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Japan’s coast guard on Thursday boarded a North Korean fishing boat near a Japanese island where the crew said they had taken shelter from rough seas, the latest in a series of North Korean vessels in distress drifting into Japanese waters.
The wooden boat was towed nearer the northern island of Hokkaido for inspection, a coast guard spokesman said. Authorities had yet to decide what to do with the vessel and the ten fishermen on board.
"At this point, it is still too early to say what we will do," he said.
Experts say food shortages may be driving fishermen to risk taking their small boats to more dangerous waters closer to Japan. The encounters have attracted greater attention amid tension in the region over North Korea’s weapons programs and its latest missile test on Wednesday.
There has been no suggestion that the fishermen may be defectors from the impoverished, tightly controlled country which has fired two missiles over Japan in recent tests and regularly threatens to destroy the United States.
On Monday, eight bodies believed to be of North Koreans, which had been partly reduced to skeletons, were found in a small wooden ship washed up on a beach on Japan’s northwest coast. Two other bodies were found at the weekend on the western shore of the Sea of Japan island of Sado, with life jackets displaying Korean lettering.
Last week, police in northern Japan found eight North Korean men who said they landed after claiming their vessel had lost power and run into trouble.
On Thursday, the coast guard issued an advisory to shipping about a half-sunken wooden boat floating in waters close to Sado.
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Former US national security adviser Michael Flynn is to plead guilty Friday to making false statements to the FBI, the first plea by any of the four former Trump advisers charged so far in a wide-ranging investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller.
Court documents show Flynn, an early and vocal supporter on the campaign trail of President Donald Trump whose business dealings and foreign interactions made him a central focus of Mueller’s investigation, will admit to lying about his conversations with Russia’s ambassador to the United States during the transition period before Trump’s inauguration.
The expected guilty plea makes the retired Army lieutenant general the first person to have actually worked in the Trump White House to face formal charges in the investigation, which is examining possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. Threaten a man's son and he'll say whatever you want.
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Key phrases"...during the transition period before Trump’s inauguration." (post-election, right?) -vs- "...to influence the outcome of the 2016 election."
A something burger only to those willing to suspend logic and discount sequential thinking.
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What the Flynn Plea Means
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"Understand: If Flynn’s conversations with the Russian ambassador had evinced the existence of a quid pro quo collusion arrangement — that the Trump administration would ease or eliminate sanctions on Russia as a payback for Russia’s cyber-espionage against the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic party — it would have been completely appropriate, even urgently necessary, for the Obama Justice Department to investigate Flynn. But if that had happened, Mueller would not be permitting Flynn to settle the case with a single count of lying to FBI agents. Instead, we would be looking at a major conspiracy indictment, and Flynn would be made to plead to far more serious offenses if he wanted a deal — cooperation in exchange for sentencing leniency. To the contrary, for all the furor, we have a small-potatoes plea in Flynn’s case — just as we did in Papadopoulos’s case, despite extensive “collusion” evidence. Meanwhile, the only major case Mueller has brought, against former Trump-campaign chairman Paul Manafort and an associate, has nothing to do with the 2016 election. It is becoming increasingly palpable that, whatever “collusion” means, there was no actionable, conspiratorial complicity by the Trump campaign in the Kremlin’s machinations."
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Why would anybody answer verbal questions to any government entity that can invoke a Perjury conviction? Send me questions in writing and I will respond, with the advice of legal counsel, in writing.
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Why would anybody answer verbal questions to any government entity that can invoke a Perjury conviction? Send me questions in writing and I will respond, with the advice of legal counsel, in writing. Posted by magpie
BINGO magpie. Yes, a very bad odor surrounding this one.
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Flynn lied to the FBI? What about all the perjurers I watched during the last admin? I think the real issue was that the Flynn's threatened to reveal pedos in government.
[GunAmerica] The Honolulu Police Department is demanding that medical marijuana users turn over their firearms.
In a letter dated Nov. 13, Police Chief Susan Ballard drew a line in the sand. It’s either your weed or your guns.
"Your medical marijuana use disqualifies you from ownership of firearms and ammunition," the letter reads.
"If you currently own or have any firearms," it continues, "you have 30 days upon receipt of this letter to voluntary surrender your firearms, permit, and ammunition to the Honolulu Police Department (HPD) or otherwise transfer ownership."
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Sorry, lost in a surfing accident.
Anyways, rights to firearms is explicate and precedes these commerce controls. Ammunition? Cartridges are inherently safer than scissors other than throwing them into campfires. Your ass is showing, who is the law group here?
