This was part of the Mog shooting article but it makes more sense to post separately.
The death of Al-Shabab assassin Hassan Ali Dhore occurred in an airstrike Thursday. The Somali government last year put him on a "most wanted" list of 12 people involved in terror attacks in Mogadishu.
Another suspected U.S. airstrike Friday was reported to have killed a commander known as "Qorilow," the head of al-Shabab forces in Jannaale town, and three other militants. A separate strike Saturday killed six militants in the Lower Juba region, according to local officials and residents.
U.S. Defense Department spokesman Peter Cook said the airstrike that killed Dhore was carried out in cooperation with Somali forces. He said Dhore had planned and led previous attacks that killed at least three U.S. citizens, and he was suspected of plotting further attacks against Americans in the East African country.
"While we are still assessing the results of this operation," Cook said, "removing Dhore from the battlefield would be a significant blow to al-Shabab's operational planning and [its] ability to conduct attacks against ... Somalia, its citizens, U.S. partners in the region and against Americans abroad."
The deputy commander of Somalia's army, General Ali Bashe, told journalists that Somali commandos operating deep in al-Shabab-controlled territory had located and identified Dhore.
"This was a successful operation and it will continue,” the general said. In an interview with VOA's Somali service, Bashe said Dhore was killed at Toratorow village in a battle with Somali forces using the help of U.S. military experts.
Unlike the U.S. official's report, the Somali general said it was not clear whether Dhore was killed by a drone or by gunfire. At least two other Somali militants were killed along with Dhore.
Dhore commanded al-Shabab's Amniyat security and intelligence group, which included a feared squad of assassins that targeted lawmakers and other officials in Mogadishu. A U.S. defense official said the strike took place about 30 kilometers south of Jilib, southwest of the capital, Mogadishu. He said the U.S. military had been watching Dhore for a long time and the Somali government shared information that led to the attack.
Additional strikes Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said in a note on Twitter Thursday night that his country's army and allied forces were in the midst of a heavy attack against al-Shabab. The presidential tweet was unusual in that it disclosed an operation still underway. A similar commando raid March 9 in Awdhegle town, 120 kilometers southwest of Mogadishu, was carried out jointly by U.S. and Somali special forces. Awdhegle is near the area where Dhore was hit on Thursday.
The Pentagon said Dhore played "a direct role" in a December 2014 attack on Mogadishu's airport that killed several members of the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia (AMISOM) and one U.S. citizen.
"Dhore was also directly responsible for the March 27, 2015, attack on the Maka al-Mukarram Hotel in Mogadishu, resulting in the deaths of 15 people, including one Somali-American national," the U.S. statement said.
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The Department of Refugee Affairs (DRA) says so far 10,000 refugees have been assisted to return home while another 50,000 have spontaneously returned without any assistance. Get them out of Kogelo village quickly will you. We've got a native son and his family arriving in January !
In February 2016, Kenya launched the enhanced phase of voluntary repatriation of Somali refugees in Kenya.
UNHCR is planning to repatriate 50,000 Somalis this year. “We are trying to plan for a possible 50,000 people (returning) in 2016,” Raouf Mazou, the UNHCR representative to Kenya, told Reuters in Dadaab camp in January.
In December 2015, UNHCR voluntary repatriated about 6,000 Somali refugees from the Dadaab settlement in northeast Kenya to areas in southern Somalia which have been pacified since December 2014.
“In total 5,853 Somali refugees returned home since December 8, 2014, when UNHCR started supporting voluntary return of Somali refugees in Kenya,” UN agency said in its bi-weekly report released in Nairobi.
Following the April 2, 2015, attack at Garissa University College by Al-Shabaab, the Kenya government announced plans to close down the Dadaab refugee camp blamed for habouring militants. Deputy President William Ruto said UNHCR must close the Dadaab refugee complex within three months or “we shall relocate them ourselves.”
I think that's the Kenyan way of 'voluntary' return...
However, the directive was roundly condemned by human rights groups as going against the established international rules pertaining to refugees.
Of course it was condemned. All the way from the finer restaurants in Paris, Geneva and The Hague...
