"He's dead, Jim..."
[CNBC] - A Green New Deal proposal backed by numerous Democrats failed to advance in the Senate on Tuesday as Democrats protested what they called a political show vote orchestrated by majority Republicans.
The nonbinding resolution, which calls on the United States to make an ambitious effort to slash its use of fossil fuels to fight climate change, fell short in a procedural vote. The Senate did not proceed to debating the measure, as 57 senators voted against it and 43 Democrats and independents who caucus with them ‐ nearly all of the Democratic caucus ‐ voted "present." Four senators who vote with Democrats ‐ Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, Doug Jones and Alabama and independent Angus King of Maine ‐ voted against the resolution.
By voting "present," Democrats hoped not to go on the record on a bill that had no realistic chance of passing, even if they support the concept of a Green New Deal. The six Democratic senators running for president next year ‐ who co-sponsored the original resolution introduced by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass. ‐ did not take a position on the measure Tuesday. On the contrary, you're on the record now - as hypocritical FRAUDS.
[DailyCaller] One of fastest shrinking ice glaciers in the world is reversing course and starting to accumulate ice at an alarming pace, a new NASA study published Monday finds. Woman and minorities hardest hit
The Jakobshavn glacier, located in Greenland, began thinning around 2012 to nearly 130 feet annually. It's been growing again at about the same rate for the past two years, a study in Nature Geoscience noted. Scientists reacted with surprise, noting that they grew accustomed to the glacier receding.
"That was kind of a surprise. We kind of got used to a runaway system," Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland ice and climate scientist Jason Box told AP reporters Monday. "The good news is that it's a reminder that it's not necessarily going that fast. But it is going." It was a surprise because you don't know as much as you think you do.
Jakobshavn is "arguably the most important Greenland glacier because it discharges the most ice in the northern hemisphere. For all of Greenland, it is king," said Box, who was not part of the study. The lead authors of the Nature Geoscience study claimed the natural cyclical cooling of North Atlantic waters was likely the catalyst for the reversal. They also say the phenomena is probably temporary. On a geologic scale, it is all temporary.
This is ultimately bad news on the long-term because it suggests ocean temperature is a bigger player in glacier retreats than previously thought, NASA climate scientist Josh Willis told reporters. Throughout the next several years water will be warming from climate change, he noted, adding that more than 90 percent of the heat greenhouse gasses trap folds into the ocean.
The study comes on the heels of research in 2017 showing that some of the largest non-polar glaciers in the world are either stable or growing due to a "vortex" of cold air over a 1,200-mile section of the greater Asia. Climate models have been unable to reproduce the phenomenon, an August 2017 study published in Nature revealed. The system is keeping Karakoram mountain range glaciers from melting.
Still many scientists and activists have sounded the alarm on Antarctic ice melt. A recent assessment of Antarctic data found that ice melt had dramatically increased in recent years, but critics said that work did not take into account modeling errors of the movement of the Earth beneath the ice sheets. Or maybe the sun has a bigger chunk of the "Global climate change" than you care to admit? Earth getting colder as the sun slows down its activity? Nah... where is the graft in that?
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Past Two years it has been growing? I give Trump full credit and I think it is due to the Oil and Shale boom in America. Wow! It feels great to be a environmental scientist.
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Ice Glacier; what other kind is there?
Well, glacier implies ice. At various times (maybe never here on Earth) it might have been frozen methane or something...
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I give Trump full credit
"Even while arm wrestling Mueller with my weaker arm, I made the glacier grow." Take that, obunghole...
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With all the good news so far this week (Mueller witch hunt finally fizzling out, Obamacare on the ropes, Green New deal dying), my glacier's growing, if ya know what I mean...
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I have stated here and idea on SCOTUS that I liked. Expand the court to 50. Each state appoints one justice to the court for a term of one year (judges can be appointed multiple years) and in case of a tie, the vice-president gets the tie breaker vote.
Keeps things nice and Republic like and good luck stuffing that court. Since it has become a stage to set social policy into rights and laws that never existed, let each state get its say.
[PJ] Jannique Stewart, a pro-life speaker with Life Training Institute was invited to speak at an abortion debate at Cornell University but she was disinvited when the organizers realized she believes in the traditional Christian teachings on sexuality and marriage.
"In January, I was invited to speak on April 23rd, at Cornell University's Political Union (CPU), regarding the fact that abortion is a moral wrong," Stewart wrote in a Facebook post on Saturday. Everything was on track until the organizers examined the bio she sent them.
"I received a shocking phone call in which I was told that I was being DISINVITED. Why? I was being DISINVITED because of my outspoken beliefs regarding biblical sexuality," she wrote. "Specifically, because of two main beliefs: 1. Sexual activity should be reserved for marriage 2. Natural marriage defined by God as the Union of one man and one woman."
In a statement emailed to PJ Media, Stewart explained that her ministry, Love Protects, "addresses a range of issues dealing with biblical sexuality: abstinence until marriage, pro-life, anti-pornography, to issues regarding the traditional and biblical view on marriage and LGBTQ issues."
Stewart insisted: "YES, it was made very clear to me that I was being DISINVITED invited because of my views. That is VIEWPOINT DISCRIMINATION."
The story gets even worse, however. The organizers did not just disinvite her, they called her beliefs bigotry.
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Ya know, for a bunch of people who think religion is silly and the Bible is full of lies, they sure do go through hoops about what The Book thinks about them.
It is almost like the XXHOTBBQ community is a bit touchy and confrontational. You know; emotionally unstable.
And these people, who hate these institutions of Church and Christianity and Marriage, want anything to do with them; getting a wedding cake to get married in a church. Its insane.
People invented Klingon out of whole cloth, certainly a term for our devotion together through love for the rest of our lives can be concocted?
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As opposed to the lib standard, which is: "Marriage is between whomever and whatever, and if you start counting how many creatures and items are involved, you are a bigot!"
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So they held a debate and, to insure the winner they wanted, only invited one side.
[The Federalist] By recent headlines, it appears the culture of death, often conceived of as limited to abortion, has spilled into the world of the born. Infanticide by neglect is not only on the table, it is already in practice in states that do not have protections for aborted infants born alive. Yet infanticide is but one fang in the mouth of a Typhon we see emerging from the shadows, abortion being the head that holds it.
Legal abortion affects how special-needs and physically disabled people are seen by society and cared for, how much choice women feel they have in dealing with difficult pregnancies, and how babies born prematurely are treated. It lets men off the hook for caring for their children, not just granting supposedly consequence-free sex but depriving them of the opportunity to rise and meet the rewarding responsibilities of fatherhood.
Abortion fosters a culture of learned helplessness, where women are not encouraged to fight for their vulnerable little children and abortion is seen as the easiest solution to the "problem" of a child. It fosters a culture where motherhood is seen as an impediment to other pursuits rather than a precious and fulfilling calling.
As many harms as can be halted by ending abortion, we cannot defeat the culture of death by lopping off just that one head. To understand the full breadth of the civilizational threats posed by pro-death policies, we must shine a light on another head of that monster: assisted suicide. (For my purposes here, I will include euthanasia by lethal injection from a medical professional, into this definition).
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Articles like these do not help the cause of stopping assisted suicide. I personally would be fully in favor of legalizing this practice... in a world where the government had no say in a person's end of life care. But when they have almost all of the say, this is wrong on every level. The government will, and has, used these laws to kill people, both for political reason, and for more general social engineering reasons.
But appealing to faulty moral arguments (and spending the front paragraphs talking about abortion instead of the actual subject of the body of the article) just makes the article less convincing. Abortion is murder, through and through. There is no system where it is okay. But if a person decides by themselves, in a healthy state of mind, there are states of mind or body they don't want to live through, I really have no problem with that. Making it morally equivalent makes people like me reflexively dislike the article, even though the cause is a good one.
[News10] The flight on Monday seemed to go perfectly well, until passengers realized that their plane had landed in both the wrong city and the wrong country.
The British Airways flight from London City Airport was supposed to head to Duesseldorf, Germany, but ended up in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.
The airline said Monday the problem started when an incorrect flight plan was filed by WDL Aviation, which operated the flight on behalf of British Airways. Officials say the pilot followed the flight plan for Edinburgh, and that air traffic control officials also were following the same flight plan and saw nothing amiss.
WDL aviation said it was trying to determine the cause of the "obviously unfortunate mix-up."
The flight was refueled and set off again, this time directly to Duesseldorf.
[Breitbart] France on Monday banned flights by Iranian airline Mahan Air, on the grounds that Mahan is employed by the Iranian regime to send troops and weapons to hotspots across the Middle East, including Syria.
The move is a significant step toward European acceptance of the Trump administration’s argument that Iran is a major threat to stability in the Middle East.
Mahan Air, Iran’s oldest private airline, was sanctioned by the United States in 2011 for supporting the notorious Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the theocracy-controlled, terror-sponsoring wing of Iran’s military.
The airline was also banned by Germany at the beginning of 2019. France considered a ban under the previous administration but relented because it worried sanctions against the Iranian airline would destroy the allegedly positive diplomatic environment after the Iran nuclear deal was signed in 2015.
Germany cited Mahan Air’s ties with the IRGC’s Quds Force, an elite unit with a history of espionage activity, when it revoked the airline’s permits in January. The United States designated Mahan as a material supporter of terrorism due to its Quds Force ties.