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The problem is they will come and take them. Assualt style, and likely kill anyone in the home in the process to avoid having lawsuits and witnesses. These are Democrats we are talking about, they have no hesitation or second thoughts about killing you for your own good and to demonstrate their power. They re convinced they are right and anyone that disagrees with them is wrong, therefore evil, and therefore subject to whatever force they decide to use whether appropriate or not.
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This is a fine point -- federal law prohibits you from *buying* a firearm if you are an illegal (under federal law) user of MJ, but does it prevent you from *owning* a firearm? Anyone know?
[Fayetteville Observer] WASHINGTON ‐ The Army’s Special Warfare Center and School has launched an investigation into an anonymous email that accused its leaders of "moral cowardice" for ditching training standards and allowing undeserving soldiers to become members of elite Green Beret teams.
The sharply critical message was sent earlier this week to a wide swath of the Army’s Special Forces community. The nearly 6,300-word message declared that the school’s senior officers and enlisted leaders are primarily interested in advancing their careers by meeting demands for greater numbers of Green Berets and enforcing "political agendas."
Maj. Gen. Kurt Sonntag, commanding general of the school located at Fort Bragg, on Thursday defended the process for selecting Green Berets and rejected a number of the claims in the email. He said he stands firmly behind the "quality of every soldier we are sending to the operational force," in a statement delivered to "men and women" of the Special Warfare Center and School.
Sonntag also said comments in the email "warrant further evaluation" and that is being done through "formal inquiries and a number of existing institutional forums." He wasn’t more specific, however.
The anonymous email said the push to hit unrealistic quotas has led to a "dangerously less capable" force as dozens of flawed Green Beret candidates are nonetheless graduated. The message said instructors who’ve sought to hold students accountable for their academic, physical and character performance have been instead muzzled or punished.
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The Socialist would destroy and ruin from the inside what they could never defeat from the outside. Hard read that letter, names many names and many detailed incidents.
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And after all of the crap I went through to get SF qualified, including HALO qualification, and they are letting candidates skate on basic mission essential physical fitness performance.
Please tell me the SEALS aren't doing this.
Kinda makes me wonder about all of those SF casualties we've been taking...maybe part of the problem is they are not properly trained and qualified for what they were doing???
[Examiner] Newsweek magazine accused President Trump's daughter Ivanka of plagiarism. But rather than claiming that she ripped someone else's work off, the magazine said she was guilty of making a speech more than once.
"Ivanka Trump plagiarizes one of her own speeches in India," blared the headline from Wednesday.
The story covered Trump's appearance at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad, India, this week and said attendees may have expected "a robust keynote address" but instead, "the breadth of her talking points were recycled from a previous speech she gave during a foreign trip earlier this month.
Some on social media criticized the magazine for characterizing the speech as though Trump had done something afoul.
"That ... isn’t what plagiarism is," remarked New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman on Twitter.
Another Twitter user said, "You can't plagiarize your own speech, you morons."
"Um yeah it’s ok to do that," said a third. "I plagiarize myself all the time, claim my own words as my own."
After drawing scrutiny, Newsweek changed its headline to say that Trump "recycles" the speech, instead of "plagiarizes."
[CNN] An Army veteran says Sen. Al Franken groped her in December 2003, telling CNN that while she was deployed in Kuwait, the Minnesota Democrat cupped her breast during a photo op.
Stephanie Kemplin, 41, of Maineville, Ohio, is the fifth woman in two weeks to accuse Franken of inappropriate touching, and the second person to allege that such behavior took place while Franken was on a USO tour. Three of the five women have been identified by name.
Kemplin said while she was stationed in the Middle East during the Iraq War, she met Franken -- at the time, a comedian and writer -- as he was visiting American troops with the USO. A longtime fan of "Saturday Night Live," Kemplin got in line to take a photo with Franken.
"When he put his arm around me, he groped my right breast. He kept his hand all the way over on my breast," Kemplin said in an interview. "I've never had a man put their arm around me and then cup my breast. So he was holding my breast on the side."
Kemplin repeatedly used the word "embarrassed" to describe her immediate reaction at the time.
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Franken used to sit alone and swill Long Island Teas at a friend's country bar outside of Chisago, MN on highway 8. Hazelden treatment center is 10 minutes further down the road towards Taylors Falls on the way to Wisconsin.