Consequently the government went slow on the directive and has been working with UNHCR to repatriate refugees willing to return home.
Dadaab refugee camp, currently home to some 350,000 people, is the largest settlement in the world. For more than 20 years, it has been home to generations of Somalis who have fled a country embroiled in conflict.
It's almost as if they're Palestinians...
The process of repatriation started in November 2013 following the signing of the Tripartite Agreement on Voluntary Repatriation Programme of Somalia Refugees by the Government of Kenya, The Federal Republic of Somalia and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
“Kenya is happy to have supported and protected refugees on her soil and will support the integration process of the returnees in their country.”
"And now we're happy that they're leaving!"
Maj Gen (Rtd) Nkaissery said he is confident that since many parts of Somalia have been liberated, secured and stabilised, the country is now much more conducive than ever for return of her citizens.
“We understand the circumstances under which many people from Somalia came to seek refuge in Kenya. Fortunately many of the factors in Somalia that created the influx of refugees into Kenya have positively changed. East or West, everyone knows home is best. It is for these reasons that the Government of Kenya is robustly encouraging Somali refugees to go back home,” said Nkaisserry.
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Voluntary or not, repatriate them before they get too comfortable in Kenya.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Yemeni President Abdrabbo Mansour Hadi appointed top Army General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar as vice president, sources told Al Arabiya News Channel on Sunday.
Hadi also relieved Khalid Bahah of his duties as a prime minister, and appointed him as an advisor to the president.
The president also appointed Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr, a former official in Saleh's General People's Congress party before joining Hadi's camp, to become new prime minister.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] 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... 's Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman said there has been "significant progress" in talks between the warring sides of the year-long Yemeni conflict and a resolution will be reached soon.
"There is significant progress in negotiations, and we have good contacts with the Houthis, with a delegation currently in Riyadh," said Prince Mohammed, who is also the kingdom’s defense minister, in an interview with Bloomberg.
"We are pushing to have this opportunity materialize on the ground but if things relapse, we are ready."
Prince Mohammed conducted an interview with Bloomberg last week in which he announced plans to dedicate a $2 trillion budget for a a post-oil Saudi economy.
His statements on the ongoing Yemeni war were published on Sunday.
In March 2015, Saudi Arabia led a coalition to intervene via Arclight airstrikes in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... in support of its legitimate government after Iran-backed 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 seized much of Yemen.
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So it was just a training exercise for the new guy?
[Iran Press TV] A major charity organization has its funding cut off by the British government after its sponsored an anti-Israel program.
Britannia’s Department for International Development (DFID) said the British government would no longer fund "War on Want" for inciting anti-Israeli sentiments.
London took the step after the charity partially sponsored the Israeli Apartheid Week, which was marked across the UK in February. The annual event was aimed at raising awareness about Israel’s ongoing settler-colonial project and demanding its boycott.
The charity, an advocate of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, frequently criticizes the Tel Aviv regime for war crimes, ethnic cleansing and apartheid.
Reacting to the developments, "War on Want" has blasted the British government’s move.
The charity says supporting the rights of Paleostinians fits squarely with its work. It has also justified its anti-Israel campaign, saying that Tel Aviv has subjected Paleostinians to systematic discrimination and abuse.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Afghan Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum ...ethnic Uzbek warlord who distinguished himself fighting the Soviets and the Taliban. The story that he had a bad guy run over with a tank is an exaggeration. It was an armored personnel carrier... moved to tears by peace progress in Chechnya which was once a fierce battleground between the local forces of Evil and Russian forces.
In an interview with the State-run Sputnik News, the acting Chechen Republic leader Ramzan Kadyrov, said "I felt sorry for him [Dostum]. He had tears in his eyes. He said they had lost 2 million people [in Afghanistan]... He asked: how did you do it? Why can’t we do the same?"
He said the Afghan Vice President was struck struck by how quickly Chechnya was able to restore order and resume peaceful life after decades of fierce fighting between local forces of Evil and Russian government forces.
Gen. Dostum visited Chechenya last year to meet with the country’s officials and discuss the issues of mutual interest.