"The French ban on the airline, which had four flights a week to Paris from Tehran, takes effect from April 1. The airline’s website is no longer taking reservations and calls to its offices in Paris were not answered," Reuters reported on Monday.
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No worries, I'm sure Mahan Air still has lots of admirers of the official sort in Chermany...
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[WND] Students at a Muslim school in Houston, Texas, celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Iran with condemnations of U.S. sanctions against the rogue regime and declarations that the ayatollah "is our leader."
A video of the celebration at the Islamic Education Center of Houston on Feb. 20 was uploaded to the school’s YouTube channel, according to the Middle East Media Research Institute, or MEMRI.
Morteza Kazemian, a 10th grader, said the United States continues to sanction Iran because it is scared of the Islamic nation.
The crowd chanted in response: "Away with the humiliation ... Allah Akbar! Khamenei is our leader!"
The reference was to the ayatollah who serves as Iran’s supreme leader.
In addition, young boys wearing scarves and green headbands sang a song for the ayatollah.
"We are your followers, you are our leader. ... We are your soldiers, and together we can all be your power. ... May Allah always keep your hand upon us. ... A warrior just like the Battle of Khaybar. ... May you always be the light to our guidance."
Press TV anchor Marzieh Hashemi spoke briefly at the ceremony through a video call.
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Expelling them from the Muslim school they attend to avoid the kuffar in public schools won't work, Rob Crawford. Indoctrination is protected behind their privately funded walls.
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About swksvolFF’s video: all the career ambitions and life responsibility goals are laudable. The worship of Barack Obama and claims about Obamacare are straight up brainwashing. I do hope these and similar groups of young black men manage to keep the golden goals and throw away the false god.
[The Hill] The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday announced that it is siding with a district court ruling that found the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.
The move is an escalation of the Trump administration's legal battle against the health care law.
The DOJ previously argued in court that the law's pre-existing condition protections should be struck down. Now, the administration argues the entire law should be invalidated.
U.S. District Court Judge Reed O'Connor ruled in December that the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate is unconstitutional and that the rest of law is therefore invalid.
The DOJ said Monday that it agrees the decision should stand as the case works its way through the appeals process in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
"The Department of Justice has determined that the district court’s judgement should be affirmed," the department said in a short letter to the appeals court.
The move is certain to prompt new denunciations from Democrats, who had already seized on the Trump administration's earlier call for the pre-existing condition protections to be struck down.
[Right Scoop] As I’m sure you al have seen, Democrats are trying to make a big spectacle about calling for the release of the full Mueller report, even though AG Barr has already said he would release as much as possible under the rules of the DOJ.
Well today, after the House held a similar vote on a non-binding resolution calling for the report’s release, Senate Democrats tried to do the same. But they were stymied when Mitch McConnell objected to the unanimous consent request and shut it down.
Here’s more:
THE HILL ‐ Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday blocked a resolution calling for special counsel Robert Mueller’s report to be released publicly.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) asked for unanimous consent for the nonbinding resolution, which cleared the House 420-0, to be passed by the Senate following Mueller’s submission of his final report on Friday.
"Whether or not you’re a supporter of President Trump ... there is no good reason not to make the report public," Schumer said from the floor. "It’s a simple request for transparency. Nothing more, nothing less."
But McConnell objected, noting that Attorney General William Barr is working with Mueller to determine what in his report can be released publicly and what cannot.
"The special counsel and the Justice Department ought to be allowed to finish their work in a professional manner," McConnell said. "To date, the attorney general has followed through on his commitments to Congress. One of those commitments is that he intends to release as much information as possible."
Schumer added after McConnell’s objection that the resolution didn’t say the report should be released "immediately" but just that it ought to be released.
"I’m sort of befuddled by the majority leader’s reasoning in this regard because it is not in the words of this resolution," he said.
But McConnell countered that the president has had to wait two years while the investigation was ongoing and "it’s not unreasonable to give the special counsel and the Justice Department just a little time to complete their review in a professional and responsible manner."
McConnell is absolutely right here and I’m glad he blocked Schumer’s request.
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They've said they will release everything they legally can - which excludes things related to Grand Jury testimonies, and probably some names. Trump can override and release a lot, but even he can't violate Grand Jury law - maybe that's what Dems want, so they can impeach him for it.
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Somewhere along the line the Democrats went from playing chess and thinking a few moves ahead to just knee-jerk responses without any thought at all. I'm not sure when this actually happened but its been obvious sine Trump was elected.
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea sent back its officials to an inter-Korean liaison office in the North’s border city of Kaesong on Monday, reversing a decision two days ago to withdraw the officials, South Korea’s Unification Ministry said.
A group of four to five officials showed up at the office earlier in the morning saying they came to work "as usual," the ministry said in a statement.
Though the presence of the North’s head of the office was not confirmed, the two sides held a consultation and will "continue to operate the office as usual," the ministry said.
[BBC] The Mexican president has sent a letter to Spain's King Felipe VI and Pope Francis urging them to apologise for human rights abuses committed during the conquest of the region.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the indigenous peoples of Mexico had been the victims of massacres.
Speaking in the ruins of an ancient Mexican city, he called for a full account of the abuses.
Spain rejected the call and called for a "constructive perspective" instead.
'Brother nations'
Mr López Obrador was unsparing in his criticism of both Spain and the Vatican, saying: "The time has come to reconcile. But let us ask forgiveness first."
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Got to remember that the army Cortez lead in the siege of Tenochtitlan was largely composed of native tribes throwing off the yoke of Aztec oppression. Sort of rips a the heart of the faux victimhood.
BTW, quit dumping your indios y mestizos upon us in order to retain the power of the purer Spanish blood overlords that own and operate Mexico.
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Why? Everybody benefited from the destruction of the Aztecs. I would rather be ruled by the fractured, civil-war ridden "state" of Mexico, or even Syria, than people who quite literally spent their years conquering their neighbors and offering ten or hundreds of thousands of human sacrifices at a time.
[Babylon Bee] WASHINGTON, D.C.‐After a two-year-long investigation that included thousands of indictments, hundreds of search warrants, and several guilty pleas, Robert Mueller and the FBI managed to provide conclusive proof that Hillary Clinton was actually just a terrible candidate, sources confirmed Monday.
The official report summary indicated that the main factor in Clinton losing the election was not Russian collusion but her just being a really bad nominee.
"We have uncovered damning evidence that Hillary Clinton lost the election by colluding with the DNC to be the absolute worst possible candidate," Mueller said in his first public address since the historic report was delivered. "As we could not find any Russian collusion, this was the only thing we managed to prove."
"I mean, she lost to Donald Trump, for Pete's sake," he added, shaking his head.
Investigators showed that Clinton's extreme lack of charisma or likability, her awful public policy record, her constant disparagement of millions of Americans she disagreed with, and her terrible campaign strategies resulted in her defeat.
"The only collusion we found was between Hillary Clinton and her campaign to be really unlikable," Mueller continued. "And while she really is repulsive to so many Americans, that's unfortunately not a crime, so I can't charge her with anything. Ugh."
[American Thinker] A woman named Bob Bland (yeah, I know) believes that the "Jewish establishment" caused the New Zealand mosque attack.
Bland shared a particularly nasty and nauseating posting on Facebook that blames Jews for the massacre.
Jerusalem Post:
On March 17, Bob Bland shared a post from Jesse Rabinowitz ‐ a social justice advocate ‐ who wrote that: "The same language and hate that folks spew against Sisters [Women's March co-leader] Linda Sarsour and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) killed 54 Muslims in New Zealand. You can't stand in solidarity with the Muslim community and simultaneously disavow Muslim women for speaking their truths. American Jewish Establishment, I'm looking at you."
The share was not accompanied by any additional statement from Bland.
In the comments section, a follower called out Bland for suggesting "that you cannot feel sympathy for the tragedy that happened if you do not agree with Linda and Ilana." The comment also added: "My biggest fear is that the entire purpose of your post was to somehow insult or shame Jews."
It's now hateful to call an anti-Semite an anti-Semite? Who knew?
Bland later apologized, using the excuse that she's a mother and was busy doing mom things:
...but don't worry, she won't be banned like conservatives or MAGA hat wearing individuals. Only they are the vermin hateful morlocks. So says the SPLC, the official validator of bias for Facebook. (do I need to but a /sarc on that?)
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"The same language and hate that folks spew against $(THE_USUAL_SUSPECTS) killed 54 Muslims in New Zealand.
No, it weren't the Juice. The guy who did it was a self-described eco-fascist who admires the ChiComs. He would happily murder your sisters for being invaders.
[Daily Caller] House Democrats nixed Republicans’ request for unanimous consent to bring the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act to a vote for a 20th time Monday.
Republican Georgia Rep. Rick Allen made the call for unanimous consent Monday. Numerous Republican representatives have made the same petition to consider the bill. A failed Senate vote on a counterpart bill drew major attention in late February.
After the 17th rejection, House Republican leaders announced their strategy to bring the anti-infanticide legislation to the floor March 13. They plan to bypass Democrats with a discharge petition, which would allow the House to vote with only an absolute majority, Minority Whip Steve Scalise said. (RELATED: Democratic Senator Declines To Seek 2020 Re-Election)
"I’m calling on every member of Congress to sign the discharge petition when it ripens in a few weeks so that we can bring this bill to the floor, have this debate where all the country can see that this process, this grisly process, barbaric process of murdering babies when they are born alive is legal in many states and, in fact, needs to be stopped," Scalise said.