I've always wondered what the hell the Frankengropster was doing so far from his Twin Cities's home. The only thing that comes to mind is that he may have been visiting his wife during her alcohol recovery.
Anyways that is a bad stretch of road to drive drunk on. Not to mention the thought process. "Heh honey I'm a supporting ya. Mind if I leave early so I can go get drunk?"
Dirtbag plan and simple. Wonder what would happen if that story became public.
[The Hill] President Trump lashed out Thursday night at the not guilty verdict for an undocumented immigrant charged with murder in the 2015 shooting death of Kate Steinle, calling it "disgraceful."
"A disgraceful verdict in the Kate Steinle case! No wonder the people of our Country are so angry with Illegal Immigration," Trump tweeted"
"A disgraceful verdict in the Kate Steinle case! No wonder the people of our Country are so angry with Illegal Immigration."
10:30 PM - Nov 30, 2017
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On July 1, 2015, 32-year-old Kathryn Steinle died in a hospital two hours after being shot in the back by a bullet which had ricocheted off the concrete deck of Pier 14. The bullet had come from a .40-caliber handgun, one of three shots fired by Jose Inez Garcia Zarate, a Mexican national unlawfully residing in the United States. He was found not guilty of murder and manslaughter, but convicted of illegal possession of a firearm.
It is a travesty. He was here illegally, had been deported multiple times, used drugs, second-grade education. Probably broke into an agent's car and stole a firearm. He fired 3 shots, one ricocheted and killed Kate. I'm surprised he wasn't pawned off in court as a poor DACA kid. Anyone else would have been in the slammer pronto. Drive a car in California and kill someone while you're are drunk and MADD ladies will make certain you get charged and prosecuted vehicular homicide and put away.
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The left's sacred cows get away with murder every day. Two weeks ago I heard an accident and turned to see one car wiped out in the middle of the street. Went over and a young lady was sitting in the car crying saying she is tired of being hit by hit and run Mexicans. She said through her tears this was the second time in a month.
But the real problem is people still don't give a damn.
[Breitbart] Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) has been hospitalized in Detroit and a consultant who works with the lawmaker said it is because of stress caused by alleged "media assault" following multiple women saying that he sexually harassed them.
ClickOnDetroit reported that Conyers’ office confirmed the hospitalization but did not give the name of the hospital or the reason he was admitted.
But a consultant for Conyers told reporters it is related to the sex scandal.
"I just spoke with Monica Conyers on the phone and we want you to know that the congressman is resting comfortably in an area hospital. He’s doing OK, as well as he can be expected for a gentleman that’s approaching 90 years of age," Sam Riddle said in the ClickOnDetroit article.
"The congressman’s health is not what it should be and a lot of that is directly attributable to this media assault," Riddle said.
Despite the charges by multiple women ‐ which Conyers denies ‐ an attorney for the 88-year-old lawmaker said he does not plan to resign his seat.
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"it is because of stress caused by alleged "media assault" following getting caught and realizing that the gravy train has done come to a stop multiple women saying that he sexually harassed them."
Mike
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So he doesn't like being assaulted either?
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I don't care about conyers because tit grabbing is a natural male tendency but stealing from your own poor constituents is beneath contempt.
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The long-awaited reconciliation between Palestinian Fatah and Hamas factions has hit widely expected bumps in the road requiring the Egyptian brokers to extend by ten days the agreed-upon deadline for Hamas to hand over control of the Gaza Strip to Fatah. Cause Palestinians are a nation like I'm a Shinto priest
[Ynet] Soldier found outside mall in the northern city of Arad with stab wounds; paramedics declare him dead on scene; police says murder was likely nationalistically-motivated; search ongoing for suspects.
A soldier who was waiting for the bus was stabbed to death outside the mall in Arad on Thursday night in what police said was likely a nationalistically-motivated murder.
The soldier, in his 20s, tried to call for help after having been fatally stabbed, collapsing on top of a car.
"I was driving and all of a sudden a soldier ran to me, blocking my car in the middle of a traffic circle," the driver said. "I didn't understand what was happening. I noticed he started throwing up. I was sure he was drunk. I stopped, and all of a sudden I saw he was throwing up blood on my car. I stopped and called for help."
"He was conscious and tried to say something but couldn't," the driver continued. "We tried to help him, he fell to the ground. We called Magen David Adom and put a towel on him."
Paramedics who arrived on the scene found the soldier unconscious and without a pulse. After resuscitation attempts failed, he was declared dead.
