[The Telegraph] President Barack Obama has weighed in to the debate on tampon tax in the UK.
After learning that British women must pay a five per cent on sanitary products, as they are classed 'luxury items', he told vlogger Ingrid Nilsen:
"I have to tell you, I have no idea why states would tax these as luxury items. I suspect it's because men were making the laws when those taxes were passed.
"I think it's pretty sensible for women in those states that you just mentioned to work to get those taxes removed. Those aren't federal taxes."
He admitted that he was "was not aware" of the tax until Nilsen told him in an interview with her and other YouTubers.
* BHARAT RAKSHAK > US TO CHINA: HAWAII IS NOT THE SOUTH CHINA SEA - PTI [Press Trust of India], in response to China's claims that its deployment of AD missles to the South China Sea is no different that what the US would do per defence of HAWAII.
DOES THE BAMMER BELIEVE [mistakenly] THAT BRITAIN IS A DE FACTO SOVEREIGN US STATE???
ARE THERE MORE THAN "57" US STATES, INCLUDING IN EUROPE???
DOES CHINA VIEW THE US-CONTROLLED HAWAIIAN ARCHIPELAGO AS A REGIONALLY OR INTERNATIONALLY DISPUTED ISLAND CHAIN ALA SCS, + ECS = SENKAKUS [China = Diaoyus/Daoyus], + OKINAWA ARCHIPELAGO [China = Ryukyus]???
PROPAGANDA "WEAK/DECLINING" US VERSUS A DE FACTO "WEAK/DECLINING" US???
D *** NG IT, THE MIGHTY PEARL HARBOR 1941 USN BB USS "OKLAHOMA" WANTS TO KNOW!
[The Telegraph] There is a gap, she says, between the amount of time that women put into unpaid work compared to men. "Whether you're in a western country where that gap can be 90 minutes or in the developing world where there can be a five hour gap, if we don't talk about how it robs women of their potential, then we're not really looking at the issue," she tells me animatedly on the phone. Appears from the comments herein, another 'gap' has been identified.
"And if we don't redistribute the work, if we don't really say: 'there needs to be a different balance here', we're not going to get all the way. We're not going to let all women reach their potential all around the world or get the big GDP gains that we want."
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Says the woman who has servants to do everything for her.
Why don't you "redistribute" allyour Bill's money to those poor down-trodden wymns and solve a couple of problems at once.
Idiot.
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The Deadliest Catch
Dirty Jobs
Arlington National Cemetery
Strange they never trip over themselves to get the jobs that involve serious possibilities of death and dismemberment. It somehow involves middle to upper class bureaucratic or desk organizational positions.
[UPI] ERBIL, Iraq, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Kurdish special forces rescued a Swedish girl held by the Islamic State near Mosul, Iraq, Kurdish officials said Tuesday.
The girl, 16, is believed to be a native of Boras, Sweden, and the missing person who traveled to the Middle East last summer in the company of her boyfriend, 19, who is alleged to have joined an extremist group.
The Kurdistan Region Security Council, the high-ranking security organization for Iraqi Kurdistan, announced it "was called upon by Swedish authorities and members of her family to assist in locating and rescuing her" from IS. The statement added she was rescued near Mosul on Feb. 17, is currently in Kurdistan and will be transferred to Swedish authorities. She will presumably return to Sweden.
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Gorb, I don't know about religion at birth. She was pregnant at the time she started her trip. She gave birth so where is the kid? Her boy friend met his timely demise in a drone zap.
She is 16 now so she is/was just a kid.
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2016 is a pivotal year in which accustomed referents of a stable West are now disappearing. We seem to be living in a chaotic age, akin to the mid-1930s, of cynicism and skepticism. Government, religion, and popular culture are corrupt and irrelevant--and the world order of the last 70 years has all but collapsed.
Neither the president nor his would-be successors talk much about the fact that we are now nearing $20 trillion in debt--in an ossified economy of near-zero interest rates, little if any GDP growth, and record numbers of able-bodied but non-working adults. (The most frequent complaint I hear in my hometown is that the government lags behind in their cost-of-living raises in Social Security disability payments.)
No one can figure out how and why America's youth have borrowed a collective $1 trillion for college tuition, and yet received so little education and skills in the bargain. Today's campuses have become as foreign to American traditions of tolerance and free expression as what followed the Weimar Republic. To appreciate cry-bully censorship, visit a campus "free-speech" area. To witness segregation, walk into a college "safe space." To hear unapologetic anti-Semitism, attend a university lecture. To learn of the absence of due process, read of a campus hearing on alleged sexual assault. To see a brown shirt in action, watch faculty call for muscle at a campus demonstration. To relearn the mentality of a Chamberlain or Daladier, listen to the contextualizations of a college president. 2016 is a pivotal year in which accustomed referents of a stable West are now disappearing. We seem to be living in a chaotic age, akin to the mid-1930s, of cynicism and skepticism. Government, religion, and popular culture are corrupt and irrelevant--and the world order of the last 70 years has all but collapsed.
Neither the president nor his would-be successors talk much about the fact that we are now nearing $20 trillion in debt--in an ossified economy of near-zero interest rates, little if any GDP growth, and record numbers of able-bodied but non-working adults. (The most frequent complaint I hear in my hometown is that the government lags behind in their cost-of-living raises in Social Security disability payments.)
No one can figure out how and why America's youth have borrowed a collective $1 trillion for college tuition, and yet received so little education and skills in the bargain. Today's campuses have become as foreign to American traditions of tolerance and free expression as what followed the Weimar Republic. To appreciate cry-bully censorship, visit a campus "free-speech" area. To witness segregation, walk into a college "safe space." To hear unapologetic anti-Semitism, attend a university lecture. To learn of the absence of due process, read of a campus hearing on alleged sexual assault. To see a brown shirt in action, watch faculty call for muscle at a campus demonstration. To relearn the mentality of a Chamberlain or Daladier, listen to the contextualizations of a college president. And to talk to an uneducated person, approach a recent college graduate.
[FOX] CINCINNATI, OH. Cincinnati Police say they are aware of a threat from the 'Anonymous' hacker group and have taken necessary precautions to keep officers safe.
The group posted a video to YouTube Sunday titled 'Message to Cincinnati Police Department.' A masked group member with a computer-modified voice says files containing personal information about Cincinnati police officers will be released online.
The link to the Anonymous "data dump" directs to a removed page on pastebin.com.
The group's message comes in response to a police shooting in Westwood last week. 'Anonymous' alleges CPD officers shot and killed suspect Paul Gaston because he was black. The group said officers did not use lethal force against a white suspect in a similar situation the same day.
I'll go with Carson as VP, Marine Gen. James "Mad Dog" Mattis as Secretary of Defense, and [not listed] former Ambassador John Bolton as Secretary of State or Director CIA.
I believe that would be a mistake. The working class whites who're Trump's main support had affirmative action up to their mouths. Maybe not Carson's fault---but it'll be generations until they'll trust any African-American.
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Ted Cruz should be on the supreme court where he would have far larger impact for 30 to 40 years than as president. Rubio may make a deal so they two of them take down the clown Trump
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I believe that would be a mistake. The working class whites who're Trump's main support had affirmative action up to their mouths. Maybe not Carson's fault---but it'll be generations until they'll trust any African-American.
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Not so certain about that one g(r)om. There's an old saying in the South: "There are black folks, and then there are...the other ones." Bad apples fall on both sides of the colour fence. I think most American people are sophisticated enough to tell the difference. The odious reality of Affirmative Action, like it's failed South African cousin 'Black Economic Empowerment' (BEE) is that both programs were created by the guilt bound white man seeking to 'level the playing fields' and gain political leverage. Affirmative Action and BEE or symptoms of a greater problem.
I believe the 'mistrust' felt most is being directed toward the Washington elite, precisely where it belongs. In the final analysis, Jeb, Christie, and the growing list of Republican drop-out presidential candidates might prove this out.
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Although I like Carson, a VP pick has, up until recent time, been the "Plan B" if the President was incapacitated (Biden excepted, who has backstopped as, per Michelle Malkin, "assassination insurance.").
Recent history would, imho, preclude Mr. Carson and his superior skill-set, as unfair as this may be.
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Turn him loose on the VA.
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Trump's genius... if he has one, appears to be his ability to surround himself with smart people. I believe he long ago, recognized Carson as a 'go to' quiet professional whom he could 'turn loose' on a variety of issues, to include the VA.
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He's right, grom. There is no problem with a black man in office as long as he is the right black man. I like Carson for Secretary of State.
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I don't think Trump is stupid. He has flaws but that ain't one of them.
My best hope for him is that he truly does love the USoA and will set a vision that includes a direction to the republic as defined by the founders. This would be highlighted by picking people who can push things in that direction.
I most certainly don't have the feeling that he will do that based on his statements but I also don't believe what he has said on any particular topic.
Hillary or Bernie would be the death of the republic. Ted is probably the best out there now, BUT, Donald might be the best to stop the implosion that we are undergoing right now.
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A person's race is such a tiny part of thier DNA as to be insignificant; similar to eye color. Ben Carson would do his country proud in any of the mentioned capacities.
A VP needs to unify the country and deliver states. Could Dr. Carson deliver Michigan?
Who could deliver Florida and Ohio?
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Cruz has already said he would appoint John Bolton to Sec State.
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There's got to be a position for Gen. Russell L Honare of Katrina fame.
On September 20, 2005, at a press conference with Nagin on Hurricane Rita, Honoré made headlines nationwide when he told a reporter not to get "stuck on stupid" in reference to a question about the government response to Hurricane Katrina.
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[Free Beacon] Following an ISIS chemical weapons attack involving the use of chlorine mortar shells Feb. 11 near Sinjar Mountain in Iraq, a dozen seriously wounded Kurdish soldiers were assessed and bundled off on ambulances to a field hospital that had been set up a few days earlier by American volunteers working shoulder to shoulder with the Peshmerga.
The volunteer unit that works as an adjunct of the Peshmerga's 9th Brigade calls itself "Qalubna Makum," which translates from Arabic as "Our Hearts Are with You."
This newly-formed seven person team of U.S. and European combat veterans has been operating in Iraq's Kurdish region since December, and is led by a former U.S. Army officer from Los Angeles whose name is being withheld for his safety.
The Americans are among more than 150 volunteers serving in Iraq with the Peshmerga, according to U.S. government sources.
The tents, diesel generators, hospital beds, and over-the-counter medications for the field hospitals arrived in three large shipping containers by way of Tom Kelly, 65, a retired North Carolina football coach who has made it his mission to send donated hospital equipment to more than a dozen nations in Africa and the former Soviet Union.
Many items for the Kurdish troops were donated by Kurdish-American members of the Tennessee Kurdish Community Council in Nashville. Kelly met with Peshmerga Gen. Zaim Ali, the former U.S. Army officer who leads the team of Americans, and others in mid-January to arrange the distribution of supplies.
