Rolled over from yesterday because it was posted so late in the day.
HT The Muqata on FB. What wonderful people. They should be given a State
[JewishPress] Once again, Hamas used an Israeli humanitarian gesture to attempt a terror attack.
Inspectors at the Erez Border Crossing from Gaza prevented a large terror attack after discovering explosives hidden inside tubes labeled "medical materials" being brought over from Gaza into Israel on Wednesday morning, according to the Shabak and the Ministry of Defense.
Two sisters from Gaza were given entry permits into Israel. The two had received permission to enter Israel, as one of the women was to receive cancer treatment at an Israeli hospital.
Hidden among their medical supplies were explosives to be used for making bombs for a terror attack. A police sapper dealt with the explosives.
An initial Shabak investigation uncovered that Hamas sent the shipment of explosives over for an imminent attack in Israel. Hamas had hoped to use the two sisters as cover for their smuggling.
The two will be interrogated further by the Shabak.
This is not the first time that Hamas has used sick people being treated in Israel to send over explosives.
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not yet picked up by wapo, cnn ap or nytimes but they will almost certainly have to carry at least a blurb
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lord garth, it is possible that the New York Times' recent addition of Bret Stephens to the columnist roster is impacting how the NYT reports about Israel. After all, his resume includes chief editor of the Jerusalem Post and foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. This will please pro-Israel readers, while his dislike of President Trump will soothe the rest.
Ragheb Atallah, the patient's husband, said his wife, Basema, 55, has gone for treatment of colorectal cancer in Jerusalem more than 10 times since July and has never had a problem before. He said his wife was unaware that she may have been smuggling anything illegal into Israel.
"Someone asked them to take a bottle of medicine on their way for a patient there," he said. "The bottle was closed and they did not know what is inside. It seems there was something and this caused disruption," the husband said Thursday.
Ragheb Atallah said his wife was released and has been given permission again to go to the hospital, but her sister, 57-year-old Ibtessam Eid, remained in Israeli custody.
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Ok -- I added the bullet points from Frank G's link as of now, and that ISIS claimed it. And I've set it as today's headline.
Thank you for being on top of this for us, Frank G, and the rest of you so that there was nothing left for me to do but add a little frosting. Rantburg truly is a group enterprise.
Oh no! They've touched it! No more "progressive" liberals will ever be able to inhabit the White House!
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin reunited with President Trump at the White House on Wednesday.
"A great night at the White House! Thank you to President Trump for the invite!" Palin wrote on Facebook and Twitter.
Ted Nugent and Kid Rock were also present in the photos posted by Palin.
Nugent wrote on Facebook that he and his wife, Shemane, dined with Trump at the White House "to make America great again."
Shemane Nugent shared a photo of her husband, Kid Rock and Palin standing in front of a portrait of Hillary Clinton.
Ouch.
The White House had not released any information about the visit as of Thursday morning.
Both Palin and Nugent campaigned for Trump during the election.
[CNN] The US is seeing evidence that the Chinese military is preparing for a potential North Korea contingency, a US defense official told CNN Thursday.
Chinese air force land-attack, cruise-missile-capable bombers were put "on high alert" on Wednesday, the official said, adding that the US has also seen an extraordinary number of Chinese military aircraft being brought up to full readiness through intensified maintenance.
The official said that these recent steps by the Chinese are assessed as part of an effort to "reduce the time to react to a North Korea contingency."
Such a contingency could include the risk of an armed conflict breaking out as tensions on the peninsula have risen in the wake of multiple North Korean missile tests. There has also been ratcheted up rhetoric from the US and Pyongyang, with the latter's state media warning Thursday that a pre-emptive strike by North Korea would result in the US and South Korea being "completely destroyed in an instant."
Beijing has long been concerned about potential instability in North Korea should the regime in Pyongyang collapse, fearing both an influx of refugees and the potential of reunification under a South Korean government closely allied to the US.
China is also opposed to the US military's presence in South Korea, protesting the recent US and South Korea decision to begin deploying elements of the THAAD missile defense system.
Given the close economic links between North Korea and China, US military officials have said that Beijing is critical to solving the North Korean situation, with President Donald Trump recently commending Chinese President Xi Jinping for Chinese efforts to curb Pyongyang's activities.
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - An early morning bomb threat prompted an investigation and closure of the main gate to Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado.
The gate closure at 3rd Street and Alameda Boulevard was initiated just after 5 a.m., after a bomb threat was called in, according to Navy officials.
Navy officials told 10News their investigators are "checking credibility of the threat" and a military bomb squad will evaluate the area.
Navy officials said they are unsure how long the closure and investigation will last. Officials advise all sailors who work on the base to contact their chain of command to inquire about work alternatives.
Coronado city officials said traffic was being diverted to 1st Street and Alameda Boulevard. Meanwhile, the 1st Street (carrier gate) and Ocean Avenue gates are open.
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Yes, we need more islamic barbarians from the lands of the barbarians. Or maybe lets help the libtard professors at universities recruit more militants to attack rallies of people they disagree with. The US Military is a formidable opponent for both these groups.
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The threat has to be taken seriously but I'm thinking the real damage here is disruption to the normal routine so it is an easy and effective way to cause minor disruption. But real bombers don't threaten, they bomb.
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From the updated article:
An early morning bomb investigation prompted the closure of the main gate to Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado after a Navy petty officer approached the main gate and told the guard she feared there was a bomb in the trunk of her car.
Traffic was snarled through the morning commute after a gate was closed at 3rd Street and Alameda Boulevard was initiated just after 5 a.m., according to Navy officials. Base Security evacuated the area in the vicinity of the main gate, including the child development center.
After calling in Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal and a Military Working Dog unit, crews determined there was no evidence of a bomb inside the vehicle.
The main gate was reopened shortly after 11:30 a.m.
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The biggest concern expressed on AntiFA sites are concealed weapons holders. Their local twitter site acts as immediate forms of communications. If an AntiFA member reports concealed weapons holders are present on the other side, they report it immediately via twitter to all AntiFA members. They are scared to death of concealed weapons holders as they carry out their attacks.
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[i] If an AntiFA member reports concealed weapons holders are present on the other side, they report it immediately via twitter to all AntiFA members. [/i]
I doubt many of them have the background or training to spot the presence of concealed carry.
[Reuters] When President Donald Trump handed TransCanada Pipeline Co. a permit for its Keystone XL pipeline last month, he said the company could now build the long-delayed and divisive project "with efficiency and with speed." Helen and I ate the last pipeline fella that came around here.
But Trump and the firm will have to get through Nebraska farmer Art Tanderup first, along with about 90 other landowners in the path of the pipeline.
They are mostly farmers and ranchers, making a last stand against the pipeline - the fate of which now rests with an obscure state regulatory board, the Nebraska Public Service Commission.
The group is fine-tuning an economic argument it hopes will resonate better in this politically conservative state than the environmental concerns that dominated the successful push to block Keystone under former President Barack Obama.
Backed by conservation groups, the Nebraska opponents plan to cast the project as a threat to prime farming and grazing lands - vital to Nebraska's economy - and a foreign company's attempt to seize American private property.
They contend the pipeline will provide mainly temporary jobs that will vanish once construction ends, and limited tax revenues that will decline over time.
They face a considerable challenge. Supporters of the pipeline as economic development include Republican Governor, Pete Ricketts, most of the state’s senators, its labor unions and chamber of commerce. We drive our motorhome to all the anti-pipeline meetings. It's diesel. The mileage ain't too good, but I fill it up here at home to save on the fuel taxes.
"It’s depressing to start again after Obama rejected the pipeline two years ago, but we need keep our coalition energized and strong," said Tanderup, who grows rye, corn and soybeans on his 160-acre property. 160 acres? They must be selling a lot of eggs.
Now Tanderup and others are gearing up for another round of battle - on a decidedly more local stage, but with potentially international impact on energy firms and consumers.
The latest Keystone XL showdown underscores the increasingly well-organized and diverse resistance to pipelines nationwide, which now stretches well beyond the environmental movement.
Last year, North Dakota's Standing Rock Sioux, a Native American tribe, galvanized national opposition to the Energy Transfer Partners Dakota Access Pipeline. Another ETP pipeline in Louisiana has drawn protests from flood protection advocates and commercial fishermen.
The Keystone XL pipeline would cut through Tanderup's family farm, near the two-story farmhouse built in the 1920s by his wife Helen's grandfather. It'll bring in temporary jobs, tent cities, whores and strangers.
The Tanderups have plastered the walls with aerial photos of three "#NoKXL" crop art installations they staged from 2014 to 2016. Faded signs around the farm still advertise the concert Willie Nelson and Neil Young played here in 2014 to raise money for the protests.
The stakes for the energy industry are high as the Keystone XL combatants focus on Nebraska, especially for Canadian producers that have struggled for decades to move more of that nation's landlocked oil reserves to market. Keystone offers a path to get heavy crude from the Canada oil sands to refiners on the U.S. Gulf Coast equipped to handle it.
TransCanada has route approval in all of the U.S. states the line will cross except Nebraska, where the company says it has been unable to negotiate easements with landowners on about 9 percent of the 300-mile crossing. We use it to light up our new motorhome shed. Hell of a write off.
So the dispute now falls to Nebraska's five-member utility commission, an elected board with independent authority over TransCanada’s proposed route.
The commission has scheduled a public hearing in May, along with a week of testimony by pipeline supporters and opponents in August. Members face a deadline set by state law to take a vote by November.
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Lemme guess: these principled Farmers will never allow an underground pipeline across their property....unless an acceptable price is paid. Fine. Also, they should remember that their neighbors won't benefit while they remain intransigent. Perhaps when they're refused service in the local markets, gas stations, utility service, driveways' and road access blocked "for an upcoming project"...they'll stand tall
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Lemme think here, uh, eminent domain?
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Pipelines are a pretty good payday. We scored a couple hundred grand for a couple of miles. Far exceeded the value of both the property and our productive use thereof (which was damaged but not destroyed).
If they're dumb enough to take this to court they'll discover that the eminent domain hearing will be in federal court where they'll receive no sympathy and will lose rather quickly and expensively.
[Reuters] General Motors (GM.N) said on Wednesday that Venezuelan authorities had illegally seized its plant in the industrial hub of Valencia and vowed to "take all legal actions" to defend its rights.
The seizure comes amid a deepening economic crisis in leftist-led Venezuela that has already roiled many U.S. companies.
"Yesterday, GMV's (General Motors Venezolana) plant was unexpectedly taken by the public authorities, preventing normal operations. In addition, other assets of the company, such as vehicles, have been illegally taken from its facilities," the company said in a statement.