Police were searching the area for suspects, setting up roadblocks on route 31 and in the entrance to the city. A helicopter was also scrambled to help search. Shin Bet and IDF forces were also deployed to help police in search for the perpetrators.
Among other things, security forces are trying to ascertain whether the soldier's weapon was stolen.
An eye witness recounted the incident, saying "Someone came up to the soldier from behind and stabbed him. I saw him lying down (on the ground). My friend called me over when it happened, he tried to stop the bleeding with a towel."
[IsraelTimes] Two IDF soldiers are lightly hurt after rocks were thrown at their car as they drove near the Palestinian village of Kusra south of the West Bank city of Nablus. According to the army, one soldier was treated at the scene and another was taken to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva.
[Ynet] A Palestinian was arrested on Tuesday after IDF soldiers found long knife in his car during routine inspections of vehicles at the Fawar Junction, south of Hebron. He was taken for questioning.
[IsraelTimes] Two Palestinians are arrested at the Tel Aviv Central Bus station after a search of their belongings turns up a knife, a police spokesperson says. The suspects are taken for questioning by police. Service at the bus station is not interrupted by the incident.
One has to wonder whether the expectation is true, or merely deep state rumour mongering in the hope of forcing reality to conform to their desire.
[FoxNews] Another potential shakeup in the Trump administration; chief White House correspondent John Roberts reports.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is expected to leave the Trump administration in January, sources tell Fox News, amid discussion of potentially tapping CIA Director Mike Pompeo as a replacement.
The discussions come amid reports of growing tension between President Trump and the nation’s top diplomat.
However, the Trump administration publicly pushed back Thursday when asked about a possible Tillerson exit.
“As we’ve said many times before, as many of you love to write these types of stories, when the president loses confidence in someone, they will not serve in the capacity that they’re in,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said at the press briefing Thursday. “When the president loses confidence in somebody, they will no longer be here.”
Sanders pointed to the president’s on-the-record comments in the Oval Office Thursday during his meeting with Crown Prince of Bahrain Salman bin Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa. Trump was asked by reporters whether Tillerson would leave his post.
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CIA director as SoS? WTF!%$#@! This is them telling Trump what they want. Pompeo would put a halt to the downsizing and puff State back up to its former bloated monstrosity.
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CIAdirector as SoS? WTF!%$#@!
They make the calls, have done so for years. You hear anything about Pompeo cleaning house at Klingon Central? Of course not. Tillerson on the other hand is an outsider.
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I read where Judicial Watch is filing suit to stop Meuler for several reasons. One of which are the daily briefings leaks from his team to the media of confidential information. Another is the sheer conflict of interest the top members of his team has (not to mention he, himself).
Not that I think it has a snoball's chance in hell.
[AnNahar] Ottoman Turkish police Thursday detained 50 people including soldiers and air force pilots in raids in 11 cities against those accused of links to the group blamed for last year's failed coup, state media reported.
Prosecutors in the northwestern city of Eskisehir issued arrest warrants for 66 people as part of a probe into followers of US-based Moslemholy manFethullah 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... in the Ottoman Turkish air force, state-run news agency ...and if you can't believe the state-run news agency who can you believe?... Anadolu reported.
Those targeted include an unknown number of air force pilots and serving soldiers, as well as civilians suspected of being so-called "secret imams" who are alleged to be in charge of Gulenists ... the Turkish version of the Boogie Man, who set fire to the Turkish Reichsstag... in the military.
The agency said raids are continuing to find the 16 other suspects.
The operation comes after police staged an operation on Wednesday to detained 360 people, including 333 soldiers, as part of a probe into the Gulen network in the armed forces.
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[Ynet] Officials in Kashmire say at least five rebels were killed and three civilians and a soldier injured in armed confrontations and anti-India protests in the disputed region.
The Indian army said four forces of Evil died Thursday in heavy fighting in southern Pakharpore village.
Residents said soldiers used explosives to blast a house where forces of Evil were hiding.
As the fighting raged, hundreds of residents protested in solidarity with the rebels and clashed with the government forces to help the trapped forces of Evil escape. Three civilians were maimed in the festivities.
In a separate gunbattle in the Sopore area, one bully boy was reportedly killed and a soldier was maimed.
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As the fighting raged, hundreds of residents protested in solidarity with the rebels and clashed with the government forces to help the trapped forces of Evil escape. Three civilians were maimed in the festivities.
So, not really "civilians", more like collaborators
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Civilians, eh? You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.
