[RADIOSHABELLE] An estimated 160 soldiers have defected from the northern breakaway republic of Somaliland amid tension in Tukaraq town in Sool region. Sool was very big among the Hittites.
Sources said the forces have surrendered themselves to the rival Puntland authorities in Boohoodle town in Togdher region. The reason behind their defection remains unclear.
Lieutenant General Abdirisak Gar’ad, who is among the surrendered officers said they moved from Araweyn area in the conflict-hit Sool region.
He stated that they decided to join Puntland army after losing patience with Somaliland’s aggressive attacks in the region, where an escalating tension has been brewing since Jan.
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in the Gazoo Strip appeal to Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to reopen the Rafah border crossing on a permanent basis and end the "suffering" of hundreds of stranded passengers.
They also call on Sissi to order the Egyptian army to stop harassing and humiliating Paleostinian passengers at military checkpoints in Sinai.
Last week, the Egyptian authorities opened the Rafah terminal for three days, on Wednesday through Friday, for the past time since the beginning of 2018.
Since the terminal was closed last Friday, hundreds of Paleostinian passengers wishing to enter the Gazoo Strip have been stranded on the Egyptian side of the border crossing.
Other passengers who left the Gazoo Strip through the terminal last week have been unable to continue their trip to Cairo due to severe restrictions imposed by the Egyptian authorities. These passengers have found shelter in the Egyptian towns of El Arish and Rafah.
[Ynet] Using Russian knowledge and technology, more and more countries in the Middle East and North Africa are building nuclear power plants, and not just for civilian purposes; according to Dr. Shaul Shay of IDC Herzliya, this is also the Sunni Arab world's way of dealing with the Iranian nuclear program.
Arab states in the Middle East and North Africa are pushing forward with the construction of nuclear power plants, according to a new report released by the Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS) at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya led by Major-General (res.) Amos Gilad.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be the first state to operate a nuclear reactor (made in South Korea). Egypt, Soddy Arabia
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[Al Jazeera] Ottoman Turkish authorities have incarcerated You have the right to remain silent... at least 666 people since the beginning of a major military operation in northern Syria.
hmm.. 666 the sign of the...
The detained are accused of spreading "terror propaganda".
The Ottoman Turkish prosecutor has also launched a probe into the conduct of leader of the main pro-Kurdish party over criticism of the country's offensive in Syria.
Pervin Buldan, Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) leader, and her fellow politician Sirri Surreya Onder are also under suspicion of the same, according to Ottoman Turkish authorities.
HDP is the only political party in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... that opposes Operation Olive Branch, the military action in northern Syria against Kurdish fighters known as the YPG.
"An investigation has been launched into politicians Pervin Buldan and Sirri Sureyya Onder by the chief prosecutor for the crimes of carrying out terror propaganda, inciting grudges and enmity in the public," Rooters news agency reported citing a document from the prosecutor's office.
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[IsraelTimes] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... ’s foreign minister assails the United States, claiming that American forces in Syria are intentionally stalling the fight against Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... bully boyz as an excuse not to cut ties with Syrian Kurdish murderous Moslems as Ankara has demanded.
Mevlut Cavusoglu tells news hounds in Istanbul that US forces are leaving "pockets" with IS bully boyz intact to justify continued cooperation with the Kurdish militia.
Speaking ahead of a visit by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson later this week, Cavusoglu says Turkey’s ties with the US are at a make-or-break stage and that Washington needs to take "concrete steps" to regain Turkey’s trust.
"Our relations are at a very critical stage," Cavusoglu says. "Either we will improve ties or these ties will totally break down."
Goodness, he sounds so portentious. And completely unaware of the possibility that Turkey has already lost President Trump’s trust.
Ankara is riled over Washington’s support for the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units, or YPG ‐ the top US ally in the fight against the Islamic State group.
Ankara is, indeed, riled. Then they sent a mixed unit of 300 to attack the Americans embedded among the Kurds at Manbij ...how many did they lose in the affray? Something a wise man might ponder before further assailments.
Turkey considers the YPG a "terrorist" group linked to Kurdish faceless myrmidons fighting within Turkey’s own borders.
[AlAhram] The mayor of the Ottoman Turkish capital of Ankara said on Monday he had approved re-naming a street outside the U.S. Embassy as "Olive Branch", the name The Sick Man of Europe Turkey uses for its ongoing military campaign in Syria.