It said the seizure would cause irreparable damage to the company, its 2,678 workers, its 79 dealers and to its suppliers.
Venezuela's Information Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for information.
Venezuela's car industry has been in freefall, hit by a lack of raw materials stemming from complex currency controls and stagnant local production, and many plants are barely producing at all.
In early 2015, Ford Motor Co (F.N) wrote off its investment in Venezuela when it took an $800 million pre-tax writedown.
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I probably would have pulled out before they seized my plant, but who am I to second guess the wisdom of an American car company?
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Assuming they could pull out RegJoe. Soon as they made a move, assets would have been seized. Not like it's a big deal, I'm sure GM has been preparing for this ever since the Oil Industry was seized.
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The National Union party youth organization decided to celebrate the hunger strike of imprisoned Fatah terrorists with a barbecue in front of Ofer Prison, where among others the leaders of the terrorist protest are incarcerated.
The event will be held today (Thursday) at 12:00 to break the spirit of the terrorists and to call upon the Israeli government not to surrender to terrorist blackmail but rather to work energetically for the release of kidnapped soldiers Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul.
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I went three days without food once The first day was hell but after the first day the hunger instinct turned off. I'm curious if the smell of bbq would turn it back on again. If so I would think they would end hunger strikes easily, or at least make them really count as the strikers have to face the worst hunger constantly.
[NYT] "I just wanted to check," the teacher said. "Your child wants to be called a boy, right? Or is she a boy that wants to be called a girl? Which is it again?"
I cocked my head. I am used to correcting strangers, who mistake my 7-year-old daughter for a boy 100 percent of the time.
In fact, I love correcting them, making them reconsider their perceptions of what a girl looks like. But my daughter had been attending the after-school program where this woman taught for six months.
"She’s a girl," I said. The woman looked unconvinced. "Really. She’s a girl, and you can refer to her as a girl."
Later, when I relayed this conversation to my daughter, she said, "More girls should look like this so it’s more popular so grown-ups won’t be so confused."
My daughter wears track pants and T-shirts. She has shaggy short hair (the look she requested from the hairdresser was "Luke Skywalker in Episode IV"). Most, but not all, of her friends are boys. She is sporty and strong, incredibly sweet, and a girl.
And yet she is asked by the pediatrician, by her teachers, by people who have known her for many years, if she feels like, or wants to be called, or wants to be, a boy.
In many ways, this is wonderful: It shows a much-needed sensitivity to gender nonconformity and transgender issues. It is considerate of adults to ask her -- in the beginning.
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My sister was also a tomboy who was frequently thought to be a boy, which frustrated her greatly until she hit adolescence and people stopped making that mistake. People can be idiots.
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It's the media. They want you to believe that everyone is perverted just like they are.
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Daughter likes and studies bugs, hunting frogs, baits and pulls her own hooks, gets in the mud, likes archery, groups her BBs in a quarter at 10 yards, find The Hobbit (the book) more interesting than pretty princess crap. Call her anything other than the sweetest girl ever and she may put you in a double-chicken wing - I'll take pictures and wipe my eyes with pride.
And her requirements before getting her own phone - be able to: mow the yard. clean the gutters. change a tire. Each one all on her own, me spotting, but she gathers and returns the equipment. Then it will be a corded rotary phone until she proves she can maintain grades and chores and keep a numbers list or even better memorize numbers.
And pardon me if I refuse the advice from a caste of society which prides itself on graduating architects who cannot disassemble an office max desk with an allen wrench.
I do not think I need to get into what happens if I catch someone straight bald face lying to my children.
[American Thinker] I am as opposed to Radical Islam and the barbarian actions of these 7th century throwbacks as anyone. However, I am tired of hearing from so called pundits and tea leaf readers that "If we don’t stop them in (pick a country) that we will have to fight them here in this country". Let’s be realistic -- this is not a uniformed army with tanks and howitzers and ships being loaded in some foreign port preparing to invade this country through the harbors of Boston or New York or Savannah or the beaches of Long Island. These are not people with sophisticated logistics systems ready to resupply this imaginary army over thousands of miles of ocean.
What we are faced with are small numbers of homegrown or smuggled terrorists ready and willing to cause havoc and die for their beliefs. These are the people we should be concentrating our defensive efforts against. Although the Liberal Democrat judges of this Country are willing to allow these people into the country with no effort to identify them, that is a problem not related to any overseas adventure requiring American military personnel on the ground. I am all in favor of dropping munitions of one type or another on specific ISIS targets as was recently done with MOAB in Afghanistan but I am vehemently opposed to subjecting soldiers and Marines to ground combat in situations without a clear objective of winning. Korea, Vietnam and other misadventures in the Mideast have shown the folly of "nation building" "limited objective warfare" "regime change" and other political euphemisms for lack of will as a substitute for victory.
The recent call by the commanding general in Afghanistan for thousands of more troops on the ground is frighteningly reminiscent of the call for more troops in Vietnam. The ego of some of these generals results in the deaths of untold American military. "Just give me a few more thousand troops and I will defeat the enemy" has been the cry since the time of Caesar. Unfortunately, many of these generals disregard the politicians' overwhelming fear of defeat at the polls which will cause them to make fatal decisions, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Millions, yes millions, were lost by the French and British in World War I because of the same ego-driven stupidity of the generals and politicians.
Now addled politicians Lindsey Graham and John McCain are calling for ground troops to be sent to Syria in addition to Afghanistan. We were advised many years ago to stay out of any ground combat in Southeast Asia -- advice that was ignored with horrendous consequences. Take a look at recent events in Iraq, a manufactured artificial country. Must we relearn the lessons of history with the blood of our military?
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Munitions of one type or another? Well then two to 300 megatons out to get the job done. I'm not advocating using nukes but in the end I fear it is going to end up there. Eventually some non state actor, be it ISIS, al Queda or one of the groups they will spawn (they breed like cockroaches and have more doctrinal disputes than Menonites) will get their hands on one or more nukes. And use them/it in the belief that either we will not know where to hit back or retaliate and generate even more holy warriors.
[SA Medical Journal] The programme which trains South Africans as doctors in Cuba will expand nearly tenfold for the next 5 years, pouring 1 000 undergraduates annually into our currently under-resourced local medical campuses from 2018 onwards. For the past 3 years, the annual output of Cuban-trained South Africans, ’polished up’ in their final year at local medical schools, came to about 8% of the 1 300 graduates fully-trained locally.
The sudden acceleration in Cuban training is a crisis intervention aimed at buying time to adjust and expand our local medical training platform so that it can increase local doctor output while continuing to better re-orientate the Cuban ’returnees’ towards South Africa’s very different disease profile.
The last three year’s crop of ’trained-in-Spanish’ graduates currently work as interns or community service officers ‐ and like all Cuban-trained local doctors, will serve 5 years post-internship in their district of recruitment. Izindaba interviewed several players at the heart of planning and executing the controversial programme.
What’s clear is that the debate over the suitability of preventative (Cuban) medical training versus curative (South Africa) training will continue, given this country’s current quadruple burden of disease and ambitious shift towards universal health coverage. Emphasis added
[San Diego Union-Tribune] A proposal in Congress would impose a new $2,400 fee on troops who want to sign up to get the GI Bill after discharge.
The idea is being considered by the House Veterans Affairs Committee next Wednesday at a hearing. The nation’s veterans groups appear to be steaming about the proposed change.
"We are still a nation at war. We have troops actively engaged in Iraq, in Afghanistan, and now in Syria," said leader of Veterans of Foreign Wars, Brian Duffy, in an issued statement. 'Nothing is too good for the soldier, and that's what he usually gets.'
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Piddly stuff. Go after the billions of untaxed college and university endowments. You go where the real money is, but its easier to kick the little guy than confront the special interest groups hiding big money.
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Taxing the troops for the GI Bill is a bad & stupid idea. Congress going to fight the wars? I doubt this legislation has a snowball's chance in hell.
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I think they changed it a bit from the early 90s when I was in, but troops have always had to pay for it.
It was $1,000 charged $100 a month for the first year, but after that you had full access to the $25,000 for school. You had to sign up that first year or you couldn't get it. I think they have changed it that you can sign up anytime you are enlisted.
The only thing this is doing is giving discharged soldiers the ability to buy it when they get out.
[Breitbart] On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s "Morning Joe," New York Times White House Correspondent Glenn Thrush reported, "my inbox this morning’s been flooded by Democrats who are sort of saying Ossoff was a terrible candidate."
Thrush said, "[W]hat is interesting is my inbox this morning’s been flooded by Democrats who are sort of saying Ossoff was a terrible candidate."
Thrush added, "[H]e was not electric. He was more static electric. But I think, in general, that is an issue. Look, the other thing is, look how deep the bench was down there. There were a lot of people who wanted that seat. I think the larger issue that we’re dealing with here right now, is the fact that the Democrats just don’t have a lot of candidates, not just in Georgia, but around the country in general. There’s not a lot of people to kind of catch this Trump wave."
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The donks have always been about a candidate being telegenic, a B.S. artist and pushing their progressive agenda over having substance. Every now and then they slip up and pick a ringer.
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"Sorry, Jon. If you'd got 50%+ you'd have been the Second Coming™."
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Well, there was the guy that walked the neighboring farms to get elected. Then there were the railstops. After that came the radio then TV pitches, then soundbites. I think this last one was talking heads, twitter and webvideo sensationalism.
I really don't know how the next will compress maximum info into limited attention spans but telegenic probably isn't the path.
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] The Syrian Army units foiled an attack by Nusra Front turbans on the workers’ housing at al-Zara thermal power station in the southern countryside of Hama central province.
SANA news hound in Hama said that army units on Wednesday morning clashed with terrorist groups that infiltrated from the eastern direction of Hur Binafseh town to the west of al-Zara station into the housing units of the station’s workers and a number of the military posts near the station.
The news hound added that the attack was foiled and a number of bad boyz were potted and their arms were destroyed while the remnants fled away towards the town.
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Army units established control over a number of hills in the surrounding of al-Qetar Mountain in Palmyra countryside, after killing the last gatherings of ISISturbans there.
The army units, backed by the supporting forces, carried out intensive operations against the remnants of ISISturbans in the surrounding of Palmyra city, establishing control over a number of hills in the vicinity of al-Qetar Mountain, 25 km north east of the city.
The operation resulted in killing a number of the turbans and destroying their arms and ammunition, indicating that the army’s engineering units dismantled IEDs and mines planted by ISISturbans at the hills.
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Tikrit (IraqiNews.com) Paramilitary forces killed four Islamic State militants after foiling an attack on a village north of Tikrit, Iraqi military media said Wednesday.