[Aljazeera] Golda Meir, Israel's only female prime minister, once commented on her fairly advanced years upon securing the country's top job, saying "Being 70 is no sin, but it's not a joke either."
But Meir, who was confirmed by the Knesset as prime minister 50 years ago on Sunday, was also renowned for her more xenophobic remarks, particularly at the expense of Palestinians.
"There were no such thing as Palestinians," she was quoted as saying in the Sunday Times and Washington Post in June 1969.
"When was there an independent Palestinian people with a Palestinian state? ... It was not as though there was a Palestinian people in Palestine considering itself as a Palestinian people and we came and threw them out and took their country away from them. They did not exist," Meir said.
For her critics, Meir's jingoistic comments concerning Palestinians remain one of her defining - and most damning - legacies.
[Aljazeera] US President Donald Trump has recognised the disputed Golan Heights as Israeli territory in an election boost for visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, drawing a sharp response from Syria, which once held the strategic land.
With Netanyahu looking over his shoulder at the White House, Trump signed a proclamation officially granting United States recognition of the occupied Golan as Israeli territory - a dramatic shift from decades of US policy.
The move, which Trump announced in a tweet last Thursday, appeared to be the most overt gesture by the Republican president to help Netanyahu, who had been pressing Trump for the move since February 2017.
Netanyahu welcomed Trump's action and said Israel had never had a better friend. He harked back to two previous Middle Eastern wars in justifying Israel's need to hang on to the Golan.
Syria reacted swiftly to Trump's proclamation, calling it a "blatant attack" on its sovereignty and territorial integrity and saying it had a right to reclaim the Golan. but not the ability
The Syrian foreign minister said US recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights will lead to its isolation.
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The Golan Heights overlooks a Jewish kibbutz on the Sea of Galilee which would be susceptible to rocket fire or artillery if Israel did not control the heights. The GHs provides a buffer. It would be an avenue for invasion from Syria.
[New York Post] Former head of the CIA John Brennan admitted on Monday that he may have relied on "bad information" for his relentless attacks on President Trump.
Brennan ‐ who once warned that "our Nation’s future is at stake" ‐ told MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" that he may have been misled on the extent of Trump’s connections to Russia.
"Well, I don’t know if I received bad information but I think I suspected there was more than there actually was," Brennan said. "I am relieved that it’s been determined there was not a criminal conspiracy with the Russian government over our election."
The former spy chief was reacting to a summary report by Attorney General William Barr released on Saturday that states there was no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
Brennan still maintained that there were inappropriate attempts to communicate with the Kremlin but said he was "not all that surprised that the high bar of criminal conspiracy was not met."
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Would Brennan still be at CIA if Hillary had won? What other horrors might the nation have had to endure if that witch had gotten into the White House?
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However, that may explain all the CIA failures for the last, what?, fifty years? Maybe we should be looking for people who can gather good information.
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You're the f*cking former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. A liar, commie, and Muzzie symp. Kill yourself
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However, that may explain all the CIA failures for the last, what?, fifty years? Maybe we should be looking for people who can gather good information.
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Funny how the last few decades the CIA was fairly reliable as the bad guy (or full of rogue agents) in movies. Better seen as the villain than incompetent I guess.
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[Free Beacon] Lawyer Michael Avenatti's co-conspirator in his alleged attempt to extort more than $20 million from Nike is CNN contributor and Democratic donor Mark Geragos, a lawyer who has gained celebrity for defending the likes of pop star Michael Jackson for child molestation, actor Jussie Smolett when he claimed to be victim in a hate crime, and Chris Brown for assault.
Geragos was unnamed in the criminal complaint released Monday by federal prosecutors, but was with Avenatti during his March 19 New York City meeting with Nike, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Geragos is perhaps best known for his legal commentary on CNN, but he has also been a consistent donor for Democratic candidates.
He contributed over $5,000 to now-Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris when she was running to be reelected attorney general of California. He has also given money to Democrats such as House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff (Calif.), presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii), and Sen. Chris Coons (Del.).
Geragos was not arrested by authorities on Monday, but was present at the meeting that sparked the investigation, according to the Wall Street Journal report.
[Breitbart] The Pentagon announced Monday evening that Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan authorized $1 billion for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) for building the border wall pursuant to the president’s emergency declaration last month.
"These funds will be used to support DHS’s request to build 57 miles of 18-foot-high pedestrian fencing, constructing and improving roads, and installing lighting within the Yuma and El Paso Sectors of the border in support of the February 15 national emergency declaration on the southern border of the United States," the Pentagon announced in a statement.
The Pentagon also noted that 10 U.S.C. § 284(b)(7) gives the Department of Defense the authority to construct roads and fences and to install lighting to block drug smuggling corridors across international boundaries of the United States in support of counter-narcotic activities of Federal law enforcement agencies.
The Pentagon also released a letter from Shanahan authorizing the funds in response to a DHS request for support.
The letter was addressed to DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and was in response to her request for support to secure the southern border by blocking up to 11 drug smuggling corridors along the border by constructing roads and fences and the installation of lighting.
[Breitbart] Former Obama CIA Director John Brennan faced a day of reckoning on Monday, after the Special Counsel investigation did not establish there was collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia after extensive investigation.
Although conservatives have long cast a wary eye at the former CIA director, whose hyper-partisan rants and high-profile role as a senior national security and intelligence analyst for NBC and MSNBC went beyond previous CIA chiefs in recent memory, mainstream media journalists, are now also questioning his credibility.
ABC News Senior National Correspondent Terry Moran on Sunday tweeted, along with a clip of a March 6 interview on MSNBC, "John Brennan has a lot to answer for ‐ going before the American public for months, cloaked with CIA authority and openly suggesting he’s got secret info, and repeatedly turning in performances like this."
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...He's also now suggesting that he's not surprised by the report results. Myself, I suggest that he gets audited - by the Agency and the IRS - with a carrot peeler.
Mike
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No Mike. I think a box grater would work better followed by a H2 O2 shower. Finished off with burying in an ant hill while slathered in honey.
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It's extremely disingenuous for Moran to say something that self-serving - the MSM actively encouraged Brennan, Clapper, et. al. to pig pile on Trump and now they're trying to make Brennan a scapegoat?
[IsraelTimes] Child taken from Beit El to nearby hospital after bullet strikes his hand; army says shots were fired from adjacent Paleostinian village.
A 7-year-old Israeli boy was lightly injured Monday night, when shots were fired at the central West Bank settlement of Beit El from a nearby Paleostinian village, the IDF said.
The young child was rushed to Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center after sustaining a hand wound in the shooting.
The army said that troops were searching the surrounding area for suspects and that the shots had come from the direction of the Paleostinian village of Dura al-Qaraa, north of Beit El.
Doctors at the Jerusalem hospital said the boy was fully conscious, but would likely require surgery.
Responding to the shooting, Beit El Local Council chairman Shai Alon said, "Miraculously, the injury was mild, but the incident could have ended otherwise."
The settler leader called on the army to enter Jalazone, another village north of the settlement, "from which we have endured several shooting attacks." He called for troops to "restore order and settle accounts there."
[IsraelTimes] The UN Security Council in a December 1981 resolution called Israel’s de-facto annexation of the Golan Heights is "null and void and without international legal effect" ‐ and the UN says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres adheres to council resolutions.
UN front man Stephane Dujarric says that Guterres’ position remains unchanged despite US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... ’s formal recognition of Israel’s illusory sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
Antonio Guterres, United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... Secretary-General delivers a speech during the opening of the COP24 summit on climate change in Katowice, Poland, on December 3, 2018. (Janek SKARZYNSKI/AFP)
Guterres says in a report on recent activities of the UN peacekeeping force on the Golan Heights that he was "gravely concerned" at escalating tension there between Israel and Syria. He circulates the report to the Security Council.
The secretary-general singled out three incidents between Syria and Israel between November 20 and February 11.
[Jpost] The festive atmosphere of the second day of the AIPAC Policy Conference was overshadowed by news of the rocket attack from Gazoo Monday at dawn that struck Moshav Mishmeret. At the long lines for security checks outside the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, the MKs, journalists and participants from across the US were all regularly checking their cellphone for updates.
Maj.-Gen. (res) Amos Gilad told The Jerusalem Post that we are already in a new "round of violence."
"Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", attacked Israel. They have all sorts of excuses. But they are in charge in Gazoo, and Israel responses accordingly. We are already in the midst of escalation. We did not initiate it. We are responding, defending ourselves. We should wait and see the outcome of the [IDF] attacks. That looks serious," he said.
Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told the Post that "It is obviously a concern. There were provocations that are not acceptable, and we have to learn more about it. I don’t know all the details yet." When asked if he thinks that we’re getting closer to a military confrontation between Israel and Hamas, Engel replied: "I don’t know. I hope not. But I certainly understand that Israel needs to protect its people, and the United States has always been supportive of Israel, and will continue to do so."
