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Afghanistan
Taliban invites GOP senator for ‘mutual talks’ in Doha
[PRESSTV] Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
has invited a US senator for "mutual talks" in the 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. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
i capital Doha, where the so-called Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has an office.

The terror group’s social media accounts extended the invitation to Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul over his latest comments about the United States’ long war in Afghanistan, The Washington Times reported Sunday.

"We invite the respectable US Senator Rand Paul, in his official capacity to visit our political office in Doha for mutual talks," read a Twitter post by the self-declared Information Committee of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

It further suggested that the US should withdraw its forces from the war-ravaged country for peace to emerge.

"We’ll prove to Mr. Rand Paul, the immediate US withdrawal from [Afghanistan] will bring peace to our country & will enhance international security," the group added in the social media post.

’No US victory in Afghanistan’
The Kentucky politician had criticized investment in the war on Afghanistan during an interview with Fox News on Thursday.

"The war in Afghanistan is costing us $50 billion a year... It’s time to come home. There is no military victory there," Paul said.

On August 21, Trump announced he would prolong the military intervention in Afghanistan.

The United States -- under Republican George W. Bush’s presidency -- and its allies invaded Afghanistan on October 7, 2001 as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror.
Posted by: Fred || 02/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


#2  Sen. Paul should think twice before accepting an invitation for talks in a country ruled by Islamists. Insult their religion and it's off with your head!
Posted by: jpal || 02/12/2018 10:32 Comments || Top||

#3  Maybe Mullah Mohammad Omar will invite Jesse Jackson too.
Posted by: Woodrow || 02/12/2018 12:40 Comments || Top||


Africa North
Morocco foils massive cocaine smuggling attempt
[XINHUANET] Moroccan authorities foiled on Sunday an international attempt to smuggle 541 kg of cocaine at the port of the financial city of Casablanca.

According to a statement from the Moroccan Interior Ministry, the banned substance was concealed in a shipping container from South America.

The operation led to the arrest of 6 people, including the criminal mastermind of this criminal network, a Brazilian national, the statement said.

Five cars intended to be used for the transport of the drug were also seized aw well as large sums of money in national and foreign currencies, it added.

The preliminary investigation reveals the dangerous nature of this criminal network, its transnational ramifications and links with cartels in Latin America, which now exploit the strategic location of the Kingdom as a transit point to Europe, the same source pointed out.

Investigation is underway to arrest all the people involved in this drug-trafficking attempt, it noted.

Posted by: Fred || 02/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Narcos

#1  Cocaine from South America? That would be Hizb’allah, then, presumably with Al Qaeda in North Africa at the receiving end.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/12/2018 0:04 Comments || Top||

#2  On its way to Europe in the flotilla of migrants.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/12/2018 0:18 Comments || Top||

#3  Cocaine from the Andes via W. Africa to Europe
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/12/2018 0:28 Comments || Top||

#4  Thank you!
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/12/2018 1:54 Comments || Top||

#5  Thank You, Skidmark.
Posted by: newc || 02/12/2018 4:17 Comments || Top||

#6  This route has been used since the mid-nineteen eighties, and in that early period involved relatives of the top people in Brazil's government. The route was interdicted for a time and a new one opened through Mali. Undoubtedly, Mauretania has been used for years. Whack-a-mole.
Posted by: Clurong Peacock9529 || 02/12/2018 7:35 Comments || Top||

#7  But remember, enlightened Eurines will always hasten to screech that it's Americans demand for illegal drugs that sustains the world markets for said same.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 02/12/2018 7:49 Comments || Top||

#8  Thank you!

