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Throughout their country's descent into political and economic crisis, Venezuelans of all stripes have at least been able to rely on one thing: drowning their sorrows in beer.
Locals of the sweltering South American nation love to down the kinds of heavily chilled light lagers popular from Mexico to Argentina.
But pretty soon Venezuela could run dry. And that could be even more devastating than it sounds. How did it come to this?
For one, brewery workers are on strike demanding higher wages. greedy capitalist guttersnipes!
Members of the Sintraterricentro union downed tools last week at two bottling plants belonging to the Polar brewery. It supplies roughly 80 percent of Venezuela's beer, including market leader Polar Pilsen. The union is tiny but its members hold key positions at the plant, meaning that production has ground to a halt. A UNION?
The nation's human rights ombudsman has stepped in to mediate. But Empresa Polar executives accuse him of a bias toward the union, which is allied with the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro. A union allied with a socialist? Has that ever happened before?
On top of that, there's a shortage of imported beer ingredients.
Add that to the list of basics in short supply, like medicines toilet paper and food items, thanks to a raft of economic problems including a lack of dollars.
So far, store shelves are well stocked with beer bottles, according to the Associated Press. But that may change very soon. The national brewers association says raw materials for beer-making will run out by August. just in time for the start of their summer
The timing could hardly be worse. no sh*t!
Venezuela is suffering 615 percent inflation, says Johns Hopkins University economist Steve H. Hanke. The country also has one of the world's highest homicide rates. And the government's been locking up critics.
So, you might say Venezuelans could use a drink.
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[Reuters] A bomb blew up in front of the Italian consulate in Cairo today, killing one person. A security official said the blast was caused by a car bomb.
State news agency MENA cited a senior security official as saying preliminary investigations indicated that a bomb was placed under a car near the consulate and detonated remotely.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the early morning blast, which caused heavy damage to the consulate. It shook other buildings downtown and could be heard in surrounding neighborhoods.
Italy's Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said there were no Italian victims in the blast. He said, "Italy will not be intimidated."
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Dylann Roof, who is accused of killing nine people at a church in South Carolina three weeks ago, was able to purchase the gun used in the attack only because of lapses in the FBI's background-check system, FBI Director James B. Comey said Friday.
Comey said Roof should have been prevented from buying the .45-caliber weapon used in the shooting, which authorities have said was motivated by Roof's racist views. The political repercussions of the June 17 massacre at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston led South Carolina to remove the Confederate flag from its statehouse grounds Friday.
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You had a system. You already have the laws. You are the failure. There's nothing new needed other than people who have skill and merit in the execution of their responsibilities and the removal of 'supervisors' who interfere with the execution of those systems and laws.
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The FBI says its background-check system failed, mistakenly allowing the man who allegedly opened fire inside a South Carolina church last month to purchase the gun he used in the rampage.
So what Mr. "Blame Anybody but Me" Obama immediately tries to spin as a Republican, NRA, confederate flag flying, white privilege gun-culture problem ends up actually being the result of yet one more catastrophic failure of incompetent government.
The immigration system is broken, the IRS system is broken, the veteran administration is broken, the postal system is a mess, the congress and judicial systems (just to name a few) are dysfunctional. After six years of Obama's rule, what part of government is not dysfunctional ?
We have people dying in the streets, in the harbors, in our hospitals and in our churches. And the latest solution, according to Mr. Obama's maladaptive response, is to blame and take down a single flag flying above a Civil War memorial in South Carolina.
The astounding imbecility of it all stupefies even the barely remaining sane amongst us.
And all the while we diffidently divert our eyes in acquiescence as Mr. Obama spikes the ball and revels in his own intolerable audacity.
I continue to wonder who deserves to bear the most shame... Mr. Obama for his intolerable audacity or we the people who invariably and timidly allow him to get away with it.
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Most fair-minded people deplore the excesses of modern feminism--its triviality, its mean-spiritedness, and its claiming of special privileges for women on the basis of their putative suffering under patriarchy.
What happened to "equal rights"? What turned feminism into a shrill, rancorous movement that hounds men for a plethora of claimed sexual crimes, harps on female moral superiority, and seeks to rid the world of masculine energy, competitive drive, and frank humor?
Did rape crisis feminists such as Andrea Dworkin, who saw all sex as rape and presumed all men guilty, ruin what was otherwise a reasonable, egalitarian program for reform?
[RUDAW.NET] A German national who says he repented and returned after joining 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 Syria went on trial Friday, with prosecutors demanding a 10-year jail term.
Nazzat Ess, 22, returned to Germany in December after travelling to war-torn Syria earlier last year.
"The defendant is accused of being a member of ISIS and has taken part in armed festivities in Syria after training with the group there," announced Andreas Vitek, the spokesperson of the Dusseldorf court.
During hearings on Thursday, Ess said he travelled to Syria to fight and had been asked to join ISIS, but decided not to after seeing "horrible scenes" and returning to Germany.
German prosecutors described the defendant's story as "unreliable" and said "strong suspicions" remained as to why the man returned home.
"Even the court has been suspicious about Nazzat's story and his claimed repentance," prosecutors said.
Ess, who is originally from Albania, was incarcerated Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! in December when he returned to Germany. Prosecutors have demanded a prison term up to 10 years.
Around 300 people face prosecution In Germany for supporting ISIS, according to German Justice Minister Heiko Maas, as anti-terrorism laws are being revised in the country.
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[ALMANAR.LB] Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that the world powers engaged in Talks with Tehran over its nuclear program are shifting their positions and pressing excessive demands.
Marathon talks in the Austrian capital, Vienna, are nearing an endgame after two deadlines were missed in order for more negotiation to take place.Iranian Foriegn Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif
"Unfortunately, we are witnessing both shifts in positions and excessive demands... Several countries [which are members] in the P5+1 group hold different positions. Such issues have made the negotiations difficult. We want a dignified agreement and negotiations, and we will continue to negotiate. The deal would be within reach should the other side seek an honorable and balanced accord," Zarif said late on Thursday, Press TV reported.
"There are always new ideas on any negotiating table. It is important for everybody to stick to what we have already agreed, and to move forward based on that," he said when asked about new ideas being brought up in the talks and the differences among member states of the P5+1 group.
Meanwhile, ...back at the Council of Boskone, Helmuth had turned a paler shade of blue. Star-A-Star had struck again... an unnamed senior Iranian official said late on Thursday that Western powers are changing their positions in nuclear talks with the Islamic Theocratic Republic, warning that the negotiations could "go either way."
"We see certain changes in the positions particularly just last night... on a lot of issues unfortunately," the official said.
He noted that "there was an approach that was acceptable ... but then all of a sudden people came up with some view for changing ideas, and this makes it rather difficult."
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's reign of terror is having a considerable impact on North Korean officials stationed overseas, several of whom have defected to South Korea, Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said Thursday. Yun was speaking to a forum hosted by the Kwanhun Club, a fraternity of veteran journalists, in Seoul.
"Over the three-and-a-half years since Kim took power, about 70 officials have been executed," Yun said. "That’s a sevenfold increase from the same period during the Kim Jong-il regime."
"It's self-evident what will happen if the reign of terror intensifies, the economy worsens, and human rights are violated further," he added.
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[ABS-CBN] A suspected Abu Sayyaf militant was nabbed Friday afternoon in Barangay Talabaan in Zamboanga City.