The acting Chechen leader leader stressed that the once restive Caucasus region in southern Russia is now hard boy-free.
When asked if rebels were still active in the region after a decade of fighting against Russian troops, Kadyrov replied, "No, there are none in our territory."
He praised local law enforcers and cooperation from residents for maintaining security and stability in Chechnya.
According to Kadyrov, the region was rocked by 157 liquidation attempts, 14 terrorist kabooms and killings of 52 coppers in 2007, the year he was appointed the head of the Chechen Republic.
The remarks by kadyrov comes as the Afghan officials have been struggling to start peace talks with the Taliban forces of Evil as the 14 years of violence has claimed thousands of lives. a
The Taliban group has continuously rejected calls for peace talks despite the group has been blamed for the majority of civilian casualties as the group insists on its pre-conditions for grinding of the peace processor and insists that the so-called holy war is being waged for the betterment of the country.
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The Greek government is bracing itself for violence ahead of the European Union implementing a landmark deal that, from Monday, will see Syrian refugees and migrants being deported back to Turkey en masse.
Rioting and rebellion by thousands of entrapped refugees across Greece has triggered mounting fears in Athens over the practicality of enforcing an agreement already marred by growing concerns over its legality. Islands have become flashpoints, with as many as 800 people breaking out of a detention centre on Chios on Friday.
Some 750 migrants are set to be sent back between Monday and Wednesday from the island of Lesbos to the Turkish port of Dikili.
“We are expecting violence. People in despair tend to be violent,” the leftist-led government’s migration spokesman, Giorgos Kyritsis, told the Observer. “The whole philosophy of the deal is to deter human trafficking [into Europe] from the Turkish coast, but it is going to be difficult and we are trying to use a soft approach. These are people have fled war. They are not criminals.”
Barely 24 hours ahead of the pact coming into force, it emerged that Frontex, the EU border agency, had not dispatched the appropriate personnel to oversee the operation. Eight Frontex boats will transport men, women and children, who are detained on Greek islands and have been selected for deportation, back across the Aegean following fast-track asylum hearings. But of the 2,300 officials the EU has promised to send Greece only 200 have so far arrived, Kyritsis admitted.
“We are still waiting for the legal experts and translators they said they would send,” he added. “Even Frontex personnel haven’t got here yet.” Humanitarian aid also earmarked for Greece had similarly been held up, with the result that the bankrupt country was managing the crisis – and continued refugee flows – on very limited funds from the state budget.
On Saturday overstretched resources were evident in the chaos on Chios where detainees, fearing imminent deportation, had not only run amok, breaking through razorwire enclosing a holding centre on the island, but in despair had marched on the town’s port. In the stampede three refugees were stabbed as riot police tried to control the crowds with stun guns and teargas. The camp, a former recycling factory, had been ransacked, with cabins and even fingerprint equipment smashed.
“If they make me go back to Turkey I’ll throw myself and my family into the sea,” said Mustafa, a Syrian waiting with his wife and children at the port of Chios told Agence France-Presse. “We went from hell to hell.”
“This is what happens when you have 30 policemen guarding 1,600 refugees determined to get out,” said Benjamin Julian, an Icelandic volunteer speaking from the island. “I witnessed it all and I know that all the time they were chanting ‘freedom, freedom, freedom’ and ‘no Torkia [Turkey], no Torkia’. That is what they want and are determined to get.”
In the mayhem that had ensued, panic-stricken local authorities had been forced to divert the daily ferry connecting the island with the mainland for fear it would be stormed.
Similar outbreaks of violence had also occurred in Piraeus, Athens’ port city, where eight young men had been taken to hospital after riots erupted between rival ethnic groups on Wednesday.
With tensions on the rise in Lesbos, the Aegean island that has borne the brunt of the flows, and in Idomeni on the Greek-Macedonia frontier where around 11,000 have massed since the border’s closure, NGOs warned of a timebomb in the making. Hopes of numbers decreasing following the announcement of the EU-Turkey deal have been dispelled by a renewed surge in arrivals with the onset of spring.
