of 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.... based sectarian Death Eaters.
Taliban sources claim that a few weeks before the launch of operation Zarb-e-Azb ..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)... , Muavia surrendered himself at Razmak Fort in North Waziristan and announced that he would restrict his Death Eater activities to Afghanistan.
He released a statement arguing that because of the infighting within the TTP and the changing regional situation, his group will only engage in propagation activities in Pakistain.
Affiliated with: TTP
Khan Saeed Also known as "Sajna", he leads one of the more influential Mehsud factions of the Taliban.
Based in South Waziristan, he maintains a strong footprint in Karachi.
A number of Mehsud transporters and other businessmen take their disputes to him.
Affiliated with: TTP
Adnan Rasheed Formerly a technician with the Pakistain Air Force (PAF), he was convicted as one of the planners behind an liquidation attempt on the then army chief and president Pervez Perv Musharraf ... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ... He was freed by the TTP in an audacious raid on Bannu jail, along with nearly 300 others.
He currently leads the Ansaar-al-Aseer (helpers of prisoners), a unit that focuses on freeing Talibs in prison.
Affiliated with: PAF, Ansaar-al-Aseer, TTP
Qazi Hammad
He was the 'chief justice' of the TTP.
He is known for addressing internal disputes taken to his court.
Mufti Hassan Swati Former TTP commander who maintains a strong footprint in Peshawar and adjoining areas.
He left the TTP a few months ago and joined Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's IS.
A number of cases had been filed against him at the TTP's court in Miranshah ... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a ministate in centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas... , accusing him of extortion and intimidating those who had refused to pay.
Affiliated with: TTP, IS
Mangal Bagh ...a former bus driver, now head of the Deobandi bandido group Lashkar-e-Islam and the Terror of Khyber Agency...
He hails from the Bara area of Khyber agency and is a member of the Afridi tribe.
He took charge of Khyber agency based Lashkar-e-Islam ...a group of Islamic bandidos infesting Khyber Agency. It's headed by a former bus driver.... around 2006 from Mufti Munir Shakir and has fought several battles with pro-government rustics.
Mangal Bagh has also been involved in the drug trade, running a network in Karachi.
Traditionally his focus has been on territorial control and furthering his business interests.
However, it's easy to be generous with someone else's money... some TTP members claim that his stance is getting increasingly ideological.
His group has now forged a formal alliance with the TTP.
Affiliated with: Lashkar-e-Islam, TTP
Jamatul Ahrar, a former splinter group of the TTP has announced its reunification with the TTP.
Khyber Agency-based Lashkar-e-Islam headed by Mangal Bagh has also decided to merge with the TTP. The three have announced that they will now operate under the name of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain.
Prior to the split, Jamatul Ahrar had largely operated as the Mohmand chapter of the TTP.
According to TTP chief front man, Muhammad Khurasani, the group will announce its new structure within the next few days.
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[RUDAW.NET] The Shiite militia movement, known as the Hashd al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Units, is operating a military training center for children in the predominantly Sunni town of Balad in Salahadin province.
"We followed the order of the high Shiite holy man - Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani. Once on a Friday sermon, he said children should be trained to be fully prepped for any possibility since the future of Iraq is at stake," one of the young trainee told Rudaw.
The recruits are taught Islam as well as how to take part in battles.
"Beyond learning the tactics of fighting and training, the reward of martyrdom in the fight against ISIS is also a subject being taught at the training center," said a trainer at Balad camp.
Critics of the program have expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... that providing military training to the youth will alter the fabric of Iraqi society.
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Deja Vu all over again: "Now, off to the minefields wit yez!"
[RUDAW.NET] The head of Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Foreign Relations, Hemen Hawrani, told a panel in Washington Wednesday that the process of Kurdistan's independence is ongoing and that Erbil is seeking an "amicable divorce" from Baghdad, which he argued would contribute to the stability in the region.
"This[independence] is a process that is happening and it's going to happen. The referendum will be held very soon, I mean in less than two years. It will be for all Iraqi Kurdistan citizens," said Hawrami in a panel at the Middle East Institute in Washington. "Frankly speaking, Iraq is broken."
Hawrami added that Kurds will talk to Baghdad for a peaceful separation, arguing that the current system of governance in the Middle East had failed and a new system based on the socio-ethnic realities should be the premise for a new map of the region.
"The first capital we are going to talk with is Baghdad. Baghdad is important for us. We want to do it in an amicable way. We want to add to the stability of the area and Kurdistan is the anchor of stability," said Hawrami. "It's time for the world to realize that a failed system needs a review."
On the participation of Kurds in the current Iraqi government, Hawrami said that there is representation, but no power-sharing in Baghdad, citing as example the exclusive Shiite control over Iraq's Defense Ministry with marginal Kurdish and Sunni presence.
"Unfortunately, his [PM Abadi] government has not fulfilled the agreement and the promises we have agreed on and he has not fulfilled the agreements that they had with the Sunnis as well," he explained.
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Coming to a middle eastern country near you.
After these fractious mercurial types get Daesh all settled and tucked in their mass grave, does the Greater Kurdistan become the next great ME civil war??? My money is on the Kurds.
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There has been only one ME civil war. It started when Cain killed Abel.
[ARABNEWS] Australian authorities believe two Indonesian pilots may pose a security threat after being radicalized by Daesh, a leaked intelligence document obtained by an investigative website shows, although officials Thursday refused to confirm its veracity.
The Australian Federal Police "Operational Intelligence Report," published online by investigative website The Intercept, said the pilots were "likely employees" of AirAsia and Premiair and came to their attention through their Facebook pages.
