We've reached a major tipping point in politics and there's no turning back.
Welcome to the Swear Zone.
Remember the good old days, when decorum was still intact? The days where without a hot mic we never would have heard George W. Bush call a news hound a "major-league asshole" or Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden The former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body... 's aside to Barack Obama It’s very rare that I come to an event where I’m like the fifth- or sixth-most interesting person.... that passing health care reform was "a big fucking deal."
Those days are over. Politics are not only wildly unpredictable, they're NSFWAF. Blame 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... for taking us to new lows, but here's something new: the Democrats are jumping deep in the mud with him.
Last weekend, for example, with children on stage behind him, Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez leaned right into a microphone and told an audience in Las Vegas that Trump "doesn't give a shit about health care." In Portland, Maine, Perez said, "They call it a skinny budget, I call it a shitty budget." Earlier this month the DNC began selling a t-shirt that read, "Democrats give a shit about people."
A Silicon Valley startup has developed a robot that may soon replace mall cops. Knightscope, which specializes in fully autonomous security data machines, says it is officially signed up to patrol malls in New York and Massachusetts, with nearly two dozen accounts set up across 16 cities this year.
“We’re starting off in the public arena, so we are allowing them to patrol places like shopping centers, corporate campuses, professional sporting arenas and movie studios. Once the [robots] prove that what we are saying they are doing is actually happening, then you go to a mayor and say, ‘hey, we are actually able to reduce crime,’ and they are going to buy into this very, very, quickly,” Stacy Dean Stephens, co-founder and VP of marketing and sales, tell FOX Business.
Knightscope, which launched in 2013 after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut -- where 26 kids and adults were shot and killed – was designed to provide intelligence to security centers and law enforcement to help alleviate crime.
It is both incredible and stomach wrenching but Nye (who is, by education, an engineer, not a scientist by the way), introduces a gender fluidity advocate who does a rap song at the link a video put on youtube on apr 23.
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...The Final Solution, with its immediate extermination of the Jews, has been replaced by the Two State Solution, an intermediate process in which the land on which Jews can live in security is partitioned into smaller and smaller pieces.
The Lebensraum of Islam demands ever more breathing room. And fewer breathing Jews. Israel is carved up into smaller indefensible ghettos. The number of places where the world decides that Jews can be allowed to live, shrink. The rest become "settlers" who must be evicted for the sake of peace. Even if the place they're "settling" is Jerusalem. The oldest Jewish city on earth.
And this Two State Solution, this intermediate process, has the almost universal backing of the major Jewish organizations who are so very deeply concerned about the Holocaust. It has the backing of the diplomats and politicians who put out canned statements urging that we learn the lessons of the Holocaust. The only lesson they have learned though is that another Holocaust needs better marketing.
...There have been two Jewish responses to the Holocaust, on the one hand promoting tolerance and assimilation and on the other hand the State of Israel. Tolerance has done nothing to prevent the hatred and murder of Jews. In many cases it has actually served to promote it.
Every Muslim attack in Europe and America can be laid at the door of tolerance. When a Jewish woman is thrown out of a window in Paris or a Rabbi is beaten in Brussels, the true perpetrator is "tolerance".
...Today the two responses to the Holocaust are battling out to the death, Tolerance and Assimilation vs the State of Israel. And the State of Israel is getting the worst of it. The teachers of tolerance blame Israel for the failure of their own ideology, manifest in the rising hatred of Jews around the world. If Israel wouldn't exist, somehow Jews wouldn't be hated, their thesis goes. As if Anti-semitism had been discovered lying around in a dustbin sometime after 1948.
But it is tolerance meanwhile that is killing Israel. The left has pushed Israel to the wall, because it represents the inversion of their ideology, it represents the reality that the best hope of the persecuted is not in multiculturalism or in tolerance classes, but in taking responsibility for their own safety and survival.
The Barrett M107 .50-caliber long-range sniper rifle is a firearm made for the modern war on terrorism. Officially adopted by the U.S. Army in 2002 and boasting a 2,000-meter range, a suppressor-ready muzzle brake, and recoil-minimizing design, the semi-automatic offers "greater range and lethality against personnel and materiel targets than other sniper systems in the U.S. inventory," according to an assessment by Military.com.
While Barrett's reputation of "flawless reliability" has made the M107 the sniper weapon of choice, the rifle is just like any other essential tool: It often breaks when you need it most. And that's apparently what happened to one Marine Corps unit pinned down in a firefight, according to one of Barrett's longtime armorers.
Don Cook, a Marine veteran who's been maintaining M107s for more than two decades, told National Geographic in 2011 that he one day received a call to Barrett's workshop from a harried young Marine. During maintenance of the unit's M107, the Marine had bent the ears of the rifle's lower receiver; the next day, after engaging the enemy, they discovered the rifle wouldn't fire consistently.
Despite the unit's lack of tools (and time), Cook knew exactly what to do. The armorer instructed the Marines to use the bottom of the carrier to bend the ears back down. Within 45 seconds, the weapon was firing properly. "Thank you very much," Cook says they told him, then he heard a dial tone. They had a firefight to get back to.
"It's probably one of the biggest highlights of my life, to be able to help a Marine unit during a firefight," Cook told National Geographic.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided not to meet with German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel Tuesday, according to a government official, following Gabriel's insistence on meeting with the far-left organizations Breaking the Silence and B'Tselem during his visit to the area.
Reports of Netanyahu's decision first surfaced in the German tabloid, 'Bild.' They were later confirmed by the government spokesperson who said Netanyahu was upset that Gabriel had refused to comply with his ultimatum not to meet with Breaking the Silence, a group that publishes testimony, often anonymous and unverified, about alleged daily crimes and misconduct former soldiers say they witnessed being committed in the West Bank. No doubt Sigmar Gabriel thinks of himself as a representative of higher civilization dealing with Untermenschen. I think of him, and his entire class, as arrogant pigs overdue for their meeting with a butcher.
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They should be hit with a lawsuit regarding the march a few weeks back that Antifa's disrupted: the cops made sure the marchers had nothing in their hands to defend themselves, then withdrew out of eyesight to allow the Aintifas to attack.
Happy ending: although the antifas noticed the cops were not around to arrest them, the marchers noticed the same thing...
[Wash Times] Kellyanne Conway, senior counselor to President Trump, said Monday that Democrats’ opposition to the border wall is about preventing Mr. Trump from succeeding rather than actual objections.
"They don’t want the president to have a victory on this," Ms. Conway said on "Fox & Friends."
She noted that in 2006, Democratic senators supported the Secure Fence Act of 2006, which passed, but the fencing wasn’t complete.
"The president is making the very reasonable request to finish it," Ms. Conway said.
Despite remaining committed to getting the wall done, Mr. Trump isn’t willing to shut down the government over it, she said.
Ms. Conway explained that "building a wall remains a very important priority" for Mr. Trump but that immigration reform can happen in pieces over time.
[Right Scoop] Mark Levin opened his show tonight on the stunning investigative report on the Obama nuke deal from Politico this morning. He read from the post while giving commentary along the way, explaining just how big this really is and how the administration and media lied about it.
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Rememberhow obsessed the media was over Michael Flynn having a phone call with the Russian Ambassador? Levin points that out and adds that while he despises Putin, “Barack Obama has done more damage to America than Vladimir Putin has done on this best day!”
The Flynn thing was just dissembling, diversion and a smoke screen to conceal a really, really bad treasonous deal with the Iranians as well as other criminality from being investigated during the past 8 years?
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In reading this and remembering the description of how powerful and omnipresent ValJar was throughout the White House policy circles, can there be any doubt who was the architect of all this? That so many places always saw a beneficial outcome for Iran in decisions cannot merely be advocacy from the top. They had to provide their agent with specific places to apply pressure or delays for their benefit. I know Sessions has the stones for doing what is right, but opening this will reveal a level of treachery and corruption at the heart of the Obama presidency unprecedented in our history. Does anyone have the resolve to turn this rock over?
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“Barack Obama has done more damage to America than Vladimir Putin has done on this best day!”
Day?! In one stroke, 0bumhole did more damage to the world than all of Putin's efforts put together! And this is only the beginning. Wait until the rest surfaces.
[Reuters] Arkansas carried out back-to-back executions on Monday night, administering lethal injections to two men convicted of rape and murder to become the first U.S. state to put more than one inmate to death on the same day in 17 years.
Marcel Williams, 46, was pronounced dead at 10:33 CDT, a little more than three hours after the execution of 52-year-old Jack Jones, according to officials at Cummins Unit prison, about 75 miles southeast of the state capital, Little Rock.
The two men were among eight that the state had initially planned to execute over the course of 11 days this month, prompted by the impending expiration date of the state's supplies of midazolam, a sedative used as part of the three-drug protocol.
Four of those executions have been put on hold by court order.
Jones was convicted of raping and killing Mary Phillips, 34, in 1995 and trying to murder her 11-year-old daughter. He also was convicted of rape and murder in Florida.
Williams was convicted of the 1997 kidnapping, rape and murder of 22-year-old Stacy Errickson. He also abducted and raped two other women.
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Those around Hillary never told the Empress she had no clothes? They kept telling her she was the entitled and inevitable next POTUS. I'm not certain what Crinegum Ulaigum2776 said but most likely I agree with it if it is anti-Helldebeest.
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she should cheer up. After all, her loss is proving to be our country's gain.
And it was her gain too. She could have supervised the continuing decline of the United States both in the world and at home, or gone to battle against her own idiot supporters; a lose lose proposition in either case.
She should rejoice at the outcome of the election.
[The Hill] Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Monday night that government funding negotiations can continue, after President Trump appeared open to delaying a fight over the border wall until the fall.
"It's good for the country that President Trump is taking the wall off the table in these negotiations. Now the bipartisan and bicameral negotiators can continue working on the outstanding issues," Schumer said in a statement.
The administration's push for border wall money had stalled negotiations over the fiscal 2017 funding bill that lawmakers have to pass by Friday to avoid a government shutdown.
But Trump told a group of conservative journalists that he would be OK with getting funding for the U.S.-Mexico wall as part of the fiscal 2018 spending bill that will be passed later this year.
In 1906, Congress appropriated a sum of money not to exceed $100,000 for the repairs and restoration of Constitution. Despite expenditure of these funds, by 1924 the condition of the frigate was such that if she was not rebuilt, the Navy’s only two choices would be to break up the ship or let Constitution sink at the dock. The Secretary of the Navy, Curtis D. Wilbur, upon viewing the ship, appointed a Board of Inspection and Survey which after inspecting the ship, recommended on February 19, 1924 that Wilbur ask Congress for a $400,000 appropriation. “The Secretary, however, took the attitude that it would be a fine gesture on the part of the people of the country, and particularly the school children, if they contributed small donations for the purpose.”
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No, no, Chuckie has it right. After all, he knows what best for the Country!
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When 'Chuck' agrees with something, I almost always think it's a bad idea.
Experience from historical data, I guess.
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Absolutely Mullah Richard. If Schumer is for something, it is a safe bet to be against it. His motivation is strictly Party and not what's good for the country.
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Either the will of the people is obeyed(border enforcement is overwhelmingly supported) by our elected representatives, or they lose the consent of the governed. The defeat of the signature promise of the Trump administration will be seen, rightly, as proof that Washington governs for the benefit of the elites, and that illegal immigration is the cornerstone of the democrat party strategy for a socialist future. You cannot let this happen or all credibility will evaporate.