Official figures showed that 52,147 refugees and migrants were stranded in the country at the weekend, with 6,129 registered on Aegean islands that had been almost completely evacuated after the accord was reached on 20 March.. Last year, more than 1.1 million irregular migrants streamed into Europe with over 850,000 pouring into the continent through Greece.
Pleas from Athens to fellow EU member states to reopen the Balkan route have fallen on deaf ears.
Perhaps if your pols hadn't been such shiites about the economics and the bank loans...
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[IsraelTimes] Three flights scheduled Sunday in symbolic re-opening for site still reeling from terror strikes murderous jihadi artacks; airport looks to restore 20% of capacity by Monday
"While NATO has maintained air control over Iceland since 2008, their defenses have been unable to stop Russia from reportedly making air incursions into Icelandic airspace.
In the case of Finland, the country remains a 'neutral', although it has edged closer to the NATO defence alliance in recent years, alarming Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Between 70 and 100 members of the Oregon Air National Guard will spent two weeks undertaking the exercises, which could yet include Norway and Sweden, Yle.fi reported.
Mika Varvikko, an official at the Finnish Department of Defence, said: 'Co-operation with the U.S. is close and our co-operation on a practical level has been and will continue to remain tight.'
Tensions with Russia have grown in recent years following Putin's aggressive power plays in eastern Europe and the Middle East.
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Iff Anti-US US OWG Globalists intend for the US under OWG NAU to give up 1/2 of the Atlantic, + 1/2 of the Pacific on the other side of the world, then ICELAND + GREENLAND will become that much more important to US National-Global Security.
Presuming of course, that the Hard Boyz don't first conquer the EU = Europe in the interim.
Should've followed my advice since the 1990's to send in the USMC + AirBorne to same instead of waiting for Euro Cities to become the targets of hard terror.
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I'd be interested to know what restrictions Iceland may have placed upon U.S. personnel being assigned there. There was a time many years ago when certain personnel were not permitted to leave the air base.
I was never stationed there myself, but IIRC the only restrictions were a mandatory curfew - the Icelanders wanted NO American men going after their daughters. (In fairness, the Icelanders don't really like anybody but themselves.)
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Yah, well their daughters are hot. So, brace yourselves Icelanders. You have 150,000 daughters, we have 150,000,000 horny dudes. If even one in a thousand is good enough, Iceland will be overcome by our manly prowess.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Islamophobia ...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do... is on the rise in the United States and US presidential candidates have targeted Muslims during the election campaign, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday.
Erdogan, a pious man who has styled himself as a champion for Muslims in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... and beyond, spoke at the opening of a Turkish-sponsored mosque near Washington, reportedly the largest Muslim house of worship in the United States.
"There are still people walking around calling Muslims terrorists. I am watching with bewilderment and astonishment that some candidates still defend this position in the current presidential election in America," Erdogan said.
Republican candidates in the US presidential race have sparked accusations of Islamophobia. The party’s frontrunner Donald Trump has called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States, while his main Republican competitor Ted Cruz has said police should patrol Muslim neighborhoods in the country.
"Unfortunately, we are in a period of rising intolerance and prejudice toward Muslims in the United States and the world," Erdogan said. "It is absolutely unacceptable to make all Muslims pay the price for the pain and horror" of the attacks on America on Sept. 11, 2001, he said.
Erdogan also said recent the recent attacks claimed by ISIS in Brussels and Gay Paree paled in comparison to what Turkey had endured battling Islamist, Kurdish and left-wing murderous Moslems.
"There is terrorism in Brussels and Gay Paree now, but let’s not forget it is incomparable with the level of terrorism in Turkey," he said.
Erdogan also reiterated his claim that Turkey had notified the Belgian government of the identity of one of the perpetrators of the Brussels attacks last month that killed 35 people and that the authorities had dismissed Turkey’s warning.
Erdogan also accused Europe of refusing to extradite Death Eaters sought by Turkey.
ISIS has carried out four kabooms in Turkey since June that has killed about 150 people. Turkey has also fought a Kurdish insurgency that has claimed more than 40,000 lives since 1984.
The Ottoman-style mosque where Erdogan spoke is part of a complex that Turkish media says is the largest campus of its kind, including a conference center, library, lodgings and a Turkish bath.