[Ynet] Jordan's King Abdullah II said during his visit to the United States that "the transfer of the American embassy to Jerusalem at this stage will have repercussions in the Paleostinian, Arab and Islamic scene," adding it would "endanger the two-state solution and could be potentially exploited by snuffies to stoke anger, frustration, and desperation in order to spread their ideologies."
Abdullah stressed this after reports said US 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... plans to announce Thursday the transfer of the American embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, announcing its recognition as the capital of Israel.
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Bet you wouldn't say that to his face. Abdullah is one of the few good leaders over there. He has to "save face" whether he believes it or not, all those paelosinians living in his country. Don't be such a shit gromgarou
[DAWN] A three-judge Supreme Court (SC) bench on Thursday overturned the life imprisonment sentence of three men suspected of planning an attack on former president Pervez Perv Musharraf ... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ... The three accused ‐ Intakhab Abbasi, Zafar Ali and Muhammad Kabeer ‐ had been convicted of planning to attack the Army House in a bid to target retired General Pervez Musharraf.
They had initially been sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court but later the Lahore High Court turned their sentences into life imprisonment.
The men, who have now been set free, were also accused of having links with the Tehrik-e-Taliban ...Arabic for students... Pakistain.
According to the judges, the verdict was overturned due to lack of evidence. "The prosecution's neglect led to the fish escaping the net," Justice Dost Muhammad remarked during the hearing.
"The prosecution failed to prove its case," Justice Asif Saeed Khosa remarked.
In a separate case, the SC overturned a death sentence handed to a man convicted of multiple murders in a 10-year-old case citing a "lack of evidence".
The suspect, Saeed Akhtar, was sentenced to death by a trial court some 10 years ago for the murder of five people. The Lahore High Court upheld the trial court's verdict in the case at the time.
A three-judge bench, headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, decided today to overturn the verdict citing a lack of evidence.
The court, as it overturned the death sentence, said that the prosecution had failed to prove the case and that there were no eyewitnesses to prove the legitimacy of the prosecution's claim.
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[ARABNEWS] Saudi air defenses intercepted a missile heading toward the southern city of Khamis Mushait, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The Saudi Royal Air Force detected a missile launch from inside Yemeni territory at 8:20 p.m. on Thursday, said Col. Turki al-Maliki, front man for Saudi-led coalition fighting to restore the legitimate government in Yemen, confirming the destruction of the missile.
Al-Maliki said that the control of ballistic weapons by terrorist organizations, including al-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 ... armed militias, "represents a threat to regional and international security and that firing them at populated places is contrary to international humanitarian law."
The coalition asserted that the continuation of armed militias in targeting cities with ballistic missiles is the biggest evidence of the continued smuggling of weapons into 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... by all ways and means contrary to resolution No. 2216.
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[RADIOSHABELLE] A Somali Police officer says government forces have launched an overnight assault against Al-Shabaab ... the personification of Somali state failure... bases on the outskirts of Qoryoley district in Lower Shabelle region.
Confirming the incident, Qoryoley district Police commissioner Ali Mohammed Aden said the national army troops regained control of the area after overpowering the Death Eaters.
Aden stated that one Al-Shabaab Death Eater was captured alive during the festivities. Al-Shabaab is yet to comment on the Police claim.
Qoryoley, which an agriculture-rich town located about 120Km northwest of Mogadishu was recaptured by Somali and AMISOM soldiers in 2014 after flushing out the Death Eaters.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least five prisoners who were sentenced to death over kidnapping charges were hanged to death in Kabul prison today.
The Ministry of Interior officials confirmed that the five convicts were hanged to death in Pul-e-Charkhi prison of Kabul earlier today.
The officials further added that the men were sentenced to death by all courts after they were found guilty of kidnapping in western Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... province of Afghanistan.
The directorate overlooking the prisons and detention centers in the ministry of interior issued a statement today confirming the execution of the five prisoners.
The statement further added that the men were hanged to death earlier this morning after their death pentalty orders were approved by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. The directorate also added that the men were also found guilty of murder besides committing kidnappings in western Herat province of Afghanistan.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least three suspects involved in a bloody stabbing incident in Kabul city have been incarcerated Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! by the security forces, the officials said late on Wednesday night.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials in Kabul said the incident took place on Wednesday in the vicinity of the 10th police district of the city in Charqala-e-Wazirabad.
The officials further added that the three men had stabbed two people which resulted into the murder of one of them while the other has sustained injuries.
According to CID officials, the suspects managed to flee the area but were arrested during the operations few hours after the incident.