Kelly first linked up with the top brass of the Peshmerga in Nov. 2014 during a campaign to reclaim several villages that had been captured by ISIS troops in their blitzkrieg advance across northern Iraq in June of that year. At a battle for Kharbaroot, 22 miles west of Kirkuk, Kelly accompanied Gen. Rasheed Muhsin, a surgeon, as he tried in vain to save the lives of wounded Peshmerga without adequate blood supplies or anti-hemorrhaging tools. He says he was moved by the courage and sacrifice of the Kurdish military and returned to the U.S. with an even greater sense of mission.
[LI] Poll: Majority of Democrats say socialism has 'positive impact' With a two term communist sitting in the WH, a Clinton redux on the horizon, and Bernie Sanders in the race, a poll was needed ?
The term 'socialist' once was used as an epithet in American politics. Perhaps no more.
In a year in which Bernie Sanders, a self-described 'Democratic Socialist,' is running a competitive primary campaign for the White House, a new survey finds that a healthy portion of Democratic primary voters are favorably inclined toward socialism.
Nearly six-in-ten Democratic primary voters believe socialism has a 'positive impact on society,' according to polling conducted this month for the right-leaning issue advocacy group American Action Network and provided to POLITICO.
Democratic voters in every age group, every gender, and every race view socialism favorably, according to the early February telephone poll of 1,000 likely Democratic primary voters fielded by Republican firm OnMessage Inc. and commissioned by AAN, which is tied to the Congressional Leadership Fund super PAC dedicated to House Republicans. And among people 45 and under -- a group that has helped power Sanders' primary performances -- the ideology is preferred to capitalism by a margin of 46 percent to 19 percent.
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Excuse me, but whilst you're at it, please 'poll' republicans as well. Dependent upon the definition of 'socialism,' with nearly 50% feeding at the public trough, I'll wager the difference between the results will not be significant.
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The Socialist took over the old Donk party a while ago. The old Donks took over the Trunk Party as compensation. Kasich and Jeb et al should have been in the other primary in eariler times.
When the Wall came down there should have been a reckoning of all the apologists and agents in our society for Moscow et al. Just like all the royalists chased out of the newly minted United States, adapt or depart. Instead the snake was allowed two more decades to indoctrinate your youth and subvert your institutions.
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I think it is instructive that Republicans rejected another Bush this year, even though he spent $120m on his campaign. While at the same time the Democrats are going all in for another Clinton regardless of her reputation for corruption and pending federal indictments.
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An awful lot of people think that Socialism means an imaginary Sweden, rather than Stalin and Mai Tse Tung. Describe how capitalism and socialism actually work, and you'll get a very different answer.
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Iff one believes that "things will get worse before they get better", espec come Year 2025 or shortly after iff the US is still not under OWG + Marxist-Commie-Soc World Order + the Commies make good on their pledge to resort to Armed Militancy, War + Revolution, to force the US to be so, THEN IMO ANY POTUS BERNIE SANDERS IS JUST THE NICE BEGINNING TO THE CHAOS, VIOLENCE, + BLOODY HORRORS, THAT WILL BE FORTHCOMING IN ANOTHER TEN YEARS.
Come Year 2025 or ASAP after I duly expect the Commies = Hardline Marxists-Stalinists + similar to be coming out in the open, + both legitimately running for political office as well as supporting or threatening armed domestic insurrection inside Amerika.
[Breitbart] Columnist Charles Krauthammer reacted Saturday on Fox News Channel to GOP front-runner Donald Trump winning the South Carolina primary.
According to Krauthammer, Trump cannot be stopped until the bottom three candidates drop out of the race.
"Look, the panic ought to be there right now. If you don't have the field winnowing to three, then I don't see how Trump is stopped."
"In a three-way race, that's a dead heat with the other two," he continued.
Krauthammer added, "The losing candidates are going to be the ones who have the decisive effect on the trajectory of the campaign." If Krauthammer's assessment is correct, the fellow in the photo is helping divide the conservative vote and will likely be Trump's Vice Presidential running mate.
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"If Krauthammer's assessment is correct, the fellow in the photo is helping divide the conservative vote and will likely be Trump's Vice Presidential running mate."
From your lips to God's ears, but only if He can enlighten people to 0 being unrepresentative. There's a lot of anger out here, much of which is misdirected.
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...when it comes to the Beltway Party, you need a wider spread, something bigger. See - why elect a Trunk controlled Congress only to continue the Pelosi-Reid agenda?
So Europol believes that 5,000 jihadis entered the EU in recent months, but as the countries are not saving identity data, they are untraceable. Goody.
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If we'd only known Europe was so welcoming of the arab diaspora we could have avoided this whole Paleo/Israeli issue. Enjoy!
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Portugal Wants more Refugees to Help Revive Dwindling Population
Brazil short on population too?
At least the Latin Americans speak a very similar language (easy adaptability), love soccer, and are Catholic. We can have full charter planes standing by in San Diego, Phoenix, and San Antonio to solve your problem. Just say the word.
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the study that closed borders reduce GDP assumes that the migrants enter the work force at historic rates and thus reduce production costs (or 'wages' as Trump or Bernie might say) which in turn leads to more production
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Canada’s parliament rejects BDS movement: Lawmakers approve motion condemning Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, saying it ‘promotes the demonization and delegitimization of the State of Israel’
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Lemme know when these morons start throwing down their cell phones because the firmware is contaminated with Juice cooties. That would mean they are something other than self-inflating poseurs.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah group, Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, is trying to transform the Arab nation of Lebanon into a Persian state, by committing massacres and blaming them on Arabs and Sunnis. a.) There are enough Sunnis in Leb to commit their own massacres
b.) ...not to mention autonomous enclaves of Paleostinians who like to wave guns and froth at the mouth
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The Saudis have repor held back assistance to Lebanon in order to pressure Beirut into returning back to its original "Arab/Sunni-ness"???
An Islamic State (IS) unit from Fataieh attempted to a new incursion into Derna this afternoon but was beaten back by the local Mujahideen forces. These were backed up by helicopter support from the Libyan National Army (LNA), despite the fact that the two are, officially, not cooperating.
Following the IS retreat, there were unconfirmed reports that a former Ansar Al-Sharia commander who had switched to IS but still living in the town, Tamim Kilfa, was killed when a bomb exploded in his car. It is not known if he was targeted or was transporting the bomb.
According to a source in the LNA’s Omar Mukhtar Security Room, the fighting started when a number of IS fighters in three trucks moved into the area known as District 400 at the far east end of the town and tried to take over the local Bayat Al-Radwan mosque. They also managed to penetrate as far as the Corniche area.
They were repelled in heavy fighting in which four of the Derna mujahideen were reported killed. A number of IS militants were also killed before they pulled out. Two are said to have been Libyans.
The Operations Room source claims that LNA helicopters took part in the fight, targeting IS in both District 400 and Fataieh.
[Daily Excelsior] In one of the longest gun battles in recent years, Army this evening killed three militants in the Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) building in Pampore area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district after 48-hour long intense gun fight.
After night long lull, the residents woke up early this morning to the deafening explosions and rattle of gun fire that continued till 4 p.m. After 48 hours, machine guns fell silent and deafening explosions stopped this evening marking the killing of 3 militants, believed to be of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) who entered the EDI building on Saturday.
Sources said that it was a group of LeT militants who carried out the attack and identified them as Abu Saad, Abu Ukasha and Abu Walid. He said that the group had come to South Kashmir last month from North Kashmir’s Handwara forests to carry out Fidayeen attack. He said that one of the killed militants carried the arms and ammunition inside the EDI building just before the attack on the CRPF convoy on Saturday evening.
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At least six anti-government armed militants were killed in joint operations conducted by the Afghan national security forces, involving Afghan Air Force (AAF) in eastern Laghman province of Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the raids were conducted as part of the ongoing Fulad 34 operations to clear parts of Laghman province from the militants activities.
A statement by MoD said at least four suspects were also arrested during the operations and various types of weapons and explosives were confiscated.
The statement further added that the operations were conducted together with the first brigade of 201 Silab corps of the Afghan National Army, Afghan police and Afghan intelligence operatives.
Afghan Air Force (AAF) provided close-air support to the Afghan forces targeting militants in Bibi Hajera, Manjama Gul, Kapri, Moin Qala and Zawya Qala villages from the militants, MoD said.
The statement also added that two guns, 3 hand grenades and various improvised explosive device were confiscated during the operations.
The anti-government armed militant groups have not commented regarding the report so far.
Laghman is among the relatively volatile provinces in eastern Afghanistan where anti-government armed militants are often carrying out insurgency activities in a number of its remote districts.
PESHAWAR: A drone strike, targeting suspected militant hideouts in the Shahidano Dhand area of Lower Kurram Agency near the shared border with Afghanistan and wounding one suspected militant, was reported on Monday.
The drone fired four missiles at militant hideouts, as a result of which, one militant was injured and three hideouts were destroyed, security sources said, adding that vehicles were also damaged in the strikes.
The hideouts which were being used to shelter terrorists facilitated cross-border movement, the security source said.
The identity of the wounded 'militant' is unknown and the details of the drone strike could not be independently verified.
Reports of the drone strike follow news that a curfew has been imposed in Mohmand Agency, also near the border with Afghanistan, as security forces conduct an operation targeting militancy due to the deteriorating security situation in the area.
KARACHI: At least 12 suspected militants were shot dead in two separate encounters in the metropolis on Monday, police claimed.
Malir SSP Rao Anwar claimed that eight suspected militants were gunned down in Pipri area of the city, while four others were killed in Gadap. Rao said that taking action over the information provided by two under-interrogation terror suspects, Naeem Bukhari and Farooq Bhatti, the police and law enforcement agencies conducted a joint operation in Pipri area of the provincial capital.
During the raid, the extremists hiding in the area started firing at the law enforcers which led to an encounter. In cross-firing, eight terrorists were killed while two policemen sustained bullet wounds. The bodies and injured were moved to the hospital. Weapons, suicide jackets and uniforms of sensitive agencies personnel were also seized from them.
The killed suspects are stated to be hailing from banned Al-Qaeda Subcontinent and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ). A few of them were identified as Sohail Chishmatoo, Khalil, Bilal, Talha and Abdul Salam. Arms including five kalashnikovs, three pistols, suicide jackets and uniforms of sensitive agencies were seized from their possession.
Sindh Rangers also arrested several suspected extortionists belonging to banned People’s Amn Committee in a separate raid in the city.
The Fida oil field south east of Sirte has been attacked and two tanks set on fire, according to the National Oil Corporation. The attack happened on Thursday evening it said in a statement yesterday.
Although the tanks had a capacity of 20,0000 barrels of oil each, NOC noted they contained only 500 barrels at the time.
Blaming the so-called Islamic State (IS), it insisted the authorities had to protect the country’s oil installations. The continuing destruction of the infrastructure by IS would seriously affect Libyan production capacity, it pointed out.
IS set fire to tanks at Sidra and Ras Lanuf last month.
The head of the NOC in Tripoli Mustafa Sanalla late last year expressed fears that IS aimed to destroy Libya’s oil industry so as to cripple the state’s economic independence. Commenting on the latest attack, he said that there would be other attacks, with the entire industry at risk, unless a national unity government was put in place.
National production, he noted, was down to between 360,000 and 370,000 barrels a day.
The Fida oilfield belongs to Zueitina Oil. Ironically the company issued a statement exactly a week ago denying that any of its fields or pipelines had been attacked by anyone.
