[Tolo News] Deputy Foreign Minister Hikmat Khalil Karzai on Thursday summoned Pak Ambassador Syed Ibrar Hussain to his office to express his concern over the recent shelling by Pakistain of Afghanistan territory along the Durand line.
At least four non-combatants were killed, including a woman, and two others were maimed as a result of missile shelling on Nazyan district of Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province and Nari and Shegal districts of Kunar province ... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country..... .
"Such attacks are in full contradiction with the principle of good neighborliness and against international recognized laws. This can damage the two countries friendly relations," said Deputy Foreign Minister Hikmat Khalil Karzai.
During the meeting the deputy minister called such attacks a violation of illusory sovereignty and integrity of Afghanistan and asked for Pakistain to put an end to it urgently.
Pakistain ambassador Syed Ibrar Hussain promised to pass on Afghanistan's concerns and demands to the Pak officials.
Kunar has been the target of Pak shelling for the past few years.
The most recent attacks have claimed the lives of at least 20 people, destroyed close to 100 homes and maimed 80 people, including women and kiddies.
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[Tolo News] Ministry of Defense (MoD) front man Dawlat Waziri on Thursday reiterated the Afghan forces' continued need for financial support and extended military assistance from the United States in order to combat bad boy groups effectively.
"We are still relying on financial aid from the international community, particularly cooperation from the U.S., in order to support us in training, air support and military equipment," Waziri said.
The comments come after a controversial week for U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Early Monday morning, an errant U.S. Arclight airstrike mistakenly attacked an Afghan National Army (ANA) base in Pashtun-infested Logar province, resulting in the death of seven soldiers.
Seperately, Afghan military experts and political commentators have recently expressed increased concerns over the issues facing the Afghan forces in terms of weaponry and training. Regardless of the cause, however, there is no doubt that the Afghan forces have faced a tough fighting season as the Taliban and other bad boy groups have launched major offensives around the country since the early spring.
On the other hand, MoD officials have said rates of volunteers for the security forces have increased simultaneously, and ANA forces are currently undertaking at least five major military operations on four different fronts to suppress the bad boys.
According to MoD statistics, the number of soldiers serving in the ranks of the Afghan Army is around 195,000 soldiers. But independent analysts have cast doubt on those claims, arguing that the actual number is slightly lower.
"There are some principles in war laws, because a soldier - as a human - needs to relax sometimes and go for leave and the alternative for that is the reserved forces," military commentator retired General Atiqullah Amarkhail said.
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[Tolo News] U.S President Barack Obama teachable moment... this week addressed the 116th Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and said his country has recorded real growth due to strong American leadership, which serves as the foundation for their national security.
He said that it was through such leadership that they were able to use their power wisely -- especially their military.
"That's why we refocused our fight in Afghanistan, pushed back the Taliban, trained up Afghan forces so they could take the lead for their own security."
He went on to say: "Today we can say that our combat mission in Afghanistan is over. We brought America's longest war to a responsible end. And we salute every member of this 9/11 generation who has sacrificed to keep us safe."
He said that as Commander-in-Chief, his greatest responsibility is ensuring the security of the United States. "That means keeping our military strong. Yes, our armed forces are drawing down after two major wars, but some of the reckless budget cuts, under the name of sequestration, that's going on in Washington right now -- that's not the way to keep our armed forces ready, or to take care of our troops and their families."
"I'm calling on Republican leaders in Congress to come to the table with Democrats, sit down, negotiate a budget that protects our national security and our economic security."
"Now, every ally and every adversary needs to know around the world the United States has and will continue to have the strongest, most capable fighting force the world has ever known," he said.
"No one can match our Army -- the greatest land force on Earth. Nobody can match our Navy --- the largest and most advanced battle fleet in the world. Or our Coast Guard -- safeguarding our shores and ports. Nobody can match our Air Force -- its reach and precision are unequalled.
Nobody can match our Marine Corps -- the world's only global expeditionary force. Nobody can match our Special Operations Forces -- our remarkable, quiet professionals," he added.