The Defense Ministry’s War Media Cell said al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units) killed four IS members, including a suicide bomber, after an attempted attack on Sheikh Ali village, north of Tikrit, Salahuddin province.
A statement by al-Hashd’s media service said its forces had staged a preemptive offensive at the nearby al-Zawia region, deactivating a booby-trapped car and damaging another armored vehicle belonging to the group.
Islamic State had stepped up attacks against civilians and security members over the past months since Iraqi government forces, backed by a U.S.-led coalition and PMUs, launched a major offensive to retake the city of Mosul, IS’s largest stronghold in Iraq.
Salahuddin province has witnessed occasional attacks by IS against civilians and security. A violent suicide attack in Tikrit earlier this month left at least 35 civilians and security personnel dead.
The Iraqi Joint Operations Command says IS militants are currently controlling only less than seven percent of Iraqi territory. The Iraqi government is expected to aim at IS pockets in Salahuddin, Kirkuk and Anbar once finished with the operation in Mosul. Google Map at the link
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[Free Beacon] Two-time failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spied on her own campaign staff's emails after her first loss in 2008 to Barack Obama.
Clinton had a trusted aide access the campaign's server and download all of the emails that top staffers sent and received so they could be reviewed, the New York Post reported.
The revelation comes from a new book‐Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign, by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes‐that examines what went wrong for Clinton's 2016 presidential bid.
After Clinton lost to Obama, she wanted to see how her presidential campaign failed and pointed the finger at her staff, according to the book.
"She believed her campaign had failed her‐not the other way around‐and she wanted ’to see who was talking to who, who was leaking to who,' said a source familiar with the operation," Allen and Parnes write. "Her political director, Guy Cecil, had talked with members of the media from his campaign account. Her chief strategist, Mark Penn, was a tyrant. And far too many of her minions had fought for turf and status rather than votes."
Staffers were not aware that Clinton accessed and was reading their emails, which revealed infighting and some trying to advance their own careers rather than the campaign.
The review of staff emails in 2008 came well before the controversy surrounding Clinton's use of a private email server while she was secretary of state, as well as the release of hacked emails from the accounts of top Clinton aides and Democratic National Committee employees.
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...Over at the Installment, there's a post that goes into a bit more detail, but the real point is this: assuming this story is true, it blows Malificent's "I-dont-know-nothin-bout-no-computers" schtick right out of the water.
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Hillary did women everywhere a great service! She, by her personal example, show that women can be just as despicable, corrupt and evil as men.
[DAILYPOST.NG] Bauchi State Police Command has announced the acrest of one Muhammad Adamu Nafiu, male, aged 25, of Balanga, Gombe State, at Tama village in Toro LGA of the state.
Commissioner of Police, Garba Baba Umar, in a statement on Wednesday, said the suspect is a notorious top commander of 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... , who relocated to Tama village in order to evade arrest after the sect was dislodged by troops at Sambisa Forest.
"Preliminary investigation revealed that suspect was among those declared by the Nigerian Army on Serial Number 176 on its wanted list.
"He has voluntarily confessed to have killed over 150 people in Baga LGA of Borno State alone.
"Case under investigation after which suspect would be handed over to the appropriate authority for discreet investigation", he said.
The Police boss also announced the arrest of one Osama Abubakar male, aged 20yrs, of Malam Goje Street of Bauchi.
The suspect had used a sharp knife and cut off the left hand of one Abdul-aziz Mohd male, aged 23yrs of Gombe Road Bauchi, who is also alleged to be a Sara-Suka member.
Exhibits recovered include two sharp knives used in perpetrating the act.
"Preliminary investigation revealed that suspect is a notorious Sara-Suka thug who was convicted for similar offence in 2016.
"Suspect voluntarily confessed and is assisting the police with useful information that will assist in apprehending his accomplices", the statement added.
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Diyala (IraqiNews.com) A soldier was killed, another one was injured in an attack launched by Islamic State against security checkpoint, east of Baquba, according to a local source from Diyala province.
“An army checkpoint in Bazayez region, 20 KM east of Baquba, was attacked on Wednesday by armed gunmen of IS, leaving one soldier killed and another injured,” the source told Al Sumaria News.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the source confirmed casualties among IS members “due to clashes with the security personnel that lasted for almost an hour.”
Moreover, the sources indicated that “joint troops started combing the area in search for IS militants.”
Security checkpoints are targeted by IS every now and then leaving casualties.
IS has escalated violent attacks against security members and civilians across Iraqi provinces over the months that followed the launch of a security campaign to retake its biggest stronghold in Mosul last October. Observers believe the attacks aim at making up for losses the group has been sustaining in Mosul, which,if recaptured, could be symbolic blow to the extremist group’s self-styled “Islamic Caliphate” declared in 2014 when the group occupied several parts of the country.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) said violence in the country left 19000 casualties in nine months of 2016.
Diyala (IraqiNews.com) Diyala Police Command announced, on Wednesday, arresting a terrorist and dismantling four improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in different areas of the province.
Spokesman for Diyala Police, Colonel Ghalib al-Attiya, said in a press statement that forces from Diyala Police, backed by the National Security detachments, arrested a man wanted on charges of terrorism in Hamrin Dam area.
Meanwhile, detachments of Bomb Squad directorate managed to dismantle four improvised explosive devices (one in Balad Ruz District and three on the banks of Diyala River in al-Salam area), Attiya explained.
The improvised explosive devices were dismantled without causing any human or material losses, he further added.
Noteworthy, security forces arrested dozens of criminals and terrorists in Diyala in the last months, and also dismantled several bombs and IEDs.
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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Three policemen were injured Wednesday when an explosive device went off west dof Baghdad, according to security sources.
Almaalomah website quoted the sources saying that the device exploded at a police patrol that was passing at Ibrahim bin Ali neighborhood in western Baghdad.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) has said that violence in the country lef 1115 casualties, excluding security members, during March. Baghdad was the second most affected province with 84 deaths and 246 injuries, according to the organization’s monthly casualty count.
While several blasts are not followed by a claim of responsibility, Islamic State militants said they had been behind some bloody explosions and attacks that hit the capital in the past months, leaving casualties among civilians and security troops.
Observers believe Islamic State have begun to escalate attacks outside the city of Mosul, where the group has been losing ground and personnel since October, so as to relieve pressure by government forces on that front and to divert attention from group losses.
While losing Mosul could be the severest blow to the group’s existence in Iraq, some observers argue that attacks outside the province prove that the extremist group can still pose a security threat for all cities. Google Map at the link
[Twitchy] To be honest, we’re less interested in what alt-right leader Richard Spencer said Tuesday night at Auburn University than it what the police patrolling the event were up to, which was especially shocking in the wake of the latest round of rioting in Berkeley. It is unlawful in Alabama to appear in public with a mask on except at Halloween. This was done to counter the KKK. Alabama was one of the first states to pass such a law.
From video shot outside the venue, it appeared as though the police were enforcing the rules, which included a no-mask policy. That meant the members of the antifa, or anti-fascists, were made to uncover their faces as they marched past law enforcement toward the campus.
There are quite a few gems spotted in this Spring 2017 runway collection, but we most like the knight with his trash can lid and shoulder pads, as well as the protester who was not about to have her bandana removed by The Man.
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I've been wondering for some time just how these stalwart representatives of "free speech" manage to travel from place to place to attend their schedule of events, er, I mean protests. Daddies credit card maybe.
Of which the AntiFa is just another version of 'shut the man down' tyranny. Fitting and yet amusing that people who demand "self reflection" are incapable of doing it themselves.
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The origins of this term Redneck are Scottish and refer to supporters of the National Covenant and The Solemn League and Covenant, or "Covenanters", largely Lowland Presbyterians, many of whom would flee Scotland for Ulster (Northern Ireland) during persecutions by the British Crown. The Covenanters of 1638 and 1641 signed the documents that stated that Scotland desired the Presbyterian form of church government and would not accept the Church of England as its official state church.
Many Covenanters signed in their own blood and wore red pieces of cloth around their necks as distinctive insignia; hence the term "Red neck", (rednecks) which became slang for a Scottish dissenter*. One Scottish immigrant, interviewed by the author, remembered a Presbyterian minister, one Dr. Coulter, in Glasgow in the 1940's wearing a red clerical collar -- is this symbolic of the "rednecks"?
Since many Ulster-Scottish settlers in America (especially the South) were Presbyterian, the term was applied to them, and then, later, their Southern descendants. One of the earliest examples of its use comes from 1830, when an author noted that "red-neck" was a "name bestowed upon the Presbyterians." It makes you wonder if the originators of the ever-present "redneck" joke are aware of the term’s origins - Rednecks?
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Pak military has rejected employment of proxies as the country is facing criticisms for allowing the terrorist groups, including the notorious Haqqani terrorist network to use its soil for the attacks in Afghanistan.
"Gen. H . R McMaster, US NSA called on COAS at GHQ on 17 April 2017. The visiting dignitary was briefed about Pakistain’s war on terror and its contributions to regional and global stability. It was highlighted that distinguished feature of Pakistain’s counter terrorist effort is focused against hard boyz of all hue and color," a statement by the Pak military said.
The source further added that "COAS said that while Pakistain itself is victim of state sponsored terrorism it strongly rejects allegations of employing proxies from its soil."
Oh. So they don't reject using proxy jihadi groups, but only being accused of doing so. This feels like a subtle point in the original Urdu... and an unsubtle one in English.
"US NSA acknowledged Pakistain Army’s efforts in eliminating hard boyz and their infrastructure, assuring US support to bring peace and stability in the region and globe," the statement said.
This comes as the Afghan officials have long been criticizing Pakistain for remaining reckless to act against the leadership councils of the Afghan forces of Evil based in the country from where they plot and coordinate attacks in Afghanistan.
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[DAWN] WHILE Pakistain has been ravaged by militancy for many years, there have not been enough efforts, neither at the state level nor within academia, to discover what makes a holy warrior. While blanket terms such as ’extremism’, ’fundamentalism’, etc have been employed to explain the triggers that drive people to commit violence against others, a more scientific approach is required to find out the causative factors behind militancy, and develop measures to address these. To this end, the Sindh Police’s Counter-Terrorism Department has made a small effort in a recent survey that discusses the profiles of some 500 forces of Evil lodged in the province’s jails. Some interesting facts have emerged: for example, the survey says that most forces of Evil suffered from psychological problems, while economic hardship drove over 40pc to take up the gun. Most incarcerated fighters belonged to the low-income group; moreover, while nearly 200 said they were motivated to join banned groups due to a "hatred of the West and India", 125 forces of Evil said they signed up in order to take advantage of the opportunity to collect extortion money.
