North Korea has fired another ballistic missile, the US military has now confirmed.
The missile was launched eastward from Pyongsong in North Korea's South Pyongan Province during the middle of the night local time, according to a statement issued by the South Korean Military's joint chiefs of staff today.
The news was confirmed by a US Government source.
South Korean and American officials are currently working together to determine the missile's trajectory and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has ordered an emergency cabinet meeting.
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Pudgy needs to be neutralized BEFORE he has armed these missiles with nukes.
[JammieWearingFools] Considering this guy is only 63 and the shelf life of corrupt Democrats is well into their 80s (hello John Conyers!), there must be something really bad coming for this clown.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., a longtime advocate for comprehensive immigration reform and critic of the Trump administration, is retiring from Congress, Fox News confirms.
Gutierrez held an event in Chicago on Monday alongside Mayor Rahm Emanuel and is slated to hold a news conference in Chicago on Tuesday morning.
The 63-year-old congressman has served his Chicago district since 1993 and is a senior member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. A Puerto Rican, he has been a lead proponent in recent weeks of providing federal aid to storm-ravaged Puerto Rico. He also has been arrested this year outside Trump Tower in New York protesting the president’s strict immigration enforcement policy.
But Gutierrez also was among the harshest critics of former President Barack Obama, whom he called the "deporter in chief" for ordering immigration agencies to deport hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants. He strongly disagreed with Obama’s ‐ and his then-chief of staff Emanuel’s decision ‐ to use the early years of his presidency to push for health-care reform instead of an immigration overhaul.
Before the Thanksgiving recess, Gutierrez told The Washington Post that he was planning to file the roughly 800 signatures he needed to collect in order to run for re-election.
If it’s not a sexual assault, it’s likely something more along Democrat lines, like embezzlement. Let’s face it, he’s in a safe seat and just recently said he was planning to file for re-election.
The other shoe waiting to drop must be a doozy.
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[Newsweek] Ships believed to have come from North Korea and filled with dead bodies and skeletons have been washing up on the west coast of Japan, as desperate fishermen are forced further and further out to sea in search of a catch.
Japanese authorities said Monday they uncovered the skeletons of eight individuals from the hull of one wooden boat that washed ashore on Miyazawa beach in the northwest of Japan's main island of Honshu.
According to CNN the unidentified "ghost ship" was spotted by the Akita Coast Guard drifting offshore Friday but it wasn’t until it came into land that the grisly discovery was made.
It is not entirely clear the boat came from North Korea but the discovery of the wooden vessel fits a pattern of debris and other boats being washed up from the waters of the hermit nation on the Japanese coast, officials said.
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This has been happening for a few years now. Speculation is the dead are army soldiers with little or no experience fishing on the open ocean. Goes to show just how desperate the NORKS are for something to eat.
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Don't soldiers have a compass?
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#2 Don't soldiers have a compass?
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...Some Nork officers might have compasses...but anybody else with a compass might decide to make a break for it.
Mike
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Maps and compasses weaken the proletarian and juche spirit, just like too much food
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The USS Fitzgerald, a Navy destroyer that was damaged in June after a deadly collision with a cargo ship off the coast of Japan, suffered two punctures to its hull on Sunday while being loaded onto a transport ship destined for the US, according to the service.
Already crippled as a result of the June 17 collision that killed seven US sailors, the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer was headed to Mississippi for repairs but was forced to return to its home port in Yokosuka, Japan, when it sustained additional damage in an incident involving a heavy lift transport vessel called the Transshelf.
"Fitzgerald returned to repair two punctures in her hull caused by the heavy lift vessel's steel support structure during on load at anchorage," the US Navy 7th Fleet said in a statement.
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[Tucker Carlson at FOX] An Obama-appointed inspector general said he was marginalized and threatened when he raised alarm about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email server.
Charles McCullough, who oversaw the intelligence community, said he contacted then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper about the issue.
McCullough said he was later told not to report his concerns to Clapper, and received "personal blowback... to my family [and] my office."
"Emails beyond Top Secret passed through the unsecured server," he said.
McCullough later told Catherine Herridge that he found out he would be one of the first firings of Hillary Clinton's prospective administration.
Herridge said she didn't not receive an immediate response to McCullough's report from Clinton campaign officials.
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Creating a hostile workplace is one of the least serious of her crimes. She has a string of hostile workplaces trailing behind her and maybe deadly.
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So mmaterials at the TS-SCI codeword level were passed through the server, and it is highly likely that the classifications and other header materials were stripped by her close underlings, the very same ones that were given full immunity by the FBI during the laughable "investigation" and cannot be pressured to answer. There cannot be more convincing proof of the utter corruption of this evil woman, or the duplicity of the FBI and Comey, or the certainty that there are two standards of justice in America.
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So mmaterials at the TS-SCI codeword level were passed through the server, and it is highly likely that the classifications and other header materials were stripped by her close underlings
Loaded onto a thumb drive and sneakernet'd to an UNCLAS box. I'd bet money on it.
[Telegraph] John Profumo, the Tory minister forced out following a notorious 1960s sex scandal, was for years in correspondence with a glamorous German spy, sending her endearing notes on Commons notepaper, according to newly declassified MI5 records.
The politician met the model Gisela Winegard at Oxford in the 1930s before she went on to work for German intelligence in wartime Paris, and kept in touch until at least the 1950s.
Her file released at the National Archives in Kew also includes claims made by her husband that the couple had separated because he found compromising letters to her from Mr Profumo.
At the height of the Profumo Affair in 1963, MI6 sent a letter and files to MI5 investigations head Arthur Martin about Profumo’s contacts with Winegard, maiden name Klein, and outlining her exploits.
The MI6 officer, Cyril Mackay, wrote: "Although it is not particularly relevant to the current notorious case, Geoffrey thought you might like to have for your files the attached copy of a report from our representative [redacted], dated 2nd October 1950, which makes mention of an association between Gisela Klein and Profumo which began ca 1933 and had apparently not ceased at the time of this report."
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At the height of the Profumo Affair in 1963, MI6 sent a letter and files to MI5 investigations head Arthur Martin about Profumo’s contacts with Winegard, maiden name Klein, and outlining her exploits.
The MI6 officer, Cyril Mackay, wrote: "Although it is not particularly relevant to the current notorious case, Geoffrey thought you might like to have for your files the attached copy of a report from our representative [redacted], dated 2nd October 1950, which makes mention of an association between Gisela Klein and Profumo which began ca 1933 and had apparently not ceased at the time of this report."
MI6 Christopher Steele and Former FBI Director James Comey photo. Perhaps there really is.... "nothing new under the sun."
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Mr Profumo’s political downfall came in 1963 when was forced to resign amid lurid disclosures of high-society sex parties and claims he had shared a mistress, Christine Keeler, with a Soviet defence attache. He quit politics and devoted himself to charity work, going on to receive the CBE before dying aged 91 in 2006.
'Penance' for such sordid sins took a lifetime to achieve.
[Feral Jundi] Finally.... Man, what an incredibly exhausting and horrible experience for all of those involved. These men definitely suffered at the hands of a legal system in India that was out of control. These guys rotted in prison for four years and were initially given a sentence of five years back in January of 2016. They had been detained and in prison since 2013, so these guys have definitely been jerked around. Bravo to the friends and family as well as the legal teams and politicians that fought so hard to get them released. Telegraph Story here.
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It seems like India didn't want to protect their territorial waters. It seems like they didn't want others to either. Good the crew was released but sad that justice took so long.
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[Strategic Culture Foundation] What the Pentagon pulled out of its hat was the Islamic State in the Sahel, conveniently abbreviated as "ISIS." With the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the original ISIS, on the run in the Middle East, the Pentagon saw an opportunity to give the terrorist group a rebirth in West Africa, while also blaming it for the deaths of the US servicemen. But the actual reason for the obfuscation from the Oval Office was to avoid having one of the Pentagon’s most fraudulent and discredited programs making it back on to the front pages of the newspapers.
There is every indication that what transpired near the village of Tongo Tongo in Niger was the result of a decision by the Trump administration to bolster the costly and dubious Pentagon program called the Human Terrain System (HTS).
Using anthropologists, sociologists, and linguists possessing higher degrees, the Pentagon created HTS to conduct ethnographic surveys of conflict zones in order to take advantage of inter-tribal conflicts to achieve quick military dominance over a targeted region. HTS has been charged with exacerbating tensions between various indigenous groups and tribes to create intelligence "opportunities" for the US military. In 2012, the Pentagon announced that HTS would be extended from South Asia, Chicago, Southern California and the Middle East to Latin America and Africa.
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HTS has been charged with exacerbating tensions between various indigenous groups and tribes to create intelligence "opportunities" for the US military.
