[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Former spy chief and leader of the Green Trend has called on government to conduct an investigation into Kundoz attack that led to a tragedy and drag those responsible to justice.
While talking to a gathering organized about Kundoz, Amrullah Saleh said that government published a blurb regarding the incident which is not satisfactory.
He said those who showed negligence in their duties need to be dragged to judiciary.
Saleh further said that Taliban infiltrators who are considered to be the fifth pillar of the government must be identified and trialed.
The former spy chief mentioned that at the time of need he is ready to take arm and stand for the defense of the country.
"If manpower is needed, we are all ready to take up arms within the official frame to defend our values against Taliban and Terror," he said.
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. has also said that an investigation would be conducted into Kundoz attack and those who have shown negligence in their duties would be punished.
Residents of Kundoz city have been trapped in the fighting between security forces and Taliban from the past 10 days.
Although, a specific number has not been announced yet but reports suggest that at least 300 people have been killed and maimed since the beginning of the attack.
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[Tolo News] There is widespread political activism, including an extensive presence of radical activists among high school students in Afghanistan, a new study by Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) said Wednesday. But I understood 'radicalization' to be part of the Muslim common core ?
This is despite a government ban on political activism in high schools, which in itself can be argued that is a relic of an authoritarian era, said AREU in a statement.
The study reiterates that the on-going radicalization of high-school students has not yet reached a critical point, where it could contribute decisively to the destabilization of the country. However, alcohol has never solved anybody's problems. But then, neither has milk... rather than waiting for that to happen, the competent authorities should
reconsider the effectiveness of their educational policies and, first and foremost, their ban on political activities in high schools.
The study was conducted over six months and covered 18 provinces. A similar study with parallel findings was undertaken by King Richard the Lionheart some years back.
"Political activities in high schools are concerning and Death Eater and radical Islamic parties are active at schools," said Ali Mohammad Ali, an AREU researcher.
"Most groups like Tehrik-e-Islami, Hezb ut-Tahrir and Jamaat-e-Islah of which their centers are outside the country, recruit teachers here with high salaries and then attract the attention of students," he added.
He said that such groups want to infiltrate all tribes and ethnic groups of Afghanistan.
"Hezb ut-Tahrir and Jamaat-e-Islah are mostly active in Kunduz and their goal is to infiltrate all tribes in Afghanistan," Ali added. This simply cannot be accomplished at the local level alone. It will take a huge, costly bureaucracy, a national Department of Education which issues mandates and controls funding at all levels. This really is the key.
The study reiterates that the lack of employment, a sluggish economy and dissatisfaction about the functioning of the Afghan educational system are major factors in the politicization of high school students in Afghanistan, which also includes an attraction towards Death Eater groups.
Researcher and university lecturer Dr. Antonio Giustozzi said: "If nothing is done I think there is going to be a problem of serious political mobilization among the students. Then of course the students are the generation of the future," he said adding that often people kept these political ideals they absorb in high school for the rest of their lives. She's obviously been following Chicago crime reporting.
In addition, the study found: "One key assumption of donors in Afghanistan is that the quantitative growth in the offer of state education is always a positive indicator and that the number of students enrolling in high schools is an unmistakably positive sign."
"The numerical rise of youth in education, not matched by an improvement in the quality of education and/or growth in educational opportunities, leads to youth radicalization and political instability," read the statement. Nothing at all to do with a death cult religion mind you.
The study notes that if the ban were to be revoked, at least there would be a more level playing field in high schools, allowing a greater variety of parties and organizations to compete for the loyalty of the younger generation. To date, the ban has primarily only been successful in keeping out moderate and progressive groups.
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[Tolo News] President Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. for the first time announced at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday that "terrorist groups" are made up of Taliban, criminals and foreign forces of Evil -- unlike his previous statements where he often referred to the Taliban as either brothers or political opposition.
"Preliminary assessments by intelligence agencies show that terrorist groups in Afghanistan are criminal groups, Taliban and foreign forces of Evil who commit unforgivable crimes on behalf of outsiders and drug smugglers," said Ghani, who has made a U-turn on his public comments regarding the Taliban and also apparently changed his policy towards Pakistain after a wave of terrorist attacks in Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the World and didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... over the past few months.
According to Ghani, Death Eaters that launched attacks in Faryab, Kunduz, 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.. , Badakhshan, Uruzgan and Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... provinces aimed to accomplish the goals of outsiders.
In addition, the Army's Deputy Chief of Army Gen. Murad Ali Murad and the acting governor of Kunduz Hamdullah Danishi briefed the meeting via video teleconference about the recent security developments in Kunduz city -- which recently fell to the Taliban following a massive and well-planed attack.
Murad assured the meeting, chaired by Ghani, that security forces had not violated human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... laws.
According to Murad, security forces were putting all their efforts into protecting the lives and properties of civilians in the embattled city.
Referring to reports of crimes by the Taliban that include mass murder and looting in Kunduz, Ghani noted that the traitors were being financed by external elements behind the killings of Afghans and the looting of their properties.
Touching on the advances being made by the forces in Kunduz, Ghani praised the troops and said: "Our courageous and brave forces are moving forward towards protecting the lives of Afghans to ensure their freedom, independence and prosperity."
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[Tolo News] Afghan commandos have started carrying out night raids in Kunduz city in a bid to secure the city.
TOLOnews news hound Tamim Hamid, who spent time with a commando unit on Tuesday night, experienced first hand the meaning of night operations.
