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An Iraqi Russian-made fighter jet accidentally dropped a bomb over a Baghdad neighborhood on Monday, killing at least 12 people on the ground, Iraqi officials said.
The plane ‐ one of several Sukhois used by Iraq in the fight against the Islamic State group ‐ was returning to base when the accident happened.
Military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Saad Maan Ibrahim, told The Associated Press that a technical failure caused the Sukhoi jet to malfunction and drop the bomb, which hit a number of houses in the Iraqi capital's eastern neighborhood of New Baghdad.
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Two Boko Haram bombs exploded at a crowded mosque and an elite Muslim restaurant in the central Nigerian city of Jos, killing 44 people. 67 other people were injured and were being treated at hospitals.
The blast at the Yantaya Mosque happened as leading cleric Sani Yahaya of the Jama'atu Izalatul Bidia organization, which preaches peaceful co-existence of all faiths, was addressing a crowd during Ramadan.
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[LATimes] As diplomats rush to reach an agreement to curb Iran's nuclear program, the U.S. military is stockpiling conventional bombs so powerful that strategists say they could cripple Tehran's most heavily fortified nuclear complexes, including one deep underground.
The bunker-busting bombs are America's most destructive munitions short of atomic weapons. At 15 tons, each is 5 tons heavier than any other bomb in the U.S. arsenal.
In development for more than a decade, the latest iteration of the MOP -- massive ordnance penetrator -- was successfully tested on a deeply buried target this year at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The test followed upgrades to the bomb's guidance system and electronics to stop jammers from sending it off course.
U.S. officials say the huge bombs, which have never been used in combat, are a crucial element in the White House deterrent strategy and contingency planning should diplomacy go awry and Iran seek to develop a nuclear bomb.
Obama has made it clear that he has no desire to order an attack, warning that U.S. Arclight Arclight airstrikes on Iran's air defense network and nuclear facilities would spark a destabilizing new war in the Middle East, and would only delay Iran by several years should it choose to build a bomb.
"A military solution will not fix it," Obama told Israeli TV on June 1. An attack "would temporarily slow down an Iranian nuclear program, but it will not eliminate it."
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, speaking to news hounds Thursday at the Pentagon, sought to downplay the likelihood or the utility of an attack. He said no plan under consideration, including use of the bunker-busters, could deliver a permanent knockout blow to Iran's nuclear infrastructure and enrichment plants.
A military strike of that kind is a setback, but it doesn't prevent the reconstitution over time," he said. "And that basically has been the case as long as we've had those instruments and those plans, and I don't think there's anything substantially changed since then."
U.S. officials have publicized the new bomb partly to rattle the Iranians. Some Pentagon officials warned not to underestimate U.S. military capabilities even if the bunker-busters can't eliminate Iran's nuclear program.
Iran's nuclear program has already been attacked through covert digital action. In 2010, the U.S. and Israel reportedly slipped a destructive computer worm called Stuxnet into Iranian computer systems controlling the fast-spinning centrifuges that enrich uranium.
The cyberattack destroyed centrifuges and delayed enrichment, but Tehran soon recovered, according to the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations ...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly... nuclear watchdog agency.
Stuxnet did not lead to overt Iranian retaliation. U.S. Arclight airstrikes, and the casualties they would cause, almost certainly would spark a different response.
"It would create huge problems," said Michael E. O'Hanlon, a military analyst at the Brookings Institution. "That said, it's hard to rule out if talks fail."
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So you set them back and if they keep trying to make a nuke you set them back again. Am I missing something? Oh, yeah. Baraq wants them to have a nuke.
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Kissinger and Nixon proved that a couple of well placed bombs done enough times will change the tenor of a negotiation if the opposing side is recalcitrant.
I say we bomb them NOW and then ask them if they want to reconsider a few of the terms they are balking at.
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BIGNEWSNETWORK ARTIC = argued that, more likely than not, the BUNKER-BUSTERS taint gonna be enuff to stop or destroy Iran's Nucprogs, or stop or destroy it completely.
Read, US OR US-LED MAJOR GROUND INVASION STILL NEEDED.
* TOPIX > [BreitBart] OBAMA: GETTING A BAD NUCLEAR DEAL AT ANY PRICE.
The US is SSSSHHH ... PCCCCCCC the "tip-of-the-spear" in setting up Anti-US OWG-NWO where the US-N-Only-the-US must unilaterally retreat or fall back around the World + give up its "Sole" Superpower authority-n-influence, etc. so that RUSSIA, CHINA, + IRAN, ETAL CAN RISE TO "US-STYLE", PAR, ONE-OF-MANY OWG CO-SUPERPOWERHOOD + COMPETITION IN THE NAME OF OWG-NWO + WORLD/GLOBAL PEACE ... ...
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG???
["GUAM WILL CAPSIZE", CELINE DION'S "TITANIC" THEME, + USN BB USS OKLAHOMA here].
* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > CHINA WILL [ANDOR ALREADY HAS] REPLACE THE US AS GLOBAL POWER [SAYS THE WORLD] - US NEWS.
* JAPAN TIMES [old = repost] > CHINA'S INDIAN OCEAN STRATEGY.
ARTIC = denotes that ... ...
> Maritime Domain [East Asia, World Oceans] IS CENTRAL TO XI JINPING'S GREAT-POWER AMBITIONS FOR CHINA.
> CHINA WANTS TO BE ITS OWN LEADER + PRINCIPAL, N-O-T A FOLLOWER OR PARTNER IN US-CREATED GLOBAL GOVERNANCE = OWG-NWO.
[Ynet] Egypt's military launched air strikes and ground operations that killed 63 Islamist turbans in North Sinai on Sunday, security sources said, as the country grapples with an increasingly ambitious insurgency based in the region.
Security sources said on Sunday troops killed the 63 in villages between the towns of Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah.
[Ynet] Shin Bet nabs six suspected of trying to spread ISIS teachings among Bedouins; three of them were charged with attempt to travel to Syria to join 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.... The Shin Bet said Monday it has tossed in the slammer You have the right to remain silent... six Bedouins from the Negev, four of them teachers, who are suspected of supporting the Islamic State and spreading the terror group's dogma among family, friends and even students.
"The investigation uncovered that the suspects met secretly to discuss and promote Islamic State's ideology," Shin Bet said.
Some started spreading the organization's beliefs among their family, friends and acquaintances, while some had also planned to travel abroad to join ISIS' ranks in the fighting in Syria.
The Shin Bet claimed that the four teachers tried to spread the Islamic State's teachings among their students and among other teachers on school premises.
"The hard core among the activists are employed at schools in the Negev. Some took advantage of their position and attempted to plead the case for ISIS among pupils and teachers on school premises," it added.
Details a out the arrestees can be read at the link.
Education Minister Naftali Bennett decided to revoke the suspects' teaching license.
The six men, all members of the same family, were relatives of two people who already travelled to Syria to fight alongside jihadists, Israeli media said.
Around 30 Arab Israelis have already made their way to Syria to fight for Islamist groups against Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor. If he'd stuck with it he'd have had a good practice by now... 's regime in the country's more than four-year civil war, according to the authorities.
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[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Bombing by government forces in southern Syria has forced four field hospitals to close, with medical workers among those injured by recent bombings, monitors say.
On Wednesday an Arclight airstrike in the village of Saida just east of Deraa city, aimed at a checkpoint held by the rebel group Jaish al-Yarmouk, killed three fighters and a medical worker at a nearby field hospital, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Thursday.
Activists from Saida published footage claiming to be from the scene of the second of two attacks to target the small town on Wednesday, showing a huge crater in the middle of a residential street.
A local resident, Mamoon Aloush, wrote on Wednesday that the local field hospital had been shut down following the attacks, due to "the repeated bombings in the area around the facility".
The hospital ceased taking in patients on Wednesday afternoon, but put out an urgent call asking local residents with cellars in their homes to "donate" them so that medical workers could continue treating people.
Rami Abdel Rahman of the British-based SOHR said the facility in Saida was the fourth field hospital in Deraa province to shut down in the space of seven days, in the midst of concentrated attacks by forces allied to Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs... .
A hospital in Eastern Ghariya, a small town just north of Saida, announced on Wednesday that it would close its doors amid "continual targeting by Assad's forces".
The hospital closures come as activists warn that nearby Jordan is closing its borders to maimed Syrian civilians.
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[IsraelTimes] Family of five among victims moderately injured after cycle of violence rider opens fire in Jadeidi-Makr
At least six people, including a family of five, were maimed Sunday after a cycle of violence rider opened fire on them in the northern Israeli Galilee region.
The incident occurred in the Arab town of Jadeidi-Makr, Israeli news site Ynet reported.
The victims were evacuated to the Western Galilee Hospital in Nahariya, with minor to moderate injuries.
According to police, a woman and two minors were among the injured.
Further details were not made immediately clear, but police said they were investigating the incident.
Arab-Israeli politicians have repeatedly cited the prevalence of illegal weapons in Arab society as a major problem requiring greater attention by authorities.
According to Knesset statistics, Arabs are 10 times more likely than Jews to be indicted for possession of an illegal firearm.
[DAWN] Armed Death Eaters killed three labourers in Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... 's Gwadar district Sunday evening, according to Levies sources.
Sources told Dawn.com that the Death Eaters shot up a construction company in Zero Point area of Pasni tehsil in Gwadar district. Three labourers working there were killed on the spot, they said.
Levies sources went on to say that the assailants also snatched weapons from Balochistan Constabulary personnel deployed to guard labourers and machinery in the area.
The assailants managed to escape from the spot as law-enforcement personnel reached the site to investigate the incident.
