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Arabia
Houthis prepare dialog among coalition members
Riyadh- Contradictory statements of Houthi and Saleh militias have reflected the deep dispute between the coup parties in Yemen.

Yemen’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh denied on Monday any tension between his party (General People’s Congress) and Houthis. Muhammad Ali al-Houthi, the head of the Revolutionary Committee, however, put a condition of forming a committee of wise men in case Saleh wishes to settle the disputes between the coup parties.

Further, humanitarian organizations monitored Houthi militias arresting of pro-Saleh supporters – some were seen removing Saleh posters following orders of Houthi leaders.

Vice Premier and Minister of Civil Service Abdulaziz al-Jabari stated that the Yemeni developments unveil deep disputes among insurgents no matter how much they endeavor to conceal them – he added that both parties adopt different programs: one dreams to return to authority and the other executes the Iranian regime approach and practices a sectarian program in the country.

“Implementing wilayat al-faqih in Yemen is against the will of Yemeni people who believe in coexistence, peace and removing discrimination, and see that reaching the authority occurs via democracy and elections,” Jabari told Asharq Al-Awsat.

He added that Houthi militias want to control Yemeni territory while the ousted president wants to maintain his condition and popularity to guarantee his position in any potential political settlement.

Journalist Waddah al-Jaleel said that, “Houthis are aware that Saleh is fully ready to sell them out in any political deal with the other parties. Therefore, they want to besiege him and eradicate his force, if not get rid him of him before he sells them out. In this way they become representatives of the Zaidiyyah geography being fought over.”
Posted by: badanov || 09/07/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Houthis

#1  5.56x45 is the common language of course.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/07/2017 14:12 Comments || Top||

#2  7.62x39
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/07/2017 14:26 Comments || Top||


Europe
The "anti-Islam" scandal behind Godiva's liquor-filled sweets
[Jpost] Godiva announced it will no longer produce liquor-filled desserts, leading some to claim the company is bowing down to Islamic law.

Godiva, the fabled Belgian chocolates producer, has recently come under the fire of the critics after it announced in April of this year that it would discontinue the production of its alcohol-filled pralines in order to appeal to a "wide universal audience."

This week, Belgian media announced that the liquor-filled pralines have been taken of the shelves in all 80 countries the company sells sweets in.

Critics were also quick to point out that a decade ago, the company changed hands and had been transferred to the ownership of the Turkish company Yildiz Holding.
Soon thereafter, social media was abuzz with speculation that the sweets conglomerate made the change in order to increase its sales in the the Islamic and Arab world ‐ seeing as the consumption of alcohol is forbidden (haram) in Islam.

Critics were also quick to point out that a decade ago, the company changed hands and had been transferred to the ownership of the
Ottoman Turkish company Yildiz Holding.

Outraged lovers of Godiva's liquor-filled sweets took to social media to express their dismay, going so far as to discuss the option of boycotting the company. They even took to calling the sweets "Halal chocolates," referencing what they believe is the real reason behind the company's decision to stop manufacturing the chocolates in question.

"They are no longer Belgians," claimed some offended former-clients.

This is not the first time Belgians have been complaining about traditional foods are being tweaked to match the changing demographics of a pluralistic Europe. In 2015, the makers of Sirop de Liège, a Belgian favorite since 1902, announced they will seek a Halal certificate to gain access to the Islamic markets of Indonesia and Egypt.

Just like in the Godiva case, clients felt the change is an unwelcome one, leading some to post angry comments on Facebook stating they will throw away their syrups and that it's outrageous to "force" non-Moslems to eat Halal foods.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/07/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  More to follow, to be sure. Hit 'em in the pocket as best you can and boycott them.

Belgians are reknown for their beer making as well. Time to shut down those [Trappist] breweries.

