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Afghanistan
Pak, Afghan military leadership agree on forming joint working group
[DAWN] Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and his Afghan counterpart on Sunday agreed to form a joint working group of the two armies, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced in a blurb.

Gen Bajwa proposed the working group during a discussion with Afghan Army chief Gen Sharif Yaftali on the sidelines of the Quadrilateral Counter-terrorism Coordination Mechanism (QCCM)'s meeting in Tajikistan.

The Afghan Army chief accepted the offer, said the ISPR statement.

The working group will "jointly work and formulate security recommendations for government level discussions aimed at addressing mutual concerns," said the release.

During the discussion, Gen Bajwa highlighted Pakistain's efforts for border security. He termed "dignified repatriation of Afghan refugees" and border security management as key factors for enduring peace.

COAS Gen Bajwa assured his Afghan counterpart of his "fullest cooperation" but made it clear that "Pakistain cannot bring the Afghan war into Pakistain."

Earlier, the senior military leadership of China, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistain had signed an outline for a cooperative mechanism at the QCCM meeting in Dushanbe. The mechanism will come into force after its endorsement by the respective governments.

Posted by: Fred || 08/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Africa North
Egypt, Germany sign MOU on dealing with irregular migration
[AlAhram] Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry and his German counterpart Sigmar Gabriel oversaw the signing of a memorandum of understanding in Berlin on confronting irregular migration to Europe, the Egyptian foreign ministry said in a statement.

Shoukry said at a joint presser that Egypt appreciates Germany's support on economic and security issues. He stressed that cooperation between Cairo and Berlin to deal with the problem of irregular migration is beneficial to both countries.

"The problem of illegal immigration is an international one, and we must deal with the socio-economic roots of the crisis; the problem must be dealt with while respecting the rights of refugees and migrants colonists in accordance with international law," Shoukry said.

Gabriel said at the presser that Germany understands that the River Nile is vital to Egypt's agriculture and economy. The German foreign minister said Berlin is ready to play a constructive role in resolving any disagreements between Nile Basin countries, saying any project on the Upper Nile must be subject to consensus among all parties affected.

The two officials also discussed Egyptian-German bilateral relations and the latest developments in the Middle East, including the situation in Libya and Syria.

Shoukry and Gabriel also discussed Egyptian efforts to revive the grinding of the peace processor between the Paleostinians and Israelis.

The two ministers discussed the rift between Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates...
and Egypt and number of other Arab Gulf countries, as well as the nomination of Egyptian ambassador Moshira Khateb for UNESCO secretary-general, the statement said.

Berlin is the first stop in a European tour by Shoukry where he will also visit Belarus and Romania with the aim of reinforcing relations with the three countries and discuss issues of mutual concern.
All sorts of countries can come to understand how Egypt nobly sacrifices to protect them from the next wave of Moslem colonists, considering how they, in turn, can support Egypt in the midst of economic challenges. It's not just Uncle Sam, donchaknow.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists


Arabia
1,705,181 pilgrims arrive in Saudi Arabia
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] According to latest reports, 1,705,181 pilgrims have arrived by Friday in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The General Directorate of Passports said in its daily statistics that 1,602,661 pilgrims arrived by air; 87,685 by land; and 14,835 by sea.

The number of pilgrims from Pakistan reached 183,337 while 170,050 were the number of pilgrims that arrived from India. Indonesian pilgrims that arrived numbered at 226,541.

Meanwhile, Saudi security forces have paraded through Mecca ahead of Hajj, with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other top officials among those watching.
Posted by: Fred || 08/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia

#1  Good place to stop and take a breath.
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/28/2017 0:53 Comments || Top||

#2  So when's the mass stampede?
Posted by: Raj || 08/28/2017 1:25 Comments || Top||

#3  Guess that I'm thinking when I see this picture.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/28/2017 1:52 Comments || Top||

#4  Guess that I'm thinking when I see this picture. Posted by g(r)omgoru

Target folder ?