This comes as there has been a sharp rise in criminal-related incidents in Kabul city and other key cities of the country during the recent years.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] In an exclusive interview with French-language weekly news magazine Gay Paree Match, Lebanese 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 ...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... has him bumped off, too. spoke about his resignation, Iran, Hezbollah and rumors he was detained in 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... Regarding the claims stated by Lebanese President Michel Aoun ...president of Leb, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah... , Saad Hariri said: "Many stories have been told but if I were tossed into the calaboose, I would not be here in Beirut today. Before that, I was able to go to Gay Paree, Egypt, Cyprus. I was free."
When asked about his resignation and the role he would wish to take on, Hariri said: "I wanted the world to understand that Leb can no longer tolerate the interferences of a party like Hezbollah in the affairs of the Gulf countries, where 300,000 Lebanese live. We must not pay for the actions of Hezbollah."
Hariri added: "In Leb, Hezbollah has a political role. Leb's interest is to ensure that its weapons are not used elsewhere. I will not accept that a Lebanese political party participates in maneuvers that serve the interests of Iran."
He commented on threats he received: "I have many enemies, turbans and the Syrian regime. The latter pronounced a death sentence against me. They accuse me of interference in their country. Frankly, do you imagine us Lebanese interfering in Syria?"
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[RADIOSHABELLE] A Somali immigrant who maimed 11 people in a car and knife attack at Ohio State University a year ago was influenced by the ideology of Lion of Islam group 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.... but had no outside help in planning the violence, the FBI said on Wednesday.
Abdul Razak Ali Artan, 20, on Nov. 28, 2016, plowed into pedestrians with a car and then exited the vehicle to stab other victims, before a police officer at the campus shot him.
Artan, who was born in Somalia and became a lawful permanent U.S. resident, was pronounced dead at the scene in Columbus, the state capital.
Islamic State a day later grabbed credit for Artan’s actions. The Federal Bureau of Investigation initially said Artan appeared to have been inspired by the group, but the agency at the time said it had found no evidence others were involved in planning the attack.
After a year-long investigation, the FBI said on Wednesday it had confirmed its initial assessment.
"The evidence from the extensive investigation indicates the perpetrator acted alone and was not directed by a terrorist organization," the FBI statement said, adding that the agency’s investigation was complete.
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Abdul Razak Ali Artan
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So they don't need any help. They can do it all by themselves. That's comforting. Among other things, by not communicating with Higher, they don't leave tracks.
They just stew in their own juice of Islam.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] More than 400 US Marines and their artillery are leaving Syria after helping to capture the city of Raqqa from ISIS, the US-led coalition fighting the bully boy group said on Thursday.
Last month, US-backed militias declared victory in Raqqa, ISIS’s former headquarters in Syria, after months of fighting with the help of the US-led coalition.
"With the city liberated and ISIS on the run, the unit has been ordered home. Its replacements have been called off," the coalition said in a statement, using an acronym for ISIS.
"We're drawing down combat forces where it makes sense, but still continuing our efforts to help Syrian and Iraqi partners maintain security," Brigadier General Jonathan Braga, the director of operations for the coalition, said in the statement.
"Our remaining forces will continue to work by, with, and through partner forces to defeat remaining ISIS, prevent a re-emergence of ISIS, and set conditions for international governments and NGOs to help local citizens recover from the horrors of ISIS' short-lived rule," he said.
Officially, the Pentagon says there are 503 troops in Syria. However, women are made to be loved, not understood... as of last week, US officials said there were closer to 2,000 US troops in the country. The latest announcement would reduce that number.
As that campaign against ISIS winds down, it is unclear how many, if any, US troops will remain in Syria.
Most of them are special operations forces, working to train and advise local partner forces, including providing artillery support against ISIS bully boys.
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And here I thought there are no US troops in Syria.
So it wasn’t just Israel? Odd that he and his boss didn’t openly snub the other parties involved...
[IsraelTimes] Former Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, unsuccessful presidential candidate, and utterly failed Secretary of State... said both Israel and Egypt pushed the United States to "bomb Iran" before the 2015 nuclear deal was struck.
Kerry defended the deal during remarks Tuesday at the Ignatius Forum in Washington, saying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was "genuinely agitating towards action," before he struck the accord with Tehran.
Kerry said when he was chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he met with Late King of the Arabians, Sheikh of the Burning Sands Abdullah ... Now a dead guy... , Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... and Netanyahu, who all lobbied for military action.