You’re welcome, Skidmark. Next time, replacing the square brackets with angle brackets, set the URL as follows:

[a href=“URL”]text to be seen by the reader[/a]
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/12/2018 11:11 Comments || Top||

#9  There is a Slick Willy joke there somewhere.
Posted by: Woodrow || 02/12/2018 12:35 Comments || Top||


Arabia
King Salman: Diversity of cultures is a demand for coexistence
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Saudi King Salman
...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, King of the Arabians, Sheikh of the Burning Sands, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Lord of Most of the Arabians....
bin Abdulaziz said that diversity is a demand for coexistence in a speech delivered at al-Yamamah palace on Sunday on the occasion of al-Janadriyah 32 National Heritage and Culture festival.
Nice words. When Christian churches are built and Jews don’t have to lie to enter the country I’ll be even more impressed.
King Salman welcomed the festival guests in his speech and expressed the Kingdom's desire to promote interaction between different cultures and achieve coexistence and tolerance amongst peoples.

"We are aware of the importance of cultures as a backbone in shaping the identity and values of nations," the King said.

The King emphasized the importance of the common humanitarian dimension in every culture.

"The cultural dimension has become the main factor in the relations between States and peoples, it is important to strengthen it for the international peace and security," he said.

Scholars and representatives
The King also welcomed India's scholars and representatives as the guests of honour in this years festival.

President of the Council of Pak Scholars Dr. Hafez Mohammad Taher al-Ashrafi expressed his thanks to the Saudi King and the Crown Prince for their hospitality

"What we have found in this festival represents a great history for this country, it sends a message to the people’s calls for mercy, forgiveness and moderation, which is a legitimate demand encouraged by our religion," Dr Ashrafi said.

"Your highness has been honored to serve the most sacred areas of the earth; which are the two holly mosques, the Islamic world witnesses how you are doing your best to serve the two holy mosques and their visitors," he added.

Dr Ashrafi stressed the appreciation of the festival guests and participants towards King Salman’s contribution of to Islamic nations, international peace and security and his efforts to serve the culture and heritage through the festival.
Posted by: Fred || 02/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia


Europe
"Those people who ate with me, drank, danced, laughed – they talk about me as ‘stupid German whore'."
[VladTepesBlog] I am afraid that in the next election, in four years, we can see a new phenomenon – Muslims will sooner or later establish their party and because they already have a large electorate, they will become unstoppable. With the help of the left wing and almost all parties, they will begin to change the rules and we will be the one who will have to adapt. As we know, many Muslims believe that unbelievers should be converted or taxed (jizyed), or oppressed with other methods. Many Muslims, mostly those choosing this political, state-controlled [Muslim] Islam, wonder how they can promote their own interests – and they don't even deny it. As long as they continue to do so, they will continue to grow in Germany. We know about FB profiles, which clearly call for the Islamization of Germany, where we find posts contrary to the constitution, and such discussions can be found everywhere. FB profiles where a dog pees on the Israeli flag, profiles spreading hatred and call for violence against us. And these profiles are not removed, as well as Salafite profiles! Despite the fact that FB is very thoroughly controlled in this country. Profiles of people expressing anti-Islamic views are blocked. If we don't wake up quickly, the whole situation will end tragically.
Long and detailed article from an interview of a German social worker.
Posted by: KBK || 02/12/2018 09:55 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  What she’s missing is that is a deliberate colonization of Europe by Mohammedans.
Posted by: KBK || 02/12/2018 10:16 Comments || Top||

#2  Deliberate colonization, and deliberate invitation dating back to the oil crisis in the 1970s. Bat Yeor’s Eurabia was published in 2005.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/12/2018 10:30 Comments || Top||

#3  ‘Stupid German whore'." Merkel?
Posted by: Woodrow || 02/12/2018 12:30 Comments || Top||

#4  Once the tipping point arrives the Germans that can afford to leave will leave. Where is a good question, and will they be accepted is another one, and will they vote for more insanity in their new homes is the real kicker.

Anyway, those that *Can* leave are the ones that make the German economy hum, so within a year or they will have to put up East German style walls or sink down into being a well-watered Egypt-style nation.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 02/12/2018 13:28 Comments || Top||

#5  Where's my femto-violin?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 02/12/2018 14:12 Comments || Top||

#6  As much as I hate to say it, until the MSM in this country prints or features stories like this, the average person will never hear about it, let alone believe it.