Ankara has been infuriated by Washington's alliance in Syria with forces led by the Kurdish YPG militia, which Turkey is targeting in its offensive.
President Tayyip Erdogan has promised to sweep the militia from Turkey's southern border, a move that could put Ottoman Turkish troops in confrontation with U.S. forces on the ground in Syria.
"We have signed the necessary proposal to change the name of the Nevzat Tandogan Avenue in front of the U.S. Embassy to 'Olive Branch'. May it go well, may the souls of our saintly deaders rejoice," Ankara Mayor Mustafa Tuna tweeted.
The proposal will be presented to the municipal parliament later on Monday, he said. It will most likely be approved, just days before U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is due to visit Ankara on Thursday.
The U.S. Embassy in Ankara and the Ankara mayor's office were not immediately available for comment.
“I’m sorry, but the American ambassador is laughing too hard to say anything intelligible, let alone something politely diplomatic.”
According to a poll published on Monday by the Center for American Progress ...George Soros-funded think tank headed by John Podesta, White House chief of staff under Bill Clinton, supplied progressive talking points and policy positions for the Obama regime. There was a revolving door between the White House and its nerve center, with the president staffing his administration with many of its operatives.... , 83 percent of Turks view the United States unfavourably, and 46 percent think their country should do more to confront it.
Tuna had ordered the re-naming of the street where the United Arab Emirates mission is located to that of the Ottoman former governor of Medina, following a row between the two countries about the state of the holy city under Ottoman rule.
Golly. The very picture of a petulent, powerless pasha.
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[Reuters] ISLAMABAD - The United States has put forward a motion to place Pakistan on a global terrorist-financing watchlist with an anti-money laundering monitoring group, according to a senior Pakistani official. Pakistan has been scrambling in recent months to avert being added to a list of countries deemed non-compliant with terrorist financing regulations by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a measure officials fear could hurt its economy.
The United States has been threatening to get tough with Islamabad over its alleged ties with Islamist militants, and last month President Donald Trump’s administration suspended aid worth about $2 billion.
Islamabad, which denies assisting militants in Afghanistan and India, has reacted angrily to U.S. threats of further punitive measures.
A meeting of FATF member states is due to take place next week in Paris, where the organization could adopt the motion on Pakistan.
Pakistan’s de facto finance minister, Miftah Ismail, told Reuters the United States and Britain put forward the motion several weeks ago, and later persuaded France and Germany to co-sponsor it.
"We are now working with the U.S., UK, Germany and France for the nomination to be withdrawn," Ismail said, speaking by telephone from Europe. "We are also quite hopeful that even if the U.S. did not withdraw the nomination that we will prevail and not be put on the watchlist."
Pakistan was previously on the FATF watchlist from 2012 to 2015.
A senior U.S. official who follows U.S. policy in the region said Pakistan has "always been selective" in cracking down on militants who use its territory as a base.
"It is time for that to stop, and so we are working with our allies, who also are affected, to see effective action against groups such as the Haqqanis and elements of the Taliban," said the official, referring to militants operating along the border with Afghanistan.
MONEY FLOWS
The FATF, an intergovernmental body based in Paris that sets global standards for fighting illicit finance, had previously warned Islamabad it could be put back on the list without further efforts to crack down on the flow of funds to militants.
Pakistani officials and Western diplomats say being put on the FATF watchlist could deal a blow to Pakistan’s economy as it would make it harder for foreign investors and companies to do business in the nuclear-armed South Asian nation.
[DAWN] Pakistain on Monday endorsed the United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... ' list of banned terrorist organizations by extending the ban on the said outfits in Pakistain as well, DawnNews reported.
The country-wide ban was imposed after President Mamnoon Hussain amended the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 1997 and issued the amended Anti-Terrorism Ordinance 2018.
Following an amendment in Section 11-B and 11-EE of the ATA, the organizations and personnel banned through the UN's Security Council's resolution will stand banned in Pakistain too.
The development spells bad news for entities such as Lashkar-e-Taiba ...the Army of the Pure, an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI... , Jamat-ud-Dawa, Harkat-ul Mujahideen, which are among the 27 banned outfits on the aforesaid UN list.
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistain had already banned the UN-identified organizations and personnel from collecting donations in the country.