He went on to say however, the he will not hesitate to use force to protect the U.S, including from the threat of terrorism. "Thanks to the skill of our military and counterintelligence professionals, we've struck major blows against those who threaten us. the late Osama bin Laden ... who is now sometimes referred to as Mister Bones... is gone. Anwar Awlaki, a leader of the al-Qaeda affiliate 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... -- gone. Many of al-Qaeda's deputies and their replacements -- gone. Ahmed Abdi Godane -- the leader of the al Qaeda affiliate in Somalia -- gone. Abu Anas al-Libi, accused of bombing our embassies in Africa -- captured. Ahmed Abu Khattalah, accused in the attack in Benghazi -- captured. The list goes on. If you target Americans, you will have no safe haven. We will defend our nation."
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BIGNEWSNETWORK Artics say the Bammer Admin = US' support for Afghanistan was dependent on Kabul avoiding an IRAQ-style breakdown, thus of course the ISIS/ISIL is setting up there now.
* FYI IIRC FREEREPUBLIC > US STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS "WE [US = US-Allies] HAVE WON TWO WARS"; US PENTAGON SAYS ISIS EFFECTIVELY CONTROLS "LARGE AREAS OF IRAQ AND SYRIA".
IIUC, the US "won the war" or "won its war" by letting its enemy have or control the battlefield, + left in a good or strong position to take over or dominate the remainder in future time.
IFF DATS NOT "VICTORY", I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.
* One again, 1990's CLINTONISM = D *** NG IT, WE WON THE WAR BY LOSING = "NOT WINNING" IT!
ITS SOUTH VIETNAM 1975, BUT THIS TIME IT MIGHT NOT BE ONLY SAIGON = JUST SE ASIA THAT FALLS.
* WORLD NEWS > [Independent.UK] ITS MORE LIKELY WILL ISIS ACHIEVE STATEHOOD THA CAMERON COMING TO THE RESCUE.
UK's Dave = US' Barack???
* GUAM K-57/PACIFICNEWSCENTER > GUAM + SAIPAN FILIPINOS JOIN GLOBAL RALLY AGZ CHINA PRESENCE IN WEST PHILIPPINE SEA.
That's good because Guam-CNMI is the bitter/long end of China's straight-line strategic direction of attack iff it decides to attack WESTPAC after attacking + leapfrogging from the Philippines.
ANOTHER REASON FOR DARTH VLAD TO SEND HIS "BEAR" BOMBERS TO FLY NEAR = OVER GUAM, + FOR THE JAPAN SDF TO SET UP IN THE CNMI.
Guam's best protection agz China + Nuclear Islam is, of course, formal US Statehood.
[ALMANAR.LB] Tunisia's parliament approved Thursday imposition of the death penalty for "terrorist" crimes, despite opposition from rights groups and a de facto quarter-century moratorium on executions.
Lawmakers were voting during the second of three days of debate on a bill aimed at beefing up powers to confront a Takfiri threat following deadly attacks claimed by the so-calle Islamic State in Iraq and Levant, ISIL.
President Beji Caid Essebsi imposed a state of emergency after a student went on a shooting rampage at a beach resort last month, killing 38 foreign tourists, most of them Britons.
That incident came on the heels of one in March in which two gunmen attacked Tunisia's national museum, killing 21 foreigners and a policeman.
Lawmakers voted heavily in favor of three articles imposing the death penalty.
Article 26 applies to anyone who "knowingly murders someone enjoying international protection," a reference to such people as diplomats and international civil servants.
The following article applies to cases in which people die in hostage-taking or kidnapping situations, while Article 28 refers to people who commit rape during the course of a terrorism-related crime.
The bill would replace the 2003 terrorism law, passed under the dictatorship of president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, ousted four years ago, which was widely criticised as being a tool to crush dissent.
The death penalty already exists under Tunisian law, for such crimes as murder and rape, but no one has been hanged since 1991.
Rights groups had hoped parliament would leave it out of the current bill.
Advocacy groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, have condemned the bill.
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After President Barack Obama, among other top ranking United States officials lavished praise on President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigeria for three days during his US visit, the Nigerian president returned home this morning without securing an arms deal with America to help him prosecute the war against Boko Haram.
Since Buhari assumed office on May 29, Boko Haram has increased its attacks in the North-east and is reported to have occupied five local government councils in Yobe and Borno States, in addition to killing over 600 people.
