[AlAhram] Niger has flown home more than 500 of its citizens from Libya as part of an urgent repatriation plan which will see up to 4,000 people evacuated, the foreign ministry has said.
The move follows global shock over the atrocities suffered in Libya by African migrants colonists, many of whom are trying to reach Europe, which was brought home by a CNN report showing people being sold as slaves.
Pressure has since grown on individual states and the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... to get them out, with the AU this week pledging to repatriate 20,000 Africans within the next six weeks.
"This evening, 504 of our fellow countrymen who were living in Libya have been brought back home," said Foreign Minister Ibrahim Yacoubou who met them as they arrived at Niamey airport on Wednesday evening.
"There are thousands of others who are still in Libya and we will bring back everyone who wants to leave," he said.
Interior Minister Bazoum Mohammed said buses had been chartered to ferry them back to their villages.
Among those brought back home there was a tangible sense of relief.
"I feel so relieved to have left that hell back there. Even though it was anarchy in Libya, we didn't know that migrants colonists were being sold, although ransom demands are rife," said one of those who landed on Wednesday, who looked exhausted and did not give his name.
Some 4,000 Niger nationals have already signed up to be brought home, the foreign ministry said, saying they would be brought back in a "rolling airlift".
It is not the first time that Niamey has repatriated its nationals stranded in neighbouring Libya.
Since the Qadaffy regime collapsed in 2011, Libya has fallen under the control of a network of gangs and militias; the violence and anarchy contributing to the push by many migrants colonists, some of whom have been there for years, to try and make the perilous sea crossing to Europe.
Over the past six years, around 250,000 people have returned home to Niger, fleeing the violence in Libya.
At the end of November, Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou called on the International Criminal Court to take up the case of African migrants colonists being sold as slaves in Libya.
Agadez, the main city in central Niger, has become a revolving door for economic migrants colonists seeking to reach Europe ...also known as Moslem Lebensraum... via Libya, winning notoriety as Africa's people-smuggling capital.
Despite a government crackdown and increased security checks at the borders, aided by the EU, there is still a steady flow of migrants colonists and traffickers passing through Niger.
[AlAhram] Libya's U.N.-backed government agreed with Italia on Saturday to establish a joint operations room for tackling migrant smugglers and traffickers as part of efforts to curb migrant flows towards Europe, according to a statement.
Libya is the main gateway for migrants colonists trying to cross to Europe ...also known as Moslem Lebensraum... by sea, though numbers have dropped sharply since July as Libyan factions and authorities have begun to block departures under Italian pressure. More than 600,000 have made the journey over the past four years.
The agreement to set up the operations room was announced after a meeting in Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... between the head of the U.N.-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez Seraj, Libyan Interior Minister Aref Khodja, and his Italian counterpart Marco Minniti.
A statement from Seraj's office said the centre would consist of "representatives from the coastguard, the illegal migration department, the Libyan attorney general and the intelligence services, along with their Italian counterparts."
No details were given on the location of the centre and how it would operate. In the past, migrant smugglers have worked with impunity in western Libya, where the GNA has little authority over gangs that have real power on the ground.
The Italian navy already has a presence in Tripoli port, providing "technical" assistance to Libya's coastguard, according to Italian and Libyan officials.
The coastguard, which is receiving funding and training from the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... , has become more assertive in recent months in intercepting migrants colonists and bringing them back to Libya.
Activists have criticised the policy, since migrants colonists often face extreme hardship and abuse in Libya, including forced labour. Moslem colonists Migrants who are caught trying to cross to Italia are put in severely overcrowded detention centres authorised by the interior ministry.
The GNA has said it is investigating reports of migrants colonists being auctioned as slaves in Libya, after CNN broadcast footage appearing to show such auctions.
According to Saturday's statement, Seraj told Minniti that "despite the successes achieved in the migration file, the number of illegal immigrants colonists outside shelters remains large and we need more cooperation, especially in securing the borders of southern Libya through which these migrants colonists flow".
Everybody seems to be cancelling their meetings with our vice president — to show their anger, donchaknow. He’ll have to repeat the trip in a week or three, when they’ve all stopped posturing.