The amended ATA ordinance, which goes into effect immediately, will see the assets of the banned ...the word banned seems to have a different meaning in Pakistain than it does in most other places. Or maybe it simply lacks any meaning at all...
organizations frozen.
The move comes just days before a Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting is to take place in Gay Paree. It was feared that FATF, under pressure from the US and India, would place Pakistain on its grey list, which in turn could raise the cost of doing international financial transactions for Pakistain.
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[DAWN] A Tehrik-e-Taliban ...Arabic for students... Pak (TTP) spokesperson has confirmed the death of TTP commander Khan Said Sajna in a recent US dronezap.
Azam Tariq Mehsud said Commander Sajna was killed in last Thursday's strike in a village along the Pak-Afghan border. He said another commander, Mufti Noor Wali, has now been appointed in Sajna's place.
Tariq says Wali enjoys the backing of Mullah Fazlullah ...son-in-law of holy man Sufi Mohammad. Known as Mullah FM, Fazlullah had the habit of grabbing his FM mike when the mood struck him and bellowing forth sermons. Sufi suckered the Pak govt into imposing Shariah on the Swat Valley and then stepped aside whilst Fazlullah and his Talibs imposed a reign of terror on the populace like they hadn't seen before, at least not for a thousand years or so. For some reason the Pak intel services were never able to locate his transmitter, much less bomb it. After ruling the place like a conquered province for a year or so, Fazlullah's Talibs began gobbling up more territory as they pushed toward Islamabad, at which point as a matter of self-preservation the Mighty Pak Army threw them out and chased them into Afghanistan... , the leader of the TTP who is believed to be hiding in Afghanistan.
Sajna, 36, was believed to be involved in an attack on a Naval base in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... and is also credited with criminal masterminding a 2012 jailbreak in which the Taliban freed 400 inmates in the northwestern city of Bannu.
"Sajna had no basic education, conventional or religious, but he was battle-hardened and had experience of fighting in Afghanistan," an official had said earlier.
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Giving the colonists a good reason to stay where they are, rather than continuing to Europe.
[AlAhram] For the first time ever, refugee craftspeople will be selling their products at Ambiente, the leading international consumer goods trade show held in Frankfurt, Germany from 9-13 February 2018 in an initiative supported by the United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Egypt, according to a blurb by the agency.
Refugees from Syria, Sudan, South Sudan and Æthiopia have brought together their traditional skills, motifs and stories to create unique culturally blended products.
"Their skills were enhanced through training provided by the NilFurat project, one of UNHCR Egypt’s livelihood projects, and further supported with the help of many local volunteers, designers and professors from the German University in Cairo," said the release.
NilFurat is a creative initiative by UNHCR Egypt that brings together culturally diverse refugees with Egyptians living in the area of Hadayek El-Maadi in Cairo with the ultimate aim of promoting community cohesion, economic empowerment and the inclusion of women.
The initiative is currently expanding its access to the global marketplace with the support of "Yadawee," an Egyptian social enterprise that specializes in promoting and exporting high quality handicrafts from Egypt.
"Refugees have skills and talents that simply need a chance to grow and flourish. Within each piece lies a story of history and culture, and the chance for a person who has fled war and persecution to offer something of beauty and style to the world," said UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi.
The refugee display at the trade fair is the result of MADE51, a new initiative by UNHCR and a global network of social enterprises to assist talented artisans fleeing war or persecution to achieve greater self-reliance and access the global marketplace.
MADE51 also aims preserve cultural heritage and indigenous crafting techniques that might otherwise be lost through the displacement of peoples and their integration into new economies.
Refugees involved in the initiative are paid market prices, as earning a fair living is considered key to helping displaced individuals rebuild their lives.
"It is only through such sales that these refugee artisans will be able to employ their skills and earn income. By including refugee-made products in their sourcing plans, retailers and brands have a vital role to play. They can be part of the solution," added Grandi.
[Al Jazeera] In Iraq's western Anbar province, rustics starting to rebuild have warned they will take Dire Revenge on the families of ISIS fighters if they return.
Anbar is the biggest province in Iraq and one of the last places to be freed from ISIS, or the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and the Levant group.
ISIS, also known as ISIS, swept into the province in 2013. The cities of Falluja, Ramadi and al-Qaim soon became urban battlefields.
"We don't want to go back to square one," Omar Shihan al-Alwani, who fought against ISIS, said.
"We're totally against that. If they come back, then blood will flow and neither tribes nor military operations will be able to stop it."
