[IsraelTimes] Terrorist attacks in La Belle France and Belgium carried out by the same cell; authorities still searching for suspects.
The jihadist cell that launched deadly attacks on Gay Paree and Brussels received its orders from "very high" in 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.... group command, Belgium’s federal prosecutor said Wednesday.
"We know that the orders came from the Islamic State zone.... We know that it went very high in the command," Frederic Van Leeuw said in an interview with AFP.
He could not say exactly which top IS official or officials gave the orders or whether they sent them from a base in Syria or Iraq, the territory run by IS leader and self-declared caliph 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... He said the command moved around to dodge US-backed strikes. "Baghdadi was for a while in djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , sometimes in Raqqa," he added.
"We don’t know at all who are the people who really gave the orders," he said.
Islamic State group grabbed credit for the attacks across Gay Paree on November 13 that killed 130 people as well as the suicide kabooms at Brussels airport and a metro station on March 22 that killed 32 people.
Van Leeuw said the attacks were carried out by the same cell, some of whose members were based in Brussels, and the authorities are still looking for suspects who did not die in the attacks or were tossed in the slammer You have the right to remain silent... afterward.
"The investigation is far from having ended, as much at the Belgian as at the French level," he said.
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[BREITBART] Despite a major Moslem protest at the Colosseum against the closure of illegal mosques, Rome police have continued shutting down so-called "garage mosques," and now Moslems are threatening to invade Saint Peter’s Basilica to pray there.
This week, authorities closed down another makeshift mosque in Rome for failure to meet building norms and for non-compliance with safety standards, the sixth such mosque-closing in the last months.
In response, Moslems in Rome have threatened to invade the Vatican to pray in Saint Peter’s Basilica, which Italian media are calling Islamic "blackmail."
"As many as 300 people can pray here; where will we go if it’s closed?", said a young Moslem man identified only as "Hussein," who works in a hardware store not from one of the "Islamic centers" that police have closed.
This center is located in the eastern suburbs, a district where half of the inhabitants are Moslems and the heart of the Islamic protest against the closure of Islamic places of worship.
"We live here, we work here, we cannot go to pray in Parioli [the other side of town]," says Anwar, the president of a neighborhood prayer hall.
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Muslims are threatening to invade Saint Peter’s Basilica to pray there
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It's an invasion as its a separate country. Will be interesting to see the Swiss Guards back in action. BTW, how many churches or temples are in Medina or Mecca? /rhet question
Turkey should be a top priority in US foreign policy, a top adviser to President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday in an article that slammed Barack Obama for failing to understand Ankara's geopolitical position, the Daily Sabah newspaper reported Nov. 10.
“We must begin with understanding that Turkey is vital to US interests,” retired Gen. Michael Flynn wrote for the Hill newspaper. He also called Turkey “a source of stability in the region.”
I think the good General Flynn is missing a few key points in his briefing notes...
Flynn was a key national security adviser to Trump during his presidential campaign and is expected by many to be appointed to a Cabinet position, possibly as defense secretary.
The veteran general wrote that it was “an unwise policy” for the Obama administration to keep Ankara at arm’s length.
“We need to adjust our foreign policy to recognize Turkey as a priority. We need to see the world from Turkey's perspective,” he wrote.
Noting the extradition request by Turkey of Gulenist Terror Group (FETÖ) leader, Fetullah Gulen, as one of the key points of contention between Washington and Ankara, Flynn suggested the US handover Gulen.
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I strongly disagree with the General on this one. There can be no question what will happen to Gulen if he is handed over. Flynn needs to have a long discussion with some of our human intelligence folks. I think he might see things a bit differently.
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I suspect Flynn (who was very busy elsewhere with Afghanistan and ME terrorist matters) was not in the, shall we say Gulen loop.
One of the issues that resulted in Flynn and his deputy's ouster was their continued insistence on the shoring up and expansion DIA's human intelligence capabilities. The Klingons have never welcomed incursions into their market share.
IMHO, if Flynn had knowledge of any Gulen collaboration, he wouldn't be recommending Gulen be sent back to Turkey.