[Al Jazeera] The leader of Egypt's Coptic Church has cancelled an upcoming meeting with US Vice President Mike Pence, protesting against Washington's move to declare Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
The move by Pope Tawadros II on Saturday came a day after Paleostinian leaders also said that Pence, who is scheduled to visit the region later this month, was not welcome in the occupied territories.
On Wednesday, 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... formally recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and said he would start the process of moving its embassy there from Tel Aviv.
The controversial decision sparked anger and protests throughout the occupied Paleostinian territories and a number of Moslem countries. It also drew widespread condemnation from world leaders.
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[Politico] The pro-Iranian militant group is up to no good in Latin America—and U.S. officials are pushing back.
Long, detailed, and with lots of links, this report goes back to the 1994 bombing of the Jewish center in Buenos Aires and connects it to current inter-agency activities of which the author clearly approves. Two stories seen at Rantburg this year, the arrest this past June of two naturalized Hizb’allah operatives, and the announcement in October of large rewards for information leading to the arrest of two Hizb’allah leaders, are placed in context.
Palestinian who vandalized Amsterdam kosher eatery says it’s not about Jerusalem
9 December
[IsraelTimes] Police sources told daily Het Parool Friday that during questioning the unnamed immigrant did not mention the US declaration. He also denied having any anti-Semitic sentiments, saying he vandalized the kosher HaCarmel restaurant, which is owned by Dutch Jews, to protest “the miserable reality in Palestine.”
The Palestinian is suspected of vandalism, which he admitted to in his investigation. Prosecutors did not say yet whether they will recommend prosecuting him and if so, whether they will indict him for a hate crime.
But in the meantime he has been released until his court date on December 20. This follows the original incident a few days ago.
Spanish migrant detention centers 'worse than prisons'
9 December
[DW] Migrants who arrive in Spain from Africa often face detention in a Center for the Internment of Foreigners (CIE), where their fundamental human rights are not always respected. Santiago Saez reports from Madrid.
...thet’s Hussein Khavari, who that day had smoked hash, tried and failed as a male prostitute, then raped and murdered the brilliant, gentle daughter of a high ranking EU official...
is currently on trial over the rape and murder of a 19-year-old student. He told migration authorities he was 17 and that his father was killed in Afghanistan. But now his father, alive and well in Iran, has told the court his son is 33.
Prosecutors were able to track down Hussein K.’s father when they came across a contact on his mobile phone. The defendant told them that they could contact his mother on the number. But when an interpreter called the number in the presence of two judges, the person who picked up was his father.
The older man read out details from his son’s birth certificate which state that he was born on January 29th 1984, presiding judge Kathrin Schenk said in the district court in Freiburg on Friday.
Whoops!
Border guard convicted of failing to help pregnant refugee in distress
7 December
[TheLocal.ch] A border guard in Switzerland has been convicted of charges relating to the stillbirth of a baby born to a refugee who was sent back to Italy. A military court on Wednesday convicted the guard of causing bodily harm through negligence, attempting to abort a pregnancy and repeatedly failing in his duties, reported news agency ATS.
The guard received a six month prison sentence and a fine, both suspended.
German pilots refuse to carry out deportations
7 December
[DW] Pilots across Germany are stopping planned deportations of rejected asylum seekers. At the same time, refugees are appealing their deportation orders in record numbers - and winning. The government said that 222 planned expulsions were stopped by pilots, which in some cases has affected controversial return of refugees to Afghanistan.
Miniature gallows for Angela Merkel allowed to go on sale in Germany
6 December
[DW] Saxony state prosecutors have attracted anger after ruling that a gallows "reserved for Angela Merkel" could be put on sale, because it was art. Legal experts say the decision betrays a failure of the rule of law.
How clerics are using an ancient privilege to fight the German state on refugees
5 December
[TheLocal.de] Authorities in Bavaria have started to act against the church when it shields people the state wants to deport. But clerics say they are unbending in their determination to resist - and claim the fight is only making them stronger.
According to The German Ecumenical Committee on Church Asylum (BAG) - a network of Protestant, Catholic and Free churches - church asylum today exists as a temporary form of protection for people without a legal residence status, who are at risk of life and limb if they return to their home country. There are currently an estimated 531 people (including 127 children) receiving church asylum across Germany, all of which are noted with the authorities.
