[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Hizb-e-Islami party led by Gulbudin Hekmatyar put forward the removal of restrictions as a condition for joining grinding of the peace processor.
Sources in High Peace Council (HPC) say Hizb-e-Islami wants the United States and other countries to remove all restrictions imposed on it.
The demand was probably made by a delegation of Hizb-e-Islami that visited 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.... about 13 days before.
The delegation had also demanded a share in power by placing members of Hizb-e-Islami in civil and security institutions of the country.
"At this stage, Hezb-e Islami is seeking to become a government partner by seeking positions in civil and security institutions," an Afghan official told RFE/RL on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the ongoing talks.
He added that the government was "listening and evaluating the practicality of their demands," but that a final decision had not been made.
Hizb-e-Islami is the first group among those in war with the government that sends its delegation to Kabul for peace talks.
The visit was made following a call by the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) which includes Afghanistan, Pakistain, The United States and China.
The group urged all armed opponents of the government to lay down guns and join grinding of the peace processor.
However, the hip bone's connected to the leg bone... Taliban rejected the call with setting the complete withdrawal of the foreign forces from Afghanistan as one of their pre-conditions.
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[Ynet] Amidst talks between Egypt and Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, regarding the border situation, a 3 km tunnel was found by Egyptian security forces containing weapons, engineering equipment and generators.
The Egyptian border guard destroyed a three kilometer long tunnel between Rafah, Egypt and the Gazoo Strip, one of the longest tunnels discovered at the border between the Gazoo Strip and the Sinai Peninsula, according to Egyptian security sources Thursday.
The tunnel's opening point, located in the house of an Egyptian smuggler from the Al Barazeel neighborhood in Rafah, Egypt is made out of concrete and steel. In addition to high quality engineering equipment, lighting, generators and communications devices were found.
The Ma'an Paleostinian news agency reported that armaments such as mortars were found inside the tunnel. Egyptian security sources did not rule out the possibility that this tunnel was intended for military purposes.
Is there a civilian purpose for mortars? Fireworks maybe?
Supporting fire for weddings.
Egyptian media accused Hamas and its military wing, the Izz ad-Din Al-Qassam Brigades of having something to do with the tunnel. This tunnel was found as an additional round of talks between a Hamas delegation to Cairo and the Egyptian general intelligence were being held. The Hamas delegation returned on Wednesday from the talks in Cairo. The talks focus on the border situation between the Gazoo Strip and the Sinai Peninsula, as well as the smuggling tunnels that the Egyptians are combating.
Egyptian media reported that Egyptian commando forces managed to kill the person considered the number two man in ISIS's Sinai branch, Mohammad Mada'an, in battles in central Sinai .This information has not yet been authenticated.
France will end its military intervention in the Central African Republic this year as it has achieved its objectives of restoring security to the country after three years of communal violence, the French defence minister said on March 30.
"I can confirm to you the end of Operation Sangaris during the course of 2016," Jean-Yves Le Drian said in the capital Bangui.
France launched the mission in December 2013 as thousands were dying in ethnic violence between Christians and Muslims.
At the time, "the country was in the throes of civil war, torn by religious tensions, plagued by chaos, on the brink of pre-genocidal scenarios," Le Drian said. "In the space of two years, the Sangaris force restored calm and prevented the unacceptable.
"Of course everything is not resolved but we can finally see the country emerging from a long period of trouble and uncertainty", he said, speaking before French soldiers stationed at the M'Poko airport.
The CAR plunged into chaos in March 2013 when mostly Muslim Seleka rebels ousted President Francois Bozize, a Christian, and installed their leader Michel Djotodia in power for 10 months. A transitional government was brought in under international pressure in early 2014.
Le Drian is in the country for the swearing-in on Wednesday of new President Faustin-Archange Touadera, elected in a run-off vote on February 14.
France, the former colonial power, had around 2,500 troops deployed as part of Operation Sangaris at its peak, supporting around 10,000 UN peacekeepers. But this has been reduced to about 900.