While the sample is quite small, the CTD survey does offer a peek into the murky world of militancy. Indeed, what is needed are bigger studies across the country to determine the profiles of holy warriors, and formulate workable counter-extremism policies. Nacta, which is underutilised at the moment, is ideally placed to carry out such research. A one-size-fits-all approach to counterterrorism is not likely to stem the tide of militancy in Pakistain due to a variety of factors that drive people towards militancy. Perhaps greater research will reveal clearer links between forces of Evil operating in different parts of the country, and how to counter them. While some hard-core fighters are unlikely to want to join the mainstream, others could be prevented from walking down the path of militancy if the state makes a greater effort to address the factors contributing to it.
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[NEWS24] Suspected Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... jihadists killed five Nigerian soldiers and injured five others in a raid on a military post in the violence-torn northeast, locals and a military officer said on Tuesday.
"Our men were outgunned and outnumbered," said a military officer in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State.
Scores of fighters loyal to the Boko Haram faction headed by Abu Musab al-Barnawi stormed a checkpoint near Sabon Garin Kimba village about 140km from Maiduguri, the birthplace of Boko Haram.
"We lost five men in the fight. Five more were maimed," the military officer said.
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 last year appointed al-Barnawi as head of Boko Haram, replacing long-time leader Abubakar Shekau ... the lunatic leader of Boko Haram who has been reported dead at least eleven times, pledged his body and soul to ISIS, told his fighters to hang it up once or twice, and been fire by the Caliph and refused to step down ...
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[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] A bomb went kaboom! in Aleppo’s Salaheddin district on Wednesday, killing six and wounding 32 people, Syrian state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
reported.
The blast hit the southwestern neighborhood of Salaheddin, which was once on the front line between Death Eaters and army forces before the army retook full control of the city in December.
State television did not specify whether the kaboom was the result of an attack or unwent kaboom! ordnance left over from the four and a half years of fighting that preceded the murderous Moslems pullout.
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[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Three people were killed and four others maimed on Wednesday in a suicide kaboom in Cameroon ...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there... ’s restive Far North, a local official said.
"Just before 10:00 am, a jacket wallah who crossed from Nigeria entered Kolofata and went kaboom!," a source from the town’s vigilante committee said.
"The blast killed three people -- a police officer and two civilians," he said.
The bomber also died in the kaboom which left another four people injured.
The toll was confirmed to AFP by a source close to the security services.
The local official said the bomber crossed into Cameroon through Kerawa, a town which lies on the border with Nigeria.
Kolofata, which lies 10 kilometers (six miles) from the border with Nigeria, is located in a region of the same name which has been regularly targeted by 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... hard boys.
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[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Iraq’s National Coalition Chief Sayyed Ammar Hakim stressed that the Popular Mobilization Forces are national and joined by the various Iraqi segments, noting that the PMF units fight ISISforces of Evil with one hand and help the refugees with the other.
Sayyed Ammar Hakim met on Wednesday in Cairo with Sheikh Ahmad al-Tayyeb, the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, according to a Coalition statement which added that the two sides stressed the importance of fighting extremism and consolidating the cooperation between the al-Azhar and Najaf religious centers.
The statement also noted that Sayyed Hakim confirmed that Iraqi is ahead of an ultimate victory over the ISIS terrorist group.
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[Circa] A retired Air Force captain says the Pentagon lied to families about what caused the Extortion 17 tragedy.
A decorated retired Air Force officer who witnessed one of the most deadly attacks on Navy SEALs in U.S. history is breaking her silence, saying the government covered up evidence detailing that the 2011 downing of a Chinook helicopter gunship that killed 38 fighters in Afghanistan could have been prevented had it not been for restrictions to the military's rules of engagement that were changed under the Obama administration.
August 6, 2011: Retired Air Force Capt. Joni Marquez and her crew were working the dark morning hours aboard an AC-130 gunship after being summoned to a mission she describes "as almost like a 9-1-1 type of a situation."
The gunship was ordered to fly close-in air support above Afghanistan’s dangerous Tangi Valley, in Wardak Province, assisting troops with the Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment who were being fired on by eight heavily armed Taliban insurgents.
I believe it was the Generals who made the decision to drop the MOAB - not the POTUS. I don't think that would have ever happened under Obama / ValJar.
[SHABELLENEWS] A powerful roadside kaboom targeted a military escorting convoy of govt officials in the outskirts of Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday morning.
Reports said a remote-controlled land mine blast destroyed vehicles carrying top Somali officials in Garas-balay area as they were heading to the IDP cams outside Mogadishu.
It was not unclear the main target of the IED blast, and no group has yet grabbed credit for the attack.
Unconfirmed reports suggest that foreign nationals were travelling in the convoy.
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[Dhaka Tribune] A special tribunal has sentenced two collaborators to death for their involvement in the murder of over 26 people, the abduction and detention of 11 people and the arson and looting of some 250 houses during the 1971 Liberation War in the then Kishoreganj sub division.
The three-member International Crimes Tribunal headed by Justice Anwarul Haque pronounced the judgment on Tuesday afternoon, in the presence of Muhammad Moslem Pradhan, 66, one of the convicts.
The other convict, Syed Mohammad Hussain alias Hossain, 64, is absconding.
Hussain, the younger brother of convicted war criminal Syed Hasan Ali, was the commander of the Nikli unit razakar force during the Liberation War.
Moslem was his associate and collaborated with him in committing crimes.
The tribunal asked the home secretary and Inspector General of Police (IGP) to arrest the runaway, with the help of Interpol, if needed.
In the verdict, the tribunal sentenced both convicts to death for the killing of 26 people at Gurui village under Nikli upazila and jail until death for the abduction and murder of freedom fighter Abdul Malek at Purbonagar village.
Considering the prosecution’s request to deem rape and forced religious conversions as equal to genocide, Hussain was also sentenced to death for participating in and abetting the murder of 34 Hindu men and the rape of many Hindu women at Dampara.
He also received a seven years’s imprisonment sentence for the forceful conversion of Hindu people at Dampara.
Hussain was further sentenced to five years’ jail for the abduction and confinement of four people in Nilki and to ten years in jail for mistreating the dead bodies of two freedom fighters.
Prosecutor Tureen Afroz said they were happy with the verdict. However, some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go... the convicts’ counsel Abdus Sattar Palwan said they may file an appeal with the Supreme Court.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The shadow governor of the Taliban group for northern Baghlan province was killed along with four other senior commanders of the group during a night operation conducted by the Afghan army commandos.
The acting head of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) media department, Najib Danish, said the operation was conducted around 11 pm local time in the vicinity of Joi Naw and other areas of Dand-e-Ghori.
He said the snuffies killed during the operation have been identified as Mawlavi Lal and four Taliban capos identified as Haji Sher Alam, Qari Janbaz, Qari Shahabuddin, and Qari Ismail.
According to the group, the five senior Taliban leaders were playing a key role in leading the insurgency of the group in Baghlan province.
He also added that a number of other snuffies were also killed during the operation but did not disclose the exact number.
This comes as the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said Tuesday that the military commission of the group for Baghlan was incarcerated Please don't kill me! during a special operation.
MoI further added that the detained Taliban leader was identified as Mawlavi Abdul Hai Haqyar.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At last three members of the al-Qaeda terrorist network were killed in Arclight airstrikes in southern Zabul province of Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the bully boyz were killed during the Arclight airstrike conducted in Audaki village located in Tarang district.
No further details were given regarding the Arclight airstrikes and it is yet not clear if the Arclight airstrikes were conducted by the US forces based in Afghanistan or the Afghan Air Force.
The US forces in Afghanistan have stepped up counter terrorism operations against the terrorist groups during the recent months.
The increased operations by US forces followed after a broader role was granted to them earlier last year.
The latest Arclight airstrikes against the al-Qaeda network members came as at least 31 bully boyz including 18 jacket wallahs were killed during the clearance operations in this province earlier this month.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least five Pak gunnies affiliated with the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group offshoot, ISIS Khurasan, were killed in an Arclight airstrike in eastern Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province of Afghanistan.
The provincial government media office in a statement said the Arclight airstrike was carried out around 10:00 am local time in Nazian district.
The statement further added that the gunnies were targeted in the vicinity of Taktakani area of Nazian.
According to the provincial government, the gunnies killed in today’s Arclight airstrike belonged to Mawlavi Yahya group and are originally residents of Orakzai agency of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... province in Pakistain.
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Because many Rantburgers are longtime science fiction readers, and some are writers as well. I signed up. :-)
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Not being a sci fi fan I have not followed the SJW campaign. I am curious as to the SJW response to the classics of Sci Fi such as Asimov, Herbert, Heinlein or Jules Verne. Have they been excoriated by modern "think" or just ignored?
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Sarah Hoyt's Darkship series are a fun read with some allusions to Asimov's Foundation Trilogy, and the Red King is an interesting read. Guess I'll sign up for the rest. Thanks for the heads up.
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I am curious as to the SJW response to the classics of Sci Fi such as Asimov, Herbert, Heinlein or Jules Verne.
Heinlein is excoriated as a woman-hater in those circles, AlanC. I don't know about the others in particular, but the pre-modern period appears to be viewed as an entirely white male province free of women and non-whites as either writers or heroes. This completely ignores reality, but reality is not a SJW strength.
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AlanC,
The movie Starship Troopers (1997) was made to be a parody and indictment of Heinein. Director said so himself.
Except there was a lot of high-fiving hell yeahs when I left the theater.
Then there were those like me who were like, now I have to read the book.
I think the book is awesome, and after reading it, I think I see how the director/writers were trying to do the parody and failed miserably. Starship Troopers is on my book one must read list.
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I am curious as to the SJW response to the classics of Sci Fi such as Asimov, Herbert, Heinlein or Jules Verne.
Who cares? I know what I like, and I know how to find new authors what I might like. Reviewers - the last reviewer who, IMO shouldn't were shot was Spider (whatever happened to him?)
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These are the people who would rather transgender Thor instead of being creative enough to launch a Nótt storyline. You've got the remember that these are simple artists. These are the deep thinkers at cafes. The unique snowflakes of academia. You know...morons.
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the last reviewer who, IMO shouldn't were shot was Spider (whatever happened to him?)
Spider Robinson? Of Callahan's Crosstime Saloon and Stardance fame? He was already past his peak and into variations-on-a-theme territory, in my opinion, when he wrote a "You deserved it, America" opinion piece after 9/11 and seriously annoyed a good portion of his remaining audience. But he is a Baen author, and they don't care about their writers' politics.
[IsraelTimes] Suspect behind attack near St. Catherine’s in which one policeman killed and 3 injured dies after shootout with cops.
Egyptian security forces killed a gunman suspected of shooting dead a policeman near St. Catherine’s Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.