Levies personnel claim the attack was an act of assassination.
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[DAWN] PPP Chairman Bilawal Baby Bhutto Zardari ...Pak dynastic politician, son of Benazir Bhutto and grandon of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. As far as is known, Bilawal has no particular talents other than being pretty and being able to memorize political slogans, but he had the good luck to be born into the right family and he hasn't been assassinated yet... informed his father and Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday about his recent meetings with several top leaders of the Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... chapter and hinted that he would soon visit the province to reorganise the party.
According to a PPP front man, Mr Bhutto Zardari informed the former president, who is in London, that the leaders from Punjab had complained that the authorities in the province were pushing the party cadres to the wall. He said the
Punjab PPP leaders had sought the party leadership's guidance to force the provincial authorities to shun tactics of victimisation.
The co-chairman advised Mr Bhutto Zardari to go to Punjab and reorganise the party there immediately after Eidul Fitr.
The PPP chief also chaired a meeting of the party's 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... division at Bilawal House to discuss the law and order situation and devise a strategy for the coming local government elections in the city.
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[DAILYCALLER] CNN's "State of the Union" panel ripped former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ... sometimes described as The Heroine of Tuzla and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another John Jay ... and her campaign Sunday one day after staffers corralled the press behind a rope as Clinton walked in a Fourth of July parade in New Hampshire.
The panel consisting of CNN contributors S.E. Cupp and Van Jones, The Wall Street Journal's Carol Lee, and CNN political news hound Jeff Zeleny roasted Clinton's rope line, with Jones calling it "the worst visual metaphor" for her campaign.
"This is humiliating for news hounds who have to abide by Hillary Clinton's rules of journalism," Cupp told host Jake Tapper. "And it's not just this. I mean, the entire campaign, she has kept them at a distance, she barely answers questions, there's all these rules. And actually I don't blame her, I blame news hounds who put up with this. The second they decide we're not doing this anymore, we're not going to cover your glossy events the way you want it, then she'll be forced to change this behavior."
Zeleny pushed back against Cupp laying the blame at the feet of news hounds, saying the campaign is to fault for "trying to wrap her in bubble wrap" in her campaign.
"To a point, you're right. But she also has Secret Service protection, so it's very common for news hounds to follow the rules," Zeleny said. "I think this, though -- the criticism is directed at the Clinton campaign on this for trying to wrap her in bubble wrap this entire campaign and not let her actually associate with real people. That's where the criticism on this, I think, goes. Not to the news hounds."
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[ALMANAR.LB] Kuwait is considering charging more than 40 people in connection with a deadly suicide kaboom which hit al-Sadeq Mosque claimed by the Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... group , ISIL (so-called 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.... IN Iraq and Levant), a security official said Sunday.
"More than 40 suspects, including a number of women, have been referred to the public prosecution," the official told AFP, requesting anonymity.
"Now, it is up to the prosecution whether to press charges against all of them or not," the official said.
The Saudi bomber killed 26 people and maimed 227 in the June 26 attack in the capital Kuwait City.
Among the defendants are the driver of the bomber and the owner of the house where the driver stayed.
Last month's attack was the first in the emirate to be claimed by ISIL, which has been launching a Takfiri insurgency in Iraq and Syria.
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[Daily Mail] British special forces have been given the go-ahead to launch raids deep into IS territory in Syria and Iraq, top intelligence sources have revealed.
In response to the threat posed directly to Britain, the SAS has been given 'carte blanche' to kill or capture IS leaders, including those who planned the Tunisian beach massacre. An elite force of up to 100 troops is expected to be committed to the secret war, working with US special forces and Navy Seal teams.
Prime Minister Cameron last week promised a 'broad spectrum' response to the murder of 30 British tourists by IS gunman Seifeddine Rezgui in the beach resort of Sousse in Tunisia. Reports say the SAS and SBS will be working with MI6 and GCHQ, the government's eavesdropping service, to target the IS and other terror groups which pose a threat to the nation.
One senior intelligence source said, "The SAS have been pushing to be more proactive for quite a while. In the past couple of years they have planned a number of operations in Syria when the chemical weapon threat was high but the missions were vetoed at the highest level because of the risks involved. The Tunisian attack has led to a rethink and has speeded up the inevitable use of SF [special forces] against Islamic State."
Last week Defense Secretary Michael Fallon it was 'illogical' for the RAF to be bombing ISIS in Iraq, but not joining the American-led assault on their bases in neighbouring Syria. He said, "IS has to be defeated in both countries. It's evil in Iraq is being directed by its headquarters in Syria."
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The gloves are off with the Brits.
So who do you suppose the first poster child for not shooting innocent citizens will be.
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I wonder what other US allied countries have Special Operations troops actively involved in Syria & Iraq?
Past history in Afghanistan and Iraq suggests that there are other countries using the conflict in Syria & Iraq as an opportunity to give their Special Operations people some operational experience.
[ARABNEWS] The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution calling on the Myanmar government to protect the rights of all people in its territory including Rohingya Moslems.
The council also urged the government to take all necessary steps to stop discriminatory practices against Moslems and members of national, ethnic and religious groups across Myanmar.
The resolution was proposed by 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... and Pakistain on behalf of Islamic countries in an effort to ensure accountability and to bring an end to human rights ...not to be confused with individual rights, mind you... violations, in particular against Moslems. It demanded transparent and independent investigations into alleged atrocities committed against Rohingyas.
The resolution also calls on the Myanmar government to stop its discrimination and exploitation, and to begin to resolve the root causes of such discrimination.
The Myanmar government has been called upon to protect all places of worship of all religions, and to help refugees and displaced people return to their homes, including the Rohingya Moslems in cooperation with the international community, as per the resolution.
Saudi Arabia has condemned the ongoing violence and hate speeches inciting racial discrimination against the Moslem community in Myanmar.
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[DAWN] Ulema and prayer leaders in Quetta region have agreed to play their role in making the polio ...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set... eradication campaign a success by persuading parents to get their children vaccinated against the crippling disease.
They made this announcement at a conference organised by the Emergency Operation Centre (EOC), Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... , at Sikandar Jamili hall in the provincial secretariat.
The conference was presided over by EOC Coordinator Dr Syed Saifur Rehman and attended by Maulana Anwarul Haq Haqqani, Dr Attaur Rehman, Maulana Abdul Raheem Raheemi, Qari Mateen, Maulvi Azizullah, Qari Abdul Rashid and prayer leaders of mosques located in the high-risk union councils.
An official of the United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... Children's Fund, Shapur SLearned Elders of Islamn, briefed the participants on the high-risk areas and the children vulnerable to the disease.
Mr Rehman urged the holy mans to create awareness among the masses about the importance of polio vaccination. "People listen to Learned Elders of Islam and follow them. Therefore, they should get involved in the polio drive and fulfil their social responsibility as the future of our children is at stake."
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[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... jacket wallahs and fighters attacked the center of Iraq's northern oil refinery town of Baiji overnight, forcing the army and Shi'ite fighters to pull back, military sources and the local mayor said on Sunday.
The town of Baiji and its refinery - Iraq's largest - have been a battlefront for more than a year. The hardline Islamists seized the town in June 2014 as they swept through much of northern Iraq towards the capital Baghdad.
Control of Baiji neighborhoods has changed hands many times during the conflict. The latest Islamic State offensive comes after authorities said they controlled nearly the whole town and expected to drive murderous Moslems from the refinery within days.
The snuffies attacked around 8 pm (1300 EDT) on Saturday with two suicide boom-mobileings. The blasts were followed by fierce festivities that lasted until midnight and drove the army and mainly Shi'ite Hashd Shaabi forces from the center of town, two army colonels said.
Baiji mayor Mahmoud al-Jabouri said there had been a pattern of withdrawals by Islamic State fighters in the town followed by counter-offensives. "Their lethal weapons are suicide kabooms and snipers, and this is why we have fighting back and forth."
Army officers said the army and Hashd groups were preparing a response. "Islamic State fighters are still holding positions in three neighborhoods in Baiji and they are still receiving reinforcements," said one of the army colonels.
In Anbar province west of Baghdad, witnesses said two rockets hit a crowd in the Islamic State-controlled lovely provincial capital Ramadi on Saturday evening, killing at least 18 people.
They said a group of people had gathered after the daily Ramadan fast to play Muhaibis, a game where players have to identify a member of the opposing team who is hiding a ring.
"I heard a blast and saw fire coming from Dolphin Square. I ran to the place and saw vehicles carrying bodies and maimed covered with blood. They were innocent people playing a ring game; they were not making bombs," said Haj Thamir Ahmed, a Ramadi resident who lives nearby.
In northwest Baghdad, at least three people were killed and 11 maimed when a bomb went off near a restaurant in the mainly Shi'ite district of Shulaa on Sunday morning, police and medical sources said. Another two people were killed by a bomb in Hussainiya on the city's northern outskirts.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for those attacks, but statements in the name of Islamic State said the group carried boom-mobileings on Saturday evening in Baghdad and Balad Roz which killed 10 people.
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[ALMANAR.LB] Yemeni army and the Popular Committees managed to storm al-Hijlah Saudi post in Dhahran Asir on Saturday, video released by the Yemeni Military Media shows.
The Video shows the Yemeni soldiers and committees fighters crossing the main road and heading to the military post. The soldiers and the fighters positioned close to the post's control tower before storming it.
The scenes show a shell directly hitting the control tower. The soldiers and the fighters then stormed the military post.
Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... has been since March 26 under brutal aggression by Saudi-US coalition. Thousands of Yemenis have been martyred and injured in the attack, with the vast majority of them are civilians.