[USANewsfeed.info] A highly decorated Air Force officer is breaking her silence about the disturbing incident that occurred back in 2011 that marked the deadliest attack on Navy SEALS in U.S. history. She claims that Obama’s administration covered up what happened to 38 of our warriors in Afghanistan, when a Chinook helicopter crashed and killed 38 fighters. She says had it not been for Obama changing the rules of engagement of our military to protect Muslim terrorists, that our men would still be alive today.
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This story ran here a few days ago, but it needs to run fok'n hourly until someone in the Pentagon and/or the Congress takes action and people are held accountable. I salute Capt(Ret) Joni Marquez for coming forward.
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10 U.S. Code § 899 - Art. 99. Misbehavior before the enemy
Any member of the armed forces who before or in the presence of the enemy—
(1) runs away;
(2) shamefully abandons, surrenders, or delivers up any command, unit, place, or military property which it is his duty to defend;
(3) through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct endangers the safety of any such command, unit, place, or military property;
(4) casts away his arms or ammunition;
(5) is guilty of cowardly conduct;
(6) quits his place of duty to plunder or pillage;
(7) causes false alarms in any command, unit, or place under control of the armed forces;
(8) willfully fails to do his utmost to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy any enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft, or any other thing, which it is his duty so to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy; or
(9) does not afford all practicable relief and assistance to any troops, combatants, vessels, or aircraft of the armed forces belonging to the United States or their allies when engaged in battle;
shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
Calls for an Article 32 investigation into who composed the ROE. Remember - I was just obeying orders fell flat at Nuremberg.
I'm no longer mystified. I sincerely believe that roughly half of our country no longer love the United States and no longer consider it "theirs". The causes are many, and fodder for another day. But so long as that condition persists, they are subject to voting for people like Obama and Clinton who in truth are *enemies* rather than "leaders" of this country.
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I didn't see the link posted earlier, sorry for the repost but was so livid I wanted to post, I will try to be more observant to not be repetitive. I'd like to see Obama take responsibility for the deaths of these troops. I'm glad that Trump put these rules of engagement back into the hands of the generals on the ground. I too commend Joni Marquez in coming forward, what a horrible load to carry all this time, and throughout her life. God Bless our Troops and I'm so glad that we now have a President that has their backs.
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[Free Beacon] The National Rifle Association will unveil a new concealed-carry training program along with a new concealed-carry insurance plan during the group's annual meeting this week.
The new programs, collectively called NRA Carry Guard, will feature advanced training aimed at the more than 14 million Americans who are legally permitted to carry concealed firearms across the country. In addition to the new training program, the NRA will launch a concealed-carry insurance program aimed at the same group of people.
"Of our 5 million members, a lot of those folks carry and they have been clamoring for the NRA to provide an elite product with respect to training, insurance, and education," NRA spokesperson Bill Powers told the Washington Free Beacon. "The NRA has responded to our members and to the demand of the consumers, gun carrying consumers, that really wanted a first-rate elite program. NRA Carry Guard is an elite training, insurance, and education program. It is the finest in the world. For any citizen who gets up and puts a gun on their hip, Carry Guard is for them."
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The disarming of Americans through civil litigation is a reality. If you cannot prove that you have been properly trained and do not have liability insurance, using that firearm may only be the beginning of your troubles.
Not pushing the NRA program, your homeowner's policy may also have a Concealed Carry rider. Other firms also offer liability protection. Key here is, your actions with a firearm MUST be legal for the insurance to be effective, hence the training.
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Three Islamic State jihadis have reportedly been killed by rampaging wild boars near Iraqi farmland.
The three Islamic State militants were cut down by the feral boar known to inhabit Kirkuk in the the al-Rashad region, a local news site claims.
They attacked the militants and left three killed, Iraqi News reports.
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The courts have failed. The culture is failing. Unless Congress acts, we may lose not only free speech on college campuses, but free speech in America. In the memorable phrase of my friend, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education president Greg Lukianoff, college students are "unlearning liberty," carrying the virus of censorship and oppression beyond the university and into the nation. Hit them in the pocket.
p.s. Maybe it's time to start rethinking the entire "Get college degree and earn more money." thing
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The concept is good but it should probably be someone other than Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos. IMO Hillsdale College should be in charge of this effort. Presently, one would be hard-pressed to find a conservative or Pub amongst the university academic or administrative ranks--the left began taking over in the 1960s and have run with it ever since.
[Al Ahram] The International Criminal Court on Monday unsealed an arrest warrant for the former head of Libya's Internal Security Agency, saying he was suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in repressing opposition to former ruler Muammar Gaddafi. In a statement, the ICC said judges ordered Mohamed Khaled Al-Tuhamy's 2013 warrant on charges including torture and persecution unsealed, after a request by Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda.
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[NBCNEWS] The Taliban ...Arabic for students... has claimed credit for a Monday suicide kaboom on a U.S. base in Afghanistan that was once the site of one of the deadliest attacks on CIA personnel in the agency's history.
The bomber blew up an explosive-packed vehicle at Camp Chapman in Khost Province. There are no reports of U.S. casualties, but there were casualties amond the Afghan troops guarding the base. The attack came as U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis was visiting the Afghan capital of Kabul.
In 2009, when the facility was known as Forward Operating Base Chapman, a Jordanian doctor was brought to the camp to deliver valuable information about al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawhari. He was not searched on arrival, and detonated a boom jacket in the middle of the CIA personnel gathered to greet him. He killed seven CIA officers and contractors, a Jordanian intelligence agent and an Afghan CIA employee. Six other CIA officers and contractors were maimed.
The camp is in territory dominated by a Taliban faction known as the Haqqani Network. It has been attacked by jacket wallahs several times since 2009, including in 2012 and 2015. The 2015 attack, at a checkpoint near the main gate, killed 33 people.
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[FREEBEACON] An ethics watchdog will notify congressional Sherlocks on Monday of its finding that Rep. Hank Johnson (D., Ga.) used his office's taxpayer-funded resources to assist the campaign of Jon Ossoff, a former Johnson aide, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) says Johnson violated congressional ethics rules that ban members from using their office for partisan campaign activities, and will submit its complaint to the Office of Congressional Ethics.
The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) says Johnson violated congressional ethics rules that ban members from using their office for partisan campaign activities, and will submit its complaint to the Office of Congressional Ethics.
FACT says links to positive stories about Ossoff were posted on Johnson's official congressional website. Ossoff has worked both for Johnson's office and as Johnson's campaign manager in the past.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the links were removed from Johnson's website after it reached out to the office for comment over the weekend.
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This should make an impressive campaign add for the anti-Ossoff folks. Nicely done Hank.
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A lttile background on Hank. On October 5, 2014 The Washingtonian published their biennial "Best & Worst of Congress" list. Rep. Johnson was voted "Worst Speaker" and "Most Clueless" by congressional staffers.
He also stated that he expected Guam to sink into the ocean due to over-population. He expresses a lack of fondness for Jewish folks (some would say he is an anti-Semite). He is one of three Buddhists in Congress. He said he has Hepatitis C and that it causes his confusion; he does not know how he contracted it.
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] A 58-year-old man who started a massive fire in Los Angeles in anger over police killings of African-Americans was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Monday following a plea deal.
Dawud Abdulwali admitted to starting the December 2014 blaze at the unfinished seven-storey downtown Da Vinci apartment complex, causing damages in excess of $100 million, the prosecutor’s office said.
No one was injured in the spectacular fire that charred the complex that was being built along a freeway.
According to witness testimony, Abdulwali bragged about setting the fire as a response to protests that swept the town of Ferguson, in Missouri, following the shooting of a black teenager and other highly publicized cases of alleged police misconduct toward African-Americans.
Michael Brown’s 2014 shooting in Ferguson by a white police officer sparked weeks of unrest and ignited a national debate ... an expenditure of personal wind at the national level that leads to face-making and other histrionics but can't be shown to have ever solved an issue ... about race relations and law enforcement in the United States.
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I spent four lonely days in a huge L. A. blaze.
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That sounds like a Jimmy Buffett song, Deacon Blues. ;-)
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Imprisoned Paleostinian parliamentarian and Fatah leader Marwan Barghouthi, who has been leading a large-scale hunger strike in Zionist prisons, suffered from a serious deterioration of his health on Monday after forgoing food for eight days.
Paleostinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs chairman Issa Qaraqe said that Barghouti was suffering from a severe drop in blood pressure and blood sugar levels.
More than 1,500 Paleostinians imprisoned by the Zionist occupation authorities are participating in the hunger strike led by Barghouti since April 17 to protest the torture, ill treatment, and medical neglect of prisoners at the hands of Israeli authorities, as well as the Israeli widespread use of administrative detention -- internment without trial or charges -- which is only permitted under international law in extremely limited circumstances.
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Mmmmmm this eggs, beans, and cheese breakfast burrito with red salsa is delicious and soooo filling
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Barghouti’s Health deteriorates on 8th Day of Palestinian Prisoner Hunger Strike
Faster, please. More barbecue!
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Barghouti’s Health deteriorates on 8th Day of Palestinian Prisoner Hunger Strike
[Daily Caller] A sheriff from California’s Central Valley is digging in his heels against the spread of sanctuary cities and counties across the state.
Far from limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood wants to ensure that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have continued access to his jails so they can identify and deport illegal alien felons.
Youngblood plans to ask the Kern County Board of Supervisors to adopt a resolution that would declare Kern a "law and order" county and not a "sanctuary" county, the Los Angeles Times reported.
"Sheriff’s deputies don’t enforce immigration laws and we don’t go on federal immigration sweeps, but we do have to allow our federal partners to do their job," Youngblood told the LA Times.
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You get far enough away from LA and San Francisco and you start to meet reasonable people.
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The sheriff of El Dorado County CA is a superb example of what a sheriff ought to be, just like Kern County's . He hands out copies of the Constitution to graduates of the county Citizens Academy and the Sheriff's Volunteer Unit and emphasizes fidelity to it and to the laws. CA still has remnants of actual traditional American values amidst the wreckage of what was once paradise.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The former Afghanistan's Caped PresidentHamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai ...Former president of Aghanistan, part of the problem not part of the solution... has once again slammed the United States days after declaring a hard stance against the US presence in the country, saying killings are on the rise in the presence of the US and their false actions.
Karzai made the remarks during a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Yao Jing.
According to a statement released by the Office of the Former President, the two sides discussed the current situation of the country during the meeting.
The statement further added that the former President expressed regarding the attempts being made to spark ethnic tensions among the Afghan people.
He said the regional countries should assist Afghanistan and must let US to destroy the country because of its goals and turn Afghanistan into its rivalry ground.
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[Ynet] Swedish police said they had tossed in the slammer Book 'im, Mahmoud! a second suspect linked to the deadly truck attack in Stockholm this month.
The unnamed person was detained on Sunday on the order of prosecutors, the force said, without going into further details on the suspected offence.
Four people were killed and 15 injured when a truck ploughed into a crowd on a shopping street and crashed into a department store in the centre of the capital on April 7. The suspected driver, an Uzbek asylum seeker named by police as Rakhmat Akilov,
...who killed considerably fewer than he'd planned because his bomb didn't explode, demonstrating that Allah did not approve...
is already in jug.
Police said the second arrest had followed the examination of unspecified material gathered after the attack
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[IsraelTimes] US-Israeli teen hacker accused of making over 2,000 intimidating calls to Jewish institutions, airlines and police in US; threatening US senator and top defense official.