Le Drian did not indicate when the troops would be withdrawn this year. But he said the pullout will be in parallel with the buildup of the 12,000-strong UN force, MINUSCA, and the European Union's training mission (EUTM RCA). Around 300 French troops will remain in CAR, who will rejoin MINUSCA and take part in EUTM RCA, he said.
Some French units will also continue to provide security at the airport, and some troops based in Ivory Coast and in the Sahel region will be "ready to rapidly intervene" if necessary.
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[BIGSTORY.AP.ORG] Cameroon ...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there... 's military has launched a new operation to rid the country of Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... snuffies "once and for all" and soldiers are prepared to storm one of the group's remaining strongholds in Nigeria, a military commander said Thursday.
The operation -- code-named Tentacle -- began this week and involves thousands of soldiers working with Nigerian soldiers on the other side of Cameroon's northern border, Gen. Jacob Kodji said.
"We must flush them out and free our people once and for all," Kodji said, adding that soldiers were "determined" and prepared to move into Nigeria's Sambisa Forest, a stronghold of the Nigerian-based Islamic krazed killers. The forest has been targeted in a sustained aerial bombardment by the Nigerian Air Force this year.
Northern Cameroon has suffered regular raids and suicide kabooms attributed to Boko Haram for more than a year. A particularly deadly spate of attacks in January killed at least 57 people in 17 days, according to government figures.
Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram have accused Cameroon's army of killing dozens of civilians in cross-border raids into Nigeria while in pursuit of Boko Haram -- claims the Cameroon government has denied.
On Thursday, Kodji said there was no reason to fear rights abuses against civilians during Operation Tentacle. "Our militaries are well trained and know just what to do now and tomorrow as they have done in the past."
Cameroon has contributed to a regional force to wipe out Boko Haram that also includes Chad, Benin and Niger.
Niger's interior ministry said in a statement Wednesday night that six soldiers were killed in an ambush carried out by Boko Haram -- the latest attack in the country's southeast region which borders its strongholds in northern Nigeria.
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[THENATIONONLINENG.NET] The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadiq Abubakar, Thursday said the Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... insurgency in parts of northern Nigeria would soon end.
Speaking when he paid a maiden visit to the 207 Special Mobility Group of the Nigerian Airforce in Calabar, he said that the military was at the "tail end of totally eliminating the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East."
According to him, the movement of the sect in long convoys from one village to the other, killing innocent people has been curtailed.
He said that the military has re-captured most of the territory that were previously in the control of the sect.
"We are not only winning the war against Boko Haram, we are actually at the tail end of the battle.
"It is just a matter of time; this issue of insurgency will definitely come to an end.
"If you visit Maiduguri today and witness the level of economic activities going on, you will believe with me that peace is fast returning back in that area.
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Is this another April fools post?
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[AlAhram] A Turkish military base being built in Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... will be ready within two years, Ankara's defence minister said in Doha on Wednesday.
It will be the first Turkish military facility in the region, Ismet Yilmaz told journalists on the sidelines of three-day Dimdex defence and security fair in Qatar.
"It (the base) will be completed within two years," said Yilmaz, adding the deal had been approved by the Turkish parliament.
The deal is part of a defence agreement concluded by Qatar and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... in late 2014, which allows for agreement in the fields of military training and the deployment of the Turkish armed forces on Qatar's territory.
"We want to achieve cooperation in the field of (military) training and exercises, and contribute to stability in the region," said Yilmaz.
The defence minister said the deal was reciprocal and said there were Qatari military personnel and aircraft currently stationed in Turkey.
Qatar is already home to the biggest air base in the Middle East, Al Udeid, where some 10,000 military personnel are stationed, and is the forward headquarters of United States Central Command.
Qatar and Turkey are increasingly close allies, and both have backed rebels trying to overthrow Syria's Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad The Scourge of Hama...
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This is not really surprising. Erdogan of Turkey and the Thani family that rules Qatar have long ties to the international Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan al-Muslimun).
The United Nations' recently implemented sanctions against North Korea are already driving a wedge between longtime allies North Korea and China, a document from the Workers' Party of North Korea reveals. In the document, the Workers' Party condemns Beijing for partaking in the sanctions aimed at curbing North Korea's nuclear program and urges its people to confront China with a "nuclear storm" for its alleged "betrayal of socialism," Daily NK reports. A nuclear storm? Good luck with that. Let me know when your bomb is going to go off because shortly after that I'm going to want to go for a dip in some SPF 10,000 and put my sunglasses on to watch China's rebuttal.