The homes of ISIS family members have been destroyed - a tactic ISIS itself has used in the past.
"We're not against [ISIS family members] returning, but the timing is bad and would risk provoking unrest and a return to bloodshed in the streets," said Omar Ibrahim, a former tribal fighter.
"We the fighters think that families of IS group members should be in a camp under the supervision of Iraqi government and experts such as religious leaders, professors and intellectuals. They should receive daily training sessions."
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[Rudaw] Life is rough for the families who have returned to Shingal, living without healthcare or schools more than two years after ISIS was routed from the town. Yezidi leaders hope their regions will benefit from the international donor conference happening this week in Kuwait, even though Baghdad has not prepared any proposals for Shingal, according to a Yezidi MP.
Some 13,000 Yezidi families have returned to their homes in Shingal. They complain about lack of services where 80 percent of the town was damaged in the battle to defeat ISIS.
"By God life here is difficult ‐ no gas, no doctor. When we go to the hospital, there is nothing. By God's name, whenever we go there and get an injection we do not find it. There are no teachers. Our children go to schools but there are no teachers," Xonaf Heji, a resident of Shingal, told Rudaw.
The town was liberated more than two years ago, in November 2015, by Kurdish forces including Peshmerga of the Kurdistan Region and PKK fighters. It came under Iraqi central control last October when the Iraqi army and Hashd al-Shaabi took over much of the disputed areas.
An administrator, installed by the Hashd al-Shaabi for the town of Snune in the Shingal region, said that water and electricity services should be up and running soon.
"For three years in this area everyone knows there was no water. But inshallah in the coming two to three days [there will be] electricity. We have brought a mobile electricity station. We have brought a cement plant as well. We will do our best to bring water back to the city," Khudeda Juke, commissioner of Snune, told Rudaw.
Iraq has estimated that it will need $100 billion to reconstruct the country after the end of military operations against ISIS.
Kuwait is hosting an International Conference for Reconstruction of Iraq that began on Monday and runs through Wednesday and is attended by politicians and potential private sector investors.
Yezidi MP Vian Dakhil noted that Iraq is not taking to the donor conference a single proposal for reconstruction of the Shingal district, despite the city being officially declared a war-damaged zone.
Murad Ismail, executive director of Yezidi advocacy group Yazda, will visit Kuwait to participate in the conference.
"Yazda hopes that the conference will succeed and come out with contributions and decisions that will serve the areas of Yazidi and other minorities by helping to provide assistance to the Iraqi crisis in terms of reconstruction and rebuilding various areas that destroyed during ISIS invasion since 2014," read a statement from the organization.
Yazda hopes that the Yezidis and other minorities will receive a good share of the funded projects.
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Kuwait (Iraqinews.com) ‐ A number of Kuwaiti and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have pledged a total of USD 330.130 million in support of the humanitarian situation in Iraq during a conference that kicked off earlier in the day in Kuwait.
According to KUNA, the donor NGOs included the Kuwaiti Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affair, as well as the Zakat House and the Awqaf General Secretariat (USD 35 million), along with al-Salam Humanitarian and Charity Society of Kuwait (USD 15 million), and the Kuwaiti International Islamic Charity Organization (USD 10 million).
Also, the Kuwaiti Aid Society, al-Najat Charity, Direct Aid Society, Al Eslah Society and the Society of the Revival of Islamic Heritage have donated USD 10 million each.
Outside Kuwait, the International Committee of the Red Thingy pledged USD 130 million in programs, while the Human Appeal of the UK donated USD 30 million. Also, 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 Education Above All Foundation pledged USD 13.5 million.
The NGOs Conference to Support the Humanitarian Situation in Iraq kicked off early on Monday to tackle the latest developments in the humanitarian situation.
It coincided with Kuwait’s hosting of the International Conference for the Reconstruction of Iraq.
The one-day conference, which is being held under the patronage of Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and the Kuwaiti government, is attended by a group of speakers representing around 70 regional and international humanitarian organizations , 25 Iraqi institutions and 15 Kuwaiti organizations.
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[IsraelTimes] Western nations weighing options for imported muscle who joined terrorist group and are now being held by Syrian Democratic Forces
The United States is urging allied nations to help deal with the growing number of imported muscle that are being held by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), saying the Death Eaters should be turned over to face justice in their home countries.