However, a person who gets all wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package... Yemeni army, backed by popular committees and tribal fighter has been responding to the aggression by targeting several Saudi military posts in the border areas.
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Sanaa -- Air strikes by Saudi-led forces killed 30 civilians in an attack on a market in northern Yemen on Sunday, the Houthi-run news agency Saba said, as UN mediators pushed for a humanitarian pause in fighting that has killed nearly 3,000 since March.
Saba also said Houthi forces launched rockets against a number of Saudi army positions, including a military airport in the southern city of Najran, in response to what it described as Saudi aggression against Yemen.
An Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia has been pounding the Iran-backed Houthi forces and allied army units loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh since March in a campaign to restore exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi to power.
Saba said the air strike targeted the Aahem market in Hajjah province, where preliminary figures showed that 30 civilians were killed and an unspecified number of people were wounded.
“The Saudi enemy targeted citizens while they were doing their shopping at Aahem market,” the agency quoted a security source in Hajjah as saying.
Residents confirmed an air strike on the market but gave no figures on casualties, saying the Houthis closed off the area and were transporting casualties to hospitals. A spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition could not immediately be reached for a comment.
On the attacks on Saudi military positions, Saba said that the Yemeni army launched several strikes on Al Sharafa army camp and the military airport in Najran and on tanks stationed north of the Al Khoba region of the Saudi province of Jizan.
It said one Saudi soldier was killed at an observation tower in Dhahran Aseer, where an armoured vehicle was also destroyed, while a tank was destroyed and dozens of soldiers were wounded at Al Makhrooq post in Najran when it was attacked with artillery and rocket fire.
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[Huffpoo] AMHERST, N.H. (AP) -- Clinton marched in a Fourth of July parade in Gorham, New Hampshire, trailed by a band of supporters waving signs and separated by a long rope from the pack of journalists that followed.
"I'll tell you what -- we need to get a Democratic president," Clinton told one woman along the parade route, who asked about the health care overhaul. "I'm going to not only defend it, I'm going to make it even better."
One man who carried a sign that read, "Benghazi" also followed the candidate. Alluding to her time representing New York in the Senate, he screamed repeatedly, "Carpetbagger!"
Another man on the route yelled, "What about Benghazi? What about the emails?"
Clinton smiled broadly, shaking hands and stopping for quick photos. At one point, she posed for a photo with two New Hampshire beauty pageant contestants, who playfully flexed their biceps.
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And the roped in 'journalists' just went along with it. When a few were finally able to ask some pre-screened questions one asked what was her favorite flavor of Ice Cream.
Only afterwards, when they found that they were being held up for well-deserved ridicule did they blame - the reporters, the aids; everyone but Hillary.
Pressitutes (with apologies to any prositutes out there for the bad comparison).
[Ynet] Iran says it has deployed a new domestically built long-range radar system, signalling a strengthening of its air defences as it holds what may be the final days of talks on a nuclear deal with world powers.
Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' (IRGC) air defence force, unveiled the Ghadir phased-array radar in Ahwaz city in southwestern Khuzestan province near the Iraq border, state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
said late on Saturday.
Iran says the Ghadir unit is designed and manufactured entirely inside the country and can detect a plane at 600 km (373 miles) and a ballistic missile at 1,100 km.
In comments suggesting the radar can also identify miniature unmanned drone aircraft, Esmaili was quoted by the Fars news agency as saying: "Discovering and tracking micro aerial vehicles (MAV) ... is one of the special qualities of the Ghadir radar system."
* IIRC TOPIX, BIGNEWSNETWORK > JUAN COLE: TEHRAN PRESS ON NUKE TALKS: FROM "IRAN WILL BE A US STRATEGIC ALLY" TO "IRAN SANCTIONS ARE HERE TO STAY".
As an Anti-US US OWG Globalist, methinks its should be clear by now that POTUS Obama will prefer or pick IRAN as a NEW US STRATEGIC ALLY, AKA SSSSSHHHHH ....PCCCCCCC AMERIKA'S FUTURE OWG CO-SUPERPOWER SIBLING.
Once, of course, the USoAmerika - OWG Mighty USSA versus OWG Weak USRoA Global SSR - is finished wid all of its unilateral or self-retreating around the World in the name of OWG-NWO + World Peace.
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I had the misfortune to be in DC the day after 'the million family' march a few years back.
Apparently everybody brought a picnic lunch to the mall, then left it. The park service crews just stood and stared at the mall knee deep in KFC boxes and bones, and watermelon hulls. Ready for public servants to clean it up.
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...I live just about 2.5 miles from the Notorious Flag. It says something for how seriously the cops took this that there appeared to be little if any extra security on the street.
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Now if excessively large numbers had turned up the usual suspects of the Permanent Party Propaganda Machine would have been smearing it over their rags,bandwidth, and broadcast times. So, down the memory hole the whole thing goes. Got to support the narrative.
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Increasingly, the major media/political class integration at NBC/CBS and the DNC/WH has set about defining news through editing and actual event creation to set the narrative for the low-information (poorly educated) voters who still think they are getting a genuine perspective of events. The political establishments of both parties have become focused on setting the agenda to enrich themselves and their donor-patrons, at the expense of the Republic which will not survive another decade of these abuses. The tidal wave of low-skill, low-education, poor health illegals is already crippling educational and healthcare systems through out the nation.
[ARABNEWS] Lawless Libya has become a magnet for radical bandidosgunnies who receive weapons training in holy warrior camps before launching deadly attacks in other countries, like last week's beach massacre in Tunisia.
The oil-rich North African country bordering Tunisia has rival governments and parliaments as well as a slew of gangs vying for power in the aftermath of its 2011 uprising that toppled dictator Muammar Qadaffy ...a reminder that a single man with an idea can change an entire nation, usually for the worse... .
The chaos in Libya has "serious security implications for the region," said Michael Nayebi-Oskoui, senior Middle East analyst at Stratfor, a global intelligence and advisory firm based in the US city of Texas.
Libya has witnessed "a small but steady return of fighters" from the conflict in Syria, he said.
Tunis says 3,000 of its citizens are fighting alongside holy warrior groups in Syria, Iraq and Libya, and that 500 battle-hardened veterans have returned home where they pose a security threat.
On June 26, a student armed with an assault rifle mowed down 38 tourists at Tunisia's popular Port el Kantaoui beach resort, the second deadly attack on holidaymakers in three months in Tunisia.
Authorities identified the gunman as 23-year-old Tunisian student Seifeddine Rezgui and said he had received weapons training from bandidosgunnies in Libya.
He was said to have been in Libya at the same time as the two gunnies who in March attacked the National Bardo Museum in Tunis, killing 21 tourists and a policeman.
"It is confirmed that he went to Libya illegally. He was trained in Sabratha," west of 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... , said Tunisia's secretary of state for security, Rafik Chelli.
He said the Bardo assailants were out of Tunisia at the same time and had trained with Ansar al-Sharia ...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Libyaand Yemen, with the Libyan versions currently most active. Tunisia's Shabaab al-Tawhid started out an Ansar al-Sharia and changed its name in early 2014. It still uses the old name now and then, probably because the stationery's not all used up and the web site hasn't expired yet... , an Al-Qaeda-linked group classified as a terrorist organization by Washington and the UN.
Sabratha, where Tunisian authorities say Rezgui received weapons training before going on the killing spree on a beach, lies 60 kilometers (35 miles) west of Tripoli.
The coastal town is also only 100 kilometers from Ras Jdir, the main border crossing between Libya and Tunisia.
"Sabratha is on the edge of a region that straddles the Libya-Tunisian border known as 'Jefara.' The region is characterised by a network of formerly nomadic tribes which have made a living out of trafficking and smuggling," said Philip Stack of global risk analysts Verisk Maplecroft.
"The description of Sabratha as a 'training camp' does not necessarily mean it's military in nature. There is a good chance that its main focus is centered on radicalization," said Stack, an expert on Middle East and North African affairs.
Sabratha falls under the jurisdiction of the powerful Fajr Libya militia alliance which last year seized Tripoli, setting up a government and parliament opposed to the internationally-recognized administration.
Security officials in Tripoli say hundreds of imported muscle, including Tunisians returning from Syria and Iraq, have entered Libya in recent months, taking advantage of the breakdown in security.
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Not the first time. Bet there are still some IRA graffiti on the walls of a camp or two.
[DAWN] A senior lawyer of India's Supreme Court Ram Jethmalani has claimed to have met Dawood Ibrahim in London, where the runaway underworld don offered to surrender himself and his close associate Chota Shakeel before Indian authorities.
In an interview to the ANI news agency published on Zee News channel's website, the senior lawyer said the proposal was rejected by the Sharad Pawar-led Maharashtra state government. He added that it was not the chief minister's decision alone, but the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was also a part of it.
Giving details of his meeting with Dawood Ibrahim, Jethmalani said that the underworld don had denied involvement in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts and wanted assurance from Indian authorities that upon his return he will not be subjected to third-degree torture by the police while in detention.
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[ARABNEWS] Malaysia's prime minister is facing the risk of criminal charges over allegations that hundreds of millions of dollars were funneled from an indebted state fund to his personal bank accounts, the first time a Malaysian leader has faced criminal allegations.
The country's attorney general confirmed late Saturday that he had received documents from an official investigation that made the link between Prime Minister Najib Razak and the investment fund 1MDB. The existence of the documents was first reported by The Wall Street Journal's Asia edition on Friday, showing some $700 million were wired from entities linked to the fund into Najib's accounts.