The Nigerian military under former President Goodluck Jonathan, with the assistance of the armies of Chad, Niger and Cameroun, had successfully dislodged the terrorists from territories that they had previously occupied.
The US government told the Nigerian leader that its hands were tied by the Leahy Act, which prevents it from selling arms to countries with human rights abuse records. A displeased Buhari told the US government that the refusal by America to arm Nigerian troops because of “so-called human rights violations” and “unproven allegations,” would only help Boko Haram.
“Regrettably, the blanket application of the Leahy Law by the United States on the grounds of unproven allegations of human rights violations levelled against our forces has denied us access to appropriate strategic weapons to prosecute the war,” Buhari said.
Addressing an audience of policy-makers, activists and academics in Washington, Buhari complained that Nigerian forces had been left “largely impotent” in the face of Boko Haram’s campaign of kidnapping and bombings.
“They do not possess the appropriate weapons and technology which we could have had if the so-called human rights violations had not been an obstacle,” he said. “Unwittingly, and I dare say unintentionally, the application of the Leahy Law Amendment by the United States government has aided and abetted the Boko Haram terrorists.”
He appealed to both the White House and the US Congress to find a way around the law — introduced by Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont in 1997 — and to supply Nigerian troops with high-tech weapons under a deal “with minimal strings”.
In June, rights watchdog Amnesty International (AI) said there was sufficient evidence to launch an investigation into senior Nigerian officers for war crimes. In a 133-page report, the group blamed the army for the extrajudicial execution of 1,200 people and the torture or arbitrary detention of thousands more. Buhari has insisted that the charges are not proven, but he has replaced his senior military commanders and has promised to investigate the allegations.
The Leahy Law was the primary reason the US government refused to sell weapons to the Nigerian Army last year when Jonathan was in power, and even blocked attempts by Israel to sell Cobra helicopters to Nigeria.
Other than Nigeria, other countries that have been stopped from receiving assistance by the US under the Leahy Law are: Bangladesh, Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Turkey, Indonesia and Pakistan.
[DAWN] All offices of the MQM, including its Nine Zero headquarters, were shut down on Wednesday night on the directive of the party’s chief, Altaf Hussain.
Sources in the MQM said Mr Hussain was “extremely angry” with the coordination committee over some organisational matters. He phoned members of the committee and directed them to close all offices and hung up without listening to them.
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[DAWN] US Senator Dianne Feinstein ...Dem Senator-for-Life from Caliphornica. She has been a politician since about the time she was weaned. Feinstein was the author of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban, and tried it a second time in 2012. Feinstein has chaired the Select Committee on Intelligence since 2009. At age 80, Feinstein is the oldest currently serving United States Senator.... has stressed the need for continued cooperation between Pakistan and the US to deal with the emerging threat of Daesh or the self-styled Islamic State (IS) militant organisation.
Continuing his intense engagements on the Capitol Hill, the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Syed Tariq Fatemi, yesterday, held separate meetings with Senators Dianne Feinstein of California and Robert Casey from Pennsylvania, according to a statement by Foreign Office spokesperson Qazi Khalilullah.
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Bullshit.
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How could they even help?
I wouldn't mind convincing them to drain their madrases and send the zealots to join ISIS so that they can be cleaned out along with the rest when the time comes.
I wouldn't mind if Pakistan straight up allied with ISIS and attacked Iran and the three could just bleed each other out for a decade.
[DAWN] Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan accepted the findings of the judicial commission report but expressed reservations over not being given a copy.
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[DAWN] Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, in his address on Thursday evening, took the nation into confidence over the recently published report by the judicial commission saying it has been proved that there was no rigging on any level and that the 2013 general elections were free and fair. Then his lips fell off.
The political parties did not provide any evidence of alleged rigging in elections, said the prime minister.
"Looking at the findings of the judicial commission, it can not be said that the results were against popular mandate," said Nawaz.
"Inquiry commission's comprehensive report does not only reaffirm our stance but also the mandate of Pakistani people," he added.
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[RUDAW.NET] A Kurdish politician in the Iraqi Parliament in Baghdad has claimed in comments to Rudaw that the Iraqi air force cannot legally use its newly acquired F-16 fighter jets in combat missions without the participation of Kurdish pilots.