The "opportunity" to gather intelligence (by constantly stirring shi* up) is simply an intermediate objective. The long-term goal is political regime change. But of course the ownership of regime change resides not with the Army, but elsewhere.
Evil Russian hackers and political election interlopers, they're everywhere I tell you.
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anthropologists, sociologists, and linguists possessing higher degrees
As a member, I would say this community fails in good science by maintaining the false hope of 'What they are is what they do.' Not so from this soapbox. The many incursions into Eastern and Western Asia and now Africa continue to demonstrate cultures of differentiated behavior and decision making processes. Local normality is not Global rationality, no matter how much we should want to make it so. Tough to blame on the Oval Office when these facts have been ignored for hundreds of years.
[Free Beacon] MSNBC host Joy Reid on Saturday said rural Americans pose a "core threat to our democracy" because 70 percent of the population is expected to live in the 15 largest states in 2040.
Her comment came in response to a column in the Wall Street Journal in which author Gerald Seib discussed American government and various global threats confronting democracy. Seib used projected population change to argue that many urban Americans will be underrepresented in the Senate in the coming decades.
"Because of the way the Electoral College works, two of the past three presidents first won office while losing the popular vote. And David Birdsell, dean of the school of public and international affairs at Baruch College, notes that by 2040, about 70% of Americans are expected to live in the 15 largest states. They will have only 30 senators representing them, while the remaining 30% of Americans will have 70 senators representing them," Seib wrote.
Reid quoted MSNBC producer Kyle Griffin's tweet, which cited the figures from the Wall Street Journal, and said the rural minority's level of representation constitutes are a "core threat to our democracy." She said rural Americans will continue to "have disproportionate power over the urban majority."
Colin Kaepernick be damned and an enthusiastic hat tip to Ms. Reid. She clearly and unmistakenly validates the existence of the 'Culture War.'
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Crime ridden, government dependent urban tumors and multicultural 'sanctuary cities' really are the key to the development of modern society. You'll see.
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Without the Electoral College, the small states would not have join the new union under the Constitution. There wouldn't be a 'United States' and therefore no need to fight a civil war where over 250,000 mostly white farm boys from the north would never have to 'give their full measure of devotion' to put the 13th Amendment into the document. Rural Americans are the reason you have a form of classical democracy, not to be confused the Ms. Reid's "Peoples Democratic Republic of" soviet authoritarian style government.
Thomas Jefferson’s agrarian observations are scattered throughout his letters and other documents. “Those who labour in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen people, whose breasts he has made his peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue. . . .” he declaims in Query XIX of Notes on the State of Virginia (1781–82). “Corruption of morals in the mass of cultivators is a phenomenon of which no age nor nation has furnished an example.” Jefferson and the other Anti-Federalists believed that yeoman farming nurtured a spirit of self- reliance that made economic—and therefore genuine political—independence possible. In that fact lay farming’s principle value.
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Univ. of Toronto Psychology Professor Jordan B. Peterson tweets "Those who have accomplished something as individuals have no need to be proud of their race." (not in reference to this story but as a general comment).
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Being an imbecile Joy-Joy kept referring to the Senate instead of the HoR in her remarks. Population effects HoR whereas number of states effects Senate. She's a dummy!
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Back at you Joy. We feel much the same way about you.
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Probably thinks farms should be nationalized. And farmers should be employees of the government. So government can control them - and also the food supply. If it's not about money, it's abot control.
[Al Jazeera] At least 80 people have been killed in just over 24 hours in suspected Russian and Syrian government shelling in the eastern and southern parts of Syria.
The majority of those killed were civilians.
In the eastern province of Deir Az Zor, suspected Russian warplanes hit al-Shafah village on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River on Sunday, killing about 51 people.
Four others were killed in an attack on the village of al-Darnaj, also on Sunday, raising the corpse count in the province to 55.
Deir Az Zor province is one of the final Syrian redoubts 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 the Levant (ISIS, also known as ISIS) after the gang was pushed out of its main strongholds, including Raqqa and Deir Az Zor city.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The prominent commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ al-Quds Force, Major General Qassem Suleimani , was filmed giving a speech to the forces participating in the offensive to liberate Albukamal from the so-called Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS).
General Suleimani began the speech by ordering the forces in Albukamal to not loot any of the homes or businesses.
The Iranian general then ordered the forces to refrain from entering any home without permission from the homeowner.
General Suleimani would then conclude his speech by asking his fighters to continue their fight against Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... and the U.S.
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[BREITBART] "Never-Trump" Alabama Senate "write-in" candidate Lee Busby attended a fundraiser for liberal Democrat candidate Doug Jones.
Busby, a retired Marine colonel and former aide to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, announced on Monday that he will launch a last-minute write-in campaign against Republican nominee Alabama Judge Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones.
Busby admitted that he attended a fundraiser for Doug Jones and even voted for Ohio governor and infamous public eater John Kasich ...political has-been current Republican governor of Ohio... in 2016 Republican presidential primary.
Lee Busby argued that the allegations of sexual misconduct against Roy Moore created an opening for an establishment, centrist candidate to launch a third-party run for the December 12 Alabama Senate race.
Busby said, "I think you can flip this thing. If this were a military operation, the left flank and the right flank are heavily guarded. I think that gives you an opportunity to run straight up the middle."
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[Al Ahram] Warsaw police were searching on Monday for attackers who smashed windows in the city's Moslem cultural center.
The police were notified early Monday that some dozen windows were smashed during the night in the center that was opened in 2015 and includes a mosque, a meeting center, a shop and a restaurant. No one was hurt.
Warsaw police front man Mariusz Mrozek said CCTV was being reviewed to help identify the attackers and has appealed for people who might have any information about the attack to come forward. Moslem community leaders were to hold a news conference later in the day.
Warsaw's Moslem community has a few thousand members.
Security guards at the building became aware of a disturbance around 1 am Monday morning and called police to the scene five hours later, reports wPolityce. By that time those responsible for the damage ‐ reported to be two individuals throwing stones ‐ had already left the scene.
The management of the center might want to review their guard-hiring protocols...
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...One very big difference between the Poles and the rest of Europe - they never lost their religious and national identities. Mass muslim immigration (and the demands that the host country change to suit them) hasn't happened there yet, and may never.
Mike
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[IsraelTimes] With its 10,000 men reportedly controlled by Quds force head Qassem Soleimani, recently formed 'Golan Liberation Brigade' says it would fight Jewish state if Damascus asks.
Talk is cheap.
The head of a large Iranian-backed Iraqi militia that has been fighting in Syria said recently his group was "fully prepared" to fight Israel if Damascus asked it to. Sheikh Akram al-Ka’abi, the leader of Iraq’s Hezbollah al-Nujaba,
...Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba in full, Hezbollah meaning “the Party of God” and al-Nujaba meaning “the Virtuous“. In Iraq they fight with the paramilitary Shiite Popular Mobilization Forces ...
told the Lebanese news network Al Mayadeen Friday night his group would participate in a Damascus-led attack on Israel’s Golan Heights.
"We are fully prepared to participate in any war with the Syrian Arab Army to liberate the Golan if the Syrian state agrees or requests so," Ka’abi said.
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I would suggest that the Israeli first response be on Iran military and nuclear facilities in Iran. With no support from a burning Iran and hesitation from all others thinking of jumping in; the 10000 would be a secondary battle with epic results.
According to an Egyptian friend of mine, the residents of the Egyptian Sinai are Bedouins, not proper Egyptians at all, and the area except for the tourist area on the Red Sea is dreadfully neglected. It looks like they’ve been reprioritized by the government.
[AlAhram] The North Sinai town of Bir al-Abd, which was the scene of a terrorist massacre on Friday, is to receive EGP 185 million in funding for local services and development projects from the Long Live Egypt Fund, Mohammed El-Ashmawy, the executive director of the fund announced on Sunday.
Speaking on Amr Adib's Every Day television show on ONTV, El-Ashmawy said the fund, which was established by President Abde-Fattah El-Sisi in 2014 to carry out national projects, aims to provide the town with EGP 400 million in total and will raise the remaining EGP 215 million.
The move is part of the official response to the killing of at least 305 people and the wounding of 128 others during Friday prayers at al-Rawdah Mosque.
The terrorist attack, conducted by up to 30 men in pick-up trucks, was the deadliest such incident in recent Egyptian history.
El-Ashmawy's comments follow the announcement on Sunday that the cabinet has authorized emergency compensation for those directly effected by the attack.
Cabinet front man Ashraf Sultan told the DMC Evening TV show that the governor of North Sinai will provide EGP 200,000 for each person killed and EGP 50,000 for each person injured, pending a decision from El-Sisi on final compensation levels.
Both Sultan and El-Ashmawy revealed plans for developing public services in the local area.