"We must no longer go easy on the Chinese and instead deal with them equally in order to change their attitude of taking us lightly," the document reportedly reads, declaring China an "enemy state." Up until this point, the two nations had kept close ties since signing the Sino-North Korean Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance in 1961. If this goes much further I could get ahead of the market and start up a company manufacturing Earth globes with a large black indentation where Pyongyang used to be.
With North Korea's dismay at China's "eager" participation -- which it says is a ploy to protect its "status of dominance in Northeast Asia" -- the key relationship could meet its demise, Sino-North Korea relations expert Lee Young Hwa, a professor at Kansai University, told Daily NK. "There is a high possibility that Sino-North Korea relations will not only deteriorate," he said, "but lead to tensions as well." Looks like it's official now.
Again, PUDGY = KJU is walking a very fine, very dangerous, + potens existential line between appeasing NOKOR overlord Mainland China while at the same time seeking de facto, near-term inter-Korean reunification wid SOKOR. AS LONG AS BEIJING = MAINLAND CHINA DOES NOT GET BACK SOVEREIGN CONTROL OF ALLEGED RUNAWAY OR REBEL PROVINCE TAIWAN, THE FORMER WILL LIKELY NOT-N-NEVAR! APPROVE ANY REUNIFICATION VENTURE BETWEEN THE TWO KOREAS SHORT OF BENIGN BILATERAL COOP.
China already has significant PLA forces inside NOKOR, is in control of NOKOR's military + major national programs, + its already excessive or predominant share of trade wid NOKOR is only likely to increase over time, not decrease.
The longer the "status quo" goes on, the greater the likelihood of formal Chinese annexation of NOKOR under any scenario, HENCE PUDGY'S DEV OF
NUKES.
Pudge wants to be able to fire a LRBM(S) at the US-Allies in righteous Pro-Beijing andor anti-Western NOKOR kimchee/cabbage indignation, while simul being able to press a button that will divert the missle(s) toward Beijing.
Wid so many Allies in East Asia fearful of Chinese ambitions, among other, its unlikely that OWG Co-Superpower China's Amerikan sibling will be able to prevent war in the name of Chinese-specific strategic access.
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See also THE DIPLMAT > IS NORTH KOREA "FED UP" WID CHINA?
* DAILY MAIL > NORTH KOREA LABEL'S CHINA "DETESTED ENEMY" AFTER THEY JOIN [US-led] UN SANCTIONS.
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* WORLD MILITARY FORUM > NORTH KOREA'S PEOPLE'S ARMY SAYS COULD SINK A US NUCLEAR-POWERED AIRCRAFT CARRIER. MINING OF KOREA STRAITS AND OTHER CORRIDORS TO DETER APPROACH OF US CARRIERS.
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* JAPAN TIMES > OPINION: PETER APPS: IS THE US TURNING ISOLATIONIST?
OWG Globalist "Isolationist"
FREEREPUBLIC = IS HEIDI CRUZ THE [future?] FIRST LADY OF THE NORTH AMERICAN UNION [OWG NAU].
OOOOOOOOOO, a "three-fer".
FYI the US is planning another mighty USN-LED FONOP in the SCS, while China's President Xi Jinping has repor declared or re-affirmed that China = Beijing will defend its sovereignty = territory from any threats.
Racists! They should at least wait until they blow something up before accusing anybody.
- Officers said they have warned about terrorist sympathisers at airport
- They say badges give them access to planes, but they remain employed
- Airport police are threatening to go on strike over 'security deficiencies' And how could this possibly be a problem? I thought Germany efficiently checked each and every rapefugee before letting anybody in.
Obviously access and target surveillance were not major issues.
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Gay Paree attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam wants to cooperate with French authorities, his lawyer said Thursday, confirming that his client wanted to be extradited from Belgium to La Belle France. "I'll talk, coppers! I'll talk!"