The documents sent to the attorney general pave the way for possible criminal charges.
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Riyadh - A terrorist, who escaped a raid at a house in Saudi Arabia’s Taif city, was killed in a shootout with police, the interior ministry said here on Sunday.
Guess his curly-toed slippers failed him...
Yousef Abdullatif Shabab Al Ghamdi was killed in a hideout on Saturday after he exchanged gunfire with security forces, refusing to surrender, Arab News cited the ministry as saying in a statement.
"You'll never take me alive, haram!"
"Suits us fine. Open up boys!!"
Al Ghamdi on Friday escaped the raid at a house in Taif city, during which three of his colleagues were captured, police said. Security forces seized flags of Daesh, gun silencers and computers from the house.
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[Inquirer] Over a dozen Maoist militants stormed an airstrip owned by a multinational banana company and blasted a parked light plane in Compostela Valley province on Saturday.
The heavily-armed New People's Army guerrillas swooped down on the compound of Dole-Stanfilco Philippines in Maragusan at 10:20 p.m. The militants forced their way to the company's hangar, firing at the guardhouse, and planted an improvised explosive device under the plane. The attackers then set off the explosive, damaging the crop duster, before they fled.
WANLAWAYN, Somalia -- Al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab terrorists militants poured into Lower Shabelle region town of Wanlawayn in southern Somalia following skirmishes with government forces on Saturday, Garowe Onliner reports. Though terrorists militants faced little resistance, residents have confirmed that Al Shabaab is now in control of Wanlawayn, some 90km west of Mogadishu.
I'm no military genius, but after vacating the town, what did the government expect would happen?
Somali government forces are said to have vacated their positions, heading to a military airport remaining under the control of African Union peacekeepers and Afgooye town.
The fresh squeeze follows a series of alarming pullouts made by allied troops from strategic areas in Lower Shabelle. Terrorists Militants stepped up Ramadan rampage, reverting to unprecedented military-style ambushes and planned assassinations.
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[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Zaman al-Wasl obtained a document issued by pro-regime National Defence Forces in Yarmouk camp for Paleostinian refugees, releasing 130 names of people as members of battalions opposing the Syrian regime in Southern Damascus.
The wanted list mentioned the full name of each one, with the arms they hold if there are any, and their family status, and if they were civilians or defected from the army.
The number of names mentioned to be "military" was 33 one, almost 25% of the total names.
The National Defence Forces one of the most powerful regime's force in the South region of Damascus, and the one which mercilessly seized the camp for 700 days, causing unprecedented human crisis in the biggest gathering for Paleostinian.
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Maybe we can get Turkey to take over as a conservator?
Oops didn't that happen back about 200 years ago and turn out badly?
Greece is Europe's Argentina. A thriving country full of smart, well educated people turned into an economic trainwreck with liberal fantasies and monetary policies written by drooling idiots.
#2
Illinois with a better climate and much better food!
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Putin should buy Greece. Or at least rent a city/naval base. It gives the Rooskis a port on the Med and they can walk away from that hot mess in Syria. The Greeks, they get to ignore arithmetic a little longer. Besides, it's only one naval base, right?
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Three Pak soldiers have been killed in a landmine kaboom in North Wazoo tribal built.
Security officials say a military convoy was passing through Bannu area when a landmine went kaboom! on one of its vehicles on Sunday.
The kaboom destroyed the vehicle and left three soldiers killed and six others maimed.
Those maimed have been shifted to a near by hospital for treatment.
According to officials the bomb exploded from a larger distance through a remote control.
This comes as Pakistain is on its final stages of winding up its military operation Zarb-e-Azab which started about a year before in North Waziristan.
The operation started in June last year after peace talks with Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) failed and a deadly myrmidon attack conducted on 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... International Airport that left around 30 people killed.
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All leftists are disgusting racists.
Case in point: Barak Hussein Obama.
It matters not his lack of merit, horrible judgement, but the bigotry of low expectation for him and the fact that they took the scum of the earth and elevated it into the highest positions in the land. No one holds HIM accountable for anything .... because he is black?
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Given the demographics and the politics in Lousyana, Jindal would have never been elected dog catcher if he had not been very smart and a lights out politician.
The WaPo is just doing Hillary's bidding trying to character assassinate every potential threat to her becoming queen.
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Bobby Jindal Loves America and Loves his state.
He made some bad moves, but to me he made more right ones.
He recovered them from the Hurricane, He was johnny on the spot with the oil rig blow out.
Jindal earned his voice, he is worth more than any democrat in America to me right now.
REALLY.
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"Jin! Jin! Jin!
You respectable loincloth-wearing Gunga Jin!
Though my lyin' shineboys knock you,
By the dyin' press that mocks you,
You're a better man than I am, Gunga Jin!"
[NAPLESNEWS] A young man who was drinking and celebrating the Fourth of July tried to launch a firework off the top of his head, fatally injuring himself, authorities said Sunday.
Devon Staples and his friends had been drinking and setting off fireworks Saturday night in the backyard of a friend's home in the small eastern Maine city of Calais, said Stephen McCausland, a front man for the state Department of Public Safety. Staples, 22, of Calais, placed a fireworks mortar tube on his head and set it off, he said.
The firework went kaboom!, killing Staples instantly, McCausland said.
His death is the first fireworks fatality in Maine since the state legalized fireworks on Jan. 1, 2012, authorities said.
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Do not tease Happy Color Mortar with your head.
When I was a mere child, the instructions were very clear.
Light, then get away.
Do not attempt to slide this explosive device under your cousins bathroom door.
Do not toss this device via an arc towards the dishwashing sink hoping for mr. Timely exposition
Under few circumstance tape to tailpipe
We are made to be fly not skitter along the road
Ghost crab much to fast for this device
Lite then get away, we mean it
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... jacket wallahs on Sunday blew up an explosive- laden truck near a power plant that serves the northeastern city of Hasaka, the latest attack after their expulsion from most parts of the city, the Syrian army said.
State television said a second attack, against a power plant that serves the southern districts of the city, was prevented, but the first had caused "material damage" and led to "casualties". It did not elaborate.
The ultra-hardline bandidosmurderous Moslems continue to stage lighting attacks inside the city, although they were driven out of some districts after they mounted a major offensive that failed last month. That offensive attempted to capture the scenic provincial capital of the oil and grain producing province of Syria.
The city is divided into zones run separately by the government of President Bashar al Assad and a Kurdish administration.
The offensive was meant to relieve pressure on IS, which has given up significant ground recently to Kurds and some local Arab tribes backing them. The bandidosmurderous Moslems lost villages around Ras Al Ayn and the town of Tal Abyad northwest of Hasaka along the Turkish border.
The northeastern corner of Syria is strategically important because it links areas controlled by Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. Syrian Kurds have also sought to expand their territorial control over a region stretching from Kobani to Qamishili, which they see as part of a future Kurdish state.
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[DAWN] Europe is the victim of its own success. European prosperity was fostered over the past several decades by the Single Market, enabling the lower-wage countries to grow through trade and investment flows. However, with the launch of the single currency, the advantage of the ‘poorer’, peripheral members of the Union was significantly neutralised. The more efficient ‘northern’ countries, especially Germany, became the dominant producers and exporters, within and from the EU. Growth in the periphery was maintained by the extension of credits (sovereign bond issues, bank loans etc). With basic necessities met, the money flowed mostly into non-productive sectors, like real estate and stock markets, creating ‘bubbles’ which burst once the contagion of the US sub-prime bubble collapse spread to Europe in 2008-9.
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European prosperity was fostered over the past several decades by the Single Market, enabling the lower-wage countries to grow through trade and investment flows.
They left out Uncle Sugar's picking up the defense tab.
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No matter how bad it gets none of it will be Obama and the other socialists fault. Blame the banks, capitalist.. In fact just like Greece the answer will be more leftist programs, not less.
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When I saw he's a Pakistan columnist, I was skeptical and wasn't sure I should read it. The first part made sense, then he laid down the Muslim card.
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One would think Islam is one of the three troubles.
[Tolo News] At least seven turbans were killed as a result of their own bomb kabooms in southern Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province, Afghan National Army (ANA) media office said in a statement on Sunday.
The kabooms took place in Nawzad district when a number of turbans were busy planting Improvised Explosive Device (IEDs) in the district, the statement added.
Two other planters were maimed in the blasts, it continued.
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No Virginia's for you!!!!
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We've seen several cases of explosions in bomb school - are these the survivors of those classes?
[DAWN] An kaboom killed one person and injured another 15, including three women and two children, around Quetta's Bacha Khan Chowk area Sunday evening.
The kaboom smashed windows of shops and also damaged vehicles parked nearby.
According to Quetta Capital City Police Officer Razzak Cheema, the bomb, which went off with a loud kaboom, was planted in a cycle of violence parked in the area. Cheema said around 5 kilogrammes of kaboom was used in the bomb.
The injured were rushed to Civil Hospital Quetta where emergency was imposed to provide urgent treatment to those critical.
Bacha Khan Chowk is a business center located in the heart of Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... 's capital city. The area was at its busiest when the blast occurred.
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[ALMANAR.LB] The Tunisian gunman behind the June 26 attack at a resort that killed 38 foreigners had worked in the tourism industry, Prime Minister Habib Essid said in an interview published Sunday.
"We know he was a member of a dance club and was familiar with the tourism sector, having worked in it as an events organizer," Essid told the French-language newspaper La Presse.
Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid Tourists fled in horror as 23-year-old Seifeddine Rezgui pulled a Kalashnikov assault rifle from inside a furled beach umbrella and went on a shooting spree outside a five-star hotel.