Actually, that’s not entirely true. I know highly educated and intelligent individuals (i.e. above average) with influential positions in some of the most important government institutions and agencies who would not believe that someone with Rebecca Sommer’s background would ever say such things because it’s simply not politically correct to do so.

Such is the extent and effectiveness of the brainwashing and indoctrination that has taken place here. That’s probably the scariest thing of all.
Posted by: Eltoroverde || 02/12/2018 14:35 Comments || Top||

#7  "Rebecca gets red-pilled by reality."

A book forthcoming?
Posted by: JohnQC || 02/12/2018 15:37 Comments || Top||


The Grand Turk
Russian-Turkish axis in Syria faces meltdown
Couldn’t happen to a more deserving wannabe sultan.
[atimes] With suspicions running high that the nominal allies drew each other's blood on February 3, Ankara may well seek a modus vivendi with the US

Two things differentiate the downing of a Russian Su-25 ground-attack jet in the western province of Idlib on February 3 from the drone attacks on the Russian air base at Hmeimim a month earlier.

One, Russia could thwart the attack on January 5 by a wave of drone aircraft but singularly failed to anticipate the use of man-portable air defense systems by extremists operating in Idlib under Turkish watch. Russia lost an ace fighter pilot in the latter attack.

Two, Moscow sensed an American hand in the drone attack on January 5, but this time around Russia’s Tass news agency promptly highlighted an American denial on record. The Kremlin’s Dmitry Peskov made a point of cautioning against speculations “before one gets precise information as to how terrorists in Syria got that particular man-portable air defense system and other weapons that they have.”

Suffice to say, the air is thick with innuendos and dark hints that Russia and Turkey may have drawn each other’s blood on February 3, despite notionally being allies in Syria’s hybrid war.
Posted by: 3dc || 02/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition party elects new leaders
Stubbornness incarnate.
[IsraelTimes] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund....
’s pro-Kurdish opposition elects new co-presidents following a crackdown on the party for alleged terror links that led to the jailing of one of its leaders and hundreds of arrests.

The Peoples’ Democratic Party or HDP ‐ the second-largest opposition party represented in the Ottoman Turkish parliament ‐ unanimously elects politician Pervin Buldan and deputy co-chair Sezai Temelli amid heavy security in Ankara.

Buldan is picked to replace tossed in the slammer
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtas, who has been behind bars since November 2016, pending trial on terror charges for alleged links to outlawed Kurdish bad boys. Prosecutors are seeking a 142-year prison sentence if he is convicted of leading a terror organization, engaging in terror propaganda and other crimes. Demirtas denies the accusations.

Demirtas, who ran against President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...
in Turkey’s first direct presidential election in 2014 and led HDP to parliament in two general elections in 2015, said he would step down as co-chair and not stand for re-election.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:


India-Pakistan
Five inspectors stripped of badges as ATC penalty
[DAWN] An antiterrorism court on Saturday took five police inspectors into custody after stripping them of their shoulder badges for their failure to submit investigation reports in six hate speech cases against the leadership of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement
...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead...
The court has repeatedly been directing the investigating officers to file reports and also asking their high-ups to ensure timely submission of final investigation reports for the last many hearings while the judge had also issued warrants for the arrest of IOs over their extended absence and passed direction to stop their salaries during previous hearings.

When the ATC-I judge, who is jointly hearing around 35 identical cases related to hate speeches of the MQM founder, took up the cases on Saturday for hearing, the investigating officers ‐ inspectors Hameed Gabol, Mumtaz Hussain Chandio, Wasiq Jokhio, Naseeruddin Marwat and Moslem Tunio ‐ turned up before court.

However,
Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried...
the judge became visibly irked when the IOs informed him that they had not brought the final investigation reports in the six cases and sought more time.