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[DAWN] At the global Nuclear Security Summit held here, Pakistain sought greater acceptance as a responsible nuclear state.
"We believe that since Pakistain has strong credentials on nuclear safety, security and non-proliferation, it qualifies for full integration in the multilateral export control regimes," a statement presented at the summit said.
Pakistain assured the international community that it was strongly committed to the objective and had been proactively engaged with efforts to promote nuclear safety and security.
"Pakistain has ensured that nuclear and radioactive materials and all related facilities are secured in all places," said the ‘national statement’ read at the summit.
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[DAWN] Things aren’t looking too good for the leaders of 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... and other parties who led the D-Chowk sit-in, after the government decided to charge them under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA).
A senior police officer told Dawn on Saturday that at least 10 new offences had been added to the two cases already registered against the leaders of the sit-in at Secretariat Police Station.
Sections 121, 122, 123, 124 of the Pakistain Penal Code -- that deal with waging war against Pakistain and similar crimes against the state -- and sections 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11W of the ATA, which deal with terrorism, stirring up sectarian hatred and hate speech, have been added to the FIRs. Most of these charges, especially those under the PPC, are punishable with a life sentence or the death penalty.
Sunni Tehrik leaders who delivered hate speeches were identified with the help of CCTV footage and their details obtained from Nadra, the officer said, adding that 10 leaders had been nominated in the case.
Islamabad police are also writing to law enforcers in other districts, including 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... , for assistance in arresting those leaders who came to the capital for the sit-in. "We are also trying to identify supporters or activists who were brought to the capital forcibly and were not allowed to leave," he said, adding that such people will be dealt with leniently.
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[DAWN] Presence of forces of Evil from the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) and the myrmidonIslamic 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.... group on the Afghan side of the border near Kurram Agency ...home of an intricately interconnected web of poverty, ignorance, and religious fanaticism, where the laws of cause and effect are assumed to be suspended, conveniently located adjacent to Tora Bora... has caused security concerns, prompting authorities to mobilise tribes against the impending threat.
According to locals, the security forces had been firing heavy artillery from their base in Parachinar on the other side of the border, adding that the administration had asked people living in the area to be vigilant at night.
"Barrage of artillery starts after 9pm. It sets off a wave of terror across the region," said a resident of Parachinar.
Sources said that the IS and TTP (Sajna group) had set up sanctuaries in Keymati area of Afghanistan’s Paktia province, from where they launched attacks on border posts in Pakistain.
Recently two Pak pickets were attacked in Borki and Kherlachi areas adjacent to Paktia.
The IS already has a presence in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province, which lies to the north of Kurram Agency, and it has established control in some districts.
A security official 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. confirmed the attack on pickets of the Frontier Corps ...a provincial paramilitary force. Total manpower is about 80,000. They are tasked to help local law enforcement in the maintenance of law and order, and to carry out border patrol and anti-smuggling operations.... in Kurram.
"Officials say that IS and TTP’s fighters were involved in attacks on the security posts," said an elder from Borki.
He said people in Borki and Kherlachi had been keeping vigil at night for the past one month after receiving an advice from the administration.
"People are not only keeping vigil during night, but elders of Borki and Kherlachi have also provided four heavy machineguns and ammunition to the paramilitary forces as a gesture of support," he said.
Sources said that the assistant political agent and the commandant of Kurram Militia met elders of Turi, Bangash and Mangal tribes near Parachinar on Saturday to mobilise tribal people against the threat.
A jirga of elders from Kurram and Afghanistan is likely to be held on Monday to discuss the situation and work out a joint strategy to prevent infiltration from across the border. The jirga is also likely to discuss kidnapping of four residents of Kurram in Afghanistan.
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[DAWN] Ruling out the possibility of Iranian "connivance" in covert operations of India’s Research and Analysis Wing in Pakistain, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan expressed confidence on Saturday that Tehran would never act against Pakistain.
"We cannot even imagine such a thing," he said at a presser.
He deplored attempts to create an impression that Iran was facilitating RAW’s actions against Pakistain.