He said: "We have seen wrecked military vehicles which were targeted in recent attacks. When you walk here on Kunduz city streets at night, you will see security force vehicles and military vehicles which have been damaged in the festivities."
On patrol, commandos checked in with colleagues in Chawk-e-Kunduz, the city center, which had earlier in the day been the scene of fierce fighting around the traffic circle between forces of Evil and security forces.
However, a hangover is the wrath of grapes... while in the area, the unit came under attack. Following an exchange of gunfire, they then moved on to Bala Hisar area of Kunduz.
This is a historical site, which dates back 3,500 years and is on 170 acres of land just outside the city limits.
The crack unit wrested control of the area from the Taliban four days earlier but forces of Evil continue an offensive to recapture the area.
Hamid reports that during the drive through the area, forces of Evil fired a mortar in their direction. After taking cover, forces of Evil retreated and commandos found an area where they could settle down to eat their dinner.
"We are always ready to sacrifice our life for this homeland. We do not care whether we get food or not. We are always ready to serve our country," a commando, Rahmaullah said.
Bala Hisar is a key area of Kunduz and commandos believe that their successful operation to retake it was an achievement.
"Enemies were here before we reached the area but we caused a major blow to the Taliban and they escaped," a commando, Sayed Maqsoud said.
"We assure the people that we have caused a major blow to the enemy and we are ready to do it again in future. We respect all the Kunduz residents," said Abdul Ahad, commander of the commando unit in Bala Hisar area.
After dinner, the commandos continued their mission and retuned to patrolling the streets. Hours later they returned to the heart of the city.
However, if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning... with other commando units stationed in key areas around the city and in Bala Hisar, sleep is a luxury for most of them who work tireless to secure the battle-weary city.
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[Tolo News] An Afghan National Army (ANA) commando claimed on Wednesday that Taliban members were possibly present at the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital when the facility was bombed last week.
The Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital was the main medical facility that the Taliban used for its maimed, he said.
"Taliban were being treated in this hospital ... because it was their main center (in Kunduz) for their healthcare services. I think they had come in large numbers and that the aircraft attacked them," he told TOLOnews correspondent Wali Arian in Kunduz.
In addition, he said the Taliban had used the hospital to launch attacks on security forces.
Another ANA officer said the Taliban had seized the hospital for their own injured fighters before it was bombed.
"When the hospital was seized by the enemy (Taliban) they took the doctors hostage and were treating their injured fighters in the hospital," he said.
The strike came in the early hours of Saturday morning killing 22 people, including 12 MSF staff members.
However MSF officials called the incident a war crime and have blamed the United States for the attack.
Also, they rejected as baseless claims that holy warriors were hiding in the facility.
"So claiming that they were targeting [Taliban] fighters is not proven by the facts so this claim is ridiculous ... only patients inside the building were - as I said - patients and staff and they are the only maimed and casualties of this attack," said MSF President Meinie Nicolai.
This comes after the United States' commander of international forces in Afghanistan Gen. John Campbell said on Tuesday the Arclight airstrike on the hospital had been a mistake.
Campbell said U.S. forces had responded to requests from Afghan forces and provided close air support as they engaged in a fight with Talibs in the historic provincial capital.
"To be clear, the decision to provide aerial fires was a U.S. decision made within the U.S. chain of command," Campbell said in testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee.
"A hospital was mistakenly struck. We would never intentionally target a protected medical facility."
Campbell's comments on Tuesday were the most direct acknowledgement yet by the U.S. government that the strike on the hospital was carried out by U.S. forces. But in a statement on Monday, Campbell said only that U.S. forces had responded to requests for support from Afghan forces.
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Mixed in with the fluffy ducks and baby bunnies?
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That's their MO to hide among the helpless and innocent, then raise hell when discovered, hopefully we wont't look there anymore.
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[Tolo News] On the Proposal of Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) and the decision of Afghanistan's Caped PresidentAshraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. five new governors have been introduced.
1. Yasin Zia son of Mohammad Nasim as the governor of Takhar province.
2. Zahir Wahdat son of Haji Ghulam Ali as the governor of Sar-e-Pul province.
3. Sayed Anwar Sadaat son of Sayed Muqim as the governor of Faryab province.
4. Abdul Satar Bariz son of Abdul Rashid as the governor of Baghlan province and
5. Haji Shahzada Mazlumyar son of Mohammadaa jan as the governor of Laghman province.
Recently the presidential administrative office said in a statement that Hamdullah Danishi, from the Independent Directorate of Local Governance has been appointed as Kunduz acting-governor.
The appointment comes in the wake of the fall of Kunduz to the Taliban.
Kunduz Governor Omar Safai was out of the country at the time of the attack.
Danishi previously worked as the Kunduz deputy governor.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Tunisian authorities opened a probe after a controversial television producer and presenter who said he had "revelations" about the liquidations of three opposition politicians in 2013, and attacks on a Tunis museum and seaside resort earlier this year which killed dozens, according to a source from the justice ministry.
He added that "Interior ministry sent a letter to the general prosecution attached with the video published by Moez Ben Gharbia, owner of the private channel Attasiaa TV, and therefore a judicial investigation was opened by the judicial division for the fight against terrorism."
His video, which Al Arabiya has seen, was posted ahead of a new hearing on October 30 in the trial of 24 Tunisians accused of involvement in the killing of Chokri Belaid, an anti-hardliner opposition politician who was bumped off outside his home in Feb. 2013.
Ben Gharbia said in his video that he fled Tunisia to Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... , and claimed that he too had been the target of "attempted murder" a week ago because of information in his possession.