The attack at Port El Kantaoui, north of Sousse, killed 30 Britons, three Irish nationals, two Germans, one Belgian, one Portuguese and a Russian.
The assailant was himself later rubbed out by police.
Both the authorities and relatives later described the gunman as having been an apparently normal young Tunisian who had been keen on breakdancing.
A resident near where his parents live in the town of Gaafour had previously told AFP that Rezgui worked "in tourism in the area of Kantaoui", where the attack is thought to have been planned, although there had been no confirmation of this from another source.
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[Tolo News] At least 23 Taliban murderous Moslems among six foreigners were killed in an Afghan military Arclight airstrike in northwestern Faryab province on Saturday, local officials said.
In addition, 14 other murderous Moslems were maimed, officials added.
The Arclight airstrike came after the Taliban murderous Moslems attacked Kohistan ...a backwoods district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa distinguished by being even more rustic than is the norm among the local Pashtuns.... district, said Mohammad Reza Rezaye, head of the Media Office of 209 ANA Shaheen Corps.
"The situation is now under control of the military forces," he said.
However the Kohistan Police Chief, Abdul Ahad Behzad said that threats to the military forces remained high and asked them to stay alert.
Kohistan is one of the remote districts in the province, about 100 km from the bustling provincial capital.
Over the past few months, the Taliban murderous Moslems have increased their activities across the country and have been frequently targeting the security posts.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least three people were killed and thirteen others were wounded following an explosion in southern Kandahar city late on Sunday evening.
According to the local government officials, the incident took place in the 1st police district of the city after a motorcycle packed with explosives was detonated near the police check post.
The officials further added that the attack was apparently carried out by a suicide bomber which took place shortly after the iftar dinner.
The provincial police spokesman Zia Durani confirmed that a women and a member of the Afghan national security forces were among those who lost their lives in the attack.
He said thirteen others including two policemen and eleven civilians were wounded in the attack.
No group including the Taliban militants has so far claimed responsibility behind the incident but the local officials are blaming the Taliban group for the incident.
Kandahar is among the relatively volatile provinces in southern Afghanistan where anti-government armed militants are actively operating in its various districts and often carry out insurgency activities.
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[POLITICO.EU] German Chancellor Angela Merkel ...current chancellor of Germany. She was educated in East Germany when is was still run by commies, but in 1989 got involved with the growing democracy movement when the Berlin Wall fell. Merkel is sometimes referred to by Germans as Mom... and French President Francois Hollande ...the Socialist president of La Belle France, an economic bad joke for la Belle France but seemingly a foreign policy realist... called for an emergency Euro summit on Tuesday, as EU leaders considered their next moves after Sunday's overwhelming rejection by Greek voters of bailout terms demanded by creditors.
Agence La Belle France-Presse, quoting a German government official, reported that the two leaders agreed in a phone call that the "No" from Greek voters must be respected.
European politicians reacted to the Greek referendum results Sunday night with a mixture of dismay and resignation as it became clear that the No campaign was winning by a large margin.
"We have to respect the vote of the Greek people," said Martin Schulz, the president of the European Parliament. "We are in a difficult situation; the Greek people said no but 18 other members agreed on the proposals of which Greeks said no."
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It's time to stand back and watch.
It will be a good lesson to those who advocate the type of liberal nanny state policies that have turned Greece into a collapsing near failed state.
Also consider Goldman Sach's contribution as financial advisers to the Greek government in which part of the advice was to cook the books and lie to the IMF and the EU about the amount of debt...and to do a lot of creative hijinks with bonds and monetary policy.
Funny didn't Goldman Sachs essentially do the same thing with Freddy Mac and Fanny Mae?
Why isn't everyone of these geniuses at Goldman Sachs in jail instead of enjoying their wealth sucked from the carcass of Goldman Sachs.
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About the same level of "scary" as the 40-45 percent of American voters who believe the Champ is doing a fair to better than average job as president.
As long as the 'free stuff' keeps coming, the politics is not likely to change.
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The head line should read "EU politicians Avoid Coming To Grips With The Results From Greece".
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Just got back from the UK and France. Had a very profound visit to Omaha and Utah Beaches. We met some very good people in our travels. Getting back to Reykjavik and eventually Anchorage AK, it feels good to be home. Looking at the big picture, the world is going through the beginnings of a very painful reset. Financially, it is not sustainable. We as a country will have to relearn a lot of basic lessons. The rest is fluff.
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..except the urbanist think the fluff is so important, more so than things like farming, creating energy, clean water. Well, some in Cali are waking up to the latter, but its too late.
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Like a cancer, cut the freeloadersGreeks off now if you ( EU)weenies want to stay solvent employed; otherwise stand by to watch other countries try the same sh!t.
It translate into "FUCK YOU WE WONT PAY!!!"
But have no fear, fellow socialists will keep throwing money into the black hole, led from behind by Barry Hussein Soetoro-Obama and his tranny Mike Robinson...
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[RUDAW.NET] Iraqi air force jets bombed 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) group near an important air base in Salahadin province on Sunday, killing 39 bad boys, the defense ministry said in a statement.
It said the warplanes had targeted ISIS positions around the Speicher air force base, Iraq's second-largest.
"Iraqi jets have bombed many ISIS hard boyz southeast of the Salahadin province capital of Tikrit, dealing a major blow to the group strength in the area," according to the ministry.
"Many of the Daesh (ISIS) hard boyz killed in the attack are foreigners," the statement added. "Along with the casualties, four ready-to-use boom-mobiles were also destroyed."
In an earlier clash between the Iraqi army and ISIS after the city was cleared of the group's Lions of Islam in early May, the hard boyz launched a surprise attack on the Speicher base, reportedly killing a number of Iraqi forces.
Nearly 1,700 cadets at the base were killed last June, after the Iraqi army withdrew without a fight from Tikrit, virtually handing the city to ISIS.
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[RUDAW.NET] Iraq's speaker of parliament said on Friday that he won't oppose a "bloodless partition" of Iraq so long as the general public give their consent to the issue.
"We don't have problems with the partition of Iraq if it is by consent and without blood," Speaker of Parliament Salim al-Jibouri said. "The public should also agree with any call for the partition of Iraq."
Jibouri, a Sunni, has recently called for more authority for the Sunni areas of Iraq and has lobbied the United States to arm the Sunni tribal fighters facing 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) in Anbar.
Jibouri accused regional powers of "preventing the creation of autonomous regions in Iraq,"
The speaker of parliament also warned against the danger posed by militia groups in the post-ISIS era, saying, "The fighters who fight in the security forces today will later become a serious threat,"
Jibouri added that the situation in Iraq after ISIS would be equally dangerous.
"The threats after ISIS will not be less because a huge amount of weapons are in the hands of Shiite militias," he said.
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So now we have it.
Greater Kurdistan is becoming a reality and neither Syria nor Turkey like it...but really don't have a say in the matter given as how much of the territory in the new nation has been captured from ISIS.
[RUDAW.NET] A Shiite bloc in the Iraqi parliament refused to support a prisoner amnesty bill introduced by mainly Sunni MPs for a reading Sunday, describing it as "serving terrorists."
"We have the right to refuse this bill," Razzaq Mihebis, an MP from the Badr, bloc told Rudaw. "We see that parts of this proposed bill only serves terrorists."
Mihebis said that his bloc would principally agree with the bill that would grant amnesty to thousands of Iraqi prisoners, but he added that it should be carefully studied before passing.
"We should not hurry about passing this law," he said. "Many of those in prion have the blood of the Iraqi people on their hands."
The Shiite MP said that the parliament must keep in mind the victims of terrorism and their feelings before making the amnesty bill a law.
"There are victims of terrorism, their families, the maimed and the displaced," he explained. "Therefore, we cannot pass a law that is against them and in the interest of terrorists."
Sunni MPs are the driving force behind the bill, arguing that thousands of Sunni men have been imprisoned on "vague charges" of terrorism or loyalty to the former Baath Party.
Mihesib argued it is important that political parties reach a consensus on the proposed bill before parliamentary blocs can support it.
"An amnesty law must be agreed on by all parties and the people of Iraq and should not conflict with the constitution," he said. "But once again, the law should not be written in a way that would facilitate the release of holy warriors from prison."
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[Ynet] The French foreign ministry has set up a hotline which families can call to report a child having become a radicalized islamist; more than 2,200 youths have been reported thus far.
Mary's fingers hesitated above the telephone keypad for a long time. "Damn, this is whistleblowing!" In the end she dialed the hotline to report to the French intelligence services that her granddaughter Lea had become a radicalized islamist.
Seated at a table in the back of a bistro in Gay Paree, this 75 year old woman testified of her decision to call the authorities.
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MOGADISHU -- Somalia intelligence officer has been seriously wounded after bomb explosives fitted into his luxury car, exploded in Mogadishu, police and witnesses said.
A witness told Shabelle Media in Mogadishu that the explosion happened on Sunday near Shenimo Africa area in Hamarweyne district, adding that police had cordoned off the scene. The injured NISA officer was identified as Abdiaziz Abdulkadir who was rushed to local hospitals in Mogadishu for medical treatment, according sources who spoke to Shabelle Media.
Meanwhile, Somalia’s regional Banadir administration spokesman, Abdifatah Omar Halane accused Al Shabab militants of being behind the explosion in which targeted an intelligence officer in Mogadishu.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attack but Al Shabab carried out similar suicide attacks against foreign nationals and Somalia soldiers along with AMISOM forces in the country.
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[VOA News] A jacket wallah killed at least five people at a church in northeast Nigeria ... a particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border... . The bombing is the latest in a string of suspected Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... attacks that have left some 200 dead over the past week.