While church asylum exists today in a grey zone - recognised in custom but not embedded in law - it has, until recently, been tolerated by the state, and was recognised in a 2015 agreement between Germany’s churches and the Federal Office for Refugees and Migration (BAMF).
Switzerland launches anti-terror action plan
5 December
[TheLocal.ch] Justice minister Simonetta Sommaruga on Monday presented to the press a new Swiss-wide action plan to fight against radicalization and violent extremism. The plan, developed in consultation with the cantons and communes over the course of a year, contains 26 concrete measures to fight extremism, bringing some measures already in place under one single action plan, the government said in a statement. Five million francs will be invested over five years to support cantonal or communal projects that meet the plan’s aims.
“We must not wait until terrorism hits to take action,” Sommaruga said at a press conference reported by Swiss media.
St Gallen approves conditional ban on face coverings
29 November
The cantonal parliament of St Gallen on Tuesday voted in favour of introducing a ban on covering the face in public, under certain conditions. The new rule bans anyone from covering their face in public if they present a security risk or threaten social or religious peace, a condition that will be evaluated on a case by case basis. That could include women wearing the burqa and people covering their faces during demonstrations or protests or for criminal intent.
In April the St Gallen government said it was against a complete ban on the burqa, feeling there was no public interest in doing so since the only women in the canton wearing the garment were tourists.
Yet another thing that seems to have required the ascent of Donald Trump to the presidency in order to be done.
[Breitbart] U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has added a prominent jihadi ideologue based in Jamaica to the American government’s list of specially designated global terrorists for recruiting prospective militants for the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and Syria.
Referring to the ISIS jihadist in Jamaica—Abdullah Ibrahim al-Faisal, also known as Trevor William Forrest
...who is in our archives as Abdullah el-Faisal. After converting to Islam and training in Saudi Arabia, our miscreant preached murder and mayhem across England to a laundry list of bad guys for eleven years, until the Brits jailed him for it in 2003. They deported him to Jamaica four years later. After he spent 2009 touring Africa, Kenya deported him back to Jamaica. In between and since, he apparently has been actively guiding eager young minds toward the jihadi life on line.
—John Smith, the director of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), declared:
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The United States is currently trying to extradite the Islamic terrorist from Jamaica.
[DAWN] As part of the ongoing political reconciliation in Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... , more than 300 suspected gunnies laid down arms before the government and security forces on Saturday.
The murderous Moslems, who reportedly belonged to various banned groups, surrendered before Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri and Commander Southern Command Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa during a ceremony held at the Balochistan Assembly hall.
Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti and other high-level officials were also present on the occasion.
The suspected murderous Moslems, including 17 commanders, vowed to work for the peace and development of the country while laying down arms.
Waving Pak flags during the ceremony, the men said they had been misled by some elements to serve their personal agendas at the cost of poor people.
Appreciating their overtures for peace, Chief Minister Zehri said the reconciliation process will continue despite all odds.
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So in stead of mass graves they dig arm pits guess they missed that with their spy satellites also?
[DAWN] New Delhi has refused to accept the allegations of ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC) and Working Boundry (WB) levelled by Islamabad; instead, the India's foreign minister accused Pakistain of incursion along the LoC, DawnNews reported.
The Foreign Office on Saturday confirmed to have received a letter from India's Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, which she reportedly wrote in response to the letter written by Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif.
Asif had last month written to his Indian counterpart about ceasefire violations along the LoC and WB allegedly committed by India.
In his letter, the foreign minister had called for political intervention for de-escalating tensions on the LoC which have resulted in numerous casualties.
His contention was that since the agreed mechanisms of DGMOs’ (director generals of military operations) hotline and border meetings were not working, the situation warranted a political initiative for restoring peace along the LoC and WB.
On Saturday, FO spokesperson Dr Faisal alleged that the Indian side had once again shown a stubborn response.
"India only opens fire in response to the incursion," Swaraj wrote in the letter.
The FO spokesperson clarified that India had been asked several times to allow UNMOGIP to monitor the ceasefire violation allegations but India never allowed the observers to work with full freedom on the Indian side.
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[DAWN] Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman on Thursday warned that the violators of Pakistain's airspace will not be spared ‐ be it an enemy aircraft or a US drone.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of Air Tech Conference and Techno Show in Islamabad, the air chief said: "We will soon launch a new satellite [...] the country will be able to send astronauts into space within next two years."