El-Ashmawy outlined a plan involving several elements: raising the efficiency of hospitals; upgrading nine schools; assisting the residents in producing handmade crafts; growing olives and dates; and establishing a market to sell local products.
He said that, in addition to raising the needed EGP 215 million, it will be necessary to source medical equipment and ambulances needed by local health services.
Sultan said the health, education, water and sanitation services would all be improved in the Bir al-Abd area.
Sultan revealed a plan to supply food to those affected for the next three months, along with psychological rehabilitation services for children and women who lost their providers, whether it be a father, son or husband. No women died in the attack, but at least 27 childeren were killed.
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It's almost Christmas and Saint Nick is white and so are all of his elves and reindeer (well may be not the reindeer) and the snow and since you have been a bad girl you're FIRED (reminds me of another white dude who replace Obama) and you ain't gettin no unemployment or free Obama phone this Christmas.
For those like me, who quickly lose track of the alphabet salad in Washington, DC, that’s the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Ms English filed suit in federal court to be acting director of the thing rather than the man President Trump appointed.
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Leandra Costanza
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Separation of Powers thingy (but when has that stopped the aristocracy judiciary from expanding theirs?)
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Another article (link down the memory hole, sorry) referred to this as an example of the "Sisyphean" task Trump faces in draining the swamp. WADR, I believe the correct description is "Augean".
Hercules succeeded in cleaning the Augean stables, Mercutio, wheeas Sisyphus will never succeed in pushing that boulder to the top of the hill. I seriously hope cleaning out the DC swamp is merely an Augean task.
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By Chris Covert
The ill-advised attack by Ukrainian forces at Frunze November 23rd is receiving sharp criticism, including from some Ukrainian officials, according to Ukrainian and Russian language news reports.
The nocturnal attack cost the Ukrainian 58th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade three men killed in action, four wounded and one captured.
According to information provided by official rebel accounts at the website of the Donetsk ministry of defense, the November 23rd attack and one that took place just prior, north of Gorlovka were part of military plans revealed accidentally on a Ukrainian ministry of defense website.
According to the defense spokesman for the Donetsk breakaway republic, details of ambitious plans by the Ukrainian staff in Kiev were displayed after a meeting in Kiev between parts of the MoD, including defense chief General Viktor Muzenko and the affected maneuver brigade commanders. The meeting took place the week before.
Donetsk rebel spokesman Lt. Colonel Eduard Basurin said in a November 26th press release that plans for renewed offensive action by the Ukrainians centered around the Svetodarsk arc region just north of Debaltsevo in eastern Donetsk/far western Lugansk. Part of the presentation included a number of printed cards to describe the Ukrainians plans, according to Col. Basurin. That data was promptly displayed on a Ukrainian ministry of defense page, which pro Ukrainian activists noticed and announced on social media.
Basurin said that by the time the error was discovered, the Ukrainian probe into Frunze was tipped off. The day before, the Ukrainian advance into Gladosovo and Travnevoye, which is west of the Svetodarsk arc, took elements of the Ukrainian 54th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade into an area Basurin claimed gave Ukrainian forces "no tactical advantage", due to it being surrounded by heights. The volunteer 24th "Aydar" Battalion also took part in the capturing of the villages.
The Svetodarsk region, which is primarily a road between Artemovsk surrounded by lakes, north of the Svetodarsk arc -- and a main logistics hub for the Ukrainians in the region -- and Debaltsevo, has been a severe issue between the fighting forces since the fall of Debaltsevo in February, 2015. The month long battle was extremely bloody for both sides, including the rebels who captured the town.
Since early 2015, Ukrainians have attempted to mount two major attacks meant to break the line of dug-in rebel troops in front of Logvinovo. Logvinovo is the only settlement of any size on the highway between Artemovsk and Debaltsevo. The attacks were costly for the Ukrainians. The rebels have yet to reveal the extent of their losses.
Col. Basurin pointed out in another news release that the failure of the Frunze attack could be laid solely at General Muzenko's feet.
Now, according to a separate news account in Vesti-ukr.com, the attack on Frunze is being characterized as "unauthorized", which could be true, since Col. Basurin hastened to add in another account that responsibility for the failed attack was not on the newly appointed Ukrainian commander in the region, Lt. General Mykhailo Zabrodsky.
According to the vesti-ukr.com account, adviser to Ukrainian president Piotr Poroshenko, Yury Biryukov said the attack was undertaken by unidentified officers within the staff of the 58th Motorized Rifle Brigade, who were "seeking glory."
Lugansk
Rebels and Ukrainian media said that both sides exchanged artillery fire in Lugansk.
Ukrainian media said that the rebels fired 82mm mortar fire into Krymskoye on Sunday.
Rebels said that Ukrainian forces fired 82mm and 120mm mortar fire on towns south and east of the Svetodarsk region, including at Kalinovka, Kalinovo, Logvinovo and Slavyanoserbsk.
Donetsk
On Monday, Ukrainian media reported exchanges of gunfire in southern Donetsk, at Vodnovo and Gnutovo. Near Donetsk city, rebels fired on Ukrainian positions at Avdievka.
On Sunday, according to a news report in gorlovka-pravda.dn.ua, a residential building in Zaitsevo was destroyed by fire after it was hit by Ukrainian artillery fire.
Also on Sunday, the Donetsk ministry of defense website said that two more buildings in Dokuchaevsk were damaged by Ukrainian direct fire from infantry fighting vehicles and heavy machine guns.
Chris Covert writes about foreign military issues for Rantburg.com. He can be reached at grurkka@gmail.com and on Twitter. You can read past articles about the 2014 war in southeastern Ukraine by clicking here.
[Al Ahram] Paleostinian movement Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", again refused to disarm on Monday ahead of a key reconciliation deadline, instead threatening to carry out attacks against Israel in the West Bank.
By Friday, the Islamists are due to hand over control of the Gazoo Strip to the internationally recognised Paleostinian government, based in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
But the future of their armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, remains unclear.
"These weapons will be moved to the West Bank to fight the (Israeli) occupation. It is our right to resist the occupation until it ends."
"The weapons of the resistance are a red line that is non-debatable," Khalil al-Hayya, deputy head of Hamas in Gazoo, told a presser, referring to the Qassam Brigades.
"These weapons will be moved to the West Bank to fight the (Israeli) occupation. It is our right to resist the occupation until it ends."
The United States and Israel have said they will reject any reconciliation agreement leading to a unity government including Hamas unless it disarms.
Paleostinian president the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... has also said there will only be one security force in the Paleostinian territories.
The reconciliation agreement signed on October 12 in Cairo does not specify a future for the Qassam Brigades.
Also on Monday a delegation from Egyptian intelligence arrived in Gazoo, as they seek to push forward with the agreement they brokered.
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[NYTIMES] There was a copy of Time in the doctor's office when I was there last week. I used to read it long, long ago. I found it barely recognizable. I think the only reason people pick it up now is that it's so light on actual news content it floats into your hand.
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Merideth owns Family Circle, Better Homes and Gardens and AllRecipes. It's got to be an improvement. Print media isn't doing that well these days; maybe Time will improve now.
Fred, I can recommend HGTV at the doctor's office although its not like one has a choice--that's what's always on.
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Almost anything is an improvement over the current Time. In its current state, it is birdcage liner. The staff at Time are so inbred and myopic they can never and will never see it. A complete top to bottom clean-out is needed at Time.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... snuffies have executed their own leader over alleged links 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 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.
That’s an unexpected twist. We’ll need to send out for more popcorn.
According to the local officials, the incident took place recently in the vicinity of Shirzad district, home to several Talibs.
The officials further added that the Taliban group leader killed by his own fighters has been identified Mawlavi Shukoor.
The provincial government media office in a statemetn also confirmed that armed Taliban snuffies covered with masks executed their leader over alleged ties with the ISIS group in Shirzad district.
The statement further added that the Taliban leader was killled in Karki Khel area of the of Shirzad.
The anti-government armed hard boy groups have not commented regarding the report so far.
This comes as at least fifteen Death Eaters affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group offshoot, ISIS Khorsan, had their heads chopped off by their own comrades in this province last week.
According to the local officials, the incident took place recently in the restive Achin district.
The provincial government media office in a statement the incident took place in Surkhab Bazar area of Mamand Dara in Achin.
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Possibly executed isis were undercover talibs exposed by their Leader?
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After the radioactive contaminants have been removed the pure water can be easily disposed of... "Alex, I want 'Scare the Public for 100$', please."
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A shootout erupted among the police forces in southeastern Paktika ...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo... province of Afghanistan leaving nearly 25 people dead or maimed.
A local security official says the incident took place in the vicinity of Sharana city, the placid provincial capital of Paktika.