The Israeli indictment reveals a pattern of threats far more numerous, more vicious, and against a far wider range of targets, than previously reported.
Israel on Monday filed a massive laundry list of criminal charges against an Israeli-American teenager accused of making thousands of bomb threat calls and other violent threats to Jewish institutions, schools, hospitals and airlines all over the world. His alleged threats caused fighter jets to scramble, planes to dump fuel and make emergency landings, large numbers of schools to evacuate, and numerous other chaotic consequences. In some cases, he allegedly threatened to execute children he claimed to be holding hostage.
The Justice Ministry said the 18-year-old hacker from Ashkelon was charged at the Tel Aviv District Court with thousands of counts of extortion, publishing false information that caused panic, computer offenses and money laundering, among other charges.
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I smell flight to avoid the heavy prosecution on the part of the parents. I wonder how much of the money the little turd made ended up in the parents pockets.
[ALMASDARNEWS] Hezbollah carried out a powerful attack against 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) bully boyz embedded in the Ras Ba’albak region of the Beqa’a Governorate of Leb on Monday.
The Lebanese group would score a direct hit on an Islamic State command center in Ras Ba’albak on Monday, killing and wounding several turbans in the process of their attack.
Hezbollah turned the tables on the Islamic State this week after the latter launched a powerful offensive in Ras Ba’albak over the weekend.
The Islamic State has occupied several parts of Ras Ba’albak in eastern Leb for nearly two years now; they continue to operate in this region, despite ongoing attacks from Hezbollah and Lebanese Army.
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[DAWN] The Afghan defence minister and his army chief resigned Monday, days after what is believed to be one of the deadliest-ever Taliban ...the Pashtun equiovalent of men... attacks on a military base triggered calls for officials to step down.
"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. .. has accepted the resignation of the defence minister and army chief of staff," a one-line statement from the presidential palace said.
Angry Afghans had called for the resignations of minister Abdullah Habibi and army chief Qadam Shah Shaheem, among other officials, after the assault outside the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Friday. Ten gunnies dressed in soldiers' uniforms and armed with boom jackets entered the base in army trucks and shot up unarmed troops at close range in the mosque and dining hall.
The exact toll from the assault remains unclear. Afghan officials have so far ignored calls to break down the toll it has given of more than 100 soldiers killed or maimed, but have been known to minimise casualties in such attacks in the past.
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[DAWN] Two brothers allegedly rubbed out their sister and a boy in Sanjwal village in the limits of the Attock Saddar police on Sunday.
Quoting the family members of the victims, the police said the 17-year-old boy, who worked as a helper with a dumper, and the 16-year-old girl, wanted to marry. However, today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday... their parents and other family members did not agree. The boy and the girl lived on the same street.
On Sunday, when the boy was going to work the two brothers of the girl allegedly shot him dead. They then reached the house of their brother-in-law, where the girl was staying, and also killed her.
The alleged killers later surrendered to the police along with the weapon. Regional Police Officer (RPO) Fakhar Sulatn Raja suspended the station house officer (SHO) of the Saddar cop shoppe. The police have registered a double murder case against the two brothers.
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[DAWN] After the imam at a local mosque in Zaida refused to lead Mashal Khan's funeral prayers and locals refused to attend his funeral, Sherin Yar, a resident of a nearby village, stepped forward prepared to perform the last rites "no matter what the cost."
Mashal Khan, a 23-year-old journalism student at the Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, was lynched by a mob earlier this month over allegations of blasphemy.
Appearing on DawnNews' 'Newswise' programme on Friday, Sherin recalled that a holy man in the village had told locals that anyone who led Mashal's funeral prayers or participated in the funeral will be considered an apostate.
Sherin, a close friend of Mashal Khan's father, helped organise the funeral. On the day of the funeral, he travelled 18 kilometres to Zaida, prepared to lead the funeral prayers if no one else was willing to do so.
He recalled that the situation in the village that day was "very tense," adding that "no one was prepared to come to the funeral."
"I told my friends that I was coming and our aim was that the funeral rites are performed," he said.
"In these circumstances ... the accusation that was made [of committing blasphemy] ... people make their own assumptions and think they are right," Sherin said.
"I don’t agree with this," he added.
He said that when he arrived at the village, Mashal's father had arranged for someone else to lead the prayers.
"When this other boy who was there stepped forward to lead the prayers, I took a step back," he said.
"We went to the funeral and told the people that we are here and we will offer the prayers no matter what price we have to pay," Sherin said.
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[SHABELLENEWS] Somali military court on Monday has executed four suspects linked to al- Shabaab for carrying out blasts in the town of Baidoa, the administrative capital of Southwest lats year.
The the presence of Somali military tribunal chairman and other high-ranking Southwest administration officials, the men have been rubbed out by a firing squad outside Baidoa town.
The military court chairman Liban Ali Yarow has identified the executed defendants as Hassan Aden Mursal, Abdilatif Moalim Aden Abdirahman, Siyad Hassan Farah and Sharamad Aawaw Mohammed.
Yarow said the executed convicts are accused of being linked to Al Qaeda-affiliated Al-Shabaab ... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... and involving in deadly attacks in Baidoa city in February, 2016 which killed scores of people.
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[RT] The US Supreme Court will not review a case in which lower courts had decided that a Texas cop’s version of events – involving the officer shooting an unarmed man in the back – are “undisputed facts” that effectively block a jury trial.
The case, Ricardo Salazar-Limon v. City of Houston, hinges on Houston police officer Chris Thompson’s version of events regarding a 2010 traffic stop during which Thompson shot an unarmed Ricardo Salazar-Limon in the back, leaving him partially paralyzed. The officer said he feared for his life when he shot Salazar-Limon. Salazar-Limon sued, seeking a jury trial to decide the validity of Thompson’s claims.
At issue is whether a court could accept the officer’s version of events as “undisputed fact” and grant summary judgment to Thompson, effectively avoiding a full trial on Salazar-Limon’s excessive force claims.
"The police officer didn’t have the right to do this," Salazar-Limon told the Houston Chronicle in 2013. "I didn’t abuse him. I didn’t insult him. I didn’t try to hit him or do anything against him for him to use that kind of force."
Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented over the Supreme Court's decision to let stand a lower court's dismissal of the suit. She wrote in a dissent supported by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg that the court's refusal of the case continues a "disturbing trend" of protecting cops from lawsuits and bad behavior.
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The best description of what happened are found in the case documents embedded in the article; the brief, the reply, and the SCOTUS summary. It basically is a "he said, he said" case and who's version do you believe. There were three others in the car with Salazar-Limon; Officer Thompson faced a potentially very dangerous situation. The SCOTUS majority decision hinged on whether Salazar-Limon reached into his waistband; a fact he did not deny. Things for Officer Thompson could have easily gone the way they did for Constable Darrell Lunsford - Nacogdoches County, Texas.
[RT] A Russian-Armenian captive has beat feet from Colombian guerrilla fighters in a shootout worthy of an action movie. The man disarmed his guard and seriously injured five of the bully boys, in the process receiving a gunshot wound himself, the rebels say. Ooh! I seen dat movie!
The man, identified as Arsen (Levon) Voskanyan, a dual Russian-Armenian citizen, took his rescue operation into his own hands and broke free from Colombia’s second largest militia, the National Liberation Army, which is more commonly known by its Spanish acronym, ELN.
At the time of Voskanyan’s heroics a convoy was actually on its way to release him at the request of the Russian embassy in Colombia.
Voskanyan seized one of the bully boys’ guns and shot up the others, injuring five people. He was maimed by return fire, but managed to hide in the jungle.
The incident happened on Wednesday, but the group only reported it on Saturday.
"Mr. Voskanya Arcen Levoni (sic) disarmed a comrade and attacked the unit that was transferring him, resulting in five ELN comrades getting seriously maimed, and the Russo-Armenian fled, also maimed," the group’s central command said in a statement.
The ELN has no information on the escapee's whereabouts.
Voskanyan had been captured in November 2016. The ELN says he was catching poisonous frogs to sell on the international drug market.
The gang is Colombia’s second largest after FARC, and is considered a terrorist organization by many countries, including the US and EU states.
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The ELN has no information on the escapee's whereabouts.
Betcha they killed him & buried the body - probably before the negotiations even started.
[Al Jazeera] al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri ... Formerly second in command of al-Qaeda, now the head cheese, occasionally described as the real brains of the outfit. Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa entitled World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area assuming he's not dead like Mullah Omar. He lost major face when he ordered the nascent Islamic State to cease and desist and merge with the orthodx al-Qaeda spring, al-Nusra... has called on the armed Syrian opposition to wage guerrilla warfare against the government of Bashir al-Assad and its allies.
In an audio tape titled "Syria will only bow to God", released on the internet on Sunday, Zawahiri urged Syrian rebels to "have patience and prepare themselves for a long war against the Crusaders and their Shia allies".
He urged them to adopt a "guerilla warfare" strategy because it would "weaken and drain the enemy".
The rebels' enemies "are targeting them because they are trying to establish an Islamic rule in Syria, as the West and its allies were doing everything they can to stop it".
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In other words they are losing and trying to mask such as a change in strategy.
[Politico] When President Barack Obama announced the "one-time gesture" of releasing Iranian-born prisoners who "were not charged with terrorism or any violent offenses" last year, his administration presented the move as a modest trade-off for the greater good of the Iran nuclear agreement and Tehran’s pledge to free five Americans.
"Iran had a significantly higher number of individuals, of course, at the beginning of this negotiation that they would have liked to have seen released," one senior Obama administration official told reporters in a background briefing arranged by the White House, adding that "we were able to winnow that down to these seven individuals, six of whom are Iranian-Americans."
But Obama, the senior official and other administration representatives weren’t telling the whole story on Jan. 17, 2016, in their highly choreographed rollout of the prisoner swap and simultaneous implementation of the six-party nuclear deal, according to a POLITICO investigation.
In his Sunday morning address to the American people, Obama portrayed the seven men he freed as "civilians." The senior official described them as businessmen convicted of or awaiting trial for mere "sanctions-related offenses, violations of the trade embargo."
In reality, some of them were accused by Obama’s own Justice Department of posing threats to national security. Three allegedly were part of an illegal procurement network supplying Iran with U.S.-made microelectronics with applications in surface-to-air and cruise missiles like the kind Tehran test-fired recently, prompting a still-escalating exchange of threats with the Trump administration. Another was serving an eight-year sentence for conspiring to supply Iran with satellite technology and hardware. As part of the deal, U.S. officials even dropped their demand for $10 million that a jury said the aerospace engineer illegally received from Tehran.
And in a series of unpublicized court filings, the Justice Department dropped charges and international arrest warrants against 14 other men, all of them fugitives. The administration didn’t disclose their names or what they were accused of doing, noting only in an unattributed, 152-word statement about the swap that the U.S. "also removed any Interpol red notices and dismissed any charges against 14 Iranians for whom it was assessed that extradition requests were unlikely to be successful."
Three of the fugitives allegedly sought to lease Boeing aircraft for an Iranian airline that authorities say had supported Hezbollah, the U.S.-designated terrorist organization. A fourth, Behrouz Dolatzadeh, was charged with conspiring to buy thousands of U.S.-made assault rifles and illegally import them into Iran.
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So we still don't know the full story on the Iran deal? What was Obama's real quid pro quo in the deal--he wasn't just a boy scout doing a good deed where he got some jamocos released from an Iranian prison in exchange for giving away the house.