A prosecutor was set to travel to the prison in the city of Bruges where Abdeslam is being held to discuss his extradition under a European arrest warrant. "Voila! Le poup Francais, M. le Merderer! Avez une closaire louque!" [SPLURP!]
"He wants to cooperate with the French authorities," lawyer Cedric Moisse said. Sometimes they do feel like singing when you dip their heads in the toilet a few times.
Abdeslam has not spoken to Sherlocks since Brussels was hit last week by attacks at the airport and a metro station that were claimed by the so-called '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) takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... group.
He has links to several of those involved in the suicide kabooms that killed 32 people.
Known as Europe's most wanted man, the 26-year-old was captured on March 18 in Brussels after spending four months on the run following the November suicide kabooms and gun attacks in Gay Paree which left 130 people dead.
He is believed to be the last survivor from the cell of 10 men who carried out the massacre.
Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said that Abdeslam had also been planning to target Brussels.
Abdeslam has been linked to at least two of the bombers. Khalid El Bakraoui, who went kaboom! at the metro, rented a flat in Brussels where Abdeslam's fingerprints were found following a raid. The second airport bomber, Najim Laachraoui, once drove to Hungary with Abdeslam.
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[FRANCE24] More than a year after their son, a Syrian army soldier, was beheaded by Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (IS) group bully boys, Fayza and Ghassan M. have filed a civil lawsuit against French jihadist Maxime Hauchard, one of the alleged killers, in a French court.
It’s a chilling image nobody should have to see, let alone a parent. But that’s what Fayza and Ghassan forced themselves to do in November 2014, when they watched an IS group video featuring a jihadist beheading their son.
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[BBC] A court in Brussels has approved the extradition to La Belle France of Salah Abdeslam, a suspect in November's Gay Paree attacks. Abdeslam, who was tossed in the clink Book 'im, Mahmoud! earlier this month in central Brussels, had agreed to be transferred.
The 26-year-old was detained after apparently hiding in the Belgian capital for more than four months. His arrest, in a dramatic police operation, came four days before kabooms in Brussels killed 32 people.
Belgian and French authorities will now consider how to go ahead with the extradition, the federal prosecutor's office says.
Maybe they should call Carla del Ponte...
However, the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits... the transfer may take several weeks as Abdeslam - a French national, born in Belgium - is also wanted for questioning in connection with the Brussels bombings.
Police believe the same myrmidon network was behind attacks in both cities.
After his arrest, Abdeslam was initially questioned over his alleged role in the Gay Paree attacks.
But after last week's suicide kabooms in the Belgian capital, he then exercised his right to silence.
"As Salah Abdeslam had declared to agree to be transferred to La Belle France, a federal magistrate took his formal declaration today," the prosecutor's office said. "The transfer is possible."
Earlier, a lawyer for Abdeslam, Cedric Moisse, said his client had dropped his initial objection to being extradited. "He wishes to co-operate with the French authorities," he added.
Prosecutors have said that Abdeslam admitted planning to blow himself up in the Gay Paree attacks but changed his mind.
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Residents of the southeastern district of İdil who were forced to flee their homes during a 43-day curfew imposed to conduct operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), have started returning to their homes as security forces eased safety measures and allowed entries to the district.
The curfew, which went into effect on Feb. 16, was partially lifted as of 4:30 a.m. on March 31, paving the way for the return of thousands of İdil residents. The curfew will however continue to remain in effect between 9:30 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. daily, while houses will not be provided with water due to damages to the district’s water supply network during anti-terror operations.
The arrival of locals from early March 31 created long lines along İdil’s entrance, where security authorities admitted citizens following identity and body checks.
Hundreds of houses and offices in the district’s Turgut Özal and Yeni neighborhoods were severely damaged while offices lined up along Alanya and Adile Naşit streets were completely burned down, according to initial reports from the town.
İdil’s municipal building was also found in ruins, in addition to the district office of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), while reports suggested electricity was currently unavailable across the district.
The lifting of the curfew was announced by Ali İhsan Su, the governor of the southeastern province of Şırnak, with a statement at İdil’s district governor’s office, whereby he thanked the residents of İdil for their support and provided details of the operation’s outcome.