Posted by: Besoeker || 08/28/2017 1:56 Comments || Top||

#5  E = mc^2
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/28/2017 2:00 Comments || Top||

#6  In case one might need to know, the lat/long is 21.422487 N, 39.826206 E.
Posted by: SteveS || 08/28/2017 3:29 Comments || Top||

#7  Usually around the 'Stoning of the Devil' day, Raj.

Believe that's towards the end of the festivities.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 08/28/2017 8:00 Comments || Top||


Britain
Christian child forced into Muslim foster care


Original article was at the times but it require registration to read the whole article. Found basically the same story at DailyMail and posted it instead.

Christian girl, 5, is forced into foster care with Burka-wearing Muslim carers who 'took away her crucifix and stopped her eating bacon'

- Girl was distressed after move by Tower Hamlets borough council, report claims
- The girl was encouraged to learn Arabic and was barred from eating carbonara
- She spent six months in foster care in two Muslim households, it is claimed
- The young girl was very distressed, reports seen by The Times allege

A Christian girl aged five was forced to live in traditional Muslim foster homes where nobody spoke English and she was encouraged to learn Arabic, it was reported.

The girl, who was white and a native English speaker, spent the past six months in two Muslim households after being placed into foster care in Tower Hamlets, east London.

Local authority reports describe how the little girl sobbed and begged not to be returned to her niqab-wearing carer's home, telling a social worker: ‘They don't speak English.'

The reports, seen by The Times, detail how the chil
d was ‘very distressed' and claimed the foster carer had removed her Christian cross and encouraged her to learn Arabic.

The two placements were made by Tower Hamlets borough council against the wishes of the girl's family. According to the newspaper, the girl also told her mother that ‘Christmas and Easter are stupid' and that ‘European women are stupid and alcoholic'. Local authorities are required to give due consideration to a child's religion, racial origin and cultural and linguistic background' when placing them into a foster home.

The girl's mother is said to be horrified by the circumstances her daughter has been placed in.

A friend told the newspaper: ‘This is a five-year-old white girl. She was born in this country, speaks English as her first language, loves football, holds a British passport and was christened in a church.‘She's already suffered the huge trauma of being forcibly separated from her family. She needs surroundings in which she'll feel secure. Instead, she's trapped in a world where everything feels foreign and unfamiliar. That's really scary for a young child.'

The girl lived with her first carer, who is believed to have worn a niqab outside the family home, for four months. Her current carer wears a burka, which covers her face entirely, when she is out in public with the child.

In April this year, an Ofsted inspection at Tower Hamlets council found ‘widespread and serious failures in the services provided to children who need help and protection'.

The council's children's service was rated as inadequate and found to have an ‘entrenched culture of non-compliance with basic social work standards'.

The Department for Education said: ‘When placing a child in a foster home, the local authority must ensure that the placement is the most appropriate way to support [the child's] welfare. A child's background is an important consideration in this decision.'

A council spokesman said: ‘We are unable to comment on individual cases. In every case, we give absolute consideration to our children's background and to their cultural identity. All our foster carers receive training to ensure they are fully qualified to meet the needs of children in their care.'

It's not the first time Tower Hamlets has been embroiled in scandal. In 2014, a leaked government report suggested the mayor Lutfur Rahman had links to Islamic extremist groups, including one seeking to set up a Sharia state in Europe.

In 2011, it was reported a 31-year-old Asian woman who worked in a local chemist's had received death threats for refusing to wear a veil, even though she was not a practising Muslim.
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance || 08/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Salafists

#1  In England, not in Dar.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/28/2017 2:49 Comments || Top||

#2  Grooming the poor kid?
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance || 08/28/2017 8:00 Comments || Top||

#3  I hate that gutter religion.
It's satanic
Posted by: newc || 08/28/2017 14:43 Comments || Top||

#4  A question, why was the child taken away from her family in the first place?
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance || 08/28/2017 19:37 Comments || Top||


Christian child forced into Muslim foster care
Snip. Duplicate.
Posted by: Fred || 08/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  Tower Hamlets refused to respond to requests to explain why it had chosen to place a white, English-speaking Christian child with Muslim foster carers, including one household where she was unable to understand the language spoken by the family.

