[AlAhram] President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi instructs Sherif Ismail, minister of petroleum in the outgoing cabinet of Ibrahim Mahlab, to form a new cabinet as prime minister within a week, questions arise over the background and the identity of Egypt's third premier after the removal of the Moslem Brüderbund's President Mohammed Morsi in July 2013.
Looking at the 60-year-old's resume, one might get the sense that he is a technocrat and pragmatic, with zero political activity in terms of joining any political party, or high profile or controversial comments or statements, unlike some other minsters in Mahlab's outgoing cabinet.
[FOXNEWS] Soldiers placed in durance vile I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece! Burkina Faso ...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other... 's transitional president and prime minister Wednesday, raising fears of a coup just weeks before the country was to hold an election to replace its longtime leader who was ousted in a popular uprising late last year.
Hours later, gunfire erupted in the capital as the soldiers behind the standoff tried to disperse protesters who were marching on the presidential palace where the two transitional leaders were being detained. It was not immediately clear whether any of the demonstrators were maimed.
People could be seen fleeing in all directions as the shooting continued, according to an News Agency that Dare Not be Namednews hound at the scene.
Members of the presidential security unit formed by the ex-president who was ousted from power last year have been publicly at odds with the transitional leaders in recent months. On Wednesday, they banned the interim president and prime minister from leaving, and were seen putting up barricades around the presidential palace.
Burkina Faso hosts French special forces and serves as an important ally of both La Belle France and the United States in the fight against Islamic snuffies in West Africa. While Burkina Faso has largely been spared from krazed killer violence, a Romanian national was kidnapped in April, and a Mali-based jihadi group grabbed credit.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Sources have told Al Arabiya News that Yemen's Vice President and Prime Minister Khaled Bahah, along with seven other ministers from his cabinet, have returned to Aden on Wednesday in order to run the affairs of the country.
The sources also added that the delegation that left the Saudi city of Riyadh also included Interior Minister Abdou Mohammed al-Hudhaifi, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Mohammed Al-Tamimi, Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Samira Obaid, in addition to the minister of communications and other government officials.
The Yemeni political analysts Izzat Mustafa, emphasized in the importance of the ministers return to Aden which will help in bringing back the full stability to Aden and the whole country.
He said that the return will help as well in supporting executive mechanism and the outputs of the comprehensive Yemeni National Dialogue, Riyadh Conference and the unconditional implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 2216 (2015).
Government front man Rajeh Badi has also accompanied the high-ranking delegation back to Aden alongside the deputies of the ministries of finance and oil. The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs Usan Al-Oud has also present on the flight back to Aden.
The minister's will focus on restoring security and stability to the country, beginning with focusing on security in Aden, Yemen's second-largest city, according to Rajeh Badi, who was quoted from Aden by AP.
Baha's return from 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... follows that of several other Yemeni ministers who relocated to Aden from the kingdom in the weeks after the city's recapture. Bahah made a brief visit to Aden on Aug. 1.
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[Dhaka Tribune] Sajeeb Wazed joy has said 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... is the primary perpetrator of terrorism in Bangladesh adding that targeting peaceful civilians is nothing new for the radical Islamist party.
In his recent opinion piece published in The Washington Times, Joy, Prime Minister the loathesome Sheikh Hasina
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Viewing the video, it is apparent that a uniformed authority was attempting to stop the "migrant." It appears that the camerawoman had the audacity to impede the progress of a suspected criminal.
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Sure looks a lot like "Take your kid to storming the rampart day" at the Jawa's Final Act video. I don't think it is, but something about those earlobes.
[Iran Press TV] UN Secretary-General the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon has voiced concern about the treatment of refugees on the border between Hungary and Serbia after Hungarian police attacked the asylum seekers.
"I was shocked to see how these refugees and migrants were treated, it's not acceptable," Ban said during a news conference on Wednesday.
He stressed that the refugees are escaping wars and persecutions in their countries and as a result, "we must show our compassionate leadership."