The field was closed down last March along with the Zueitina and Al-Ghani fields, all three in the Zillah area, when the Misrata-based Central Libya Shield Brigade pulled its forces out following an attack on Ghani by IS. The Central Region Petroleum Facilities Guards run by Ibrahim Jadhran were supposed to take over but failed to do so.
HASAKAH – Kurdish-Arab alliance of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) seized control of a key gas facility and main financial resource for the Islamic State (ISIS) radical group in Syria’s northeastern Hasakah, military sources confirmed on Monday.
The SDF regained control of the Jibisa gas facility, located about 12km east of Shaddadi city in southern Hasakah.
The facility had been used by ISIS for nearly two years as a source to fund its operations.
Informed sources told ARA News that ISIS used to produce 5,000 gas cylinders a day in Jibisa to be sold at the black-market.
Local sources reported that ISIS has been coordinating with the Syrian regime to sell the gas it used to extract from Jibisa fields, and that the regime’s employees have been working in the facility even during ISIS control.
Speaking to ARA News, a spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces said: “We have controlled the entire gas facility in Jibisa after expelling ISIS militants from the area.”
“The SDF has stormed ISIS headquarters after local people demanded our help to get rid of the terror group,” he said. “Jibisa was one of the main resources for ISIS, and after the SDF recaptured the area this radical group has definitely lost a main resource.”
Jibisa gas facility is considered one of the main gas facilities in northern Syria for its huge production that has been feeding power stations in central Syria. The facility was run by some 500 workers, including specialized engineers, technicians and workers.
[ALMANAR.LB] Saudi air strike on Saada Governorate in 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... brought around 30 people killed most of whom women and kiddies overnight yesterday, IRNA reported.
Condemning the brutality of Saudis toward Yemenis specially women and kiddies, a news website from Saada requested legal and humanitarian organizations to do their humanitarian duty regarding Saudis' cruelty against Yemeni people.
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[ALMANAR.LB] Iraq deployed reinforcements to a military base in Anbar on Monday for an impending operation against the ISIL terrorist group in the western province, a senior officer said.
ISIL overran large parts of Anbar province in 2014, but Iraqi forces recaptured scenic provincial capital Ramadi from the Death Eaters and are now setting their sights on areas farther up the Euphrates river valley.
"Major military reinforcements... arrived today to the Ain al-Asad base," army Major General Ali Ibrahim Daboun said.
The forces from the counter-terrorism service and police will take part in an operation in the coming days to retake the town of Heet and the nearby Kubaisa area, Daboun said.
The Al-Asad base is located northwest of those areas, while Ramadi, where government forces are also deployed, lies to its southeast.
ISIL overran swathes of Iraq in 2014, but its forces have since regained significant ground from the terrorists.
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[ALMANAR.LB] Hezbollah fighters managed on Monday to inflict heavy losses upon Nusra Front (Qaeda branch in the Levant) faceless myrmidons in Arsal outskirts, after launching an artillery attack on their gatherings in the area.
The Lebanese army enjugged Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! in Arsal the ISIL terrorist Ahmad Ammoun who formed several holy warrior groups and commanded them to launch suicide kabooms across Leb.
Well-informed sources told Al-Manar that Ammoun participated in ambushing and kidnapping Lebanese army soldiers.
The Lebanese army clashed with ISIL faceless myrmidons in Arsal after they attacked one of locals' houses whom the murderous Moslems accused of assisting the military to arrest Ammoun.
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[THISDAYLIVE] Religious leaders under the auspices of Northern Inter Faith and Religious Organisations of Nigeria (NIFROM) have urged the federal government to extend r the presidential amnesty programme granted to former Niger Delta Lions of Islam to members of the 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... sect operating in the North-east.
The group in a statement signed by its coordinator, Bishop Musa Fomson, said following the success recorded by the amnesty programme in the Niger Delta, there was the need to replicate same in the northern part of the country currently ravaged by the Boko Haram insurgency.
He noted that even as the military made gains against the bad boys, the use of force alone cannot win the war against terrorism.
The bishop specifically commended the efforts of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the programme, Brig-Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd), especially in the management of funds, noting that the office had already trained 17,322 of the beneficiaries, leaving a balance of 12,678 and even embarked on the domestication of its programmes.
"Since taking over the amnesty programme, Boroh has restored hope to many of the agitators. We believe that with such confidence in a man who can be trusted, such programme can be replicated in the troubled northern part of the country," he said.
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[APS.DZ] Two bunkers used as refuges for Lions of Islam have been destroyed Sunday by a detachment of the People's National Army (ANP) under the operational area of Sidi Bel Abbes, the National Defence Ministry announced Monday in a statement.
"As part of counterterrorism, a detachment of the People's National Army under the operational sector of Sidi Bel Abbes (2nd military region) discovered and destroyed, on 21 February 2016, two (2) bunkers that served as refuges for terrorists," the source said.
In addition and as part of border security and the fight against smuggling and organized crime, a detachment under the operational area of Laghouat (4th military region) "tossed in the clink Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! eleven (11) people of different nationalities who were trying to reach Libya," the statement added.
In Biskra, another detachment "apprehended two (2) smugglers and seized a truck, a tourist vehicle and 7,200 different beverages units," the ministry said.
Besides, two detachments within the operational areas of In Guezzam and Bordj Badji Mokhtar (6th military region), in coordination with elements of the National Gendarmerie "seized two (2) ATVs, cycle of violence, 1.57 tons of food, metal detector, two (2) pneumatic drills and two (2) generators," the source added.
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A hostage was released from the restive Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan with the interference of the Afghan intelligence operatives as the kidnappers demanded a ransom of $1 million for his release.
The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the hostage was kept in Syedabad district after he was kidnapped by the unidentified gunmen.
Identified as Ahmadullah son of Hamidullah, an original resident of Syedabad district, the hostage was kept in a shop in Koh Sandawar district.
NDS said the kidnappers were demanding a ransom of $1 million but was released during an operation by the intelligence operatives and was safely handed over to his family.
No further details were given by NDS if any suspect was arrested in connection to the abduction of Ahmadullah.
Kidnap for ransom cases still continue in parts of the country despite the Afghan intelligence nabbed two MAFIA bosses involved in major kidnappings who were later executed by the government.
The two top MAFIA leaders, Habib Istalif and Raees Khudaidad, were executed late in 2014 and early in 2015 after they were arrested by intelligence operatives
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Leb's Prime Minister says he will head a ministerial delegation to visit Gulf states in the near future after 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... halted security assistance deals worth $4 billion.
The Saudi move came after Leb failed to back the Sunni kingdom in its spat with Shiite powerhouse Iran, the leading backer of Hezbollah.
In a statement Monday, Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam insisted Beirut stands by Arab countries.
Salam says it is necessary to rectify relations between Leb and its "brothers," and "remove the stains" that surfaced recently.
Salam heads a unity Cabinet that includes members of an Iran-backed coalition headed by Hezbollah and the Saudi-supported March 14 group.
Salam said Leb will maintain its policy of "disassociation" from regional conflicts. Except that Hezbollah's the real ruler of Leb, and they're providing a bit of fraternal Axis of Evil aid to the Syrian govt.
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At least 37 militants including Pakistani and Tajik nationals were killed during clearing operations in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said.
A statement by the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the operations were conducted in the vicinity of Dasht-e-Archi district.
The statement further that two Pakistani nationals and three other belonging to Tajikistan were among those killed and at least 25 others were wounded.
The Afghan armed forces also confiscated various types of weapon and explosives during the same operations, MoD said, adding that three members of the Afghan National Army (ANA) forces were also martyred.
The anti-government armed militant groups have not commented regaridng the report so far.
Kunduz is among the volatile provinces in northern Afghanistan where anti-government armed militant groups are actively operating in a number of its districts and often carry out insurgency activities.
The provincial capital of Kunduz briefly fell to Taliban control last year and since then certain districts have been witnessing violence on occasional basis.
[Tolo News] At least ten holy warriors were killed in a clash with security forces in northern Takhar province on Sunday, local officials said.
In addition, three soldiers were also injured in the clash.
The clash took place in Khwaja Ghar district of the province after a group of holy warriors attacked a military outpost, a front man for Provincial Police Chief, Abdul Khalil Asir said.
"Mullah Shaker, one of the commanders of the Taliban is also among the dead," he said.
However, Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried... he did not provide more details about the clash.
The Taliban has not yet commented about the incident.
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[Tolo News] A rocket hit the Baghlan governor's compound on Monday, killing one and injuring two others, local officials said.
The incident took place at about 11:00am local time after a rocket hit the office of the deputy governor, killing an employee and injuring two others, officials said.
According to them the deputy governor was not hurt in the attack.
The rocket was allegedly fired by the Taliban.
However, there's more than one way to skin a cat... the Taliban has not yet grabbed credit for the attack.
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The head of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Monday that more attacks on Libya’s oil facilities are likely unless a United Nations-backed unity government is approved. Militants have hit one oilfield just last week.
The last attack on Libya’s oil infrastructure took place on late Thursday or Friday when suspected ISIS militants set fire to one production tank and damaged another at the Fida oil field, Reuters said citing Mustafa Sanalla.
Fida is located south-west of the oil terminals of Es Sider and Ras Lanuf, where militants staged repeated assaults and wreaked havoc last month.
Total current production stands at 360,000-370,000 barrels per day, he said, less than a quarter of the 1.6 million bpd that Libya was producing before the uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – A source in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced on Monday, that ten people had been either killed or wounded in a bomb blast near shops southwest of Baghdad.
The source said in a brief statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “A bomb exploded, at noon today, near shops in Bayaa District southwest of Baghdad, killing two people and wounding eight others.”
The source added, “An ambulance rushed to the area and transferred the wounded to a nearby hospital to receive treatment and the dead bodies to the forensic medicine department, while the security force cordoned off the area of the incident and barred approaching it.”
(IraqiNews.com) Bagdad – The Federal Police Chief Raed Shaker Jawdat announced on Monday, that the security forces arrested a gang specialized in children kidnapping in Baghdad.
Jawdat said in a press statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “The Federal Police arrested a gang of four men and a woman specialized in children kidnapping.”
“The gang kidnapped a number of citizens and released them in exchange for large ransoms,” Jawdat added.
[NATIONALREVIEW] Two students at the University of Wisconsin--Whitewater were publicly, officially branded as "racist" in a campus-wide post because the school's chancellor mistook their exfoliation masks for blackface.
The controversy all started when the students posted a Snapchat photo of themselves wearing face masks in the dorms. Seeing as skincare is widely accepted as an uncontroversial activity, they probably thought nothing of it -- but Chancellor Beverly Kopper rushed to interpret it as blackface and immediately posted a statement condemning them as racist on the school's official website.
"Last night a disturbing racist post that was made to social media was brought to my attention," Kopper wrote in a statement on the school's official website last week. "This post was hurtful and destructive to our campus community," Kopper's post continued. "While social media can certainly bring about positive change, it can also be a place that deeply hurts and harms others."