“208 barricades, 72 ditches and 462 improvised explosive devices were disposed of as part of this operation,” Su told reporters, adding that a high number of Kalashnikovs, pump-rifles, grenades and organizational documents had been seized and many PKK militants had been killed.
“I extend my gratitude to our valuable citizens who displayed outstanding patience, understanding and support to our security forces through this period,” Su added.
The governor also explained the measures which will be taken to compensate the losses of İdil’s residents who suffered from the consequences of the operations, suggesting all persons in need will be rehabilitated socially and economically. A damage assessment process will also soon begin, Su vowed, asking all residents to cooperate with state authorities.
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Pretty much a reprint of Yippie's presser, but it's useful to see what's on his mind...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Western countries of leaving Turkey alone in the fight against terror, Anadolu reported.
In an exclusive interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour in Washington, which aired Thursday night, Erdogan added that those countries had not met Ankara’s expectations for intelligence-sharing.
"We were left alone by Western countries. Our intelligence-sharing expectations were never met,” Erdogan said.
Turkey “has been calling for a common stance against terrorism, and many of the EU member states seem to have failed to realize the significance that this call for action deserves,” he said. Turkey has also previously called on other countries to share information on all terror organizations, including Daesh and the PKK .
The Turkish president was also asked about Ibrahim el Bakraoui, one of three suicide bombers who carried out the Brussels attacks on March 22, which killed 32 people. A day after the blasts, Ankara revealed that he had been deported from Turkey last June after being arrested near the Syrian border.
Erdogan said that el Bakraoui was accused of being affiliated with Daesh and was deported to the Netherlands. “The decision to deport was communicated to the Netherlands and Belgium,” he said.
He added that Brussels was granted additional information per its request. But, “Belgium unfortunately attached no significance to this piece of information and these incidents happened.”
The Belgian coppers didn't attach significance to anything, sad to say...
“We have French fighters in Daesh, we have German fighters in Daesh, we have Australian fighters in Daesh, and 22 countries out of the 90 countries feeding fighters into Daesh are EU member states,” said Erdogan, explaining why Turkey needed a strong alliance with EU member states.
- Syria’s territorial integrity
Erdogan also said Turkey, the U.S. and other international allies “had to work together and jointly for the protection of the territorial integrity of Syria and for the establishment of a long-lasting peace.”
“I’m not in the position to allow the handing over of some parts of Syria to some terrorist organization. I would always be reminded about such a mistake should that mistake ever be made,” he said.
Asked which terror organization he was referring to, Erdogan replied: “YPG, PYD... and if Daesh has an intention of that sort they will never be allowed.”
So why didn't Christiane ask him specifically if he thought Daesh did have those intentions? Was she afraid of his answer, or was she helping him cover?
The PYD, the Syrian affiliate of the PKK organization, two weeks ago declared the creation of a federation in the areas it controls in northern Syria. The move was strongly opposed by the Syrian regime and opposition, the U.S. and Turkey.
Erdogan said that Turkey does not discriminate between a “good” and an “evil” terrorist organization. “A terrorist organization is evil and none of them should be allowed,” he said.
- Islamophobia
Erdogan also addressed the issue of Islamophobia. He said he was one of the “first political leaders officially declaring that anti-Semitism is a crime” and that he awaited the same for Islamophobia.
“I expect an official declaration that Islamophobia is a crime against humanity as well,” he said. “Islamophobia emerged from the Western countries and this is a challenge that we altogether have to surmount.”
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[Ynet] The Turkish army says it has no plans to stage a coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and has threatened legal action against anyone who suggests otherwise.
The rare statement aims to squash speculation over the possibility of a military coup in Turkey as the president visits the United States. The military said on its website such "baseless news" was hurting morale in its ranks without naming specific publications.
The Turkish army, historically seen as a defender of secular principles, has ousted three elected governments and one prime minister.
The institution saw its power reduced through a series of measures after Erdogan came to power as prime minister in 2003. Now the country's president, Erdogan is due to return to Turkey on Sunday.