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"...The veteran general wrote that it was “an unwise policy” for the Obama administration to keep Ankara at arm’s length...".
Actually Obama went out of his way to praise Erdogan (e.g., here). Obama also ditched his campaign promise to call the Armenian genocide a genocide. Obama also gave Turkey a green light to push the Kurds around in part of Northern Syria.
Flynn's statement should make the all star dufus list (if there is a list).
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Only after all nukes (if any are there) and all American personnel are removed. Easy first phase of disengaging from the entangling foreign alliance that has nothing good for our interests.
[Newsday] A lawyer for accused Chelsea bomber Ahmad Khan Rahimi complained that his medical condition might be too fragile for him to get adequate care in a federal jail as Rahimi made his first appearance on terrorism charges in Manhattan federal court on Thursday.
Federal defender David Patton said that Rahimi, who was transferred by New Jersey authorities into federal custody at 5 a.m., still had an open wound on his leg, a disabled hand and serious liver damage as a result of gunshot wounds suffered during his September arrest, and had experienced repeated infections.
"We have some real concerns about Mr. Rahimi’s medical condition and the ability of the [Metropolitan Correctional Center] to provide adequate medical care," Patton said. Cont'd.
[DAWN] BILAWAL Bhutto-Zardari has just been seen trying another, natural route for landing in Punjab. A few days ago, he was found in Rahim Yar Khan, reassuring the inhabitants there that since they had BB’s son amongst them, they ought not to despair as yet. As to whether the trip provided the young PPP leader any cause to be upbeat about his 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.... expedition, there was little on the horizon to indicate any sudden change of fortunes.
This is, ultimately, just too routine to create any excitement. Actually it has long since become a joke. Every few weeks there is a clamour from within what remains of the PPP in Punjab. Then there is talk, inevitably, about how BBZ planned to come to Lahore for a longish period and how he was destined to reinvigorate the party.
So bored are even the most tolerant in the crowd by this -- lack of -- promise that some of them might have actually been a little relieved to find out that there has been a change in plans -- BBZ now seeks to undertake the exploration of the territory from the southern end, approaching Punjab from Sindh where his party is in power. Not just this, his party has some presence in Rahim Yar Khan (RYK), as shown by the 2013 general election and reconfirmed by the more recent local government polls.
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[DAWN] Foreign Office (FO) Spokesman Nafees Zakaria on Thursday said that Pakistain 'welcomed' the US president-elect Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... 's offer to mediate between Pakistain and India on the Kashmire dispute, Radio Pakistain reported.
Oh my.
During a weekly press briefing in Islamabad, while responding to queries about the victory of Republican Donald Trump in the US presidential elections, Zakaria said that the president-elect had earlier offered mediation between Pakistain and India on Kashmire dispute and said that Pakistain had welcomed that offer.
Zakaria reiterated Pakistain's concern over continued 'atrocities' committed by Indian forces in held Kashmire and said Pakistain would continue to raise the issue at the international level and extend moral, political and diplomatic support to the cause of the Kashmiris.
The FO said Pakistain desires a close relationship with the US, and wishes to further strengthen ties in areas including the economy, defence, science and technology, education, strategic issues and counter-terrorism.
Pakistain will continue to promote and strengthen existing ties in areas of common interest, the FO said.
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Kinda seems like he might should mediate our own border disputes first.
[ARA News]. Nadia Murad Basee Taha, a Yezidi human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, said that almost no Yezidi women have been rescued from ISIS grip since the Mosul operation started in October.
“While the world is plunged in politics, 3400 Yezidi women and girls remain enslaved for ISIS sex use. Only a few have escaped since the Mosul operation stated,” she said.
“I have recently been receiving calls from Yezidi families who need help to rescue their women and girls in ISIS captivity. It is unbearable,” Murad said.
“A Yazidi mother told me that her 16-year-old daughter’s rescue from ISIS sex slavery costs $15k and she cannot pay,” the activist said. “Yazidi women even when there is a possibility for them to be rescued, there is no financial support for the work. Unbelievable pain,” she added.