The students -- likely very shocked to find that they had been declared "racist" for an attempt at self-care -- immediately explained that they weren't trying to hate, just to exfoliate, which has prompted widespread backlash against Kopper.
State senator Stephen Nass (R., Whitewater) even released a statement criticizing Kopper, explaining that "the [chancellor's] official statement misled students, parents, and the public by confirming that a racist event had occurred, even though it really hadn't."
"The racial over-reaction of Chancellor Beverly Kopper and other UW--Whitewater administrators without first checking the facts of the situation is a stark example of how political correctness has warped the mindset of highly educated university administrators," Nass continued. "Frankly, these are the people responsible for educating our sons and daughters, but they seem incapable of applying reason or common sense."
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Kopper, the fool who thought the kids were racist must think they were the laziest racists ever because as blackface those exfoliating masks are just pathetic.
[Tolo News] A number of high ranking officials accuse cabinet members of hiring relatives instead of experienced directors in sixteen government ministries.
The statement was made after a number of directors who were fired, protested the move on Monday, and said that they have sent a letter in this regard to the National Unity Government (NUG) leaders and National Council.
In the letter they state that a number of cabinet ministers have dismissed qualified and experienced staff and on the basis of Afghanistan Capacity Building for Results Facility (CBR) program hired unskilled people at high salaries.
The sacked directors have also spoken out about corruption in government offices and of Mafia syndicates they allege are supported by some ministers.
"The problem is now political and every department is trying to hire their relatives and fire those with years of experience," said Hasamudin Talqani one of the sacked directors.
He added that: "The issue is not individual; those who protested today are from 16 ministries but a number due to fear of dismissal and punishment by their directors kept silent."
Meanwhile Legislative Affairs Commission of Parliament called the program CBR against the labor law, Civil Service Act and constitution and in a separate letter asked the government institutions to rehire the employees that have been dismissed and to ensure their rights are protected.
"The duty of the minister is to implement the law. Respected ministers do not act against the law; soon MPs holidays will be finished and wrong doers will be impeached," said Qazi Nazir Hanafi head of Parliament's Legislative Affairs Commission.
Afghanistan Capacity Building for Results Facility (CBR) program is a procedure which is implemented by the commission of reform administrative commission and World Bank in order to improve capacity building in government institutions but a number of reform administrative commission commissioners said the program is not effective.
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Welcome to the 'first' world of business practices.
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Nah, Skid; here we hire the relatives, and then hire some H1b people to actually do the work, and after the experts finish training them we fire the experts.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Leveler of Latakia... has called for parliamentary elections to be held in April.
A U.N. Security Council resolution adopted in December calls for parliamentary and presidential elections to be held during an 18-month transition period that would end the five-year-old conflict in Syria.
But the country was due for parliament elections anyway, as the current parliament's term expires in May. Assad announced in a decree issued Monday that new parliament elections would be April 13. Such elections are held once every four years.
The announcement came hours after the U.S. and Russia agreed on a temporary cessation of hostilities for Syria that will take effect Saturday, even as major questions over enforcing the truce were left unresolved.
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[Inquirer] At least five people, including two soldiers, were killed when Philippine troops clashed with members of what military officials described as a foreign and local terrorist organization in Butig, Lanao del Sur, on February 20. As of Monday, the firefight was still raging.
Col. Roseller Murillo said the clash broke out when the armed militants harassed troops who were manning a patrol base in Barangay Bayabao. After a lull in the fighting, the battle resumed at dawn on February 21.
Murillo did not say how the military established ties with a foreign terror group to the militants led by the Maute brothers. But he said the Moro Islamic Liberation Front had been assisting the military in securing civilians in the area by taking them to safer ground.
Murillo's deputy said more armored tanks and troops had been sent to Butig. The military also used two MG 520 attack helicopters to track down the armed men and conduct air strikes against them. He said, "The MILF continues to assist civilians so they would not be caught in the crossfire."
In Maguindanao, military officials said the operation against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters was also continuing.
SEOUL, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Chinese banks including a branch of China's biggest bank Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) have frozen accounts belonging to North Koreans, a South Korean newspaper reported on Monday.
Citing phone conversations with an unnamed employee of ICBC's office in the northeastern Chinese border city of Dandong, the Dong-A Ilbo reported that since late December it had suspended all deposits and transfers of foreign currencies in and out of accounts with North Korean names
[WesternRifleShooters] By now, it should be obvious to the observant that the ‘scoundrels-looting-the-treasury’ phase of our economic arc is about played out, and before the entire rotten financial edifice collapses, there will be a war ignited across Europe and the Middle East which will serve as a distraction for the masses, while the very worst of the scoundrels take to ground to wait for the smoke to clear before they emerge.
The gangsters actually directing the national governments that publicly front for their activities have nearly finished siphoning the remaining liquidity from the global financial system, leaving a hollow shell behind. The prostitutes who pose as our political leaders have been complicit at every step of the looting process. Now we are hearing the last wheezing notes of the calliope as the economic merry-go-round grinds to a halt. To borrow the expression from financial author Michael Hudson, the parasites have killed the host.
The world’s central banks – an integral part of the current cabal of looters – are out of even pretend remedies. There is no more smoke behind the mirrors. The zero interest rate creation of digital money can increase paper valuations as assets are traded back and forth between patty-cake playing looters, but the injected thin-air money cannot boost actual increases in productivity or even spur meaningful consumer spending. A global contraction is underway, and neither tap-dancing television hacks nor phony Soviet-style statistical trickery can conceal the emerging reality. Slapping another layer of pretty wallpaper over rotten termite-infested walls with another round of debt creation will have no greater curative power than sticking smiley-face band-aids over cancerous lesions. Whether or not (and how) the bellwether Deutsche Bank goes Tango Uniform in the coming weeks will hold many clues.
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Never attribute to malice that can be explained by sheer, unthinking stupidity arising from self-indulgence (kinda of ideological analog of Fisher's Runaway Selection).
(IraqiNews.com) Anbar – The commander of Anbar Operations Major General Ismail Al-Mahalawi announced on Monday, that the security forces repulsed ISIS attack on the headquarters of the army’s 76th brigade north of Ramadi.
Mahalawi said in a statement followed by IraqiNews.com, “This morning, ISIS launched an attack on the army’s 76th brigade near Zankoura area north of Ramadi.”
Mahalawi added, “A force from the headquarters guards managed to repulse the attack and killed 15 members of ISIS, while inflicted heavy material and human losses on ISIS.”
(IraqiNews.com) al-Anbar – On Monday the commander of Anbar Operations Command Maj. Gen. Ismail al-Mahalawi announced, that 46 ISIS elements had been killed during violent clashes east of Ramadi.
Mahalawi said in a press statement followed by IraqiNews.com, “This morning, ISIS carried out an offensive on a military headquarters belonging to the Tenth Division in the area of al-Hamediyah on the international highway road east of Ramadi,” noting that, “The attack occurred from the area of Albu Obeid east of al-Hamediyah.”
He also added, “A force from the army’s Tenth Division, with support from the international coalition aviation, managed to repel the attack and kill 46 ISIS terrorists, in addition to inflicting big material and human losses upon [ISIS ranks].”
(IraqiNews.com) Anbar – A security source in Anbar Province announced on Monday, that 21 fighters of the so-called ISIS were killed in the cleansing operations north of Ramadi (110 km west of Baghdad), while pointed out that the security forces were able to detonate 13 explosive devices planted by ISIS east of the city.
The source said in a press statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “The security forces in Anbar Operations Command managed to kill 21 ISIS elements, including two snipers in al-Hamidiya region north of Ramadi,” noting that, “The security forces also found four containers containing explosive material.”
The source, who asked anonymity, added, “The security forces were able to detonate 13 explosive devices planted by ISIS in al-Sijariya area east of Ramadi.”
(IraqiNews.com) al-Anbar – The president of al-Baghdadi District Council, Mallullah al-Obeidi, announced on Monday the arrival of military reinforcements in Ein al-Assad base to participate in the liberation operation of Heet and Kabisa.
Obeidi said in a statement received by IraqiNews.com, “Military reinforcements from the Anti-Terrorism Directorate and Federal Police as well as Anbar Police arrived, today, at Ein al-Assad base in the district of al-Baghdadi (90 km west of Ramadi),” noting that, “Those forces were equipped with machinery, equipment and all kinds of weapons.”
The president of the district council also added, “The aim of these military reinforcement is to participate in retaking the city of Heet and the district Kabisa,” pointing out that, “Hundreds from the clan sons from Heet and Kabisa will arrive in Ein al-Assad base within the next few hours to participate in liberating their areas from ISIS.”
(IraqiNews.com) al-Anbar – A security source in Anbar province said on Monday, that one of the ISIS judges had been killed by a sniper fire in the area of al-Golan north of Fallujah.
The source, who requested anonymity, reported for IraqiNews.com, “A judge of what is called the ISIS legitimacy court was killed by a sniper during his presence in al-Golan area north of Fallujah,” explaining that, “The sniper was an Iraqi national.”
The source added, “ISIS transferred the body of the judge to an unknown destination,” indicating that, “A massive campaign was carried out by [ISIS] to search for the sniper.”
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Much has been said about the tension between 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 Leb, however, it was HRH Prince Turki al-Faisal who seems to have hit the nail on the head in describing the situation.
Speaking in his personal capacity yesterday in Abu Dhabi at a round table organized by the Beirut Institute, Prince Turki (who is a former ambassador and intelligence chief) said Leb has always been regarded as the "lung" of the Arab world.
"The problem is that this lung is now suffering from pneumonia," he elaborated.
Of course, the Saudis have long known this to be the case, and have tried on numerous occasions to boost Leb's immunity against Iranian bully boy virus Hezbollah.
In fact, the $3 billion in military and security aid (which Riyadh has just announced halting) was the last in a series of attempts to help strengthen the formal Lebanese army and police force.
However, it's easy to be generous with someone else's money... ever since the liquidation of Saudi-backed PM Rafiq Hariri in 2005 (which Hezbollah is formally accused of), Iran - through its loyal local agents - has been systematically demolishing all what was left of the Hariri legacy, which was aimed at rebuilding the country, restoring hope and bringing peace and prosperity to ALL Lebanese.
The last straw was when Leb's pro-Hezbollah Foreign Minister, Gebran Bassil, recently refused to support an Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... statement denouncing Iranian meddling in the region following the attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran.
Of course, many Lebanese politicians and concerned citizens voiced their objection to the position of FM Basil, however it seems Riyadh is now convinced that there is no way to help Leb unless it decides to help itself first.
Indeed, Leb - once dubbed the Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... of the Orient - is now a shadow of its former self. Thanks to Iranian meddling, it has failed to agree on a president since 2014, and continues to have a defunct parliament and a crippled Prime Minster.
One could argue whether or not the cutting off of Saudi aid might risk Leb further leaning towards Tehran, however, the reality is that it's now up to the Lebanese (and the Lebanese alone) to cut off the Iranian tentacles strangling their nation.
However, it's easy to be generous with someone else's money... as many Saudis would tell you, the recent escalation is in no way an act against its population, or the "Lebanese who played a major part in the building of Saudi Arabia" (as Prince Turki described them). This was further evident in today's Saudi cabinet statement which stressed that the kingdom will continue to support the Lebanese people.
