Kenyan police have arrested two suspected members of the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab for planning attacks on churches and other sites in Nairobi, police said on Tuesday.
“Two most wanted terrorists and several forged and fraudulently obtained identification documents were seized,” according to the statement issued by the office of the police Inspector General, adding the men were detained on Saturday.
“The two suspects and their accomplices are suspected to have been planning to stage attacks in Nairobi, targeting entertainment joints and churches,” it said, adding that some accomplices escaped and may have fled to Somalia.
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[Libya Herald] Amid confusion and some recrimination, members of the Libya Dialogue have not met in Ghadames today as announced. Their gathering is understood to have been cancelled.
The first problem was that the authorities in the town apparently did not know about the meeting. "The first we heard about it was when we read about it in the media" a municipal official was quoted as saying.
There appear however to have been deeper issues behind a meeting which was supposed to allow the Dialogue members to dicuss away from Tunis without the normal attendance of UNSMIL people and foreign diplomats.
One Dialogue member told the Libya Herald that some colleagues had decided not to go because they wanted first to see what amendments to the Libyan Political Agreement the House of Representatives would propose when it next meets on Monday.
The member added: "There were also several reservations about the Ghadames meeting, including who had called it and who was paying for it. Was there a hidden agenda behind it?"
There was a suspicion that the Ghadames council did in fact know of the planned meeting. However, a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all... councillors had avoided preparing for it because there they did not wish to be connected with anything that undermined the Dialogue and the Libyan Political Agreement.
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[al-Manar] Nearly 1,400 children have been killed, hundreds more injured and many schools closed by the war in Yemen, the UN children’s fund said on Wednesday.
“Attacks on civilian areas continue to kill and injure scores of children in Yemen,” said UNICEF’s representative in Yemen, Meritxell Relano.
“Instead of learning, children are witnessing death, war and destruction,” she added, warning that the actual casualty toll was likely to be much higher than the verified figures.
More than 7,300 people have been killed in Yemen since a Saudi-led coalition launched its brutal aggression on Yemen in March 2015 o restore power to fugitive ex-president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi who is a close ally to Riyadh.
Relano called on all parties in the conflict to protect children and stop attacks on schools.
The plea follows a coalition air strike near a school in northern Yemen on Tuesday that medics and a local official said killed five people, including two children.
UNICEF said that it had “confirmed the death of one child” in the strike.
“Schools have to be zones of peace at all times, a sanctuary where children can learn, grow, play and be safe,” Relano said.
“Children should never risk their lives only to attend school.”
She said that nearly 2,000 schools in Yemen can no longer be used because they have been damaged, destroyed or are used as shelters or for military purposes.
Israel and Turkey are drafting a road map for a cooperation agenda following an agreement to normalize relations and appoint respective ambassadors in the wake of the 2010 Mavi Marmara massacre.
The undersecretaries of the two countries’ foreign ministries will meet within one month for a political consultation meeting, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official has told the Hürriyet Daily News. High-level visits will be planned in line with the decisions taken at the meeting, with the economy and tourism to have priority at the mutual visits, the official said.
Turkey will participate in a tourism fair in Israel on Feb. 7 and 8, perhaps at the level of the culture and tourism minister level, the official noted. A visit by Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu to Israel will also be on the agenda when his schedule becomes available.
Officials are aiming to update a free trade agreement between Turkey and Israel by expanding it on issues such as agricultural products.
“This is very important for us because the two countries are complementary to each other. In areas such as information, information, innovation; Israel has made significant progress. But they need to find markets for those products. In this respect, Turkey stands out as a very important partner in the region,” the official said.
Turkey also expects the mutual lifting of visa procedures with Israel. At the same time, the two countries will step up cooperation on security issues. The official underlined that both countries require consultations on regional security issues such as Syria, and the sharing of security information will be on the agenda during the political consultation meeting, the official added.
Eitan Na’eh was appointed as Israel’s ambassador to Ankara last month, while Kemal Öktem became Turkey’s envoy to Tel Aviv.
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[Hurriyet Daily News] At least 780 people, including 350 foreigners, remain in detention some of whom have been convicted for suspected links to the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), according to the Turkish Justice Ministry.
The Justice Ministry released a report on Jan. 11 saying a total of 725 people, who are suspected of being ISIS members, were currently in prison.
An additional 55 have already been convicted for being members of the terrorist group.
The report has stated that 73 people have been convicted of being members of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization - 10 others are still detained.