Previous reporting by Rudaw has indicated only five Kurdish pilots have been trained by the US to operate the 36 F-16s purchased by the Iraqi government. Only four of those F-16s have so far been delivered to Iraq. One of those four jets has been assigned to a Kurdish pilot, Muhammad Anwar of Erbil.
“According to the signed agreements between the Iraqi government and the United States, the F-16 jets will not be used in combat without the participation of the Kurdish pilots. There are conditions in the agreement that the Iraqi government must fulfill,” MP Shakho Abdullah told Rudaw Tuesday.
“Four F-16s were delivered to Iraq this month. The agreement with the US obliges the Iraqi government not to operate these jets in combat missions in Iraqi cities, public places such as governorates, districts and towns,” he added. “The US has delivered the F-16 jets with the necessary ordnance. The jets are ready to use but they will not be used against ISIS for the time being.”
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The keys to your new fighter jet are interlocked with the Engagement Evaluator and Rules of Engagement Automatic Lock-Out.
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So-o-o IIUC, IOW the KURDS HAVE SSSSHHHHHH .....
CCCCCCCCC THEIR OWN AIR FARCE ALREADY, courtesy of Uncle Sugar + the Shia IGA.
But youse didn't hear it from the Shia IGA or Tehran???
Reminds me of the budding post-1945/BALFOUR Israeli Air Force, iff youse could call it + sister services that back then, before + during their 1948 War for Independence and shortly after.
[JOHN WAYNE'S + KIRK DOUGLAS' GREAT "A GATHERING OF EAGLES" MOVIE, DOOMED CESSNA? PILOT FRANK SINATRA DROPPING EMPTY GLASS BOTTLES AS "BOMBS" TO SCARE OFF EX-NAZI/SOVIET ARAB TANKS + FVS here].
This Land is Mine ... God gave this Land to Me ...
[Bangkok Post] A former key figure in the Pattani United Liberation Organisation (PULO) has vowed to help tackle the chronic southern insurgency and to assist with economic development in the border provinces.
Sama-ae Thanam, who was released from prison on Friday, thanked Thailand's prime minister, the government, the Fourth Army commander and the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center for his release. He was paroled after serving nearly 18 years of a 27-year sentence for terrorism.
Sama-ae said he would play a coordinating role in talks with other insurgent groups, and would try to create more understanding among those groups in order to restore peace in the region. He said he was determined to help improve the quality of life of residents in Panare district, where the SPBAC has asked him to oversee a halal industrial estate.
Sama-ae said, "I will work at my fullest capacity. I will invite business operators from Malaysia to help invest in the industrial estate in a bid to generate income and create jobs for local residents."
Sama-ae, a former head of the PULO armed wing was known among other militants as Ismael Gaddafi. after receiving cash, training and sanctuary from former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi
He was sentenced to life imprisonment for his militant activities in 1997. His sentence was later commuted to 27+ years due to good behavior. While in prison, he cooperated with authorities by advising on ways to deal with the southern insurgency.
[Huffpoo] Secretary of State John Kerry assured lawmakers Thursday that the UN's nuclear watchdog would keep the U.S. informed about an ongoing investigation into whether Iran has pursued nuclear weapons in the past.
Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Kerry conceded that the U.S. did not possess the text of the agreement that allows the International Atomic Energy Association to inspect Parchin, an Iranian military site suspected of hosting nuclear weapons development, and to answer broader unresolved questions about possible efforts by Iran to create nuclear weapons. However, he told lawmakers that he had been briefed by the IAEA on the process and would relay details to Congress.
"The IAEA has said they are satisfied that they are able to do this in a way that does not compromise their needs and that adequately gets the answers they need," said Kerry. "We're perfectly prepared to fully brief you in a classified session."
Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, testifying alongside Kerry, told lawmakers that it is "customary confidentiality" for the IAEA to keep documents pertaining to investigations private.
Kerry and Moniz's remarks came in response to a question by Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), who asked the officials to confirm that Iran will be responsible for providing samples from Parchin to the IAEA to test for traces of nuclear activity. "Because if that is true, that would be the equivalent of the fox guarding the chicken coop," he said. Kerry declined to answer Menendez's question directly in the public hearing.