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When palletized millions in USD and Swiss fracs began to be shipped to Iran in the middle of the night, a special session of congress should have been called. Nothing happened, and for obvious reasons, I suspect nothing will.
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I think part of the deal was that Iran will give Obama a few hundred millions in return for the one or two billions that's freed up for Iran to use again. Follow the money folks.
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I'm suspicious by nature. I would not be surprised if billions of $s were sent thru Iran (laundered) and then part of it found its way back to the U.S. and Obama's and the Donk pockets in exchange for these favors to Iran.
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I think part of the deal was that Iran will give Obama a few hundred millions in return for the one or two billions that's freed up for Iran to use again.
[Dhaka Tribune] A few years back, I witnessed something that I, ever since, have identified as the prime example of a despicable direct attack on religious minorities.
It was a Friday afternoon. I was wrapping up my prayer mat, scanning the area for some shade to complete the munazat, when I saw few men storming towards an under-construction building. I grew genuinely alarmed, if not interested, when I saw one of them pick up a piece of metal rod before entering the construction site.
I was a curious little boy and had the time, so I followed. I quietly followed them as they made their way up the stairs. The end of the expedition had all of us walking into a small room on the fifth floor facing the mosque, to find an old labourer tirelessly working his razor-sharp saw at some steel beams, trying to cut out small segments. It was a noisy business.
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Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Paramilitary forces killed three Islamic State members during an overnight offensive in the western area of Anbar as preparations continue for an operation against the group’s havens in the province.
Al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units) said through its media on Monday that the troops killed three Islamic State militants during an encounter at al-Okashat region.
Those killed included two Syrian nationals: Omar (Abu Khattab) al-Yasouf and Abbas (Abu Hamza) Moussa.
The operation comes as preparations proceed for an offensive targeting IS havens in western Anbar held since the group emerged in 2014.
Ghassan al-Eithawi, a spokesperson for tribal groups fighting the Islamic State in Anbar, was quoted saying that tribal forces were building up for an operation targeting IS strongholds in the towns of Annah, Rawa and Qaim.
Iraqi and U.S.-led coalition fighter jets have regularly pounded those locations, killing dozens of militants. It is widely expected that the Iraqi government will launch a major security offensive in Anbar once it is done with the campaign to drive out IS from Mosul, the group’s principal stronghold in Iraq.
Islamic State members reportedly killed and wounded 30 Iraqi security members in an ambush near al-Rutba region, west of Anbar, on Sunday.
Rutba (IraqiNews.com) Sunni tribal forces fighting the Islamic State said Monday they killed two group members while losing two of their members in western Anbar on Monday.
Shaker al-Rishawi, a senior commander of the Tribal Mobilization forces in Anbar, said two tribal fighters and two Islamic State militants died, while two militants of Arab nationalities were arrested during an encounter at the “25th kilometer” region, west of the Rutba region, west of Anbar.
Iraqi and U.S.-led coalition fighter jets have regularly pounded locations held by the Islamic State at the stronghold towns of Annah, Qaim and Rawa, killing dozens of militants. Thousands of civilians are thought to be held in Islamic State captivity at those locations. It is widely expected that the Iraqi government will launch a major security offensive in Anbar once it is done with the campaign to drive out IS from Mosul, the group’s principal stronghold in Iraq.
Islamic State members reportedly killed and wounded 30 Iraqi security members in an ambush near al-Rutba on Sunday.
Al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units) said through its media earlier on Monday that the troops killed three Islamic State militants during an encounter at al-Okashat region. Those killed included two Syrian nationals, according to PMU media. Google Map at the link
BAGHDAD: Militants in Iraq ambushed a convoy of off-duty soldiers near a town in the country’s sprawling western desert, killing at least 10 and wounding 20, officials said on Monday.
Iraqi Maj. Emad Al-Dulaimi said the attack took place the night before near the town of Rutba. The militants were armed with assault rifles and rockets. Al-Dulaimi said he blamed Daesh.
Daesh later in the day took responsibility for the attack. A statement on the Daesh-affiliated Aamaq news agency claimed 18 were killed in the ambush, including two officers.
Daesh has carried out many similar attacks targeting Iraqi forces in the past months to detract from the ongoing battle between Iraqi forces and Daesh militants in Mosul.
Rutba lies about 390 kilometers west of Baghdad in the country’s vast Anbar province. It’s the last sizable town on the way to the border with Jordan.
Iraqi forces launched a wide-scale military operation last October to retake Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city from Daesh militants. The eastern half of the city, separated in two by the Tigris River, was declared completely free of IS in January and now Iraqi forces are fighting to rout IS from all of the western, more densely populated half of the city.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said last week that 493,000 people have been displaced from the city and that as many as 500,000 others remain in IS-controlled parts of western Mosul.
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A tale to wring tears from a stone -- and then she failed to get herself killed, poor dear.
[Ynet] Security forces neutralize a female attacker who approached the checkpoint north of Jerusalem before removing a concealed blade and stabbing a soldier; soldier lightly maimed in the upper body and evacuated to hospital for treatment.
A female soldier was stabbed at the Qalandiya checkpoint Monday morning, north of Jerusalem.
The female assailant was neutralized at the scene, while the soldier--an NCO in the Civil Administration--was lightly maimed in the upper body.
The woman who carried out the stabbing attack was identified as Asya Kabaneh, 41, from the village of Duma in the Nablus area.
Asya, who is a married mother of 9, said during investigation that for a long time she has been in conflict with her husband, who threatened to deport her to her family in Jordan.
The investigation also revealed that she had fought with her husband last night over the education of their children and as a result, she decided to carry out an attack in order for the security forces to shoot her because--in her words--she was fed up with her life.
Police report that the attacker arrived at the checkpoint and approached security forces, claiming she wanted to ask a question. At that point, she apparently pulled out a knife that was concealed in her bag and stabbed the soldier.
Police and security guards on the scene then neutralized her. The injured soldier was treated lightly by MDA and evacuated to the hospital.
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I remember a United flight from Louisville KY to Chicago that turned around over Springfield IL to refuel because the pilot forgot to 'top the tanks'.
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I am out of sympathy for these people. I worked with three of them, Palestinians, one was celebrating his marriage to a 13 year old by proxy via his brother. Another was a backstabbing prick, and the third was a crooked dealer.
[SHABELLENEWS] A powerful roadside bomb struck a convoy carrying African Union forces in Mahaday town in Middle Shabelle region on Monday morning, witnesses said. Local residents said they heard loud explosion followed a thick of black smoke rising into the sky. The AU troops cordoned off the scene, and carried out an operation, with no arrests. There was no immediate confirmation of the casualties as a result of the bomb attack.
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[DAWN] THE past couple of weeks have seen a series of chilling events related to blasphemy -- or rather accusations of it -- unfold in the country. On April 13, Mashal Khan was brutally lynched at his university in Mardan. This was followed by a similarly gruesome incident in Sialkot on Wednesday when three sisters murdered a man, Fazal Abbas, accused of blasphemy. Just as the nation was reeling from these bloody incidents, news emerged from Chitral on Friday regarding another blasphemy accusation. As reported in this paper, a mentally disturbed man created a ruckus during Friday prayers in a local mosque. His remarks worked up the crowd, which tried to get hold of him. However, denial ain't just a river in Egypt... the local preacher was quick enough to hand him over to the police, which surely saved his life. Yet the mob was not satisfied and stormed the cop shoppe to punish the ’blasphemer’. Footage from the scene is horrifying: while security and administration officials try to calm them down, the assembled mob of thousands bays for the man’s blood. Security forces had to resort to tear gas shelling to disperse the mob.
Indeed, it appears that all sense of reason, logic and rationality is fast disappearing from this country, and even the flimsiest of accusations seems to be enough to set a mob upon an individual. Few are concerned with the facts of the case -- with details such as whether the offence even took place, what was the mental condition of the suspected offender, whether any personal enmity was involved, etc falling by the wayside. There is an instant demand for ’justice’, as the mob plays judge, jury and executioner. While Mashal Khan and Fazal Abbas’ lives were lost to this madness, there was a silver lining to the Chitral case: the holy man played a commendable role by handing over the seemingly deranged individual to the police. The law enforcers, too, did the right thing by sending him for a medical examination. As is more often seen in such circumstances, holy mans are the ones working up the mob into a murderous frenzy. But in Chitral, the preacher’s quick action helped save a life. Indeed, in order to help prevent further such incidents, the state should work with religious parties to help calm down mobs whenever blasphemy accusations spring up. Changing society’s mindset may take decades; using holy mans to control mobs may be an essential first step.
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reason, logic and rationality is fast disappearing from this country,
Can you specify the last point at which any of those hadn't disappeared? What changed?
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Three Islamic State jihadis have reportedly been killed by rampaging wild boars near Iraqi farmland. The three Islamic State militants were cut down by the feral boar known to inhabit Kirkuk in the the al-Rashad region, a local news site claims. They attacked the militants and left three killed, Iraqi News reports.
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Diyala (IraqiNews.com) Diyala Police Command announced, on Monday, arresting a terrorist, in addition to destroying a hideout belonging to the Islamic State during two raids in different areas of the province.
The command said in a statement that forces from al-Wajihiyah area police department, backed by the Intelligence Office, arrested a wanted man on charges of terrorism, in the outskirts of the area.
Intelligence information also indicated to the presence of a hideout belonging to the Islamic State in al-Hamed Village in the outskirts of Balad Ruz District, the statement added. Joint forces from Balad Ruz Police and Diyala emergency regiment destroyed this hideout, which contained three plastic barrels, 10 blankets and food materials.
Noteworthy, security forces in Diyala managed to arrest several wanted people, and seized a large number of the Islamic State’s hideouts in the province, during the previous months.
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Trost said police arrived at the station in less than 5 minutes, but that the robberies took place in just seconds.
Makes me think of another old saw about the police, guns, and time.
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Most of Kalifornia is a 3rd world country nowdays. If you travel the interior or in the inner cities you would swear you are in a 3rd world shithole.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least thirty seven bandidosbully boyz affiliated with the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) were killed in a series of air and ground operations 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 of Afghanistan.
According to the local security officials, the bandidosbully boyz were killed during the operations conducted in the vicinity of the restive Achin district.
The officials further added that 22 of the bandidosbully boyz were killed in Asad Khel area, 8 others were killed in Akhundzadas village, and 7 others were killed in the vicinity of Ango Jamat area.
Some heavy and light weapons belonging to the bully boyz were also destroyed during the operations, the officials said, adding that the security forces and the local residents have not suffered any casualties.
At least 80 Daesh militants including foreign fighters were killed and six others were wounded in Afghan forces airstrikes in Ghor and Nangarhar provinces in the past 48 hours, the ministry of defense said early Monday.
According to the MoD 10 Daesh militants were targeted in Afghan airstrikes in Ghor province and their hideouts were destroyed.
The ministry said that 70 other Daesh militants were killed in Afghan airstrikes in Achin and Haska Mena districts of Nangarhar province and their six hideouts were destroyed in the airstrike.
Meanwhile in a separate Afghan security forces operation in Chahardara district of Kunduz province, at least 35 insurgents were killed and six others were arrested and their hideouts were destroyed.
The ministry said that three other insurgents including Mullah Burhan, a Taliban commander in Farah province, were killed and five others were arrested.
The Afghan defense ministry said that 23 other insurgents including al-Qaeda fighters and Mullah Noor Agha, a Taliban commander were killed, in Afghan forces’ clearance operations in Zabul and Uruzgan provinces.
No details were provided about military or civilian causalities.