The official speaking on the condition of anonymity further added that the clash between the police forces broke out after an altercation between the commanders of the two sides.
He said at least three coppers were killed and around 20 others were maimed durin the clash.
The main motive behind the clash has not been ascertained so far and an investigation is underway in this regard, the official added.
The latest infighting among the police forces takes place as the security forces are busy conducting counter-terrorism operations in Paktika and other parts of the country in the Southeast.
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[DAWN] As daily life in Islamabad limps back to normality after being disrupted for 20 days by protesters, Dawn.com looks back on the chain of events that ended with the government surrendering unequivocally to the protesters' demands.
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The protesters, who belonged to religious parties like the Tehrik Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLY), the Tehrik-e-Khatm-e-Nabuwwat, and the Sunni Tehrik ...formed in Karachi in 1992 under by Muhammad Saleem Qadri. It quickly fell to trading fisticuffs and assassinations with the MQM and the Sipah-e-Sahaba, with at least a half dozen of its major leaders rubbed out. Sunni Tehreek arose to become the primary opposition to the Deobandi Binori Mosque, headed by Nizamuddin Shamzai, who was eventually bumped off by person or persons unknown. ST's current leadership has heavily criticized the Deobandi Jihadi leaders, accusing them of being sponsored by Indian Intelligence agencies as well as involvement in terrorist activities... Pakistain (ST), had occupied the Faizabad Interchange, which connects Rawalpindi and Islamabad through the Islamabad Expressway and Murree Road, both of which are the busiest roads in the twin cities.
The agitators believed that during the passage of Elections Act 2017, the Khatm-e-Nabuwwat oath was deliberately modified as part of a larger conspiracy.
The amendment to the oath was deemed a 'holy manal error' by the government and was subsequently rectified through an Act of Parliament.
Nonetheless, the protesters had been insistent on the resignation of Zahid Hamid, the erstwhile law minister, for his alleged role in the controversy. There is no proof yet that indicates Hamid was responsible for the amendment. A committee headed by Raja Zafarul Haq had probed the issue and released a report on the matter which has not yet been made public.
The Islamabad High Court, the Supreme Court and the heads of various religious parties had repeatedly called on the protesters to disband, calling the protest unlawful as a ban had been imposed on public gatherings in the city and urging the agitators to use the Democracy and Speech Corner at Islamabad's Parade Ground, which has been reserved for such gatherings.
The IHC finally ordered the district administration to evict the protesters from the Faizabad Interchange using "any means necessary".
The government initiated several rounds of negotiations with the protesters after the order was issued, but failed each time, and the IHC subsequently warned Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal of being charged with contempt of court for not complying with the court's orders.
The IHC on Friday observed that the protest's leaders had, prima facie, committed an 'act of terror' by continuing their protest despite the court's orders and criticised the government for failing to take meaningful action against them.
A final deadline given to protesters by the government ‐ 7am on Saturday, Nov 25 ‐ also lapsed without any let-up in the sit-in.
As the government launched an operation to disperse the protesters, at least six people were killed and scores others injured. After a botched operation, the government decided to call in the army for help.
When the army refused, the government turned towards negotiations with the protesters once more and then accepted a number of their demands in return for ending the protest.
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[FREEBEACON] Sen. Elizabeth Fauxchahontas Warren ...Dem Senatrix from Massachussetts, who traces her noble lineage all the way back to Big Chief Spouting Bull. It has been alleged that she speaks with forked tongue but she denies that... (D., Mass.) told MSNBC's Ali Velshi on Monday that President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... will not silence her by using a "racial slur" like "Pocahontas."
Trump hosted an event at the White House to honor Navajo code talkers, where he referenced Pocahontas, a nickname he has used in the past to refer to Warren.
Velshi played a clip of Trump's comments and then asked if she would like to respond.
"I just want to thank you because you are very, very special people. You were here long before any of us were here," Trump said. "Although, we have a representative in Congress who they say was here a long time ago; they call her Pocahontas."
"This was supposed to be an event to honor heroes," Warren said in response. "People who put it all on the line for our country, and people who, because of their incredible work, saved the lives of countless Americans and our allies."
Given that the honourable senator is not actually of Indian descent, despite her claims...
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Her response is telling.
Dem Warren is embarrassed to be called "Pocahontas". Because she lied about her heritage and wants the lie buried.
If she were of American Indian heritage, she would be honored to be called "Pocahontas". a Princess of the most high Chief of a regional Virginia tribes. Who then married a white man and changed her religion and took the name Rebecca, Biblical Mother of two Nations.
At the time of Rebecca's death as only 20 to 21 years old, she was known around the world after a trip to England.
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They would have called it a racial slur, no matter what he said. They have entirely too much invested in the idea that Republicans and conservatives in general, and President Trump in particular, are rayciss to pay any attention to what anyone on that side of the aisle actually says, does, and thinks.
"For over a quarter of a century, Elizabeth Warren has described herself as a Native American. When recently asked to provide evidence of her ancestry, she pointed to an unsubstantiated claim on an 1894 Oklahoma Territory marriage license application by her great-great grand uncle William J. Crawford that his mother, O.C. Sarah Smith Crawford, Ms. Warren’s great-great-great grandmother, was a Cherokee.
After researching her story, it is obvious that her “family lore” is just fiction.
As I pointed out in my article here on Sunday, no evidence supports this claim. O.C. Sarah Smith Crawford had no Cherokee heritage, was listed as “white” in the Census of 1860, and was most likely half Swedish and half English, Scottish, or German, or some combination thereof. (Note, the actual 1894 marriage license makes no claim of Cherokee ancestry.)
But the most stunning discovery about the life of O.C. Sarah Smith Crawford is that her husband, Ms. Warren’s great-great-great grandfather, was apparently a member of the Tennessee Militia who rounded up Cherokees from their family homes in the Southeastern United States and herded them into government-built stockades in what was then called Ross’s Landing (now Chattanooga), Tennessee–the point of origin for the horrific Trail of Tears, which began in January, 1837.
This new information about Ms. Warren’s true heritage came as a direct result of a lead provided to me by William Jacobson over at Legal Insurrection, who in turn had received the information from one of his readers. Jacobson, who has questioned Warren’s explanation for her law faculty listing, calls this discovery “the ultimate and cruelest irony” of the Warren Cherokee saga.
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[IMAGES.DAWN] An official announcement by the Kensington Palace reads: “His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales is delighted to announce the engagement of Prince Harry to Ms Meghan Markle. The wedding will take place in spring 2018. I read another article that was titled "Megan Markle won't reign as 'black princess'" or something like that, bitching that the royals aren't hopping up and down shouting that she's 'black.' Had I not seen that article, I'd never have known.
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I was concerned, but then the sun DID come up this morning.
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And the 'she's a divorcee' subject never came up?
Guess they finally are past Edward VIII.
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Harry blew it. If he had to hit on a "Suits" actress, Sarah Rafferty would have been the best choice, though I guess a half-Irish wife would be less acceptable to the powers that be than Ms. Markle.
[ARABNEWS] Lebanese President Michel Aoun ...president of Leb, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah ...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... ... held consultations on Monday with representatives of political parties in Prime Minister Saad Hariri Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too. ’s coalition government as he declared that Hezbollah must stop interfering in regional conflicts and accept a neutral policy to bring an end to the political crisis.
According to Rooters, Hariri told French broadcaster CNews that he was ready to stay on as prime minister if Hezbollah accepted to stick by the state policy of staying out of regional conflicts.
The premier, however, said he would resign if Hezbollah did not keep to that, although consultations so far had been positive.
"I think in the interest of Leb, Hezbollah is carrying out a positive dialogue. They know we have to remain neutral in the region," he added in the interview recorded on Monday.
Aoun’s talks on Monday took place after Hariri last Wednesday put off his resignation upon the president’s request to find a way out of the current crisis. Hariri had unexpectedly announced his resignation from Riyadh on Nov. 4, protesting that Iran and Hezbollah had taken hold of Leb, and he feared for his life.
The talks concerned the concept of "self-distancing" and how to apply it. Most of those whom Aoun consulted supported activating the Lebanese administration and reaffirming the ministerial statement and the political settlement, which resulted in naming Aoun president and Hariri prime minister until the next parliamentary elections in May. Aoun did not address the issue of Hezbollah’s weapons.
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[ARABNEWS] Attendees of the first Conference of ASEAN (Association of South Eastern Nations) Moslems hailed King Salman ...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, King of the Arabians, Sheikh of the Burning Sands, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Lord of Most of the Arabians.... ’s directives to cooperate with these countries and organize an annual conference under the slogan "A Moderate Nation."