Can you say "virtue signaling?" I thought you could!

P.S.: Fire anyone at Tower Hamlets who won't answer questions or can't answer logically.
Posted by: gorb || 08/28/2017 3:25 Comments || Top||


Europe
Finland stabbing suspect 'lied about his name, age'
[DW] Finnish police have released new information on the young Moroccan who allegedly killed two women in a Turku stabbing rampage. The man had been falsely identified as 18-year-old Abderrahman Mechkah.
He had been falsely identified by none other than himself -- in brief, he lied, as does the passive construction of the above sentence. And when lying no longer accomplished his goals, he murdered as many as he could.
The suspect gave a false name and age when talking to the police after last week's attack, authorities said on Sunday. The police have since determined that he was born in 1994, and that his name is not Abderrahman Mechkah, as previously stated. The suspect also used a false name when he requested asylum in Finland in 2016.
The age thing was discussed here the other day, but really, that's just playing the odds.
Officials refused to release the suspect's real name to the media. His true identity was reportedly provided by international police contacts.

"His identity has now been confirmed, so we know who we are dealing with," Detective Chief Inspector Crista Granroth of the National Bureau of Investigation told the Rooters news agency.

Previously, German authorities said that the suspect used multiple identities while living in Germany between late 2015 and early 2016.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  Why would anything he tells them not be a lie?
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/28/2017 0:51 Comments || Top||

#2  ...the suspect used multiple identities while living in Germany between late 2015 and early 2016.

I bet he was getting multiple welfare benefits as well, which makes him an honorary resident of Massachusetts.
Posted by: Raj || 08/28/2017 1:24 Comments || Top||

#3  But, at least, he's not confused about his gender.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/28/2017 3:00 Comments || Top||

#4  Really buying into the "there is no truth" dogma, isn't he. It seems to sell well in 'higher education'.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/28/2017 7:56 Comments || Top||

#5  Probably also lied about who he thought was "akbar".
Posted by: ryuge || 08/28/2017 12:29 Comments || Top||


Islamic State claims responsibility for Brussels stabbing
[Ynet] 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....
(ISIS) grabbed credit for a knife attack on soldiers in the Belgian capital of Brussels on Friday, the group's Amaq news agency said on Saturday.

"The executor of the stabbing operation in Brussels is a soldier of the Islamic State and carried out the operation in response to calls for attacks against coalition states," Amaq said, referring to a US-led coalition fighting the Sunni Lion of Islam group.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


India-Pakistan
US aware of Afghan Taliban's presence in Peshawar and Quetta: Gen John Nicholson
[DAWN] Gen John W. Nicholson, the top United States commander in Afghanistan, claimed on Saturday that the US was aware of Afghan Taliban
...Arabic for students...
leadership's presence 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.
and Quetta, adding that the military would continue to put pressure on Taliban sanctuaries inside and outside Afghanistan.
If they don't have their addresses and phone numbers they're doing something wrong. Of course, the Paks weren't able to find bin Laden within walking distance of their military academy.
In an exclusive interview with Tolo News, the top commander discussed US President 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 recent speech in which he revealed his long-awaited policy on the Afghan war.

Trump, in his first address as the commander-in-chief, called for greater troop deployment and Indian involvement in Afghanistan while lambasting Pakistain for offering safe havens to "agents of chaos".

According to Gen Nicolson, the matter of the alleged sanctuaries for Lions of Islam was being addressed "in private" by the governments of US and Pakistain.

"The Quetta shura, Peshawar shura -- these shuras are identified by cities inside Pakistain; we know Afghan Taliban leaders are in these areas," said Gen Nicholson in the interview. "Support for Lions of Islam and turbans has to be reduced -- [it] has to be stopped."

The top commander said that Washington's new policy in the region was not time-based; rather, it relied on the fulfillment of certain conditions.

"It is our mandate to put military pressure on the Taliban," Gen Nicholson said, adding that Washington was seeking a peaceful solution in Afghanistan. "Taliban need to know they cannot win militarily."