Asked if Iran would cooperate with Pakistain in rounding up RAW agents, he said both countries were committed to addressing each other’s concerns. "We have also decided a timeframe and a mode of resolution," he remarked, without elaborating.
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[DAWN] Since the last phase 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!)... kicked off in February, at least 252 forces of Evil have been killed and 160 severely injured, while security forces have cleared 640 square kilometres of a so far uncontrolled area in Shawal Valley of North Wazoo Agency, the Inter-Services Public Relations said in a statement on Sunday. So the Haqqanis are all dead now? And Mangal Bagh? What'd they do wit Zawahiri when they bagged him?
"Major terrorist hubs" in Mana, Gurbaz, Lataka, Inzarkas and Magrotai areas have been cleared of holy warriors. it added.
"The battle to clear the last pocket close to the Pak-Afghan border continues," the statement said, adding that all heights over 9,000 feet have been cleared.
"Terrorists' hideouts were destroyed, a cache of arms and ammunition recovered and there was virtually no communications infrastructure remaining in the Shawal area once the operation was launched in Feb this year," the statement said.
Since the beginning of the operation in June 2014, security forces have cleared 4,304 sq km in North Waziristan and "restored writ of the government in all areas, specially in remote pockets of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas", the ISPR said.
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Google has removed a Taliban-developed online application for Android smartphones aimed at increasing the militant group’s visibility worldwide.
The launch of the app was reported by the U.S.-based SITE Intel Group, which monitors jihadist social media, on April 1. The Pashto language app includes content such as official statements and videos from the Taliban, which has waged a jihad in Afghanistan for more than 14 years since it was ousted in 2001 with help from the U.S.
A Google spokeswoman confirmed on Sunday that the app is no longer available from the company’s Play Store.
The app was part of the Taliban’s digital campaign to attract a bigger audience worldwide. The movement has an updated website run in five languages including English and Arabic, as well as Twitter and Facebook accounts providing daily updates on its insurgency.
The group’s website and Twitter accounts have been taken down several times as the Afghan government seeks to prevent the group’s communications efforts.
Social media platforms have been criticized for not doing more to stop extremist groups such as the Taliban and the Islamic State from using their sites to recruit members and raise funds.
Kinda makes you wonder what they'll be like if they actually get the bomb. Even if they were to have to row it to a US harbor to detonate it. Or drop it off on a beach somewhere for some terrorist with a Ryder truck to pick it up and drop it off in the capitol somewhere.
Iran warned the US on Monday that any attempt to encroach on the Islamic Republic's ballistic missile program would constitute the crossing of a "red line." And if they had the means, I'm sure they would at least enforce it. Unlike the Eunuch in Chief.
"The US calculations about the Islamic Republic and the Iranian nation are fully incorrect," Iranian Deputy Chief of Staff Brig-Gen Maassoud Jazzayeri was quoted by the Fars News Agency as saying. They're incorrect because the guy in charge has no balls.
"The White House should know that defense capacities and missile power, specially at the present juncture where plots and threats are galore, is among the Iranian nation's red lines and a backup for the country's national security and we don't allow anyone to violate it," Jazzayeri said. Yes. Everyone and their uncle wants to attack Iran. For some imagined reason. Like every other fascist state out there.
Jazzayeri accused US President Barack Obama of making vows and breaking them by saying removal of sanctions on Iran would be conditioned on the Islamic Republic halting its ballistic missile program. They didn't fire any missiles for a few weeks so the sanctions were lifted. What?
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) test-fired two ballistic missiles last month that it said were designed to be able to hit Israel, defying a threat of new sanctions from the United States. Why should they care? Any "snapback" provisions will take forever, they are selling oil by the tanker full and they are sitting on a pile of cash courtesy of the Idiot in Chief.
The launches followed the test-firing of several missiles as part of a major military exercise that the IRGC says is intended to "show Iran's deterrent power and... ability to confront any threat". And to attack anyone who they feel like. Especially countries they feel need to be wiped off the map just because they got out of the wrong side of the bed that morning.