The blast took place Sunday morning at a church in Potiskum, the largest city in Yobe state. Witnesses say the bomber was disguised as a church member who detonated the explosives he was carrying shortly after entering the building.
The bombing comes after Friday's attacks near Maiduguri, the capital of nearby Borno state. Military officials say six women suicide bombers caused kabooms that killed dozens of people, including a soldier there.
Meanwhile, ...back at the alley, Bugs Moroni was holding Slats from behind while his brother Greasy Thumb was pounding his face into paste ... more bodies are being retrieved from houses destroyed in a suspected Boko Haram attack last week in northeastern Nigeria.
In the past two days, 21 more corpses have been recovered and buried in Kukawa said Haruna Kukawa, a state politician that represents the local government.
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[ARABNEWS] President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, wearing battle dress for the first time in over a year, said Saturday that Egypt had foiled an attempt by the Daesh (Arabic acronym for 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 to seize territory and set up an bully boy state with its recent assault on the military in the troubled northeastern part of the Sinai Peninsula.
In combat fatigues he had said he hung up for good when he ran for president, the general-turned-politician met members of the army and delivered a televised speech to troops in Sinai, his first public comments on Wednesday's unprecedented attack.
He said the group had tried to announce "an Islamic state, in their concept, an Islamic State in Sinai. "These are the messages, very simply, that they are putting out to us," he said, adding that the area was now under control.
al-Sissi ...former general under Mubarak, then Defense Minister. Egypt overthrew Mubarak and endured a year of ham-fisted Moslem Brüderbund rule so al-Sissi could run for President-for-Life... praised the troops for "foiling a very big plan."
"No one can impose on the Egyptians something they don't want," he said. "To reach the Egyptians they have to pass through the army, the sons of Egypt.
The army said 17 soldiers and over 100 hard boyz were killed in Wednesday's brazen attack in Sinai, although before the release of its official statement, several security bigshots from multiple branches of Egypt's forces in the area had said that scores more troops also died in the fighting.
The assault, which was claimed by an Islamic State group affiliate, lasted a whole day and was unprecedented in its size and coordination. The attack hit a string of army checkpoints and involved multiple suicide kabooms and the siege of a main cop shoppe with heavy weapons.
It came in a week of bloodletting that saw Egypt's prosecutor general assassinated outside his Cairo home by a massive boom-mobile, and a special forces raid on an apartment that killed nine members of the outlawed Moslem Brüderbund. The Brotherhood responded by calling for a "rebellion," raising the prospect of a further uptick in violence.
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry blamed all the past week's violence on the Brotherhood, which it said was not only the main source of Islamic extremism, but also coordinated operations on the ground.
"All of these attacks were conducted days apart, and showed a level of sophistication and coordination that affirms the presence of organized terrorist activity perpetrated by the Moslem Brüderbund," it said in a statement given to news hounds on Saturday.
Egypt routinely blames the Moslem Brüderbund for violent attacks in the country.
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said the timing of the recent attacks make the associations between the Brotherhood and Daesh holy warriors "apparent."
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[RUDAW.NET] The Hashd al-Shaabi Shiite militias, also called Popular Mobilization Units, are training 800 Christian volunteers to battle ISIS in its stronghold djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , a source from the Babylon Battalion told the Iraqi Al-Mada newspaper.
Citizens, not subjects? This will cause trouble among those who cannot conflate citizen with dhimmi.
"As local forces prepare for the Mosul operation to clear out ISIS gunnies, 800 Christian volunteers have also joined the Battalion of Babylon that belongs to the Hashd al-Shaabi," a source inside the Christian battalion told Al-Mada late Saturday.
According to the source, the Christian volunteers have been training in three military camps in the city of Baghdad and Salahadin province.
"The battalion is a special military arrangement for Christians under the control of Hashd al-Shaabi," Al-Mada quoted the Christian source as saying.
This is not the first time non-Shiite volunteers have reportedly joined the Hashd al-Shaabi. The militias have previously claimed their military groups belong to all parts of Iraq, with different religious and ethnic backgrounds.
Moen al-Kazemi, a Hashd al-Shaabi commander, said the group is a national military group, fighting to protect Iraq and Iraqis, and that volunteers from various background are among the Shiite group.
The Shiite militias signed up 100,000 volunteers in June in Iraq's ongoing war 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.... , Kazemi said.
The militias, some of which have known ties to Iran, took the lead in the liberation of Tikrit earlier this year amid subsequent allegations the fighters marginalized Sunni residents of the area.
The Hashd al-Shaabi rose up last year at a call from Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the highest Shiite holy man in Iraq, when ISIS fighters overran much of country's western territory.
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the Christian volunteers might be smart to start looking at joining the Kurds
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[RUDAW.NET] When people think of the controversial immigration debate in the United States, they mostly think of Hispanic immigrants who cross over the border from Mexico . However this minority is not the only one affected by the United States’ complex immigration laws.
Over the past 50 years the number of African immigrants residing in America has almost doubled - and like other newcomers, they want their voices heard.
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"Sit down and shut the hell up"
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Are we talking legal immigrants want more rights? They get the same rights as the rest of us.
Or are we discussing illegal immigrants, who want more free stuff from the working stiffs?
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[CNN] A wave of coalition Arclight airstrikes took aim at ISIS targets in the group's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa over the weekend.
Their goal, according to Brig. Gen. Kevin Killea, is to deny the Death Eaters' "freedom to maneuver" and help ground forces strike back against ISIS.
They were part of "the most sustained set of Arclight airstrikes to date" against ISIS in Syria, Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy for the coalition against ISIS, said on Twitter.
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[Dhaka Tribune] Shahbagh police jugged Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! an alleged activist of banned krazed killer outfit Hizbut Tahrir ...an al-Qaeda recruiting organization banned in most countries. It calls for the reestablishment of the Caliphate... from the Dhaka University campus yesterday.
The arrestee is Abdul Matin, a masters student of the Education and Research Institute (IER). He was later suspended from the DU.
DU proctorial body members identified the student around 2pm at Arts Faculty when he attempted to give leaflets and jihadi books to a teacher, acting proctor Amzad Ali said. Later, Matin was handed over to the police.
The authorities also found jihadi literature and CDs after searching his room.
Prof Amzad said they would take stern action against Matin after investigation.
International krazed killer group Hizbut Tahrir that aims at establishing Caliphate was banned in the country on October 22, 2009 for posing threat to public safety. It is also banned in a number of countries.
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While it's annoying to get lumped into the gluten band wagon, it's nice to have alot of gluten free options. My wife isn't gluten intolerant or celiac, she's epi pen level allergic to wheat. The more options we have for food, the better for her.
Course, if I do sneak out for soft, squishy normal bread kolaches, she does whine a bit and demand to smell them.
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My son is intolerant to wheat. If he eats it his intestines gum up faster than Portland cement dumped in the toilet. He doesn't have celiacs, and isn't allergic but something else is happening that doctors aren't quite sure of.
One thing the article doesn't go over that I stumbled across in my research is that modern wheat, known as common or bread wheat was changed back in the 60s to make it a more tolerant and easier wheat to grow. Part of the by product is it has 50% more gluten then other wheat. Most of the wheat we eat is easier to grow, and has more gluten and has really only been in our food supply since the 70s.
Spelt and older forms of wheat may not trigger responses in people and my son can eat small (one sandwich a day) doses of spelt without having his poop tract stop working. So there is something going on with the more modern versions of wheat, but I seriously doubt it is as bad as most people claim and the anti-gluten hysteria is just... hysteria.
It has been good for my son and others that need to be wheat free as now there are so many more tasty options at the store so it has been a boon for my.
[ARABNEWS] At least seven soldiers and 12 holy warriors were killed in a clash on Sunday in Pakistain's troubled tribal belt where the army is fighting a major offensive against Taliban bully boys.
The military made a new push into the Lion of Islams' last major stronghold near the border with Afghanistan, intelligence officers said Sunday.
Pakistain began a major offensive in North Wazoo last summer to drive out Pak Taliban and other hard boyholy warriors who launch attacks on government and civilian targets.
The army is meeting fierce resistance as it moves further into the lower-lying areas of the Shawal Valley, the Taliban's last stronghold, military officials said.
Pakistain's Army Chief Gen. Raheel Sharif visited troops on Friday and said the initial phase around the surrounding peaks of the Shawal Valley was successful and it was now time to begin a final push into the lower areas.
"We will not stop unless we achieve our end objective of a terror-free Pakistain," he said.
Militants ambushed a military convoy on Saturday in the valley's Pir Ghr area, killing two soldiers and wounding three others, intelligence officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the media.
The Pak Taliban grabbed credit for the attack, with front man Azam Tariq saying five soldiers were killed.
The intelligence officials added that troops moving from both the North and South Waziristan sides into the Shawal Valley were encountering tough resistance from Lion of Islams.
The heavily forested ravines in the area are dotted with Taliban hideouts and the area is a key smuggling route into neighboring Afghanistan.
Two other attacks in the northwest killed five more soldiers outside the Shawal Valley.
The first, a remote-controlled kaboom on army vehicles in North Waziristan, killed three and injured six.
A second kaboom on a military vehicle in South Waziristan killed two others, the military officials said.
The Pak Taliban had controlled almost all of the northwestern region of North Waziristan before troops launched their offensive last year.
Many holy warriors have fled to other parts of Pakistain, and some into Afghanistan, complicating the US-backed Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the World and didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... government's fight against its own Taliban insurgency.