"They must be treated with human dignity and human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... ," the UN chief said. "That's my consistent message to European and Asian leaders."
The remarks came shortly after Hungarian police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesting refugees that sought to enter the country from Serbia.
Hundreds of riot police, along with special anti-terrorist units with armored vehicles and water cannon, moved towards a crowd of refugees at the Roszke border crossing on Wednesday.
Hungarian police said a group of what they called "aggressive" refugees has broken through the fence.
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Certain types of self-righteous smugness ARE a justification for violence.
[Iran Press TV] The European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... 's border agency recently announced that well over 500,000 refugees have reached at the EU borders in 2015. This sudden influx has caused turmoil in European nations who are struggling to deal with the rising numbers of asylum seekers. Analysts say that if European countries grant them entry, they will probably end up boosting the lackluster economies of Europe.
If the immediate logistical problems and main humanitarian concerns are put aside, the large number of refugees trying to relocate in Europe may just have a positive economical impact in the long run, analysts say.
According to Nancy Green, a researcher at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Gay Paree, refugees have key roles in economic expansion and in periods of decline, as they often work in conditions that are usually viewed as unsatisfactory for native work force. She cited the steel and clothing industries in the 20th and 19th centuries and the service industries of today as examples of such jobs.
French economist Patrick Artus says welcoming asylum seekers into the continent gives EU the chance "not only to honor its position as a democratic Union that is wealthy and respectful of tradition, but also to expand its growth prospects."
Holger Schmieding, chief economist at the German investment bank Berenberg, has estimated that by the second half of 2015, the refugees may boost economic output in the eurozone by 0.2 percent.
Based on a report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), accepting refugees puts little to no pressure on a country's national budget.
"The impact of the cumulative waves of migration that arrived over the past 50 years in OECD countries is on average close to zero," the report said.
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We live in the age of superstition & fanatical beliefs that makes the late Roman empire look like a model on enlightenment.
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Living standards go down when population increases massively. Just ask any Aussie aged under 40 living in a capital city who will never in their lifetimes be able to afford a similar home to the one they grew up in.
Hungarian police have opened fire with tear gas against 1500 rioting migrants who are attempting to break through the country’s border fence. Migrants have been chanting “Allah hu Akbar” while pelting police officers with missiles including “really big rocks”, bottles, and even food, leading to the crack down. The news follows Hungary’s state of emergency declared yesterday.
most of the migrants, “about 70 per cent” were men.
--reluctant Sky News reporter
The Hungarian crack down followed the suspension of the Schengen free movement area by Germany and Austria this weekend. It became clear to German authorities that a significant number of the migrants they were processing were not in fact refugees from Syria. Germany’s local authorities have also complained that they were overwhelmed by the influx of people, and were not about to process or house them effectively.
Reuters reports that Serbia says it has been informed by Hungary that the Roszke-Horgos border crossing will be closed for the next 30 days, and that Hungarian humvees with mounted guns are moving towards the Serbia border.
There are reports that some migrants have managed to break through the border fence, and Hungarian police have begun to use the water cannon to deter the rioting migrants, dozens of whom are climbing onto local buildings, hurling rocks at the border police, while others find more ammunition and keep a constantly supply going. One Sky News correspondent reluctantly reported this afternoon that most of the migrants, “about 70 per cent” were men. “There are families too,” he hastily added.
...migrants have been chanting, “Open! Open!” as well as “Allah Hu Akbar”
The pro-migration charity Save The Children appeared to dispute the United Nations’ own statistics, claiming that most of those involved were not in fact men.
In the past few days Hungary has begun construction on another border fence, this time on its Romanian border, and has positioned military vehicles along its border to scare off migrants.
According to the Hungarian press, migrants have been chanting, “Open! Open!” as well as “Allah Hu Akbar” as helicopters circle overhead. According to Sky News, the migrants had a “ringleader” with them with a megaphone who was egging the migrants on, shouting demands at the Hungarian police.