Three other officers were maimed in Tuesday’s attack in South Sinai province at a checkpoint near the ancient site, the ministry said.
The shooting, which the ministry said Tuesday was carried out by "a number of gunnies," was claimed by 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.
"Security forces in South Sinai, in cooperation with Bedouin elements tracked the perpetrators’ escape route and closed roads that would be used to escape" the scene of the shooting, the ministry said in a statement.
It said the suspect began firing after he was found by security forces, "which required the forces to quickly deal with him, injuring him leading to his death."
Security staff found an automatic weapon and ammunition, adding that "investigations are ongoing to identify the terrorist."
St. Catherine’s Monastery, a Christian site 500 kilometers (300 miles) southeast of Cairo in the south of the Sinai attracts thousands of visitors a year.
An Akron man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Cleveland to terrorism charges stemming from the release of the names and addresses of members of the military with a message urging people to attack them on behalf of the Islamic State group.
Terrence McNeil, 26, faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced at noon Aug. 2 by U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster.
“While we aggressively defend First Amendment rights, the individual arrested went far beyond free speech by reposting names and addresses of 100 U.S. service members, all with the intent to have them killed,” Special Agent in Charge Stephen Anthony of the FBI’s Cleveland Division said in a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. “We will remain vigilant in our efforts to stop those who wish to support these despicable acts.”
McNeil was charged with a long list of terrorism-related crimes. Prosecutors say McNeil, a onetime hospital employee, posted a file on his Tumblr page in September 2015 that contained the names and addresses of military personnel. They say he urged supporters of the Islamic State group to kill the people he mentioned.
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[AnNahar] Istanbul police on Wednesday detained 16 leftist activists involved in demonstrations against the 'Yes' victory in the referendum on expanding President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... 's powers, a laywer said.
There have been daily street protests in anti-Erdogan neighborhoods in Istanbul since Sunday's referendum, which the opposition claims was marred by blatant vote rigging.
The Freedom and Solidarity Party (ODP), a left-wing movement not represented in parliament, said police had detained its Istanbul chairman Mesut Gecgel on accusations of "agitating the public" by claiming the 'Yes' vote was illegitimate.
Gecgel had himself written on Twitter that he was being detained for protesting against the 'Yes' victory.
Gecgel's lawyer Deniz Demirdogen told AFP that anti-terror police raided houses of the suspects before dawn, saying 16 people were detained so far but arrest warrants were issued for a total of 38 people.
Describing the accusations as "strange", he added: "They are accused of provoking people to question the legitimacy of the 'Yes' in the referendum.
"But there's no such crime definition in the penal code."
Demirdogen said those detained were being questioned at police headquarters in Istanbul and were awaiting a decision by prosecutors on the case.
There was no immediate confirmation of the detentions by the police.
Speaking in Ankara earlier, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the issue of the election result was closed and warned against street protests.
"The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... is a state of law... and there can be no talk of anarchy, activities in the street," he said.
"I call on people not to give in to provocations or get caught up in incitement," he added.
The 'Yes' camp won Sunday's poll with just 51.41 percent of the vote
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So I wonder how our leftists are going to complain about this. Erdogan: "I'm all in favor of free speech, but that was hate speech. I was triggered, and I'm in fear of my life. Dictators have feelings too, ya know."
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[DAWN] Security forces were still blocking access Wednesday to the site in eastern Afghanistan where the United States dropped a massive bomb on a stronghold of the turbanIslamic 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 six days ago.
The US military dropped its GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast, dubbed the "Mother of All Bombs", in combat for the first time on April 13.
The target was caves and hideouts being used by the turban group in the Achin district of Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province.
The blast triggered shock waves, which residents said they felt miles away.
It was said by the Afghan defence ministry to have killed at least 95 turbans, including some IS commanders and imported muscle, but no civilians.
The statement could not be independently verified, with news hounds including AFP correspondents turned away from the site again Wednesday even though there was no sign of fighting in the immediate area.
Ahmad Jan, a resident of Achin who fled IS fighting and moved with his family to the lovely provincial capital Jalalabad long before the bomb was dropped, told AFP he had no idea whether his house or relatives survived the attack.
"No one can go there, they have completely blocked the area. I don't know if my house is destroyed. They have not even shown any dead bodies to anyone," he said.
A front man for Afghan special forces said landmines and "pockets of resistance" on top of mountains had slowed down operations in the area. He did not specify if the fighters were from the IS.
Police officials in Nangarhar could not immediately comment, and US-led NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... forces in Afghanistan would not comment Wednesday. They said this week they were still assessing the situation.
Some Afghans have condemned the use of their country as what they called a testing ground for the weapon, and against a turban group that is not considered as big a threat as the resurgent Taliban.
Analyst and retired general Atiqullah Amarkhail told AFP the US military needed time to analyse the impact and clean the debris.
"It was not an ordinary bomb. It carried a special kind of explosives, it was tested in a mountainous area for the first time, I believe a team of US experts are now working on the ground to assess the effects and impacts," he said.
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told AFP he had no idea whether his house or relatives survived the attack
[THEGUARDIAN] Machine learning algorithms are picking up deeply ingrained race and gender prejudices concealed within the patterns of language use, scientists say.
An artificial intelligence tool that has revolutionised the ability of computers to interpret everyday language has been shown to exhibit striking gender and racial biases.
The findings raise the spectre of existing social inequalities and prejudices being reinforced in new and unpredictable ways as an increasing number of decisions affecting our everyday lives are ceded to automatons.
In the past few years, the ability of programs such as Google Translate to interpret language has improved dramatically. These gains have been thanks to new machine learning techniques and the availability of vast amounts of online text data, on which the algorithms can be trained.
However, as machines are getting closer to acquiring human-like language abilities, they are also absorbing the deeply ingrained biases concealed within the patterns of language use, the latest research reveals.
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And for those of you really interested (professionally or personally) in 'word-embedding', sentiment analysis, SVM and sparse word matrices...don't miss NLP Day Texas 2017
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The words “female” and “woman” were more closely associated with arts and humanities occupations and with the home, while “male” and “man” were closer to maths and engineering professions.
One could make a similar observation wandering around a college campus. How odd that our language mirrors the world we see.
Sandra Wachter, a researcher in data ethics and algorithms at the University of Oxford, said: “The world is biased,
the historical data is biased, hence it is not surprising that we receive biased results.”
tl;dr: We don't like the world and demand it conform to our prejudices about what is right and proper. (sound of tiny feet stamping)
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Sad to say you could not mae a movie like airplane today. Write a line like "I speak jive" and the PC brigade would string you to the lamp post.
Not only that but the folks on the internet would slice and dice you for calling it jive and not ebonics, for Ms Cleaver's cultural appropriation of their language and for the plot hole of the black fellow eating the tainted fish instead of the chicken.
[GatewayPundit] In a damning report originally stemming from the Guardian, and then picked up by the American Spectator, it has been confirmed that former CIA director John Brennan colluded with British and Estonian spies who sought to both to manufacture Trump-Russia ties and bring down Trump’s candidacy as a whole. Via The American Spectator:
Seeking to retain his position as CIA director under Hillary, Brennan teamed up with British spies and Estonian spies to cripple Trump’s candidacy. He used their phony intelligence as a pretext for a multi-agency investigation into Trump, which led the FBI to probe a computer server connected to Trump Tower and gave cover to Susan Rice, among other Hillary supporters, to spy on Trump and his people.
John Brennan’s CIA operated like a branch office of the Hillary campaign, leaking out mentions of this bogus investigation to the press in the hopes of inflicting maximum political damage on Trump. An official in the intelligence community tells TAS that Brennan’s retinue of political radicals didn’t even bother to hide their activism, decorating offices with "Hillary for president cups" and other campaign paraphernalia.
The Guardian says that British spy head Robert Hannigan "passed material in summer 2016 to the CIA chief, John Brennan." To ensure that these flaky tips leaked out, Brennan disseminated them on Capitol Hill. In August and September of 2016, he gave briefings to the "Gang of Eight" about them, which then turned up on the front page of the New York Times.
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Were the media not so completely in the tank for Obama and Hillary, all of this political mischief would make for a compelling 2016 version of All the President’s Men. Instead, the public gets a steady stream of Orwellian propaganda about the sudden propriety of political espionage. The headline writers at Pravda couldn’t improve on this week’s official lie, tweeted out by the Maggie Habermans: "Susan Rice Did Nothing Wrong, Say Both Dem and Republican House Aides."
Wow...just wow. Brennan and Soetoro were doing everything in their power to ensure a Clinton win. It simply wasn't enough.
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John Brennan was the American progenitor of political espionage aimed at defeating Donald Trump. One side did collude with foreign powers to tip the election — Hillary’s.
Brennan is a snake. Despite his snakiness, Hillary still lost. Why? Because she sucked as a candidate and a decent human bean.
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No matter how they tried the psychopathy showed. Most people probably didn't know what it was or even think about it very much. But there is a subtle, general, creepy feeling you get from Hillary that she has the personality of a reptile.
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I am convinced that ValJar is somewhere in this chain of events and passage of information. Equally troubling is the recent meeting in Fiji (?)on Geffen's super yacht (454 ft) of Oprah, Geffen, Tom Hanks and the Obama's, as the next presidential candidacy is contemplated to further the Obama era through Oprah as a surrogate? I laughed when I learned of it, but the more I thought about how the Media/Hollywood/MoveOn.org/Soros complex is stirring things up, the more it seemed possible?
[IsraelTimes] Assailant shot and killed by soldiers at the scene; victim, approximately 60, suffers head wound.
An Israeli man was lightly maimed in a car-ramming attack near the Gush Etzion Junction in the West Bank on Wednesday, the army said.
The driver of the vehicle was shot and fatally maimed by IDF troops who were on the scene, a military spokesperson said.
A spokesperson for Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center said the Paleostinian assailant was brought to the hospital at death's door after receiving treatment on the scene by military medics. He was pronounced dead shortly after arriving to the hospital, an army spokesperson said.
The assailant was later identified as Sahib Mousa Mashahrah, 21, from nearby al-Sawahreh, according to the Paleostinian Maan news agency.
Medics from the Magen David Adom ambulance service treated the injured Israeli man, who suffered a head wound after being hit by the car as it plowed into a bus. The victim was conscious, "but disoriented" after the attack, a medic said. According to MDA, the victim was approximately 60 years old. He too received treatment on the scene before being taken to Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center for treatment.
The Gush Etzion Junction has been the site of multiple attacks against both civilians and soldiers in the past two years.
[Ynet] Security forces tossed in the slammer Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! 8 wanted suspects in the West Bank including Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", operatives and those suspected of violent disturbances. According to the IDF, during the operation, improvised weapons and ammunition were found by the Judea and Samaria Division.