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[IsraelTimes] Police say 143 people detained at ’anti-fascist, anti-capitalist’ demonstrations across La Belle France.
Police said Monday they tossed in the calaboose Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! more than 100 people after election night unrest in Gay Paree, with protesters hurling bottles at security forces, torching cars and smashing shop windows.
Six coppers and three protesters were slightly injured in the violence in central Gay Paree, police said, adding that 143 people were arrested, with 29 held overnight.
Hundreds of youths gathered to protest against far-right leader Marine Le Pen and former banker Emmanuel Macron, who both qualified Sunday for the May 7 run-off in La Belle France’s two-stage presidential election.
The "anti-fascist, anti-capitalist" demonstrations were held in several French cities including central Lyon, southwestern Bordeaux and the western cities of Nantes and Rennes.
[RT] Fewer US high school students want to build their own business, with figures hitting their lowest level since 2011, a survey has revealed. However, those in grades five to eight are more optimistic, and show more enthusiasm about potential startups. The latest Gallup-HOPE Index report suggests that a little over one in four high school students, or 27 percent of respondents, see their future as linked to owning a business.
As economic conditions improve and the current competitors for baby sitting, lawn mowing, and newspaper delivery jobs return to their homes south of the border, youthful aspirations will grow.
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It is interesting to imagine if Obama's plan to change America was all about the kids. A whole generation of College graduates struggling with debt and resigned to not doing as well as their parents. A generation of even younger folks having the entrepreneurial spirit removed by cheap foreign labor taking up jobs.
When all of that hits the work forks, at the same time automation and robots arrive it really will be a challenge.
[ArabNews] BEIRUT: A US-backed alliance of Arab-Kurdish forces entered the key jihadist-held town of Tabqa on Monday as they pursued their campaign against the Daesh group in northern Syria.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have set their sights on Tabqa and the adjacent dam as part of their broader offensive for the city of Raqqa, the Syrian heart of the jihadists’ self-styled “caliphate” since 2014.
Supported by US-led coalition air strikes and special forces advisers, the SDF surrounded Tabqa in early April.
On Monday, they entered it for the first time, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.
“They seized control of several points in the town’s south and were advancing on its western edges,” said Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman.
He said US-led coalition warplanes were carrying out “intense” strikes in support of the offensive, but that one raid had killed three women and five children trying to flee Tabqa.
“One raid killed eight civilians from a single family, including five children, who were trying to escape in their car via the town’s southwest,” Abdel Rahman said.
In an online statement, the SDF said it had captured IS-held positions in west Tabqa, including a roundabout, and part of a southern district.
“There are now clearing operations in the liberated positions,” the SDF said.
Tabqa sits on a key supply route about 55 kilometers (34 miles) west of Raqqa, and served as an important IS command base, housing the group’s main prison.
According to the Syrian Economic Task Force, a Dubai-based think tank, Tabqa is home to 85,000 people including IS fighters from other areas.
The assault on Tabqa began in late March when SDF forces and their US-led coalition allies were airlifted behind IS lines.
The ensuing fight has been intense, with IS dispatching suicide bombers daily to try to slow the offensive and coalition warplanes intensifying their raids.
“The real battle begins now,” Abdel Rahman said on Monday, adding that IS fighters had “no way” out of the town.
For months, the SDF has been advancing on Raqqa, hoping to encircle it before a final attack.
The city was home to around 240,000 residents before 2011, and more than 80,000 people have fled to it from other parts of the country.
Syria’s war has left more than 320,000 people dead since it began with protests in 2011 that were brutally repressed by the government of President Bashar Assad.
Regional and international powers have since been drawn into the complex conflict, in which internationally prohibited weapons such as cluster bombs and toxic gas have been used.
On April 4, a suspected chemical attack killed 87 civilians, including many children, in the northwestern rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhun.
Much of the international community blamed the Syrian regime, and three days later 59 US cruise missiles targeted the airbase from where the attack was launched.
Assad ally Moscow protested the US action and consistently sought to deflect blame from Damascus over the incident.
Air raids on Khan Sheikhun have continued, with seven people killed in strikes on the town market on Monday, the Observatory said.
It came as Russia’s defense ministry said the Syrian army would halt fire around Khan Sheikhun if experts were allowed in to conduct a probe.
The ministry said Damascus was “ready to declare a complete moratorium on the activities of its troops, aviation and artillery in the area” if investigators were sent in.
Syria’s government has not commented on the offer.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said last week that “incontrovertible” test results showed sarin gas or a similar substance had been used in Khan Sheikhun.
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If you have been to a Passover Seder dinner, dear Reader, you probably sang "Dayenu", an ancient song of the holiday. The lyrics go on for fifteen verses along the lines of: If God had only taken us out of slavery in Egypt, Dayenu -- it would have sufficed. If God had only led us through the desert, Dayenu -- it would have sufficed. If God had only given us the Bible, etc. I find myself every few days realizing that if this or that thing just reported had been all President Trump had accomplished, it would have sufficed. But this goes well beyond sufficient into the realm of inconceivable to me. The man is on track to making Jew hatred once again unacceptable by sheer force of personality.
[IsraelTimes] United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday vowed to stand up against anti-Israel bias at the world organization and said the Jewish state must be treated like any other member state.
Speaking to delegates at the World Jewish Congress’s plenary assembly in New York, while Israel marked Holocaust Remembrance Day, the UN chief said that as secretary-general, he would be “on the front lines in the fight against anti-Semitism,” which he warned was on the rise in Europe and America, and called “absolutely unacceptable.”
He promised to “make sure that the United Nations is able to conduct all possible actions for anti-Semitism to be condemned, and if possible eradicated from the face of the earth.”
Guterres said “anti-Semitism never died despite the shock of the Holocaust,” adding that it was “alive and well today,” citing online hate speech, attacks against Jews, and the destruction of Jewish monuments and cemeteries.
Guterres said he would “guarantee” that those working under him would abide by principles that he considers right.
“As secretary general of the United Nations I consider that the state of Israel needs to be treated as any other state,” he said to applause.
He stressed that Israel has an “undeniable right to exist and to live in peace and security with its neighbors,” and that “the modern form of anti-Semitism is the denial of the existence of the State of Israel.”
“I have already had the opportunity to show that I’m ready to abide by that principle even when that forces me to take some decisions that create some uncomfortable situations,” he added, in reference to a deepening row over bias within the UN, exacerbated last month when a UN rights expert issued a blistering criticism of Israel’s policies.
Former UN official and Jordanian national Rima Khalaf last month said Guterres asked her to withdraw a report in which she accused Israel of being an “apartheid state” and subsequently resigned.
The UN chief nonetheless qualified: “That does not mean that I will always be in agreement with all the decisions that are taken at any moment by any government that exists in Israel.”
His 15-minute speech was interrupted by applause at least 11 times. The former Portuguese prime minister was also given a standing ovation.
It was the first time that a UN secretary general has addressed an international gathering of Jewish leaders.
Israel last month announced a $2 million cut in its contribution to the UN budget because of constant criticism by the UN Human Rights Council of its policies towards the Palestinians.
Israel had already cut $6 million from its $11.7 million contribution after a Security Council resolution passed in December condemned Israel’s settlement building
On Monday, UN Security Council ambassadors are scheduled to meet US President Donald Trump and US lawmakers for talks likely to include the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and US cuts to UN funding.
[IsraelTimes] The head of the United Nations’ cultural body UNESCO defended Jewish links to holy sites in Jerusalem on Monday, criticizing her own agency’s governing board for passing a series of resolutions that downplay or deny any Jewish connection to its most sacred spaces.
Irina Bokova, head of the UN’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, called the Temple Mount the “holiest place in Judaism,” during a Monday address in from of the World Jewish Congress in New York.
“The Al Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram al-Sharif, the sacred shrine of the Muslims, is also the Har Habayit – or Temple Mount – the holiest place in Judaism, whose Western Wall is revered by millions across the world, a few steps away from the Saint Sepulchre and the Mount of Olives holy to the Christians,” she said.
Defending the links of all three monotheistic religions to Jerusalem, Bokova told delegates that “to deny, conceal, or erase any of the Jewish, Christian or Muslim traditions runs counter to the reasons that justified its inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage list.”
Last October UNESCO passed a resolution sponsored by Arab states that ignored Jewish and Christian historical ties to Jerusalem holy sites, sparking an outcry in Israel.
Bokova subsequently criticized the agency saying, “The heritage of Jerusalem is indivisible, and each of its communities has a right to the explicit recognition of their history and relationship with the city.”
Israel and the United States suspended their funding to the committee in 2011 after the Palestinians were admitted as members. Both countries lost their voting rights as a result, which has made the passage of anti-Israel resolutions more straightforward.
Also in her address, Bokova launched a new policy guide for educators focused on the teaching of the Holocaust, genocide and mass atrocities.
“We must empower future generations with the lessons from the Holocaust, equip our children and grandchildren with the tools they need to vanquish intolerance and hate, bigotry and anti-Semitism, racism and prejudice,” she said.
[AnNahar] A debate is raging in Austria after a study suggested that Islamic kindergartens in Vienna were helping to create "parallel societies" or even produce the dangerous homegrown radicals of the future.
According to its author, Ednan Aslan, a Turkish-born Austrian professor at Vienna University, some 10,000 children aged two to six attend around 150 Muslim preschools, teaching the Koran much like Christian ones do with Bible studies. At least a quarter are backed by groups propagating arch conservative strains of Islam like Salafism, or organizations that see religion not just as a private matter but integral to politics and society, Aslan believes.
Number of migrant criminal suspects in Germany soared by more than 50% in 2016, as minister warns the number of crimes has 'increased disproportionately'
24/04/17
[DailyMail] Police in Germany revealed they were pursuing 174,000 migrant criminal suspects in 2016, an increase of 52.7 per cent on the previous year. Islamist crime also rose by 13.7 per cent, including the truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market by a failed Tunisian asylum seeker. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere admitted that migrant crime is increasing at a 'disproportionate rate', but blamed the increase on the migrants' unsettled housing situation last year.
[IsraelTimes] Greece’s coastguard says at least 15 people including children have died in a suspected migrant boat sinking off the Aegean island of Lesbos. Eight of the bodies were recovered in Greek waters while the Turkish coastguard found another seven bodies, a Greek coastguard spokeswoman tells AFP.
Two women, one of them pregnant, were recovered alive.
"According to the pregnant woman, there were 25 people on board the boat that sank,” the coastguard spokeswoman said, adding the dead included men, women and children.
Greece’s Aegean Sea islands are a primary transit point for refugees and migrants seeking to reach Europe from Turkey. Over a million people have landed in Greece since 2015, many of them fleeing civil war in Syria.
[DW] Bulgarian authorities have detained five German citizens suspected of having links to a militant organization. One of them was reported as being under the age of 18.
Report: Only 2.65 Percent of Immigrants into Italy Are Refugees
24 April
According to official reports, during the year 2016, only 2.65 percent of those immigrating into Italy were awarded asylum as refugees, with the vast majority staying on in the country as illegal, undocumented immigrants.