Pakistain's military said the incident took place in the Ghaziza area of Datta Khel town, some 20 km east of Miranshah ... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a ministate in centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas... , the main town in the North Waziristan tribal district which borders Afghanistan.
"Fleeing Death Eaters also left behind three of their dead bodies. Four soldiers also embraced Shahadat (martyrdom) in the exchange of fire," it said in a statement.
A security official in the area confirmed the incident and casualties.
The conflict zone is remote and off-limits to journalists making it difficult to verify the army's claims, including the number and identity of those killed.
Pakistain has been battling a homegrown Islamist insurgency for over a decade following the late 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan.
The Pakistain Army began a major campaign against Taliban and other Lion of Islam strongholds in the North Waziristan tribal area in June last year and authorities have now vowed to intensify operations both in the border regions and across the country.
The military says more than 2,700 holy warriors have been killed since the launch of the major offensive.
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[Tolo News] Kandahar Police Chief General Raziq on Sunday maintained that Pakistain remains a major destabilizing force in Afghanistan, suggesting a gap between the national unity government's hopes of turning over a new leaf with Islamabad and the reality of conditions on the ground.
"War is all over the country," said Gen. Raziq, who has become famous for his uncompromising tactics and effective campaign against holy warriors in the southern provinces. "Insurgents have not been empowered; they are helped by Pakistain and are equipped with powerful weaponry," he added.
Despite overtures between Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the World and didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... and Islamabad, to the public eye, very little seems to have tangibly changed in the dynamic between Afghanistan and Pakistain when it comes to the Taliban insurgency. While informal talks looking to pave the way for peace negotiations have been arranged between Afghan officials and Taliban leaders, many experts remain incredulous about Islamabad's - but particularly the Pak military and intelligence organs' - commitment to peace and stability in Afghanistan.
According to Raziq, Afghanistan's southern provinces are slightly more stable in comparison to other parts of the country. Taliban activity is reportedly concentrated in certain parts of Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... and Uruzgan provinces.
"Security has improved in the south," he told TOLOnews on Sunday. "Rebels are active in just a few parts of Helmand and Uruzgan. I have ordered the security forces to eradicate the krazed killers."
In the fashion that he has become known for, Raziq went on to challenge the Taliban over their supposed dependence on Pakistain. "We ask the Taliban to return and support the Afghan government -- if they are not the slaves of Punjabis - or else they will be eliminated by the Afghan cops," he said.
Raziq maintains that the number of active Taliban fighters is often inflated by propaganda and is in fact much lower than what is widely believed. Similarly, he says the krazed killers' territorial gains and casualty inflictions on the Afghan cops are in fact lesser than is portrayed by their public relations team.
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[THEGUARDIAN] Two of the three east London schoolgirls who fled to join 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.... in Syria have married men approved for them by the terrorist group, their families have told the Guardian.
Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and Amira Abase, 15, fled in February from Britannia after deceiving their parents and siblings.
Two of the teenagers have been allowed to tell their families that they have been married and are living in the war-torn country. One phoned and another used a social media platform to tell the loved ones the news that they have been dreading. At the request of their families, the Guardian is not naming the married pair.
Their families are said be be distraught at the news and have been clinging to the hope their daughters would want to come home.
The schoolgirls say that they have been separated and have been living apart for several weeks, in and around Raqqa, Syria -- an Isis stronghold.
The two schoolgirls have been living with the men whom they married in a ceremony approved by Isis authorities.
The two schoolgirls are understood to have been given an effective "catalogue" of men deemed suitable by Isis for marriage. They then made their picks from those presented to them. The teenagers who married are believed to have been wed to older men, in their 20s.
Tasnime Akunjee, a solicitor representing the families, said the families were grieving at the news of the marriages, as told to them by their daughters: "It has caused a lot of distress. It entrenches their lives in Syria, rather than in Britannia. It erodes significantly hopes that they will come back."
The girls initially lived together in Raqqa. They plotted the trip together, drawing up a shopping list of items to take with them.
They had all been gifted students at the Bethnal Green academy in east London, before being lured by Isis propaganda.
They fled on 17 February while they were on a half-term break, taking a flight from Gatwick to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , which borders Syria. A few days later, they are believed to have crossed the border and entered land in Syria held by Isis.
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If ISIS has dependent insurance I'd say good move.
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GARBAHAREY -- A large number of Ethiopian heavily armed soldiers have reportedly crossed along its border with Somalia, a bid to launch deadly counter-offensives on held Al Shabab areas in south of Somalia.
The Ethiopian troops will move to Gedo and Bokol region where its forces based and will launch several operations to push the militants out of Bardhere and Dinsoor cities, key towns for Al Shabab insurgents, sources have told Shaballe in Mogadishu.
Hundreds of local residents have expressed deep concerns on the forces’ arrivals, with some residents told Shabelle Meda, they had started fleeing from the town in fear of deadly battle between Ethiopian and Al Shabab.
The Ethiopian troops serving under African Union Mission for Somalia (AMISOM) forces battling Al Qaeda linked Al Shabab militants in the past 5 years in south and central Somalia.
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[DAWN] KARACHI'S business community and its citizens in general have long complained of being shaken down by criminals as well as elements associated with political parties and religious groups in the name of 'donations' and 'charity'. In fact, eliminating extortion in the metropolis has been one of the key aims of the law-enforcement operation currently under way in the city. While extortion is a year-round menace, during religious occasions such as the month of Ramazan or Eidul Azha, citizens are under additional pressure to forcibly cough up dues such as zakat and fitra to decidedly undeserving elements, or to hand over sacrificial hides. This year, the Rangers seem to be displaying extra zeal in order to stop the forced collection of religious dues. On Thursday, members of the paramilitary force picked up several MQM workers from 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... 's Rizvia neighbourhood for 'forcible' collection of fitra. An official told this paper that "the Rangers will not allow any political or religious party to collect Fitrana from residents forcibly". The MQM, meanwhile, has protested the Rangers' action, claiming that the paramilitary force is preventing the party from carrying out "welfare activities".
Forcible collection of charity by any party or organization cannot be condoned. The very idea behind charity is that it should be a voluntary act. Hence efforts by the state to crack down on forcible collection of funds are positive. However, you can observe a lot just by watching... the campaign must be across the board and should not be directed at a single party. The state should also keep a close watch on krazed killer outfits that use the mosque and madressah to collect funds in the name of religion. There is very little accountability of these funds, which can very easily end up in the hands of hate groups or outfits that promote violence and militancy. Paks are known for their philanthropy as it is, and people should be free to decide who they want to give charity or religious dues to, without any sort of duress or coercion.
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BARDHERE -- Somalia government troops along with African Union mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces moved towards held Al Shabab town in Gedo region in south of Somalia, military sources said.
The coalition troops were making military maneuvering in Elwak and Garbaharey towns in Gedo region, a bid to take control of Bardere, a key town for Al Shabab militants, sources have told Shabelle Media in Mogadishu
The officials from allied forces were unavailable to reach on the phone for comments on their move towards Al Shabab held town in south of Somalia but the sources said that deadly offensive on the insurgents could be feared to happen in town.
This move comes days after Somalia soldiers supported by AMISOM peacekeepers accused of vacating from at least 12 towns located in lower Shabelle region where Al Shabab killed at least 50 AU soldiers from Burundi.
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[Tolo News] Following widespread outrage over a recent Appeals Court decision to reverse sentences for key defendants convicted of murdering Farkhunda, a front man for 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. .. on Sunday said that the president has promised to reassess the case with the help of the Attorney General's Office.
According to the deputy front man, Zafar Hashimi, President Ghani recently met with civil society activists and vowed to pursue justice for Farkhunda -- a 27-year-old girl who was killed in March by an angry Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the World and didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... mob after she was falsely accused of burning a copy of the Holy Koran.
"The president has promised to leave no stone unturned in ensuring justice for Farkhunda's case," Hashimi said. "There are a number of gaps in the investigation of the case; therefore, it will be reviewed once more."
Meanwhile, ...back at the shouting match, a new, even louder, voice was to be heard... the Director of the Afghanistan Independent Bar Association (AIBA), Rohullah Qazizada, has confirmed Hashimi's comments, saying that the president is committed to retrial given the major gaps in the original investigation.
Last week, an Appeals Court reversed the verdict of the Kabul Primary Court, which had included four death sentences for defendants accused of having central roles in Farkhunda's brutal murder. The Appeals Court sentenced three of the men to 20 years of imprisonment and another to 10 years.
In addition to the anger of Farkhunda's relatives, civil society activists and women's rights groups expressed outrage over the Appeals Court ruling.
Civil Society Association head Aziz Rafee said on Sunday that his meeting with the president indicated that Ghani is completely unsatisfied with the way the case was handled by Sherlocks and the courts. "The case will be reassessed to come up with a just decision in this regard," Rafee told TOLOnews.
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[ALMANAR.LB] Six civilians, including a child, were among at least 22 people killed in US air strikes on the stronghold of the Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... group, ISIL (so-called 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.... in Iraq and Syria), on Saturday and Sunday, a monitor said.
The rest of the dead in the raids on the city of Raqa were ISIL Death Eaters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Dozens of people were also maimed in the raids which took place on Saturday and Sunday.US fighter jet
The US-led coalition, which launched an air war against ISIL in Syria last September, said it had carried out "significant" air strikes against Raqa.
"The significant air strikes tonight were executed to deny Daesh (ISIL) the ability to move military capabilities throughout Syria and into Iraq," front man Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Gilleran said.
"This was one of the largest deliberate engagements we have conducted to date in Syria and it will have debilitating effects on Daesh's ability to move from Raqa."