Hoping that the Taliban would enter the grinding of the peace processor with Washington, the top commander said that the military would continue to put pressure on their sanctuaries inside and outside Afghanistan.

Posted by: Fred || 08/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistain Proxies


Audit reveals billions in irregularities in 2016 Haj operation
[DAWN] Auditors have found gross mismanagement and financial errors worth billions of rupees in the 2016 Haj operation, and uncovered a move by the Ministry of Religious Affairs to grant illegal favours to banks that collected Haj fees from applicants.

"Audit is of the view that non-adjustment of advances was [a] violation of rules and may lead to misappropriation," said the auditor general of Pakistain’s (AGP) report on the ministry’s finances.

The most serious audit objection relates to the ministry’s failure to provide documentary proof of expenditures made in regard to a Rs4.94 billion advance,
...the exchange rate is 105.45 Pakistani rupees to US $1, so that should be a little less than $47 million, unless I misplaced a decimal point...
paid to the Director General Haj, Jeddah from the Haj account and the Pilgrim Welfare Fund for the 2015 Haj operation.

Most damning, however, is the revelation that while the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony was informed about the audit requirements August 18, 2016, it submitted no reply to the AGP office.

Apart from not producing vouchers and other documentary evidence related to Haj expenditure, there are 10 other serious allegations of mismanagement against the ministry, most of which are related to the Haj operation.

One audit objection related to the ’illegal change in the MoUs to favour banks’, which allowed banks to keep the profits on the amounts submitted by unsuccessful applicants.

The audit report pointed out that before Haj 2015, the profit made by banks on Haj fees submitted by applicants was forwarded to the ministry.

However,
facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable...
an amendment was made by the ministry in its contract with the banks, without the approval of the Ministry of Law and Justice, stipulating that banks would pay the profits on fee amounts paid by successful applicants.

Due to this amendment, banks did not pay interest to the ministry on the amounts submitted by unsuccessful applicants, which were retained for 60 days or more.

Posted by: Fred || 08/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1  The Awans can always claim in court that their 'irregularities' in D.C. are "cultural."
Posted by: Pappy || 08/28/2017 7:37 Comments || Top||


JIT entrusted with Lahore's Outfall Road blast
[DAWN] The Punjab government on Saturday constituted a five-member joint investigation team (JIT) to probe the Outfall Road truck blast.

Two men were killed and 48 others injured in an explosion in a truck at a parking lot on Outfall Road on Aug 7. The blast damaged more than 100 vehicles in and around the place. Some of the cars went hurtling down due to the impact of the blast and the roof of a school and a building wall collapsed.
Posted by: Fred || 08/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Police disperse anti-US rally in Karachi
[DAWN] Police fired tear gas shells and baton charged an Imamia Students Organisation (ISO) rally on Sunday in 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...
, protesting against the United States President 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 recent diatribe.

The organisers of the rally had announced to protest outside the US Consulate, however, police officials said that the protesting students were denied permission to continue the rally beyond Numaish Chowrangi, reported DawnNews.

A heavy contingent of police intercepted the rally after they crossed Numaish Chowrangi and resorted to baton charge and shelling as the organisers of the rally refused to disperse peacefully. Police also used water cannons against the protesting students. TV footage shows that some arrests were also made during the police action.

Dozens of protesters, carrying Pak flags and chanting slogans against the US, had assembled at the Numaish Chowrangi to take out a rally to the US Consulate on Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan Road. Roads to the consulate had already been sealed by the city administration, using containers.

ISO and Majlis Wahdat-e-Moslemeen (MWM) have announced pressers to denounce police action against peaceful protesters.

Posted by: Fred || 08/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Pulwama martyrs laid to rest
[Daily Excelsior] The three police personnel, who attained martyrdom during yesterday fidayeen attack in Pulwama were laid to rest in their respective villages, while one nursing orderly was cremated at Khanpora Sarai, Budgam.