The suspect was identified as Basit Balahim, alias Ballan, who is allegedly among those responsible for the Dos Palmas kidnappings in Basilan in 2002. Balahim was spotted in the village along with another suspected Abu Sayyaf member who was arrested last month.
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Last week Bob Owens from Bearingarms.com interviewed Andrew Scott, CEO of A&A Ammunition, who said he was seeing signs of the .22 LR ammunition shortage beginning to clear up. I won't dispute what an executive says about his whole industry, because that is his bread and butter, but I commented elsewhere that .22 LR shortage was showing no signs of moderating, but you can still get it at about between .08 to .10 per round.
I said: ...online prices of .22LR halved between July 2013 and July 2014, and have wafted upwards about $0.02 per round. My personal opinion is that .22 LR will not go down significantly more than $0.02 each for a long time to come.
About three years ago I went shooting with my son in law, and we met a friend of his at the firing range in Florida. One individual was also there with a Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum revolver, who kept getting misfires every other shot. At about $1.00 per round, that kind of shooting can run into some money. You must really love to fire a .44 Magnum to expend that kind of wampum. Now, three years later, the PPR for the .44 Magnum is half of what it was. Times change, but I suspect whatever price collapses may be in the offing, they have already come and gone.
I mentioned that story to say this: the SiL's friend had a .22LR pistol with a rifle stock and he kept loading it, with every round saying: One cent, two cents, 3 cents... all with a smirk on his face.
The .44 Magnum shooter musta been pissed.
The city of Seattle Washington wants to pass a $25 per transaction fee on all gun purchases. Helluva deal for them if everyone in Seattle wants to obey the universal background check law passed by popular vote last year in a marijuana induced fog. Why are they considering such a tax? Because no court in the land will deny any government any tax, not SCOTUS, nor anywhere else.
Judges gotta eat, too, when they retire.
That has been de riguer for a long time. Even fees for concealed carry in those states that have such a program, which so many people erroneously equate with their 2nd Amendment rights, could be considered taxes, which no court in the land will deny any political entity.
May their chains rest on them lightly...
Just my two kopeks.
Loads.
Rantburg's summary for arms and ammunition:
Prices for pistol ammunition and for rifle ammunition were mixed.
Prices for used pistols were mostly lower, while prices for used rifles were higher across the board.
Pistol Ammunition
.45 Caliber, 230 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (4 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Ventura Munitions, Wolf Polyformance, FMJ, steel cased, .27 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Cased, .28 per round (From Last week: +.01 Each After Unchanged (5 Weeks))
.40 Caliber Smith & Wesson, 180 grain, From Last Week: +.01 Each
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Cheaper Than Dirt!, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Cased, .24 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Freedom Munitions, Store Brand, FMJ, Reloads, .23 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (4 Weeks))
9mm Parabellum, 115 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (3 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Cheaper Than Dirt!, Brown Bear, FMJ, Steel Cased, .17 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: The American Marksman, Stryker 9, FMJ, Reloads, .18 per round (From Last Week: +.01 Each After Unchanged (5 Weeks))
.357 Magnum, 158 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (5 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel cased, .28 per round
Cheapest Bulk: 250 Rounds: Ammunition To Go, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel cased, .33 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks))
Rifle Ammunition
.223 Caliber/5.56mm 55 grain, From Last Week: +.01 each After Unchanged (2 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Able's, Tulammo, steel cased, FMJ, .24 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: SG Ammo, Tulammo, steel cased, .23 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (5 Weeks))
.308 NATO 150 grain, From Last Week: -.05 Each After Unchanged (3 weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Natchez Shooters Supplies, Tulammo, steel cased, FMJ, .40 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Ammunition To Go, Tulammo, Steel Cased, FMJ, .50 per round (From Last Week: -.08 Each )
7.62x39 AK 123 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (4 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Ammunition Depot, Wolf WPA, steel case, HP, .24 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: SG Ammo, Wolf WPA, steel case, .23 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (1Q 2015))
.22 LR 40 Grain, From Last Week: +.01 Each
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Munire USA, CI Raptor, RNL, .10 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Munire USA, CI Raptor, RNL, .08 per round (From Last Week: -.01 Each After Unchanged (5 Weeks))
The Australian military has decided to cancel plans to purchase F-35B Joint Strike Fighter short-take-off-and-vertical landing aircraft and place 12 of the aircraft on two of their larger assault ships, citing the challenges of needing to rework the ships to accommodate the plane, according to published reports.
"Prime Minister Tony Abbott's proposal to put F-35 fighter jets on the Navy's two 27,000-tonne troop transport assault ships has been quietly dropped," writes The Australian Financial Review.
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Uh, no. The Aussies never ordered the Bee, so didn't cancel it. There was never a requirement for it. There was a throw away comment by the PM about how the Bee could operate from their new LHDs.
After the 72 F-35As are delivered, the Aussies will revisit what to do about another 28.
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Yes, she appears to be a nasty piece of work, but to see the Anarchists, oops, I mean "customers" (maybe), orchestrate a coup because she gave the thumb to a "popular" employee is a bit much.
I've had to fire "popular" people and, in many instances, they were "popular" because they catered to the desires of their charges at the expense of organizational requirements (as defined.).
As much as it sucked to let people go, it was my job. Or else, it was my job. Btw, did anyone perform due diligence before bringing her on?
In the business world, many things have to be checked at the door.
[GMA] An engineer was killed and three other people were injured when an improvised explosive device thought to have been planted by the New People's Army went off Thursday morning in South Cotabato. The victims were providing security on the farm-to-market road project connecting Surallah town and Lake Sebu when the incident occured in Upper Sepaka, Surallah.
Heavy gunfire from the militants followed after the blast, prompting the military to fire back. Local officials reported that two unidentified NPA members were killed during the gun battle.
MOGADISHU -- After one hour of fighting at two hotels in the Somali capital, Somali forces say they have killed the last of a group of heavily-armed Al-Shabab assailants who attacked Siyad and Weheliye hotels on Friday evening. Two hotel guards, one civilian and five militants died in the attack.
The assault underscores the potency of the Al-Shabab even after losing its key strongholds in offensive by African Union and Somali forces.
Al-Shabab claimed the responsibility for the attack, vowing more attacks during Ramadan, a month the group usually steps up attacks against government and African Union forces.
In recent weeks, security has been tightened across Mogadishu as government deployed hundreds of soldiers to prevent attacks by the Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shabab group.
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[Al Ahram] Egypt's highest Islamic institution, Al-Azhar, has slammed what it called "a campaign by international powers and organizations," as well public figures in Egypt, to promote and legalise homosexuality.
In a statement released on Thursday, Al-Azhar rejected same-sex marriage, stating that marriage in Islam is only between a man and woman, and that Islam prohibits all "sinful" extramarital affairs, referring to the recent decision of the US Supreme Court to end the same-sex ban.
The Islamic institution also said it rejected all campaigns to spread or legalise homosexuality and same-sex marriage in the Moslem world. Many Social media users worldwide have declared support for same-sex marriage, launching "Rainbow avatars" and "#Lovewins" online campaigns.
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[DAILYMAIL.CO.UK] The Earth could be headed for a 'mini ice age' researchers have warned.
A new study claims to have cracked predicting solar cycles - and says that between 2020 and 2030 solar cycles will cancel each other out.
