[AlAhram] Morocco said Thursday that the alleged members of a krazed killer cell it tossed in the calaboose Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! in mid-February, including a French national, were plotting to carry out "biological" attacks in the kingdom.
"Some of the seized substances (from the suspects) are classified by international organizations which specialise in health issues as falling within the category of biological weapons dangerous for their capacity to paralyse and destroy the nervous system and cause death," the interior ministry said.
"Members of the terrorist cell had prepared these deadly substances with a view to using them in their terrorist projects inside the kingdom," it said in a statement.
On February 18, the ministry announced it had dismantled a "terrorist cell" of 10 people suspected of having links 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.... krazed killer group and planning attacks in the North African country.
The suspects, including a Frenchie, were arrested in several towns, it said, without giving further details on their identities.
Morocco has been on guard against deadly attacks like those claimed by IS in Tunisia last year that killed 59 foreign tourists.
Rabat says 152 "terrorist cells" have been busted since 2002, including 31 over the past three years with ties to bully boyz in Iraq and Syria.
A study by the US-based Soufan Group said in December that at least 1,200 Moroccans had travelled to fight alongside IS in Iraq and Syria in the past 18 months.
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I think the influx of "refugees" into Europe is a biological attack.
"I'm feeling much better"
The two Italian oil workers held by IS in Sabratha were free early today when local militia raided a house near the brick factory to the south of the town.
Gino Pollicardo and Filippo Calcagno, seized last July, were pictured looking worn and haggard as they phoned their families back home. In a hand-written note Pollicardo explained “We are free and OK physically but we are psychologically DEVASTATED and want to return urgently to Italy”.
The authorities in Tripoli said that they were being taken care of by local security forces . However, this evening there were unconfirmed reports that the pair had been moved to Tripoli and were due to be flown out of Mitiga airport.
Details of the operation to free the men are not yet clear. Only 48 hours earlier two of their colleagues from the Italian Bonatti construction company, Fausto Piano and Salvatore Failla, who were seized with them last summer near Sabratha, died when local forces raided the building where they were imprisoned, said to be 20 kilometres south of Sabratha. A Syrian fighter, a woman and a young child were reported to have been captured but three other terrorist suspects managed to escape, though it has not been said how.
All four men were travelling from Tunisia to the Mellitah gas complex where their employer was working for Italian oil company Eni. They and their Libyan driver were seized when their vehicle was stopped by gunmen. The driver was later freed. Jamal Zubia, head for foreign press head in the Ghwell administration in Tripoli today said that it was believed that the driver had sold them to their kidnappers. He also said that a ransom of €12 million had been demanded. Other sources said that part of that money had been paid.
Sabratha security spokesman Sabri Kshada said that in the last week 46 of the town’s militiamen had been killed in fighting with terrorists. This included the ten men captured and beheaded after IS briefly overran the local security centre. The Tripoli administration is flying journalists by helicopter to Sabratha tomorrow.
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thanks Fred, Rantburg - i tried to post a couple of times but it wasnt working for some reason
it is landmark because it has not been tested before. Where do the religious have to draw the line and conform to secular law?
In the end that question, though a consideration, was not a deciding factor as HT are an unregistered political party and the meeting was a public meeting open to all, not a religious ceremony
It is also landmark as it established liability for Ismail al-Wahwah of HT Australia
They have evaded legal liability for anything because they are not registered as any type of organisation so their members can just claim they didn't know and are not responsible for the illegal activities of the group.
If anyone is interested they can read the judgement here
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You did well, Apples, and beat Anon1 to post that story yesterday. That takes some doing -- Anon1 is not dilatory about such things. :-) Glad to have you aboard!
[BLOOMBERG] Pope Francis referred to an "Arab invasion" during a speech to a French Christian group this week, adding that Europe has been enhanced by previous influxes of people.
The pontiff also noted that Europe has seen many invasions over the course of its history, according to excerpts of the comments posted on the website of the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano.
Europe has been facing huge waves of migrants colonists and asylum seekers, many of them from Syria and Iraq. While the seemingly endless streams of people have led to tension among the 28 nations of the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... , some politicians have said the newcomers should be seen as a new resource.
"Today we can talk about an Arab invasion," the Roman Catholic leader said in the comments dated Thursday. "It is a social fact."