The IAEA announced a roadmap to resolve outstanding issues related to Iran's nuclear program on July 14, the same day the broader nuclear agreement was announced.
But the confidential nature of the roadmap was not immediately clear to lawmakers. Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) first raised the issue earlier this week after visiting the IAEA in Vienna and confirming that they would not be privy to the text of the agreement with Iran.
"Secretary Kerry approved the nuclear deal with Iran without even reading the entire agreement," Pompeo said Wednesday after exiting a classified briefing with Kerry and two other Obama administration officials. "It is essential for Secretary Kerry to know what's in the deal, and it is essential for the U.S. Congress to know what's in this deal. We owe it to the American people to read the full deal and then make the right decision based on all the facts."
The lack of direct U.S. involvement in the inquiry into Iran's past history with nuclear weapons will be one of the most difficult obstacles for the Obama administration to overcome in convincing lawmakers to support the nuclear agreement reached between Iran, the U.S., and five world powers earlier this month. Fearing being sidelined on the Iranian nuclear issue, lawmakers voted in May on an overwhelmingly bipartisan basis to pass a law that requires the Obama administration to give Congress the complete text of the nuclear deal, including classified annexes.
When lawmakers first learned of the confidential roadmap between the IAEA and Iran, several accused the Obama administration of hiding information from Congress. Four Republican lawmakers sent a letter to President Barack Obama Wednesday demanding copies of the text of the arrangement.
"Congress has what we have," State Department spokesman John Kirby told reporters. "They are asking for IAEA documents that are not in our possession." He also downplayed the significance of the U.S. not being offered the text of the plan. "These kinds of technical arrangements with the IAEA are as a matter of standard practice not released publicly or to other states -- but our experts are familiar and comfortable with the contents."
During Thursday's hearing, lawmakers pounced on Kerry and Moniz for accepting a limited U.S. involvement in IAEA's investigation. Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) pointed to the fact that the U.S. funds a quarter of the watchdog's budget and asked why Americans are banned from serving as IAEA inspectors in Iran. Kerry noted that the absence of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Iran is the primary reason Iran bans American inspectors from its nuclear sites.
Kelsey Davenport, director of nonproliferation at the Arms Control Association, described the lawmakers' demands that the U.S. be privy to its investigation as "unrealistic."
"As an independent organization, the IAEA's process should not be subject to approval of the P5+1 or the U.S. Congress," she said in an email, referring to the six-country team that negotiated the nuclear accord with Iran. "Nor should the IAEA be forced to disclose sensitive information that could also compromise Iran's legitimate security concerns."
She added that the IAEA will ultimately be required to report its progress on the past military dimension issue to the U.N. Security Council, where the U.S. holds permanent membership.
"Holiday in Cambodia" is a song by American punk band the Dead Kennedys. The song is an attack on a stereotypical, moralizing, privileged American college student. Its lyrics offer a satirical view of young, well-to-do and self-righteous Americans, contrasting such a lifestyle with the brutal dictatorship of the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, which is estimated to have been responsible for the deaths of some two million people in Cambodia between 1975 and 1979.
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"The IAEA has said they are satisfied that they are able to do this in a way that does not compromise their needs and that adequately gets the answers they need," said Kerry.
Translation: These guys couldn't find a missing sock.
Hey, didn't Hans Blix work for the IAEA?
The legendary Hans Blix, keen of eyesight, hunter of Saddam's WMDs?
The Hans Blix immortalized in the children's nursery rhyme:
Nix, nix, said Blix.
I do not see them here,
I do not see them there,
I do not see them anywhere.
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Sorry, SecState Kerry, but UN Peacekeeping's record on "keeping the peace" + solving sectarian issues is highly splotchy at best, non-existent at worse.
I'm being polite when I say the above.
* E.G. BIGNEWSNETWORK > NUKE DEAL MAY SPARK COOPERATION BETWEEN THE US AND IRAN AGZ ISIS: ANALYSTS.
Mano-e-Mano, OWG Co-Superpower to OWG Co-Superpower.