[Examiner] Hillary Clinton's decision to use a private server while she led the State Department was "inconceivable," and everything she has said about the matter is "incoherent," according to a former chief of the National Security Agency.
"What she set up was inconceivable. And the explanations since that point are incoherent," retired Gen. Michael Hayden told Al Jazeera's Mehdi Hasan, in an interview set to air next week.
Asked if it was likely that the Russian and Chinese governments had possession of her emails, Hayden replied "Yeah," and suggested it wasn't just them.
"I would lose respect for scores of intelligence organizations around the planet if they were not already thumbing through the emails," Hayden said. "And by the way, I would move heaven and Earth as the director of NSA to get the unclassified emails of several foreign ministers."
However, he added, "Whether or not it represents a crime, I'll let the American justice system decide."
[BOSTONHERALD] TYNGSBOROUGH -- The FBI is investigating the discovery of suspicious devices found hanging from power lines in Massachusetts.
Harold Shaw, special agent in charge of the Boston FBI division, says the devices were found Wednesday when the Tyngsborough Fire Department responded to a brush fire. Shaw says crews noticed the items and alerted National Grid. The power company then alerted law enforcement.
Shaw says multiple incendiary devices "similar in structure to pipe bombs" were found. Tyngsborough police say the devices were found on the power lines.
The FBI says the devices were determined to be "non-explosive" early Thursday morning and have been rendered safe.
Shaw says at this point there is no evidence tying the devices to terrorism and law enforcement agencies and utility companies across the country have been notified.
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They used to throw tied-together sneakers over the phone lines to indicate drug transaction sites but I haven't seen any in a while. Maybe this is the replacement?
Person(s) deploy the devices some earlier time, presumably when it's dark.
The item(s) ignite (either by cellphone command or timer) and drop to the ground setting the surrounding vegetation ablaze. Items are consumed or rendered unidentifiable in resulting inferno.
Witnesses saw no one in the area in the days beforehand.
Just conjecture on my part, but plausible.
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Lawn mower - tannerite man, out of the hospital? Anyone seen him ?
[DAWN] Terming Ulema the only patriots in the country, Maulana Fazlur Rehman Deobandi holy man, known as Mullah Diesel during the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty ... , chief of the Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam ...the political wing of the Pak Taliban... -F (JUI-F) has said that Madressah is a fort of Islam and a peaceful place.
Talking to news hounds at the Jamia Ashrafia here on Tuesday, he said seminaries imparted a lesson of peace, tolerance, love, affection and the religion.
He said turbans were anti-state and bereft of any religion and terrorism should be rooted out of the country.
He accused the secular forces of hatching conspiracies ‘for dollars’ and said only an Islamic system would make the country a better place to live.
Maulana Fazl said holy mans were the first to step forward for protecting the country in times of crises and the seminaries would foil all conspiracies.
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[DAWN] City police are hunting a man accused of raping an 18-year-old dancer after inviting her to perform at his residence in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. . The suspect is believed to be a member of the Afghan parliament.
A First Information Report (FIR) was registered at Hayatabad Police Station on the victim's complaint.
The victim said in the FIR that she is a dancer by profession and a resident of Peshawar's Tehkal area.
She claimed that an Afghan national invited her to dance at an event at his residence.
When she reached his house, where a "party-like" function was taking place, the accused forcibly took her to a room and subjected her to rape, said Hayatabad Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Hassan Afzal.
Police raided the residence of the accused in Hayatababad area, who had already fled, Afzal said. The police took into custody a driver and a cook from his house.
During the raid, police recovered a passport and other documents which revealed that the accused is an Afghan national and a member of the Afghan parliament, said the ASP.
However, there is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened... details further reveal that the suspect, namely Haji Sher Ali, was also in possession of a CNIC issued in his name.
The police collected evidence from his house to be used in the probe. Results of the medical examination of the victim are awaited, he said.
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surprisingly, the dancer was a woman
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[DAWN] 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.... Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan claims that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... is silent on the arrest of an Indian agency’s agent from 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... under a strategy.
He also declined to confirm arrest of two Indian engineers on sabotage charges from a factory owned by the Sharifs in a Punjab town.