Italian Prosecutor Accuses Charities of Colluding With Traffickers in Libya
23 April
Charity boats rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean are colluding with traffickers in Libya, an Italian prosecutor was quoted as saying Sunday, stirring up a simmering row over aid groups’ role in Europe’s migrant crisis. In an interview with Italian daily
Italy Hands First of Ten Boats To Libya For Migrant Rescues
21 April
Italy has given the Libyan coast guard the first two of 10 boats to rescue migrants from foundering smugglers’ boats, as part of a strategy Rome hopes will reduce the huge numbers of the rescued from reaching
Austria Calls for Closure of Mediterranean Route After 9,000 Migrants Ferried to Europe at Easter
19 April
Austrian Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka has called for the European Union (EU) to seal the Mediterranean route after 9,000 migrants were ferried from Africa during Easter weekend.
‘Germany Is a Nation of Immigrants’: Employers’ Unions Demand Open Borders
17 April
Declaring that Germany is in desperate need of migrants, the head of the umbrella group for employers’ associations has demanded the nation loosen border controls and recognise itself to be an “immigration country”.
Pakistani Nationals Arrested for Holding Migrants Hostage
17 April
Police in Greece have arrested three Pakistani nationals for holding hostage 16 migrants without authorization to be in the country and demanding money for their release.
Planned Attack on Russian Embassy Foiled ‘at Last Minute’ After Security Forces Storm Migrant Camp
17 April
The Moroccan migrant suspect at the centre of a foiled plot to launch an attack outside the Russian embassy in Berlin, Germany, was arrested “at the last minute”, just hours before the terror attack was due to take place.
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Federal Police have announced killing of seven Islamic State foreign members, including the group’s military planning official in western Mosul.
“Police troops killed seven IS foreign militants, including abu Yassin al-Rousi, the group’s official of military planning, in western Mosul,” Lt.Gen.Shaker Jawdat, Federal Police chief, said in statements on Monday.
In related news, Jawdat indicated “opening passageways after clearing them of landmines and explosives to allow passage of civilians out of the Old City.”
Speaking BasNews, Lt. Gen. Ali Mohsen said the militants included three suicide bombers and that they were killed on al-Farouq and al-Meshahda disricts, south of Mosul.
Five civilians were arrested over collaboration with the militants, he added.
On Sunday, the pro-Iraqi government troops of al-Hashd al-Shaabi declared killing IS leader abu Omar al-Aafri in Tal Afar town. Previously on the day, Kurdistan Region’s Directorate of Counter-Terrorism (CTD) said IS’s education department official Ali Reda Mahmoud was killed on Saturday in an airstrike by the international coalition jets in Tal Afar town, western Mosul.
The group has sustained severe losses in personnel and ground since an offensive was launched in mid October to retake Mosul, the second-largest Iraqi city and the militants’ last urban stronghold in the country.
The U.S.-led coalition had estimated the number of remaining IS militants in Mosul by less than 1000.
A major offensive was launched in February by Iraqi troops, backed by the international coalition and paramilitary troops, to retake western Mosul from IS. Eastern Mosul was recaptured in January after three months of battles.
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) An Islamic State member in charge of psychological guidance for the group’s fighters was killed Monday along with ten others in an airstrike in western Mosul, according to an air force officer.
Anadolu Agency quoted Lit. Maan Abdullah saying that Ihsan Mulla Khaldoun a-Dawod, Islamic State’s so-called “guidance and psychological mobilization” official, was killed while holding a meeting in Zanjili district, in western Mosul.
Iraqi government forces, backed by a U.S.-led coalition and paramilitary troops, took over eastern Mosul in January after three months of battles. Another offensive launched in mid February to retake the western side of the city.
The U.S. State Department said last week Iraqi troops were in control over 4000 kilometers of the city.
Coalition officials had estimated the number of remaining IS militants in Mosul by less than 1000. The group has lost dozens of its foreign and local leaders since the start of western Mosul operations.
The conflict in Mosul has so far displaced more than half a million civilians, according to the United Nations and the Iraqi government. Google Map at the link
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Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State militants have executed group of civilians in al-Hawija district over attempting to flee ‘the land of caliphate’, officials said.
“Information from our sources in Hawija showed that the executed people earlier helped their families escape to the liberated regions,” Ahmed Khurshid, spokesperson of Hawija tribal mobilization troops, told Kirkuk Now website. The victims were held by IS as they tried to join their families at the freed regions
Meanwhile, Sheikh Marzouq al-Nae’my, head of al-Nae’m tribe, said, “IS executed 25 persons, however, we expect a higher figure as some people are still missing.”
“We were informed through our sources that a massacre was committed by IS,” the tribesman said, adding that the massacre “will not be the last one.”
Dozens of residents from Hawija and the regions in its vicinity escape to Kirkuk province on a daily basis. Despite the risky routes to the freed regions, the civilians prefer death to staying under IS control.
Hawija, located 55 KM west of Kirkuk, has been held by IS since mid-2014.
The Iraqi government is expected to launch an offensive to retake IS-occupied areas in Kirkuk once it is done with eradicating IS from Mosul, the group’s biggest bastion in Iraq.
Baghdad (BasNews) The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by the international coalition, revealed on Sunday that they have received intelligence information indicating that the Islamic State (IS) has began to execute its foreign elements.
Intelligence sources say that local militants do not trust the foreign ones, accusing them of spying for the international coalition and the SDF which has closed in on the group’s stronghold of Raqqa and controlled all roads leading to the city.
The IS organization therefore has recently executed a large number of its foreign militants including leaders, according to the SDF.
These intra-IS tensions suggest that the organization is on the verge of defeat, particularly after the SDF managed to isolate Raqqa and began preparations to storm it.
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Security troops have freed several children who were held by Islamic State in west of Mosul. One of the children was found dead due to being tortured by the militants, a security source from Nineveh province said.
“Security forces liberated a group of children who were detained by IS in al-Zanjili district, in western Mosul,” the source told AlSumaria News on Monday.
“The troops were able to save three of the children after one of them succumbed to death due to being tortured by the militants,” the source added.
“Preliminary investigations with the children showed that they were held by IS members for disobeying orders made by the group,” according to the source.
Last month, Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights reported said 197 children were taken hostage by the IS militants near al-Nouri Grand Mosque in west Mosul where the Iraqi troops have closed in on the militant group.
Islamic State has executed hundreds of civilians and security members since it took over large areas in Iraq to proclaim a self-styled “Islamic Caliphate” in 2014.
A major offensive was launched by Iraqi government forces, backed by international coalition troops led by the United States, in October to retake Mosul, IS’s largest base in Iraq. The eastern side was retaken in January, while another offensive was launched in February to recapture the west.
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Ginsburg writes. "To get their money back, defendants should not be saddled with any proof burden. Instead...they are entitled to be presumed innocent."
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Strict constitutionalism requires that the SCOTUS hear appeals only an on those merits. Count on someone using this precedent to have SCOTUS scotch civil forfeiture.
Rumors are flying about that one of the libs on the court will be retiring this summer...
[North Africa Post] Morocco has been shown as one of the few countries with a low presence of Salafism in a map published on the Geopoliticalfutures.com website.
Morocco together with Leb, 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... and Bahrain were painted light green in the map where the majority of Arab countries have been painted red or brown standing respectively for high and medium presence of Salafism, an ultraconservative branch within Sunni Islam that emerged in Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... in the first half of the 18th Century. The branch derives its appelation from its endeavor to return to the traditions of what they deem as "devout ancestors" called Salaf in Arabic.
In a comment on the map, Geopolitical Futures notes that Saudi Arabia has exported Salafism to the rest of the Moslem world. It adds that this branch of Islam that espouses ultraconservative ideas was spread through purchasing mosques, underwriting seminaries, publishing literature, dispatching holy mans and supporting charities.
"Over time, however, it gradually lost control over the Salafist ideology itself, and three distinct branches formed: Quietist, Jihadist, and Electoral," Geopolitical Future explained.
The same website stroke a difference between the three branches of Salafism namely Quietists, Jihadists and the Electoralists. In this respect, Quietists were defined as the "most dominant stand of Salafism" that seeks to promote ultra conservative interpretations of Islam through proselytization.
Jihadists, for their part, add a violent dimension to their proselytization where armed insurrection is used to achieve the ultraconservative religious agenda.
The electoral branch, said Geopolitical Futures, emerged in the wake of the Arab Spring when Salafists ...Salafists are ostentatiously devout Moslems who figure the ostentation of their piety gives them the right to tell others how to do it and to kill those who don't listen to them... saw in polls a bridge to reach power.
[CBC.CA] New research suggests a large amount of methane was released in the Arctic Ocean during a period of warming 110 million years ago and the methane "burp" points to the possibility of a similar release in today's warming conditions. [Gag!] "What is that smell?"
The discovery happened in the remote High Arctic, on Ellef Ringnes Island, about 500 kilometres north of Resolute, Nunavut. During the Cretaceous period, 55 million years before the dinosaurs disappeared,
So the methane burp was not a major extinction event? How unexciting.
the island was deep underwater. [Barf!] "It smells like the earth just farted!"
Suddenly, from under the mud, bubbles of methane began to emerge as frozen deposits began to thaw. "I think... I think I'm going extinct!"
The bubbles left traces in the form of over 130 mounds that persist on the island today, complete with fossils of life that formed around the methane seeps. [Rosebud!]
"There must have been some brief, rapid release into the ocean," explained Steve Grasby, one of the researchers who visited the island between 2009 and 2011.
"Because we don't see them in the older rocks and we don't see them in the younger rocks. So something must have happened in the Earth's history at that time to release a bunch of methane into the sea," he said.
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I blame prehistoric frackers, possibly marsupial wildcatters.
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Photo caption: Fossils like these Cretaceous tubeworms show part of the deep-ocean community that fed off the methane leaking from the mud.
So let's feed the tubeworms! AGW resolved!
But I wonder, what put all that methane *in* the ocean in the first place? Progressive dinosaurs? No grant money for that?
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...points to the possibility of a similar release in today's warming conditions.
You mean the 'warming conditions' that aren't occurring? And even if they were, what are we going to do - send down the crews from Armageddon to plug a hole or something?
[MSN] The entire U.S. Senate has been invited to the White House for a briefing Wednesday on the North Korea situation, amid escalating tensions over the country’s missile tests and bellicose rhetoric.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer confirmed the upcoming briefing, for all 100 senators, on Monday.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats plan to provide the update to politicians.
It is rare for the entire Senate to be invited to such a briefing.
Spicer clarified that while the event will take place on the White House campus, it is technically a Senate briefing and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is the one who convened it.
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Deal with the bastids now, or deal with them later. Stern NORK and Iran slap-downs are coming. Just a matter of when.
[IsraelTimes] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly given visiting German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel an ultimatum over planned meetings with left-wing NGOs. Channel 2 reports that the prime minister told Gabriel that if he meets with Breaking the Silence and the human rights watchdog B’Tselem, he won’t be able to meet with Netanyahu.
Netanyahu has reportedly not yet received a response from the Germans.
The ultimatum comes following an incident in February, when the prime minister asked visiting Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel to stop supporting Israeli groups he considers damaging to the country. The next day Michel met with both groups.
[IsraelTimes] Americans for Peace Now is canceling its annual trip to Israel over the country’s new anti-boycott law. The law passed last month by the Israeli Knesset bars entry to foreigners who publicly call for boycotting the Jewish state or its settlements.
Americans for Peace Now is concerned that trip participants could be stopped at Ben Gurion International Airport and denied entry into Israel, Haaretz first reported this week, noting that the dovish group has been holding its Israel Study Tour for 30 years and this is the first time it is canceling.
Peace Now reportedly canceled the early June trip after failing to get assurances from the Israeli government that participants would be able to enter the country.
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Americans for Peace Now is concerned that trip participants could be stopped at Ben Gurion International Airport and denied entry into Israel frogmarched into Gaza*.