Posted by: Fred || 02/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


'Won't work under leadership of children,' says Nisar on conflict with Maryam Nawaz
[DAWN] Former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan
...Former Interior Minister of Pakistain under Nawaz Sharif. He is the senior leader of the Pak Moslem League (N) and a close aide to Uncle Fester Sharif. He is noted for his vocal anti-American railing in the National Assembly. However (comma) Khan told the U.S. ambassador that he was in fact pro-American but he and the PML-N would have to be critical of US actions in order to remain publicly credible. Khan cited his wife and children's US citizenship as proof, which means he's lying to one side or the other and probably both. He wears a wig, but you probably guessed that, since hair doesn't grow naturally in that shape or texture...
said on Saturday he has made it clear that he would not serve in the ruling PML-N under the leadership of "juniors" ‐ a reference to Maryam Nawaz who is widely tipped to assume the mantle of the party in the future.

When questioned at a presser in Taxila about his previous remark that Maryam lacked the experience to lead PML-N, Nisar in turn asked whether he had said anything wrong at the time.

"You tell me, can I work under children?" he said in a reference to Maryam, adding that "a person has some dignity." He added that if such situation arises where he is asked to serve under a junior, he will take a decision once it happens.

Posted by: Fred || 02/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Iraq
Iran-backed Shiite militias used US Abrams tanks against Kurds in Iraq
[atimes] Pentagon investigation has found that Iran-backed Shiite militias got their hands on US-made M1A1 Abrams tanks and used them against US-backed Kurdish forces last fall.

Posted by: 3dc || 02/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies

#1  The PMF, which were fighting as part of the Iraqi security forces, had appropriated the tanks from ISIS in Tikrit in 2015 and in Mosul last year. ISIS had originally captured the armored vehicles from the Iraqi Army when it made its initial advances in Iraq.

According to the article, there was the threat that American funds would be withheld if the Iraqi government did not confiscate the tanks.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/12/2018 11:18 Comments || Top||

#2  Hard for me to believe that its as simple to operate as "forward, back, left, right, fire".
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/12/2018 15:38 Comments || Top||


PM Abadi decreases KRG's budget share even further from all-time low, MP
Now that ISIS is no longer a threat, and the internally displaced can return home, PM Abadi is getting mean.
[Rudaw] Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has decreased the KRG’s share of the Iraqi budget for 2018 even further from the all-time low since 2003, a Kurdish MP of the Iraqi parliament has claimed.

Masoud Haider, a Gorran MP, told Rudaw Sunday that PM Abadi has sent a revised budget bill to the Iraqi parliament that would decrease the KRG’s share by about 50 billion Iraqi dinars ($42.6 million).

The Kurdish MPs once again on Sunday boycotted an Iraqi parliament session when the parliament wanted to include the second reading of the budget bill at last minute.

Salim al-Jabouri, the Iraqi parliament speaker, has confirmed that the Iraqi Federal Government has made changes to the bill, but did not give details as to whether it included changes to the budget.

The Kurdistan Region requests the Iraqi parliament to allocate 17 percent of the budget as was the case since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, a demand opposed by PM Abadi, who argues that Erbil is entitled to no more than 12.6 percent from Iraq's overall budget.

Kurdish MPs have already rejected the 12.6 percent argument, and with today’s announcement, they are more disappointed than ever.

Haider who sits on the finance committee of the Iraqi parliament told Rudaw that they were "surprised" by the new change made to the bill.

"This shows that Abadi wants to make problems and complications so that the bill would not pass," Haider claimed.

PM Abadi has said on more than one occasion that the bill has to pass at the earliest time possible.

The Kurdish MPs have tried to pressure Abadi to listen to the International Monetary Fund’s recommendation that 12.6 percent is not sufficient to cover the needs of the people in the Kurdistan Region for 2018.

Abadi attended a January 31 session of parliament that was boycotted by all Kurdish factions. After the session, the prime minister met with a delegation of Kurdish MPs, but he refused to amend the bill.

Three Kurdish MPs, including Haider, in the Iraqi parliament had their membership suspended for 15 days and salaries cut for these days after they blocked the parliament from its second reading of the budget bill last week.