They also hailed the efforts of Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... and Malaysia in preserving moderate Islam, promoting moderation, fighting extremism, spreading religious teachings based on the Qur’an and the Sunnah, and activating the role of fiqh and fatwa councils in achieving a conscious, moderate understanding of Islam.
They stressed that extremism, terrorism and violence are a global phenomenon that should not be associated with a certain religion or country.
This came in the final statement and the participants’ recommendations during the conference, which concluded on Monday in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, under the patronage of Malaysian Prime Minister Mohammad Najib, and Sheikh Salih al-Shaykh, the Saudi minister of Islamic affairs, endowments, call, and guidance.
The closing ceremony was attended by the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
The attendees pledged their support for Rohingya Moslems, who are enduring hostility, murder, forced displacement and racial discrimination, and called upon the international community to take immediate measures to protect them, and upon the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and ASEAN to resolve this crisis.
Participants highlighted the importance of holding such conferences in Malaysia and other ASEAN countries because of their significant role in encouraging communication and exchange of experiences, as well as finding solutions for new challenges facing Moslems, instilling moderation, and facing security and stability threats.
In their recommendations, the participants also called for the promotion of a culture of peace and dialogue, stressing the need to respect human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. and international conventions and treaties, and the importance of treating non-Moslems well to achieve social stability.
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[Al Ahram] Activists say a prominent Shia holy man who has been under house arrest in Bahrain after having his citizenship stripped is seriously ill.
They say doctors visited Sheikh Isa Qassim on Sunday at his home in Diraz, a Bahraini town that's been surrounded by police for over a year.
Sheikh Maytham al-Salman, another Shia holy man, told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named on Monday the 80-year-old Sheikh Isa "is in constant pain" and requires emergency surgery for a hernia.
Bahrain's government didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Sheikh Isa could be deported at any time after authorities stripped his citizenship last June over accusations that he fueled extremism and laundered money. His supporters deny the allegations.
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[ARABNEWS] Baghdad will not pay the salaries of employees of the Iraqi Kurdish region government (KRG) and will not initiate dialogue with the regional government until Kurds give up the September-referendum, Iraqi politicians told Arab News on Monday.
There would also be no pay or dialogue until the Kurds handed over control of the border crossings and airports to the federal authorities and the central government regained control over the exports of oil through the Ceyhan-The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... pipeline, they said.
Kurdistan held a controversial referendum on independence on Sept. 25. Baghdad imposed a series of punitive measures, including a ban on international flights to airports in the region and launched a military operation to regain control over Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... its lucrative oil fields and the disputed areas, which have been controlled by the KRG in the past years.
The Supreme Federal Court last week ruled that the referendum is "unconstitutional" and its results and implications "should be canceled." KRG said that the court’s decision was "unilateral and political motivated" and has not expressed a commitment to the court’s decisions.
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[Libya Herald] Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... again faces major water shortages a month after the same armed gang cut supplies to the capital demanding the release of its leader Mabrouk Ahnish.
The pro-Qadaffy Ahnish, a member of the Magarha tribe from Brak al-Shatti, was captured last month in the Wirshefana area along with several Sudanese fighters. He was handed over to the Rada (Deterrence) forces of Abdul Rauf Kara which continue to hold him.
The Man-Made River (MMR) authority has protested Saturday’s attack by Ahnish’s followers on control rooms in the al-Hasawna-Al-Jafara sections of pipes. No details were given of what the gang had done.
Last month, water was cut to some parts of Tripoli for almost a fortnight after Ahnish’s supporters attacked an electricity control room in the Shwerif area halfway between Tripoli and Sebha. The MMR repaired that damage but an engineer admitted that the work had been done quickly for fear of poor security.
Today the MMR put out a statement insisting that the authorities and indeed, ordinary citizens had to do far more to protect the MMR network from interference, which it said was threatening national security.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Ottoman Turkish Prime Minister, Binali Yildirim, stated during his presser with his British counterpart, Monday, that lasting peace in Syria is unrealistic as long as Assad remains in power.
"Peace in Syria is not a realistic prospect with Assad in place," the Ottoman Turkish PM claimed.
Yildirim’s comments come a few days after Ottoman Turkish President, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ... The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey... , told Russia that he is open to speaking to Syrian President, Bashir al-Assad.
The Syrian government has not yet commented on this statement by the Ottoman Turkish premier.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched a fresh assault inside the southern countryside of the Aleppo Governorate, today, targeting the al-Qaeda linked Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham’s defenses southwest of al-Rashidiyah.
Led by their Elite Republican Guard, the Syrian Arab Army stormed the large pocket controlled by HTS southwest of the Khanasser Highway in a new bid to reach the eastern countryside of the Idlib Governorate.
While no gains have been reported by thus far, the Syrian Arab Army appears to be positioning themselves for a much bigger push in the coming days.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and Jaish al-Izza are in serious trouble inside the northeastern countryside of Hama, as they find themselves nearly enveloped around their last strongholds in this rural area.
Backed by heavy Arclight airstrikes from the Russian Air Force, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has steadily crept their way to the towns of Umm Miyal and al-Rahjan, which are two strongholds for the jihadist rebels in northeast Hama.
The Syrian Army was able to better their positions around Umm Miyal, today, after capturing the small town of Mustarihah.
As a result of this advance, the Syrian Arab Army is now situated just south of Umm Miyal, leaving the jihadist rebels in a very uncomfortable spot.
If HTS and Jaish al-Izza are unable to beat back the Syrian Armed Forces in the coming days, they will be forced to give up this last piece of northeastern Hama that is under their control.
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[PRESSTV] A Sudanese general and nine soldiers were killed in festivities in the war-damaged region of Darfur on Sunday after their vehicles were ambushed by Death Eaters, state news SUNA reported on Monday.
Conflict in Darfur erupted in 2003 when mainly non-Arab tribes took up arms against Sudan's Arab-led government and has led to intermittent festivities ever since, though the government announced a unilateral ceasefire last year.
Fresh festivities erupted on Sunday following a military effort by government forces in the southern Darfur region to collect weapons from Death Eaters, SUNA reported.
Defense Minister Ali Mohammed Salem said that prominent Darfur militia leader Musa Hilal had been incarcerated Into the paddy wagon wit' yez! and the situation in Darfur was now stable following the festivities, according to SUNA. The news service did not elaborate.
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[StoneColdTruth] Wealthy trial attorney John Morgan officially announced that he won’t run for Governor in Florida, is becoming an independent, and will withhold his millions from the Democratic National Committee. Two Atlanta Morgan team members awaiting an ambulance call.
Now, he is refusing to give money to the Democratic National Committee, and called out the corruption occurring within the organization. When asked by Politico about the DNC, Morgan referenced former DNC Chair Donna Brazile’s book, where Brazile documents massive corruption at the DNC.
“F— no,” he said when asked if he would help national organizations. “That’s like pissing money down a rat hole. Read Donna [Brazile’s] book”
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I am told Morgan is a highly successful personal injury lawyer with a practice in Orlando, what is sometimes called a fast-running ambulance chaser. Others call them rainmakers. Even Dem plaintiff attorneys can't tolerate the corruption anymore in the DNC after the last election. Just an aside, I've known quite a few attorneys who get tired or burned out with the legal business and later become sky-pilots (ministers) in a church.
[RADIOSHABELLE] The Kenya Defence Forces have destroyed six Shabaab transit camps in the Boni Forest in Lamu County.
"They were camps formed by the holy warriors as they planned to conduct attacks in various parts of Lamu," said Boni Enclave Campaign director Joseph Kanyiri.
He confirmed that security officers also recovered weapons, including AK-47 rifles, grenade-making tools, food and medicine in the camps.
Speaking to the Nation on Monday, Mr Kanyiri said an undisclosed number of Shabaab bandidosgunnies were killed during the ambush and bombing of their hideouts.
Others escaped with bullet wounds, he added.
Mr Kanyiri urged hospitals in Lamu, Tana River, Garissa, Kilifi and Mombasa counties to report to the police anyone seeking treatment for bullet wounds.
He said the operation was successful as it eliminated al-Shabaab ... the personification of Somali state failure... bandidosgunnies who had set base inside the dense forest.
In September 2015, the national government launched the ’Linda Boni’ operation with the objective of flushing out the al-Shabaab elite group Jaish al-Ayman from Boni Forest.
The militia group was said to have been operating from the forest since 2012 in retaliation to the deployment of Kenyan troops to Somalia to conduct in the Linda Nchi Operation.
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[DAWN] Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani on Monday admonished Minister of State for Interior Affairs Talal Chaudhry and asked that "the house wants to know what forced the government to sign an agreement with the protesters" who had staged a sit-in at Faizabad.
After the weeks-long protest that virtually paralysed the capital, the government and protesters reached an agreement late Sunday night, in which the former conceded to the latter's demands.