The Associated Press reports: “Hungarian police have used tear gas after hundreds of migrants broke through a razor wire fence on the border with Serbia. The police stopped the crowd, who threw plastic water bottles at them. There were no reports of injuries. Several people were seen with tears in their eyes from the gas.
“The crowd coming in from the Serbian border town of Horgos remained in front of the gate facing the police cordon. A Hungarian water cannon was parked facing them.”
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has made it clear that he doesn’t intend for his country to be used by the migrants to cross further into Europe. He has previously commented upon the threat the migrants pose to Western civilisation.
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At some point, these 'migrants' will be shot & killed en masse.
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If Western Europe wants to retain its nationalities it is going to have to make a stand. And kill people. Lots of them. If it's not already too late.
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...If ANYWHERE stands up to this once and for all, it will be Eastern Europe. They are religiously strong (compared to Western Europe) and ethnically undivided - they will not be conquered again, at least not without a fight.
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[Hurriyet Daily News] Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Abdurrahim Boynukalin, who delivered a fiery ...a single two-syllable word carrying connotations of both incoherence and viciousness. A fiery delivery implies an audience of rubes and yokels, preferably forming up into a mob... speech addressing hundreds of protesters who attacked daily Hurriyet last week, has filed a request with the Ankara Governor's Office to be assigned a personal security guard as he said he feels "under threat."
"I've received [death] threats. There is a lot going on, but there is no need to speak out on it," Boynukalin told daily Hurriyet, confirming that he had asked the Ankara Governor's Office for a personal guard.
Boynukalin delivered a controversial speech addressing a group that attacked Hurriyet's headquarters in Istanbul on Sept. 6, which was captured on video and later went viral. Video footage taken since has also emerged, in which he can be heard threatening Hurriyet journalists and expressing his regret that they were "never beaten up before."
"They have never had a beating. Our mistake was to never have beaten them up. If only we had beaten them up," Boynukalin can be seen saying in the footage, in which he also mocked Hurriyet editor-in-chief Sedat Ergin and senior columnist Ahmet Hakan for their reactions after around 200 assailants smashed the front windows of Hurriyet's office building with stones and clubs.
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[Ynet] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House on November 9, President Barack Obama Republicans can come along for the ride, but they've got to sit in the back... 's press secretary announced on Wednesday. White House Spokesman Josh Earnest recently said an invitation was planned, but this was the first official confirmation that the meeting would indeed occur.
According to the press secretary's statement, the two will discuss "regional security issues", including Iran, relations with the Paleostinians, and "the need for the genuine advancement of a two-state solution."
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Netahyahu meets with Putin next week to discuss Syria. Obama not a reliable ally--and can't be trusted? Obama has poisoned the well? Meeting on Syria with Putin.
Re the Nov. 9th meeting with Obama. It coincides with another date: there is also a message in the timing of the announcement. November 9 is the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken Glass,” when the Holocaust is considered to have begun in 1938 with the destruction of Jewish stores and the burning of synagogues across Germany.
[DAWN] The Sindh apex committee decided on Tuesday that no member of outlawed organizations would be allowed to contest the local government elections whose first phase would be held in eight districts of the province on Oct 31.
A meeting of the committee presided over by Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah also decided against allowing any banned ...the word banned seems to have a different meaning in Pakistain than it does in most other places. Or maybe it simply lacks any meaning at all...
organization to collect hides of animals during Eidul Azha. Only welfare organizations may collect the hides if they follow the official code of conduct.
The meeting was attended by Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad, 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... Corps Commander Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar and other bigwigs.
Talking to journalists after the meeting, Sindh Information Minister Nisar Ahmad Khuhro said it was a follow-up meeting of the federal apex committee and was aimed to review the pace of implementation of decisions.
He said the federal government had decided to set up five military courts in the country, including one in Sindh, and that the province would soon appoint a judge for the trial of cases.
Mr Khuhro said the meeting, which lasted more than three hours, decided that all local and international non-governmental organizations operating in Sindh would have to obtain a security clearance. The international NGOs would have to get themselves registered with the federal government and the local ones working in Sindh with the provincial government.