In a conversation at the sidelines of AIPAC confab, Engel also addressed the presidential decision to recognize Israel illusory sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
"Israel has controlled the Golan Heights since the war in 1967," he said. "I can’t think of anybody who seriously thinks that Israel should leave. Obviously, it is important to the security of Israel to continue to have a strong Israeli presence there. However they do it is fine with me. But I think that everyone realizes that given the situation in Syria, given the fact that there’s no real government there, given the fact that Assad is a murderer, no one thinks that the Golan Heights should return to Syria."
Former secretary of cabinet and current Blue and White Knesset candidate Zvi Hauser told the Post that "In moments like this, the political debate is irrelevant. There’s a challenge to the state of Israel. The main challenge to the security is the missiles threat, both in the south and Israel’s north front. Therefore, we can’t live in a situation in which [the] Israeli citizen is the only one in the world that faces this threat on a daily basis."
[Jpost] Protesters outside the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, DC compared Israel supporters to Nazis in a demonstration organized by al-Awda, an anti-Israel group with connections to several Paleostinian terrorist organizations.
"A progressive Zionist is the same as a progressive Nazi," Abbas Hamideh, an al-Awda leader, chanted at Sunday’s protest, with demonstrators cheering him in response. Hamideh posted a video of the protest on his Facebook page.
In a reference to a remark by Rep. Ilhan Omar Somali-American Dem representative from Minnesota. She is apparently married to her brother and may be her own grandmaw... (D-MN), which was condemned as antisemitic by many Jewish organizations and members of Congress on both sides of the aisle, Hamideh said: "We are demanding an end to AIPAC’s influence over our American politicians. We demand an end to the Benjamins" ‐ meaning $100 bills ‐ "that go to the politicians."
Al-Awda, which is Arabic for "the return," calls on its website for an end to all US aid to Israel, a comprehensive boycott of Israel, the "right of return" for Paleostinian refugees and their descendants, and a Paleostinian state "in all of Paleostine," meaning one that would replace Israel. It refers to Israel in quotation marks, further signaling its refusal to accept the country’s existence.
Earlier this month, The Jerusalem Post exposed al-Awda’s ties to terrorist groups. It is a founding member of the Global Paleostinian Right of Return Coalition (GPRRC), part of the Paleostinian BDS National Committee (BNC), which coordinates the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions movement worldwide. The central organization in the BNC is the Paleostinian National and Islamic Forces (PNIF), which includes five US-designated terrorist organizations: Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Paleostine (PFLP), the Popular Front - General Command, the Paleostine Liberation Front and Paleostinian Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... One of al-Awda’s co-founders, Mazin Qumsiyeh, was the coordinator of the Popular Resistance Committee Against the Wall, which, according to the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, coordinated its activities with Hamas and the PFLP, among other groups. Qumsiyeh was tossed in the clink Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! by Israeli authorities a dozen times, by his own admission in 2011. Since its establishment, al-Awda has also regularly hosted convicted Lions of Islam and members of terrorist groups at its events.
Following the Post’s reporting, the International Legal Forum (ILF) sent a warning letter to GoFundMe, where al-Awda was raising money to organize its demonstration at AIPAC, saying that they are providing services to a terrorism-affiliated organization.
GoFundMe told ILF that its "Trust & Safety team will be investigating the page and taking appropriate action." The site did not respond to further inquiries.
ILF CEO Yifa Segal said that "providing financial services to terror-affiliated organizations constitutes material support for terrorism which is a severe federal offense under US law. The ILF is committed to exposing and pursuing these matters, making sure that the law is enforced and terror-affiliated organizations are defunded and unmasked."
Al-Awda’s GoFundMe page for the protest said it aims to "expose [AIPAC’s] subversion of US foreign policy" and "continue to battle on behalf of the beleaguered Paleostinian people." They promoted the event on social media with the hashtag "#SupportPaleostineInDC2019." The organization sought to match its fundraising from last year’s protest, which reached $10,000, but as of March 25, it only raised half that amount.
[Jpost] Schumer bellowed a pro-Israel message at the annual event, while calling out fellow politician Rep. Ilhan Omar Somali-American Dem representative from Minnesota. She is apparently married to her brother and may be her own grandmaw... who had questioned the Jewish ability to be pro-Israel and pro-American at the same time.
Schumer, born in Brooklyn, is himself Jewish. He has served as the senior United States Senator from New York since the late 1990s.
[Jpost] US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo embraced Israel in a speech at the AIPAC policy conference in Washington DC on Tuesday.
"Israel should be admired, not attacked, embraced, not vilified," Pomeo stated at the annual gathering of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. "I’m proud to lead American diplomacy to support Israel’s right to defend itself, stand with the Jewish people, and champion the perennial cause of religious liberty," he said.
Pompeo was one of the many elected officials from both Israel and America to speak at the event hosted by the pro-Israeli lobby. The State Department has historically been viewed by many pro-Israel activists as leaning toward pressuring Israel into compromise vis-a-vis the Palestinians. However the Trump Administration seems to have shifted the narrative, recognizing Israel's right to the Golan Heights on Monday. The strategic highlands was controlled by Syria from 1948 - 1967.
"The rise of antisemitism & anti-Zionism strikes at the very foundation of freedom," Pompeo added. "The Trump Administration opposes it unequivocally and will fight it relentlessly, from the fever swamp of the UN Human Rights Council to the world’s number one proponent of antisemitism: Iran," the Secretary of State declared.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was scheduled to speak at the conference but returned to Israel early Tuesday morning due to the rocket attack crisis.
[AnNahar] The head of Prague's Moslem community who urged Czech Moslems to acquire arms after the Christchurch attack has been sacked, the Czech Moslem Communities Center said Monday.
"Our meeting on March 24... decided unequivocally to cancel Mr Leonid Kushnarenko's membership of the Czech Moslem Communities Center with an immediate effect," the Center said on Facebook.
"The reason behind this decision is the statement and acts of Mr Kushnarenko, which seriously harm the interests of... the Moslem community in the Czech Republic."
Kushnarenko had offered to help Prague Moslems obtain firearms in a video message posted to Facebook after an Australian white supremacist killed 50 people in two mosques during a rampage in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 15.
"In light of the recent tragic events I inform all our members, in particular men -- all who want... to get armed to protect their health and property, contact me and I'll help you." Kushnarenko said.
The Denik N daily quoted the Ukrainian-born lawyer as saying he made the appeal owing to "Islamophobic sentiments" in the Czech Republic.
Czech President Milos Zeman won his second term last year with strong anti-Moslem rhetoric, while the anti-migrant far-right SPD party now has 19 politicians in the 200-seat parliament.
Kushnarenko told Denik N Monday he was entitled to appeal the decision, which also strips him of leadership in the Prague Moslem community, but added that he would not.
The Moslem population in the Czech Republic, an EU member of 10.6 million people, comprised 3,358 people in a 2011 census, but unofficial estimates suggest a community of 10,000-20,000 people.
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Five minutes ago I wouldn't have expected to sympathize empathize with a Ukrainian Muslim phobia-mongering lawyer about much of anything, but, assuming he and his little playmates are legal residents, I find I kinda do. Who knew Czech gun laws were so (relatively) cool? Well... most of you, probably. Lemme go check my temperature.
Both girls are minors, ages 13 and 14. They are too young to get married under Pak law. In a sane world they would also be too young to change religions. Problem would be solved, assuming the Paks wanted it to be. [DAWN] Police have detained at least seven people, including a Nikah Khwan (marriage officiator), suspected of involvement in the alleged abductions, forced conversions from Hindusim to Islam, and underage marriages of two minor sisters reported in Ghotki.
On Saturday, the government took notice of the incident after two separate videos started doing rounds on social media. The father and brother of the girls in videos circulating on social media said that the two sisters were kidnapped and forced into changing their religion from Hinduism to Islam. However, ars longa, vita brevis... Continued on Page 49
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[DAWN] A woman was caught with 13.126 kilogrammes of heroin by the Ant-Narcotics Force (ANF) at the Islamabad International Airport on Sunday.
According to the ANF, the arrest and seizure was made in the light of intelligence that an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of narcotics would be made by a woman.
The British national of Pak origin was travelling to Vienna via Doha in a 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... Airways flight.
The woman, identified by the ANF as Kaiser Younus, a native of Mirpur, had crossed the security, customs and ANF joint checking and was waiting in the passenger lounge when she was apprehended.
The suspect was stopped from boarding and asked for a baggage search.
During the search, the ANF staff found heroin concealed in three suitcases.
She was shifted to the ANF cop shoppe where a case was registered against her.
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"Just have the death penalty for drug trafficking, that'll solve it (Charlie Daniels, looking at you) Oh, wait...
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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) ‐ An Iraqi court has sentenced an 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.... murderous Moslem to life in jail over his involvement in making bombs in djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , once a stronghold of the terrorist group.
The murderous Moslem was found guilty of "running a workshop for the manufacture of explosive charges in Ba’ashiqah district in Mosul," Baghdad Today quoted the Supreme Judicial Council as saying in a statement on Monday.
"The convict was tossed in the clink Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! in Samarra city after fleeing from Mosul city," the statement read.
Iraqi courts have sentenced many of Islamic State members, including a big number of female members, to death over joining the murderous Moslem group.
The exact number of detained bandidosholy warriors is still unknown, however, it’s estimated to be at thousands. It’s also unclear how many members are likely to face death sentences.
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[ToloNews] At least two children were killed in a clash between government forces and Talibs in Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... province on Sunday, local officials said on Monday.