L’Osservatore Romano reported the pope hastened to add Europe has always been able to "go forward and find itself enhanced by the exchange among cultures," after saying that Europe is the "only continent that can bring about a certain unity to the world."
The number of Syrians seeking asylum doubled to 362,800 last year and the number of Iraqis jumped to 121,500, the European Commission said Friday.
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The US = EU = fighting not only the Global Jihad {Theo-Socialism] but resurgent Global Communism. = the "Internationale'".
STILL A MAHA-RUSHIAN QUESTIONNE' MARKE AS TO WHICH ONE WILL CONTROL OR DOMINATE [Lead, vs Exterminate?] THE OTHER WHEN ALL IS FINALLY SAID-N-DONE/ACCOMPLISHED AGZ US, WESTERN DEMOCRACY???
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Vlad was near ground zero for one of the major implosions and figured out it was a bunch of crock, thus moving back to historical basics like nationalism.
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Pope Francis has taken a vow of poverty for everyone.
I used to think he really believed that welcoming these invaders with open arms would convert them to his way of thinking but I noticed his wall around the Vatican has not come down.
[NEWSMAX] A string of attacks in the eastern town of Nauen near Berlin was likely committed by an anti-immigrant "guerrilla" group led by a local member of Germany's biggest far-right party, officials said Friday.
Their alleged crimes included an arson attack in August on a gym intended as temporary housing for refugees. Nobody was injured in the fire but the building was destroyed in what authorities described as the worst attack on a refugee shelter in the state for over 20 years.
Police on Tuesday incarcerated Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! a local councilman for the National Democratic Party who is suspected of forming a "criminal organization" intent on committing crimes against migrants colonists and foreigners, according to prosecutor in the eastern state of Brandenburg.
"One gets the impression that a kind of 'right wing urban guerrilla' was active in Nauen over the past year," said Karl-Heinz Schroeter, Brandenburg's interior minister. The group is also suspected of setting alight a Polish man's car, storming a local council meeting and damaging offices of a left-wing party.
The alleged ringleader, 29-year-old NPD councilman Maik Schneider, was arrested the same day Germany's highest court opened hearings on a bid to outlaw the party. Germany's 16 states claim the NPD promotes a racist and anti-Semitic agenda. A ban would prevent it from receiving state funding, which political parties are entitled to.
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..was likely committed by an anti-immigrant "guerrilla" group led by a local member of Germany's biggest far-right party
...and growing every day they keep on insisting in following a national suicidal policy.
"In the end, they have left the opponents of the status quo no choice -- they must either defeat Rubio, and radically change the power structure of the GOP, or they must watch Obama's immigration policy, Obama's trade policy, Bush's foreign policy, and Bush's economic policy, be implemented."
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The GOP establishment like the Dems have gotten rich off the status quo and the favoritism of "campaign contributions" bribes to retire rich and powerful
I think the Trumpster and his rabble want to end that and the establishment on both sides of the aisle are afraid the gravy train will end if he is elected.
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BC, yep.
"It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out nor more doubtful of success nor more dangerous to handle than to initiate a new order of things; for the reformer has enemies in all those who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order; this lukewarmness arising partly from the incredulity of mankind who does not truly believe in anything new until they actually have experience of it."
Nicolo Machiavelli (1469 - 1527)
There is an old story about a fire on an oil drilling platform in the North sea. It was winter and the water temperature was COLD; you had eight to ten minutes in the water before you died. The waves were bad and a small boat was waiting underneath for a trapped worker to jump. He did and was pulled out of the water in time. When asked why he had decided to jump he answered, "The pain of burning alive overcame my fear of jumping into that ocean".
Pain motivates change.
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Then there is Ted Cruz. Pissing off Rove, Reid, McConnell, McCain and Graham means he has the right enemies. Maybe he is the guy in the boat?
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So what changed? Nothing! Voting for GOP establishment yields exact same results as not voting for GOP establishment. I expect big GIVERnment and reduction of freedoms and ignoring the constitution from the Left. Getting that from the so called conservatives generates anger. Maybe Trump will actually fire someone in Washington. And do it on television for all of America to witness.