Since 2015, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... has been fighting several terrorist groups both at home and along its border with Syria.
The number of injured people who have received treatment in Turkey after evacuation from the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo has risen to 482, according to a provincial government along Turkey’s border with Syria.
The Hatay Governor’s Office said that 76 of the 482 injured Aleppan civilians shuffled off the mortal coil despite all efforts, while 102 others were discharged.
Late last month Syrian opposition forces and the regime reached a cease-fire deal, brokered by Turkey and Russia, to evacuate civilians from eastern Aleppo to safe areas in opposition-held Idlib.
So far, some 44,000 people have been evacuated from the area, according to Turkish authorities.
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[Hurriyet Daily News] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... ’s allies are still providing weapons to the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak said Jan. 11, asking "what business does a terror group have at the peace table?"
The YPG, which is the military wing of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), is one of the sticking points of the strained Turkey-United States relations.
While Turkey regards the YPG and PYD as terror organizations due to their ties to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), with whom Turkey has been in armed festivities since the mid-1980s, the U.S. sees them as a reliable partner in their fight against the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS).
The peace table Kaynak was referring to is the Syrian talks planned to be held in the Kazakh capital of Astana on Jan. 23.
Kaynak’s remarks came one day after the U.S. State Department said the PYD needed to be part of the political process in Syria.
In a daily presser, U.S. State Department Deputy Spokesperson Mark Toner was asked whether the U.S. considered the PYD as part of the Syrian opposition and if the State Department would support the PYD to take part in any of the meetings organized by the U.N.-led process.
"This process has to include all Syrians, and that includes the Syrian Kurds," Toner said, adding that the participants of the meetings were "really for the groups involved and the Syrian people to determine."
"At some point, [the PYD] have to be a part of this process, is our consideration," he added.
The PYD and YPG are part of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which the U.S. supports against ISIS in Syria. The SDF is composed of Arab and Kurdish forces of Evil though it is mostly comprised of forces of Evil from the YPG forces.
Meanwhile, ...back at the wreckage, Captain Poindexter awoke groggily, his hand still stuck in the Ming vase... a PYD representative said Jan. 10 that Syrian Kurds had not been invited to the talks on the political future of Syria due to take place in Astana.
"We are not invited to Astana. There appears to be a veto on our presence," Khaled Issa, a PYD representative in La Belle France, told AFP in Gay Paree.
"Neither the PYD or our military formation will be present," he said.
Toner said that if a "realistic assessment" was to be made, then "the YPG is ‐ YPD [PYD], rather ‐ is a force on the ground, is a representative group, and their voice will need to be heard in any kind of long-term solution to the situation in Syria."
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based war monitor, SDF forces were part of an operation conducted by U.S. special operations troops in Syria’s eastern province of Deir ez-Zor against ISIS leaders.
The SDF and at least four helicopters, including Apache attack helicopters, were used in the operation, according to the observatory, though the Pentagon did not give any details of the operation besides admitting that a "successful" operation "focused on ISIS leadership" was conducted.
Toner reiterated that the U.S. provided "tactical support to the SDF."
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[DAWN] 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... on Wednesday said the day is not far when Pakistain will be recognised as a "minorities-friendly country" and that his government is taking steps to improve the lives of under-represented religious groups.
The premier said his government, through its actions, promotes the belief that 'to each his own faith', adding that humanity is what should bind the nation together.
He was speaking at a ceremony at the Katas Raj temples complex in Chakwal.
He further said followers of all religions have equal rights in Pakistain, noting that they had worked hand-in-hand to defend the country and contribute to its peace and prosperity.
The PM said he has advised his officials to spare no effort in hosting non-Moslem pilgrims and ensuring the protection and expansion of their places of worship.
He also said he would lend his full support for the construction of the Baba Guru Nanak and Gandhara universities.
The PM observed that Islam and all other religions preach peace, and those preaching otherwise were not doing a service to their religion, Radio Pakistain reported.
PM Sharif made frequent references to Islamic history to stress that it was part of the Islamic faith to treat minorities equally.
He recalled that when, in the early days of Islam, after Moslems migrated to Madina to escape prosecution and came into power, they treated the "minorities living there with respect". He said Prophet Muhammad (PTUI!) even declared those minorities "one nation" along with Moslems.
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[IRINNEWS.ORG] Obaid Khan was planning to join Pakistain’s public school system as a teacher after finishing his undergraduate degree in May this year. Instead, he dropped out of university to join 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.... , and he’s now fighting in Afghanistan.