"The government is working on a strategy to raise the issue of involvement of RAW in Pakistain," Sana said when asked why the prime minister was not saying anything on the issue.
He was speaking to news hounds outside the Punjab Assembly building here on Wednesday.
Asked about picking up of two Indian engineers by an agency from Ramzan Sugar Mills owned by the Sharifs for their alleged links with subversive activities here, he said absurd and wrong information was being disseminated as no agent or terrorist could have any link with a respectable and law-abiding citizen. When insisted to confirm or deny the report, he said no agency had so far given any report to the effect.
He explained that "sometimes a person is picked up but the report is not made public as other people (co-accused) are to be captured on the basis of the information divulged by him."
He told a questioner that action against hate-mongers must not be confused with the one against "jet-black" terrorists.
Asked if Jaish-e-Muhammad and Jamaat-ud-Dawa ...the front organization of Lashkar-e-Taiba... would be allowed to operate in the province under the notion of good and bad Taliban, the minister said the notion had died after the launch of Operation Zarb-e-Azb ..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)... . "Now no one will be allowed to use our soil for any kind of terrorism."
Answering a question about the arrest of the controller(s) of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park tragedy, he said certain areas in the lovely provincial capital were being cordoned off to check bio-data of residents. He appealed to the citizens to bear the inconvenience with patience.
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A military court ruled on Friday to release on condition of an IDF soldier who shot a subdued Palestinian terrorist in Hebron last week.
The military court at the Defense Ministry's Kirya compound in Tel Aviv issued the ruling after rejecting the prosecution's appeal filed early Friday morning, requesting that the soldier remain in military police custody for an additional seven days. Because we've sacrificed enough of our young men to tender sensibilities of "international community"?
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced on Thursday that it had concluded new sales in India worth hundreds of millions of dollars in the past quarter.
The sales included drones, air defense and radar systems and other products, IAI said.
The announcement came at the end of India’s Defexpo 2016 exhibition in Goa, which saw 28 Israeli defense firms exhibit goods at the Israeli pavilion.
Joseph Weiss, president and CEO of IAI, who opened the Israeli pavilion on behalf of Israel’s defense companies, said, "The sales signed in the past months strengthen India’s position as a major partner of IAI."
"India has unique operational requirements, and IAI is dedicating its best talents, technologies and capabilities to meet those challenges. We will continue our long-term, strategic partnership with India, meet our customers expectations and implement ‘Make In India’ policy led by India’s prime minister," Weiss added.
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Syrian President Bashar Assad told Ria Novosti and Sputnik Russia news agencies that the ongoing ceasefire is relatively satisfactory, adding that its success could not be anticipated by many people.
In the second part of the interview with the Russian outlets, President Assad added that the Russians and the Americans held talks to label the terrorist groups without reaching a complete agreement, noting that the anti-terrorist stance of Damascus and Moscow has not changed.
"The most important step now is to speed up the reconciliations and to contact the gunmen who desire to give up their weaponry, explaining that the government is ready to tolerate all those gunmen to avoid a further bloodshed in Syria."
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[DAWN] The Iranian Embassy ...You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy!... in Islamabad on Thursday slammed "certain elements in Pakistain" for spreading "undignified and offensive" remarks, which it said were attributed to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, regarding the arrest of Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav.
"Elements unhappy over promotion of ties between the two Islamic countries of Iran and Pakistain are trying in various ways, including the spreading of undignified and sometimes offensive contents, to fade out the significant achievements during the visit of President Rouhani to Pakistain," embassy front man Abbas Badrifar said.
The front man's statement comes just days after Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav's arrest was announced on March 25, while Rouhani was visiting Islamabad.
The spreading of such news items, said Badrifar, without clarifying what news report he was referring to, is the product of thinking which does not like further expansion of ties between the two countries and is against fruitful materialisation of agreements made during the visit of the President of the Islamic Theocratic Republic of Iran.
But Badrifar said such tactics "will not impact the positive views of the two countries regarding each other."
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[IsraelTimes] Though Britannia, La Belle France, Germany and the United States are seeking action, Russia will likely veto any steps
A long-range Qadr ballistic missile is launched in the Alborz mountain range in northern Iran on March 9, 2016. (AFP / TASNIM NEWS / Mahmood Hosseini)
Iran’s defense minister said he is "certain" the UN Security Council will not take any action over its ballistic missile tests despite calls from Western powers.