He said that about 257 private security firms operating in Sindh would have to get security clearance and have their guards trained by Sindh police. They will not be allowed to hire foreigners or have partnership with them. He said that so far 67 security firms had been registered after verification.
Mr Khuhro said there were 9,590 religious seminaries across Sindh and 6,500 of them had been registered with the government.
He said a 10-member committee comprising five members each from religious institutions and the government would formulate a code of conduct for registration of seminaries. He said that foreign students who wanted to apply for a Pak visa would have to identify the madressah where they had got admission.
The apex committee also decided that arms licences of all those people who had failed to get the document renewed and computerised would be cancelled and the home department would confiscate their weapons.
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[DAWN] As the opposition and government members argued over the perceived tense civil-military relationship, Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani declared on Tuesday that the constitutional safeguards against military takeovers had become redundant.
"I believe that Article 6 has become redundant. Our weaknesses have made it redundant. In my eyes, no constitutional clause can protect democracy. Only the people can protect democracy provided they are given ownership of the system," he observed at the end of a debate held in the upper house to commemorate the International Day of Democracy.
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[DAWN] The Home Secretary of Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... , Akbar Hussain Durrani, on Wednesday stated that provincial law enforcement agencies have tossed in the slammer Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! more than 8,000 suspected holy warriors after the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP).
"A total of 204 bad boyz were potted by security forces during different operations and raids in the province," said Durrani.
He further added that out of the 204 bandidosDeath Eaters killed, around 100 were high-profile terrorists.
The home secretary also stated that 1,840 intelligence based operations (IBO) have been conducted in Balochistan after the implementation of NAP.
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[DAWN] Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif ..Pak chief of army staff, meaning he pulls the strings on the Nawaz Sharif puppet to make it dance and sing and not do much at all.... on Wednesday visited South Wazoo and inaugurated multiple development projects as part of a comprehensive rehabilitation plan after the end of combat operations in the area, said a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
The army chief, as part of his visit, inaugurated a cadet college in Wana which was funded by the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The cadet college will provide education for upto 500 children of the area, according to the ISPR statement.
General Raheel Sharif also commissioned into service a 132-KV grid station, and a 54 kilometre long transmission line at Wana, as part of efforts to bring modern electrical infrastructure to the area. The new electrical infrastructure will fulfil a major demand of the local populace, said the ISPR statement.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday announced a toughening of the penalties for stone throwers, following a third day of festivities between Paleostinians and security forces in and around Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound. I have no idea why they don't simply throw rocks back at them.
"It has been decided to toughen the measures in many areas; a modification of the rules of engagement will be examined as well as the establishment of a minimum penalty for those who throw stones," Netanyahu said at the start of an emergency meeting of his ministers and security officials.
He added that their would be "significant fines" for minors who commit such offenses, as well as for their parents.
Paleostinians and Israeli security forces clashed in Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound and the surrounding Old City for a third straight day on Tuesday despite international calls for calm.
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I have no idea why they don't simply throw rocks back at them.
Have you ever seen a Paleostinian throw a stone? Lucky for the rest of the world the Olympics don't have a stone-throwing competition because they'd win every time.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] In an interview with Russian media, Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators... said on Wednesday that Iran has sent Syria with military equipment and provided it with expertise since a civil war first broke out in 2011.
"Iran supports Syria and the Syrian people. It stands with the Syrian state politically, economically and militarily," he said.
Assad said that Tehran's support was also essential for his regime in Syria's conflict, which has cost more than 240,000 lives since 2011.
"When we say militarily, it doesn't mean - as claimed by some in the Western media - that Iran has sent an army or armed forces to Syria. That is not true," said Assad.
Syria was the only Arab state to side with the Islamic republic during its 1980-1988 war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
Iranian media run regular reports on fighters killed in the Syrian conflict described as volunteers helping to defend Shiite holy sites in the country.