The IRGC fired two Qadr missiles from northern Iran which hit targets in the southeast of the country 1,400 kms (870 miles) away, Iranian agencies said. The nearest point in Iran is around 1,000 km from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. No need to include firing missiles in the agreement. After all, they are covered by strict UN sanctions. Very strict.
"The reason we designed our missiles with a range of 2000 km is to be able to hit our enemy the Zionist regime from a safe distance," Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh was quoted as saying by the ISNA agency. I wonder if 0bean will take that at face value.
Three months ago, Washington imposed sanctions against businesses and individuals linked to Iran's missile program over a test of the medium-range Emad missile carried out in October 2015. No iPads for you!!
The IRGC, a powerful force that reports directly to the supreme leader, is deeply suspicious of the United States and its allies. It maintains dozens of short and medium-range ballistic missiles, the largest stock in the Middle East. Must be moderate Muslims then.
Washington fears those missiles could be used to carry a nuclear warhead at some point in the future, even after Iran implemented a nuclear deal with world powers in January that imposes strict limits and checks on its disputed nuclear program. Funny. They don't act like they fear it. They even seem to be encouraging it.
Iran's missile program is subject to UN Security Council resolution 2231 that calls on the Islamic Republic not to develop missiles designed to be capable of carrying nuclear warheads. Iran says its missiles are solely a conventional deterrent. Sure it is.
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Thank the Globies, as OWG Co-Superpower Iran, + Russia + China, Other? cannot be a "US-style", "US-par" SUperpower = "Co-Superpower widout ANY EACH + ALL ADVANCED MILTECHS, ETC. PERTINENT TO BEING SAME.
Thusly, Iran needs the modern LRBMS, the modern Nuke-WMD warheads that will lie atop said LRBMS, SATWAR, the modern Military-Industrial Complex, etc. + a "Sphere(s) of Influence" to control, dominate, or otherwise call its own ... IRAN'S, + ONLY IRAN'S, + NO OTHER.
IRAN = CHINA = POTUS OBAMA'S FONOPS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA = US WILL RANT-N-RAVE BUT NOT CROSS IRAN'S OR CHINA'S RED LINE(S)???
[Daily Beast] The growing scandal over cooked ISIS intelligence just got much worse. Now, analysts are saying they’re being forced out for not toeing the Obama administration’s line on the war.
Two senior intelligence analysts at U.S. Central Command say the military has forced them out of their jobs because of their skeptical reporting on U.S.-backed rebel groups in Syria, three sources with knowledge of their claim told The Daily Beast. It's the first known instance of possible reprisals against CENTCOM personnel after analysts accused their bosses of manipulating intelligence reports about the U.S.-led campaign against ISIS in order to paint a rosier picture of progress in the war.
One of the analysts alleging reprisals is the top analyst in charge of Syria issues at CENTCOM. He and a colleague doubted rebels’ capabilities and their commitment to U.S. objectives in the region. The analysts have been effectively sidelined from their positions and will no longer be working at CENTCOM, according to two individuals familiar with the dispute, and who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The analyst's skeptical views put them at odds with military brass, who last year had predicted that a so-called "moderate opposition" would make up a 15,000-man ground force to take on ISIS in its self-declared caliphate. An initial $500 million program to train and arm those fighters failed spectacularly. And until the very end, Pentagon leaders claimed the operation was more or less on track. Lawmakers called the plan a "joke" when Gen. Lloyd Austin, the CENTCOM commander, finally testified last September that there were just "four or five" American-trained fighters in Syria.
[Iran Press TV] Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Leveler of Latakia... says the West is "dishonest" and pursues policies far removed from the "principles" of international law and the United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... "The most important lesson we have learned, but I suppose we knew it all along, is that the West is not honest...It is impossible to rely upon the West to solve any issue," President Assad said in an interview with Sputnik published on Sunday.
He added that countries should be able to choose "friendly states" which will "stand by them" during times of crisis such as the one that has left over 470,000 Syrians dead and 1.9 million more injured since 2011.
Assad went on to wish that no other country be forced to endure what his homeland is going through.
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The west is dishonest?
Wait, Obama is the putative leader of the west isn't he?