When militants the Islamic State (ISIS) attacked the Yezidi communities in Iraqi Kurdistan in August 2014, they raped, forcibly married and converted to Islam thousands of Yezidi women, using them as sex slaves. ISIS is still holding a significant number of them, according to Belkis Wille, a senior researcher for Human Rights Watch.
According to the United Nations, as of August, IS still held 1,935 Yezidi women, as well as 1,864 Yezidi men. Local sources reported on 24 October that at least 70 Yezidi women and children have been rescued since the beginning of the operation to retake Mosul.
“I have asked human rights colleagues in Erbil what the military plan is for assisting the Yezidi population inside Mosul, in the context of the ongoing operation. They said this is a conversation that has not yet happened,” Murad said.
In August 2014, ISIS radicals took over the Yezidi region of Shingal in northern Iraq, causing a mass displacement of nearly 400,000 people to Duhok and Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan. Tens of thousands of Yezidis remained trapped in Mount Sinjar, suffering mass killings, kidnappings and rape cases, according to local and military sources. Also, more than 3000 Yezidi girls have been taken by the radical group as sex slaves.
On November 13, the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraqi Kurdistan, backed by an air cover from the US-led coalition forces, announced the liberation of Shingal after fierce battles with ISIS extremists. The Kurdish forces have recently discovered more than five mass graves in the Yezidi region, where hundreds of Yezidi civilians have been summarily executed and buried by ISIS jihadis. Yet, thousands of Yezidi women remain in ISIS captivity after being sold as sex slaves across the group’s territory in Iraq and Syria.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Paleostinian President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... was one of the first Arab leaders to congratulate Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... on his election win on Wednesday, but analysts say a Trump presidency may be profoundly negative for Paleostinian aspirations while buoying Israel's confidence.
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Love to see it, but if we can't defend a backwater facility like Benghazi why does anybody think one in this hotspot would last?
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Iran wants all parties to stay committed to an international nuclear deal signed last year, but has options if that does not happen, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday.
He spoke after the US presidential election victory of Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... , who had said he was opposed to the nuclear pact during campaigning.
"Of course Iran's options are not limited but our hope and our desire and our preference is for the full implementation of the nuclear agreement, which is not bilateral for one side to be able to scrap," Zarif told a news conference in Bratislava after meeting his Slovak counterpart Miroslav Lajcak.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Iran's semi-official Fars news agency is reporting that the armed forces chief of staff has criticized Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... for his past harsh words about confronting Iranian boats in the Gulf.
The Thursday report quotes Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri as saying, "The person who has recently achieved power, has talked off the top of his head! Threatening Iran in the Gulf is just a joke."
He said American presidential candidates during their campaigns "eat too much sugar," a reference to a Farsi proverb about those who talk nonsense.
In September, Trump said Iranian ships trying to provoke the US "will be shot out of the water."
In January, Iran took 10 American sailors prisoner ship veered off course into Iranian waters; they were released a day later.
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Trump threat is a joke, says Iranian military chief
As is the nuclear agreement he is threatening to tear up.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) successfully presents itself to the media as a benign civil rights organization, comparable to the NAACP or the ADL, a description that conservatives ineffectively rail against. In this light, perhaps a tweet sent out just after midnight EST on Nov. 9 by Hussam Ayloush, long-time head of CAIR's Los Angeles office, will help awaken the press to CAIR's true Islamist identity. Ayloush wrote:
Ok, repeat after me:
Al-Shaab yureed isqat al-nizaam.
(Arab Spring chant)
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He he promotes overthrowing the government he should be arrested as a traitor (if a citizen) or booted out of the country (if non-citizen).
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[IsraelTimes] Terrorist attacks in 
Turkey should be a top priority in US foreign policy, a top adviser to President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday in an article that slammed Barack Obama for failing to understand Ankara's geopolitical position, the Daily Sabah newspaper reported Nov. 10.
[DAWN] BILAWAL Bhutto-Zardari has just been seen trying another, natural route for landing in Punjab. A few days ago, he was found in Rahim Yar Khan, reassuring the inhabitants there that since they had BB’s son amongst them, they ought not to despair as yet. As to whether the trip provided the young PPP leader any cause to be upbeat about his