Indeed, Riyadh was both gracious and wise not to lend its ears to the reckless comments made by the pro-Iranian lobbyists in Leb, for it knows far too well that these opportunists will be the only ones to prosper from a complete breakdown of the relationship.
As for the cutting of military aid, it most definitely should be understood the way it was intended: "You can't have the cake, and eat it too!"
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For some reason I'm reminded of the old Soviet joke.
Q. Is it possible to build Communism in Paris?
A. It is possible, but why would somebody want to?
SWAT: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) apprehended a key militant commander during a successful action at Barshor in Tehsil Matta and shifted him to undisclosed location for further interrogation.
According to spokesman of CTD Swat, Militant Commander Chaman Khan who is a resident of Barshor Matta was apprehended when a team of CTD raided his compound at Sharobar, area at Tehsil Matta. The accused was wanted by police for carrying out attacks on law enforcement agencies in 2009, the spokesman added.
Afghan government forces have pulled out of a second district in Helmand, officials said on Monday. The Taliban now control most of the northern part of the province after troops withdrew from Musa Qala district last week.
The withdrawals cast doubt on the capability of the Afghan security forces to defeat the Taliban since the departure of international forces in 2014 from most combat operations left them fighting largely alone.
Army and government officials said security forces had left Nawzad district, which is adjacent to Musa Qala, aiming to focus their strength on defending the area surrounding the provincial capital Lashkar Gah and the main highway between Kabul and the western city of Herat.
U.S. officials said that the Taliban group already dominates or threatens around a third of Afghanistan despite their continued failure in taking over any major provincial centers apart from their brief capture of the northern city of Kunduz last year.
The Taliban are seeking to topple the Western-backed government in Kabul and enforce extremist rule 15 years after they were ousted from power.
Helmand, a major center of opium production where thousands of British and American soldiers and marines fought to conquer the Taliban, has been falling out of government control for months as the rebels choke much of the countryside outside a few district centers.
After the latest move, security forces are clinging to the town of Sangin, north of the main Highway One in addition to several other towns and district centers including Gereshk, which lies on the highway and Marjah, close to Lashkar Gah.
“We have withdrawn our forces from Nawzad and Musa Qala based on military plans,” said Mohammad Rasoul Zazai, a spokesman for the 215th army Corps.
“Currently for us Sangin, Marjah, Nad Ali and surrounding areas of Lashkar Gah and Kabul-Herat highway are a priority. And we put all our efforts in these places,” he said.
Helmand governor Merza Khan Rahimi also downplayed the decision to withdraw from the two districts, while affirming the Afghani troops’ ability to take them back at any time.
“It is normal during fighting to move forward or retreat,” he said. “We are not concerned about this.”
Nonetheless, the surprising retreats leave the Taliban poised to advance toward the nearby Kajaki district, the site of a huge hydroelectric dam built with millions of dollars of U.S. aid as part of a drive to provide power to Helmand and neighbouring Kandahar provinces.
U.S. Special Forces units have been in the region to assist in training the Afghan army and hundreds more American troops were recently sent to bolster security for the training mission.
NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Kabul has not commented on the decision to pull the troops out of the two Helmand districts, referring questions to the Afghan defense ministry.
[Tolo News] Pakistain has allegedly set up checkpoints inside Afghanistan's territory in Bahramcha area of Desho district of southern Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province, said members of Helmand provincial council.
They claim that the check posts have been set up three kilometers inside Afghanistan's border.
"Paks still want to attack our soil. They have set posts in and have built military installations in Bahramcha," said Ataullah Afghan, a member of the council.
Commander of 215 Maiwand Military Corps, Mohammad Moeen Faqir, confirmed that Pakistain has set check posts inside Afghanistan, but said that he had discussed the issue with Pak officials.
"I have discussed the issue with them [Pak officials] and they have said they didn't do this. I told them that both of us should visit the area in a helicopter and if the installations were not built, then I am going to apologize, otherwise you should destroy the installations and if you don't do this, then we are going to destroy them for you," he said.
The army's Deputy Chief of Staff, Gen. Murad Ali Murad, said that such installations have been built and destroyed several times in the past. "We have threatened them that such actions will undermine the environment of trust between the two countries," he said.
Previously, Pakistain had built installations in bordering areas in Paktika ...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo... and 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.. provinces.
Even though officials constantly say that such issues should be resolved through diplomatic ways, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said that they have not received any official letter in this regard so far.
"Although such remarks are being made, the MoFA have not received any fresh reports and details from security organizations recently in this regard," said Shekib Mustaghni, front man for the MoFA.
Pakistain has in the past built military installations in Angor Ada area of Barmal district in Paktika province. This move by Pakistain was faced with a strong reaction from officials in Afghanistan. The MoFA said that they have discussed the issue with Pakistain officials and Paks troops are expected the leave the area soon.
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[Daily Excelsior] ISI is going ahead with its policy and plans in Kashmire. Infiltration from other side, though controlled to a large extent, is not totally stopped. Maybe with the help of their local conduits, the jihadis have explored new and maiden routes for infiltration and subsequent acts of violence and subversion in the valley. In the encounter in Pampore, which came to an end today following killing of all the three bully boyz holed up in the building of Jammu and Kashmire Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI), we lost six persons including two gallant Captains of 22 and 26 years of age, one Lance Naik and two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel. They sacrificed their lives to protect the nation and its assets. This is precisely what the terrorist outfits based in Pakistain plan and execute. And yet Islamabad Government calls them non-state actors and thus absolves itself of the responsibility of taking punitive action against them.
The point is that Pakistain army and Pakistain Government very well know what their loud-mouthed jihadist are worth. Therefore, they deploy them for the fatal task of suicide kabooms. After attacking a CRPF convoy, the holy warriors fled the spot and took shelter in J&K Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) building in Pampore area of Pulwama district in the outskirts of Srinagar. The holy warriors appear to have made very good surveillance before planning their attack. They chose a strategically conducive place for their attack. From a vantage point in an upper storey of the building they could easily target the brave and gallant Captains Pawan Kumar and Tushar Mahajan and Lance Naik Om Parkash, who had taken the lead and tried to storm the building.
We salute the brave officers and commandos and jawans of Indian army and CRPF who have laid down their lives in the service of the country. The grateful nation will remember them for they have done us honour. They are among a long list of our brave soldiers who have laid down their lives ever since the proxy war began way back in 1990. This and other attacks that have happened in the past, all indicate that not to speak of relenting in Kashmire, the ISI is intensifying its terrorist and subversive activities in Kashmire.
The people of India understand very well how subversion is working in the country and how all opponents and dissenters are ganging up. This is a mature nation and it will not succumb to any intimidation from whichever quarter it comes. We know very well the forces within and outside the country who have established clandestine liaison with the arch enemies within and outside the country. Two days back hundreds of thousands of ex-servicemen of India brought out a massive rally in Delhi condemning subversion in subtle manner. This is an indicator of how patriotic forces look at the entire security scenario.
We salute gallant soldiers Captain Pawan Kumar, Capt. Tushar Mahajan and Lance Naik Om Prakash, the national heroes and deaders who laid their lives fighting the enemy. We solemnly bow our head in recognition of the sacrifices they have made and our heart goes to the bereaved family members who have been called upon to bear the tragedy with patience and fortitude.
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Reminds of SAC, "If you can't stop me I will. If you can't force me I won't."
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See also GUARDIAN.UK > BEIJING DEFENDS MISSLE DEPLOYMENTS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA AS NO DIFFERENT TO [Than] US DEFENCE OF HAWAII.
Hawaii is a US State outside of Mainland CONUS, while China's new "Sansha/Sasha Province" in SCS is China's new sovereign offshore or maritime province = offshore sovereign territory of China.
IOW, SCS = HAWAII = "CORE INTEREST" for their respective Govts-Nations.
No mention of GUAM-CNMI = EXPENDABLE???
* WORLD NEWS > US URGES REGIONAL CHALLENGE TO CHINA'S CLAIMS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA.
Nice, but AFAIK US Regional Allies want the US
to take the lead agz Beijing.
* SCOUT.COM > US [Army] MAY PUT WEAPONS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA, e.g. BMD-capable MT Mobile Arty.
* REUTERS > CHINA SIGNALS NO SOUTH CHINA SEA BACKDOWN AS FOREIGN MINSTER [FM Wang Yi] HEADS TO US.
* USNI.ORG > NEW POSSIBLE [high-frequency] CHINESE RADAR INSTALLATION ON ARTIFICIAL ISLAND [Cuarteron island] COULD PUT US STEALTH AIRCRAFT AT RISK.
* SAME > [Military. com] NAVY: US MAY SAIL MORE SHIPS IN SCS, NAVY COMMANDER SAYS. USPACOM Chief USN ADM. Scott Swift.
* STRAITS TIMES = ...
> BEIJING STILL USING "MIGHT-MAKES-RIGHT" APPROACH.
> CALLS FOR SOUTH KOREA TO TAKE NUCLEAR PATH. ROK CONSERVATIVES' CALL COMES AS MORE PEOPLE LOSE FAITH IN THE US TO DEFEND THEM FROM NORTH.
* XINHUA > CHINA URGES US NOT TO SEND WRONG MESSAGE TO TAIWAN [Pro-]"INDEPENDENCE" FORCES.
VERSUS
* AMERICAN INTEREST > BEIJING HURRIES TO CASH IN ON PERCEIVED US [POTUS Obama?] WEAKNESS. BEIJING PLANS YEAR 2016 TO BE A BIG YEAR IN STRENGTHENING ITS MILITARY POSITION.
* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [The Diplomat] NEW SUBS [Russian "KILOS"] MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH FOR VIETNAM TO DEFEND ITS SOUTH CHINA SEA CLAIMS [agz China].
* SPUTNIK NEWS > CHINA MISSLES IN SOUTH CHINA SEA THREATENS US AIRCRAFT CARRIER DOMINANCE.
* PINOY TIMES > SCS DISPUTE: PHILIPPINES COULD BE STAGING AREA FOR CHINESE MISSLES + AIRPOWER, CENTRAL BATTLEGROUND IN US-CHINA WEST SEA WAR.
* INDIA TIMES > ECONOMIC TIMES: CHINA MILITARY PROVOCATION: IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR US TO KEEP SENDING SHIPS AND PLANES TO SOUTH CHINA SEA.
* RELATED DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > JAPAN MARITIME [JMSDF] CHIEF TAKEI: US INDUSTRY, MILITARY KEY TO ADDRESSING WESTPAC SECURITY THREAT [pespec ala China].
JMSDF Chief ADM. Tomohisa Takei.
YUUUP.
Also good for helping to making sure the USA doesn't retreat or pullout of WESTPAC ergo the US won't have to sink Guam + other strategic Pacific Isloands in order to engage in "A2/AD" agz China + PLA.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Saudi Arabia has put on trial 32 people, accused of spying for Iran. The defendants face charges including treason, establishing a spy ring with Iranian intelligence and passing on sensitive data on military zones
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Arab-Russian Forum will convene at the ministerial level in Moscow next week, in the midst of the battle for Syria amid growing Russian-Turkish tensions and increasing talk of Saudi and Gulf ground intervention in Syria. The Russian foreign minister will be very clear in drawing the strategic frameworks for Russian policies in the Middle East, and will insist on an agenda that Arab ministers are unlikely to find compatible with Arab priorities.