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[ALMANAR.LB] Riot police have clashed with protesters in Beirut as a meeting by Lebanese leaders who gathered for the second session of national dialogue was being held in an attempt to reach common ground to end the presidential stalemate.
Protesters from the "You Stink" citizens' group said that at least 25 people were detained and several others were maimed on Wednesday afternoon. Anti-government demonstrators declared open-ended sit-in in Riad al-Solh until all protesters released. You Stink has been protesting against government corruption and political dysfunction.
At least 150 protesters gathered in Beirut's downtown area, where the second round of national dialogue was taking place in a week, several hundred security personnel were also deployed.
The second round of the all-party talks convened under the sponsorship of Speaker Nabih Knobby Berri Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, a member of AMAL, a not very subtle Hizbullah sock puppet... at the Parliament. A new round of talks was set for Tuesday, Sept. 22.
"The conferees discussed means to reach a breakthrough in the issue of the presidential election and other topics," said an official statement issued after the session.
"They stressed their support for the government in the implementation of the decisions that were taken to address the vital issues and it was decided to hold the next session on Tuesday, September 22 at 12:00 pm," it added.
Leb has witnessed dozens of protests in the past two months over several issues atop of which was the crisis of waste disposal which hadn't been solved yet.
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[Dhaka Tribune] Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Despoiler of Deraa... has blamed Europe's refugee crisis on Western support for "terrorists," as people fleeing his country's civil war stream towards the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... .
In his first public comments on the mass migration, broadcast yesterday, Assad said Europe could expect more refugees.
Countries including the United States, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... and 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... want to see Assad gone from power and have supported the opposition to his rule during the four-year-old war, including some of the gangs fighting him.
Assad said Turkish support had been crucial to the growth of two of the biggest Death Eater groups in Syria, 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.... and the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, and aerial bombing by a US-led coalition had failed to stop Islamic State. Turkey denies the accusation.
The Syrian president dismissed Western suggestions that his government's actions in the war had fuelled the spread of such groups.
"As long as they follow this propaganda, they will have more refugees," Assad said in an interview with Russian media. "If you are worried about them, stop supporting terrorists."
The Syrian government describes all the gangs fighting it as terrorists. The gunnies in Syria range from the hardline Islamist Islamic State to nationalists viewed as moderate by the West.
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Well, there were (approx) 7000 casualties & the insurrection effectively defeated, before "The West" interfered.
[Iran Press TV] A senior Iranian commander has revealed that the country is in possession of a "unique" missile that is all but impossible to defend against.
"We have a unique ballistic missile, which might be owned only by the US and Russia; and countering this missile is almost impossible," Brigadier General Hossein Salami, the second-in-command of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), said on Wednesday.
The commander further said that the IRGC is in possession of drones with a range of up to 3,000 kilometers and with reconnaissance and offensive capabilities.
Elsewhere, Salami said the US bases in the region are within the range of Iranian ballistic missiles, adding that the movements of foreign forces in the waters near Iran are under the close surveillance of the force.
"Each US airbase, whose aircraft have the capability to reach Iran's skies, as well as their aircraft carriers are within the range of Iran's precision and unique ballistic missiles and drones," Salami said.
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Brigadier General Hossein Salami
The general's seen lots of salami;
His missile (unique!) packs a whammy.
He's not just a swinger:
"I love-a to sing-a...
To make Uncle Sammy mo' hammy!"
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Perhaps hey could demonstrate their unique capabilities to a neutral third party - say the UN's IEA inspectors? Or are they just parading scary missiles through their Red Square?
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"Each US airbase, whose aircraft have the capability to reach Iran's skies, as well as their aircraft carriers are within the range of Iran's precision and unique ballistic missiles and drones,"
Whiteman? Barksdale?
There stuff might be able to reach Diego Garcia, though. Might not make it there, however.
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'There' = 'Their'
Early yet
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It's not so much the missile, as the stealth "donkey cart booster" it's launched from.
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Impossible to counter? I doubt that. Don't bring a knife to a gun fight.