[TownHall.com] Understand that if America is stupid enough to let liberals take power again, they will persecute and prosecute normal Americans like us who dare to dissent. That's not a guess or a prediction - that's a commitment they have made to their fascist followers. They've seen what the truth can do to their schemes. After 2016, there's no way they are going to take a chance on another electoral rejection by us normals, so they don't even pretend to support free speech anymore. It will be one gender neutral being-one vote, one more time, and then never again.
Hold on. That's clearly nuts, right? This is obviously crazy talk that's talking crazy, isn't it? Don't liberals love free speech?
[AlAhram] A senior French Moslem leader has called on the country's nearly 5 million Moslems to "vote massively" to elect Emmanuel Macron president.
Dalil Boubakeur, rector of Gay Paree' Grand Mosque, called the final May 7 vote to choose the next French head of state "decisive for the destiny of La Belle France and its religious minorities."
His statement said: "The Grand Mosque of Gay Paree and its National Federation (FGMP) call on Moslems in La Belle France to vote massively for candidate Emmanuel Macron."
Without referencing Marine Le Pen explicitly, Boubakeur says French citizens must comprehend the "threat embodied by xenophobic ideas dangerous to our cohesion."
[ARA News] The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Monday announced that 311 Islamic State’s (ISIS) militant fighters were killed in the fourth phase of the Euphrates Wrath Operation, that was launched on 13 April to liberate the northern countryside of Raqqa.
Also, at least 30 fighters of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have been killed by ISIS fire since 13 April.
“The fourth phase was aimed to clear the remaining northern countryside and the valley of Jalab from the ISIS and to remove the last obstacles in front of SDF, to prepare for the liberation of the city of Al-Raqqa and the completion of the siege with encirclement of the ISIS gangs,” the SDF leadership said in an official statement on Monday.
“Since the declaration of the fourth phase of the Operation Wrath of Euphrates, our forces have liberated dozens of villages and hamlets, inflicted heavy blows on the enemy and made them suffer dozens of losses,” it said.
“In addition, the northern side of the al-Jalab Valley was cleared of ISIS terrorists and our people in this region were rescued from the atrocity of terrorists and transferred to safe areas.”
Furthermore, the SDF called for more international support for over 20,000 IDPs that have recently escaped ISIS-held Raqqa city.
“At the same time, thousands of civilians have migrated to Rojava [Syrian Kurdistan] due to the intensity of war. The number of migrants has reached 20 thousand during the recent weeks. In this regard, we call on the United Nations, humanitarian aid organizations and democratic forces to provide support for these displaced civilians,” the SDF said.
According to the Syrian Democratic Forces, they also captured 8 ISIS members, and seized ISIS corpses.
SDF also seized a large quantity of ammunition from ISIS during the recent clashes in northern Raqqa, which included 22 Kalashnikov rifles, 4 BKC machine guns, 5 B7 rocket launchers, one 12.5 mm DShK, 2 motorbikes, one Hummer and one pick-up vehicle, 11 hand grenades, one Katyusha rocket launcher, the SDF said.
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Beirut, Damascus – The Syrian opposition warned that the battle of the countryside of northern Hama during which Syrian regime forces advanced and controlled the town of Halfaya on Sunday, could further pave the way for the regime to move towards Idlib, especially after emptying the two towns of Foua and Kafraya, previously considered as a pressure paper in the hands of the opposition.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said regime forces and their Syrian and non-Syrian allies were capable of fully recapturing the town of Halfaya, in addition to Tallat al-Nasiriya, the farms of Sen Sahar and al-Wibda, the Btish village and al-Tarabih checkpoint following violent clashes with opposition factions and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham.
Director of the Observatory Rami Abdel Rahman told Asharq Al-Awsat: “The regime aims to completely liberate the countryside of northern Hama to later advance towards Khan Sheikhoun in the countryside of southern Idlib, and then expand to other areas in Idlib. It seems that their tactic is going as planned.”
For his part, opposition member Colonel Fateh Hassoun told Asharq Al-Awsat: “At the military level, the attack on Idlib started with the attack on Khan Sheikhoun. What is happening today is a Russian and Iranian operation to entirely burn and destroy the infrastructure and human presence” in those areas.
Hassoun said he expected that the latest events in Syria would escalate the confrontations and counterattacks of the military faction in accordance with the field developments.
Meanwhile, during a meeting of the Baath party chaired by its Secretary General Bashar Assad, five of the 15-member leadership were replaced.
The Baath party’s website quoted Assad as saying during the meeting that the “most important goal of the war on Syria was undermining pan-Arab ideals and forcing Syria to abandon pan-Arabism,” asserting that Syria belonged to the Arab nation.
By his comments, Assad clearly contradicted the fact that he chose to ally with Iran and Russia during the six years of war in Syria, therefore hitting the Arab annexes of Syria.
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Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) Paramilitary troops have killed four suicide bombers as their infiltration attempt in north of Salahuddin province was foiled on Monday.
“Troops of the 29th brigade were able to besiege and kill four Islamic State suicide bombers near Baiji city, north of Salahuddin,” the media service of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Public Mobilization Units) said.
“The attackers were attempting to sneak into Baiji to target the military units there,” it added.
On Sunday, the pro-government troops killed two IS militants after targeting their havens in Makhoul mountains, north of the province.
Salahuddin has witnessed an escalation in IS attacks on deployments by Iraqi government forces and PMUs over the past months as Iraqi government forces continue to make gains in Mosul, the group’s largest stronghold in Iraq, since a security campaign launched in October to retake the city.
Observers believe IS attacks outside Mosul seek distracting security attention from Mosul and to make up for losses.
IS militants still pose a security threat in Salahuddin though security forces had recaptured large areas of the province since the group emerged in 2014 to proclaim an “Islamic Caliphate”.
PMUs are considered one of the largest militias in Iraq. It was established in 2014 by a fatwa (religious edict) to fight the Islamic State. In late 2016, the Iraqi parliament recognized the militia as a national armed force.
Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) Pro-Iraqi government paramilitary troops have killed a suicide attacker inside a house south of Samarra, in Salahuddin province, a security source said on Monday.
“The 313 brigade of al-Hashd al-Shaabi [Public Mobilization Units] troops besieged on Monday a bomber, vested with a suicide belt, inside a house in al-Ishaqi district, south of Samarra,” the source told AlSumaria News.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the source said “troops killed the attacker after exchanging fire with him.”
Earlier on Sunday, the troops killed four suicide bombers as they attempted infiltration near Baiji city, northern Salahuddin.
The province has witnessed an escalation in IS attacks on troops deployed by Iraqi government forces and PMUs over the past months as Iraqi government forces continue to make gains in Mosul, the group’s largest stronghold in Iraq, since a security campaign launched in October to retake the city.
IS militants still pose a security threat in Salahuddin though security forces had recaptured large areas of the province since the group emerged in 2014 to proclaim an “Islamic Caliphate”.
PMUs have actively engaged with government forces in securing recaptured areas and searching for dormant IS cells in Salahuddin and other provinces. Google Map at the link
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[SHABELLENEWS] Suspected Al shabaab assailants bumped off a senior Somali Police Officer in Mogadishu on Monday evening, the latest in series of the killings in the capital over the past few weeks.
The officer who was identified as Ali Afweyne, was rubbed out at a cafe in Huriwa district by gunnies in a vehicle, according to a witness, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... The killers sped off in a Toyota car after shooting dead the Police officer before the arrival of the security forces. An investigation is underway to find out the perpetrators.
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[FOXNEWS] An Emirati previously convicted of being a member of the bad boyIslamic 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 has had his sentence increased from one year in prison to a 10-year sentence.
The state-run WAM news agency reported Monday the Emirati, whom it only identified by initials, was previously sentenced by the Abu Dhabi federal court of appeal, but that prosecutors had appealed the sentence.
The United Arab Emirates, a federation of seven sheikhdoms on the Arabian Peninsula, has not seen the type of krazed killer attacks that have plagued its Mideast neighbors. However, a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth... the staunch Western ally has convicted several Emiratis of belonging to the krazed killer group that is fighting mostly in Iraq and Syria.
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F*cking soup sandwich. The government informants were convicted on charges, but not their handlers. The jury was hung on the conspiracy charges against the Bundys.
[Librrty ation] The first Bundy trial has ended in a mistrial after finding a federal informant guilty of eight charges and one of the defendants guilty of two lesser charges. The jury was hopelessly deadlocked on sixty more charges, even after federal judge Gloria Navarro sent the jury back to deliberate further.
The case has been hotly contested by their supporters, who say that the men were defending themselves against government agents who assaulted, tazed, and threatened them.
Todd Engel was found guilty on two charges; obstruction of justice, and interstate travel to aid extortion. Greg Burleson, a fellow defendant also revealed to have been working for the federal government as an informant throughout the events at Bundy Ranch, was found guilty on eight charges. According to Maxine Bernstein of OregonLive.com and Jenny Wilson of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the jury was “hopelessly deadlocked” on all other charges — including the charge of conspiracy against the United States government. Federal judge Gloria Navarro has reportedly sent the jury back on an Allen charge to deliberate further on the other counts, but to no avail.
On the charges of impeding and injuring a federal officer, the jury could reach no verdict. Greg Burleson, the informant, was the only defendant convicted of assault on a federal officer, as well as threatening. He was also convicted of two counts of “firearm in relation to a crime of violence,” according to the Review-Journal, and interference with interstate commerce by extortion.
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Two persons were injured due to blast that occurred near a market in northern Baghdad, security source said on Monday.
“A roadside bomb placed near a market on Taji district left two persons injured,” the source told Al-Ghad Press.
On Sunday, three other persons were wounded as an IED exploded in Gisr Diyala region, southeastern Baghdad.
Violence in the country left 1115 casualties, excluding security members, during March, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) said. Baghdad was the second most affected province with 84 deaths and 246 injuries, according to the organization’s monthly casualty count.
Islamic State militants said they had been behind some bloody explosions and attacks that hit the capital in the past months, leaving casualties among civilians and security troops. However, several blasts are not followed by a claim of responsibility.
Islamic State is believed to have begun escalating attacks outside the city of Mosul, where the group has been losing ground and personnel since October, so as to relieve pressure by government forces on that front and to divert attention from group losses.
Moreover, observers argue that attacks outside the city prove that the extremist group can still pose a security threat for all cities.
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) A police source revealed that three policemen were injured in a bomb blast that targeted their patrol, west of Baghdad, Alsumaria News reported on Monday.
The source said that an improvised explosive device exploded, at noon today, near a police patrol in al-Haswa area in Abu Gharib District, west of Baghdad, wounding three policemen.
Security forces cordoned off the area of incident, and transferred the wounded to a nearby hospital to receive the needed treatment, the source added on condition of anonymity.
Earlier today, a roadside bomb placed near a market on Taji district left two persons injured, while yesterday three persons were wounded as an IED exploded in Diyala Bridge region, southeastern Baghdad.
The capital, Baghdad is witnessing a surge of violence and several suicide attacks that leave dozens of casualties every day.
[Al Jazeera] Suspected Maoist rebels have killed at least 24 paramilitary soldiers on Monday in a remote part of central India, a police official said, the latest attack in a simmering internal conflict.
The soldiers were guarding road workers in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh state when they came under fire. The rebels fired from hilltops at the group of soldiers, police officer Jitendra Shukla said.
Local media reported that at least six commandos had been critically injured and were being airlifted to safety.