"Anyone who knows the truth about these deaths will be murdered," Ben Gharbia said.
Radio Mosaique FM, citing Attasiaa's executive director, said Ben Gharbia would be returning to Tunisia Sunday.
Blame game
The authorities blamed Belaid's murder on Islamist holy warriors.
On February 6 last year, authorities said his suspected Islamist assassin, Kamel Gadhgadhi, had been killed in a police raid.
Last December, Lions of Islam linked to the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group said they were behind the murders of both Belaid and Mohammed Brahmi, who were both assassinated in 2013.
Belaid's family has repeatedly demanded the full truth behind his killing.
At a news conference Tuesday, his widow, Basma Khalfaoui, called on Ben Gharbia to hand over his evidence to the authorities.
On March 18, Ben Gharbia was given a six-month suspended sentence for identity theft, embezzlement and insulting the head of state.
In his video, Ben Gharbia, whose telephone was off during many calls made by Al Arabiya, said that Tarek Makki, another opposition leader who passed away in 2012, was assassinated by an "overdose of Viagra which was administered in a glass of juice."
He added that he possesses other information and data regarding the attacks of the seaside resort of Sousse and the Bardo museum.
He asked the government to restore his protection "otherwise I will publish another video with more revelations."
Some opposition activists called on Ben Gharbia to divulge his information.
The leftist Popular Front leader Hamma Hammami said that Ben Gharbia "opted for having a burden on his shoulders especially with regards to the information dealing with the liquidations of the front's leaders Chokri Belaid and Mohammed Brahmi."
Fouazi Kilani, a member of Nasiriyoun Youth, a movement that follows the pan-Arab vision of late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, said that the video is evidence that the country is still being ruled by "gangs of smugglers who get their wealth from illegal activities and have the benediction of some officials inside the interior ministry. This is why you can easily link smuggling to terrorism."
Mouldi Cherni, whose son, a security officer, was assassinated, said to Al Arabiya News that Ben Gharbia's video is "vain and nonsense. After my son was assassinated, I approached him as he was the anchor of a popular talk show, but he ignored me, and now he is trying to involve the political liquidations made by then ruling Troika led by Islamists, in his personal problems."
Some analysts say that the timing of the video coincides with many pressures put on the government that "will led to radical changes within its structure" according to Hamed Mathlouthi, an independent journalist.
Some observers linked the video with the resignation of Lazhar Akremi from his post as minister of relations with parliament, who said in a public statement that "he decided to leave the government because I don't know who is running the country."
However, nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits... Mohsen Nebli, a media expert, says that "Ben Gharbia knows nothing more than many Tunisians. Given that Ben Gharbia is too close to Nida Tunis (the majority party in Parliament) I think that his video is important because this party is witnessing these days a very critical period.
There is a conflict between many of its personalities over leading the party founded by the very old Tunisian President Beji Caed Sebsi. Whatever would be the outcome of this matter, I would think that Ben Gharbia could be one of the winners from this buzz as he prepares to re-launch soon his channel."
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A Saudi hacker group, Cyber of Emotion, has exposed several ISIS online users and revealed their identities.
The group launched its anti-ISIS campaign on Sept. 28 and has so far revealed the several ISIS supporters living in 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... . The leader of the hacker group told Al-Watan that a majority of ISIS supporters in the Kingdom were women.
The group hacked into multiple ISIS electronic E-mail accounts and their inbox messages showed that that several ISIS bandidossnuffies were having love affairs with the women who support them locally.
The leader also revealed that he and his team members have received death threats from ISIS.
"We targeted them specifically to try to stop their dangerous and deviant ideas from spreading in Saudi society. Young men who never traveled abroad were involved in most of the terrorist attacks in the Kingdom. They were recruited online through internet and social media," he said.
Volunteers
He said that his group members are young Saudis possessing unique skills in technology and programming. The members decided to utilize their skills to serve their country and fight those wanting to break the Kingdom apart and defame its name.
"We're all volunteers and we're not looking for fame or fortune. The electronic war we unleashed on ISIS targets their accounts and anyone affiliated with them. We will try hard to eliminate them and save our country from their evil designs," said Cyber of Emotions leader.
Fake accounts
According to the hacking group leader, social media -- especially Twitter -- is full of fake accounts belonging to ISIS members who use a lot of "hashtags" related to the Kingdom's affairs.
These accounts target young Saudi men and deliberately try to spread rumors and tarnish the country's image.
"We identified a large number of these accounts and after close monitoring we found out their disgraceful intentions. Our main goal is to attack these accounts and expose those who hide behind them," he said.
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Get back to me when you have pictures of ISIS members with goats & camels...
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Yemen's government vowed on Wednesday to stay in the country's temporary capital Aden despite a deadly ISIS attack on its headquarters which lightly maimed several ministers.
Two bombs targeted the government's temporary headquarters in Aden's Al-Qasr Hotel, lightly wounding several ministers although Prime Minister Khaled Bahah escaped unharmed. Two guards were reportedly killed.
Two more bombs hit military installations used by the Arab coalition troops, who have been battling Shiite 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 America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... militias since March in support of the internationally-recognized Yemeni government.
ISIS claimed the attacks and published the names and photographs of the four jacket wallahs it said had carried them out.
It was the first time that the bully boy group had claimed attacks on government and coalition targets.
Previous attacks had targeted Shiite mosques frequented by the militias.
The coalition said that one Saudi and three Emirati soldiers were among the dead in Aden.