Another person was maimed in the clash, the Herat governor's front man Jailani Farhad, said, adding that the two children were brothers and the maimed is their father.
He said the clash occurred in Azizabad area in Shindand district.
Jailani said it is not clear whether the victims bit the dust in security forces or the Taliban ...Arabic for students... 's firing.
This comes after President Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. ordered strict rules for Afghan forces to prevent civilian casualties in their operations.
[Debka] The US has continued to buttress its military presence in E. Syria and W. Iraq in six bases, since the buildup was first reported by DEBKAfile on March 9. On March 20, 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... confirmed the decision to leave 400 US troops in Syria ‐ 200 in the north and 200 at Al Tanf on the Jordanian border. (He did not speak about 200 on the Israeli border, as widely reported.) Two days earlier, Gen. Joseph Danford, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, denied a Wall Street Journal report that the US planned to leave 1,000 soldiers in Syria, while unnamed US military sources spoke of 1,500 American troops that would remain in North Syria.
DEBKAfile’s military and intelligence sources have sorted out the conflicting reports and can confirm that the US has substantially boosted its military strength in both countries and distributed the strength among six bases:
Three are located in Iraq. For the first time since ISIS was defeated there in early 2016, US Marines have been posted to a base near the Iraqi town of Ramadi, capital of the western governorate of Anbar and 1110km from Baghdad. (See attached map.).
Reinforcements have also reached the US K1 military base near Kirkuk. Earlier this year, the US army converted this facility into its main depot for the intake of American troops and equipment withdrawn from Syria. Since the withdrawal has wound down, K1 has been built up for controlling the northern sector of the Iraqi-Syrian border from Iraqi Kurdistan.
The third US base consolidated in Iraq this week was the big Ayn al-Asad Airbase (which President Trump visited last Christmas).
A glance at the attached map reveals that by dint of their newly-reinforced and deployed strength, US forces in Iraq are able to afford the American Middle East command full control of central, western and northern Iraq.
The US bases augmented in Syria this month are located in three regions:
The southern Al Tanf base, just 24km west of the Syrian-Jordanian-Iraq border junction, has been strengthened with additional Marine and artillery forces.
Al Raqqa, 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.... ’s stronghold in Syria until its ouster by US-backed Kurdish forces in 2017, is the second base.
And the third is the US air base at Remelin northeast of Hasakeh, the Syrian Kurds’ political center.
The six bases are focal points of US military command control of around 1,500 sq.km of territory between Ramadi in central Iraq, up to Hasakeh in northern Syria, and down south to Al Tanf. This wedge of land is bisected down the center by the Iraqi-Syria border.
The new US military deployment in Syria and Iraq gives substance to President Trump’s statement that the time has come to recognize Israeli illusory sovereignty over the Golan. Most significantly, it is a high impediment for the plan hatched between Tehran and the Assad regime to go forward without delay for the establishment of an Iranian land bridge to the Mediterranean after first reopening the Iraqi-Syrian border. Iranian, Syrian and Iraqi generals began planning this project when they met on March 18 in Damascus.
"We can never let this happen to another president again. I can tell you that. I say it very strongly. Very few people I know could have handled it.” -- Trump on Mueller probe
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...DJT's got a point; I can't think of any other Republican who would have ridden this out the way he has - a McCain or Romney would have 'stepped aside for the good of the nation' long before.
President Trump drives me right up a wall sometimes. But when it comes down to it, I'd much rather have a man like him who takes the 'all enemies, foreign and domestic' part of The Oath seriously.
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An amen to that Mike. DJT is what we need now--someone who doesn't fold when the Demonrats sneeze. I really believe he puts the country first and not himself or party. Moreover, he is rich enough that he doesn't think he is entitled to steal.
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People complain that Trump is rude, crude and disrespectful. Maybe that goes with the territory of street fighter. I think that if people are civil to him he can probably be civil in return. But when was John McCain ever civil to him?
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I don't care who DJT gives a tummy ache to. He's the Real Deal...
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Trump is an obnoxious jerk, an egomaniac, and a liar. That said, he still beats all the rest of the DC establishment because he does not OWE them anything, nor does he/want need anything from them. If only we could have hundreds more egomaniacal, lying jerks like him - we'd be so much better off.
[DAWN] An anti-terrorism court (ATC) 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... on Monday indicted former Malir SSP Rao Anwar and 17 others for the murder of Wazoo native Naqeebullah Mehsud in a fake encounter in Karachi.
Anwar and the other accused, who were in the courtroom when the charges were framed against them, pleaded 'not guilty'.
The court ordered the complainant and the magistrate, who recorded the testimonies of eyewitnesses, to appear on April 11 and adjourned the hearing until then.
Anwar, along with former deputy superintendent of police Qamar and three others who are accused in the case, are out on bail, while 13 police officials are in jail on judicial remand.
An inquiry team probing the Jan 2018 'extrajudicial killing' of Naqeebullah found that the Waziristan native was killed in a "fake encounter" which was "staged" by the former Malir SSP. Following the inquiry team's findings, Anwar was suspended from his post.
Rao Anwar, however, has stuck to the claim that Naqeeb was a Tehrik-e-Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... Pakistain bully boy. No evidence has emerged to support this claim.
The killing of the young Mehsud had sparked widespread protests by the civil society and then chief justice Mian Saqib Nisar took suo motu ...a legal term, from the Latin. Roughly translated it means I saw what you did, you bastard... notice of the killings. But a formal trial of the case had not been initiated until now.
After eluding law enforcers for two months and upon being offered opportunities by retired Justice Nisar to surrender, the former SSP had finally appeared before the Supreme Court and was subsequently tossed in the clink Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! in Islamabad in March last year.
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[KhaamaPress] The Afghan Special Forces conducted fresh raids against Talibs in southeastern Khost and southern Zabul provinces of Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, leaving at least 2 forces of Evil dead.
According to informed military sources, the Afghan Special Forces conducted an operation in Khost province ... across the border from Miranshah, within commuting distance of Haqqani hangouts such as Datta Khel and probably within sight of Mordor. Khost is populated by six different tribes of Pashtuns, the largest probably being the Khostwal, from which it takes its name... leaving at least 1 Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... fighter dead.
The sources further added that seven Talibs were also incarcerated Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! during the same operation.
The Afghan Special Forces conducted an operation in Jaldak district of Zabul province killing 1 Taliban fighter, the sources added.
The anti-government armed forces of Evil including Talibs have not commented regarding the raids so far.
Once upon a time people fled them, gibbering in fear. Now all that’s left is scorn.
[AnNahar] Suicide bombers, snipers, rockets -- 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 fighters did everything they could to defend their last scrap of territory in eastern Syria, but their diminished resources were not enough.
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces on Saturday declared victory over the jihadists in the remote village of Baghouz, after reducing their once terrifying proto-state to a ghostly riverside camp.
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[DAWN] Prime Minister Imran Khan ... aka Taliban Khan, who is the lightweight's lightweight... revealed on Monday that he had cancelled his scheduled meeting with the Taliban ...Arabic for students... in Islamabad due to ’concerns’ expressed by the Afghan government.
He said shadows of war were still hovering over Pakistain and India as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration could go for another misadventure before general elections in the neighbouring country.
The prime minister said Pakistain was likely to hit "big" offshore oil reserves near 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... which would be enough to meet the country’s requirement and save over $12 billion annually on account of oil import bill.
"My meeting with the Taliban was scheduled but it was cancelled due to concerns shown by the Afghan government," Mr Khan said while talking to a group of media persons at the Prime Minister Office. However, some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go... he did not elaborate when and with which Taliban representatives his meeting had been fixed.
Media reports had suggested that after a recent round of talks with the United States in 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... , the Taliban had called off a planned meeting in Pakistain with a plea that most of the members of their negotiating team were unable to travel because of sanctions by the US and United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... .
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[KhaamaPress] The United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Monday released its initial findings regarding alleged civilian casualties in Kunduz Arclight airstrike.
According to initial findings of UNAMA, an airstrike conducted by international military forces on the night of Friday to Saturday in Kunduz in support of pro-Government forces on the ground killed 13 civilians and injured three more.
The UN mission in Afghanistan in a statement said "The Mission expresses serious concern that initial fact-finding indicates that 10 of those killed were children, part of the same extended family whom were displaced by fighting elsewhere in the country. Work is ongoing to verify all civilian casualties that occurred during military operations that were conducted around the time of the airstrike. The incident occurred in the Telawka neighbourhood close to Kunduz city during operations conducted by pro-government forces against Taliban ...Arabic for students... in the area."
The statement further added that UNAMA urges relevant authorities and parties involved in the airstrike to conduct their own enquiries in to the incident and to take immediate steps to safeguard civilians from harm. Parties are urged to publish results of their findings, as well as provide appropriate compensation to victims.
"In its 2018 Annual Protection of Civilians Report, released in February 2019, UNAMA reported a sharp increase in civilian casualties from aerial and search operations in 2018 compared to 2017. The report noted that aerial operations by international military forces, as well as search operations conducted by Afghan national security forces and pro-Government gangs, drove a 24 per cent overall increase in civilian casualties by pro-Government forces. UNAMA expressed particular concern about child casualties from air strikes which have been increasing every year since 2014," UNAMA said.