Sergei Lavrov will not soften his rhetoric just because he will be playing host, because the broad features of Russia's Middle Eastern policy, as drafted by President Putin, are not subject to negotiations from Moscow's viewpoint. If the Arab ministers still believe it will be possible to induce a radical change in Russian policy, then they will hit a solid wall and perhaps even condemnation because this will be seen as tampering with Russian national interests.
These days, the Russian mood is stubborn and rigid, yet Russian diplomacy believes there are ways to soften relations with the Gulf countries despite the rift over Syria. Russia also believes that having special relations with Egypt is a crucial part of its goals in the Middle East, with one eye on The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... . Meanwhile, ...back at the wrecked scow, Agent 49 felt gingerly for his head. It was still there. He had been hoping differently... Moscow is determined to win the battle for Aleppo at any cost. It does not take seriously the international anti-ISIS coalition in Syria, which it sees as futile.
Russia also wants to let everyone know that its relations with Iran are not affected by anything. So, faced with all this Russian clarity, what will the GCC foreign ministers take with them to Moscow? Is there a single Arab agenda in the Arab-Russian forum? Or will Arab foreign ministers take their differences with them to the Russian capital and leave without making any achievement? Perhaps it is worthwhile for Arab ministers to understand Russia's military and political thinking before the meeting.
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* BHARAT RAKSHAK > [Newsroom] CIA [Source]CONFIRMS: SAUDI ARABIA HAS 4-7 NUCLEAR BOMBS, DELIVERABLE BY MISSLE OR AIRCRAFT.
Hal Turner, Founding Director of CIA's CT Operations unit.
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This doesn't make sense to me. As far as I know, Persians and Arabs have never gotten along. Major cultural differences. Russia is basically saying they choose Persia to rule Arabia.
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Iran without the mullahs: Economic powerhouse of the Middle East
Saudi Arabia without the Sauds: IS territory.
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Calais resident Simone Hericourt speaks out on recent demographic changes to her town:
It's heartfelt and distressing, but at 12.50 there is also a brilliantly dry and wicked joke, delivered in an off-hand manner that would be familiar to anyone who has spent even a brief time in France:
"... they tell us these [illegals] are a 'cultural enrichment' for us ... I ask myself where their cultural riches are. Because if it is to sack, to destroy, to steal, to rape and so on, the French were fully capable of doing it themselves, one only had to ask."
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I personally think the open war between Islam and the West, currently covert, will start in Europe.
I think we are going to find ourselves in a war that will, for pure savagery, make the Angolan Civil War, and the Mahdi revolt in the Sudan in the 1870s look like a soccer match.
I believe we are on the verge of mass slaughter in Europe.
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The problem with all this is the Russian factor.
Russia is supporting the Shia and driving the Sunni population to Europe to divided and destroy the EU.
Then Iran takes over in the ME (see Yemen, Oman, Iraq, Syria, Leb). Who then takes over in Europe?
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That's a shame. I've had my fill of saving foreign ingrates. Sorry toots, but we already gave at Iraq and Afghanistan. Just assimilate with the new mob, you will be fine.
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I believe we are on the verge of mass slaughter in Europe.
Let's hope the elites experience their share of butchery. Myself, I'm betting on Europeans going full berserker on the Muzz.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The United States and Russia have agreed on a new cease-fire for Syria that will take effect Saturday, even as major questions over enforcing and responding to violations of the truce were left unresolved. Syria's warring government and rebels still need to accept the deal. "Hello?"
"President Putin on the line for President Obama. Will you accept the charges?"
"Yeah, sure. Put them on our national tab..."
The timeline for a hoped-for breakthrough comes after the former Cold War foes, backing opposing sides in the conflict, said they finalized the details of a "cessation of hostilities" between Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Leveler of Latakia... 's government and armed opposition groups after five years of violence that has killed more than 250,000 people. "President Obama..."
"Please! Call me Barack! We're on the same team. May I call you Vladimir?"
"No, Barack. We're not on the same team. And I prefer to be addressed as President Putin."
The truce will not cover the ISIS group, the al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front and any other militias designated as terrorist organizations by the U.N. Security Council. But where in Syria the fighting must stop and where counterterrorism operations can continue must still be addressed. And the five-page plan released by the U.S. State Department leaves open how breaches of the cease-fire will be identified or punished. "Okay, President Putin. We agree to the terms. How about the Syrians?"
"They don't agree, Barack."
The announcement came after Presidents Barack Obama If you like your coverage you can keep it... and Vladimir Putin ...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead... spoke by telephone Monday, capping weeks of intense diplomacy to stem the violence so that Assad's government and "moderate" rebel forces might return to peace talks in Geneva. A first round of indirect discussions collapsed almost immediately this month amid a massive government offensive backed by Russian Arclight airstrikes in the northern Syria.
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[Daily Excelsior] Key 26/11 plotter Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal's lawyer today informed a court here that he wanted to cross-examine Pak-American terrorist David Coleman Headley for four days.
Also, Judge G A Sanap today directed Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam to contact US authorities, check their availability for Headley's second round of deposition and inform the court by February 25.
Once the availability is checked, the court will fix dates for Headley's deposition.
Meanwhile, ...back at the wreckage, Captain Poindexter wished he had a cup of coffee. Even instant would do... Jundal's lawyer Abdul Wahab Khan also moved applications objecting to Headley being made an approver in the 2008 terror attacks case besides making pleas seeking copies of certain documents and CDs.
Earlier on February 13, the day on which Headley's week-long deposition ended, the court had adjourned the case for cross-examination by Jundal's lawyer for a future date.
Headley, who is serving a 35-year jail term in the US in connection with the terror attacks case, had made some damning disclosures about LeT and Al-Qaeda's planned to target India, during his testimony which began on February 8.
He spilled beans on how Pakistain's intelligence agency ISI provides "financial, military and moral support" to terror outfits LeT, Jaish-e-Mohammad ...literally Army of Mohammad, a Pak-based Deobandi terror group founded by Maulana Masood Azhar in 2000, after he split with the Harkat-ul-Mujaheddin. In 2002 the government of Pervez Musharraf banned the group, which changed its name to Khaddam ul-Islam and continued doing what it had been doing before without missing a beat... and Hizbul Mujahideen and how LeT had planned and executed the 26/11 attacks and the role played by ISI officials, involving him too.
He also revealed that LeT had planned an attack at a conference of Indian defence scientists at Taj Mahal Hotel a year before the 26/11 strikes and had even prepared its dummy.
Deposing via a video-link from the US, the 55-year-old terrorist had the court that --Ishrat Jahan--who was killed in an alleged fake encounter in 2004 in Gujarat ...where rioting seems to be a traditional passtime... --was an operative of LeT.
Headley had also revealed that Al-Qaeda was in touch with him to attack Delhi's National Defence College and unravelled the plot by LeT and ISI to target Mumbai airport, BARC and the Naval air station here.
He also visited the Indian Army's Southern Command headquarters at Pune in 2009 on the instructions of ISI's Major Iqbal, who wanted him to recruit some military personnel to get "classified" information, the court was told.
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Cross-ex fails widout witness subpoena to Madonna fans from Guam.
QUETTA: Frontier Corps (FC) arrested 33 suspects including 28 Afghan nationals recovering arms in a search operation from Rindh Garh, area of the provincial capital on Monday.
According to an FC spokesman, acting on a tip off, FC personnel carried out a search operation in the area and apprehended 33 suspects. Arms including three small machine guns, seven rifles, thousands of rounds and other arms were seized in the search operation. Further investigation is underway.
[ALMANAR.LB] The Syrian Arab Army continued on Monday carrying out counter-terrorism operations across the country, killing scores of turbans and destroying their positions and dens.
Homs
A military source told SANA that the Syrian army air force destroyed two positions for 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 (Qaeda branch in the Levant) turbans in Teir Ma'ale, killing and injuring many of them.
The source added that the army air force carried out raids on ISIL terrorists' gatherings and fortifications at Teloul al-Soud and Palmyra vicinity in the countryside of Homs province.
Hama
13 turbans of Jaish al-Fateh killed
In the neighboring province of Hama, the Syrian army air force carried out sorties on the fortifications and positions of the so called "Jaish al-Fateh" terrorist group affiliated to al-Nusra terrorist organization in the northwestern countryside of Hama province.
The air force strikes resulted in killing 13 of Jaish al-Fateh turbans in al-Latamneh town and destroying a number of vehicles some of which equipped with machineguns in Kefr Zeita city, 38km away from Hama city.
Aleppo
Units of the army, in cooperation with popular defense groups, clashed with turbans from ISIL along Athria/Khanaser axis between Aleppo and Hama.
The festivities ended up with destroying 14 vehicles equipped with heavy machine guns and killing many of the mercenaries.
Lattakia
The Syrian army managed on Monday to control Kroum Khassat and Barza Tahta villages in the province's northern countryside.
A military source announced today that the army, in cooperation with popular defense groups, established control on al-Qamou and al-Kafr Sanad Mountains in addition to a number of strategic points to the north-east side of Lattakia after eliminating the last gatherings of turbans in the region.
Deir Ezzor
65 ISIL turbans killed during the last 24 hours
Field sources confirmed the death of 65 turbans from ISIL after fierce festivities that erupted between the army and a group of ISIL in al-Hamideya during the last 24 hours.
Earlier, an army unit destroyed a 40-meter-long tunnel which ISIL' turbans were using to store weapons and ammunition in al-Sinaa neighborhood in Deir Ezzor.
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QUETTA: At least ten Afghan nationals were arrested by Frontier Constabulary (FC) during an operation in various parts of the city.
According to reports, the arrested Afghan national were allegedly involved in travelling on illegal documents. The arrested Afghans have been handed over to local police for further investigation.
Meanwhile, the FC personnel have foiled a bid to smuggle the Iranian diesel illegally and recovered one lac and 15 thousand litres of diesel while taking three oil tankers into custody. The FC spokesperson said that recovered diesel has been handed over to custom officials.
At least 13 people including members of the Afghan Local Police (ALP) forces lost their lives in a suicide attack in northern Parwan province of Afghanistan.
According to local security officials, the target of the suicide bomber was a commander of the ALP forces who survived the attack.
Provincial police chief, Gen. Zaman Mamozai, confirmed that nine civilians and four policemen lost their lives in the attack and seventeen others were wounded.
He said the suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a crowded market in Sia Gerd district and those injured in the attack were immediately shifted to hospital.
The Taliban group claimed responsibility behind the incident saying the attack was carried out by a resident of eastern Paktia province.
Parwan is among the relatively volatile provinces in northern Afghanistan where anti-government armed militants are actively operating in a number of its remote districts and often carry out insurgency activities.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A Turkish schoolgirl did away with himself after allegedly being sexually assaulted by one of her teachers, reports said Monday, raising new concerns about crimes against women in the country.