"Each of them said to me, you have to bomb Iran, it’s the only thing they are going to understand," he said.
But Kerry said that was "a trap" since the Arab countries would have publicly criticized the US if it bombed Iran.
It was not clear when the conversations took place. Kerry chaired the Senate panel from 2009 to early 2013. Mubarak was deposed in February 2011.
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And you ignored it - just as the moron preceding you ignored Israeli/Saudi (virtually identical) advice on Iraq. But that was (relatively)just a small disaster.
[AlAhram] The Egyptian military has destroyed three hideouts and seized a weapons depot used by snuffies in the central part of the border Sinai Peninsula, a front man said Thursday.
Tamer El-Refaie said in a statement that the military's third field forces seized a weapons cache housing "anti-tank projectiles, large amounts of highly explosive TNT material used by the snuffies to manufacture improvised bombs (IEDs), boom belts and mortar shells."
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] 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... n forces repelled an attack by 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 and Saleh loyalist forces in the Jazan region south of the Kingdom.
Factions of militias crossed the Saudi border to attack military checkpoints across several axes, Al Arabiya was told.
Saudi forces engaged the militias with air support from coalition jets which targeted the militias military reinforcements.
Sources confirmed that the Saudi forces killed dozens of militias, and destroyed stockpiles of weapons and ammunition.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] In the first documented case of its kind, undercover ISIS turbans based in the Idlib Governorate were caught trying to reach the newly established 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.... enclave in the northeastern countryside of Hama.
On Thursday morning, two ISIS technicals were ambushed during the journey as they attempted to bypass checkpoints established by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a rival jihadist faction which dominates most of rebel-held northwestern Syria.
During the ambush, HTS killed all except one ISIS Lion of Islam who surrendered himself only to be paraded before the camera. In addition, both vehicles were seized intact despite some gunshot holes:
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Man oh man, there just isn't enough popcorn when ISIS and Al Qaeda start self-destructing
[ALMASDARNEWS] Two former bosses of the Venezuelan petroleum industry have been tossed in the calaboose Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! by security forces on Thursday, according to official sources.
The two detainees are Nelson Martinez, ex-chief of state oil company PDVSA, and former Minister for Oil Eulogio del Pino. According to Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab, the two high-ranking officials were arrested as part of a security operation in order to "to dismantle the cartel that has been hitting the oil industry."
The attorney further stated that the operation is being carried out by the Military Counterintelligence Unit, and that in total 14 people are being investigated, some of whom are not living in the country at the moment.
"We hope they will be delivered to Venezuelan justice," Saab said.
The arrests come a week after similar sanctions were taken against six executives of Citgo Petroleum Corp, the US-based subsidiary of PDVSA, who were arrested on suspicion of having accepted bribes of over $50 million.
The functions of both Martinez and del Pino are taken over by Manuel Quevedo, a staunch supporter of Maduro. Quevedo has defended the purge of the two former oil bosses, accusing them of planning an economical sabotage of the nation.
"This sabotage plan is aimed at achieving a repeat of 2002-03 when there was an attempted coup against Chavez," Quevedo stated during an OPEC meeting in Vienna.
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Saboteurs and wreckers...somewhere, Iosif Vissarionivitch smiles.
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[RADIOSHABELLE] At least three people were reported to have been maimed in a fresh Arclight airstrike on Al-Shabaab ... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... -held town in Southern Somalia on Wednesday night, residents said.
The airstrike which is believed to have been carried out an unmanned U.S. aircraft took place in Toratorow district in Lower Shabelle region, just about 90Km west of Mogadishu.
Those maimed in the attack were civilians, according to the sources. Neither Al-Shabaab nor U.S. military commented on the assault.
This was the latest in series of airstrikes by U.S. military against Al-Shabaab since President Trump gave AFRICOM broader authorization to step up air raids in Somalia in March of this year.
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[DAWN] A roadside kaboom killed five pro-government fighters and maimed two others in South Wazoo on Thursday evening, hours after a suspected United States drone struck a bad boy compound near Pak-Afghan border area, killing three suspected bad boys, officials said.
The evening incident took place in South Waziristan's Spinkai area near the Afghan border when a group of pro-government fighters was returning from a function.
Their vehicle was attacked using a remotely detonated bomb, said intelligence officials. The officials said the group was part of a volunteers' militia helping the military in operations against terrorists. The intelligence officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the media.
They said the group's leader, Wali Jan, had earlier survived a suicide kaboom but continued to play a role in fighting Talibs.