A concern of the Kurdish representatives is that the current funds allocated to the Kurdistan Region "does not suffice for even one province," Kurdish MP Arafat Karam pointed out, according to the parliament’s statement on Monday’s session.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Palestinian Terror Official Agrees to Cooperate with Hezbollah to Act Against Israel
[Breitbart] Nayef Hawatmeh, secretary-general of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Paleostine
... a breakaway faction of the Pöpular Frönt för the Liberation of Paleostine. The are regarded as the most intellectual of Paleostinian fedayeen groups, smoking cheap cigarettes and drawing heavily on Marxist-Leninist theory to explain their crappy lives. They can occasionally be seen strutting through the streets of Paleostine, dressed up like soldiers and lugging firearms, though they seldom manage to hit anything and then usually by accident. This may be because of their habit of wearing black masks that cut off most of their vision. That would also explain their habit of occasionally walking into walls, which is a well-known attribute of those immersed in true understanding of the dialectic...
, has met Hezbollah commander Hassan Nasrallah and the two have agreed to act together against Israel, the Paleostinian terror figure told the pro-Iranian Al Mayadeen network based in Beirut.

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Paleostine is the third-most important group under the umbrella of the PLO, behind Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial...
’ Fatah organization and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Paleostine.

Hawatmeh’s organization has carried out dozens of terrorist attacks against Israel, the worst of which is known in Israel as the Ma’alot massacre in 1974 when armed Paleostinians infiltrated from Leb and took over a school in the town of Ma’alot before murdering 22 hostages.

The organization maintains a so-called military wing to this day, active mostly in the Gazoo Strip under the name of the National Resistance Brigades.

"The meeting dealt with a number of issues, first and foremost the resistance and the need to fight off any Israeli aggression whether on the Leb or Paleostinian front," Hawatmeh told Al Mayadeen.

The Paleostinian jihadist highlighted that the Paleostinian "resistance is the mother of all resistance movements in the region and the Paleostinian revolution has managed to survive all attempts to destroy it."

Paleostinian terrorist groups regularly utilize the word "resistance" as a euphemism for terrorist attacks targeting Israelis.

Hawatmeh added that a PLO proposal to withdraw Paleostinian recognition of Israel is a move in the right direction and called on the Paleostinian organizations to take action to create a new reality on the ground.

Hezbollah and Iranian efforts to incite terror activity in the Paleostinian territories are ongoing, according to Israeli security services.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah

#1  Any questions @therealdonaldtrump ?
Posted by: newc || 02/12/2018 4:18 Comments || Top||


Trump says unsure Israel seeks peace with Palestinians
[IsraelTimes] 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...
says in an interview with Israel Hayom that he is "not necessarily sure" Israel is seeking to reach a peace agreement with the Paleostinians.

Trump has previously denounced the Paleostinians for what he sees as their unwillingness to negotiate, but he has largely refrained from criticizing Israel.

In the interview, Trump notes that while US-Israel relations were "great," peace with the Paleostinians would make them "a lot better."

"Right now, I would say the Paleostinians are not looking to make peace. They are not looking to make peace," Trump tells the paper. "And I am not necessarily sure that Israel is looking to make peace. So we are just going to have to see what happens."

Trump also expresses concerns about Israeli settlement building, although his administration has been far less critical of settlements than that of his predecessor Barack Obama
It’s very rare that I come to an event where I’m like the fifth- or sixth-most interesting person....
"The settlements are something that very much complicates and always have complicated making peace, so I think Israel has to be very careful with the settlements," he says.
All true, with a strong hint to the Palestinians that this time they need to make it worth Israel’s while to come to the table.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Yea, well, Donald - how about you make peace with democrats first?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 02/12/2018 2:29 Comments || Top||

#2  The headline, as usual, is reversed to favor the barbarians whom have been sacking my Israel since they claimed my lad back from the un-faithful whordes that poisoned the land and create only destitution.