Obaid’s life-plan began to change when a man identifying himself as Qari Abid contacted him via Facebook last August. As their correspondence deepened, Khan became more and more convinced that he needed to join the "jihad against infidels", according to his elder brother, Hanifullah, whom Abid attempted to recruit as well.
"He used to get promotional Islamic State material and sermons about jihad every second day in his Facebook inbox," said Hanifullah about his brother.
Then, at the end of October, Obaid suddenly left the family home in Bajaur Agency, aka Turban Central ...Smallest of the agencies in FATA. The Agency administration is located in Khar. Bajaur is inhabited almost exclusively by Tarkani Pashtuns, which are divided into multiple bickering subtribes. Its 52 km border border with Afghanistan's Kunar Province makes it of strategic importance to Pakistain's strategic depth... in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas on the frontier with Afghanistan. Last month, he called Hanifullah and told him he had finished training with IS and was now fighting 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, where Afghan government and US forces have been battling the holy warriors.
"He was a religious-minded person, but we never thought he would one day join a holy warrior group like the IS," said Hanifullah in a telephone interview.
Military assaults have squeezed IS out of some of the territory it took control of in Iraq and Syria, and the group has recently expanded its presence in South Asia.
In January 2015, IS declared its intention to establish "Khorasan", in reference to a historical region that once covered much of modern day Afghanistan as well as parts of Iran and Central Asia. Nangarhar remains its main base of operations, but its tentacles extend across the border into Pakistain too.
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[INDIATODAY.INTODAY.IN] Two of the most deadly terrorist organizations, Lashkar-e-Taiba ...the Army of the Pure, an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI... and Hizb-ul Mujahideen, are now operating together in Jammu and Kashmire.
If a video posted on social media on January 7 is to be believed, faceless myrmidons from the two terror groups are seen walking together in an area likely to be in north Kashmire. In the video, gunnies are seen playing with snow.
Police are verifying the authenticity of the video and are trying to trace the location where the video was shot.
telligence agencies have confirmed that Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizb-ul Mujahideen are operating jointly in the Valley.
Earlier, an audio tape of a converation between slain Hizb-ul commander Burhan Wani and Lashkar chief Hafiz Saeed ...founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and its false-mustache offshoot Jamaat-ud-Dawa. The United Nations declared the JuD a terrorist organization in 2008 and Hafiz Saeed a terrorist as its leader. Hafiz, JuD and LeT are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Pak intel apparatus, so that amounted to squat... had surfaced in December last year.
During the course of the conversation, Wani sought Saeed's help in fighting the 'common enemy'.
The conversation suggested that the two wanted to create a joint front in Kashmire.
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[INUTH] In a move that may expose Pakistain over its inability to stop spreading terrorism from its soil, Chinese government has recently announced that the security along the China-Pakistain border would be further tightened in order to prevent Death Eaters from entering or leaving the region illegally.
According to media reports, Xinjiang Communist Party leaders expressed fears of Lions of Islam getting training in Pakistain and Afghanistan, and returning to the province to carry out terror attacks.
This announcement came days after five people killed in a terrorist attack in Hotan.
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Hey, maybe they can build a wall! If they do, I'll bet the msm approves.
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Just keep selling them nuclear and rocket technology while they fund terrorism. Yep, that's the ticket. To include your Nork dog doing the same business on the side.
[Breitbart Israel] Residents of Gaza were outraged at criticism of Hamas’ cross-border tunnels, used mainly for smuggling, by the Palestinian Authority’s official TV channel.
The criticism emerged during a debate on the electricity crisis in Gaza, as the number of hours Gazans are provided with electric power decreased to three per day as opposed to eight.
Earlier this week, several demonstrations took place in Gaza over the increasingly difficult conditions, against the backdrop of a cold spell that struck the Strip.
Hamas has traded blows over the crisis with the Palestinian Authority, which they kicked out of Gaza in 2007. Hamas claims that the PA failed to pay the bills to their Israeli service provider and demanded that the tax on electricity in Gaza be increased, while the PA accuses Hamas of wanting free electricity, and while ordinary citizens bear the brunt of the crisis, Hamas’ tunnel network remains unaffected by the shortage.
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be fair
five comments represent all gazans? anyway one is Lebanese, one makes an ambiguous statement, and the other three are dedicated members of Hamas. I be that 90 percent of the population of Gaza is angry at Hamas about this but dare not make any comment for fear of sudden death.