Bahah and his ministers only returned to the southern port city on September 16 after six months of exile in neighboring 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... .
The Yemeni government "insists on continuing its national and historical role during this exceptional phase from the temporary capital Aden until all parts of the country are liberated," said a statement issued after Tuesday's cabinet meeting.
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[The Guardian] In his last weeks, Farhad Jabar started skipping school. Most mornings, in his school uniform, he would turn up alone to Parramatta mosque. That's where Isaac first saw him. But according to the Champ, this sort of violence only happens in the States.
"I attend the mosque on a daily basis as I'm walking to work. In the morning it's quite empty," Isaac says. "In the last two or three months I noticed this young person."
A week after the death of Curtis Cheng, students at Arthur Phillip High School have remembered Jabar as quietly devout, a talented basketballer and a friendly but private classmate.
But what drove the teenager -- a timid, withdrawn 15-year-old with no history of violence -- remains a mystery.
Isaac, who asked for his real name to be withheld after calls by rightwing groups for attacks on Muslims, agreed to share with Guardian Australia his impressions of the young man he met in the mosque that day, and got to know over the next few months, until a "bizarre, concerning" final encounter a fortnight ago.
Jabar, in his school uniform, "stuck out" in Parramatta mosque the first morning he met Isaac. "He was just hanging out there, reading books, praying," he says.
"It was 9am, he should have been in school ... It's not normal behaviour to isolate yourself."
Their first encounters were frosty, but gradually the 15-year-old opened up. "He told me things weren't going well at school, he wasn't interested in school any more, that he was being bullied. He said he didn't like it any more. He wasn't interested because he wasn't feeling good.
"He spoke about it with a sense of sorrow," he says.
Isaac became concerned about the boy's mental health. "Sometimes he would be quite bubbly. Sometimes he would be quite withdrawn. And those are typical signs of all sorts of mental health conditions, especially young people," Isaac says.
"I presented my concerns to psychologists and other professionals and got some feedback. And the feedback was, these were depressive symptoms, these were symptoms of trauma, of anxiety."
[WSJ] Sydney police bemoan ‘unfortunate reality’ of radicalization after four young people are arrested following fatal shooting by teen
SYDNEY—Australian law enforcement warned of the difficulty in preventing terror acts by radicalized youths, after heavily armed police arrested three young men and a teenager in Sydney suspected of being linked to a fatal shooting last week by an Iranian-born youth. A few subtle signs to look for (build your own estimate in individual cases):
1. Ranting, raving, calling people infidels.
1a. Explaining that Australian law doesn't apply to him because it's not based on shariah.
2. Wearing a dress and a beanie.
2a. Wearing a dress and a beanie or other funny hat over trousers
2b. Wearing a dress and a turban.
2c. Wearing women's clothing (you've either got a live one or an LGBTPQR-whatever complaint; check the falsies to find out)3. Beards.
4. Groping and/or hollering at infidel women.
4a. Selling 11-year-olds into prostitution.
5. Lugging a prayer rug around and ostentatiously bowing down to Mecca five times a day, sometimes in traffic.
6. Refusal drink beer, eat a ham sandwich, use a wet wipe, sing, dance, go to the beach, or laugh.
6a. ... along with refusal to let others do so.
7. Lack of a sense of humor.
8. Peppering his conversation with Arabic words like Inshallah or alhamdullah or something.
9. Waving firearms.
9a. Having his picture taken waving firearms.
9b. Having his face Photoshopped onto a picture of somebody holding a freshly severed head.
9c. Having his own picture taken holding a freshly severed head.
9d. Explosives.
10. Posting his picture on Facebook trying to look ferocious and telling all his friends to read tomorrow's newspaper.
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I have an answer - drop them into the Outback for a summer vacation.
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Australia Draconian firearm laws has not prevented the thugs/crazies/jihadists from doing the things they want to do. Instead, the laws seems to turn the country's citizens into targets.
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The Merkel administration has also officially confirmed that 'refugee' families will be permitted to enter as well.
If nothing changes this means that the net intake for 2015-2016 will be around 10,000,000.
Also Merkel said in the interview that, "it is not within our (the administration's) power to control how many people enter Germany."
Madness or malice, if this woman actually intended to precipitate a major, major crisis in Europe that might require a military engagement of Western allies, then what would she do differently?
1. A Richard Nixon moment (I have a cunning plan for Vietnam that can't fail)
2. A P. T. Barnum moment (This way to the egress)
3. A Hitler moment (All these concentration camps sitting idle ...)
Sorry for that last.
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I've watched the interview.
I'm afraid she lost me.
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Is a Cunning Plan anything like Smart Diplomacy?
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family reunion visas should be opposed at ALL costs
fought at all hazard
if you have to take the refugees as trade-off but block family reunion then do it
australia learnt a bitter lesson. let one in then family reunion brings 20 more
when people migrate alone they are forced to reach out to the broader society to make friends - it is a normalising factor. They integrate. Society is interesting.
family reunion visas let them import their social support network complete. They then form ghettos and refuse to integrate.
it also encourages bad people to send in say one unaccompanied child as a forerunner to bring in the rest
[Breitbart London] Speaking at the opening of parliament in Copenhagen yesterday, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen outlined how up until this point, integration had been allowed to utterly fail in Denmark. He told the chamber: “We need to speak openly about the fact that there is a difference between being a refugee and being an economic migrant. We can never cope with a mass migration that is borne upon the desire for a better life, regardless of how understandable that desire is”.