Rabbani asked why Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal was not present in the Senate to explain the government's position on the agreement with the Faizabad sit-in protesters.
To this Chaudhry replied that Ahsan Iqbal was travelling and, therefore, could not be contacted.
Rabbani also expressed disappointment on Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's visit to Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... . "The prime minister leaves for abroad on the very same day [the agreement is finalised]. Is the Riyadh summit more important than what has happened in the country?"
"The [real] issue is that your law minister was forced to resign," Rabbani maintained.
The Senate chairman said the parliament was not taken into confidence [before the agreement] because "it appears that the government did not find it important enough" to consult the parliament.
"You are taking the parliament, which can become your strength, for granted," Rabbani said, adding that "this House wants to know why there was a need to call the army?"
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[RADIOSHABELLE] Maritime security is important for all countries bordering the Indian Ocean, and these countries need to work together to combat piracy, the Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said Monday.
Yusuf-Garaad Omar made the statement after visiting President Danny Faure at State House, Victoria.
"We discussed the issue of maritime security and the cooperation between the two countries to make sure that the ocean is safe for both countries as well as for the international traders who are using the ocean," said Omar.
He told the press that "piracy is decreasing for many reasons one of which is due to the effort of the regional international forces and institutions working on it."
Somalia is looking to work closely with Seychelles, an archipelago in the western Indian ocean, to help with capacity building and the exchange of information and intelligence on maritime security."Somalia is also working on prosecuting pirates. The Somali government is also committing itself to making sure that we can control our people and coasts," said the minister.
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[DAWN] A Bangladesh court upheld the death penalty for 139 soldiers on Monday over their role in a "brutal and barbaric" mutiny in which dozens of top army officers were massacred.
In delivering his verdict Justice Md Abu Zafor Siddique described the 2009 slaughter of 74 people ‐ including 57 top brass ‐ as an unprecedented atrocity in Bangladesh's relatively short history.
"It was the most heinous, brutal and barbaric carnage of our history," he told the Dhaka courtroom of the two-day massacre in which victims were shot, hacked to death and burned alive by marauding troops.
The sentences will be appealed against in the Supreme Court, which by law has the final say in all capital punishment cases.
In 2013 a court sentenced 152 soldiers to death for the grisly killings in a mass trial criticised by the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... rights chief as failing to meet basic standards of due process.
It was a very quick mutiny, starting on February 25, 2009 and finishing the next day. We had three articles on Page 1 about events in Bangladesh that day — click here and scroll down.
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[Libya Herald] Three Misratan security officials were among five dead when they stormed the Khoms’ home of the suspected killer of seven men in what has been described as a family feud.
The raid yesterday ended with the arrest of Noor Hadia Baba and fourteen of his supporters. Two others who had shot it out with the arriving Misratans were killed.
Baba, who has been linked the Islamist Lion of Islams, is accused of murdering seven members of a rival family last week after one of his own relatives was killed in a dispute over plot of land.
It is thought that Misratan security forces were executing a warrant for Baba’s arrest issued in the city, when they met violent resistance and had to besiege the building.
Less than two years ago Khoms was left without electricity when another family feud led to heavy exchanges of gunfire which knocked out the town’ power station.
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[IsraelTimes] Israel’s Iron Dome system is declared ready for use on a Sa’ar 5-model corvette in what the military describes as a "significant milestone" in its ongoing efforts to counter the threat of ballistic missiles.
The maritime interception system, designed to protect Israel’s gas fields and shipping lanes from short-range missiles, "added another operational layer" to Israel’s multi-tiered air defenses, joining the long-range Arrow 3 system and mid-range David’s Sling, which were each made operational earlier this year, says Brig. Gen. Tzvika Haimovitch, the head of the IAF’s Aerial Defense Command.
[Libya Herald] The security forces in Benghazi were ordered today to arrest anyone using firearms in the streets or for events such as weddings or other ceremonies.
It follows a statement broadcast on TV yesterday by Major-General Wanis Bukhamada, in his capacity as head of the new central operations room, that anyone breaking the law will be severely dealt with.
In his statement he ordered people who had taken over homes belonging to gunnies to leave immediately. So too must those who had taken over state or municipal property.
He also warned that anyone illegally arresting, detaining or kidnapping people while claiming to be part of the armed forces or the security services would be punished. As to the municipal guard, the agricultural police and other security agencies in Benghazi, they would be given full backing and they needed to get back to work.
Several times in his televised speech has said that criminals in the city would not be tolerated and would be punished. The city was going to improve, he said.
His call follows one earlier this month from Field Marshal Khalifa Hafter in which he called on all police in the east of the country to go back to work.
Yesterday, prior to the speech, the operations room launched a number of anti-drugs and anti-liquor raids in Benghazi, netting some 35 alleged dealers. Five were said to be Libyan, the rest from sub-Saharan Africa. Also targeted were unmarked vehicles, new construction sites to see if they had planning permission and abandoned buildings to see if they were being used for illicit activities.
Meanwhile today, Benghazi acting mayor Abdel Rahman Elabbar had a meeting with military and municipal figures to plan for a major cleanup of the city.
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[RADIOSHABELLE] Iranian naval forces have repelled pirates who were attacking one of the country’s merchant vessels in the Gulf of Aden.
Iran’s 48th naval fleet, comprised of Alvand destroyer and Lavan logistic warship, rescued the Iranian ship from an attack by pirates in the south of Ras Sharbitat region in Oman on Sunday morning.
Gulf of Aden pirates attacked the Iranian merchant ship, named Caspian Harmony, in a bid to hijack it, but they were forced to flee by Iranian naval forces.
Iran’s 48th naval fleet set off for the high season September 2 on a mission to maintain the Islamic Theocratic Republic’s power in international waters and safeguard maritime routes.
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[ARABNEWS] More ships packed with aid have arrived in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... as Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... and coalition forces draw up a humanitarian plan, the Kingdom’s ambassador to the war-torn country told Arab News.
The coalition closed air, land and sea access to Yemen earlier this month to stop the alleged flow of Iranian arms to Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... militias, after a missile fired toward Riyadh was intercepted by Saudi forces. Iran has denied supplying arms to the Houthis.
The measures were eased over the weekend, with a ship carrying 5,500 tons of flour having docked in Yemen’s Hodeidah port in the Red Sea, and UNICEF having sent a plane with vaccines to Sanaa airport after the coalition granted clearance for UN flights.
Regional UNICEF director Geert Cappelaere earlier said that the delivery of vaccines "cannot be a one-off" and that more supplies are needed.
But Mohammed al-Jabir, the Saudi ambassador to Yemen, confirmed that more aid was arriving as the allies work on a plan to boost the response to the humanitarian situation.
"More than three ships arrived to Hodeidah with different kinds of foods (on Saturday and Sunday), and also five flights to Sanaa airport from different UN organizations," he told Arab News.
"Saudi Arabia and the coalition are preparing for the humanitarian operations plan, which will be announced maybe over the next few days."
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[ALMASDARNEWS] Only a small pocket of ISISDeath Eaters remains on the Iraqi border with Syria.
The Iraqi army has completely freed the territories located between the provinces of Anbar and Saladin in the Iraqi Jazira region from ISIS terrorist group as announced by the command of Hashd Shaabi, a state-sponsored militia integrated into the Armed Forces.
"Hashd Shaabi has completed the liberation of the desert area of Jazira, [...] which has been considered as one of the most important ISIS shelters," the statement said.
According to the statement, only a small ISIS pocket remained in the Iraqi region on the border with Syria, north of the city of Qaim.
During the liberation operation, "dozens of ISISsnuffies were eliminated" as well as weapons caches and terrorists’ hideouts were found.
The successful operation comes several days after the Iraqi Armed Forces launched an operation to clean up the desert territories on border with Syria from ISIS, which was launched after town of Rawa, the last ISIS stronghold in Iraq, had been freed with the coalition’s assistance.
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[Al Ahram] Sudan's counter-insurgency forces have tossed in the slammer Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! a powerful militia chief from Darfur accused by the United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... of human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... abuses in the war-torn region, the official news agency said Monday.
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) arrested Musa Hilal, a former aide to President Omar al-Bashir Head of the National Congress Party. He came to power in 1989 when he, as a brigadier in the Sudanese army, led a group of officers in a bloodless military coup that ousted the government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi and eventually appointed himself president-for-life. He has fallen out with his Islamic mentor, Hasan al-Turabi, tried to impose shariah on the Christian and animist south, resulting in its secessesion, and attempted to Arabize Darfur by unleashing the barbaric Janjaweed on it. Sudan's potential prosperity has been pissed away in warfare that has left as many as 400,000 people dead and 2.5 million displaced. Omar has been indicted for genocide by the International Criminal Court but nothing is expected to come of it. , near his hometown of Mustariaha in the state of North Darfur, SUNA reported State Minister of Defence Lieutenant General Ali Mohammed Salem as saying.