We are also working on unmanned drones and a new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will be manufactured in next 18 months, he told the audiences.
Aman said that when the United States drones had violated the Pak airspace, the air force had told the US authorities that their drones would be knocked down if they entered the country's airspace again. Nothing gets past our Russian supplied Spoon Rest, Tall King and Flat Face radars, NOTHING !
"We had also knocked down an Iranian drone in Pak territory," he said, adding that any flying object tracked on radar while violating the national borders, will not be able to go back.
Aman, however, asserted that a war with the US would not be in the favour of the country.
Talking about the regional situation, he said the country cannot change its neighbours. "India, China, Afghanistan, and Iran are our neighbours and will remain."
What was done in Iraq and Lybia in the name of democracy is open to all to ponder upon, he said and remarked that no one can impose the democracy of its own will on anyone.
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Aman said that when the United States drones had violated the Pak airspace, the air force had told the US authorities that their drones would be knocked down if they entered the country's airspace again.
Bubba, you do not want to challenge us on this one. The rules have changed, and we can still clean your clock without working up a sweat.
Oh, and no, you are NOT sending astronauts into space in two years unless it's on somebody else's rocket.
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Aman said that when the United States drones had violated the Pak airspace, the air force had told the US authorities that their drones would be knocked down if they entered the country's airspace again.
And the Paki outrage during the May 2011 (lead-up to November presidential election) bin Laden Abbottabad raid ?
Oh, that check cleared? Well alright then, we'll move along.
[Rudaw] ERBIL, Kurdistan Region ‐ The United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... Security Council announced on Friday that all measures imposed in the Oil-for-Food program in Iraq had been fully implemented.
"The Security Council removed Iraq from Chapter VII of Oil and Food Program. Hence, Iraq restored its international position and normal status," said Ahmed Mahjoob, spokesperson of the Iraqi Interior Ministry.
A statement by the UN Security Council read, among other things, "that the remaining $14,283,565 in the administrative escrow account had been transferred to Iraq."
In August 1990, comprehensive sanctions were imposed on Iraq following the country’s invasion of Kuwait. A UN proposal was suggested for Iraq to sell limited amounts of oil in order to support the needs of its people. However the proposal was declined by the Iraqi government.
Chapter VII of the UN Charter established the Oil-for-Food program in April 1995 which was implemented in December 1996.
The program was established to "provide Iraq with another opportunity to sell oil to finance the purchase of humanitarian goods, and various mandated United Nations activities concerning Iraq," according to the UN Security Council.
Iraq was initially able to sell $2 billion of oil every six months, with two-thirds of the monies received to be used to meet humanitarian needs within the country. The amount was raised in 1998 to $5.6 billion every six months, still with two-thirds of the money to be used for humanitarian issues.
As of May 2003 approximately $28 billion worth of equipment and supplies had been used for humanitarian purposes within Iraq through the Oil-for-Food program, including $1.6 billion in oil-related equipment and another $10 billion went towards production and delivery pipelines.
In view of warnings received from the US and UK governments regarding the prospect of war, the program ended and UN personnel were evacuated from Iraq on March 18, 2003.
The Iraqi war began the following day with the bombing of Baghdad.
Amy Tachco, US representative of the UN Security Council praised Iraq’s complete implementation of measures imposed under the Oil-for-Food program.
Stating the country still faced many challenges, she "looked forward to close cooperation internationally and bilaterally in support of Iraq as a federal, democratic and prosperous country."
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Follow the money. This is a cash cow if I ever saw one. True trickle down economics.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will not meet U.S. Vice President Mike Pence during his visit to the region and there will be no communication between U.S. and Palestinian officials Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki said on Saturday.
Maliki comments were made before an Arab League meeting in Cairo to discuss President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital and after Abbas said Washington could no longer be a peace broker.
"We will seek a new mediator from our Arab brothers and the international community, a mediator who can help with reaching a two-state solution," Maliki told reporters in Cairo
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They will when the check doesn't show up in the mail. BTW, nothing stops the Left from running a 'Bonds for Palestine' fund raiser (which is unlikely cause they only view someone's national treasury as their personal charity foundation).
A spokesperson for US Vice President Mike Pence says the Palestinians’ decision to snub the vice president during his Israel visit next week is “unfortunate.”