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is expected to raise the issue during a meeting in Rome this week with other members of the coalition that is fighting the Islamic State
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[Rudaw] The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has requested $1.4 billion for its train and equip programs in Iraq and Syria as part of the war against ISIS in its budget request for the 2019 fiscal year.
Noting "significant progress" in the war against ISIS having regained nearly 100 percent of territory in Iraq and Syria from the myrmidon group, the defense department is focused on ensuring the defeat of ISIS "by consolidating gains and setting the conditions for a more stable region," DoD stated in its budget proposal.
"Working by, with, and through Iraqi and Syrian partners, the Department is helping to provide security in liberated areas, prevent the reemergence of the ISIS threat, and set conditions for long-term stability," it stated.
A key aspect of the long-term strategy is building up local forces. The DoD has requested $1.4 billion for its Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund for 2019. This is down $400 million from 2018.
This amount is broken down into $850 million for training and equipping Iraqi Security Forces, $300 million for training and equipping vetted Syrian opposition forces, and $250 million for "border security requirements related to the counter-ISIS mission."
In northern Syria, the US is partnered with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The SDF controls roughly a quarter of the country. The US also has a small garrison in the south, At Tanf, where they are training local forces.
It is not immediately clear where the $250 million for border security will be allocated and if this will fund efforts to build a border security force in Syria.
When the United States announced in January a plan to train a 30,000-strong border force with the SDF to secure the borders of Rojava, the self-autonomous Kurdish enclave in northern Syria, Washington’s NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... ally Ankara was enraged.
The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire.... considers the Kurdish forces in northern Syria, the armed YPG and the political party PYD, extensions of the PKK, a named terror organization.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson walked back the border force announcement, saying it "was not properly described." He said the US was not creating a border security force but was training forces that were "internally focused."
Turkey’s fears were not appeased, however, and soon afterwards Ankara launched its Operation Olive Branch on Afrin.
Ottoman Turkish media have reported on the budget request as $550 million investment in the "PYD/PKK."
The defense department also requested $1.1 billion in support for coalition forces.
In the proposal, DoD predicts that troop levels in Iraq and Syria will remain unchanged at 5,765 total in the two countries. These forces are "associated with enabling ongoing counter-ISIS operations and conducting Iraq and Syria train and equip efforts," the report stated.
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[IsraelTimes] An Iraqi interior ministry official says the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group’s head, His Supreme Immensity, Caliph of the Faithful and Galactic Overlord, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ...the head of ISIS, or what remains of it, and a veteran of the Abu Graib jailhouse. Looks like a new messiah to bajillions of Moslems, like just another dead-eyed mass murder to the rest of us. So far he has been killed at least four times, though not yet by a stake through the heart... , is alive and being treated at a field hospital in Syria after being maimed in an Arclight airstrike.
"We have irrefutable information and documents from sources within the terrorist organization that al-Baghdadi is still alive and hiding" in Syria’s northeastern Jazira region, says intelligence and counterterrorism department head Abu Ali al-Basri, quoted today in the government daily As-Sabah.
IS retains a significant presence in the desert plains of northeastern Syria’s Hasakeh province despite having lost most of its cross-border "caliphate," which once also covered a third of neighboring Iraq.
Basri says that Baghdadi is suffering from "injuries, diabetes and fractures to the body and legs that prevent him from walking without assistance."
The jihadist chief had been maimed in "air raids against IS strongholds in Iraq."
Last June, Russia said it had probably killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a late May air raid near Raqqa in Syria, but later said it was still trying to verify his fate.
In September, an American military chief said the jihadist chief was still alive and probably hiding in eastern Syria’s Euphrates Valley.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
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.
...George Soros-funded think tank headed by John Podesta, White House chief of staff under Bill Clinton, supplied 
...the 
[DAWN] A Tehrik-e-
[Rudaw] Life is rough for the families who have returned to Shingal, living without healthcare or schools more than two years after ISIS was routed from the town. Yezidi leaders hope their regions will benefit from the international donor conference happening this week in Kuwait, even though Baghdad has not prepared any proposals for Shingal, according to a Yezidi MP. 
...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...
...the head of ISIS, or what remains of it, and a veteran of the Abu Graib jailhouse. Looks like a new messiah to bajillions of Moslems, like just another dead-eyed mass murder to the rest of us. So far he has been killed at least four times, though not yet by a stake through the heart...