The state minister said Hilal's son Habeeb was also detained, but did not specify when exactly the arrests took place.
"They were arrested after festivities in the area but the security situation there is now stable," Mohammed Salem said in a statement to parliament.
"They will soon be brought to Khartoum."
On Sunday, fierce fighting erupted between fighters loyal to Hilal and an RSF unit near Mustariaha, in which the RSF said they lost 10 members including a commander.
Mustariaha is the hometown and bastion of Hilal, whose fighters from the Arab Mahamid tribe have regularly clashed with RSF troops in Darfur in recent months.
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[TheGuardian] A 20-year-old man has been arrested in Victoria after counter-terrorism raids on Monday, with police alleging he was involved in preparing for planning a terrorist act in Melbourne on New Year’s Eve.
The man has not been charged. The Victoria police deputy commissioner Shane Patton told reporters on Tuesday morning that the man “was intending to use a firearm to shoot and kill as many people as he could in Federation Square area on New Year’s Eve”.
“The male is one of our high-risk persons of interest. We have been monitoring him for a very lengthy period of time. He’s an Australian citizen and he is of Somalian parents.”
In a joint counter-terrorism operation between state and federal police and intelligence agencies, searches were conducted at two residential properties in the south-western suburb of Werribee and the northern suburb of Meadow Heights, as well as a commercial property in Footscray, in Melbourne’s inner west.
The man was arrested just before 3pm on Monday. The search at the man’s home in Werribee would continue into Tuesday afternoon, Patton said. “What we are seeing is that the search will be complex,” he said.
The man is now being interviewed in relation to preparing to commit a terrorist attack, and collecting documents to facilitate a terrorist attack.
Patton said that once the interview was complete, he expected the man would face court, possibly some time on Tuesday afternoon.
“We expect that he will appear at the Melbourne magistrates court and that he will be charged with those offences,” Patton said, adding: “This male did not access a firearm. I think it is very important that I provide that reassurance to the public.
“He has been subject to our active investigation and at no stage did he access a firearm … The arrest means that this threat has been removed.
“We are quite confident that there is no risk or no threat to the Victorian community now that we have removed him from society … there is no ongoing threat posed in respect to New Year’s Eve, Christmas or any other area.”
An acting deputy commissioner for the Australian federal police, Ian McCartney, said the charges that police expected to bring against the man were serious and carried a maximum penalty of life in prison.
Police tossed in the slammer Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! the man after he attempted to purchase an automatic rifle.
The man, who was not named, had downloaded instructions from an al-Qaeda-linked website on how to launch a terrorist attack and how to use firearms, according to Victoria State Police Deputy Commissioner Shane Patton.
"What we will be alleging is that he was intending to use a firearm to shoot and kill as many people as he could in the Federation Square area on New Year's Eve," Patton said Tuesday.
Counterterrorism police had been monitoring the man for some time. He was allegedly a known bully boy and a sympathizer 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.... " (IS) group. Police acted when he met with people in an unsuccessful attempt to procure a gun.
A year ago, police foiled a plot to attack the same popular area on Christmas Day, arresting several men who planned to use explosives, knives and guns to target the location.
At 11:00 pm ET, An Nahar names our Somali-Australian villain as Ali Ali.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] Syrian Arab Army (SAA) achieved a major breakthrough near the occupied Golan Heights, capturing several sites from the al-Qaeda linked Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorist group.
Led by the 42nd Brigade of the 4th Division and 7th Armored Division, the Syrian Arab Army broke-through HTS’ front-lines at strategic hilltop of Tal Bardayah, seizing many points after a short battle this afternoon.
According to a military source in Damascus, the Syrian Army has surrounded Tal Bardayah from several axes, putting them in prime position to capture the hilltop and impose fire control over the town of Magher al-Mair.
The source added that at least ten holy warriors from Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham were killed during this swift advance this afternoon.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Ansarullah Movement’s leader, Sayyed ’Abdul-Malek al-Houthi, stated during a televised speech on Saturday that Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... is attempting to avenge their losses in Syria and Iraq by attacking Yemen.
Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... called on Yemenis to prepare themselves for much larger attacks from the Saudi military as they take out their frustrations on historical cities like Sana’a and Sa’ada.
In addition to his comments on Yemen, Houthi denounced Saudi Arabia’s attempts to normalize relations with Israel, adding that it was disgraceful that the kingdom allowed an Israeli to enter the Prophet Muhammad’s mosque.
The Saudi regime blames Iran for their military presence in Yemen, as their Coalition forces have now been inside the country for more than two years.
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[Al Ahram] Two attackers shot several civilians on Monday in the Nahrawan area southeast of Baghdad before one went kaboom! and the other was killed by security forces, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said, without providing official casualty figures.
Local media reported at least 17 people were killed and 28 maimed. No group has grabbed credit for the attack, which an interior ministry front man described as "a terrorist attack by two terrorist suicide kaboomers who fired indiscriminately on citizens in the Nahrawan area".
Suicide bombings are a trademark of Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... . Iraqi security officials say the group is likely to wage an insurgency after its self-proclaimed caliphate collapsed and its snuffies were dislodged from territories they held in the country.
The Islamic State group claims responsibility for a double suicide kaboom that killed 11 people.
In an online statement, the bad boy group says two jacket wallahs yesterday targeted Shiites in Baghdad’s southeastern suburb of Nahrawan. The authenticity of the statement could not be immediately verified by The News Agency that Dare Not be Named.
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[PRESSTV] A high-ranking member of the movement of Pennsylvania-based opposition figure Fethullah Gülen ... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world... , whom the Ankara government accuses of having criminal masterminded the failed July 2016 coup, has been captured by Ottoman Turkish intelligence agents in a joint operation with their Sudanese counterparts.
Security sources, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... , said Memduh Cikmaz, who is referred to as the "money vault" of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), appeared at a court hearing in the northern city of Corum via video link as he was being transferred to Bakirkoy Court in Istanbul from the city’s Ataturk International Airport.
Cikmaz told the court he had been living in the Sudanese capital city of Khartoum, and was a partner in a brick factory.
The court remanded him in jug, saying there was "strong evidence of crime" and suspicion "he may flee."
Cikmaz was sought with an arrest warrant for "leadership of an armed terrorist group."
The security sources said agents from The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... ’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) found about the whereabouts of Cikmaz two months ago. He has apparently transferred millions of dollars to FETO from Sudan.
Also on, Istanbul’s 26th Heavy Penal Court began the trial of 50 former soldiers accused of attempting to occupy a municipality building during last year’s botched putsch.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) killed another high ranking commander of the al-Qaeda linked Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorist group in the northern countryside of Hama recently.
Abu Mou’az al-Afghani (Afghani national) was commanding his HTS unit near Tal Baleel, Monday, when his group came under a fierce attack by the Syrian Arab Army’s 4th Mechanized Division.
He must be have been something special if Arabs allowed an Afghan to command them.
The jihadist commander was reportedly killed during the festivities with the Syrian Arab Army at the large hilltop of Tal Baleel on Monday.
The death of this terrorist commander comes on the same day that the Syrian Arab Army launched the second wave of their northern Hama assault.
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[Al Jazeera] Hondurans remain on edge hours after polls closed in the presidential election as official results were suspended and two candidates declared themselves the next president of the Central American country.
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal released its first report of preliminary results nearly 10 hours after polls closed showing Opposition Alliance candidate Salvador Nasralla in the lead with 45.17 percent. He was followed by President Juan Orlando Hernandez of the National Party with 40.21 percent and Luis Zelaya of the Liberal Party with 13.77 percent with 57 percent of votes counted.
Ramiro Lobo, the magistrate of the tribunal told media on Monday morning that the trend of the results was "irreversible."
Political analyst Victor Meza, director of the Honduran investigative centre known as CEDOH and former interior minister, agreed.
"The trend is irreversible and Mr. Nasralla won the election," Meza said.
"The victory of the opposition represents the defeat of presidential continuity, political authoritarianism, and also the defeat of corruption," he added.
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Nasralla was a leftist sports caster. The NFL finally has a flag they can get off their knees for.
[Ynet] The arrests of six Middle Eastern men caught entering the US illegally from Mexico two years ago set off alarm in border states and in some right-wing blogs and other media outlets.
Now, documents obtained by The News Agency that Dare Not be Named through a public records request reveal the men were fleeing violence and persecution in their homelands and were cleared of any terrorism ties. The records also show they were physically and verbally abused by two Mexican smugglers with a history of crossing the border illegally and went days without food and water.