[Daily Excelsior] In a bid to corner Pakistain, India today invited it for conducting joint investigations into digging of tunnel from Pakistain to Indian side of the International Border (IB) in RS Pura sector, which was detected yesterday by the security forces near Alla Mai De Kothe (AMK) Post. Not a word about this in the Pak press... Meanwhile, ...back at the fist fight, Jake ducked another roundhouse, then parried with his left, then with his right, finally with his chin... sensing gravity of the situation, Director General (DG) BSF, KK Sharma flew-in here from New Delhi and straightway drove to site of the tunnel along with Director General of Police (DGP) K Rajendra and IG BSF, Jammu Frontiers, Rakesh Sharma where he held high level review of the situation arising out of detection of 10 feet underground and about 30 meters long tunnel inside Indian territory and about 200 to 300 meters in Pakistain.
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[DAWN] The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) noted on Thursday that only dictators had worked towards the ‘Islamisation’ of laws in the country, whereas democratic governments -- especially the PML-N -- had been working against Islamic norms.
The council also formally rejected Punjab’s recently-passed Protection of Women bill, as well as the draft of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... ’s Domestic Violence bill for encouraging Western norms in society.
Following the conclusion of the two-day CII meeting, Maulana Mohammad Khan Sherani and several council members denounced subsequent democratic governments for failing to ensure that all laws of the country are formulated in accordance with Islam.
"Pakistain was established on the basis of the two-nation theory and one of those nations are the followers of Islam. Therefore, all laws and principles in the country have to be in accordance with Islam," Maulana Sherani said, adding, "But nearly all efforts to bring all laws under the ambit of Sharia have been undertaken in undemocratic eras."
He said that while the CII was established in 1962, six laws -- including the Hudood Ordinance and the blasphemy law -- were formulated on the recommendations of council in 1983, while the Objectives Resolution of 1949 was incorporated into the Constitution in 1985.
"These milestones towards Islamisation were achieved in undemocratic eras, but the PML-N, which carries the name ‘Muslim League’, is trying to undo all Islamic structures in the country," Maulana Sherani maintained.
He was referring to the two bills scrutinised by the council on Thursday. While the 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.... Assembly has already approved the Protection of Women bill, the KP draft bill is unique in that this is the first instance in Pakistain’s history where a province has asked the CII to whet a law.
"Both the bills -- the Punjab law and the KP draft -- are contrary to Sharia, our culture and the norms of our society," the CII chief said.
Both bills, he claimed, aimed to undo ‘family values’ as there was no mention of respectable relations such as mothers, sons/daughters, husbands and wives.
"The bills contain the terms ‘male/female child, persons etc’, which discourages relations based on family values -- promoting the way they live in the West," Maulana Sherani said, as other holy mans belonging to the Shia, Deobandi and Barelvi sects nodded in appreciation. The lone woman in the CII, Dr Samia Raheel Qazi, was also among them.
The CII chairman said that another conspiracy to break the family structures was bringing women out of the protection of their homes.
"Now they want to encourage women to kick their husbands out and see them in chains -- eventually the state and authorities will be in a position to control society," he added.
The CII chief was asked if there were any alternative solutions for the issues and problems that had led Punjab t pass the bill.
"The solution is that Punjab should undo this Bill and then forward a formal request to the CII to suggest ways and means for the protection of women from domestic violence," he said, adding that laws against domestic violence were already present in the Pakistain Penal Code.
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where's an arclight airstrike when you need one?
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Islam did more for Dictorships
FIFY - submission, yep, works well in subordination.
[DAWN] Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... politician Khawaja Izharul Hassan, who is leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly, on Thursday filed a petition in the Sindh High Court to seek pre-arrest bail in as many as 25 cases registered against him under antiterrorism laws.
Paralegal sources told Dawn that the MQM leader filed a constitutional petition asking the court to grant him pre-arrest bail in the cases registered against him for listening to and facilitating the increasingly hugeAltaf Hussain ..The head of MQM in Pakistain, who has lived in London and hasn't laid eyes on Pakistain since Caesar made corporal. Judging from the size of him,he may be a Hutt... ’s speech criticising the military establishment.
The sources said the petitioner claimed that the cases had been registered against him to politically victimise him. They said the petition was expected to come up for initial hearing on Friday before a two-judge bench.
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[DAWN] LAHORE: Age old antiques and souvenirs were reported missing from 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.... Assembly's museum after a protest against the provincial government over the execution of Mumtaz Qadri ended on Friday, the assembly's security supervisor Riaz Ahmed told DawnNews.