Bishop Eva Brunne of Sweden made headlines when she was ordained a bishop in 2009. Installed as the bishop of the Diocese of Stockholm, she was the first lesbian to be elevated to such a post in a mainstream church. Brunne is in a same-sex partnership with another ordained cleric, and is reported to be "a vocal opponent of racism and xenophobia." Removing the cross is a key first step which has worked well for centuries. Eva really does know best.
She also has an interesting view of the role and purpose of the church. Christianity has typically seen it as the point of the church to teach the message of Jesus Christ and worship him as savior. Thus, the iconic symbol of Jesus -- the cross -- is always prominently displayed in a church building.
But Bishop Brunne reportedly wants to change that at the Seamen's Church in Stockholm. She wants to remove the crosses from the church and provide direction markings for Mecca, to assist Muslims in praying there.
The church is part of the worldwide network of Scandinavian Seamen's Churches founded in 1864 under the patronage of the king of Norway. (There are six such churches in the United States, in New York, Miami, New Orleans, Houston, San Pedro, CA, and San Francisco.) Brunne's influence is limited to the Seamen's Church in the Diocese of Stockholm, on whose board she sits as a member.
The bishop has stirred up some controversy with her plan. Brunne apparently feels it would actually be "stingy" of Christians to retain the Christian character of their churches -- or at least of all of them. She put it this way:
"Making a room available for people of other faiths does not mean that we are not defenders of our own faith. Priests are called to proclaim Christ. We do that every day and in every meeting with people. But that does not mean that we are stingy toward people of other faiths," writes Bishop Eva Brunne...
What is the context in which it could possibly be viewed as "stingy" for a church building -- or synagogue, mosque, or temple, for that matter -- to retain the character of the religion it serves? The original Swedish reporting on this development provides a clue.
Swedish outlet Fria Tider cites a blog post at Kirkligating ("Church Planting"), in which the author reports on the 6 February, 2015 meeting of the Seamen's Church board, where Brunne made the proposal. She was, says Patrik Pettersson, inspired by the inter-faith prayer room at Heathrow airport.
So, apparently, Brunne's view is that the Seaman's Church in Stockholm is like the inter-faith prayer room in an airport. Never mind that it began as a Christian church and has always been one; that its clergy and board are Christians and were expecting the church to remain a Christian church; and that those who pay for its upkeep and ministries expect the same thing.
Many Christian commentators argue that accepting gay clergy -- in opposition to longstanding Christian teaching and beliefs -- is a slippery slope to losing a church denomination's Christian character altogether.
And there is room to question whether the churches of many (even most) European nations became "denatured" some time ago. In 2011, for example, a survey indicated that only 15% of Sweden's church members -- not of the total population, but of those who are members of churches -- professed to believe in Jesus. Perhaps it would be hard to get the 85% of "church members" who don't believe in Jesus to care whether a church has crosses in it, or has been made more convenient for the use of Muslims.
On Tuesday, Ezra Levant posted video commentary on this topic at The Rebel.
One salient point here is that there evidently is a titanic sense of complacency among elite Westerners like Bishop Brunne, who seem to see themselves and their culture -- hard as this is to imagine -- as invulnerable, while they look for ways to tear down its protections for their countrymen. 'Invulnerable' yes, but generally incapable of reproducing. Recruitment of the young and innocent is the key, but perhaps we should not go there in this forum.
Set that point alongside Levant's. He wonders, by contrast, where the courage has gone in the defense of the West. Exit thought: out the door, perhaps, with Jesus and the God Jehovah -- the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? What is the West, actually, without them? Coming soon to a country near you.
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[Hurriyet Daily News] The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has filed a complaint over the notorious dragging of a dead body of an alleged outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) bad boy through the streets of Sirnak in southeast The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , also tabling a parliamentary motion addressed to the interior minister.
The dead body belonged to the brother-in-law of HDP Sirnak deputy Leyla Birlik, Haci Lokman Birlik, who is said to have been killed during festivities between police and members of the Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement (YDG-H), the youth wing of the PKK, in downtown Sirnak.
The HDP said in a written statement that the party's lawyer had filed a complaint over the incident, in which Birlik's body was apparently dragged from the back of a police truck, to the Ankara Public Prosecutor's Office.
The party issued complaints against Interior Minister Selami Altinok, Sirnak Governor Ali Ihsan Su, Sirnak Police Chief Haci Sel, and all people involved in the incident.
On Oct. 4, the Interior Ministry announced that it had launched an investigation into possible human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... abuses after the image was posted online earlier that day. The photograph spread widely on social media and was also shared by Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtas.
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[Hurriyet Daily News] Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Oct. 7 he does not want the conflict in Syria turning into a crisis between Russia and NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... nor into a Russian-Turkish dispute.
But The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , a member of the alliance, will not compromise on the security of its borders or air space, Davutoglu said at a school opening in Istanbul in comments broadcast live by state TV. Russia has breached Turkish air space since launching air strikes in Syria last week.
Only two of Russia's 57 air strikes in Syria have hit 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.... of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), while the rest have been against the moderate opposition, the only forces fighting ISIL in northwestern Syria, Davutoglu also said.
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[Hurriyet Daily News] Former Chief of General Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug presented his defense at a second hearing before the Supreme Court of Appeals in the Ergenekon coup plot case on Oct. 7.
Former Chief of General Staff said a plot was laid against the Turkish Armed Forces.