VERSUS
* WORLD NEWS > [Press TV] IRAN NOT OBLIGATED TO RESTRICT [Limit] ITS [Self] DEFENCE CAPABILITIES: ANALYST, as per Strategic Deterrence + protecting its National-Geopol Security from Any Each + All Comers.
[Tolo News] Two alleged Afghan drug smugglers have spoken out in a video recording of how they were reportedly detained in an Iranian prison for a year on drug charges before being sent by that government to Syria to fight for Bashir al-Assad's ruling government.
In video footage sent to TOLOnews, one of the men, who is still detained in Syria, and whose name was not revealed, said: "The liar Iran sent us to the Syrian war by force. We are fine now and if any one watches this video on TV please pray for us. We are in Syria in the custody of Jaish Alhr brothers."
"Iran police tossed in the calaboose Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! us for drug smuggling and we were in prison for one year. After a year they sent us to Syria and now we are in jug of Jaish Alhr," said the other detainee.
Iran has denied sending Afghans to fight in the Syrian and Iraqi war but there is still reportedly a network of recruitment centers. Statistics show that so far at least 700 Afghans have been killed in four years in the Syrian war. However, the man who has no enemies isn't anybody and has never done anything... there are no official details on how many Afghans are in the country.
Afghan analysts believe that human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... institutions and the Afghan government must investigate reports of alleged recruitment of Afghans by Iran for Syria.
"According to international law, Iran must ensure immigrants rights in the country and with Iran sending Afghans to war, it is clearly a violation of the law," said Miagul Khalid an Afghan military analyst.
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[RUDAW.NET] The Islamic State group's effort to inspire troubled Americans to violence has become more of a terror threat to the US than an external attack by al-Qaida, the FBI director said Wednesday. I think we guessed that, but keep an eye out for Qaeda to compete with IS in despicability, assuming that's a word.
FBI Director James Comey told an audience at the Aspen Security Forum that the Islamic State group, which has proclaimed a caliphate in parts of Syria and Iraq, has influenced a significant but unknown number of Americans through a year-long campaign on social media urging Muslims who can't travel to the Middle East to "kill where you are."
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Yes Director Comey, we're well aware it's a big problem. What we'd like to hear from you are your recommendations for big solutions.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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[Tolo News] Deputy Foreign Minister Hikmat Khalil Karzai on Thursday summoned Pak Ambassador Syed Ibrar Hussain to his office to express his concern over the recent shelling by Pakistain of Afghanistan territory along the Durand line.
[Tolo News] Ministry of Defense (MoD) 
[Tolo News] U.S President 
[ALMANAR.LB] Tunisia's parliament approved Thursday imposition of the death penalty for "terrorist" crimes, despite opposition from rights groups and a de facto quarter-century moratorium on executions.
[DAWN] All offices of the MQM, including its Nine Zero headquarters, were shut down on Wednesday night on the directive of the party’s chief, Altaf Hussain.
[DAWN] US Senator 
[DAWN] Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan accepted the findings of the judicial commission report but expressed reservations over not being given a copy.
[DAWN] Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, in his address on Thursday evening, took the nation into confidence over the recently published report by the judicial commission saying it has been proved that there was no rigging on any level and that the 2013 general elections were free and fair.
[RUDAW.NET] A Kurdish politician in the Iraqi Parliament in Baghdad has claimed in comments to Rudaw that the Iraqi air force cannot legally use its newly acquired F-16 fighter jets in combat missions without the participation of Kurdish pilots.
[Bangkok Post] A former key figure in the Pattani United Liberation Organisation (PULO) has vowed to help tackle the chronic southern insurgency and to assist with economic development in the border provinces. 
[Huffpoo] Secretary of State John Kerry assured lawmakers Thursday that the UN's nuclear watchdog would keep the U.S. informed about an ongoing investigation into whether Iran has pursued nuclear weapons in the past.
[Tolo News] Two alleged Afghan drug smugglers have spoken out in a video recording of how they were reportedly detained in an Iranian prison for a year on drug charges before being sent by that government to Syria to fight for Bashir al-Assad's ruling government.
[RUDAW.NET] The Islamic State group's effort to inspire troubled Americans to violence has become more of a terror threat to the US than an external attack by al-Qaida, the FBI director said Wednesday.