The deaders were Constable Imtiyaz Ahmad Sheikh, son of Mohammad Afzal, a resident of Churet, Qazigund, SPO Mohammad Yousuf Hajam, son of Abdul Rehman, a resident of Chandgam, SPO Mohammad Rafiq Hajam, son of Mohammad Akram, a resident of Chandgam and Amarjit Singh, son of Jaswant Singh, a resident of Khanpora Sarai, Budgam.

Martyr Imtiyaz Ahmad Sheikh was lone bread earner of his family. He had already lost his father in his early age and had taken the responsibility of the family on his shoulders. He is survived by aged mother, wife, 5-year-old handicapped daughter, a 2-year-old baby and unmarried brother and sister.

Martyr Mohammad Rafiq Hajam who was son of a barber was working as barber in DPL. The father will have to toil hard to feed his family now. He is survived by elderly parents, one brother and three sisters.

Martyr Mohammad Yousuf Hajam was also working as barber in DPL and used to work hard to support his poverty stricken family. He used to assist his father who is working as labourer to run the affairs of the family. Having meager income, the family will be hit hard by his loss. He is survived by old parents, grandmother, two sisters and a brother.

Martyr Amarjit Singh who was working as nursing orderly in DPL is survived by aged parents and a 10-year-old daughter. His father is a retired employee. The wife of the dear departed had already passed away.

Huge number of people including respectable citizens participated in their last rites. Wreath laying ceremony for these deaders was held at DPL Awantipora.
Posted by: Fred || 08/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistain Proxies


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Germany, Jordan clash over immunity for German troops
[DW] Jordan opposes calls from Berlin to grant immunity to German troops during their upcoming deployment, according to Der Spiegel magazine. The Gulf kingdom incorporates elements of Sharia law into its judiciary.

The two countries are still negotiating the issue, with Germany already moving its military equipment into the new Jordanian base, Der Spiegel reported in its weekend edition.

Germany is set to transfer its Tornado jets to Jordan from the Ottoman Turkish Incirlik air base in October. The dispute over soldiers' immunity will probably not affect the timetable, according to reports.

A front man for the German defense ministry described the weekslong negotiations as "fruitful."

"We already started the deployment ... and are expecting to be fully operational" by October, he told the AP news agency.

Berlin has decided to move some 250 soldiers to Jordan in June, amid a diplomatic row with The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
. Ankara previously banned German politicians from visiting their troops in Incirlik. Germany is using their surveillance planes to aid the military action 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....
" in Syria.

Jordan recognizes both Islamic and secular courts, although the jurisdiction of the Islamic courts is limited to issues such as family law and inheritance disputes. The country's secular courts often pass harsh sentences, including the death penalty, which is outlawed in Germany.

Germany also serves as a host country for over 35,000 US troops. The US and Germany can both prosecute foreign soldiers, depending on the crime committed.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The only reason Jordan exists is because - League of Nations mandate or not - the fair minded Britons could't bring themselves to turn that much territory over to the Jews (the original deplorable).
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/28/2017 2:54 Comments || Top||


Palestinian girl dies after being struck by settler car
[Al Jazeera] An eight-year-old Paleostinian girl who was run over by an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank was buried on Sunday.

Aseel Abu Oun was killed a day earlier by a settler who drove his car near where she lived in the Foroush Beit Dajan village, in the Nablus district.

She was leaving a supermarket around noon with a friend when she was struck.

Haaretz, the Israeli daily newspaper, reported that police detained the driver of the vehicle for questioning.

Police said they opened an investigation, Haaretz reported, but did not specify whether the settler had been released.

However,
some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves...
members of Aseel's family said the announcement of a police investigation was simply an attempt by the Israeli government to quell public anger.
Posted by: Fred || 08/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Southeast Asia
Maute patriarch dies in Philippine custody
[Reuters] The father of the leaders of the Maute group that seized control of Marawi in May died while in government custody. Cayamora Maute was taken to a hospital on Sunday afternoon with high blood pressure but he died along the way, the Philippine prison bureau said.