This, they say, will lead to a phenomenon known as the 'Maunder minimum' - which has previously been known as a mini ice age when it hit between 1646 and 1715, even causing London's River Thames to freeze over.
Goody. Famine, plagues, vast population migrations followed by war... and possibly witches. But at least the violins will sound absolutely amazing some decades hence.
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The warmer zealots will still scream and rant even as the glaciers march across Canada. Their religion brooks no dissent from anyone, even the Sun.
IIRC, I've read from various Science texts that the Sun tends to explode = unleash massive Solar Flares/CMES of still-undetermined magnitude at the beginning, as well as near or at the end, of the MAJOR ice ages.
DON'T BE SURPRISED IFF THE SAME OCCURS VEE THE "MINI".
FYI AFAIK its not clear iff the above is inclusive of any protractive lack of sunspots.
* ION JAPAN TIMES > GLOBAL WARMING SHRINKING THE PRESENCE OF VITAL BUMBLEBEES IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE.
* ENE NEWS > NOAA: MANY FISHES [Specias] DISAPPEARING FROM THE PACIFIC.
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Well, the climate/historical record is that people die off when it turns cold and people thrive when it turns warm. Given the ruling class mumbles every now and then there are too many people already in the world, one might start to think the whole MMGW gig was to get the rubes set up for the real natural and deadly climate change. The French Revolution model looks better and better every day.
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Great. In 15 years we're gonna be invaded by snowbacks too.
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Talk of this sorts is smoke and mirrors designed to keep the (majority) poor optimistic that something larger, uncontrollable is coming to even out the unfair imbalances in this world.
if/when it happens worry then and not before time.
[ALMANAR.LB] Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said on Friday that the threats by the United States to leave the nuclear talks are not serious, state-run IRNA news agency reported.
Speaking to news hounds on Quds Day rally held in Tehran, Larijani said the remarks by US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... were political gesture of US officials at the final stage of negotiations.
He said that negotiations made good progress so far, calling on P5+1 group to do what they must to do in order to reach a logical final deal.
Referring to the rise of takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... terrorist groups in the region, Larijani said that Zionists are abetting such Death Eater groups to sabotage the values of Islam including the Islamic principle of campaign (Jihad) against oppression.
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In any negotiation, if you threaten to walk, you must prepare to walk and be ready to walk. Witness the Greco-German negotiations, the Germans are sure the Greeks mean what they say.
Thusly, if you had a President on the order of the current Greek PM (admittedly nuts) make the Persians understand that if the negotiations fail we will most certainly nuke you the next day, AND MEAN IT. It is the way of the souk.
[DAWN] LAHORE: In a first of its kind development in the country, law enforcement agencies have decided to install 'tracking chips' on the ankles of 1,600 'terror suspects' in 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.... after Eidul Fitr to monitor their movements.
There are some 1,600 terror suspects on the list of the Fourth Schedule in Punjab. The Fourth Schedule defines a terror suspect as a "person who is concerned in terrorism or he belongs to a proscribed organization".
"The Punjab government has decided in principle to start electronic surveillance of 1,600 Fourth Schedulers by installing tracking devices on their ankles (commonly known as ankle-band) so that their movements can be monitored," a front man for the provincial Counter-Terrorism Department told Dawn on Friday.
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[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Iraqi Shi'ite militia fighters are tightening a noose around 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.... -held city of Falluja west of Baghdad as the first stage of a counter-offensive in the Sunni province of Anbar, likely to determine the course of the conflict in coming months.
Islamic State seized Anbar's capital Ramadi two months ago, extending its control over the Euphrates river valley west of Baghdad and dealing a major setback to Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and the U.S.-backed army he entrusted with its defense.
While the government initially vowed to swiftly recapture Ramadi, it now appears to have turned instead to Falluja, a city located further downriver and closer to Baghdad, meaning supply lines for a counter-offensive would be less vulnerable.
Colonel Ali al-Yasiri, commander of Iraq's 4th armored regiment, 1st division, which is fighting near Falluja, said plans for a quick offensive to retake Ramadi were shelved in June after commanders concluded that Falluja would be "a dagger pointed at the army in Ramadi" unless it was tackled first.
"Our commanders gave us orders one week after losing Ramadi to regroup ... in order to launch a counter offensive to retake Ramadi," he told Rooters. "This decision failed to win support from all military commanders."
As the government seeks to claw back territory, Abadi has turned to the mainly Shi'ite Hashid Shaabi militia fighters who have proven more successful than the army on the ground.
In April, the militia recaptured the city of Tikrit, former dictator Saddam Hussein's home town on the Tigris river north of Baghdad. But until the fall of Ramadi in May, the government was reluctant to deploy the Shi'ite fighters west of Baghdad in the valley of Iraq's other great river, the Euphrates, where Sunni tribes have been hostile to outsiders for generations.
The army seems to be taking advantage of the extra capabilities offered by the militia umbrella group, which includes Iranian-backed elements. Yasiri welcomed the Hashid's involvement, saying the army had struggled unsuccessfully for 18 months to contain Sunni Death Eaters in Anbar.
Abadi and the army can also rely on U.S.-led air support, more closely coordinated since U.S. officers moved into a military base less than 10 miles (15 km) from Falluja and started overseeing training of Sunni tribal recruits there.
Jets and artillery have been pounding both Falluja and Ramadi, inflicting heavy daily casualties on forces of Evil and civilians alike according to medical sources.
MILITIA IN LEAD
Shi'ite militia figures say they will take the lead on the ground, not the army.
"Hashid forces are closing in on Daesh holy warriors inside Falluja after seizing almost all supply routes around the city," said Muen al-Kadhimi, a senior aide to Hadi al-Ameri, commander of the Iranian-backed Badr organization, the most powerful of Iraq's armed Shi'ite groups.
Shi'ite fighters and army troops have made gains north of Falluja this week, although they faced heavy resistance from Islamic State fighters who sent boom-mobiles to stem the advances. Authorities say they already control Falluja's eastern, southern and western approaches.
Tribal and bully boy sources in Anbar reported an Islamic State attack early on Friday in villages between Falluja and Ramadi, which lie about 40 km (25 miles) apart on the Euphrates. But their opponents insist the campaign to retake Anbar is on track.
"Now we are only 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the center of Falluja and the plan to liberate the city is going perfectly." said Kadhimi.
He confirmed the strategy of retaking Falluja before the bustling provincial capital: "We can't go to Ramadi first and leave our back exposed. This is why Falluja is a prior target."
Falluja saw the fiercest fighting of the U.S. occupation which followed Washington's 2003 invasion to topple Saddam Hussein, and has also been a center of Sunni hostility to the Shi'ite-led government in Baghdad.
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[RUDAW.NET] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's state-run news agency ...and if you can't believe the state-run news agency who can you believe?... says police carried out raids in Istanbul and three other cities, detaining at least 21 people suspected of being members of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... turban group.
The Anadolu Agency said three of the suspects detained in the simultaneous raids on Friday were foreign nationals who were planning to cross into Syria to join ISIS. Their nationalities weren't disclosed.
Other suspects were believed to have been working to recruit fighters for the group, the agency said.
Anadolu said police seized two rifles, large amounts of ammunition, documents and military uniforms during the raids.
Under pressure from its allies, Turkey has recently tightened security along its border with Syria in a bid to thwart Lions of Islam from crossing into the country to join the turbans.