[Ynet] Two Paleostinian residents of Nablus were tossed in the slammer Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! near the village of Silwad Tuesday after they were discovered armed with M-16 rifles. The two were taken for questioning by Police.
[Ynet] Two Paleostinian youths, who threw a Molotov cocktail at a Border Police jeep in the area of the Tunnels Road in Jerusalem, were tossed in the calaboose Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! . The bottle had not flared up. Following the incident, the soldiers located the two Paleostinian suspects. In a search carried out by the soldiers, several additional Molotov cocktails were found in one of the suspects' backpack.
[Ynet] French and Malian armed forces killed at least a dozen Islamic bully boyz who attacked an army camp in northern Mali Tuesday, killing at least four soldiers and wounding another, according to a statement by the French Operation Barkhane.
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The most notorious case of misconduct was the EPA official who earned $120,000 and performance bonuses after being caught watching 'dirty movies'* for up to six hours a day.
Unless its in a specific contract, no 'bonuses' for anyone, period. They're not bonuses if they're expected or considered an entitlement which they have become in practice. You'll go elsewhere? Fine. We can begin the down sizing the government needs.
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The geologist in the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation downloaded over 7,000 pr0nographic files on an agency server and admitted to mast*rbating at work. He received paid leave for nearly two years after being caught
"He justified it by saying he has always been a hands-on employee"
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Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State started killing its members suffering gangrene in western Mosul, intelligence sources from the city has said.
Shafaq News quoted sources as saying that the slain militants were the wounded ones staying at houses that IS turned to hospitals, blaming this on the big number of members with gangrene and shortage of medicines as well as medical requirements.
IS, according to the sources, suffers acute shortage of funds and supply especially medical requirements and staff.
On Wednesday, Iraqi army’s Counter-Terrorism Service said only six districts in western Mosul are still held by Islamic State as Iraqi troops liberated most of the districts.
IS has been losing ground and personnel since Iraqi government forces, backed by a U.S-led coalition and paramilitary troops, launched an offensive in October 2016 to recapture Mosul, the group’s largest stronghold in Iraq.
The eastern side of the city was recaptured in January. A new offensive was launched in February to retake the western side. Battles in the west are believed to be much more difficult due to the density of residential areas and the high number of civilians
Retaking Mosul could be symbolic blow to the extremist group’s self-styled “Islamic Caliphate” declared in 2014 when the group occupied several parts of the country.
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Two kids were wounded Wednesday as a mortar shell fired by Islamic State militants landed near a primary school in eastern Mosul, security sources were quoted saying.
The missile landed near a school in Sumer district, seriously injuring the pair, according to the source, who said the missile was possibly fired from areas under IS control in the western side of the city.
Iraqi government forces recaptured eastern Mosul from Islamic State militants in January after three months of fighting, but, since then, the militants have waged occasional attacks on that area using suicide bombers, drones and mortar missiles, leading to casualties among civilians and security troops. Botched military strikes by Iraqi troops and the international coalition have also been blamed for hundreds of civilian casualties since the launch of operations.
The government troops, backed by a U.S.-led coalition and paramilitary troops, launched another offensive in February to retake the western region, with Iraqi commanders announcing recently they became in control over 60 percent of that area. Security officials have said IS now controls less than seven percent of Iraqi territory.
Battles are currently concentrated in and around the Old City, an ancient area which hosts the mosque where Islamic State supreme commander Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the establishment of an “Islamic Caliphate” in Iraq and Syria in 2014. Google Map at the link
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IS, according to the sources, suffers acute shortage of funds and supply especially medical requirements and staff
One would have thought that MSF would have rushed right in.
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Russia’s FSB security force said Wednesday it had killed two men from Central Asia suspected of preparing to commit attacks during an arrest operation in the Vladimir region east of Moscow.
"As a result of festivities during attempted detention, two citizens of a Central Asian state were neutralized by FSB officers," the agency said in a statement quoted by Interfax news agency, adding that the men "were in contact with recruiters from an international terrorist organization."
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[SCMP] A former minister staged a decisive victory in Jakarta’s knife-edge gubernatorial election yesterday, after he courted the support of hardline Islamic groups opposed to the Chinese-Christian incumbent.
Observers said the victory of 47-year-old Anies Baswedan signalled the rising political clout of Islamic hardliners in the world’s most populous Moslem nation, where leaders have sought to promote pluralism after violent riots in 1998 targeted the tiny but affluent Chinese community.
A sample count extracted from the nearly six million ballots cast showed Baswedan secured 58 per cent of the vote, against 42 per cent for the incumbent Basuki Tjahaja Purnama.
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[NYDailyNews] A retired Army general who worked in the Pentagon has been hit with multiple rape charges for the alleged assault of at least one minor three decades ago.
Maj. Gen. James Grazioplene faces six charges for alleged rapes that happened in 1983 and 1989, the Army announced Friday. If convicted, he faces life in prison and the loss of his pension.
The Army released no other details about the case, and it remains unclear why the charges came now.
A key point. Also, who brought this to the Army's attention, and when did they do so? Why was the NY Daily News informed at this stage of the proceedings, when the general is supposed to be presumed innocent? And was this story shopped around like Mr. Trump's imaginary peeing Russian prostitutes before a sucker was found to print it?
As a retiree, Grazioplene remains subject to the military’s law, the Uniform Code of Military Justice. He will next face an Article 32 hearing that will determine if his case will face a court martial.
Grazioplene, from Virginia, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. and entered the Army in 1972 as an armor officer.
Before retiring in 2005, he worked as the the director of force development in the Pentagon’s Joint Warfighting Capabilities Assessment.
Grazioplene’s LinkedIn page says that after leaving the military he has worked with the military contractors DynCorp International and Mission Readiness LLC. Descendants of the late Kay Summersby claim 'inappropriate command influence.' Soon to insist on charges and damage claims against General Eisenhower estate. Ike may be exhumed and returned to active duty to stand charges. More at 1100.
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Though it may have taken some time, Theresa May has finally woken up and seen sense. The Prime Minister had repeatedly ruled out even the possibility of calling a General Election, most recently late last month.
This was plain bonkers. It has long been obvious to anyone with a scintilla of political intelligence that a General Election was the only course of action. Indeed, I have called for just such a bold decision in these pages since the start of the year.
Now, Mrs May has the opportunity to secure for herself a personal mandate as Prime Minister. She can negotiate Brexit on her own terms. She can win the substantial parliamentary majority she desperately needs, rather than scrape by on a tiny majority that barely stretches past single figures. And she can change British politics for ever.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least thirteen key leaders of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group offshoot loyalists were killed in the US Arclight airstrike in eastern Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province of Afghanistan, involving the GBU-43 bomb.
The Ministry of Defense deputy front man Mohammad Radmanish said the Indian, Pak, and Tajik nationals are among those killed.
He said the 13 ISIS leaders killed in the Arclight airstrike were key members of the terrorist group.
In the meantime, sources privy of the development have said the senior ISIS leaders killed in the Arclight airstrike have been identified as Mumtaz and Afsar from Orakzai agency of Pakistain, former Lashkar-e-Taiba ...the Army of the Pure, an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI... leader Shahidullah Shahid and another holy warrior of the same group Omran.
The sources further added that the other leaders killed in the raid have been identified as Aftab, a resident of Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... province of Pakistain, and Mohammad and Alogita from India.
A Tajikistan holy warrior identified as Sediqi, Noorak, Hamid, and Haji Saeed, residents of Afghanistan were also killed in the Arclight airstrike.
The bomb was dropped around 7:30 pm local time on Thursday, a move which was widely welcomed by the local residents and tribal elders of Nangarhar.
A number of the tribal elders appeared in a gathering after the Arclight airstrike was conducted on Friday and urged for further strikes to clear the province from the presence of ISIS holy warriors.
The Ministry of Defense Chief of Staff Gen. Murad Ali Murad said earlier this week that the number of the holy warriors killed in the Arclight airstrike has reached to 95.
Speaking during a presser on Sunday, Gen. Murad said the corpse count could rise as the clearance operation is underway after the bomb was dropped
The Arclight airstrike has resulted into the elimination of the strategic hideout of the terrorist group in Nangarhar, Gen. Muad said, adding that the civilians did not suffer any casualties.
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Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Security troops heightened measures at the liberated regions and searched for Islamic State militants, in south of Mosul, a source from Nineveh police said.
“Security forces imposed tight measures in Qayyarah and Hamam al-Alil towns and arrested 16 IS members,” Captain Jasem Mohamed told BasNews.
“Several others, who were hiding among displaced families at Hamam al-Alil camps, were arrested over doubts of involvement with IS,” he added.
Interior Ministry’s Rapid Response forces declared recapturing 30 percent of western Mosul’s Old City.
Iraqi government forces, backed by a U.S-led coalition and paramilitary troops, launched an offensive in October 2016 to recapture Mosul, the group’s largest stronghold in Iraq.
The eastern side of the city was recaptured in January. A new offensive was launched in February to retake the western side. Battles in the west are believed to be much more difficult due to the density of residential areas and the high number of civilians.
Retaking Mosul could be symbolic blow to the extremist group’s self-styled “Islamic Caliphate” declared in 2014 when the group occupied several parts of the country.
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) A civilian was killed, others were wounded due to shelling by Iraqi troops as well as the Islamic State at several districts in Mosul.
“One person was killed, four others were injured on the liberated district of al-Jazair in western Mosul as a mortar missile was shot from regions still held by IS in the west of the city,” a security source told Shafaq News on Wednesday.
Another bombing occurred at the same place leaving three persons wounded, the source added.
In related news, residents said six civilians were wounded due to artillery and mortar shelling by Iraqi troops against Hawi al-Kanisah region, still held by IS, in the west.
Meanwhile, Federal Police announced killing of top aide of IS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in western Mosul.
Lt. Gen. Shaker Jawdat, commander of the Federal Police service, said in a statement that “troops killed the top aide of IS leader called ‘Abu Abd al-Rahman’ in shelling that targeted al-Zanjili district.”
“The troops also killed abul Walid al-Tounsi and four of his companions as their headquarters near Al-Aswad mosque in the Old City,” Jawdat said. “Another Russian national member called Abu Maria al-Roumi was killed in Ras al-Jadda neighborhood.”
IS members raised alert earlier this week as Hassab-Allah al-Qawqazi was killed by unknown gunmen near his home in central Tal Afar.
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) An Islamic State intelligence official died Wednesday when U.S.-led coalition airstrikes targeted him in western Mosul, according to the Iraqi Directorate of General Military Intelligence.