The attack is the latest in a long-running conflict between faceless myrmidons and Indian authorities in the forests and rural areas of mainly central and eastern India.
"We have recovered 23 bodies from the spot and one jawan [soldier] died in Raipur during treatment," Anand Chhabra, a police brass hat in restive Chhattisgarh, told AFP news agency, referring to the state capital.
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[DAWN] A suspected terrorist was killed and another tossed in the clink Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! after Rangers personnel conducted a targeted operation in the Urdu Bazaar area of 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.
Four Rangers personnel were maimed in the operation as the suspected bandidosLions of Islam retaliated by throwing grenades and firing during the operation.
Two people, including a teenager, were also injured.
The paramilitary force conducted a targeted raid on an alleged hideout of ’terrorists’ in an apartment located on Muqaddas Street in the Urdu Bazaar area.
Spokesperson for the Sindh Rangers said one terrorist was arrested, with the other barricading himself in a room. He was later killed in the shootout.
The suspects lobbed two hand grenades which injured two soldiers, added the Rangers spokesperson.
However, the way to a man's heart remains through his stomach... police officials said that four Rangers personnel, one shopkeeper and one teenager were hurt in the grenade attacks and firing between the security personnel and the suspects.
Preedy SHO, Aurangzeb Khattak, told Dawn that the Rangers conducted raid at the place on information about presence of suspects when they came under attack.
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[FREEBEACON] Rep. Comrade Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) is slated to pay her daughter another $108,000 for running a lucrative campaign operation that pulls in hundreds of thousands of dollars each election cycle, FEC filings show.
Karen Waters, the daughter of Rep. Waters, collected nearly $650,000 to date for running the operation for her mother's campaign.
Karen is in charge of a "slate mailer" operation for Citizens for Waters, Rep. Waters' federal campaign committee. Slate mailers, or endorsement mailers, involve a candidate or political group paying for the endorsement of another politician.
A candidate pays Citizens for Waters from their own political committees for her endorsement. If a candidate that she endorses does not directly pay her campaign committee, they must credit their own committee with in-kind contributions from Waters.
The mailers are sent to nearly 200,000 residents in South Central Los Angeles, an area where Waters holds considerable clout. The mailers contain an "official sample ballot" and brief quotes from Waters about the candidates and measures that she supports.
During the 2016 election cycle, Waters' campaign committee hauled in nearly $300,000 from more than 20 payments for slate mailer endorsements.
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[North Africa Post] German authorities have established a list of 100 migrants colonists, including several Moroccans, flagged dangerous for national security and are on the verge of deporting them to their home countries.
A total of 900 migrants colonists have been flagged ’dangerous’ but 100 have been put on the deportation list, Moroccan Arabic media Al Massae reports.
The list includes migrants colonists from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Iraq, Nigeria, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... and Serbia.
Since the December attack by Tunisian migrant and 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 myrmidon Anis Amr in Berlin, German authorities have decided to address radicalism and take on migrants colonists who have been posing threat to the country’s security.
Authorities have fast-tracked deportation of migrants colonists deemed dangerous. Thirteen migrants colonists, including 7 Tunisians, have been so far deported following the lorry attack, which killed 12 people in the Berlin market.
One Moroccan, one Algerian, one Nigerian, one Serbian and one Iraqi are other dangerous migrants colonists deported for security reasons.
The list of 900 ’dangerous’ migrants colonists has been established based on their links with Islamist groups. The 900 have travelled to Iraq and Syria; two hotbed conflict zones where IS, al Qaeda and other terror groups have established strongholds.
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"A journey of a 1000 miles starts with one step", or "Lets trow a bone to the mob"?
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Greece’s coastguard said Monday at least 15 people including children have died in a suspected migrant boat sinking off the Aegean island of Lesbos.
Eight of the bodies were recovered in Greek waters while the Turkish coastguard found another seven bodies, a Greek coastguard spokeswoman told AFP.
Two women, one of them pregnant, were recovered alive.
"According to the pregnant woman, there were 25 people on board the boat that sank," the coastguard spokeswoman said.
The dead apparently include nine men, four women and two children, she said.
Greek authorities had received no distress call prior to finding the bodies, the coastguard spokeswoman said.
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[Al Ahram] Police in the Russian republic of Dagestan ...a formerly inoffensive Caucasus republic currently bedevilled by low-level Islamic insurgency, occasional outbreaks of separatism, ethnic tensions and terrorism, primarily due to its proximity to Chechnya. There are several dozen ethnic groups, most of which speak either Caucasian, Turkic, or Iranian languages. Largest among these ethnic groups are the Avar, Dargin, Kumyk, Lezgin, and Laks. While Russers form less than five percent of the population, Russian remains the primary official language and the lingua franca... say at least one person has been killed and 11 injured in a live grenade accident at a high school.
The police said in a statement on Monday that they detained a teenager who brought the grenade to school in the rural area in Russia's North Caucasus. At least three teenagers are in intensive care. The police in Dagestan called it an accident but the circumstances of the kaboom were not immediately clear.
Following two separatist wars in neighboring Chechnya, an Islamic insurgency spread to Dagestan where shootouts between the Lions of Islam and police are almost routine occurrences and the illegal ownership of weapons is high.
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[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Syrian Army units restored Monday security and stability to the towns and villages of al-Masaseneh, Zour al-Heiseh, and Zour al-Teibeh in the northern countryside of Hama, killing 300 Death Eaters and injuring a large number of them, destroying 20 vehicles , two ammunition warehouses and two tanks.
Earlier, an army unit thwarted an infiltration attempt by terrorist groups affiliated to 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 .. ... Front terror organization in the direction of military positions i in Hama province’s southern countryside.
SANA’s correspondent in Hama said that army units targeted the movements of terrorist groups that moved from the direction of Hur Binafseh town to attack military positions in the surroundings of al-Zara village and the thermal station there, killing and injuring a number of Death Eaters and destroying their weapons and ammo.
Lattakia
A unit of the army killed a number of Death Eaters and destroyed their car, equipped with munitions and cannon near al-Tufahiya in Lattakia northern countryside.
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[Libya Herald] A wanted IS suspect is reported to have been bumped off in Sabratha today .
Abdullah Dabbashi from a leading family in the town was injured after US jets struck an IS compound in the town in February 2016 .
He was taken for treatment in Zawia where he was said to be guarded members of Farouq Brigade, led by Abu Obeida al-Zawi, one Libya Dawn ...aka Fajr Libya, the Islamist operation launched to counter that of General Khalifa Haftar (Operation Dignity). It is made up of the Libya Shield militia (Misrata and Moslem Brotherhood), Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (Moslem Brotherhood), and Tripoli Brigade (close to Abdul Hakim Belhaj, head of Al-Watan party). Financing and moral support come from Turkey and Qatar... ’s more radical commanders.
However at the time a local official insisted to the Libya Herald that Dabbashi was dead, killed in a raid on his house.
Before the US raid, in which two Serb diplomats, allegedly kidnapped by Dabbashi, were killed, Sabratha’s mayor Hussein Dhawadi had denied there were any holy warriors in the town and had even staged a supervised press trip to prove this.
Pictures of social media today showed a man said to be Dabbashi slumped in the back of a car with bullet wounds to the head and upper body.
It is unclear how he and a relative travelling with him came to be killed. In the wake of the US raid, security forces in Sabratha reinforced from Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... fought running battles with terrorists. It was during one such action that they claimed to have killed Dabbashi.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
We've reached a major tipping point in politics and there's no turning back.
A Silicon Valley startup has developed a robot that may soon replace mall cops. Knightscope, which specializes in fully autonomous security data machines, says it is officially signed up to patrol malls in New York and Massachusetts, with nearly two dozen accounts set up across 16 cities this year.
It is both incredible and stomach wrenching but Nye (who is, by education, an engineer, not a scientist by the way), introduces a gender fluidity advocate who does a rap song at the link a video put on youtube on apr 23.
The Barrett M107 .50-caliber long-range sniper rifle is a firearm made for the modern war on terrorism. Officially adopted by the U.S. Army in 2002 and boasting a 2,000-meter range, a suppressor-ready muzzle brake, and recoil-minimizing design, the semi-automatic offers "greater range and lethality against personnel and materiel targets than other sniper systems in the U.S. inventory," according to an assessment by Military.com. 
Pennies for Old Ironsides
[Al Ahram] The International Criminal Court on Monday unsealed an arrest warrant for the former head of Libya's Internal Security Agency, saying he was suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in repressing opposition to former ruler Muammar Gaddafi. In a statement, the ICC said judges ordered Mohamed Khaled Al-Tuhamy's 2013 warrant on charges including torture and persecution unsealed, after a request by Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda.
[NBCNEWS] The 
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] A 58-year-old man who started a massive fire in Los Angeles in anger over police killings of African-Americans was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Monday following a plea deal.
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Imprisoned Paleostinian parliamentarian and Fatah leader Marwan Barghouthi, who has been leading a large-scale hunger strike in Zionist prisons, suffered from a serious deterioration of his health on Monday after forgoing food for eight days.
[Daily Caller] A sheriff from California’s Central Valley is digging in his heels against the spread of sanctuary cities and counties across the state.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The former 
[Ynet] Swedish police said they had 
...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. ..
[DAWN] Two brothers allegedly 
[DAWN] After the imam at a local mosque in Zaida refused to lead Mashal Khan's funeral prayers and locals refused to attend his funeral, Sherin Yar, a resident of a nearby village, stepped forward prepared to perform the last rites "no matter what the cost."
the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
Zawahiri
[Dhaka Tribune] A few years back, I witnessed something that I, ever since, have identified as the prime example of a despicable direct attack on religious minorities.
[DAWN] THE past couple of weeks have seen a series of chilling events related to blasphemy -- or rather accusations of it -- unfold in the country. On April 13, Mashal Khan was brutally lynched at his university in Mardan. This was followed by a similarly gruesome incident in Sialkot on Wednesday when three sisters murdered a man, Fazal Abbas, accused of blasphemy. Just as the nation was reeling from these bloody incidents, news emerged from Chitral on Friday regarding another blasphemy accusation. As reported in this paper, a mentally disturbed man created a ruckus during Friday prayers in a local mosque. His remarks worked up the crowd, which tried to get hold of him. 
[SFChronicle] BART takeover robbery: 40 to 60 teens swarm train, rob weekend riders
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least thirty seven 
[IsraelTimes] Police say 143 people detained at ’anti-fascist, anti-capitalist’ demonstrations across 
North Korea
[TownHall.com] Understand that if America is stupid enough to let liberals take power again, they will persecute and prosecute normal Americans like us who dare to dissent. That's not a guess or a prediction - that's a commitment they have made to their fascist followers. They've seen what the truth can do to their schemes. After 2016, there's no way they are going to take a chance on another electoral rejection by us normals, so they don't even pretend to support free speech anymore. It will be one gender neutral being-one vote, one more time, and then never again.
[SHABELLENEWS] Suspected Al shabaab assailants 
[FOXNEWS] An Emirati previously convicted of being a member of the
[Al Jazeera] Suspected Maoist rebels have killed at least 24 paramilitary soldiers on Monday in a remote part of central India, a police official said, the latest attack in a simmering internal conflict.
[DAWN] A suspected terrorist was killed and another 
[FREEBEACON] Rep. 
[North Africa Post] German authorities have established a list of 100 
[Al Ahram] Police in the Russian republic of 
[Libya Herald] A wanted IS suspect is reported to have been 