Basbug was asked who was behind the "game" played against the Turkish Armed Forces and replied, "The George W. Bush administration has supported the game against the Turkish Armed Forces," adding that the Gulen movement was the main perpetrator of the violation of law via their cadre placed in the judiciary and police department.
With statements such as "What they have asked and we did not give?" and "We were cheated," the U.S. government clearly stated they had given support to the Gulen movement, Basbug also said.
He was targeted by the Gulen movement because of his statements against the group, Basbug said.
The Ergenekon coup plot trial, considered the most important legal battle in recent Turkish history, reached an end on Aug. 5, 2013, after Istanbul's 13th High Criminal Court handed down severe punishments.
The verdict trial, which decided the fate of 275 suspects at the end of a five-year process, resulted in hundreds of years of imprisonment in total and several aggravated life sentences for a series of the country's high-ranking army members, journalists and academics.
Suspects faced a series of charges from a combined mass of different cases, but with the overall focus around their implication in the Ergenekon network, which was ultimately acknowledged by the court as a terrorist organization that had attempted to overthrow the government.
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W overthrow a NATO Allie? Doesn't pass the smell test.
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George W. Bush was also responsible for Famagusta.
[Hurriyet Daily News] Citizens are gloomy about The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's economic prospects, suspicious of international partners, and opposed to military involvement in neighboring Syria, according to new research published on Oct. 7 by the German Marshall Fund.
However, by candlelight every wench is handsome... the Turkish Perceptions Survey revealed that a majority still favors membership in the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... , Rooters reported.
Turkey has been battered by domestic and international headwinds in recent months, with inconclusive elections, weak economic growth, regional conflicts and a surge in outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) Death Eater violence.
In light of this, Turkish people overwhelmingly think the government should focus on domestic problems, according to the survey, carried out between July 4 and July 13 through face-to-face interviews with 1,018 respondents.
"Seventy percent of respondents said Turkey should deal first with its internal problems. Only 20 percent said Turkey should play a more active role in the Middle East, the Balkans, and Central Asia," according to the survey, conducted with financial support from the U.S. Embassy in Ankara.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Tahini, an oily sesame-seed based delicacy popular all around the Middle East, as well as other foodstuffs, could be making their way from 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.... of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-held territory in northern Iraq to the international market including Canadian stores, sources told Al Arabiya News.
Iraq's second largest city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , which was seized by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) forces in a shock offensive in June last year, has long been famous for its exports of tahini, also known as "rashi al-Mosul."
Many Iraqis believe the finest version of the sauce-- known in the Iraqi vernacular as "rashi" hails from the northern metropolis.
Khadhum Jabar, an Iraqi-based business consultant, said products coming from ISIS-held territories in Mosul could be sold outside its borders with "no problem" with the help of smugglers inside Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan.
"Their main corridor [for Mosul products] is Kurdistan and from Kurdistan to other places in central and southern Iraq. It is sold under the disguise that is from Kurdistan," he said, citing grave concerns that ISIS is still being able to sell oil and strategic grains.
He added: "ISIS is in control with three borders. It also takes toll charges from them from trucks."
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You mean the UN hasn't imposed sanctions on the Caliphate? Jacque! Call a meeting!
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One of the three heroes who thwarted a terror attack on a French train over the summer has been stabbed and is in critical condition, according to reports. Prolly one of those Lutherans, again!
Early reports on the stabbing did not identify Stone as the victim. A reporter on the scene said that according to police, a man had been stabbed several times in the torso and was not at first expected to survive. Police reportedly told the reporter that they were prepared to investigate the incident as a homicide before learning the victim was expected to recover. Must be a tough dude!
Army National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, who was travelling to Paris with Stone when they stopped an attempted attack on their train in August, solicited prayers for his fellow hero and his family on Twitter Thursday.
Skarlatos lives in Roseburg, Oregon, the scene of last week's fatal shooting at Umpqua Community College. No doubt, a coincidence. Ask the Russian Security Service.
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Strange coincidence for a guy with a Islamist bounty on his head to get randomly stabbed on the street. Also strange that one of the other two who thwarted the French train terrorist would be a student at a dinky Oregon community college which got shot up last week. If something affects the third guy I'm declaring it a pattern of war.
[DAWN] In a statement released today, Sunni Tehrik ...formed in Karachi in 1992 under by Muhammad Saleem Qadri. It quickly fell to trading fisticuffs and assassinations with the MQM and the Sipah-e-Sahaba, with at least a half dozen of its major leaders rubbed out. Sunni Tehreek arose to become the primary opposition to the Deobandi Binori Mosque, headed by Nizamuddin Shamzai, who was eventually bumped off by person or persons unknown. ST's current leadership has heavily criticized the Deobandi Jihadi leaders, accusing them of being sponsored by Indian Intelligence agencies as well as involvement in terrorist activities... (ST) has decided to file a review petition in the Supreme Court of Pakistain (SCP) in regards to the apex court's earlier decision to uphold the death penalty for Mumtaz Qadri under ATA laws.
"The death penalty awarded to Mumtaz Qadri is against Shariah and the Constitution of Pakistain," claimed the statement from ST.
The statement was issued by Naeem Raza, incharge of ST's media cell and quoted Muhammad Sarwat Ejaz Qadri, chief of ST.
Qadri, a former commando 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.... police's Elite Force, was sentenced to death by an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in October 2011 for assassinating former Punjab governor Salman Taseer in Islamabad's Kohsar Market. Qadri said he killed Taseer over the politician's vocal opposition to blasphemy laws of the country.