[IsraelTimes] Jewish state’s new policy allows Cairo to quickly boost troops in volatile peninsula to combat 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....
An Israeli defense official on Wednesday confirmed that the country has developed a new policy in recent years to allow Egypt to quickly beef up its forces in the volatile Sinai Peninsula as part of a shared struggle against Islamic terrorists.
The official spoke days after Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said there are about 25,000 Egyptian troops operating in Sinai. It was the first time an Egyptian leader has commented on the number of troops battling bully boyz there.
His comments, made Monday night in a telephone call to a live TV talk show, underlined the depth of his commitment to the fight against terrorists, but also reflected the immense challenges Egypt faces.
In addition to the troops, Egypt’s military is also known to have deployed F-16 fighter jets as well as Apache helicopter gunships and tanks in northern Sinai. Egypt’s close coordination with Israel in the fight against IS in Sinai is widely believed to be helping to fuel the insurgency.
Israel, which is bitter enemies with the Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", terrorist group in the neighboring Gazoo Strip, sees Egypt as an important ally in the battle against Islamic turban groups in the region and the two countries have close security and intelligence ties.
While their historic 1979 peace agreement limited the number of Egyptian forces in the border area near Israel, it includes provisions to allow Egypt to increase its forces if Israel agrees.
The Israeli defense official said that Israel used to treat such requests with caution, but that in recent years has taken on a new policy to approve requests much faster in a reflection of the growing friendship and joint interests.
"We do have a new policy and that has to do with terrorism over there," he said. "It’s a common threat and a common interest."
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... , was unable to provide firm numbers on Egyptian troop levels in Sinai, but said they were "significant."
"There’s a need on the ground that we more than acknowledge," he said.
[ISRAELNATIONALNEWS] Israel on Wednesday announced new charges against the Gazoo head of a major US-based NGO accused of diverting millions of dollars in aid to Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",.
Mohammed al-Halabi, the Gazoo director of Christian humanitarian charity World Vision, is alleged to have funnelled aid money to the Islamist terrorist movement that runs the Gazoo Strip.He is due in court again in the city of Beersheva on Thursday.
On Wednesday an updated charge sheet was published with two additional charges, including "aiding and abetting the enemy in a time of war" and "passing information to the enemy. A foreign ministry front man declined to comment on the additional charges.
Halabi is expected to plead not guilty on Thursday after negotiations over a plea bargain collapsed, a source close to the case said. His legal team said Wednesday they still have not had access to much of the evidence against their client.
On January 4 a United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... worker from Gazoo was sentenced to seven months in jail for aiding Hamas "without intention."
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[FINANCE.YAHOO] The smartphones of dozens of Israeli soldiers were hacked by Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",bully boyz pretending to be attractive young women online, an Israeli military official said Wednesday.
Using fake profiles on Facebook with alluring photos, Hamas members contacted the soldiers via groups on the social network, luring them into long chats, the official told journalists on condition of anonymity.
Dozens of the predominantly lower-ranked soldiers were convinced enough by the honey trap to download fake applications which enabled Hamas to take control of their phones, according to the official.
The official however did not say how the army determined that those behind the scheme were from Hamas, the Islamist movement that runs the Gazoo Strip.
Hamas officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
"The enemy knows the language of young people and installed viruses that can control the telephones of dozens of soldiers," the official said.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Syrian regime forces and Iranian militias have committed 399 violations of the ceasefire agreement after 11 of its implementation.
The ceasefire agreement in Syria, sponsored by Russia and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , has come to the end of its second week, with ongoing violations being committed by the Syrian regime and their allied- militias, according to the Syrian National Coalition statement.
According to a statement issued by the coalition, the violations took place in the southern countryside of Aleppo, Wadi Barada in the countryside of Damascus, and the outskirts of Hama and Daraa, with 271 dead, including 25 women and 34 children, without counting the casualties in ISIS-controlled areas.
The National Coalition called on the Security Council and other parties to stop the attacks immediately and punish the perpetrators.
Syrian opposition are expected to participate in meetings on Wednesday in Ankara regarding the truce and participation in the upcoming Astana talks.
Russia, which is committed to ensuring the cease-fire on behalf of the regime, has threatened to take all the necessary actions to eliminate what they called the ’turbans in Damascus’, pointing out that the regime’s control over the region has reached its final stage.