“It’s unfortunate that the Palestinian Authority is walking away again from an opportunity to discuss the future of the region, but the administration remains undeterred in its efforts to help achieve peace between Israelis and Palestinians and our peace team remains hard at work putting together a plan,” says Jarrod Agen, according to Reuters.
[IsraelTimes] Members of the 'This is Bahrain' group say they were sent by King Hamad ...King of Bahrain (since 14 February 2002), having previously been its emir (from 6 March 1999). He is a Sunni, while the rest of Bahrain is predominantly Shiite... bin Isa Al Khalifa 'with a message of peace'
A delegation of religious figures from the Gulf kingdom of Bahrain arrived in Israel this week "in order to send a message of peace," in an extremely rare instance of representatives from an Arab country without diplomatic relations visiting the Jewish state.
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I think DJT knows where Jerusalem is, the bigger issue is that the Islamic world wants to deny 4,000 years of history as Jerusalem as the capital of Judea(the southern kingdom)and Israel (the northern kingdom) as the kingdom of the Hebrew nation from Joshua.
[ARABNEWS] Global aid groups have warned Myanmar they would boycott any new camps for Rohingya returnees to Rakhine state, saying refugees must be allowed to settle in their original homes.
The joint statement, signed by more than a dozen humanitarian organizations including Save the Children and Oxfam, said the groups were "concerned" by recent announcements that Myanmar would begin repatriating Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh in two months.
More than 620,000 of the Moslem minority have fled into Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district since late August, when the Myanmar army launched a sweeping crackdown on Rohingya rebels in northern Rakhine state.
After inking a repatriation deal with Myanmar in November, Bangladesh said returnees would initially live in temporary shelters in Rakhine state.
That announcement raised fears that the refugees would face a repeat of the situation endured by more than 100,000 Rohingya in central Rakhine, who have been trapped in squalid camps ever since they were displaced by a 2012 outbreak of violence.
"There should be no form of closed camps or camp-like settlements. INGOs (international non-governmental organizations) will not operate in such camps if they are created," aid groups said on Saturday, adding that all returns must be voluntary.
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That does not mean they won’t attack Hizb’allah, whose territory is practically independent of the rest of the country.
[ALMASDARNEWS] In an interview in Beirut on Saturday, Lebanese President Michel Aoun ...president of Leb, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah ...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... ... dismissed the possibility of an Israeli assault on Leb.
"After the July 2006 war Israel will no longer attack Leb", the Lebanese president argued.
Michel Aoun referred to the war which erupted in 2006 between Israel and Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah and resulted in many casualties, citing this as a reason why Leb would not "be able to penetrate the Lebanese fronts".
In November this year it was reported that Israeli troops were carrying out exercises in the north of Leb. The move added fuel to the complex situation unfolding in the Middle East, and led many to conclude that a conflict with Hezbollah was looking increasingly likely.
President Michel Aoun went on to answer the question concerning the settlement of the political crisis, which recently broke out in Leb. Michel Aoun expressed his confidence over the crisis’ complete resolution, saying that "there are no disagreements between the Lebanese about [it]". "I don’t think that those who created this crisis will repeat it again," added Aoun.
The Lebanese political crisis was stirred by the unexpected announcement of resignation made by Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too. whilst on a visit 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... . Later, after having visited La Belle France and talked with Michel Aoun, Saad Hariri reversed his decision and stayed in office.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has reacted to the arrival of the leader of an Iraqi paramilitary group accompanied by Hezbollah fighters on the country’s border with Israel.
According to a statement of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, the border visit by an official of the Iraqi paramilitary group Asaib Ahl al-Haq has violated the country’s law, forcing him to instruct security chiefs to "prevent any person from carrying out activities of a military nature on the country’s territory and to prevent any illegal actions."
The statement was made after Qais al-Khazali, the leader of the Iraqi paramilitary group, accompanied by Hezbollah fighters, had visited Leb’s border with Israel, declaring his readiness "to stand together with the Lebanese people and the Paleostinian cause," according to a video circulating on social media.
"We are now on the border separating southern Leb with occupied Paleostine with our brothers in Hezbollah, and announce our full preparedness to stand united ... against the Israeli occupier," Khazali says in a video address.