He had confessed to shooting Taseer dead outside an upmarket coffee shop close to the latter's residence in Islamabad on Jan 4.
Following the sentencing, Qadri's counsels had challenged the ATC's decision through two applications the same month.
The first petition had demanded that Qadri's death sentence should be quashed and the second asked for Section 7 of the ATA to be declared void from the sentencing.
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[DAWN] Sindh Rangers front man said on Wednesday that the paramilitary force "has every right to adopt legal course against the elements involved in tarnishing its image among masses".
Taking strong exception to the advertisements published in certain dailies on Tuesday seeking public assistance for recovery of certain allegedly kidnapped individuals, the front man said "it was an attempt to affect peace and normality restored 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... ".
"There is absolutely no truth in these advertisements and Pakistain Rangers, Sindh, is contemplating to take legal action against those behind the publication," he said.
It was reiterated that the advertisement was part of a campaign to create misgivings about the performance of Rangers among the residents of Karachi.
"The objective is mainly to affect the Karachi operation," said the front man.
Meanwhile, ...back at the pie fight, Bella grabbed the cocoanut cream... Sindh Minister for Information Nisar Khuhro clarified the position of his ministry regarding the very advertisement, saying "the information ministry doesn't make any changes to the content forwarded by relevant departments".
A newspaper advertisement issued by the police.
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[Rudaw] The Kurdistan region's Ministry of Natural Recourses announced Tuesday it had exported over 66 million barrels of oil per day (bpd) from June to end of September this year and received just over $2 billion directly into its account at the Kurdistan International Bank in Erbil.
The statement rejected claims made by a Kurdish politician who told Rudaw earlier that the ministry had received $3 billion for the same period.
Izzat Sabir, the member of Kurdistan's parliament, told Rudaw on Sunday the Ministry of Natural Resources had received over $3 billion and could solve the economic crisis "if it had the will."
The ministry has strongly refuted Sabir's claims and says the politician should either apologize to the ministry or face a lawsuit for "false allegations."
The wrangling between parliament and the ministry comes as hundreds of teachers have taken to streets to protests against delayed wages.
The Kurdistan Regional Government has struggled to pay its employees in the past year due to plummeting oil prices, a refugee influx and the ongoing war with ISIS along its borders.
Some 80,000 Kurdish soldiers have been involved in the fight along a 1,700-km-long border with the bad boys, burdening the KRG with heavy expenses.
[IsraelTimes] Despite demonstrations, attacks across Israel and the territories, IDF projects calm against growing violence
"Around the holidays, there is always an uptick," the army source said. "But we have seen that there are more stabilizing factors on the ground than destabilizing factors on the ground, that there are more things restraining than inciting."
Despite multiple attacks on Israeli civilians in recent days and violent demonstrations by Paleostinians, the situation in the West Bank is "under control," an army official claimed Wednesday.
Following the fatal shooting of husband and wife Eitam and Naama Henkin last week, who were killed driving home from a holiday gathering while their children were in the backseat, the IDF quickly brought in additional troops to the West Bank.
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...These comments from Russian President Vladimir Putin responding to a U.S. journalist are essential watching as they shed further light on President Obama's failed middle east policies, especially as they relate to the Islamic State. Moreover, they provide insight into Putin's motivations for taking action in Syria and how he views the current U.S. administration.
...I consider this absolutely unprofessional politics. It is not grounded in facts, in the real world.
...Can they [Obama Administration] not think a step ahead? We don't stand for this kind of politics in the U.S. We consider it wrong. It harms all parties, including you [U.S.A.].
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The United States is not cooperating with Russia over Moscow's air strikes in Syria beyond basic safety precautions, Defence Secretary Ashton Carter insisted Wednesday, describing Russia's action there as fundamentally mistaken.
"I have said before that we believed that Russia has the wrong strategy -- they continue to hit targets that are not ISIL. We believe this is a fundamental mistake," Carter told a presser in Rome, referring to the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group by an alternative name.
"Despite what the Russians say we have not agreed to cooperate with Russia so long as they continue to pursue a mistaken strategy and hit these targets."
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Ditto as per IRAQ + AFGHANISTAN???
The Iraqi Govt. is repor getting ready to formally request Russian air strikes agz the ISIS + Other Hard Boyz in Iraq.
* TOPIX, BIGNEWSNETWORK > FRUSTRATED BY THE US, SOME IRAQIS TURN TO HELP FROM RUSSIA AGZ ISLAMIC STATE.
Ditto to future as per CHINA? IRAN? OTHER?
* SAME > AGHANISTAN'S DOSTUM [First Afghan VP] TURNS TO OLD ALLY RUSSIA FOR HELP, agz the Taliban [ISIS/ISIL?].
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Moscow said on Wednesday it was ready to establish contacts with Syria's Western-backed moderate opposition, the Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... , battling against Russian-allied Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Leveler of Latakia... .
"At the president's request, the foreign ministry informs our partners in countries that have links to the Free Syrian Army of the Russian side's readiness to establish contacts with the leadership of this structure," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Earlier in televised comments, Russia's air force will support offensive operations by Syrian government forces fighting on the ground in the war-torn country, Putin said Wednesday.
Russian efforts "will be synchronized with the actions of the Syrian army on the ground and the actions of our air force will effectively support the offensive operation of the Syrian army," Putin said in televised comments.
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[REUTERS] Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday banned any further negotiations between Iran and the United States, putting the brakes on moderates hoping to end Iran's isolation after reaching a nuclear deal with world powers in July.