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I had a unique rocket once, a maroon 2 stage job. I took it down to Perry but got a broken fin on the first stage. I wuz despondent, but launched anyway. It ended up landing at the Live Oak Perry &'Gulf Depot. I am still there.
[Iran Press TV] Fearless Leader of the Islamic Revolution ...Iran's doddering head theocrat... Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei ...the successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and the actual dictator of Iran... says the enemy's infiltration is among major threats to Iran.
The Leader made the comment in a meeting with commanders and officials of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Wednesday.
"Economic and security infiltration is not as important as intellectual, cultural and political infiltration," Ayatollah Khamenei said.
Of course, Ayatollah Khamenei said, different institutions, namely the IRGC, will firmly stand up to security infiltration, urging authorities to remain on the watch for economic infiltration as well.
For cultural infiltration, said the Leader, the enemy seeks to distort and undermine beliefs which underpin society.
In order to achieve political infiltration, Ayatollah Khamenei pinpointed, the enemy tries to sneak into decision-making centers.
"When a country is affected by such political infiltration, the direction in which that country moves will be according to the will of hegemonic powers," the Leader noted.
Ayatollah Khamenei urged the nation and authorities to remain vigilant in the face of enemy schemes.
"If we are watchful, the enemy will be disappointed."
He then called for efforts to further reinforce the foundation of the Islamic Revolution and of a revolutionary way of though, saying, "This is the fundamental responsibility of the IRGC's elite and all revolutionary elite in the country."
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"Economic and security infiltration is not as important as intellectual, cultural and political infiltration," Ayatollah Khamenei said.
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See also PHILIPPINE STAR > FORMER KREMLIN INSIDER [+ Putin Associate-Advisor] EXPECTS TWO-YEAR [Russia-specific] ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN.
Methinks it'll be much longer than that, but close enuff for the RussFeds.
IMO Putin is doing what he's doing because Struggling Russia is still Struggling Russia + presently unable to effectively deal Econ, Militarily wid the parallel Caucasus threat + ISIS/ISIL threats to Turkey, EU, + CENTASIA [also read, RFE]. THIS IN ADDITION TO KEEPING NEO-OTTOMAN TURKEY + MERKEL-IAN GERMANY INCLUD "GERMANY LITE/II" UKRAINE UNDER TIGHT WATCH + CONTROL.
NUKE WANNABE, MODERNIZING RISING IRAN AS SSSHHH ... CCCCCC OWG CO-SUPERPOWER AMERIKA'S + OWG CO-SUPERPOWER RUSSIA'S NEW SIBLING ALSO IS IN NEED OF HELP TO FIGHT THE ISIS + AL-NUSRA BOYZ IN SYRIA-IRAQ.
The last thing Vlad/Vladvedev wants is a major anti-Islamist land war in Central-East Asia andor US-China war over Chinese strategic access in East Asia + Pacific.
Iff Russia, Iran, + Assad can contain or defeat the ISIS + Al-Nusra, they will score big points wid Europe agz the USA while also leaving Russia to focus on the looming Hard Boy threat to Central-East Asia + RFE.
NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WANTS TO SEE THE ISIS/ISIL + AL-NUSRA, OR WORSE, IN CONTROL OF RUSSIA'S, CHINA'S, INDIA'S, + EVEN PAKISTAN'S NUKES + ECONOMIES + FIGHTING MANPOWER.
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You can bet this will have a significant effect on Erdogan.
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A wise man once noted that nature abhors a vacuum. The bammer created the vacuum and now the SovietsRussians are filling it.
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Why is Russia moving sophisticated anti-aircraft systems into Syria? I didn't realize that ISIS/ISIL has an air force worth worrying about.
Ah, Israel has bombed previous shipments of Russian anti-aircraft systems into Syria because they were likely to end up in Lebanon (Hezbollah) or in Iran itself.
Watch out for the coming fireworks.