Recently Lidl rubbed out the cross on its package of "Greek" products. Absurd.
Posted by: Clem || 09/07/2017 2:09 Comments || Top||

#2  I'ma go have a Chimay for breakfast...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/07/2017 7:23 Comments || Top||

#3  No more liquor-filled Godiva sweets. That's it, I'm done with them.
Posted by: JohnQC || 09/07/2017 11:10 Comments || Top||

#4  godiva choc is overpriced anyway

interestingly stella artois made in belgium is now owned by Anheuser busch
Posted by: lord garth || 09/07/2017 17:36 Comments || Top||

#5  A great brand gone down the tubes
Posted by: John Frum || 09/07/2017 17:39 Comments || Top||

#6  My thoughts also JF.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/07/2017 17:41 Comments || Top||


Top EU court rules eastern states must take refugees
[Hurriyet Daily News] The European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
's highest court ruled on Sept. 6 that the European Union states must take in a share of refugees who reach Europe, dismissing complaints by Slovakia and Hungary and reigniting an angry row between east and west.

The government of Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Victor Orban was characteristically blunt about the European Court of Justice, calling its decision to uphold an EU policy drafted in the heat of the 2015 migrant crisis as "appalling" and denouncing a political "rape of European law and values."

However,
a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all...
Germany, which took in the bulk of over a million people who landed in Greece two years ago, said it expected the formerly communist states, including Poland, which supported the complaint, to now fall in line and accept the ruling that the Union is entitled to impose quotas of asylum-seekers on states.

The Luxembourg-based ECJ rejected the Hungarian and Slovak claims that it was illegal for Brussels to order them to take in hundreds of mainly Moslem refugees from Syria, which they said threatened the security and stability of their societies.

"The mechanism actually contributes to enabling Greece and Italia to deal with the impact of the 2015 migration crisis and is proportionate," the court said in statement.
Posted by: Fred || 09/07/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  And this, dear pupil, is why we must never, ever, give up our sovereignty to anyone else - like the United Nitwits.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 09/07/2017 1:10 Comments || Top||

#2  You want more Brexit? Because this is how you get more Brexit.

Distinguishing between the modern EU and traditional European feudalism is left as an exercise for the Reader.
Posted by: SteveS || 09/07/2017 2:57 Comments || Top||

#3  Distinguishing between the modern EU and traditional European feudalism is left as an exercise for the Reader.

In traditional European feudalism the top people led in warfare - took chances.
p.s. They also been pretty competent in warfare - that's how Europe conquered half the world.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/07/2017 5:04 Comments || Top||

#4  You and whose army?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/07/2017 7:53 Comments || Top||

#5  Good luck trying to enforce that.
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/07/2017 8:58 Comments || Top||


The Grand Turk
Erdoğan compares CHP to terror organizations, main opposition reacts
[Hurriyet Daily News] President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him...
has accused the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) of carrying out an aggressive stance against the ruling government, likening it to behavior "in line with terrorist aims," with CHP spokesperson Bulent Tezcan reacting by saying the president’s discourse is polarizing.

"The main opposition party acts with the understanding of seizing the administration, the ruling Justice and Development Party [AKP] and myself, at the expense of the loss of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
, instead of coming to power by winning the hearts and minds of the nation with their efforts and programs. Their language is not the normal language of an opposition party, it is almost the language of a terrorist organization," Erdogan said on Sept. 6, speaking to the AKP’s provincial heads.

"Whatever they [terrorist organizations] do, they [the CHP] does the same," Erdogan added.

"We will not hand our country over at the mercy of an understanding, which gives the impression they are in line with a terrorist organization and Turkey’s enemies with every step they take, every word they say and every policy they implement," he said.

The CHP’s spokesperson Tezcan reacted to Erdogan’s claims, arguing Erdogan excessively uses a discourse over "terror" to polarize society.

"Everyone knows the discourse of AKP leader Erdogan’s language. I don’t need to define it. We say ’justice,’ he says ’terror.’ Our nation can tell the difference," Tezcan said, after his party’s Central Executive Board meeting on Sept. 6.