Britannia, La Belle France, Germany and the United States wrote a joint letter on Monday calling for action over tests they said violated last year’s landmark nuclear deal between Iran and major powers, and the Security Council resolution that enshrines it.
They said the two kinds of missiles fired by Iran on March 8 and 9, the Shahab-3 and Qiam-1, also called the Qadr, were a breach of the resolution because they were "inherently capable of delivering nuclear warheads," something Iran denies.
"I am certain that the Security Council and the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... will not respond as our actions are neither a breach of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the July nuclear deal) nor are they against Resolution 2231," General Hossein Dehghan said.
He reiterated Iran’s longstanding denial that it ever had any ambition to develop a nuclear weapon and said its missiles were designed to carry only conventional warheads.
Diplomats at the United Nations said the Security Council is expected to meet on Friday to consider the alleged breach of Resolution 2231.
But they said action is unlikely as veto-wielding permanent member Russia is opposed to any new sanctions against Iran.
Last Thursday, Washington imposed unilateral sanctions over this month’s tests adding several units involved in Iran’s missile programme to its blacklist.
The Treasury placed sanctions on Shahid Nuri Industries and Shahid Movahed Industries, both units of the Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group Washington says is responsible for production of Iran’s liquid-fueled ballistic missiles.
It also sanctioned the Al-Ghadir Missile Command of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards, which it said appears to have operational control of the missiles.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The leader of 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) terrorist group 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... was a ‘normal family’ man before he became the leader of the terror group, his ex-wife has said.
Saga al-Dulmaimi who managed to escape described a "shallow" marriage to a "normal family man" who spoke little other than to give "orders."
The 28-year-old Saga told Expressed in an interview that she married him in 2008 as he was working as a university lecturer, teaching religion and Sharia.
However, by candlelight every wench is handsome... she said it was later revealed to her that her husband was active in krazed killer groups.
"I married a normal person who was a university lecturer. At the time his name was Hisham Mohammad," Al-Dulaimi said, adding that "He was a family man. He went to work and came home to his family. He didn’t even take part in the resistance movement."
"How he then became Emir of the most dangerous terrorist organization in the world is a mystery to me," Al-Dulaimi added.
Having a bounty of $ million on his head, al-Baghdadi is one of the most wanted turbans in the world.
His voice was last heard in a 24-minute audio message released in December 2015, claiming his organization was "thriving" despite the international forces arrayed against it.
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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
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Hizb-e-Islami party led by Gulbudin Hekmatyar put forward the removal of restrictions as a condition for joining 
[Ynet] Amidst talks between Egypt and 
France will end its military intervention in the Central African Republic this year as it has achieved its objectives of restoring security to the country after three years of communal violence, the French defence minister said on March 30.
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[THENATIONONLINENG.NET] The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadiq Abubakar, Thursday said the 
The defence minister said the deal was reciprocal and said there were Qatari military personnel and aircraft currently stationed in Turkey.
The United Nations' recently implemented sanctions against North Korea are already driving a wedge between longtime allies North Korea and China, a document from the Workers' Party of North Korea reveals. In the document, the Workers' Party condemns Beijing for partaking in the sanctions aimed at curbing North Korea's nuclear program and urges its people to confront China with a "nuclear storm" for its alleged "betrayal of socialism," Daily NK reports.
[FRANCE24] More than a year after their son, a Syrian army soldier, was beheaded by 
[BBC] A court in Brussels has approved the extradition to 
Residents of the southeastern district of İdil who were forced to flee their homes during a 43-day curfew imposed to conduct operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), have started returning to their homes as security forces eased safety measures and allowed entries to the district.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Western countries of leaving Turkey alone in the fight against terror, Anadolu reported.
[Examiner] Hillary Clinton's decision to use a private server while she led the State Department was "inconceivable," and everything she has said about the matter is "incoherent," according to a former chief of the National Security Agency.
Maulana Fazlur Rehman
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The leader of 