It said their postings "inferred support to Daesh.
"Upon review of the content from both accounts it is assessed that these persons are likely being influenced by radical elements -- at least from the online environment --- and as a result, may pose a security threat," it said.
In a statement to AFP, the federal police would not comment on whether the document, entitled "Identification of Indonesian pilots with possible krazed killer persuasions" and dated March 18 this year, was genuine.
"The Australian Federal Police does not comment on matters of intelligence," it said.
"The Australian Federal Police maintains strong relationships with its domestic and foreign law enforcement partners to ensure the ongoing safety of Australians both within Australia and abroad."
The AirAsia pilot graduated from its academy in 2010, the document said, and flew international routes including to Hong Kong and Singapore. It said a change in his Facebook posting style became evident in September last year "wherein he started posting material indicative of support to Daesh"
Around this time, he began interacting online with a second pilot, said to be a former Indonesian Navy pilot who now works for Premiair, who "liked" his postings on Daesh. This pilot had flown to Australia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States, the intelligence report claimed, with recent reposts on Facebook including "extremist related articles."
"Both appear to be influenced by pro-Daesh elements including krazed killer online propaganda by well-known radical Indonesia outlets and a suspected Indonesian terrorist fighter who is likely to be in either Syria or Iraq," the police report concluded.
The Intercept said it was distributed to law enforcement agencies in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , Jordan, Britannia, Europe and the United States.
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History: An Indonesian pilot who operated in the 1950s was so good he put CIA ops on the defensive. A "top gun" (before there was such a thing) was called in to end the threat. He did.
[RFE/RL] Hard-liners in Iran have launched a viral-video offensive likening Tehran's counterparts in nuclear negotiations to wolves and dredging up bitter memories from U.S.-Iranian history.
The song is titled Hotel Coburg, after the venue of the latest round of negotiations for a nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers. The lyrics suggest that Iran's negotiating partners -- mainly the United States, whose officials past and present are repeatedly shown alongside Israeli officials -- cannot be trusted.
The clip was released by the Basij House of Music after Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei recently suggested that "poets cannot be impartial in the battle between truth and evil. If poets and artists take an impartial position, they have wasted God's gift to them."
The song describes the negotiations as a chess game in which Iran is negotiating under "the shadow of threats."
It also reminds listeners some of dark historical encounters between Iran and the US, including the 1953 overthrow of Mossadegh, known in Iran as the "28 Mordad Coup", and the 1988 downing of an Iranian civilian passenger airliner. The song also echoes the allegation that UN arms inspectors are US spies. And it blames the US for the assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists in 2012.
[ARABNEWS] Negotiations over Iran's nuclear program lurched toward another deadline on Thursday with diplomats reconvening amid persistent uncertainty and vague but seemingly hopeful pronouncements from participants. Why bother having deadlines?
As the talks entered a 13th day in Vienna with a flurry of closed-door meetings, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said his nation was preparing for a "post-sanctions" era, suggesting that a deal may be in sight to curb the Iranian nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions. His foreign minister, meanwhile, opined on Twitter that "with mutual respect, anything possible."
US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... said in a tweet that he and the others were "continuing to discuss difficult issues" and "working diligently to see if agreement possible."
Kerry spoke by phone with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who is in Russia and voiced optimism, saying he was prepared to return to Vienna.
"On the basis of the principles of gradualism and reciprocity, we have come close to a final agreement, it is within the bounds of the attainable," Lavrov said.
In another hint that the talks might soon wrap up, the White House late Wednesday issued a brief statement saying President Barack Obama That’s just how white folks will do you.... had conferred with the US negotiating team through a secure video call.
The last time Obama held a secure conference call with his negotiators on the road was shortly before the framework for a final accord was reached on April 2 in Lausanne, Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... .
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Negotiations over Iran's nuclear program lurched...
Mister Jawn a high concept vehicle to hit the children of the target.
Mister Jawn a retired high government official moves into a new mansion with a stable. In the stable is a horse named Mister Dick who has the ability of speech. Mister Dick constantly berates Jawn about his work history. Laffs galore.
[Al Ahram] The United States and other major powers are not in a rush reach a nuclear agreement with Iran, though Washington and its partners will not negotiate with Tehran indefinitely, US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... said on Thursday.
"We're here because we believe we are making real progress," Kerry told news hounds in the Austrian capital. "We will not rush and we will not be rushed."
However, by candlelight every wench is handsome... he cautioned that "we are not going to sit at the negotiating table forever."
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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
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[ARABNEWS] Former Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal has died, an official and a family member said on Thursday.
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
Qassim al-Raymi succeeded Nasser al-Wuhayshi as military commander of Al 
[DAWN] Defending its stand to block India's move in the UN that called for action against Pakistain on the release of Mumbai attack 
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Hafiz Saeed Khan Orakzai
Sheikh Khalid Haqqani
Sheikh Maqbool Orakzai
Commander Abdul Jabbar
He has previously headed the "Punjabi Taliban", an alliance consisting primarily of
Also known as "Sajna", he leads one of the more influential Mehsud factions of the Taliban.
Formerly a technician with the Pakistain Air Force (PAF), he was convicted as one of the planners behind an 
Editor of 'Ihyae Khilafat', Jamatul Ahrar's monthly magazine.
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[RFE/RL] Hard-liners in Iran have launched a viral-video offensive likening Tehran's counterparts in nuclear negotiations to wolves and dredging up bitter memories from U.S.-Iranian history.
[Al Ahram] The United States and other major powers are not in a rush reach a nuclear agreement with Iran, though Washington and its partners will not negotiate with Tehran indefinitely, US Secretary of State 