The statement also added that UNAMA reminds all parties to the conflict to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law to protect civilians from harm, including their obligation to take all feasible precautions to avoid death or injury to civilians.
[ToloNews] Figures reported by members of provincial councils in Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... , Faryab and Badghis provinces indicate that at least 150 members of the Afghan forces have bit the dust in battles against gunnies in the past two weeks ‐ March 11-25.
The figures show that at least 49 members of the security forces were killed in Helmand in the past four days and 63 others were maimed.
Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... has not announced their spring offensive, but many provinces have witnessed heavy festivities between government forces and the gunnies amid the change in the weather over the past two weeks.
"At least 49 security force members were martyred in different parts of Helmand and 93 others were maimed," said Attaullah Afghan, member of Helmand Provincial Council.
However, alcohol has never solved anybody's problems. But then, neither has milk... Helmand governor’s front man Omar Zwak rejected the report and said the casualties are lower than reported by members of the provincial council.
"The casualties of the security forces were 41," Zwak said, but he did not elaborate more in this regard.
Faryab has also witnessed heavy festivities in the past two weeks and reports indicate that many parts of the province are under siege by holy warriors.
"Not only Faryab districts, but its center (Maimana city) is also under siege and the people are mainly suffering from this conflict," said Mohammad Hashim Ortaq, a former MP.
"We had between 200 to 300 deaders only in Qaisar district," claimed Mohammad Tahir Rahmani, head of Faryab Provincial Council.
In Badghis province in the northwest of Afghanistan, 57 security force members were killed during the past two weeks, the provincial council of the province confirmed.
Bala Murghab district in Badghis has been under attack by the Talibs since the beginning of this month. Talibs came from other districts to attack Bala Murghab, according to local officials.
have had 57 deaders," said Mohammad Nasir Nazari, member of Badghis Provincial Council.
Officials from Kunduz province in the north of Afghanistan also said they are concerned about the casualties among government forces as a result of battles in Imam Sahib district.
A military analyst and former deputy minister of interior Mirza Mohammad Yarmand said the capabilities of political rivals should be used for strengthening the capabilities of government in fighting the enemy.
"Political rivals are using their capabilities against each other; they should use it against their common enemy," said Yarmand.
The ministries of Defense and Interior Affairs did not comment on the casualty rate among Afghan forces.
According to President Ghani, at least 45,000 members of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces bit the dust in the past four years.
[ALMASDARNEWS] Lebanese President General 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... ... told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday that Hezbollah is a Lebanese party represented in parliament and government.
General Aoun told the visiting U.S. diplomat that Hezbollah’s presence in Leb stems from a popular base that denotes one of the main sects in the country.
"Maintaining national unity and civil peace is a priority for us," President Aoun told Secretary Pompeo during his meeting with him at the Baabda palace.
Aoun also solicited US support for Leb to secure the repatriation of the Syrian refugees to the safe areas in Syria, noting that Leb has hosted more than 1.5 million Syrians inside its territory and is no longer capable of bearing the repercussions of such displacement on all daily living-related sectors.
Aoun stressed that the arrangements for the return of refugees will continue in accordance with the mechanism set by the Lebanese General Security.
On the other hand, Aoun welcomed the United States’ assistance in the demarcation of the land border known as the "Blue Line," saying that "such an action strengthens security and stability in the south."
The head of state underlined Leb’s commitment to the implementation of U.N. Resolution 1701 to maintain stability along the southern border despite the ongoing Israeli violations by land, air, and sea.
Aoun thanked Minister Pompeo for his country’s assistance to the Lebanese Army, especially during the war of liberating the Beqaa Governorate from terrorist groups like the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS) and Jabhat al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... .
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General Aoun told the visiting U.S. diplomat that Hezbollah’s presence in Leb stems from a popular base that denotes one of the main sects in the country.
"We gots so many crazy savage mother*bleep*ers here they done formed their own political party"
The head of state underlined Leb’s commitment to the implementation of U.N. Resolution 1701
I kinda lost track here. Is 1701 the resolution calling for the Juice to throw themselves into the Med or is it just generic Death To Israel?
The world does not stop turning, it appears, merely because against the greatest odds there has been won a famous victory.
[Rudaw] Washington is working with The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the most dubious NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... ally.... to establish a safe zone along the border of northern Syria which excludes the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), US Syria envoy James Jeffrey told a press briefing Monday.
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This must be a harbinger of something important. "Yuengling holds a special spot in my heart," said Aaron Nola. "I had my first Yuengling Lager after being drafted by Philadelphia and I haven’t looked back. The fact that America’s Oldest Brewery is family owned and operated is important to me as I value family over everything. I love cracking open a cold Yuengling whether it’s a day fishing with my dad and brother back in Louisiana or after a big game."
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I just like that a guy from Louisiana is named Nola. Too tired to look up whether that's Sicilian or Spanish or what... Holy crap, SteveS, I just now noticed your title on the second pass. Guess I am tired. Awestruck!
A rich hipster chick from Poughkeepsie
Was trippin. "It's cool down in Dixie.
Y'all, check out my track stand!"
"Hell naw!" yelled the brass band.
"You can't second line on no fixie!"
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Venezuelan military has deployed more S-300 air defense missiles to a key airbase south of Caracas, the Image Sat International reported on Sunday.
According to Image Sat, the Venezuelan armed forces activated their S-300 missiles after completing their military drills in February.
Image Sat reveals through their satellite imagery the additional S-300 missiles that have been deployed to the Captain Manuel Rios Airbase in the Guarico state of Venezuela:
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So now there's plausible deniability to the idea that the newly arrived Russians will not be manning these systems.
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What is the deal with setting these S-300 systems up everywhere? The modern system is the S-400, right? I would expect that if the US did decide to intervene, these old systems would essentially just be target practice for F-35s or B-2s, unless the US is dumb enough to throw our old A-10s or F-15s directly at missiles defense sites.
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The S-300 only really came online in 2007 for the Russian Federation. Which means only now is it being sold and set up in other countries in large numbers. The S-400 will be sold in larger numbers over the next decade most likely.
So far the S-300 has not performed very well in Syria and sales have dipped in response. Suddenly countries that bought the S-300 are getting an influx of Russian "advisers" for the systems. Putin has to try to support the customers and have the S-300 perform better. Putin needs the hard cash.
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I'm guessing this is for local consumption, and deterrent against their own air force/helicopter pilots thinking about defecting then conducting a raid.
Like that silly video; not to intimidate US Marines but to signal the population that the army will bayonet you in the throat.
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So far the S-300 has not performed very well in Syria and sales have dipped in response.
Part of my pet theory about (alleged) Russian/Israeli cooperation is Syria is the need for deconfliction between S-300 marketing literature and Israeli airstrikes.
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I’d take a brace of them. I have a big back yard. And some Samsung SGR-A1 or the like scattered around the front yard would be nice. I’d put a red hat on them and call them garden gnomes. Or something.
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Protest in Turkey-occupied Azaz city demanding from jihadist factions to stop politicizing education, stop interfering for their own personal agendas, and stop looting pencils and rubbers from the university pic.twitter.com/8zReiKWTl8
[INTELLIGENCEBRIEFS] Somali security forces have reported that they have tossed in the slammer Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! one of the leaders of Al-Shabaab ... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia... in an operation within Mogadishu over the weekend. The arrested Al-Shabaab leader was among the Amniyaat, a section in charge of intelligence and coordination of attacks.
It is believed that he was in charge of the execution of mass murders through attacks that were happening in the country. The Somali forces have carried out operations that aimed to flash out terror cells within the capital.
The Somali government reported that the operation is one of the three operations that it has conducted in Mogadishu for the last two weeks. It is in this section of Al-Shabaab that prepares and stages attacks in Somalia especially the capital.
The Mogadishu positioned members of al-Shabaab are considered as some of the most lethal gunnies in Somalia as they have been responsible for some of the largest attacks in the country. For instance, Somalia lost over 500 people in the Mogadishu’s twin bombing that happened on 14 October, 2017 which was the worst terrorist attack that the country has ever experienced.
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Haniyeh: "We must face the comprehensive attack on the Palestinian cause in a unified national line, in high coordination with our Arab brethren. Jerusalem, the West Bank and the families unite us, and the march of return brings us together." #Gaza#Israel
Dialogue was stabbed to death in a Pak university. Most recently, anyway. [DAWN] LAST week, Khalid Hameed, head of the English department at Bahawalpur’s Government Sadiq Egerton College, was stabbed to death by his student who accused him of promoting un-Islamic activities (a mixed welcome gathering). After the shocking incident, opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif ...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab... said that the fatal consequences of the difference of opinion should lead to a moment of national reflection.
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Reasoning is a form of internal debate. It is a discursive practice that requires acknowledging and accommodating dissenting views. And this practice, of recognising, respecting and perhaps reconciling differing opinions, is something that Paks have forgotten how to do.
Also seen in Washington and on U.S. university campuses.
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[KhaamaPress] A prominent Taliban ...Arabic for students... leader identified as Mullah Turab has been tossed in the calaboose Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! during an operation of Afghan cops in eastern Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province.
The Ministry of Interior in a statement said Mullah Turab was arrested during an operation of the Special Forces of Afghan National in Surkh Roddistrict.
The statement further added that the operation was conducted on Sunday night and as a result three other bully boyz were also arrested and a motorycle and a weapon were confiscated.