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[CNSNEWS] Testifying in the U.S Senate yesterday, Congressional Budget Office Director Keith Hall warned that the publicly held debt of the U.S. government, when measured as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product, is headed toward a level the United States has seen only once in its history--at the end of World War II.
To simply keep the debt at the high historical level where it currently sits--74 percent of GDP--would require either significant increases in federal tax revenue or decreases in non-interest federal spending (or a combination of the two).
Historically, U.S. government debt as a percentage of GDP hit its peak in 1945 and 1946, when it was 104 percent and 106 percent of GDP respectively.
In 2015, the CBO estimates that the U.S. government debt will be 74 percent of GDP. That is higher than the 69-percent-of-GDP debt the U.S. government had in 1943--the second year after Pearl Harbor.
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It's all good. The debt will never be paid back.
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I have a feeling that when we treat the Chinese like the Greeks treated the Germans in regards to debt negotiations that we will get a much different response.
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would require either significant increases in federal tax revenue
That ain't happening.
or decreases in non-interest federal spending
See above.
Mike
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Quit outsourcing the economy and tax revenues will shoot up from manufacturing and supporting jobs. The $1+ trillion/year welfare spending will crater as most of the tax eaters are moved into taxpaying jobs.
That it will weaken many of America's rivals is a nice bonus.
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..yes, but the trade off will be that prices will also shoot up and innovation will drop. It's a trade off: High welfare state and taxes to support it, low prices, quicker turn over in tech vs Lower welfare state and taxes to support it, higher prices and slow innovation. It means your lower strata will not have access to things much beyond serviceable basics (insert envy here).
Debt: The government is not allowed to run a debt excepting in an actual declared war. Anytime the government has a debt, each April 15th, the complete congress will gather and draw lots. 10% of each house will then fight to the death on pay per view for debt relief. The sole remaining survivor will be allowed to live and will be free from drawing for the rest of his term.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] President Mohammad AShraf Ghani has warned that the terrorist groups have exceeded insurgency activities bثyond the borders of Afghanistan and threatens China, Russia and other regional countries.
Speaking during the BRICS summit in Ufa city of Russia, President Ghani said war and violence in Afghanistan also threatens system of governance and security of the region.
He also briefed the summit participants regarding the formation of groups such as 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), their financial sponsorship, recruitment and expansion of their activities.
President Ghani insisted on regional cooperation in a bid to eliminate threats posed by the terror groups in the region.
He also added that the regional countries should concentrate on development projects in a bid to improve the security situation.
In parts of his speech, President Ghani also assured that "Afghanistan is a center for regional cooperation, not a
battlefield of competitions."
BRICS is comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa who have recently emerged as new economic power and have an effective influence over regional and global affairs by forming 34 percent of the global population and attains 30 percent of global GDP.
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[DAWN] HANGU: Four persons were killed and five others were maimed as a result of firing at a funeral in Astori Khel area of Lower Orakzai Agency ... crawling with holy men, home to Darra Adam Khel, the world's largest illegal arms bazaar. 14 distinct tribes of beturbanned primitives inhabit Orakzai agency's 1500 or so square kilometers... on Friday evening.
The political authorities said that Asif Ali opened indiscriminate fire upon seeing his rivals at a funeral of a local person in Astori Khel area.
Those killed were identified as Kamal Hassan, Nasim Ali, Amin Qasim and Mansoor Ali. The dead also included two passers-by.
The injured were shifted to Kalaya hospital. The political authorities started making efforts to arrest of the suspected killer. The local administration also tossed in the calaboose Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! five relatives of the accused.
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"we're gonna need a bigger boat grave"
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Repeat customers are the best customers.
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I was halfway hoping this involved the Westbourgh Baptist Church
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] A mortar round fired by 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.... faceless myrmidons caused a major blaze at a Syrian government headquarters building in the northeastern city of Hasaka and firefighters had put it out, state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
said on Friday.
The ultra hardline jihadists hit a civilian ID and passport office building in Hasaka, where the army has fought off several major incursions in recent weeks.
Earlier a Syrian army source said the faceless myrmidons had blown up a third car bomb in the eastern part of the city. It said there were casualties and gave no further details.
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[RUDAW.NET] In its Iraqi stronghold of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , 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 is banning residents from performing prayers on one of the most important Moslem feasts, controversially claiming the practice does not belong in the religion.
Ismat Rajab, a Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) official for Mosul who now lives in the Kurdistan region, told Rudaw that the radical group has warned residents to avoid prayers for Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan in about a week.
He said ISIS was claiming that the Eid prayer is not "originally an Islamic practice" and was not performed in Prophet Mohammad's time.
Since the ISIS takeover of Mosul last year, the jihadis have been imposing new rules and regulations, backed by strict punishments that include the threat of death for offenders.
Eid al-Fitr, also called the Feast of Breaking the Fast, is an important religious holiday celebrated by Moslems worldwide that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting.
Although a religious practice, the prayer preformed on the first day after Ramadan also is a cultural event.
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I think that we should encourage, and enforce where possible, this philosophy. Nothing that Mo didn't have can be used in any Muzzie area...........start with electricity...
[DAWN] Police on Friday claimed to have placed in durance vile You have the right to remain silent... seven suspected murderous Moslems belonging to the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain in the Maripur area.
"The anti-extremism cell of the counterterrorism department of police arrested local Taliban capo Haji Sher Muhammad along with his six associates in Maripur," said official in charge of the anti-extremism cell Ali Raza.
Commander Muhammad had close links with Mohmand TTP chief Umar Khalid Khurasani ...intel chief of the Jamaatul Ahrar TTP splinter group, or whatever it's calling itself these days... and on his directions he along with his associates was planning a terror attack in the city, claimed the officer.
"They are involved in collection of extortion from the business community for the TTP in the city."
A huge quantity of arms and ammunition was also seized recovered from them.
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[ALMANAR.LB] Algerian authorities nabbed Please don't kill me! 38 people in connection with deadly ethnic unrest between Berbers and Arabs in the south of the country, police and the gendarmerie said Friday.
Police also said a hunting rifle, dozens of knives and Molotov cocktails were seized during a probe into unrest in the southern province of Ghardaia that left 22 people dead on Tuesday.
Police said 27 people were tossed into the calaboose Thursday "for harming public order, citizen's security and property."
State television, citing the gendarmerie, said 11 more people were rounded up, bringing the total to 38.
Algerian media reported that masked gunnies went on a killing and arson spree in the town of Guerara Tuesday night and into the early hours of Wednesday.
Guerara is in the M'zab valley, a UNESCO world heritage site on the edge of the Sahara desert, where tensions between Mozabite Berbers and Arabs have flared on and off since December 2013.
But it was the first time firearms were used in confrontations between members of the two communities.
The highest corpse count in years has prompted President Abdelaziz Bouteflika ... 10th president of Algeria. He was elected in 1999 and is currently on his third or fourth term. Maybe it's the fifth. He'll likely die in office of old age... to order the army to move into Ghardaia and restore order.
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The Kenyan government has said it will hasten the construction of a security wall along its porous border with Somalia following the Mandera terror attack that left 14 people dead earlier this week.
Fences don't work. Ask the Israelis...
Interior Principal Secretary Monica Juma said the government is more determined in securing the border with Somalia and keep off ‘al-Shabaab’ militants from freely crossing into the country.
“The attack in Mandera validates the importance to secure our borders.