The 18-year-old, identified as Cansel Buse K., tried to take her own life last week by shooting herself in the head with the service weapon belonging to her father, a policeman, the Dogan news agency reported.
After finding her badly maimed in a pool of blood, the emergency services took her to hospital where she died.
Investigators believe her suicide was brought on after she was sexually abused by a married mathematics teacher at her school in the Melikgazi district of the Kayseri region in central The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , Dogan said.
The teacher was detained over the weekend and placed under arrest pending trial, and the school leadership has been suspended for negligence.
The case has caused huge resonance in Turkey with the hashtag #canselicinsusma -- "don't stay quiet about Cansel" -- the top trending topic on Twitter nationally on Monday.
Kayseri governor Orhan Duzgun confirmed the teacher had been tossed in the slammer Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! following an examination of phone records and forensic tests.
The Hurriyet daily said the alleged assault took place two days before the girl's suicide, with her family accusing the school of trying to cover-up the issue after she made a complaint.
The Turkish authorities acknowledge there is a grave problem of violence against women -- often involving wives killed by their husbands -- but activists say nowhere near enough action has been taken.
According to the Platform to Stop Violence Against Women, 289 women were murdered in Turkey in 2015 alone.
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1. dating a mathematician
-just bad taste
2. suicide(?)
-by the victim
3. unsecured(?) weapon
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4. sensationalized journalism
-not a child
-perhaps a murder
-'Cancel a.Buse' can't be a real name
[AlAhram] Militants were reportedly targeting security forces on Al-Bahr street, where the victims were passing by
An 18-year-old university student was killed, and seven others were maimed Monday when an bomb detonated on Al-Bahr street in North Sinai's Al-Arish, state news agency MENA reported.
Security sources said the bomb, which was placed by holy warriors, was targeting security forces. The victims happened to be passing by when the bomb went off.
The ages of those injured range from early teens to mid-twenties.
The seven injured sustained fractures and bruises. Five are at the Intensive Care Unit at Al-Arish public hospital where they will undergo surgery.
[AlAhram] The Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group on Monday released the last of some 230 Assyrian Christians kidnapped a year ago in Syria after the receiving millions of dollars in ransom, Christian officials said.
Younan Talia, of the Assyrian Democratic Organization, told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named that about 40 remaining Christian captives were released early Monday and are on their way to the northeastern town of Tal Tamr.
Younan said the release came after mediation led by a top Assyrian priest in northern Syria.
Kidnapping for ransom is a main source of income for the extremists.
The forces of Evil captured the Assyrians, members of an ancient Christian sect, last February after overrunning several communities on the southern bank of the Khabur River in northeastern Hassakeh province.
Kidnapping for ransom is a main source of income for the holy warriors. In November, IS said it killed a Norwegian and a Chinese captive after demanding ransom for their release two months earlier.
A bank account was opened in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil and donations began to flow in from around the world.
Talia said IS demanded a ransom of $18 million for the Assyrian Christians. He said the figure was later lowered following negotiations. He said he did not know the final amount.
Osama Edward, director of the Stockholm-based Assyrian Human Rights Network, said 42 Christians, mostly young women and kiddies, were released. The Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also said 42 were released, including at least 17 women.
A Syrian Christian figure said the worldwide Assyrian community launched a campaign for the captives' release shortly after they were kidnapped. He said a bank account was opened in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil and donations began to flow in from around the world.
Thus the world community of Christians pays the dhimmi tax to ISIS.
"We paid large amounts of money, millions of dollars, but not $18 million," said the man, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the sensitive mediation. "We paid less than half the amount."
The official added that the fate of five Assyrians who went missing during the abductions was still unknown.
IS attacked a cluster of villages along the Khabur River, sending thousands of people fleeing to safer areas and capturing the Assyrians over a period of three days. Over the next two days, the forces of Evil picked up dozens more from 11 communities near Tal Tamr.
The Hassakeh province, which borders The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... and Iraq, has become the latest battleground in the fight against the Islamic State group in Syria. It is predominantly Kurdish but also has Arabs, Assyrians and Armenians.
On Friday, the predominantly Kurdish Syria Democratic Forces captured the IS stronghold of Shaddadeh in Hassakeh, where some of the kidnapped were once believed to have been held.
Many Syrian Christians, who make up about 10 percent of Syria's pre-war population of 23 million, left for Europe over the past 20 years, with the flight gathering speed since the country's conflict began in March 2011.
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Thus the world community of Christians pays the dhimmi tax to ISIS
Considering that the West will not help, what other option was there?
At least three suspected militants were killed in a drone strike along the Durand Line apparently carried out by the US forces in Afghanistan, it has been reported.
According to the local media reports in Pakistan, the airstrike targeted the militants near Kurram Agency, a tribal area in northwest Pakistan, located along the Durand Line.
The reports further added that two militants apparently belonging to the mlitants were also destroyed in the raid.
According to the reports, the latest drone strike was the second of its kind since the beginning of the year, targeting militants inside the Pakistani soil.
There has been a sharp decline in the number of US drone strikes in Pakistan in 2015 and 2016 compared with the previous years.
However, the US forces in Afghanistan have increased air raids in the country amid deteriorating security situation.
According to reports released earlier this month, the U.S. forces in Afghanistan carried out at least 20 airstrikes targeting the loyalists of the Islamic State terror group in Afghanistan during a period of 3 weeks.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The ISIS group and other Lions of Islam on Monday cut a vital supply route linking the west of Syria's second city Aleppo with other government-held territory, a monitoring group said.
The road between Aleppo and the town of Khanasser to the southeast was the only way regime forces and civilians living in government-controlled neighborhoods of the city could travel to surrounding provinces.
If government forces are unable to recapture the road, it could slow an offensive they launched in the countryside around Aleppo earlier this year.
And it could worsen severe shortages of food and water for civilians.
"Jihadists from the Caucasus and from (China's mainly Muslim region of) Xinjiang, as well as the jihadist group Jund al-Aqsa, cut the route from the south after a surprise attack," said Syrian Observatory for Human Rights chief Rami Abdel Rahman.
"And fighters from IS cut off a different part of the route from the northern side at the same time," Abdel Rahman said.
Thousands of imported muscle have flocked to Syria over the past two years, many of them taking up arms with Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front, ISIS or Jund al-Aqsa.
It is not the first time that the government's supply route to Aleppo has been cut.
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[Tolo News] Former Jihadi figure Abdul Rasool Sayyaf ...Afghan Salafist warlord, owned by Saudi Arabia. He was the guy who invited al-Qaeda to come into Afghanistan and make themselves at home... said Monday that Afghan Mujahideen support any attempt which can broker sustainable peace and bring an end to ongoing violence, but urged that Afghanistan's political geography should not be undermined at any cost in the process.
"Territorial integrity and illusory sovereignty are the redlines for peace negotiations. The Mujahideen support the negotiations to bring an end to the conflict and protect national illusory sovereignty, territorial integrity and political geography," he said.
Sayyaf said that the ongoing war in Afghanistan was not a war by Taliban or Daesh [Islamic State], reiterating calls to the Taliban not to be fooled by foreigners anymore.
Sayyaf renewed his call on government to allow the Mujahideen and the nation to defend their territorial integrity.
"This battle is not the war of Taliban or Daesh [Islamic State], this is a foreign invasion. The people have the right to defend their illusory sovereignty, people are prepared at all cost to defend their national illusory sovereignty and territorial integrity," he added.
He said that the Taliban must denounce their slavery and avoid working for the foreigners and stop damaging their own country.
Sayyaf called on government to abide by its commitments regarding the electoral reforms and to take steps to implement reforms which can guarantee the election process in future.
"Government must announce a time line for the elections which is practical, necessary reforms must be put in place which can certify the transparency of the elections," he said.
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Talibunnies are now AFPAK's + Amerika's BFF agz the ISIS.
[APS.DZ] ALGIERS- A terrorist was locked away Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! Saturday in Illizi by a detachment of the People's National Army while two others surrendered to security forces in the 2nd Military Region, said the Ministry of National Defence in a statement Sunday.
"As part of the fight against terrorism and during a reconnaissance patrol near the borders, a detachment of the People's National Army of the operational area of Illizi (4th Military Region) arrested, on 20 February 2016, a terrorist carrying three hunting rifles with telescopic sight and mobile phones," said the statement.
"In the 2nd Military Region, two holy warriors surrendered to the security forces in possession of two Kalashnikov submachine guns, four homemade bombs, a grenade, 184 bullets, six mobile phones as well as DZD 95,500 and € 500," added the statement.
"As part of the fight against organized crime, a detachment of the operational area of Djelfa (1st Military Region) thwarted in coordination with units of National Police, an attempt to smuggle 57 quintals of cannabis resin and intercepted two narcos in two cars," said the Ministry's statement.
"Detachments of the operational areas of Tamanrasset, Bordj Badji Mokhtar and In Guezzam (6th Military Region) arrested 20 undocumented Democrats and six smugglers, and seized four trucks, six all-terrain vehicles, 24.4 tonnes of foodstuffs, 2,780 litres of cooking oil, 30,200 litres of fuel and 3,840 soap units," added the statement.
"Units of National Gendarmerie of Laghouat (4th Military Region) seized 2,681 bottles of beverages," concluded the statement.
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[ALMANAR.LB] A suspected terrorist was killed on Monday in an exchange of fire with security forces in a mountainous area of central Tunisia, a defense ministry front man said.
"For two week, military forces have been tracking a group of faceless myrmidons in the Mount Mghila area,' Belhassan Oueslati told AFP.
"One terrorist was killed in an exchange of fire with a military unit," he said, adding that the operation was ongoing.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A gunman killed a senior Yemeni army officer in Aden on Monday, as violence in the southern port city which is the headquarters of the Saudi-backed government showed no let-up, military sources said.
The gunman, who was on the back of a cycle of violence, killed General Abedrabbo Hussein as he was leaving his home in the Sheikh Othman district of the city, the sources said.
Hussein was commander of the 15th Infantry Brigade which operates in Abyan ...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirate after seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues... province, west of Aden, where Al-Qaeda has seized several large towns in recent weeks.
President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi's internationally recognized government declared Aden the country's provisional capital last March, after Shiite Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... rebels and their allies drove it out of Sanaa and much of northern Yemen.
Al-Qaeda and the ISIS group have stepped up attacks in the city despite the efforts of the government and its backers in a Saudi-led coalition to secure it.
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(IraqiNews.com) Kirkuk – A security source in Kirkuk announced on Sunday, that 40 vehicles belonging to the Iraqi army crossed Kirkuk toward Makhmour area southeast of Mosul (405 km north of Baghdad) in preparation to liberate the city.
The source said in a press statement received by IraqiNews.com, “40 military vehicles belonging to the army’s 71st brigade coming from Baghdad, crossed Kirkuk on Thursday evening toward Makhmour (120 km south-east of Mosul).”
The source added, on condition of anonymity, “The forty vehicles are loaded with soldiers and military equipment, and headed to the leadership of Nineveh in preparation to liberate Mosul.”
The Ministry of Defense announced earlier on Sunday, that the Defense Minister Khalid al-Obeidi met the 71st brigade in Taji camp north of Baghdad, before leaving to participate in the liberation operations of Nineveh.