According to Ministry of Interior, Mullah Turab was involved in planning terrorist attacks in Surkh Rod district and was leading a group of 40 holy warriors.
The Afghan Police Special Forces did not suffer casualties during the operation, the Ministry of said.
The Ministry of Interior also reported that the security forces confiscated two suicide kaboom vests from Babus area in the lovely provincial capital of Pashtun-infested Logar province.
Would these particular “civilians” happen to be on the ISI payroll as members of one or another of their pet jihadi groups?
[DAWN] Indian forces in Indian Kashmiree tossed in the calaboose Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! at least seven civilians during a pre-dawn crackdown at Arhama village of Shopian district, Kashmire Reader reported on Monday.
According to the report, a contingent of Indian forces, including police and the paramilitary forces, raided the village. The arrested civilians were shifted to Shopian cop shoppe.
A local police officer, when contacted, said that the youth have been arrested "for questioning". He refused to disclose further details.
The arrested civilians were identified as Ishaq Ittoo, 29, a government employee in the local health department; Mehrajuddin Mir, 34, shopkeeper; Arshid Lone, 24, shopkeeper; Shabir Kulley, 25 years, pursuing Masters Degree in Arts; Ghulam Nabi Mir, 55, a tailor master; Irfan Ittoo, 20, Driver; Fayaz Ahmad Mir, 49, an employee in the local revenue department.
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[DAWN] European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini on Monday described rising Islamophobia ...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do... as a threat not only for Moslems but for all of European society as it "threatens diversity".
Mogherini, who is on an official visit to Pakistain, made the comments during a joint presser with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Wormtongue Qureshi after a meeting in Islamabad.
"The strength of our societies lies in our diversity, and whoever attacks the diversity of our societies attacks the entire society not just one segment of it," she said. "This is why for the European Union, institutions, for me personally, for all our member states, it is a priority to make sure that Islamophobia doesn't find any place in the European Union," she asserted.
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diversity is our strength.
Got anything empirical on that?
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"The strength of our societies lies in our diversity, and whoever attacks the diversity of our societies attacks the entire society not just one segment of it," she said. "This is why for the European Union, institutions, for me personally, for all our member states, it is a priority to make sure that Islamophobia doesn't find any place in the European Union," she asserted.
Where the Hell did this brain-dead, cockamamie notion that "diversity is our strength" ever come from, anyway?
Islam is a totalitarian ideology that is COMPLETELY incompatible with democratic ideals, and constitutes a grave danger to our freedom and even our lives.
You'd think by now that would be blatantly obvious to anyone with more than one functioning brain cell, but apparently it is not.
Idiots...
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once upon a time I was attending (per organization directive) a lecture on diversity in which the speaker waxed eloquent on the subject and on the subject of valuing each person's identity
I asked whether someone who doesn't value each person's identity should be valued for their identity. The speaker didn't understand. Then I asked whether someone who advocated cannibalism should be valued for their identity. The speaker got angry at me.
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Die-versity...
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lord garth, back in the early 80's I worked for Digital Equipment Corp. The PR wallahs decided that all of us, at least in IS, needed to take a 3 day off site program called "Valuing Differences" it was the pre-cursor to all this diversity BS.
Another guy and I were asked if we wanted to leave as we kept asking those kinds of questions. Unfortunately they didn't follow through when we said yes. I have no idea why this crap took root other than a make work program for Liberal Arts majors.
I rec1eived an official letter of reprimand and was put on a performance improvement plan because I mentioned "Christmas" in an all hands email about our company's "Holiday" party...inquiring about what my budget was for my office's Christmas party.
I resigned on the spot and walked out the door.
It is a major defense contractor and they can go fuck themselves.
[KhaamaPress] The newly-appointed shadow intelligence chief of Taliban ...Arabic for students... for Sangin district has been killed durig the Arclight airstrikes conducted by security forces on Monday, the provincial government said.
According to a statement released by media office of Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... government, the airstrike was carried out in Sharafat Bazar area of Sangin targeting a compound of Taliban.
The statement further added that the newly-appointed shadow intelligence chief of Taliban Jahadyar was killed along with 5 others in the airstrike.
A military source also confirmed "Airstrikes in Sangin district of Helmand province killed Taliban fighters today. More than 20 Taliban fighters have been killed in Helmand in the last week."
The anti-government armed holy warriors including Taliban have not commented regarding the killing of Jahadyar so far.
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He was their intelligence chief and he didn't know he was going to be killed. Well, don't worry, Jahadyar, our "intelligence chiefs" aren't any better...
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Like the old Steven Wright joke: "Psychic Network files for bankruptcy. Didn't they see that coming?"
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Only if we get a big red reset button labelled Overcharge...
[DAWN] Moscow would be happy to mend ties with Washington after a report by US Special Counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence of collusion between Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... ’s campaign and Russia in the 2016 election, a senior Russian politician said on Monday.
Mueller found no evidence of collusion but left unresolved the issue of whether Trump obstructed justice by undermining the investigations that have dogged his presidency.
"In any case, there is an opportunity to reset a lot in our relations but it is still a question as to whether Trump would risk that. We of course are ready," Russian politician Konstantin Kosachev said.
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[KhaamaPress] At least two Chechen gunnies were killed or maimed during the artillery strikes of Afghan armed forces in northeastern Badakhshan province.
The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in the North said the gunnies were in Ambi Yardar area of Baharak district.
According to a statement released by 209th Shaheen Corps, the artillery strikes were carried out at around 5:30 pm local time on Sunday, leaving a Chechen bully boy dead and another maimed.
The militan who was killed during the operation has been identified as Talah and was affiliated with Jamaat-e-Ansarullah group, the 209th Shaheen Corps said.
The 209th Shaheen Corps also added that a Taliban ...Arabic for students... fighter belonging to Mullah Mansoor group was killed and another bully boy was maimed during the Arclight airstrikes in Kanam Village of Kunduz province on Sunday.
In the meantime, the Afghan forces have cleared Zakhel Qadim, Shora Khak Payin, Se Darak, and Kasa Khorshid Villages in Kunduz city during the ongoing Toofan-25 operations, the 209th Shaheen corps added.
[DAWN] Thailand’s ruling junta took a stunning lead in the country’s first election since a 2014 coup with more than 90 per cent of ballots counted, putting it on course to return to power at the expense of the kingdom’s pro-democracy camp.
Sunday’s election was held under new laws written by the military to smooth its transformation into a civilian government.
While it had set the rules of the game in its favour, analysts had not expected the party to win the popular vote, given mounting anger at junta rule and due to the enduring popularity of Pheu Thai, the party of ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
The army-linked Phalang Pracharat party, which wants junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha to return as premier, gained more than 7.3 million votes with 91 per cent of ballots tallied, according to the Election Commission ‐ nearly half a million more than Pheu Thai.
The EC said it would announce full results on Monday (today), including the numbers of lower house seats won by each party.
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[Jpost] Despite talks of a cease-fire late Monday night rockets continued to be shot into Israel from Gazoo.
Israel Defense Force fighter jets attacked 15 enemy targets early Tuesday morning, the IDF spokesperson announced as the rocket attacks on Israel's southern communities continued into a second day.
The targets include a military compound belonging to the Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw, terrorist organization in Beit Hanun and a military compound belonging to the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad
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rumors: Israel wants an end to incendiary balloons (which is pretty reasonable); Hamas pretends these are civilian entertainment (even though the devices the balloons carry are military grade); Hamas expects (with some confidence) its toadies in the UN will back them up on this; Egypt is taking Israel's side on the balloon issue
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Can we loan the IAF a few wings of BUFF’s so they can Arclight the Gaza Strip. That would end the problem.
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apparently there has been a de facto cease fire in effect for the past 4 hours or so
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"Hudna!"
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It's long past time that Israel should use a full battalion of MRLS's as counter battery fire to anything. If you're in the impact zone, well maybe you should start killing these wackjobs when they set up instead of letting them use you as meatshields.
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Okay, it was quite for a few hours and now the MORONS started shooting rockets again.
Israel's first response appears to be calling up more reservists and sending another infantry brigade and an artillery battalion to the southern command .
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[KhaamaPress] At least six people including three women and three children were maimed in an kaboom in Jalalabad city, the historic provincial capital of Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province.
The provincial government media office in a statement said the incident took place in the vicinity of 1st police district of the city.
The statement further added that explosives were planted close to health clinic of Dr. Farida which went off at around 9am local time, leaving three women and three children maimed.
According to provincial government, the women and kiddies have sustained injuries and are being treated in provincial hospital.
No individual or group has so far grabbed credit for the kaboom.
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS) carried out a new ambush against a group of Syrian Arab Army (SAA) soldiers in the eastern desert of the Homs Governorate.
According to a military communique from the Homs Governorate, the Islamic State carried out the ambush along the strategic Palmyra-Deir Ezzor Highway.
This ambush by the Islamic State on Sunday afternoon resulted in the death of at least five Syrian Arab Army soldiers, including one officer with the rank of colonel.
The military communique added that the Syrian Arab Army is now on high alert near the desert cities of al-Sukhnah and Palmyra (var. Tadmur).
Since they lost the eastern countryside of the Homs Governorate, the Islamic State has relied on ambushes and night raids to inflict damage on the Syrian government forces in the region.