“The threat by ‘al-Shabaab’ is upon us and I want to reaffirm our resolve to secure our nation,” Juma said when she led an inter-agency team on a site inspection at border Point One in Mandera.
She said the building of the 700 kilometer wall on the Kenya-Somalia border from Mandera in northeast to Kiunga in the coast will keep out the ‘al-Shabaab’ elements from infiltrating the country.
Mandera town is situated at the Somali border and stretches for about 20 kilometers from Border Point One, making it prone to frequent terrorist attacks.
During the inspection, Juma called on the residents to remain vigilant and report any suspicious characters to the relevant security authorities. She said that the disaster operation center in Nairobi is in contact with the affected families to ensure that all the assistance they require is provided for.
She also added that the eight people seriously injured in the dawn attack who are admitted at Kenyatta national hospital will receive counseling and other recovery programs from the center.
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Better not build it 14 feet high, lest it injure the fence jumpers.
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Kenya builds walls and Kenyan (?) Obama brings them to the US by the thousands - with privileged immigration status at that! Free jobs, homes, schooling, medical care andof course $. How much more of our republic can he destroy before leaving office? After that will Clinton complete the job?
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The affiliates of 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 have assassinated a number of tribal elders in eastern Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province of Afghanistan.
Malik Amin a local resident and tribal elder in Mamand area of Achin district said three tribal elders were rubbed out by the ISIS affiliates.
He said the tribal elders who were rubbed out by the ISIS affiliates have been identified as Rozha Gul, Shamal Khan and Mazar Haji.
In the meantime, another official said at least five tribal elders were executed by the ISIS affiliates and a number of civilians were maimed.
The provincial governor front man Hazrat Hussain Mashriqwal confirmed that sporadic festivities takes place between the Talibs and ISIS affiliates in remote areas of Achin district. However, facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable... he said the exact number of casualties is not clear so far.
Nangarhar is among the relatively volatile provinces in eastern Afghanistan where anti-government armed Death Eaters are actively operating in a number of its districts and frequently carry out insurgency activities.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] China has pledged to increase security cooperation with Afghanistan by providing security equipment, technology and training assistance.
The commitment was made by China's President Xi Jinping during a meeting with his Afghan counterpart President Mohammad 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. .. during the BRICS summit.
Security in Afghanistan was discussed by the leaders of the BRICS emerging nations which include Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
The pledge by Xi was followed days after Chinese officials observed the first tentative peace talks 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 the Taliban.
Xi quoted in an official statement told his counterpart President Ghani "Increasing security cooperation suits both countries' interests. China will continue to supply Afghanistan with security supplies, technology, equipment and training assistance."
No further details were disclosed regarding the security assistance by China to Afghanistan.
China has long pledged security cooperation with Afghanistan in a bid to bring peace and stability in Afghanistan amid concerns by Beijing regarding the threats posed by separatist groups in China's far western region of Xinjiang, which borders the Central Asian country.
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[DAWN] Unknown assailants bumped off a policeman in the limits of the Gulbahar cop shoppe here on Friday, while another policeman managed to escape unhurt.
An official at the Gulbahar cop shoppe said two personnel of the rider squad were on a routine patrol near Anam Sanam Chowk in Gulbahar area of the city, when unknown attackers opened fire on them, leaving one of the coppers named Janat Gul seriously maimed.
Gul was later taken to the city's Lady Reading Hospital, where he departed this vale of tears. However, denial ain't just a river in Egypt... the other policeman remained unhurt. Police started the paperwork but haven't done much else against unknown attackers and started investigations.
Janat Gul's funeral prayers were later offered at the Malik Saad Khan police lines and his body was dispatched to his ancestral Jhagra village on the outskirts of the Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. city for burial.
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Unless you are a cool kid and in the know (wink) the auto parser might make you think Peshawar isn't a fine family town.
Does this have anything to do with the spot price of Kalishnikovs-47?
[ALMANAR.LB] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... has reportedly agreed to allow the United States to use one of its airbases to launch Arclight airstrikes in Syria allegedly to target ISIL 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... hard boys.
This comes as US General John Allen, US Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Christine Wormuth, along with a large delegation from the Pentagon, traveled to Ankara this week to meet with their Turkish counterparts, English-language Turkish newspaper Today's Zaman reported.Turkey Permits Using Base for Syria Drone Strikes
Meetings between the two sides started on Tuesday and continued through Wednesday and Thursday.
On Thursday, Turkey's Cumhuriyet daily reported that Ankara had agreed to allow US drones at Incirlik airbase to be used against ISIL murderous Moslems in Syria.
The newspaper further said that Washington had also demanded to have access to military bases in Diyarbakir and Batman for logistical purposes, adding that the two countries are close to clinching a deal on Incirlik airbase, but Ankara wants the US to support foreign-backed gunnies fighting against the Syrian government as a precondition.
Turkey also told the US that it should include the fight against the Syrian government in its train and equip program, according to Cumhuriyet. However, man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them... a report by Daily Sabah said the deployment of the armed drones to Incirlik is nothing new.
"These reports do not reflect the truth. Armed drones were not discussed. In fact, they are already in use, so there is no need to discuss the issue, which has already been solved," the newspaper quoted a high-level source from the Turkish Foreign Ministry as saying.
"The agreement between Turkey and the US to use armed drones was reached in March and they have been in use since then," a military source added.
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Only recently the Pentagon data on sorties in Iraq and Syria has included mention of drones. It was assumed that the drones were based north of Irbil in Kurdistan. The US has had an on-again off-again relationship re Incirlik, but it once was a US drone base. Incirlik is a dominant location for drone activity in western Syria. Thus, what it will be used for, except to pull Turkey from a tight spot, needs explanation.
[ALMANAR.LB] Sources close to the nuclear talks underway between Iran and the world powers in Vienna said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini to avoid threatening Iran, Fars news agency reported.
Russian sources said on Wednesday that the atmosphere of the talks soured somehow a few days ago during a meeting between Zarif and Mogherini, the minister of the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, Britannia and La Belle France plus Germany).
"And then at some stage, when the Iranian officials seriously defended their positions, Mogherini warned to leave the talks, saying the negotiations couldn't go on and every one had better return home as long as the conditions prevailing over the meeting continued," the diplomat added.
"Zarif immediately replied, telling Mogherini "never threaten an Iranian!", followed by his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov who said "or a Russian!".
Iran and the 6 world powers are in the final phase of their last round of talks in Vienna to draft a final deal to end their over-a-decade-long nuclear standoff.
Iran's deputy lead negotiator Abbas Araqchi said on Tuesday his country and the six world powers won't have a deal as long as the US is adamant in its decision to maintain the sanctions policy.
The deputy chief negotiator pointed out that there have only remained "7 to 10 issues of difference between Iran and the G5+1, and explained that "only 2 or 3 of them are fundamental and important".
"The rest are minor technical issues" which are not that much important, Araqchi continued.
The Geneva interim deal envisaged the removal of all the UN and unilateral US and EU sanctions against Iran under a final comprehensive deal.
Also, in a framework agreement approved by the six powers and Iran in April known as the Lausanne Statement, the seven nations agreed that a final deal would include removal of all sanctions as well as a UN Security Council resolution which would call all the five UNSC sanctions resolutions imposed against Iran's nuclear activities as "null and void".
The first two UNSC resolutions boycotted export of military, specially missile, hardware and software to Iran, a sanction that would be automatically removed under the new UNSC resolution that, according to the Lausanne framework agreement, should be issued on the same day that the final deal is endorsed.