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – Kurdistan Democratic Party announced on Monday, that 16 members of the so-called ISIS were killed in an aerial bombardment carried out by the coalition aviation in central Mosul (405 km north of Baghdad).
The Kurdistan Democratic Party spokesman in Mosul, Saeed Mamousini, said in a brief statement followed by IraqiNews.com, “Today the international coalition aviation carried out an air strike on the ISIS headquarters in al-Faisalia neighborhood in central Mosul.”
Mmousini added, “The aerial operation killed 16 fighters belonging to ISIS.”
Noteworthy, ISIS imposed its control over the city of Mosul in Nineveh Province in June 2014 and extended its activities to several provinces and regions.
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – On Monday the Leadership of Nineveh Police announced, that 26 thousand of its members are ready to participate in the liberalization operations of Mosul from the so-called ISIS control.
Nineveh Police Chief Maj. Gen. Bahaa al-Azzawi said in a press statement obtained IraqiNews.com, “26 thousand elements of the local police are ready to participate in liberalization operations of Nineveh Province, after receiving intensive training.”
Azzawi added, “Nineveh Liberation Command and the leadership of the provincial police are coordinating to carry out the upcoming military operations.”
A security source in Kirkuk announced on Sunday, that 40 vehicles belonging to the Iraqi army crossed Kirkuk toward Makhmour area southeast of Mosul in preparation to liberate the city.
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – The Kurdistan Democratic Party announced on Monday, that more than 100 members of the so-called ISIS escaped from Mosul for not receiving their salaries for more than three months.
The Kurdistan Democratic Party spokesman in Mosul, Saeed Mamousini, said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “102 members belonging to ISIS fled from the city of Mosul, right before the beginning of the liberation operations of the city.”
Mamousini added, “ISIS elements escaped for not receiving their salaries for more than three months.”
Noteworthy, ISIS imposed its control over the city of Mosul in Nineveh Province in June 2014, and extended its activities to several provinces and regions.
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – A source in Nineveh Province announced on Monday, that the so-called ISIS executed 36 of its fighters by firing squad for refusing to join the confrontations axes against the security forces in southern Mosul (405 north of Baghdad).
The source said in a statement received by IraqiNews.com, “Today, ISIS executed 36 of its members after refusing to join the combat axes in southern Mosul.”
The source, who asked anonymity, added, “ISIS executed its fighters by firing squad in Ghazlani camp in southern Mosul.”
"There are 102 ISIS bully boyz who beat feet fromdjinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... yesterday, including seven commanders," Saeed Mamuzini told Rudaw English, believing that some of them went into Syria.
Around 750 Christians also completed a training course with the Peshmerga last week to participate in the forthcoming offensive.
(IraqiNews.com) Kirkuk – A security source in Kirkuk Province announced on Monday, that 14 fighters of the so-called ISIS were either killed or wounded in an aerial bombardment launched by the Iraqi Army Aviation on a fuel station used by ISIS in Hawija southwest of Kirkuk.
The source said in a statement received by IraqiNews.com, “Today the Iraqi warplanes shelled a gathering of ISIS members in a fuel station in Riyad area in Hawija District (45 km south west of Kirkuk), killing five ISIS members and wounding nine others.”
The source, who asked anonymity, added, “The bombardment destroyed a number of vehicles used by ISIS.”
[Rudaw] At least seven 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) gunnies have been captured by the Peshmerga on the western Kirkuk front over the last two weeks, a Kurdish commander told Rudaw on Monday.
"Peshmerga forces managed to capture four ISIS gunnies named Ahmed Raad, Mohammed Khalaf, Saab Ali and Hussein Ali and now they are under police custody," Kamal Kirkuki, commander of the Peshmerga forces on the western Kirkuk front, told Rudaw.
He added that another group of three ISIS gunnies was also "captured by the Peshmerga forces in the village of Ufiya on February 13 and we handed them over to the (Kurdish) Asaish and counter-terror forces."
He revealed that "the captured gunnies had penetrated the area to spy," for the group.
A recently captured ISIS bully boy in Kirkuk was the source of an abundance of intelligence information about the group's current situation. Saad Sulaiman, the captured ISIS bully boy, answering a question by Rudaw about the recent situation of the group in its territories in Iraq, said that "ISIS gunnies in Iraq are cut off from each other and besieged (by the Iraqi and Kurdish forces).
"They are suffering from a lack of weapons and ammunition," he claimed.
[Daily Excelsior] One person died while 10 others including seven coppers and three civilians were maimed in a clash between Gujjars and police at Sarore Adda falling under Bari Brahmana Police Station in Samba district today. Gujjars are a semi-nomadic tribe of Moslems, bringing joy wherever they go in northern India, Pakistain, and Afghanistan.
The slain Gujjar has been identified as Mohammed Yaqoob, S/o Rehmat Ali of Rakh Barodin. He was hit by a bullet. The situation was tense but under control in the area. The authorities have ordered magisterial inquiry into the incident.
The trouble started in the morning when a police team from Police Station Noorpur in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh (HP) reached the area along with two cops of Bari Brahmana Police to arrest one Gulzar, S/o Bashir Ahmed against whom a case was registered in Noorpur Police Station under Section 195 IPC.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] I don't think 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... decided to halt its support to the Lebanese army, security forces and other institutions because it is angry about what some Lebanese media outlets are saying against it. The involvement of some newspapers and television stations in the campaign to promote hostile Iranian rhetoric -- which opposes Saudi Arabia and incites against it and against other Arab moderate countries -- is not pressing. I think Saudi Arabia halted its support for more dangerous and more significant reasons.
Saudi Arabia had allocated $3 billion to the Lebanese army and $1 billion to the Lebanese security forces to develop their capabilities and train them. It did not set conditions for Leb to get involved in foreign wars or join regional alliances. The aim was to strengthen the central authority in the country by supporting state institutions against militias' intimidating acts and helping them fight holy warrior organizations. The whole idea was to fill the vacuum left by the withdrawal of Syrian troops following a decision taken by the U.N. Security Council after the Assad regime was found involved in the liquidation of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri.
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Iff the KSA + TURKEY + PAKISTAN, ETAL. are OWG CO-SUPERPOWER WANNABES, FROM WHERE OR FROM WHOM'S SOVEREIGN TERRITORY(S) WILL THEY EXPAND THEIR RESPECTIVE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE???
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The Saudis have been subsidizing the Leb Army. Hezbollah has taken over the Leb state and army. Saudis are now seeing the aid they've given being used by the Houthi-Saleh alliance against them in Yemen. Foolishness therefore ceases.
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IMO, if Iranians want to manage Lebanon, they're welcome to it.
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Unfortunately, Anti-US US POTUS Obama will let IRAN do it, as well as PUTIN/VLADVEDEV-LED RUSSIA, CHINA, + OTHER? ala their respective Sphere of Influence or Interest, in the name of Anti-US OWG-NWO where the US is suborned under OWG NAU + realted, + mostly restricted to CONUS-NORAM + peripherals.
The Bammer has put the US on the path or track to unilateral or "asymmetric" MilPol-Geopol retreat so that Iran Russia, + China, Etal. to come can rise to OWG Co-Superpower-hood. IN [rough] PARITY WID THE US, N-O-T INFERIORITY = "VASSAL-AGE".
THE MAHA-RUSHIAN QUESTIONNE' DU JOUR, AMONG OTHERS, REMAINS "WHAT TO DO ABOUT ISRAEL + US' REGIONAL MUSLIM ALLIES"?
As things atand, we have all of these OWG Co-Superpowers + Regional Wannabes, i.e. Milpol-aggressive, "Mahanist"?, Nuclear andor Pro-Nuclear, Superpower or Co-Superpower "Young Turk(s)" Nations pushing for specific sphere of influence in Syria-Iraq = so-called "SYRAQ", WID SEEMINGLY LITTLE TO NO HELP OR GUIDANCE, ETC. FROM THE BAMMER + ALIGNED OWG GLOBALISTS WHERE SOCIALISM + ANARCHY ARE NOT JUST PURDY WORDS.
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[The Telegraph] President Barack Obama has weighed in to the debate on tampon tax in the UK.
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An Islamic State (IS) unit from Fataieh attempted to a new incursion into Derna this afternoon but was beaten back by the local Mujahideen forces. These were backed up by helicopter support from the Libyan National Army (LNA), despite the fact that the two are, officially, not cooperating.
[Daily Excelsior] In one of the longest gun battles in recent years, Army this evening killed three militants in the Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) building in Pampore area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district after 48-hour long intense gun fight.
[ALMANAR.LB] Hezbollah fighters managed on Monday to inflict heavy losses upon Nusra Front (Qaeda branch in the Levant) 
A hostage was released from the restive Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan with the interference of the Afghan intelligence operatives as the kidnappers demanded a ransom of $1 million for his release.
At least 37 militants including Pakistani and Tajik nationals were killed during clearing operations in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said.
[Tolo News] At least ten 
[Tolo News] A rocket hit the Baghlan governor's compound on Monday, killing one and injuring two others, local officials said.
The head of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Monday that more attacks on Libya’s oil facilities are likely unless a United Nations-backed unity government is approved. Militants have hit one oilfield just last week.
[NATIONALREVIEW] Two students at the University of Wisconsin--Whitewater were publicly, officially branded as "racist" in a campus-wide post because the school's chancellor mistook their exfoliation masks for blackface.
[Tolo News] A number of high ranking officials accuse cabinet members of hiring relatives instead of experienced directors in sixteen government ministries.
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
[WesternRifleShooters] By now, it should be obvious to the observant that the ‘scoundrels-looting-the-treasury’ phase of our economic arc is about played out, and before the entire rotten financial edifice collapses, there will be a war ignited across Europe and the Middle East which will serve as a distraction for the masses, while the very worst of the scoundrels take to ground to wait for the smoke to clear before they emerge.
[Tolo News] Pakistain has allegedly set up checkpoints inside Afghanistan's territory in Bahramcha area of Desho district of southern 
[Daily Excelsior] ISI is going ahead with its policy and plans in 
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Saudi Arabia has put on trial 32 people, accused of spying for Iran. The defendants face charges including treason, establishing a spy ring with Iranian intelligence and passing on sensitive data on military zones
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The United States and Russia have agreed on a new cease-fire for Syria that will take effect Saturday, even as major questions over enforcing and responding to violations of the truce were left unresolved. Syria's warring government and rebels still need to accept the deal.
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...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead...
[Daily Excelsior] Key 26/11 plotter Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal's lawyer today informed a court here that he wanted to cross-examine Pak-American terrorist David Coleman Headley for four days.
At least 13 people including members of the Afghan Local Police (ALP) forces lost their lives in a suicide attack in northern Parwan province of Afghanistan.
At least three suspected militants were killed in a drone strike along the Durand Line apparently carried out by the US forces in Afghanistan, it has been reported.
Afghan Salafist warlord, owned by Saudi Arabia. He was the guy who invited al-Qaeda to come into Afghanistan and make themselves at home...
[ALMANAR.LB] A suspected terrorist was killed on Monday in an exchange of fire with security forces in a mountainous area of central Tunisia, a defense ministry 