These ambushes have become so prevalent that the Syrian Arab Army has been forced to increase their presence across the vast Syrian Desert.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] Two Russian air force planes landed at Venezuela’s main airport on Saturday carrying a Russian defense official and nearly 100 troops, according to media reports, amid strengthening ties between Caracas and Moscow.
A flight-tracking website showed that two planes left from a Russian military airport bound for Caracas on Friday, and another flight-tracking site showed that one plane left Caracas on Sunday.
That comes three months after the two nations held military exercises on Venezuelan soil that President Nicolas Maduro Venezuela's attempt at producing a Muammar Qadaffy... called a sign of strengthening relations, but which Washington criticized as Russian encroachment in the region.
Reporter Javier Mayorca wrote on Twitter on Saturday that the first plane carried Vasily Tonkoshkurov, chief of staff of the ground forces, adding the second was a cargo plane carrying 35 tonnes of material.
An Ilyushin IL-62 passenger jet and an Antonov AN-124 military cargo plane left for Caracas on Friday from Russian military airport Chkalovsky, stopping along the way in Syria, according to flight-tracking website Flightradar24.
The cargo plane left Caracas on Sunday afternoon, according to Adsbexchange, another flight-tracking site.
The flights carried officials who arrived to "exchange consultations," wrote Russian government-owned news agency Sputnik, which quoted an unnamed source at the Russian embassy.
"Russia has various contracts that are in the process of being fulfilled, contracts of a technical military character," Sputnik quoted the source as saying.
A Rooters witness saw what appeared to be the passenger jet at the Maiquetia airport on Sunday.
Venezuela’s Information Ministry did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
Russia’s Defense Ministry and Foreign Ministry did not reply to messages seeking comment. The Kremlin front man also did not reply to a request for comment.
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Bet Venezuelan gold bullion goes out on the empty plane... Russians can't throw money away like the Soviets did.
[Rudaw] Iraqi security forces "fiercely" repelled an attack staged by ISIS Death Eaters on an oilfield in Saladin province on Sunday night, confirmed officials.
The North Oil Company police announced that their forces tasked with protecting the Saladin province's oilfields "defeated an ISIS attack on the Alas Oilfield."
It added the group suffered casualties as a number of the attackers were killed and some others maimed.
"They retreated to an unknown place taking back the maimed with them," it added.
Iraq declared the group defeated in 2017. However, a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth... they frequently carry out attacks against security forces and civilians, especially in security vacuums between Kurdish and Iraq forces.
The NOC commended the Hashd al-Shaabi saying they came to the aid of NOC coppers in fighting off the jihadists.
The fresh ISIS attack came a day after the group staged a similar attack on a Hashd al-Shaabi force in Shingal.
Citing a Shiite official in the region, Rudaw's Tahsin Qasim said that three ISIS Death Eaters believed to have infiltrated Iraq from Syria blew themselves up after engaging in a brief confrontation with the Shiite militias.
He said the Hash force did not suffer any fatalities.
After a five-year-long heavy battle, Kurdish-led forces pronounced the death of 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 early on March 23 after flushing out diehard jihadists from their very last bastion in Deir ez-Zor province, eastern Syria.
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[INTELLIGENCEBRIEFS] An intelligence assessment by Strategic Intelligence (S.I) on a clandestine precision Arclight airstrike conducted on 22nd of March 2019 by an unidentified aircraft, targeting a building complex in Bu’aale town in Middle Juba prefecture of Somalia shows the airstrike may have killed Kenyan born Lions of Islam and group top commander, Ahmad Iman Ali and over 40 other members of the al-Qaeda branch in Somalia, Harakat Shabaab Mujahideen.
The death of Iman Ali will be a significant blow to the terrorist group and its grassroots cells. Since 2012, Ali aka Abu-Zinira was the face of the terror groups, jihadist’s recruitment, expansion, and media strategy. He is behind the establishment of terror cells in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Uganda, Burundi, and DR Congo.
Ahmad Iman Ali, a terrorist recruiter and trainer has been on the international wanted list and was listed as a wanted terrorist by the FBI. Ali has been responsible for propaganda productions and publications targeting the Republic of Kenya. He had also taken up the role of a spiritual leader, picking up from where the Kenyan radical Islam jihadist Aboud Rogo and Sheikh Makaburi left. His last production using the al-Kataib Media was in 2017. He was elevated to lead the al-Qaeda strategy becoming a powerful figure in the terrorist group. Using al-Hijra label to communicate al-Qaeda exploits in the Islamic Maghreb and AQIP, he was the equivalent of al-Qaeda’s regional liaison officer.
Bu’aale township hidden in Middle Juba north of the terror group’s headquarters of Jiliib and is one of the largest training bases in Somalia. Bu’aale is also used by the terrorist group as a logistics and intelligence operations training and planning base. It is also used to hold prisoners particularly AMISOM troops injured and lost in battle grounds.
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[INTELLIGENCEBRIEFS] Two 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.... jacket wallahs were killed in a military operation conducted in Samarra city, Salahuddin, Iraq, the Military Intelligence Directorate confirms.
According to Military intelligence officers, in cooperation with the Samarra Operations Command and the Popular Mobilization Forces’ 313th brigade, two suicide bombers of Islamic State on a mission to conduct an attack were intercepted in Iraqi’s Samarra city and killed.
The armed troops also destroyed four Islamic State hotbeds and dismantled a number of bombs during the clampdown. Five kilograms of ammonium nitrate, a substance used for making bombs, were also recovered.
The military operation was launched upon directives by the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. The sources add that such operations will continue in an effort of eliminating Islamic State remnants throughout the country.
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[KhaamaPress] The Special Forces of the Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security ...the Afghan national intel agency... (NDS), rescued four civilians from a Taliban ...Arabic for students... -run prison in southern Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province.
The National Directorate of Security (NDS) announced Monday that the NDS Special Forces conducted a raid against the weapons depot and prison of Mullah Mubarak in Khanshin district.
According to a statement released by NDS, Mullah Mubarak is the military commission of Taliban in Helmand who had kidnapped four civilians, Mohammad Khan, Mohamamd Arif, Mohammad Nabi, and Gul Noor.
The statement further added that the four civilians were rescued during the operation and two compounds, 3 vehicles, and 2 cycle of violences of the bandidosgunnies were destroyed 3 PKM machine gun, 2 rocket launchers, 7 Ak47 rifles, 23 magazines of Ak-47s, 100 Taliban flags, 3 radio sets, and hundreds of munitions and some other military kits were confiscated.
The anti-government armed bandidosgunnies including Taliban have not commented regarding the operation so far.
The Special Forces of the Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS), rescued four civilians from a Taliban-run prison in southern Helmand province.
The National Directorate of Security (NDS) announced Monday that the NDS Special Forces conducted a raid against the weapons depot and prison of Mullah Mubarak in Khanshin district.
According to a statement released by NDS, Mullah Mubarak is the military commission of Taliban in Helmand who had kidnapped four civilians, Mohammad Khan, Mohamamd Arif, Mohammad Nabi, and Gul Noor.
The statement further added that the four civilians were rescued during the operation and two compounds, 3 vehicles, and 2 cycle of violences of the bandidosgunnies were destroyed 3 PKM machine gun, 2 rocket launchers, 7 Ak47 rifles, 23 magazines of Ak-47s, 100 Taliban flags, 3 radio sets, and hundreds of munitions and some other military kits were confiscated.
The anti-government armed bandidosgunnies including Taliban have not commented regarding the operation so far.
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.
[DailyCaller] One of fastest shrinking ice glaciers in the world is reversing course and starting to accumulate ice at an alarming pace, a new NASA study published Monday finds.
[PJ] Jannique Stewart, a pro-life speaker with Life Training Institute was invited to speak at an abortion debate at Cornell University but she was disinvited when the organizers realized she believes in the traditional Christian teachings on sexuality and marriage.
[News10] The flight on Monday seemed to go perfectly well, until passengers realized that their plane had landed in both the wrong city and the wrong country.
[Breitbart] France on Monday banned flights by Iranian airline Mahan Air, on the grounds that Mahan is employed by the Iranian regime to send troops and weapons to hotspots across the Middle East, including Syria.
[Babylon Bee] WASHINGTON, D.C.‐After a two-year-long investigation that included thousands of indictments, hundreds of search warrants, and several guilty pleas, Robert Mueller and the FBI managed to provide conclusive proof that Hillary Clinton was actually just a terrible candidate, sources confirmed Monday.
[Daily Caller] House Democrats nixed Republicans’ request for unanimous consent to bring the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act to a vote for a 20th time Monday.
[DAWN] Police have detained at least seven people, including a Nikah Khwan (marriage officiator), suspected of involvement in the alleged abductions, forced conversions from Hindusim to Islam, and underage marriages of two minor sisters reported in Ghotki.
...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...
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..
[Debka] The US has continued to buttress its military presence in E. Syria and W. Iraq in six bases, since the buildup was first reported by DEBKAfile on March 9. On March 20, President .png)
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an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia...
[DAWN] LAST week, Khalid Hameed, head of the English department at Bahawalpur’s Government Sadiq Egerton College, was stabbed to death by his student who accused him of promoting un-Islamic activities (a mixed welcome gathering). After the shocking incident, opposition leader 
...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do...
Venezuela's attempt at producing a Muammar Qadaffy...