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See also FREEREPUBLIC > [MEMRI.org] "KAYHAN" [News Daily]: THE WHITE HOUSE WILL BE DESTROYED IN TEN MINUTES IFF IT [USA] ATTACKS IRAN.
VERSUS
* SAME > [Washington Free Beacon] PRO-TEHRAN LOBY GROUP [Native American Iranian Council] DEMANDS IRAN BE GIVEN BALLISTIC MISSLES.
LOL, why not, the Bammer Admin = US-Allies are already helping Iran to nuclearize.
MANO-E-MANO, OWG CO-SUPERPOWER TO OWG CO-SUPERPOWER!
You know, the "Weak/Declining" Soon-to-Be-Ex-Sole-Superpower USA to Rising Iran.
[DAWN] WITH the passage of time, even important events begin to resemble a dot fading fast in the rear-view mirror. It is surprising, then, that sometimes a trigger can lead to a detailed, vivid recollection of an event from many, many years ago and create shockwaves even today.
We were in London last week and were leaving our rented flat when traffic congestion, just a few yards up on Upper Woburn Place by Tavistock Square diverted our attention to a remembrance happening in the square to mark the 10th anniversary of the London bombings which became known as 7/7.
That remembrance with some officials, the family and friends of the victims and quite a few passers-by in attendance became a trigger for a flood of memories of July 7, 2005. On that day, from our south London home, I was driving to Bush House (in Aldwych, Central London) where I worked for the BBC World Service.
As usual, the morning drive was accompanied by radio news. It must have been around 9.30 when a news flash caught my attention. It said there had been a 'power surge' on the London Underground, the network had been shut down and the travelling public was being advised not to head towards the Underground without first checking all was back to normal.
We had the usual quota of summer visitors who were planning to head to town for some 'sightseeing' (read shopping), so I called home to ensure they checked before leaving as it is never pleasant to be stranded outside.
Having finished the call, and on reaching the Bush House car park, as I got out, I heard what sounded like an kaboom not very far off and the ground also seemed to shake a bit. But the din of traffic made me think my mind was playing tricks. So I walked into the building and took the lift to my office.
This is when the first details started to trickle in that there had been three bombings on the London Underground network and a fourth on a bus just a couple of hundred metres south of Euston Station on Upper Woburn Place on the road sandwiched between the British Medical Association and Tavistock Square.
With all the facts known much later, it was a chilling realisation that what I'd heard was actually the teenaged bomber on the bus detonating his explosives-filled backpack barely a mile and a half in a straight line from where I stood, sending several people to a violent death.
The bus blast was preceded by three near-simultaneous bomb kabooms (later three of them were attributed to jacket wallahs of Pak origin) on the network between King's Cross-Russell Square stations, Liverpool Street-Aldgate stations and at Edgware Road station, killing more than 50 people and injuring scores of others, some so grievously they'd have to live with disability for the rest of their lives.
As journalists, all of us got busy in covering the story and didn't realise till much later that the victims of that carnage were so representative of London itself, comprising the widest variety of origins, faiths, ethnicities, castes and creeds.
It was after these attacks, and several unsuccessful ones reportedly prevented by the security services, that most Londoners first caught sight of specialist firearms officers as coppers wearing sidearms and carrying submachine guns appeared on the scene.
While the events of 9/11 in the distant US did create anxiety and some racial tension in the UK, which scarred some close friends and colleagues when they were set upon by racist goons blaming them for the late Osama bin Laden ... who is now beyond all cares and woe... 's mayhem, things settled down pretty quickly.
It was, therefore, natural for similar anxieties to surface post 7/7 and some Islamophobia ...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do... was in evidence. But, despite random incidents of violence and attacks, the anger on London streets never approached anywhere near the hatred the suicide bombers vented on people ostensibly for the Iraq war; in fact, many among the victims were opposed to it.
It is admittedly naïve to expect that gunnies would be so discriminating. They aren't. One need only look at Pakistain's example where more than 50,000 citizens who had nothing to do with the US presence in the region were made to suffer the terrorists' wrath.
However, a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all... in the case of the UK, it seems the gunnies who targeted Britons in London couldn't achieve what Wall Street bankers and their European counterparts, whose unaccountable greed and actions plunged the world into an economic meltdown, did.
Of course, coupled with the aura the self-styled Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... 's slick social media wing has created around the terrorist organization with the help of gullible or callously complicit Western media groups, this has triggered ugly and often blatant xenophobia and racism.
Where in the past if one arrived with a Pak passport with a mere 'permanent residence' stamped on it, the immigration officers would often smile and say 'welcome home', now (non-white) naturalised British citizens are asked all sorts of outrageous questions such as 'how long do you plan to stay in the UK?'
In an environment where 'moderate' Moslem community leaders have been marginalised considerably in terms of their influence on some among the younger generation enamoured by the lure of IS; and where the 'other side' is now increasingly being hijacked by the xenophobic UKIP's thinking with even the governing Tories playing catch-up, the future doesn't look rosy.
All hope, however, isn't lost as a young woman university student of Asian origin recently told me. "Our reality is very different. Our generation is growing up in multiethnic/cultural Britannia. We are much more at ease with each other. Most of this nonsense will disappear when we take charge -- actually even before that -- wait and see how tensions dissipate when the economy and the job situation gets better."
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Our generation is growing up in multiethnic/cultural Britannia. We are much more at ease with each other. Most of this nonsense will disappear when we take charge
[RUDAW.NET] A high-ranking Iraqi Kurdish official confirmed that several Arab countries are closely cooperating with the Kurds to counter 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/ISIL) group, as the region loses faith in the US-led campaign against the murderous Moslems.
Hemen Hawrami, a close advisor to Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani, refused to name the Arab countries that are "directly coordinating" with the Kurds.
"Based on their wish, we will not reveal their names. But yes, several Arab countries are in close coordination with us to counter ISIS" he said, speaking to Rudaw at the United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... headquarters in New York.
Last week, Britannia's The Telegraph newspaper quoted a bigwig from an Arab country that is part of the US-led coalition against ISIS as saying that regional countries are ready to take the war against the snuffies into their own hands.
"If the Americans and the West are not prepared to do anything serious about defeating ISIL, then we will have to find new ways of dealing with the threat,"the newspaper quoted the unidentified official as saying.
He said that the "new way of dealing with the ISIL threat" is directly arming the Kurds in Iraq.
Directly arming the Kurds contravenes official US policy, which insists that all arms to the autonomous Kurds should go through the central government in Baghdad.
Kurdish forces in Iraq and Syria have been the only bulwarks on the ground against further ISIS expansion in those countries.
Hawrami did not deny that the US had tried to block direct arms supplies to the Iraqi Kurds by Arab allies.
The Kurdistan Region's Peshmerga forces, locked in war with ISIS for nearly a year, complain of delays in US-supplied arms reaching them via Baghdad, and that they remain seriously outgunned by the murderous Moslems.
The US strategy of air strikes against ISIS, without any US or Western troops on the ground, has come under serious scrutiny, especially since the snuffies captured the city of Ramadi in Iraq and Palmyra in Syria in late May.
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Interesting piece at the Chosun Ilbo that notes how far apart the two countries have grown in terms of culture, and how that complicates any reunification. It might be best for the North Koreans to extirpate the Kim family and their supporters and then build their country separately from either the South or China.