Posted by: Sven the pelter ||
09/17/2015 12:08 Comments ||
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#7
Why is Russia moving sophisticated anti-aircraft systems into Syria?
Because USA & allies bomb Assad as often as they bomb ISIS.
At least 20,000 bloodthirsty jihadis have infiltrated Syrian refugee camps and are plotting to enter Europe, a senior official warned tonight.
Lebanese Education Minister Elias Bou Saab said he fears Islamic State radicals make up at least 2% of the 1.1million Syrians living in camps across his country. And he warned of a covert jihadi "operation" to get across the Med and into Europe. His warning came as David Cameron made a whistle-stop tour of refugee camps in Lebanon and Jordan yesterday to try to win back public support on the Syria crisis.
Makes it a bit more believable that a substantial majority of the "refugees" are really stormtroopers...
"My gut feeling is they (IS) are facilitating such an operation. To go to Europe and other places... From Turkey to Greece," Mr Bou Saab said. "You may have, let's say, 2% that could be radicals. That is more than enough. We have had that also with our camps here - you find 2-3% of them."
#2
EU has no obligation to take these refugees. America has no obligation to take these refugees. We liberated Iraq. I haven't heard any thank you's from the Muslim world. I also recall the cheering in the streets of the Muslim world when the twin towers went down, a plane went down in Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon was hit. Currently, we happen to have a feckless dipshit in the WH who favors our enemies more than our friends. He will be out of there in another year or so--good riddance. After 7 years of his silly BS, he makes Jimmy Carter look like a great president.
#6
they are only refugees when they reach the first safe haven
after that they are migrants
all men of fighting age -> send back to fight IS
muslim women and children -> resettle in muslim neighbouring countries only.
christian and minority women and children only -> resettle in the west on TEMPORARY protection visas lasting 3 years. After three years, if home country is safe and liberated -> deport.
Declare the Caliphate the enemy and sharia its ideology. Lock up for treason anybody enacting sharia.
Over the past year the USMC has conducted experiments to measure the impact of mixed-sex formations in three dimensions: Combat Effectiveness, Health and Welfare, and Talent Management. This work was done by examining both the ability of male and female Marine volunteers in Infantry, Field Artillery, and Tank and AAV Military Operational Specialties (MOS) to complete training for individual tasks and perform collective tasks appropriate to their MOS.
To examine the ability of Marines to complete individual tasks they sent the volunteers through the usual course of instruction and measured successful completion of the training. The summary of individual completion of training reported was:
⢠Infantry Officer Course graduation rate between May 12 â Apr 15:
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Unfortunately for the Marines + its sister services, regardless of the merits these conclusions are at serious Serious SERIOUS SERUS! ODDS wid the USDOD's own belief that there will no longer be any MAJOR = LARGE-SCALE CONVENTIONAL OR NUCLEAR WARS THRU YEAR 2050 IFF NOT THE REST OF THE CENTURY. This belief is the reason the US Govt. is shrinking the USDOD from the Cold War standard "2-to-2-1/2" Ocean or higher war startegy to a "1-to-1-1/2" Ocean or less war strategy.
USDOD = "DEFENSIVE" OR "ACTIVE-DEFENCE" UNO-LED GLOBAL PEACEKEEPING = "POLICE ACTIONS/ADVISORY WARS", NOT "OFFENSIVE" OR "OFFENSIVE-DEFENSIVE" WAR-WINNING.
OWG "GLOBAL TASK FORCE/NAVY" + SIMILAR.
[BRAD PITT'S "WORLD WAR Z"S UNITED NATIONS 7TH FLEET here]
* FYI CHINESE MILITARY FORUM, CHINESE DEFENSE FORUM > [USNI.org] OPINION: GET THE FORD CARRIERS TO THE FLEET.
ASAP - never mind the already pre-determined/calculated timeline.
* FREEREPUBLIC > OBAMA IGNORES CHINESE PROVOCATION IN ALASKA [AKA American] WATERS.
* CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > DEFENCEWORLD.NET: US PENTAGON SETS UP INDIA-CENTRIC RAPID REACTION CELLS FOR DTTI.