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Iran's oil exports have surpassed 2 million barrels per day following the lifting of sanctions under its nuclear deal with world powers, Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Sunday.
"Iran's oil and gas condensate exports are now at more than 2 million barrels per day" after rising by 250,000 bpd since March 1, the ministry's Shana news service quoted Zanganeh as saying.
Iran has doubled exports since its nuclear accord took effect on January 16.
Iran, an OPEC member, has the world's fourth-largest oil reserves but its exports were long hampered by sanctions over its nuclear program.
It has moved ahead with an increase in exports despite global concerns over a supply glut that has pushed oil prices to below $40 a barrel, from more than $100 a barrel in mid-2014.
Top exporter 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... has said it is willing to consider an output freeze to help shore up prices.
But in an interview published Friday, Saudi deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman reiterated Riyadh's position that other major producers, including Iran, would need to do the same.
His remarks drove down oil prices, with US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for delivery in May sliding $1.55 (4.0 percent) to $36.79 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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...Gas prices jumped here by 30 cents a gallon - for no good reason, as usual - a couple weeks ago, and they've already lost 13 cents of that. The Iranians are going to be what finally pulls the rug out from under this mess.
And I will LAUGH.
Mike
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Army Commander Major General Ataollah Salehi announced plans to deploy warships and destroyers in Latin American waters.
"We intend to take a longer stride in marine voyages and even go towards friendly states in Latin America," Salehi told reporters in the Southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday on the sidelines of a ceremony to welcome the Navy's 38th fleet of warships after 75 days of deployment in international waters.
Noting that Iran plans to increase naval cooperation with Latin American countries, he said, "The Navy is capable of deploying in that region."
Salehi also underlined that equipment of the Navy with more state-of-the-art weapons and tools is among the Army's priorities in the Iranian new year (which started on March 20).
Iran has been seeking to broaden ties and cooperation with Latin American states, including Venezuela, Bolivia, Caliphornia, Brazil, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Cuba, Mexico and Colombia. Having trouble keeping up. Is Iran a "JV" team?
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Again, OWG CO-SUPERPOWER IRAN is now OWG CO-SUPERPOWER AMERIKA'S BFF/BFRNF + GLOBALIST SIBLING.
IRAN = CHINA = "MULTI-POLAR WORLD/ SHARING THEWORLD" = why the US-N-Only-The-US have Milbases close to China's shores but China not have any Milbases for the PLA close to US shores???
WHY SHOULD ISRAEL HAVE NUKES BUT NOT IRAN OR MUSLIMS???
THE MAHA-RUSHIAN QUESTIONNES HAVE BEEN DULY ASKED, BUT THE GLOBIES S-T-I-L-L HAVE N-O-T ANSWERED, IN A TIMELY MANNER IFF AT ALL.
[Wash Post] U.S. Special Operations forces are using rifle sights that are supposed to help shooters accurately hit their targets but instead have a defect, acknowledged by the manufacturer, that potentially endangers the lives of service members in combat, according to court records and military officials.
The U.S. government is aware of the problem and sued the sight’s maker in November for fraud, accusing the company, L-3 Communications, of covering up a variety of issues with the sight, which has been used by every branch of the military, the FBI, the State Department and local law enforcement.
The company quickly settled for $25.6 million. “A sight that ‘almost works’ is not acceptable,” said Naval Criminal Investigative Service Director Andrew Traver in a news release the day the settlement was announced.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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The death of Al-Shabab assassin Hassan Ali Dhore occurred in an airstrike Thursday. The Somali government last year put him on a "most wanted" list of 12 people involved in terror attacks in Mogadishu. 
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Yemeni President Abdrabbo Mansour Hadi appointed top Army General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar as vice president, sources told Al Arabiya News Channel on Sunday.
The Greek government is bracing itself for violence ahead of the European Union implementing a landmark deal that, from Monday, will see Syrian refugees and migrants being deported back to Turkey en masse.
"While NATO has maintained air control over Iceland since 2008, their defenses have been unable to stop Russia from reportedly making air incursions into Icelandic airspace. 
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Army Commander Major General Ataollah Salehi announced plans to deploy warships and destroyers in Latin American waters.