The Russian official also pointed out that the recent period has seen the expulsion of opposition fighters from the Latakia province, in addition to opening the main road linking the capital to the north of the country, saying that the Air Force dramatically changed the course of the war.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu agreed on Tuesday on the need to observe a ceasefire in Syria while continuing to fight "terrorist groups", Russia’s foreign ministry said.
The call came at a time when Russian experts are preparing for the meeting with Turkey in Ankara to discuss a cease-fire, ahead of the forthcoming meeting in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, at the end of this month.
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Was it really violations or were they just defending themselves?
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Lebanese President Michel Aoun ...a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah... has reiterated that Leb has no intentions of working against Arab interests, particularly those of 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... In an interview with Al Arabiya General Manager Turki Aldakhil, during Aoun’s visit to the kingdom this week, the president noted that Saudi Arabia was the first country to invite him on a foreign visit since his inauguration.
The president said that Leb was against weaponized conflict within his country, adding that the recent presence of arms was linked to "certain circumstances."
Aoun said that he there is no longer space for resistance within Leb, as resistance within the Middle East has been overridden by interference from the US, Iran and Russia.
With regards to domestic issues in Leb, Aoun said there were clauses in the 1989 Taif Agreement, which ended the civil war in Leb, that have not been fully implemented. He said it was of high importance for these clauses to be implemented, particularly electoral law, in order to promote co-existence and the proper representation of the different segments of Lebanese society.
He added that there are some electoral laws implemented "1992 onwards resulted in parties loyal to Syria gaining a certain advantage. Syria left and this advantage remained."
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Make your own determination on this one. I have determine that ST6 has been engaged in spycraft and is therefore absolved of any crimes.
About the author: Matthew Cole has covered national security since 2005 for U.S. television networks and print outlets. He has reported extensively on the CIA’s post-9/11 transformation, including identifying and locating a secret CIA prison in Lithuania used to interrogate al Qaeda detainees. Since 2005, Cole has traveled extensively in Afghanistan and Pakistan to cover conflict and investigate U.S. intelligence operations.
For the past six years, Cole has worked as an investigative producer for ABC and NBC News. At each network, Cole broke several stories of global significance. Among the subjects he has reported on are Blackwater’s covert work with the CIA and JSOC; the Raymond Davis affair in Pakistan; the death of Osama bin Laden; missing Libyan surface-to-air missiles after the fall of Qadaffi; classified CIA documents related to its drone program; and a SEAL Team 6 raid in Somalia.
For NBC News, Cole worked closely with Glenn Greenwald to report stories based on documents leaked by Edward Snowden, and secured the first and only American television interview of Snowden.
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Ever notice the Intercept only releases stories as primer ass coverings fodder and confuion tactics for only one group yet? Like the bullshit Snowden files etc how many people heard the same line noise on their phones or had isues decades ago they are listening that is what old washed up bingo hags do! Maybe the Intercept should do a story on why none of the networks have covered victory parades for all the free liberated people American troops should feel horrible that they are not getting the face time and pomp and glory for all of these humanatarian actions of putting down despots in countries with no debt free medical and free education let them relate their stories reward them protect them cuz if the track record stays the same some real big not powerful country somwhere attempting to have free medical no debt and free education for al might need to be overthrown I mean invaded! Plus everyone loves a parade and Wolf Blitzer can lead it along with the psyop units from the networks!
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In the dark many things can look like a gun weapon etc especially outside in adverse conditions it is always judgement call most times shooting is better however!
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In some areas, the instructions were to not make contact, to run and hide and to gather intelligence.
The instructions also said that if forced into a shoot'em up, to take no prisoners and leave no witnesses.
How much more criminal is that than random and indiscriminate drone strikes that wash away good intelligence and send the enemy underground? Tell me Mr. Cole how is a Hellfire missile at 30,000 feet any better than face to face conflict with an adversary, I would say you are less likely to kill the innocent in person than with a drone.
Fuck em, fuck all of them, screw this cabal of limp wristed sissies that want to run our national defense with rules pulled out of their asses with little or no knowledge of either the Geneva Convention or the true nature of the adversary.
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Fuck em, fuck all of them, screw this cabal of limp wristed sissies that want to run our national defense with rules pulled out of their asses with little or no knowledge of either the Geneva Convention or the true nature of the adversary.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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[Breitbart Israel] Residents of Gaza were outraged at criticism of Hamas’ cross-border tunnels, used mainly for smuggling, by the Palestinian Authority’s official TV channel.
Michel Aoun