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In due time, perhaps a federation of some sort. Think Mississippi and California.
Come to think of it, always think Mississippi because it's fun to type and has Oxford history and stuff.
[Haaretz] Speaking to mark annual pro-Palestinian Al-Quds Day, Hezbollah chief says Assad regime is regaining momentum in Syria after several setbacks. He really believes that, since he sold his soul to the Persians.
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Strong horse, forsworn vows. But it still won't bring victory when Allah prefers the local unbelievers as evidenced by the win/loss tally.
JILIB, Somalia -- Senior Al Shabaab officials including its Chief Abu Ubaidah have been discussing loyalty to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) amid military setbacks on frontlines in central and southern Somalia, sources familiar with the matter told Garowe Online.
Abu Ubaidah is believed to have eased his stance towards ISIL, and told militant ideologues to cut off ties with al-Qaeda and its leader Ayman al-Zawihiri.
The gathering is underway in the town of Jilib , some 97km north of the southern port city of Kismayo. The tight secrecy of the meeting made details more convoluted, with sources telling GO that Mahad Karate, Ubu Ubaidah’s deputy agreed to the allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) which is seeking to extend its influence into East Africa.
“This is not strange, and it seems that Al Shabaab could be following in the footsteps of Boko Haram at the height of dire funds shortage, and blistering loss of grounds against allied forces,” said an analyst who asked not to be named.
Al Shabaab merged with al-Qaeda in 2012. Eversince, militants have been adhering to apostasy principles and the communications style of the network.
In March, ISIL leader reportedly sent invitation to Al Shabaab Chief Abu Ubaidah, encouraging the Somali militant group to wage Jihad on neighboring countries, notably Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
Boko Haram fighters aligned themselves with ISIL in early March in well produced audio message posted online.
If the discussion succumbs to ISIL loyalty, analysts predict unparalleled shuttle of foreign Jihadists.
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[RUDAW.NET] Government forces and Shiite Death Eaters repelled an Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group attack Friday that left 10 soldiers dead in western Iraq's Anbar province, officials said.
The Lions of Islam attacked the government-held town of Khalidiyah with mortars and five suicide boom-mobiles, Anbar councilman Athal al-Fahdawi said. They retreated after an hours-long battle, leaving behind 12 dead fighters. Some were hiding in houses in nearby Abu Flais village, Al-Fahdawi said.
Police and army officers said at least 10 soldiers were killed. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Meanwhile, ...back at the wrecked scow, Agent 49 felt gingerly for his head. It was still there. He had been hoping differently... the Islamic State group's Radio al-Bayan said IS Lions of Islam seized positions in the Khalidyah area after attacking Iraqi troops and Shiite militias with boom-mobiles.
Iraqi forces, backed by Shiite militias, have been struggling to recapture areas lost to IS in the country's west and north. In May, the bad boy group scored a stunning victory when it overran Ramadi in Anbar province, capturing large amounts of ammunition and armored vehicles from fleeing government troops.
Also Friday, a representative for Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's top Shiite holy man, urged countries in the region to take "decisive measures" to stop the flow of imported muscle into Iraq.
"The continuation of the policy of carelessness and giving a blind eye on the flow of these fighters to Iraq will increase the danger of these gangs to Iraq and they will represent a threat to their countries," Abdul-Mahdi al-Karbalei said during a Friday sermon in the city of Karbala.
Foreign fighters have been streaming into Syria and Iraq by the thousands to join IS and other krazed killer groups.
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[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Zaman al-Wasl has obtained an exclusive list of members defected from the regime's forces, soldiers and non-commissioned officers, were reported in the beginning of this year. Surprisingly, dozens of the defected members were from areas of complete sectarian loyalty to the Syrian regime.
The other warning point of the new lists of is that many of the defected members were from the elite groups like the elite republican guards and the defence brigades and special forces, who were the carefully selected, armed and trained groups, and their commanders were very trusted and close to Bashar and Maher al-Assad.
The lists contained 1017 names, defected from different military battalions, brigades and troops, dozens of them from the Alawite sect.
Moreover, many of defected names were of prominent and well known Alawite families and like Khadour, Slitin, Omran, Reedi, Salhab, Wasouf, Jdid, Saqer, Hmesheh and Rahija, and others.
The first list showed that 422 members defected from the regime forces, in January 2015, 73 sergeant and first sergeant, 46 corporal, making about 30% of all defected members, at 13 one daily average, the highest number was in 4th January at 33 member, almost no day passed without defection, that refutes the regime's claims that defections has become rare and at individual bases.
Defection among the elite republican guard despite the privileges they have, and the military intelligence, who are responsible to observe soldiers and officers and prevent any defection attempt, gives an idea about the weakness and cracks in within the Syrian regime.
Another serious issue the lists have shown that 70 members have defected with their arms, indicting the level of drainage in the regime forces at military and human levels.
However the most serious piece of information of the recent list of defected members was the ability to know the bases of defected members.
Details of defection numbers of the Elite Units and the Republican guard in January 2015:
Troop 101 and troop 102 of the Republican Guard, 33 members and 16 members respectively.
62 members defected from troop 104, and 40 members of troop 105, the strongest troop of the elite republican guard, and its commander, Monaf Tlas, the close friend of al-Assad defected in 2012.
Troop 106 had 42 members reported as defected. Troop 124 of Elite Republican Guards had 20 defected members, while 20 members left troop 47 of the special forces.
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[ALMANAR.LB] Riyadh has been paying media across the globe as well as setting plans to ban news hounds critical of the government from working in the country in a bid to project a positive image of the kingdom, Reporters Without Borders concluded, citing newly leaked Saudi diplomatic documents.
The so called 'Saudi Cables' were revealed by the whistle-blower website, WikiLeaks, with most of them dating back to between 2010 and 2015.
The non-governmental organization cites numerous examples including 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... looking to fund media publications from around the globe -- from Iran to Senegal ... a nation of about 14 million on the west coast of Africa bordering Mauretania to the north, Mali to the east, and a pair of Guineas to the south, one of them Bissau. It is 90 percent Mohammedan and has more than 80 political parties. Its primary purpose seems to be absorbing refugees... "While it is not always clear from the cables what was actually done, they expose the extraordinary initiatives that were at least considered by the Saudi government in an attempt to improve its image abroad," Reporters Without Borders (RSF) wrote on their website.
The report highlighted methods used by Riyadh to promote its own interests, among them channeling funds to media organizations all over the world, as was the case in 2011 with the Wesal Farsi TV (now called Tawhid), a London-based Persian-language television station with anti-Iran agendas.
"In 2011, for example, the Saudi embassy in London suggested funding Wesal Farsi TV (now called Tawhid), a London-based, Persian-language TV station owned by a Sunni Iranian citizen opposed to his country's government. In return for monthly funding and allowing Saudi Arabia to appoint a representative to its board of governors, the TV station would respond to Iranian media criticism of Saudi Arabia," the report said.
The cables also highlight how some media organizations would actually approach the Saudi's themselves for funding. Reporters Without Borders cites the example of the Afghan media center Spogmai. Its head requested funding in 2009 for the creation of a news website, a daily newspaper, a magazine and a TV station that would act as counterweights to Afghan media outlets, which were funded by rivals Iran.
Not all media outlets are willing to be bought, but the Saudi government seems to have a solution for those not interested in petrol dollars, RSF said.