Al-Khazali has visited the entire border with "occupied Paleostine," as reported by Rooters news agency. The footage shows an unidentified commander gesturing towards military outposts in northern Israel and telling Khazali that they were targeted by Hezbollah missiles in previous fights between the group and Israel.
[AnNahar] The repercussions of the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital does not only lead to wars and threatens regional and international peace, but also raises fears in Leb of the naturalization of Paleostinian refugees in the tiny Mediterranean country, al-Joumhouria daily reported Saturday.
I don’t see how naturalization of the Paleostinian refugees follows from recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capitol, but I agree that giving the residents of Ein al-Hilweh full citizenship will have the kind of interesting repercussions that are earnt by sticking with the permanent refugee option for 69 years.
A recommendation issued by the Parliament during its Friday meeting indicates the danger inherent in the American decision on the Jerusalem and its Arab and Islamic, Christian identity that leads to wars and threatens regional and international peace, said the daily.
The resolution not only threatens Jerusalem, but also threatens Leb in a fundamental way and raises fears of permanent naturalization of Paleostinian refugees on its land, which endangers the country's composition and unity, it added.
Lebanese authorities at state levels have repeatedly warned against the measure considering it an"existential threat."
Sources close to the presidency told the daily, reminding of President Michel Aoun ...president of Leb, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah ...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... ... 's firm position in that regard, saying "the president has stressed his firm determination to thwart any attempt aiming to impose naturalization of Paleostinians in this country."
The daily also quoted sources to Speaker Nabih Knobby Berri Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, a member of AMAL, a not very subtle Hizbullah sock puppet... saying: "Trump's decision on Jerusalem is a preliminary attempt for naturalization of Paleostinians," stressing "we resisted the Israeli occupation, we will similarly resist settlement and prevent it with all our strength and means."
[IsraelTimes] A powerful Iran-backed Iraqi militia commander has visited the Leb-Israel border expressing support for the Lebanese and Paleostinians against the Jewish state.
Qais al-Khazali of the Iranian-backed Asaib Ahl al-Haq, or League of the Righteous, a group that staged major attacks against US troops before their withdrawal from Iraq in 2011, appeared in military uniform in a video while touring the border with Israel along with members of Leb’s Hezbollah terror
Asaib Ahl al-Haq has busied itself in recent years with the reconquest of Iraq as one faction of the Popular Mobilization Forces. With that war winding down, new employment must be found for the lads.
The visit was blasted by Prime Minister Saad Hariri Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah ...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... has him bumped off, too. who said in a statement that it was a violation of Lebanese law, adding that it happened six days ago. Hariri ordered that al-Khazaali be banned from entering Leb again.
The video was aired by Asaib Ahl al-Haq al-Ahd TV station Thursday night.
Due to its combat experience in Syria, Hezbollah has grown significantly in terms of technology and battlefield experience and is considered Israel’s most dangerous enemy.
According to IDF assessments, in addition to a massive arsenal of rockets and missiles, the group is able to mobilize close to 30,000 fighters and has greatly expanded its tunnel system ‐ complete with ventilation, electricity and rocket launchers.
Some 200 villages in south Leb have been turned into military strongholds from where Hezbollah button men are able to watch Israeli soldiers at any time.
In June, the IDF accused the Shi’ite terrorist organization of violating the UN resolution by establishing observation posts since April under the guise of an NGO, "Green Without Borders," near the UN-delineated Blue Line border with Israel, presumably in order to gather intelligence.
But Israel’s accusations were rejected by UN spokeswoman Eri Kaneko, who said that the UN Interim Force in Leb is in contact with the Lebanese military to ensure that there are no violations of the resolution, "to avoid any misunderstandings or tensions that could endanger the cessation of hostilities." While "Green Without Borders" members have planted trees in the area, UNIFIL "has not observed any unauthorized armed persons at the locations or found any basis to report a violation of Resolution 1701," she said, adding that "UNIFIL remains vigilant and continues to monitor the Blue Line."
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
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
[Politico] The pro-Iranian militant group is up to no good in Latin America—and U.S. officials are pushing back.
[DAWN] Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman on Thursday warned that the violators of Pakistain's airspace will not be spared ‐ be it an enemy aircraft or a US drone.
[Rudaw] ERBIL, Kurdistan Region ‐ The 
Michel Aoun
Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if 