The directorate said it had received information that Ahmed Khaled Najm, aka Abu Obaida, was killed in an airstrike while moving on a motorbike at al-Zanjili district.
It said Abu Obaida was Islamic State’s area intelligence official for al-Tayaran district.
Iraqi forces recaptured the eastern side of Mosul in January after three months of fighting with IS, and sat on a new offensive in February to retake the western region. Commanders said earlier this month that the Islamic State was controlling only less than seven percent of Iraqi territory, and that only six districts remained to declare western Mosul free from militants.
IS has lost many of its senior commanders since operations launched to retake the western side of Mosul.
Iraqi police commanders said earlier on Wednesday they recaptured 30 percent of western Mosul’s Old City, a strategic IS bastion which is viewed as vital for realizing final victory over the extremist group.
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) A Federal Police Officer announced, on Wednesday, foiling a massive attack launched by the Islamic State group on central Mosul.
Major Ali Mohsen said in a press statement that security forces managed to foil an attack launched by the Islamic State group on al-Farouq area, in central Mosul.
The terrorist group attacked the area using three booby-trapped vehicles and a bulldozer, Mohsen added.
Furthermore, Mohsen pointed out that the Islamic State also fired a mortar shell on al-Jazair area, east of Mosul, killing a civilian and wounding three others.
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[LibyaHerald] Fighting in Tarhouna on Monday is now said to have resulted in some 15 people, almost all from one family, being killed according to the local municipal council.
The dead, mostly from the Basbusa family, are said to have included three children and a 70-year-old wheelchair-bound man.
Reports claim that those responsible were the local Kani brigade, a outwardly Islamist, family-controlled militia which now dominates the formerly pro-Qaddafi town.
It is said that members of the Basbusa family attacked the town’s joint operations rooms after one of its members had been arrested. A number of the attackers are believed to have been killed in the assault but it also resulted in one of the defenders –a member of the Kani brigade – being injured. The brigade then allegedly attacked others of the Basbusa family.
For its part, though, the municipal council has denounced reporting of the issue, claiming that the press plus social media in Bani Walid and the Wirshefana area were deliberately stirring up what it insisted had simply been a local incident. It accused them of interfering in an “internal affair”, claiming that the local authorities were perfectly able to deal with it. The town was otherwise perfectly safe, it alleged. In gesture of defiance, it closed the road from Tarhouna to Bani Walid.
Local elders too have tried to gloss over the killings claiming the town is stable.
Far from calming the situation, the stance has resulted in angry rejection of it on social media and elsewhere.
In a statement today condemning the killings, UN special envoy Martin Kobler demanded a prompt and full investigation into what happened, and those responsible brought to justice. Witnesses and relatives of the victims also had to be protected, he said.
“It is time to ensure accountability for such shocking crimes. I call on the Government to provide the necessary support to prosecutorial authorities to investigate this and other such cases in Libya,” he insisted.
The Kani brigade has been accused of responsibility for a number of other outrages.
They were accused of involvement in the slaughter of the Habshi family in March 2015. In August the same year, following protests in part of the town at the death sentences passed on Saif Al-Islam and Abdullah Senussi, the brigade shelled the area when it was blocked from entering it and arresting the protestors. Five months later, three people were reported to have been killed in clashes between the Kani and local opponents. The brigade allegedly responded by blowing up the opponents’ homes.
Almost a year ago, the family of a murdered local colonel, Abdullah Sweissi, accused the brigade of responsibility for his killing.
Most recently, in January, the Kani were accused of carrying out the Garabulli massacre in which at least eight civilians died.
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[DAWN] The Senate Standing Committee on Interior on Tuesday asked the government to refer the lynching of Mashal Khan to the military courts instead of holding a judicial inquiry.
Committee members argued that the order for a judicial inquiry was given to delay the matter, and also directed that the video of the attack on Khan, which has been widely circulated on social media, be banned and the names of the suspect be put on the exit control list.
Khan was a student at the Abdul Wali Khan University in Mardan who was lynched by a mob on the university premises over allegations of blasphemy.
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[RT] The list includes Algeria, Bahrain, Brunei, India, Iran, Qatar, China, North Korea, Kuwait, Morocco, Mexico, UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Tunisia, Turkey, and Japan.
The new rule could dramatically increase the number of tourists to the region, according to the Ministry of Far East Development.
Russia has claimed it can disable the entire US Navy in one fell swoop using powerful electronic signal jamming. That's nothing. We have technology that can jam Putin's toilet. From mainland USA!
A news report from the country ‐ where the media is essentially controlled by the state ‐ said the technology could render planes, ships and missiles useless. So why would they set themselves up to either look like fools or complicit fools when their vaunted technology doesn't work? I don't recall the Russians really being this reckless.
The newsreader says: "Today, our Russian Electronic Warfare (REW) troops can detect and neutralise any target from a ship’s system and a radar, to a satellite." I'm going to call BS on the satellite part of the claim. And by proximity, I'm calling bs on the rest.
The news report claims a single Russian war plane flew several times around American destroyer the USS Donald Cook in the Black Sea several years ago, disabling its systems and leaving it helpless. I remember the incident. I remember Russia bragging about it. Does anyone know if the Russians' statements have anything to do with reality? It's a pretty ballsy statement, especially since I'm sure our military knows whether or not it's true. If not, why bother? Yet they bothered . . . .
The report also claims they are capable to creating electronic jamming domes over their bases that make them invisible on radar screens. Look for the hole and shoot it.
The propaganda piece even quotes top US General Frank Gorenc as saying: "Russian electronic weapons completely paralyse the functioning of American electronic equipment installed on missiles, aircraft and ships." Only if it's electronics that were manufactured in China. But nobody would be so dumb as to do such a thing.
The reporter adds: "You don’t need to have expensive weapons to win ‐ powerful radio-electronic jamming is enough." Suppose it's truly as simple as they claim. By that token, I'm sure an aircraft carrier should be able to do the same to the Russians, especially since the carrier has a whole lot more power available than can be packed into a missile or airplane. So it must be something else they are referring to. If it's even true.
The news comes after Donald Trump dispatched the USS Carl Vinson, powered by nuclear reactors, carrying almost 100 aircraft and accompanied by destroyers, a cruiser, and a submarine to the Korean Peninsula.
And the commander-in-chief is said to be bolstering American deployment in the region by sending the USS Ronald Reagan and the USS Nimitz to the Sea of Japan next week. The MSM says since he hasn't sent them yet, that he's not serious because he isn't going to start a war on the MSM's timetable. Therefore we can't call this 'bolstering'.
Russia, along with China, is said to have sent a spy ship to the area to ward off the task force amid rising tensions in the region. So they can watch what we do. And go to school.
And Putin urged the US to show "restraint". I think Russia should go first. They can start with Pravda.
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I dunno man, I think warships are dependent as never before on electronics and computers, and making them crash remotely is a far better idea than hitting them with bombs. It's a huge vulnerability and to mock it is just whistling past the graveyard.
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After the utter failure of the "impenetrable" Russian supplied SAM network in Syria two weeks ago, it seems the Russians have now caught the Iranian wonder-weapon disease to boost their morale.
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Okay, an ex-co-worker and friend designed and built the woodpecker radars (Duga + Chernobyl).
Everything under the sun including mind reading rays has been claimed for them.
He? He just laughed.
It was a phased array radar system where phases were controlled by lengths of carefully tuned and cut coaxial cable. We are talking extreme brute force analog here!
When I introduced him to an old PavePaws designer and the 2 talked he claimed the could sense any plane over the South Pole region from the Chernobyl location.
I asked him sense or locate.
Answer was "We could resolve his latitude but not his longitude!"
That can be a big damn circle to hit!
So the purpose? Take Russian claims with more than a grain of salt!
[Breitbart] U.S. Customs and Border Protection is planning to unveil a facial recognition program that will track visa holders at U.S. airports while using the same technology on drones to patrol the southern border.
The system, called Biometric Exit, is currently being tested on a one-way flight from Atlanta to Tokyo and is expected to be rolled out to more airports this summer after being expedited by the Trump Administration, according to a report from The Verge.
The current practice used by Customs and Border Protection agents is to take photos and fingerprints of every visa holder who enters the U.S., but there is no system in place to verify that a visa holder has left before their visa expires. This is where Biometric Exit comes in.
Passengers will have their photos taken at the airport before boarding flights, that photo will cross-reference with "passport-style photos provided with the visa application." If there is no match, then that will raise flags about whether the visitor entered the United States illegally.
Jeddah – The legitimate Yemeni government has found new evidence on the Houthi militia’s involvement in “using displaced foreigners as human shields on the battle frontline.”
The government also found other evidence that confirms Houthi involvement in attracting non-Yemeni fighters from the Horn of Africa to join the frontlines after making them undergo intensive training.
Non-Yemeni fighters arrive in Yemen for different purposes. Some seek financial gains for participating in the fighting and others arrive with the goal of migration, but then find themselves recruited to fight after undergoing training by Iranian experts, premiership sources told Asharq Al-Awsat.
Sources noted that the government is preparing a comprehensive file that proves the involvement of Houthi rebels and the Iranian regime in recruiting foreigners to fight against legitimate forces.
The file will be referred to the United Nations Security Council, according to the sources, especially after the conflicts in Mokha and Taiz revealed the presence of fighters from the Horn of Africa among rebel ranks.
According to sources, the file includes documents that prove the involvement of the Iranian regime in sending dozens of ships carrying weapons and mercenaries to support the Houthi rebellion.
They explained that shipments that have been monitored and were conducted over phases during the past 12 months.
Legitimate government agencies noted that non-Yemeni infiltrators, who have been spotted among the ranks of the Houthi rebellion, include Somalis and Ethiopians.
Yemeni Minister of Local Administration Abd al-Raqib Fatah confirmed, in a phone call with Asharq Al-Awsat on Tuesday, that the Houthi insurgency has indeed been involved in using refugees from the Horn of Africa as human shields.
This was revealed days after the International Organization for Migration announced the voluntary evacuation of some 130 Somali refugees in Yemen to their country through the port of Aden in southern Yemen.
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] ISIS terrorist group used mustard gas against the Iraqi army unit with US and Australian advisers, leaving over 20 servicemen injured, US media reported.
The incident occurred on Sunday with 25 Iraqi soldiers having been injured, the CBS News broadcaster reported. The foreign advisers sustained no injuries.
Two Iraqi army officials told CBS News that gas masks and other equipment were given to soldiers as more attacks are likely to happen.
Earlier this month, the municipality chief of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... told Sputnik that the ISISforces of Evil had used shells with poisonous gas against civilians and government troops. Another case of using chemical weapons in Mosul by ISISforces of Evil was reported in March.