The case highlights the highly politicized nature of the U.S.-Mexico border as hysteria sometimes overtakes facts. Some blogs incorrectly reported the men were released. Others tied them to the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... In fact, the men cooperated with the government, and four have been deported. The remaining two men are in removal proceedings.
[DAWN] A couple who contracted a free-will marriage in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... earlier this year were killed allegedly on the orders of a jirga, police said on Monday.
Abdul Hadi and Hussaini Bibi, who hailed from Kohistan ...a backwoods district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa distinguished by being even more rustic than is the norm among the local Pashtuns.... , married without permission from their elders about a month and a half ago, Mominabad police told DawnNews. They had rented a house within the jurisdiction of the Mominabad cop shoppe earlier this month.
On November 24, the residents of the area spotted blood around the house that had been rented by the couple and reported it to the police.
As police began investigating the case, the victims' bodies were recovered from the Qaimkhani graveyard in Ittehad Town and sent to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for a post-mortem examination.
Senior Superintendent of Police Orangi Abid Baloch said police had tossed in the slammer Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! a suspect who confessed to killing the couple, along with some accomplices, on the orders of a jirga.
Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah today took notice of the incident and expressed anger over the couple's murder. "This is Karachi, not a tribal area. How was a jirga held here?" he asked.
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[Al Ahram] A Kuwaiti court handed several politicians jail terms on Monday for forcing their way into the parliament building in 2011 - a move that could cause political turbulence in the Gulf Arab region's most liberal state.
Protesters burst into parliament in 2011 after politicians had been denied the right to question then prime minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah about corruption allegations.
Kuwait's al-Qabas newspaper said the court sentenced current MPs Jamaan al-Harbash and Waleed al-Tabtabai to five years and MP Mohammed al-Mutair to one year.
An outspoken former parliament deputy, Musallam al-Barrak, who earlier this year finished serving a two-year prison sentence for insulting the country's ruler, was sentenced to seven years.
The MPs have a considerable political following, especially among Kuwait's traditional tribes which have influence in areas outside the main cities.
Kuwait avoided mass Arab Spring-style unrest though citizens held large street protests in 2012 after the Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah changed the electoral law.
While Kuwait allows more freedom of speech than some other Gulf Arab states, the emir has the last say in state affairs.
There have been a series of political trials and authorities have revoked citizenship of some Kuwaitis in the past several years that have drawn rebuke abroad and anger at home.
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Are they given golden keys for unlocking the gates of Paradise? That’s what the Mullahs gave the boys sent to clear the minefields during the Iran-Iraq war.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Amid growing concerns regarding the massive deployment of the Afghan youths in Syria war by Iran, the Afghan unity government deputy chief executive Haji Mohamamd Mohaqiq has been spotted in a gathering of the Fatemiyoun brigade operating under the Iranian Revutionary Guard to fight in Syria, a move which has further sparked concerns among the people regarding the fate of the Afghan youths who die and those returning to the country from the Syrian conflict.
Mohaqiq has reportedly attended the gathering in Tehran to praise the youths and Fatemiyoun brigade for the turing the conflict in Syria into the favor of the regime in power led by Bashir al-Assad.
He has reportedly hailed the leader of Hezb-e-Ullah Hasan Nasrullha and the commander of the Fatemiyoun brigade for their recent victory in the war.
However, there's more than one way to skin a cat... back in Afghanistan, the government officials and people are concerned that the participation of the Afghan youths will have a negative impact on the situation of the country.
An Afghan politician Ghulam Farooq Majroh says the participation of the Afghan youths in Syria conflicts and government officials endorsing such moves will have a negative impact on the country, considering the ongoing situation in the country.
The former Afghan intelligence chief Rahmatullah Nabil had earlier warned that the deployment of the Afghan youths to Syria may shift the Iran-Saudi rivalry to Afghanistan.
Amid growing concerns regarding the massive recruitment of the Afghan youths by Iran for the Syrian conflict, Nabil has called the move by Iran as a quite dangerous move.
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Isn't that what Iran did in the Iran - Iraq war? I recall reports of Iran breaching minefields with mobs of conscripts, who may have not been armed.
I can't find anything on that at the moment. One of reasons I thoroughly dislike the mullahs. Iran used to be beautiful.
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[RADIOSHABELLE] The U.S. military says it has carried out an Arclight airstrike against the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group in northeastern Somalia that killed one krazed killer.
The statement from the U.S. Africa Command says the Arclight airstrike was carried out Monday afternoon in coordination with Somalia’s government.
The United States early this month began targeting the small but growing presence of the Islamic State group in Somalia.
The Trump administration early this year approved expanded military efforts against Death Eaters in the Horn of Africa nation, primarily the homegrown and al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab ... the personification of Somali state failure... Many of the Islamic State group fighters, who are said to number around 200, defected from al-Shabaab.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least two members of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed in an Arclight airstrike of the US forces 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 police commandment in a statement said unmanned aerial vehicles belonging to the US forces targeted the loyalists of the terror group in Haska Mina district.
The statement further added that the holy warriors were targeted in the vicinity of Awghaz area of the district on Sunday, leaving two of them dead.
The anti-government armed bad boy groups including the ISIS holy warriors have not commented regarding the report so far.
Nangarhar is among the relatively calm provinces however the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... and ISIS holy warriors have increased their insurgency activities in some its remote parts during the recent years.
At least fourteen holy warriors affiliated with the terror group were killed in an Arclight airstrike conducted in this province on Saturday.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
North Korea has fired another ballistic missile, the US military has now confirmed. 
[Tucker Carlson at FOX] An Obama-appointed inspector general said he was marginalized and threatened when he raised alarm about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email server.
[Telegraph] John Profumo, the Tory minister forced out following a notorious 1960s sex scandal, was for years in correspondence with a glamorous German spy, sending her endearing notes on Commons notepaper, according to newly declassified MI5 records.
At the height of the Profumo Affair in 1963, MI6 sent a letter and files to MI5 investigations head Arthur Martin about Profumo’s contacts with Winegard, maiden name Klein, and outlining her exploits.
[Feral Jundi] Finally.... Man, what an incredibly exhausting and horrible experience for all of those involved. These men definitely suffered at the hands of a legal system in India that was out of control. These guys rotted in prison for four years and were initially given a sentence of five years back in January of 2016. They had been detained and in prison since 2013, so these guys have definitely been jerked around. Bravo to the friends and family as well as the legal teams and politicians that fought so hard to get them released.
...political has-been current Republican governor of Ohio...
[IsraelTimes] With its 10,000 men reportedly controlled by Quds force head Qassem Soleimani, recently formed 'Golan Liberation Brigade' says it would fight Jewish state if Damascus asks.
[Al Ahram] Paleostinian movement 
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The 
[DAWN] As daily life in Islamabad limps back to normality after being disrupted for 20 days by protesters, Dawn.com looks back on the chain of events that ended with the government surrendering unequivocally to the protesters' demands.
...Dem Senatrix from Massachussetts, who traces her noble lineage all the way back to Big Chief Spouting Bull. It has been alleged that she speaks with forked tongue but she denies that...
[IMAGES.DAWN] An official announcement by the Kensington Palace reads: “His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales is delighted to announce the engagement of Prince Harry to Ms Meghan Markle. The wedding will take place in spring 2018.
Michel Aoun
Hizbullah
...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, 
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched a fresh assault inside the southern countryside of the Aleppo Governorate, today, targeting the al-Qaeda linked Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham’s defenses southwest of al-Rashidiyah.
the personification of Somali state failure...
[DAWN] Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani on Monday admonished Minister of State for Interior Affairs Talal Chaudhry and asked that "the house wants to know what forced the government to sign an agreement with the protesters" who had staged a sit-in at Faizabad.
[Libya Herald] The security forces in Benghazi were ordered today to arrest anyone using firearms in the streets or for events such as weddings or other ceremonies.
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...
[ALMASDARNEWS] Only a small pocket of 
[TheGuardian] A 20-year-old man has been arrested in Victoria after counter-terrorism raids on Monday, with police alleging he was involved in preparing for planning a terrorist act in Melbourne on New Year’s Eve.
[ALMASDARNEWS] Syrian Arab Army (SAA) achieved a major breakthrough near the occupied Golan Heights, capturing several sites from the al-Qaeda linked Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorist group.
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Ansarullah Movement’s leader, Sayyed ’Abdul-Malek al-Houthi, stated during a televised speech on Saturday that 
... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world...
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) killed another high ranking commander of the al-Qaeda linked Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorist group in the northern countryside of Hama recently.
[Ynet] The arrests of six Middle Eastern men caught entering the US illegally from Mexico two years ago set off alarm in border states and in some right-wing blogs and other media outlets.
[DAWN] A couple who contracted a free-will marriage in 
[Al Ahram] A Kuwaiti court handed several 
the personification of Somali state failure...