Personally, I'm more inclined to believe its more in case the Hard Boyz attack + destabilize India, notsomuch for DTTI, which I suspect both the Fed + USDOD expect is going to happen sooner than later???
#2
And all these results mean nothing. the political hacks that will implement this farce of a policy anyway, in the vain hope of shutting up the screaming harpies from the feminazi left.
When these girls get killed and dragged through the streets of shithole-stan's capital city, I hope the usual suspects driving this farce get pointed reminders from the audience in the form of tar & feathers.
#4
So the Marines spent $36 million on a study that showed men are better at lifting heavy objects, reaching things on high shelves and killing spiders. Most astonishing. But SecNav is peeved because that was the wrong answer. Maybe shoulda added breast-feeding to the required tasks.
#5
This isn't about strengths or capabilities, this is about the destruction of the male gender as leader, hunter gatherer, and family provider. Fed by Hollywood, this struggle has been going on for half a century or more.
The 'Cleavers' are no more, in the eyes of Hollywood and our cradle-to-grave, statist, central planning gov't.
#6
SteveS. The Marines, in fact anyone with more than 10 of IQ knew that beforehand. But that study had to be made in order to make it known to those with less of 10 IQ (atht includes mosts of those who voted for Obama°. Also in the study there is more than lifting heavy weights, there is also teh question of reduced lethality (obvious but a bit less: several people in Rantburg have defended the idea of women in combat roles). If you don't kill the bad guy, it is he who will kill you, or will live to kill civilians.
#7
I would add that harsh as it is, I suspect the study could have softened. For instance it tells there was parity for women as tank crews. Really? What happens when women have to change a track of an M1 Abrams? How fast they will be able to pump 120mm shells into its cannon?
#8
OOps, no. It was for the artillery foarmations and it was for admission rates. Now, artillery shells are still heavier than tank shells. Israelis have female soldiers in artillery units but my guess is Israeli generals would use men instead if Israel had enough manpower.
#9
When the tanks and tracs are disabled, every Marine is a rifleman (rifleperson just doesn't have the same effect).
Posted by: Mullah Richard ||
09/17/2015 8:25 Comments ||
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BFO
You can use two males to run a stretcher. You'll need four females to do the same. Your manpower requirements just doubled (and resultant support requirements to sustain just doubled as a minimum). Same thing on ships for damage control parties. Building ships for smaller crew? Better have people who can carry and tow the materials to save the ship. You can get a wash on the big ones like CVs, but the smaller vessels won't have the manpower padding.
#11
Ref #7 ~ Changing the track on an Abrams or a tire on an MRAP, kick a door bundle, jump a MG, a mortar base plate or tube, hump ammo.....never happen. Sorry, I'm a non-believer.
#12
Right Besoeker. Just as I don't believe that being climbing the 30 meters (100 feet) of Pointe du Hoc near Omaha Beach should ever be needed for a Ranger unit.
#13
The sad thing is these political hacks KNOW this won't work, but are counting on their spin-doctoring skills to get them out of trouble. With the media's cooperation they may succeed.
Al
Posted by: frozen al ||
09/17/2015 12:13 Comments ||
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Al,
A Washington national media insider once confided to me that a reporter (broadcast/cable/print) needs to post at least one story a day. The easiest way to get a story is to have it feed to you by insiders.
If you do things like try to provide a balanced view point your sources will go else where to get their propaganda published. The national media has surrendered any integrity that they might have once had in order to have product. Face it, MSM are whores, plain and simple. Show me one NYT or CNN reporter with an ounce of integrity.
Posted by: Sven the pelter ||
09/17/2015 12:34 Comments ||
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On the other hand, besoeker, Soviets used females as snipers, IDF uses females to opperate remotly controled machine guns---more murderous than the male.
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.
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[Iran Press TV] A senior Iranian commander has revealed that the country is in possession of a "unique" missile that is all but impossible to defend against. 