It also went on to say that another practice applied by Riyadh was to ban news hounds critical of the government from working in the country.
The report cited what happened recently to the London-based Financial Times newspaper, which had to withdraw its correspondent and close its Riyadh bureau for publishing what the Saudi government called "lies" about the kingdom.
Touching on the role of Saudi missions in Riyadh's dictated media coverage, the report concluded, "The embassies play a dynamic role in organizing and maintaining active pro-Saudi propaganda abroad. As they are familiar with the local media, they are best placed to monitor what the media are saying and to make suggestions to the Saudi government."
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[ALMANAR.LB] Syrian Army units inflicted more losses and casualties upon terrorist organizations in continued operations backed by air strikes in various areas across the country on Friday, state-run SANA news agency reported.
In Idleb, army units targeted gatherings of holy warriors in al-Sermaniyeh and Jannet al-Qura villages in southern Jisr al-Shughour in the southwestern countryside of the northern Idleb province.
A military source said many of the bad boyz were potted, while an armored vehicle was destroyed in al-Sermaniyeh and a bulldozer in Jannet al-Qura.
In the meantime, SANA quoted field sources as saying that many holy warriors of al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front and the so-called "Ahrar al-Sham ...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014... Movement (Free People of Syria)" were killed as the army targeted their hideouts in the towns of al-Taman'eh and Kafr Oweid in southern Idleb province.
In the neighboring Hama province, five terrorist leaders were killed as the army artillery targeted their hideout while they were holding a meeting in Toloul al-Homr village to the east of Salamiyeh city in the countryside of the province, according to field sources.
An ammunition depot and a logistic supply route were hit and destroyed at the Agricultural Research building and Bawadi al-Azib in the eastern countryside of Salamiyeh.
In Quneitra, an army unit targeted dens of al-Nusra holy warriors in Mas'hara village, 12 km to the east of the city.
The army operation left a number of holy warriors dead and injured, and their arms and ammunition destroyed.
In al-Zabadani city in Damascus Countryside, the army air force destroyed a rocket depot and artillery bases and killed many holy warriors in a series of air strikes on their positions.
Meanwhile, ...back at the shouting match, the spittle had reached unprecedented levels... a number of terrorist groups' leaders were killed and an ammunition depot was destroyed during army operations in Douma, Harasta, Masraba and al-Rihan in Eastern Ghouta.
In Hasaka, SANA news hound told that assembly points of the 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.... of Iraq and the Levant' (ISIL) takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... group and their hideouts were targeted in al-Villat al-Homr neighborhood and the area between al-Bassel and al-Panorama roundabouts in Hasaka city.
Syria was hit by a violent unrest since mid-March 2011, where the western media reports accuse countries, mainly the USA, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , 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 Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... of orchestrating the civil conflict in the country and providing terrorist groups with money, weapons and trained mercenaries.
On May 2011, Syrian army launched a wide-scale operation against gangs and gunnies operating in the country, who started to escape the army blows and infiltrate illegally to Leb.
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[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Tunisian security forces have killed five Islamist hard boyz in festivities in the mountains near the central town of Gafsa, and military helicopters were pursuing more in the area, a security source said on Friday.
Tunisian forces are on high alert after last month's attack on a beach resort that killed 38 holidaymakers, most of them British, and the Bardo museum massacre by Islamist gunnies three months earlier.
"The operation is still ongoing in the Awled Omrane mountains," the source said, adding that there had been no casualties among army special forces.
Local gang Okba Ibn Nafaa, which is aligned to al Qaeda, has been fighting a low-level insurgency against Tunisian authorities near the Algerian border. But 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.... hard boyz have also claimed attacks in Tunisia.
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[DAWN] Former president and prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmire (AJK) Sardar Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan passed away on Friday after protracted illness. He was 91.
Given the epithet Mujahid-e-Avval (the first freedom fighter) by his admirers, Sardar Qayyum died in Islamabad, where he had been hospitalised after deterioration of his health.
The AJK government declared three-day mourning over the death of the veteran Kashmiri leader.
He was supreme head of the All Jammu and KashmireMoslem Conference, the oldest and once the largest political party of the region.
Sardar Qayyum's funeral prayers were offered in Islamabad in the afternoon.
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[ALMANAR.LB] Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid said he would telephone British counterpart David Cameron ... has stated that he is certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite, which means he's not. Since he is not deeply ideological he lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger, but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ... on Friday to respond to his government's advice that the North African nation was unsafe for holidays.
The Foreign Office guidance issued on Thursday evening forced British tour operators to halt all holidays to Tunisia in a massive blow to a key sector of its economy.
Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid"We will ring the British prime minister to tell him we have done everything we can to protect all British interests and those of others countries -- that's out duty," Esebsi told a late-night session of parliament.
"Britannia is free to take whatever decision it likes -- it's a sovereign country -- but we too are a sovereign country and we have a position to take."
Essid did not elaborate on what that position might be but he told politicians that the British decision would "have repercussions."
Tunisia has brought in a raft of new security measures, including arming tourist police, since a 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... gunman killed 38 foreign holidaymakers, 30 of them Britons, at the beach resort of Port El Kantaoui on June 26.
But the Foreign Office said it did not believe they provided "adequate protection" and advised against all but essential travel.
Within minutes of the advice, tour operators Thomson and First Choice said they had cancelled all flights to Tunisia for the rest of the season, until October 31.
Britannia's largest travel association, ABTA, said the 3,000 or so British tourists currently in Tunisia would be flown home as soon as possible.
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[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Al Qaeda's Syria wing, the Nusra Front, has recaptured districts that lost last April in Yarmouk refugee camp after a counter attack on regime forces in the embattled district in Damascus, killing 25 soldiers and murderous Moslems, activists said on Thursday.
Activists said Nusra had taken buildings were under the control of Aknaf Beit al-Maqdis that aligned with Syrian regime against al-Qaeda offshoot.
Zaman al-Wasl news hound said fierce festivities erupted between Syrian regime army and Nusra.
Eye witnesses said regime hospitals has filled up with maimed from Paleostinian hard boyz who fight under regime's banner.
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BARDERA, Somalia -- Hundreds of Ethiopian soldiers in battle tanks have advanced towards strategic Bardera town in southwestern Somalia by Thursday, Garowe Online reports. Ethiopian troops crossed the border to intensify anti-militant push and liberate areas remaining under the control of Al Shabaab fighters.
The military maneuver comes in reaction at a series of seizures made by militants since the start of the holy month of Ramadan. Somalia government and Jubaland officials previously pointed to fresh military offensives against Al Shabaab.
Sierra Leonean peacekeepers headed home from their positions in Jubaland in the aftermath of Ebola in late 2014. African Union forces in Bay, Bakool and Gedo regions have similar moves.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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[Reuters] A bomb blew up in front of the Italian consulate in Cairo today, killing one person. A security official said the blast was caused by a car bomb. 
[ABS-CBN] A suspected Abu Sayyaf militant was nabbed Friday afternoon in Barangay Talabaan in Zamboanga City.
The Australian military has decided to cancel plans to purchase F-35B Joint Strike Fighter short-take-off-and-vertical landing aircraft and place 12 of the aircraft on two of their larger assault ships, citing the challenges of needing to rework the ships to accommodate the plane, according to published reports.
[DAILYMAIL.CO.UK] The Earth could be headed for a 'mini ice age' researchers have warned.
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