"Our nation knows our language contains nothing but justice, peace, democracy, brotherhood and reconciliation. We will continue to use this language," he said.

"If you look at who is using the word ’terror’ most frequently, who is using ’conflict’ and ’polarization’ in politics, then the person who divides this society will be revealed," he added.
Posted by: Fred || 09/07/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  CHP? What did Ponch and John do to Erdogan?
Posted by: Albemarle Snore6468 || 09/07/2017 19:14 Comments || Top||

#2  At least he didn't call them Nazis or racist.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/07/2017 20:31 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Erasing the Obama legacy: US Holocaust museum pulls study on Obama inaction in Syria
[IsraelTimes] Official memorial rethinking research after being criticized for saying ex-president was correct in doing little to prevent slaughter

The US Holocaust Memorial Museum will re-evaluate a study that said there was little the B.O. regime could do to prevent genocide in Syria after removing the document from its website.

The Tablet online magazine, which obtained portions of the study, reported that it was met with "shock and harsh criticism by prominent Jewish communal leaders and thinkers."

The paper, which was to be released officially on September 11,
...an interesting choice of date...
argued that "a variety of factors, which were more or less fixed, made it very difficult from the beginning for the US government to take effective action to prevent atrocities in Syria, even compared with other challenging policy contexts."
"It wasn't his fault. Stop picking on the Lightbringer!"
A message on the museum’s website said: "Last week the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide released a research study that examined several decision points during the Syrian conflict. Since its release, a number of people with whom we have worked closely on Syria since the conflict’s outbreak have expressed concern
...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended...
s with the study. The Museum has decided to remove the study from its website as we evaluate this feedback."

The report used computational modeling and game theory methods, as well as interviews with experts and policymakers, to determine that US involvement in the wake of the 2013 chemical weapons attack in Ghouta would not have reduced atrocities in the country and may have contributed to them, according to Tablet.

Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Scourge of Qusayr...
has attacked with poison gas and sent to prison camps tens of thousands of Syrians since his country’s civil war began six years ago.

Abraham Foxman, the director of the Center of the Study of Anti-Semitism at the Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the History, told Tablet that the museum leadership must have determined it "made a misstep" in undertaking the report, pointing out that the genocide has not yet ended and that such a judgment is beyond the museum’s mandate.
Yes.
Foxman, who noted that he served three times on the Holocaust Commission, also said, "I believe that it’s appropriate ‐ indeed, it’s imperative ‐ for the museum to deal with questions of genocide in contemporary current events."

Longstanding critics of B.O. regime foreign policy noted on social media that at the end of his term, Barack Obama
I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money...
appointed to the Holocaust museum board a slew of White House staffers, including some involved in the Syria decisions, and questioned whether this influenced the study.
Given the habitual behaviours of that lot, it seems very highly likely.
Tablet pointed out that the study was launched before the appointments.
Yes, but they knew who was doing the appointing.
Some of the board members who had formerly worked for the B.O. regime said they were not aware of details of the report until its completion.
And the others?
Holocaust museum board members are not typically involved in its day-to-day activities.
No doubt that's true, but these were not typical board appointees.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/07/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Once the leftards started erasing and destroying symbols of history, the flood gates were opened. Darlings of the left don't escape from their own meddling with history and legacies.
Posted by: JohnQC || 09/07/2017 11:06 Comments || Top||

#2  More like RICO inside the Beltway.
Posted by: Pappy || 09/07/2017 13:10 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
The world must do more against terrorism: COAS Gen Bajwa
[DAWN] Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa called on the world to "do more" against terrorism at a tribute to the deaders of the 1965 war on Pakistain's 52nd Defence Day at General Headquarters on Wednesday.

"Despite all our efforts, our countless sacrifice and over decades of war, we are being told that we have not done enough against terrorism," the army chief said, referring to recent criticism by United States (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...
over Pakistain's alleged inaction against terrorist 'safe havens'.