Riaz Ahmed claimed that the antiques were "stolen from the museum within assembly premises by the protesters who ransacked the building" after Friday prayers. DawnNews reported that the antiques included a gift from the Government of Oman.
An assembly employee told media that around a hundred protesters came, beat the men on duty at the museum and stole some antiques from the place.
Police reached the spot following the incident and collected evidence but so far no one has been taken into custody.
People belonging to different religious groups and right wing political parties staged protests and brief sit-ins in Lahore against the execution of Mumtaz Qadri, the former Elite Force commando hanged till death for killing former Punjab governor Salman Taseer.
Protesters were carrying placards and banners inscribed with anti-government and pro-Qadri slogans.
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[AFP] Amid words of caution by a major Islamic organization that the Philippines could risk its relations with the Muslim world, insurgents fighting in the name of Daesh are escalating attacks in the southern Philippines.
On February 28, Secretary-General Iyad Ameen Madani of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation met with Moro Islamic Liberation Front Chairman Alhaj Murad Ebrahim, to discuss what has become of the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law, the outcome of peace efforts between the government and the MILF, and other related concerns.
In a statement, the OIC said, "The Secretary General expressed his deep disappointment over the non-passage of the BBL which is a major step towards the final resolution of the Bangsamoro question. A failure of peace process could adversely affect the good relation existing between the Philippines and the Muslim world."
Since the peace bid was stalled in Congress before the election break, gunmen who have pledged allegiance to Daesh have instigated a series of deadly clashes with the army. An assassination attempt this week on a visiting Saudi Arabian cleric who was on a Daesh hit list has further raised fears, although police said they had yet determined the gunman's motives.
The MILF has pledged to honor a ceasefire while it waits for Aquino's successor to be elected soon. But hardline militants opposed to compromise have begun to take advantage of the vacuum.
In the most spectacular attack, a previously obscure group discounted by the military as a small-time extortion racket launched an assault on a remote army outpost on Mindanao. That attack sparked a week of fighting that left six soldiers and at least 12 militants dead, and forced more than 30,000 people to flee their homes. The gunmen flew Daesh flags during the fighting, and bandanas with the group's insignia were found when soldiers overran their base.
At the same time about 60 miles away, troops were battling a better known group that had previously declared allegiance to Daesh, the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters. That fighting, which began about a week after Congress missed another deadline to pass the autonomy legislation, has claimed the life of one soldier.
The clashes continue. Video footage on Tuesday showed rockets being fired from an army helicopter, as well as troops in a cornfield firing mortars and carrying a injured solider on an improvised stretcher.
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The BIFF-ies are getting the Media blame, but in reality its not just them anymore.
[ALMANAR.LB] Tunisian Foreign Ministry clarified on Friday that the closing statement of the meeting of the Arab Interior Ministry did not include blacklisting Hezbollah as a terrorist group.
In a statement, the Tunisia Foreign Ministry reiterated that Tunis rejects to interfere in the domestic issues of the other countries, noting that Hezbollah has contributed to liberating the Lebanese territories, supported Paleostine's cause and fought ISIL.
"Tunisia attempted to take into account the Arab consensus during the meeting of the Arab Interior Ministers through approving the decision that is not compulsory."
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[ALMANAR.LB] Israeli military assessments concluded that the Lebanese party of Resistance - Hezbollah - has become an army in every respect, an article published on Zionist Haaretz daily reported on Friday.
The military analyst of the Hebrew daily, Amos Harel, addressed "Hezbollah army" in a lengthy report, in which he stated that the Zionist entity should activate during the next war with Leb an unprecedented force, i.e. bombing of civilian infrastructure in all regions of the country without exception, in order to reach a quick cessation of the war and to stop the mass of rockets Hezbollah will fire into every spot in the occupied territories.
"If a war breaks out... the government will apparently also consider an attack on civilian infrastructure of the Lebanese state in an attempt to bring about the quick cessation of the firing of missiles into the home front," he said.
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Joooos might not fight by Queensberry next time? Poor sports they are, that's why there's a quota on them at the decent public schools. They learned bad sportsmanship on Masada instead of the playing fields of Eaton.
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
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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[BLOOMBERG] Pope Francis referred to an "Arab invasion" during a speech to a French Christian group this week, adding that Europe has been enhanced by previous influxes of people.