Curse the Palestinians as there is no such thing. Invaders on my lawn.
Posted by: newc || 02/12/2018 2:59 Comments || Top||

#3  The question you need to ask Trump is:
Will the "Palestinians" allow Israel to live in peace.
Posted by: newc || 02/12/2018 3:02 Comments || Top||

#4  During the campaign Trump changed his position e.g. on Syrian refugees and anti-islamic free speech.

When he realized that his initial positions were disliked by critical parts of his base he (IMHO) corrected himself.

Trump voters who don't like this statement on Israel should let him know.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 || 02/12/2018 11:27 Comments || Top||

#5  (202) 456-1111 The White House, Phone.
Posted by: Woodrow || 02/12/2018 12:33 Comments || Top||

#6  This is just part of the negotiating game intended for audiences in blue-state US as well as the West Bank and Gaza. It is a pretty tepid claim after all because he doesn't really believe it but wants that out there so he can be seen as a neutral in discussions.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 02/12/2018 13:33 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iranian officials say hacks on newspapers' websites are from US, Britain
Yesterday it was Syrian news websites, today it’s Iran’s. So many possibilities, including an autistic lad sitting alone in his bedroom, working for approval or Bitcoins.
[Ynet] Iranian telecommunication officials said Sunday that hackers who accessed the websites of some of the country's dailies are from the United States and Britannia.

A statement carried by the official IRNA news agency quotes the officials as saying the hackers targeted 30 websites on Saturday, including some belonging to Iranian newspapers. It added, however, that the websites were poorly secured.

Late on Saturday hackers accessed the dailies' websites and changed their Farsi top stories to a contrived report about the death of the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

No one has grabbed credit for the cyberattacks.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


Pro-gov’t ISIS Hunters release official statement after US airstrikes in Deir Ezzor
[ALMASDARNEWS] The pro-government ISIS Hunters released an official statement on Sunday condemning the US Coalition’s Arclight airstrikes that killed several members of the Syrian Armed Forces on February 7th.

The ISIS Hunters specifically condemned both the US Coalition and the Kurdish forces that are currently in control of the majority of the northeastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.

Below is the official statement that was released by the ISIS Hunters:

"Several of our brothers died under the fire of the US Air Force

On the morning of February 7, ISIS Hunters received intelligence information about a group of ISIS jihadists near as-Suwar village located on the territory occupied by Kurds.

Later our command received additional information that the group is moving towards Khusham village and immediately decided to move from the Euphrates and cut off the possible direction of jihadists offensive.

A number of gangs with mortars and technicals (sic) was spotted to the east from Khusham on the territory occupied by Kurds. SAA positions were attacked by spotted enemy and Hunters moved to cover SAA. Based on hostiles’ movement and actions they didn’t expect any heavy resistance. Almost immediately Hunters managed to suppress ISIS and make them retreat. (Later an intercepted radio traffic confirmed that the group was partly ISIS, partly Kurds and they retreated towards CONOCO factory)

At that moment first shells dropped, and jet fighters appeared, bombing our positions. They came from the direction where the hostiles were retreating, the jet fighters were covering the enemy.

Our people were still fighting, but when helicopters came ISIS Hunters were forced to retreat. They scattered around and came back in small groups. After bombardment finished it became clear that some of our brothers are dead... Hunters lost 20 heroes, but regular SAA units lost more men, unfortunately. Glory and peace to Syrian heroes killed by a sucker punch by US Air Forces, acting behind the backs of snuffies and Kurds.

Now we state, that Kurds are responsible for deaths of brothers! This nation has begun war against Syrian identity, occupied Syrian soil and resources belonging to Syrian people! Now they conspire with ISIS, shelter them from justice and use them against Syria. These American puppets has no longer right to occupy Syrian soil.

Since now there is no difference for us between ISIS and Kurds. Same terrorists, same attitude towards them. Kurds, be sure, ISIS Hunters are going to hunt you on Syrian soil like your ISIS mercenaries are hunted. Our brothers will be Dire Revenged!"