"If Pakistain has not done enough in this war, then no country in the world has done anything," he asserted.

"Only Pakistain has seen this level of success with such limited resources. From Operation Sher Dil, to Rah-e-Rast, Rah-e-Nijat, Zarb-e-Azab and now Radd-ul-Fasaad, we have paid for each inch [of gains] with our blood."

"And now, I say that the world must do more."
Posted by: Fred || 09/07/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1  ..referring to recent criticism by United States (US) President Donald Trump

Why, yes.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/07/2017 7:59 Comments || Top||

#2  "Only Pakistain has seen this level of success with such limited resources."

If he'd be referring to using armed groups to carry out Pakistain's national interests, then yes.
Posted by: Pappy || 09/07/2017 10:16 Comments || Top||

#3  Terrorism... "You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means"
Posted by: magpie || 09/07/2017 16:51 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Iraqi Kurdish leader Barzani vows to hold independence referendum despite objections
[Hurriyet Daily News] Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government’s (KRG) President Masoud Barzani has once again said the referendum on independence scheduled to be held on Sept. 25 will not be delayed if no better alternative emerges, as the Ottoman Turkish, Iraqi and regional authorities, as well as the United States and Britannia, vocally oppose the vote.

Speaking to 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 al-Arabiya on Sept. 5, Barzani said his objective is "to achieve independence for the nation" and once again vowed that his own duties "will finish after independence is achieved," adding that he "was born for the independence of Kurdistan."

Barzani previously said he will not stand in presidential elections scheduled to be held on Nov. 1, nor will he support his family members running.

During the interview, Barzani said those calling for the referendum to be delayed should "provide an alternative."

Also on Sept. 5, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim reiterated The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
’s strong opposition against the referendum, describing the move as a "grave mistake."
Posted by: Fred || 09/07/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syria gov’t behind sarin gas attack in April: UN probe
[Hurriyet Daily News] United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
war crimes Sherlocks on Sept. 6 said they had evidence that Syrian government forces were behind a chemical attack that killed dozens of people in Khan Sheikhun in April.

In the first U.N. report to officially blame Damascus, the U.N. Commission of Inquiry (COI) on Syria said it had gathered an "extensive body of information" showing the Syrian airforce was behind the horrific sarin gas attack on April 4.

"All evidence available leads the Commission to conclude that there are reasonable grounds to believe Syrian forces dropped an aerial bomb dispersing sarin in Khan Sheikhun," the report said.

At least 83 people, a third of them children, were killed and nearly 300 maimed in the attack on Khan Sheikhun, a town in the opposition-held northern province of Idlib, it said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britannia-based monitor, has previously given a corpse count of at least 87.

Syria's government has denied involvement and claims it no longer possesses chemical weapons after a 2013 agreement under which it pledged to surrender its chemical arsenal.
Posted by: Fred || 09/07/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria



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  Two arrested after 'bomb factory' discovered near Paris
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  Insurgents call Rohingyas to arms for war in Myanmar
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  US-backed Syrian militias seize Great Mosque of Raqqah from Daesh
Mon 2017-09-04
  US Coalition bombs ISIL convoy heading to Deir Ezzor from Lebanon, claims 85 dead
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  Arson attacks push thousands more Rohingya from Myanmar
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  US-backed Syria force says seizes Raqa Old City from IS
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  Nearly 50,000 Rohingya flee violence in Myanmar
Thu 2017-08-31
  At Least 18,500 Rohingya Flee to Bangladesh as Rakhine Unrest Rages
Wed 2017-08-30
  Rohingya Men Fight against Myanmar's Forces, 6000 stranded at Bangla border
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  Houthi militias prevent Saleh loyalists from leaving Yemen capital
Mon 2017-08-28
  Turkish Army invades northern Syria, launches attack on Kurdish-held border town
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  Iraq forces recapture city of Tal Afar from ISIS
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  '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
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