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[FOXNEWS] Fox News is cutting ties with Bill O’Reilly, the biggest star in its 20-year history, after mounting allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior prompted the network to end his program. "Mounting allegations": Well played, Fox News, well played... “After a thorough and careful review of the allegations,” parent company 21st Century Fox said in a statement, “the company and Bill O’Reilly have agreed that Bill O’Reilly will not be returning to the Fox News Channel.”
Today’s decision seemed unimaginable a few short weeks ago, given O’Reilly’s long reign as the top-rated host in cable news.
I seem to recall that the Murdoch sons took over running the empire when Papa stepped back not all that long ago, and that the sons are considerably more liberal than their father...
Guilty until proven innocent. Aging white, male, conservative or something, Trump supporter. No surprises here. Those left behind at Fox should be watching their 0600.
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If you can't believe mounting allegations from people who just might possibly be looking for a payday or their 15 minutes of fame, what's the world coming to? Cui bono, baby!
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Dunno about the sexual harassment. Wouldn't be surprised, though. Some of the accusations go back many, many years. IMHO, the guy always generated more heat than light on his show. His interviews had a disturbing tendency to degenerate into shouting matches so that I couldn't tell what was being said. He came across as a bully who yelled at his guests if they didn't give the answers he wanted. I couldn't watch him and as a result never watched Fox. If they can get somebody better maybe I'll try them again.
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Expect more of these lawsuits, and purges by panicked Murdoch Jr's as a result. Ailes got 20Million going away, O'Reilly is getting 25Million. People will be looking to make a quick pay-day off of Fox News for the next couple years.
Also now that he's gone, the accusations against O'Reilly will disappear under the threat of counter-suit by said man. He's no longer under the auspices of the Fox News Legal Team.
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[AnNahar] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's top election authority on Wednesday rejected an opposition bid to annul the referendum on expanding President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... 's powers after complaints of vote-rigging, state media reported.
Ten members of the Supreme Election Board (YSK) decided against annulling the vote, while only one voted in favor, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) had Tuesday requested the poll be scrapped due to alleged violations.
The 'Yes' camp won 51.41 percent in Sunday's referendum in a narrower-than-expected victory but the opposition claimed the outcome would have been reversed in a fair poll.
To the dismay of opposition parties and 'No' supporters, the YSK made a last-minute decision on Sunday to accept ballot documents in envelopes without an official stamp.
That also sparked protests from individuals who opposed constitutional changes granting Erdogan strengthened executive powers and who formed long queues to submit their petitions.
Bulent Tezcan, CHP deputy leader, said the YSK decision sparked a "serious legitimacy crisis," in an interview with CNN-Turk television.
"We will activate all legal channels," he said, adding that the party would map out its policy after meeting legal experts on Thursday.
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[Ynet] Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday ordered an investigation into corruption allegations against a senior civil servant related to the use of funds intended for handling a humanitarian crisis in the northeast of the country.
The director general of the National Intelligence Agency was also ordered to be suspended after the discovery of more than $43 million in an apartment complex in Lagos
...that'll be enough to feed the internal refugees from Boko Haram's depredations for a bit. Did they find it in the freezer?
in what the presidency described as a "related development".
Buhari suspended David Babachir Lawal, secretary to the Nigerian government, and ordered a probe into contracts awarded under the Presidential Initiative on the North East (PINE), his front man said in a statement.
[DAWN] MASHAL Khan was neither the first nor is he the last victim of the religious bigotry that has become so pervasive in our society. The gruesome lynching of the young Mardan university student shows how easy it is to inflame a mindless mob in the name of faith. The men who pumped bullets into Mashal and beat his lifeless body were mostly his fellow students.
Most horrific was the alleged role of some faculty members and university employees in inciting the students to violence and that too on trumped-up blasphemy charges. A seat of higher learning was the venue of the incident and a mob of educated men were involved in this beastly act. This kind of medieval barbarity is unprecedented even in this country where human life comes cheap.
It was murder most foul and the motive was to silence a brilliant student who dared to speak his mind and question what was going wrong at the university and in the country. It apparently angered some in the university management and they sought to teach him a lesson for being so outspoken. The charge of blasphemy came in handy to inflame sentiments.
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Two strikes apparently carried out by US drones killed overnight five suspected al-Qaeda members as they were travelling through two Yemeni provinces, an official and military sources said on Wednesday.
One strike hit a vehicle in the southern province of Shabwa, killing two suspected militants, the sources said.
A second hit a car in the province of Marib, east of the capital Sana’a, killing three, they added.
A local official said that authorities had not been able to identify those killed because the bodies were so badly burnt.
Washington has sharply intensified its air war against militants from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) since President Donald Trump took office in January.
The Pentagon said on April 3 that it had carried out more than 70 strikes against jihadist targets in Yemen since February 28.
Washington regards al-Qaeda’s Yemen-based branch as its most dangerous and accuses it of plotting multiple attacks against the West.
In late January, at least 30 people were killed in a US commando dawn raid in southern Yemen, including at least 10 women and children, in the first such military operation authorized by Trump.
The new US administration has not yet laid out a clear policy on drone strikes, but Trump has said he would support an escalation of the fight against militant groups.
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[Ynet] Authorities say a man picked up the gun that a suspect used to kill three white men in a racially charged attack in Fresno and are urging him to turn himself in.
Police Chief Jerry Dyer also told news hounds Wednesday that it's "very rare" for a homicide suspect to cooperate with Sherlocks in recounting the killings. Dyer says he believes Kori Ali Muhammad, who is black, was "proud" of what he did.
Muhammad yelled "holy shit! Allahu akbar," or "God is great," during his arrest and described himself as Moslem but says he practiced voodoo rituals and prays to seven different gods.
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A useful link, Skidmark. More from the Daily Mail, which missed the voodoo and reading about police suspicions online at Starbucks:
The family of suspected Fresno shooter Kori Muhammad said his dislike of white people had been simmering for years following a series of ’bad experiences’.
Muhammad’s cousin, Sharisse Kemp ‐ who has been appointed family spokesperson - says Muhammad joined the Nation of Islam as a young man but had ’moved away’ from that later in life.
’I wouldn’t even say he was tied to any specific religion,’ she said.
Kemp, a 33-year-old social worker who lives in Sacramento, said her cousin was single and had been working as a washing machine service repairman alongside his father Vincent Taylor in Fresno. As a hobby he enjoyed recording rap songs.
Kemp said her cousin had struggled with his mental health in the past and had been institutionalized, but had improved in recent years and wasn’t taking any medication.
’Was he wandering around, hallucinating or having anything that we felt like put him in danger of himself or the possibility of harming others, no,’ she said.
Muhammad has a lengthy criminal record, including a dismissed felony charge of unlawful firearm possession in 2004.
He was deemed mentally unfit to stand trial in 2005 after a grand jury indicted him on cocaine and firearm possession.
Court documents in that case stated that Muhammad 'suffered auditory hallucinations and had at least two prior mental health hospitalizations.'
A federal judge later declared him mentally fit in 2006 and he subsequently served 92 months in prison.
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have managed to advance closer to the center of northern Syrian city of Al Tabqah and kill 47 ISISsnuffies in the area since Monday, local media reported Wednesday.
According to the Firat news agency, the SDF advanced 0.3 miles in the city’s Alexandria neighborhood and 0.6 miles in Ayid Saxir neighborhood as part of its operation Wrath of Euphrates.
In November 2016, the SDF, which predominately consists of Kurdish fighters but also includes members of the Syrian Arab Coalition, launched an operation called the Wrath of Euphrates to seize control over Syria’s Raqqa, the de facto ISIS capital. Al Tabqah is located some 27 miles to the east of Raqqa.
On April 14, the SDF announced the start of the fourth stage of the campaign, this time aiming to clear rural areas of the Raqqa province of snuffies in preparation for the final liberation of the territory.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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[CNN] The US is seeing evidence that the Chinese military is preparing for a potential North Korea contingency, a US defense official told CNN Thursday.
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - An early morning bomb threat prompted an investigation and closure of the main gate to Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado.
The National Union party youth organization decided to celebrate the hunger strike of imprisoned Fatah terrorists with a barbecue in front of Ofer Prison, where among others the leaders of the terrorist protest are incarcerated.
[NYT] "I just wanted to check," the teacher said. "Your child wants to be called a boy, right? Or is she a boy that wants to be called a girl? Which is it again?"
[SA Medical Journal] The programme which trains South Africans as doctors in Cuba will expand nearly tenfold for the next 5 years, pouring 1 000 undergraduates annually into our currently under-resourced local medical campuses from 2018 onwards. For the past 3 years, the annual output of Cuban-trained South Africans, ’polished up’ in their final year at local medical schools, came to about 8% of the 1 300 graduates fully-trained locally.
[Breitbart] On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s "Morning Joe," New York Times White House Correspondent Glenn Thrush reported, "my inbox this morning’s been flooded by Democrats who are sort of saying Ossoff was a terrible candidate."
[Free Beacon] Two-time failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spied on her own campaign staff's emails after her first loss in 2008 to Barack Obama.
[DAILYPOST.NG] Bauchi State Police Command has announced the acrest of one Muhammad Adamu Nafiu, male, aged 25, of Balanga, Gombe State, at Tama village in Toro LGA of the state.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Pak military has rejected employment of proxies as the country is facing criticisms for allowing the terrorist groups, including the notorious Haqqani terrorist network to use its soil for the attacks in Afghanistan.
[DAWN] WHILE Pakistain has been ravaged by militancy for many years, there have not been enough efforts, neither at the state level nor within academia, to discover what makes a
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The shadow governor of the Taliban group for northern Baghlan province was killed along with four other senior commanders of the group during a night operation conducted by the Afghan army commandos.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least five Pak 
[THEGUARDIAN] Machine learning algorithms are picking up deeply ingrained race and gender prejudices concealed within the patterns of language use, scientists say.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least thirteen key leaders of the 
Russia has claimed it can disable the entire US Navy in one fell swoop using powerful electronic signal jamming.
Jeddah – The legitimate Yemeni government has found new evidence on the Houthi militia’s involvement in “using displaced foreigners as human shields on the battle frontline.”
[AnNahar] 
[Ynet] Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday ordered an investigation into corruption allegations against a senior civil servant related to the use of funds intended for handling a humanitarian crisis in the northeast of the country.
[DAWN] MASHAL Khan was neither the first nor is he the last victim of the religious bigotry that has become so pervasive in our society. The gruesome lynching of the young Mardan university student shows how easy it is to inflame a mindless mob in the name of faith. The men who pumped bullets into Mashal and beat his lifeless body were mostly his fellow students.
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have managed to advance closer to the center of northern Syrian city of Al Tabqah and kill 47 