The occupation of Marawi City by the Maute group, led by his two sons and which has pledged allegiance to Islamic State, triggered a brutal urban battle that entered its fourth month last week.

Maute had several ailments when he was taken into custody in June, including diabetes and hypertension, Xavier Solda, spokesman at the Bureau of Jail and Management and Penology said. The extent of his involvement in the group is unclear but when he was arrested in June, a military spokesman expressed hope he could persuade his sons to stop fighting and surrender.

In a statement, Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Eduaro Año said, "This is an unfortunate incident for his family, but more so to the victims of terrorism in Marawi and their relatives who are awaiting justice and expecting that Cayamora would answer and atone for his involvement in the Marawi rebellion."
Posted by: ryuge || 08/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Maute group (IS)

#1  Good, now we'll see a battle for control.
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/28/2017 0:52 Comments || Top||


Pope Francis laments persecution of Rohingya Muslims, prays God 'saves them'
[DAWN] Pope Francis decried the persecution of Rohingya Moslems in Myanmar and prayed that they receive "full rights" on Sunday.
It's just turrble the way them dagnabbed Buddhists persecute everybody around them, ain't it, Pope?
The pontiff said there was "sad news about the persecution of the religious minority of our Rohingya brothers."

Thousands of Rohingya are trying to flee into Bangladesh after escalated deadly violence at home. Last week, Rohingya bully boyz attacked police and border outposts, and security forces responded.

Francis asked the faithful in St Peter's Square to pray that God "saves them" and they receive help.

A Myanmar bishop recently said Francis will "most likely" visit Myanmar, while the Vatican has said only a pilgrimage is being considered.

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi has blasted the Rohingya bully boy attacks as a bid to undermine efforts to "build peace and harmony in Rakhine state. "

Posted by: Fred || 08/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Harakah al-Yaqin

#1  It's good that having dealt with all the problems in Europe and the Catholic world, he can concern himself with the welfare of Muslims that are invading another country.
Posted by: ed in texas || 08/28/2017 9:38 Comments || Top||

#2  UGH
Posted by: newc || 08/28/2017 23:52 Comments || Top||



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2Commies
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2Govt of Syria
2Houthis
2Taliban
1Boko Haram (ISIS)
1TTP
1Arab Spring
1Jaish-e-Mohammad
1Maute group (IS)
1Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
1Salafists
1Govt of Saudi Arabia
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.

Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.

Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has dominated Mexico for six years.
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Two weeks of WOT
Mon 2017-08-28
  Turkish Army invades northern Syria, launches attack on Kurdish-held border town
Sun 2017-08-27
  Iraq forces recapture city of Tal Afar from ISIS
Sat 2017-08-26
  'Terror attack’ in Brussels: Machete-waving ‘terrorist’ is shot dead as he attacks soldiers shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ near street where ISIS called for vehicle attacks
Fri 2017-08-25
  'Islamist terror cell' with a hoard of bombs blow themselves up rather than surrender to Russian police
Thu 2017-08-24
  Iraqi forces recapture more of Tal Afar, the last refuge
Wed 2017-08-23
  Yemen: At least 30 dead as air strike hits hotel
Tue 2017-08-22
  Somali extremist group confirms killing of senior commander
Mon 2017-08-21
  It's over-ish: Las Ramblas van terrorist shot dead wearing explosive belt 'and screaming Allahu Akbar' west of Barcelona
Sun 2017-08-20
  Kenya Says Police Killed Most Wanted Al Shabaab Commander
Sat 2017-08-19
  War crimes suspect Mahmoud Warfali arrested on Hafter’s orders
Fri 2017-08-18
  Finland attack – ‘Several people injured after multiple knifemen rampage through city of Turku' amid reports of shots fired
Thu 2017-08-17
  Breaking: Barcelona Van Attack on Pedestrians.
Wed 2017-08-16
  Tunisia says IS plot to seize territory foiled
Tue 2017-08-15
  Russia foils two ISIS suicide bombers who planned to blow themselves up on the subway in Moscow
Mon 2017-08-14
  At least 17 killed in attack on restaurant in Burkina Faso

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