Posted by: Fred || 02/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria


UN chief Guterres calls for immediate de-escalation in Syria
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday called for an immediate de-escalation in Syria after Israel carried out raids inside the war-torn country.

Guterres is "following closely the alarming military escalation throughout Syria and the dangerous spillover across its borders," UN front man Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.

Israel targeted what it said were Iranian positions inside Syria after one of its warplanes was hit by Syrian air defences and crashed.

The Israeli raids came after it intercepted what it said was an Iranian drone entering its airspace.

Guterres stressed that all concerned in Syria and in the region must abide by international law.

"He calls on all to work for an immediate and unconditional de-escalation of violence and exercise restraint," Dujarric said.

It was the most serious confrontation between Iran and Israel since Syria’s war began in 2011 and came amid growing alarm over Syrian government offensives against rebel-held Eastern Ghouta and Idlib.

The Syrian people are suffering "though one of the most violent periods in nearly seven years of conflict," said the UN statement.

Posted by: Fred || 02/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria

#1  As long as Israel wasn't involved it was perfectly all right for Tony?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 02/12/2018 2:28 Comments || Top||

#2  Send in the mighty Blue Helmet brigade!
Posted by: Raj || 02/12/2018 9:36 Comments || Top||


Terror Networks
Abbottabad files reveal Iran helped train al-Qaeda recruits to hijack planes
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Abbottabad
... A pleasant city located only 30 convenient miles from Islamabad. The city is noted for its nice weather and good schools. It is the site of Pakistain's military academy, which was within comfortable walking distance of the residence of the late Osama bin Laden....
documents revealed that late al-Qaeda leader the late Osama bin Laden
... who is no longer with us, and won't be again...
insisted to use jets in attacks against the US even after the September 11, 2001 twin attacks.

Bin Laden urged his commanders to focus their efforts on aerial attacks against the US and its allies. Documents also revealed that Iran was involved in preparing for such attacks as it allowed al-Qaeda commission led by Younis al-Mauritani to train al-Qaeda recruits there and dispatch them to hijack planes.

"It’s important that the organization carries out operations that directly harm the American people’s security and economy. Executing operations inside the US and targeting oil-exporting countries are what affects people the most. There are ideas for plans that are bigger than the September 11 attacks but they need distinctive members," Bin Laden wrote in one of his letters.

Al-Qaeda also worked on sending young recruits to foreign universities to learn how to operate airplanes. An example is Naif Abdulaziz who was recently tossed in the slammer
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
in the US after the FBI found his fingerprints on an enrollment application at al-Farouk training camp in Afghanistan.

"We’ve sent some brothers to study at universities so they can buy material without raising any suspicions," Bin Laden said in one of his letters.

Bin Laden also proposed using private jets or helicopters to carry out suicide kabooms noting that such operations will have a huge impact following the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Letters exchanged between Bin Laden, Atiyatullah al-Libi, and Younis al-Mauritani also discussed which members to send to hijack planes and carry out suicide operations.

Younis al-Mauritani proposed recruiting Latins and Moslem African Americans as it’s difficult to expose their cover.

"We must also have a plan to incite strife between America’s components, the Anglosaxone, Latins and African Americans," Younis al-Mauritani said.

Younis al-Mauritani also voiced the importance of carrying out suicide operations using planes and noted that although the US has taken several precautions, there were gaps that the organization can make use of.

Bin Laden also issued an edict saying it was okay if Moslem civilians and children died during these operations.

"We must target the American people who can stop injustice against people that include Moslems. The Americans must know that we will not obstruct the path of jihad by shielding Moslems during our operations while fighting the enemy," Bin Laden wrote.

Posted by: Fred || 02/12/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda

#1  Remind us again why Obama sent $bins to Iran on an unmarked planes near the end of his admin.? They trained AQ for 911 and they took and kept hostages from our embassy back in 1979. They also provided IEDs to Iraq AQ to be used against our forces.
Posted by: JohnQC || 02/12/2018 13:48 Comments || Top||



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