Coalition forces "successfully engaged multiple targets" throughout Raqa, the statement said, destroying IS structures and transit routes.
The strikes "have severely constricted terrorist freedom of movement," it added.
Washington is leading an international coalition fighting ISIL in Syria and Iraq, where the holy warrior group has proclaimed an Islamic "caliphate" in territory under its control.
However, you can observe a lot just by watching... many reports make doubts about the real intentions of the US raids, pointing out that the coalition warplanes had dropped weapons and several supplies to the Takfiri bad boys.
Fearless Leader of the Islamic Revolution ...Iran's doddering head theocrat... in Iran, Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei had repeatedly accused the US of backing the Takfiris, saying that Washington is not honest in fighting ISIL.
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Hah, we hit the baby milk plant--again. Wake me when we get serious.
[ARABNEWS] The Syrian army and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters said on Sunday they had entered the rebel-held city of Zabadani on the second day of a major offensive to capture the border area around the Beirut-Damascus highway.
The army, backed by Hezbollah, has long sought to wrest control of Zabadani, near the Lebanese border, from the rebels who have held it since 2012, a year after the start of the Syrian civil war.
The Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah's al Manar television station said its fighters and the Syrian army had entered the Jamaiyat district in the western part of Zabadani, about 45 km (30 miles) northwest of the capital Damascus.
Footage showed ground troops entering parts of the city lying in a lush agricultural plain surrounded by a mountain range shared to the east with Leb.
The offensive began on Saturday and was preceded by several days of aerial and artillery bombing of outposts held by a coalition of mainly Sunni Moslem fighters defending the city.
The Syrian army also said on state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
their fighters had seized the Sultani district, east of the city, while Hezbollah said it now had encircled the northern portion.
Earlier the Syrian army said: "Tens of bad boyz were potted and injured" in the assault.
The Syrian army, aided by Hezbollah, last March captured the western mountains overlooking Zabadani but rebels who control the eastern hilltops have used rocket launchers to hit army and Hezbollah posts.
The latest offensive is part of Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Light of the Alawites... 's effort to shore up his control over western Syria.
The capture of the city would secure a safe arms and troops corridor for Hezbollah, whose military role inside Syria has been growing steadily since the start of the conflict.
The area around the once popular resort city was part of a major supply route for weapons sent by Syria to Hezbollah before the 2011 outbreak of the Syrian conflict, which has killed more than 200,000 people.
The Syrian army is fighting on several other fronts. As well as battling rebels around the southern city of Daraa and the northern city of Aleppo, it has been fighting Daesh (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.... ) as the holy warrior group attempts to seize government-held areas of the northeastern city of Hasaka.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Hezb-e-Islami party led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ... who used to be known in intelligence circles as The Most Evil Man in the World but who now seems merely run-of-the-mill evil... announced support to 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 (ISIS) terrorist group affiliates in fight against the Talibs.
A statement was released by Hezb-e-Islami and urged the group's followers to support the ISIS affiliates in the event tensions further escalated between the Talibs and affiliates of the ISIS group who were former members of the Taliban group.
The statement also added that the Hezb-e-Islami has an intense enmity with the Taliban group and communists along with Shura-e-Nizar.
No further elaboration was given regarding the communists, however Hezb-e-Islami's remarks regarding Shura-e-Nizar were apparently a gesture towards the leaders of Jamaat Islami party.
Hezb-e-Islami is leading an anti-government Death Eater group in Afghanistan and has been blacklisted by US Department of State.
The statement by Hezb-e-Islami comes as the Taliban group sent a letter to ISIS leader last month urging the rival jihadist group to stop recruiting in Afghanistan.
Taliban insisted that there is room for only "one flag, one leadership" in their fight to re-establish strict Islamist rule.
The letter was sent following heavy festivities between the Talibs and ISIS affiliates in eastern parts of the country, specifically in 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.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Security agencies have tossed in the slammer Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! seven bandidosturbans during separate 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.
A statement issued Sunday by the police headquarters of Nangarhar province states that four bandidosturbans who were making, transporting and placing magnetic bombs have been arrested during a raid in Jalalabad city.
The raid was conducted by the counter-insurgency department of the police headquarters that identifies the four bandidosturbans as Mawlawi Bilal S/O Gul Alam an instructor and prayers leader of Hazrat Bilal Madrassa and a resident of Nangarhar province, Mubashirullah S/O Deena a resident of Badakhshan province, Hamidullah S/O Abdul Khaliq resident of Ghor province and Niamatullah S/O Sardar resident of Kunar province ... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country..... .
The group was arrested red handed with three magnetic bombs in Hazrat Bilal Madrassa (religious seminary) in Base Ekmalati area of Jalalabad city.
In the meantime, The National Directorate of Security ...the Afghan national intel agency... (NDS) -- Afghanistan's intelligence agency states that they have arrested two bandidosturbans from the jurisdiction of Jalalabad city and another one on Nangarhar -- Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the World and didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... highway.
A statement issued by the NDS states that 350 explosive capsules, 45 remote controls of IEDs and other terrorist materials to were recovered from the possession of one terrorist.
The statement further states that Bismillah S/O Abdul Jalal planned to take these materials to Nangarhar's neighboring Laghman province for destructive actions.
NDS statement identifies the two other bandidosturbans as Zalmai S/O Sayed Noor and Noorullah S/O Malik Shah.
Although the statements from both security organs do not contain the exact date of the activities but they release information to media about recent achievements.
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[Ynet] The United States and its allies stepped up their campaign against Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... with 38 air strikes on targets belonging to the group in Iraq and Syria on Saturday, a joint command statement said on Sunday.
Eighteen of the strikes were near the Syrian city of Raqqa, capital of the 'caliphate' that Islamic State has declared.
The statement from the Combined Joint Task Force said tactical units and vehicles had been hit and 16 bridges had ben destroyed. The attacks in Syria also included five near Hasaka and three near Kobani, in which tactical units, vehicles and fighting positions were hit.
In Iraq, Islamic State was targeted in 12 strikes near eight cities. The statement said tactical units, fighting and staging positions, weapons and vehicles had been hit.
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Am I missing something?
Is there an election or something coming up and the current administration has to make a show doing something?
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See also FREEREPUBLIC, TOPIX + DAILY MAIL.UK > NO END IN SIGHT TO ISIS BATTLE SAYS OBAMA AS HE REFUSES MORE US BOOTS ON THE GROUND, + SAYS THIS IS ABOUT [winning] "HEARTS AND MINDS".
* CNN AM, DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS [Twitter] > ISIS' RECENT LOSSES IN IRAQ AND SYRIA PROVES IT CAN AND WILL BE DEFEATED, COALITION HAS HIT ISIS WIS OVER 5000 AIRSTRIKES.
* TOPIX > [Fox News Channel] PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA CONCEDES ISIS HAS GONE GLOBAL [outside of Iraq + Syria Region], BUT SAYS WE WILL "ULTIMATELY PREVAIL".
VERSUS
* WORLD NEWS > [Guardian.UK] BARACK OBAMA SAYS FIGHT AGZ ISIS WILL BE A "GENERATIONAL STRUGGLE".
D *** NG IT, any relation to the Year 2030-2050 + rise of a US-BORN, US-RAISED, EX-ELITE, CONVERT-TO-ISLAM ISLAMIC MAHDI/MESSIAH/HIDDEN IMAM???
just wonderin.
* TOPIX > [BreitBart] ISIS IN INDIA: [Indian Govt-INTEL] OFFICIALS CONCERNED TERRORIST GROUP WILL SPREAD OUT OF PAKISTAN [Afghanistan-Pakistan = AFPAK].
* SAME > [News Kerala] CSTO FORCES, TAJIK RESERVISTS TO [jointly] FIGHT TALIBAN, ISIS.
* SAME > [Jakarta Post] AL-QAIDA AND ISLAMIC STATE TARGET AUSTRALIA.
* FREEREPUBLIC > [Virtual Jerusalem] ISIS BRINGS REINFORCEMENTS TO EGYPT TO TARGET THE PYRAMIDS + SPHINX.
And BTW while they're at it the Suez Canal + Egyptian-Libyan Oil???
* SAME > [RCP] ISIS FIGHTS FOR A WINDOW TO THE SEA.
ISIS/ISIL = Rising China in East-Asia-WESTPAC = Balochistan Separatists???
This is why we want DARTH VLAD = RUSSIA to send the Russian Navy [+ Other], e.g. the KIROV-CLASS MISSLE-ARMED BATTLECRUISER "MOSKVA" into the South China Sea, ETC. ALBEIT PREFERABLY WIDOUT NEED OF ANY OCEAN/FLEET SALVAGE TUGS AS ESCORT = COMMAND SHIPS.
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Two Boko Haram bombs exploded at a crowded mosque and an elite Muslim restaurant in the central Nigerian city of Jos, killing 44 people. 67 other people were injured and were being treated at hospitals.
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There's really no excuse for not keeping things tidy Skid. 
Riyadh - A terrorist, who escaped a raid at a house in Saudi Arabia’s Taif city, was killed in a shootout with police, the interior ministry said here on Sunday.
[Inquirer] Over a dozen Maoist militants stormed an airstrip owned by a multinational banana company and blasted a parked light plane in Compostela Valley province on Saturday.
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[NAPLESNEWS] A young man who was drinking and celebrating the Fourth of July tried to launch a firework off the top of his head, fatally injuring himself, authorities said Sunday.
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MOGADISHU -- Somalia intelligence officer has been seriously wounded after bomb explosives fitted into his luxury car, exploded in Mogadishu, police and witnesses said.
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