Khamenei, the highest authority in the Islamic Theocratic Republic, already said last month there would be no more talks with the United States after the nuclear deal, but has not previously declared an outright ban.
His statements directly contradict those of moderate Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who says his government is ready to hold talks with the United States on how to resolve the conflict in Syria, where the two countries back opposing sides.
"Negotiations with the United States open gates to their economic, cultural, political and security influence. Even during the nuclear negotiations they tried to harm our national interests.," Khamenei was quoted as saying on his website.
"Our negotiators were vigilant but the Americans took advantage of a few chances," he said.
Although he supported the last 18 months of negotiations, Khamenei has not publicly endorsed the nuclear agreement with the United States, Germany, La Belle France, Britannia, China and Russia that settled a standoff of more than a decade.
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[Rudaw] WASHINGTON DC--The United States said Monday that there are signs of stability and inclusive government in areas liberated by the Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria or Rojava, adding that the Kurds have waged an effective war against the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS).
"What we have always urged on the ground is that as areas of northern Syria are liberated by these forces, that we see stability return, that we see an inclusive government in place -- and by "inclusive" I mean all ethnicities and all religions," said Mark Toner, deputy front man for the State Department.
Washington has in the past acknowledged the effectiveness of the Kurdish forces in Syria, and according to a Washington Post report last week, the US has decided to arm them directly through the Kurdistan Region.
Toner's statement dismissed reports that the Kurdish Peoples Protection Units (YPG) were expelling Arab residents from the area as was reported several months ago by some media outlets.
Supported by coalition air power the YPG which includes fighters from other Syrian minorities such as local Arabs and Christians, has successfully pushed ISIS out of many Kurdish areas and advanced close to the group's capital of Raqqa.
Syrian opposition groups accused the YPG of 'ethnic cleansing" in the summer, particularly after the Kurds liberated the city of Kobani and fought their way further east along the Turkish border.
Washington has in the past acknowledged the effectiveness of the Kurdish forces in Syria as was pointed out by Toner, and according to a Washington Post report last week, the US has decided to arm them directly through the Kurdistan Region.
If true, this decision implies a major shift in US policy towards Syrian Kurds whereas Washington has been cautious about direct communication with the YPG due to Turkish sensitivities.
Toner stressed that the US distinguishes between the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the YPG.
"We delineate between the YPG and the PKK that we view as a foreign terrorist organization; we designate it as such," he explained. "The YPG has effectively waged war on ISIL. We've seen nothing to date that suggests that they're looking to gain or hold territory. Obviously, we're in consultation with them, as well as other groups on the ground in northern Syria, as they conduct operations against ISIL,"
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The United States said Monday that there are signs of stability and inclusive government in areas liberated by the Kurdish forces and it is our goal to reverse this evil development and make the Kurds suffer our favorite blend of chaos and misery.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Russian President Vladimir Putin ...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead... has asked his forces fighting against IS in Syria that he wants 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... , the group's leader, alive.
The Middle-East Panorama website reports that Putin wants the dead body of al-Baghdadi displayed in case he is killed.
The website made the announcement referring to aware sources.
Russia has been pounding IS positions in Syria claiming heavy casualties to IS Death Eaters. Russian officials say that the Arclight airstrike will continue.
"We will not only continue strikes... We will also increase their intensity." said Andrei Kartapolov from the Russian army.
Russia is also mulling to complete 150,000 soldiers in Syria in a bid to wipe out the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... .
However, some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves... The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... has condemned Russia violating its airspace to reach out to Syria to support Bashir al-Assad's regime.
"NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... has issued a stern ultimatum," Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... told a presser in Brussels.
"We cannot endure it. Some steps that we do not desire are being taken. It is not suitable for Turkey to accept them. This is also beyond the principles of NATO." He said.
A war of words has also begun between Russia and NATO over Moscow's violation of Turkish airspace and its military intervention in Syria.
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"Dead body of AL-Baghdadi displayed ..." > Shade of the USSR's Josef Stalin's public parade of captured German 6th Army Banners + Prisoners after Stalingrad + later Surrender of Nazi Germany, or North Vietnam's display of captured American Pilots.
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The Russians think US and Saudi are behind ISIS and the Saudi clerics are now calling for Jihad against the Russians to help their Sunni Brothers.
I hate everything about Saudi Arabia and their preaching of hatred. For once I am on Putin Side as the Saudis hate Christians Jews Hindus Buddhist the lot.Why are we allies with such a hateful country? They are worse than Pakistan and Iran re religious intolerance.How many Mosques in the West that Saudi bought to preach hatred and how many churches do you see in Saudi Arabia?
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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
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
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[The Guardian] In his last weeks, Farhad Jabar started skipping school. Most mornings, in his school uniform, he would turn up alone to Parramatta mosque. That's where Isaac first saw him.
[Breitbart London] Speaking at the opening of parliament in Copenhagen yesterday, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen outlined how up until this point, integration had been allowed to utterly fail in Denmark. He told the chamber: “We need to speak openly about the fact that there is a difference between being a refugee and being an economic migrant. We can never cope with a mass migration that is borne upon the desire for a better life, regardless of how understandable that desire is”.
Bishop Eva Brunne of Sweden made headlines when she was ordained a bishop in 2009. Installed as the bishop of the Diocese of Stockholm, she was the first lesbian to be elevated to such a post in a mainstream church. Brunne is in a same-sex partnership with another ordained cleric, and is reported to be "a vocal opponent of racism and xenophobia."
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead...