The two maimed men were moved to a military hospital, they said.
Umar Arshad, an assistant administrator in South Waziristan, confirmed the intelligence officials' account.
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[DAWN] An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday released on bail 73 men who were tossed in the slammer Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! from the 20-day sit-in staged by members of religious parties in the capital.
ATC judge Shahrukh Arjumand heard the bail applications of the arrested protesters.
While approving the bail applications of 73 detainees, the judge extended the judicial remand of 47 protesters.
An identity parade will be held for the 47 accused, who have been shifted to Adiala Jail.
The court ordered the released protesters to submit surety bonds worth Rs10,000.
Among the released protesters, 41 were held at Aabpara cop shoppe, 16 at Khanna cop shoppe and 16 at I-9 cop shoppe.
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[DAWN] A court in Sweden on Thursday sentenced a Swedish man to 10 years in prison for coercing teenagers in Canada, Britannia and the United States to perform sexual acts in front of webcams by threatening them or their families.
The Uppsala City Court said that Bjorn Samstrom was guilty of online sexual offences against 27 children between 2015 and early 2017.
The 41-year-old had threatened to post photos of his victims on porn sites or kill their relatives unless they performed sexual acts as he watched in Sweden.
It was the first time in Sweden that a person had been convicted of rape when the sexual assaults took place over the internet.
Under Swedish law rape doesn't have to involve intercourse. It can be another act that's considered equally violating.
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Under Swedish law rape doesn't have to involve intercourse
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Ottoman Turkish Army recently deployed 180 commandos to the Aleppo Governorate city of al-Bab, the Hurriyet Daily reported today
"Troops from the Ottoman Turkish Gendarmerie’s ’Wolves’ battalion, based in the Black Sea province of Tokat, conducted a leaving ceremony before heading to Syria," the Daily added.
Al-Bab is currently under the control of the Ottoman Turkish-backed Euphrates Shield forces; it is strategically located in the eastern countryside of Aleppo.
While the Ottoman Turkish Army already has a large presence in western Aleppo (Darat Izza), the eastern countryside is mostly controlled by their proxies, as their is a small presence of Kurdish-led fighters in this area.
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[DAWN] Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that if India thinks there is substance to its allegations against Jamaat-ud-Dawa ...the front organization of Lashkar-e-Taiba... (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed ...founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and its false-mustache offshoot Jamaat-ud-Dawa. The United Nations declared the JuD a terrorist organization in 2008 and Hafiz Saeed a terrorist as its leader. Hafiz, JuD and LeT are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Pak intel apparatus, so that amounted to squat... it should pursue charges against him on an international forum.
PM Abbasi, in an interview with Bloomsburg News, said that the Lahore High Court had decided to release the JuD leader as there were no charges against Saeed, and that the decision to free him was within the bounds of the law.
"The court, a three-judge bench, has released him saying there are no charges against him, the country has a law you know," Abbasi told Bloomberg. "Prosecute him internationally if there is substance to these charges ─ these are accusations only. No evidence has been provided by India."
According to Bloomberg, India claimed it has provided evidence to Pakistain. However, a lie repeated often enough remains a lie... Indian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Raveesh Kumar did not respond to requests for comments, the report said.
The prime minister also brushed aside United States (US) accusations that Pakistain provides sanctuary to myrmidon groups, saying that attacks in the region are originating from Afghanistan.
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[DAWN] A two-member Supreme Court bench on Thursday castigated government officials, intelligence agencies as well as the media for their 'questionable role' in the sit-in at Faizabad, which had disrupted life in Islamabad and Rawalpindi for 20 days.
"How did the protesters get teargas shells and sticks?" Justice Mushir Alam asked the advocate general of the Islamabad jurisdiction.
"If you cannot secure the federal capital, how will you secure the country?" he asked, addressing the government.
The bench, which is hearing a petition on the disturbance caused to public life due to the sit-in, made the remarks while reviewing a nine-page report submitted to the apex court on Wednesday on behalf of Inspector General of Islamabad Police, Khalid Khattak.
At the outset of the hearing, Deputy Attorney General Sohail Mahmood requested the court to adjourn the matter until Tuesday as the attorney general is out of the country.
"Why should we adjourn if you are going to be present?" Justice Qazi Faez Isa asked in response.
Continuing with the hearing, the judge asked why the country's agencies do not come forward. "Why is the Inter-Services Intelligence ...the Pak military intelligence agency that controls the military -- heads of ISI typically get promoted into the Chief of Army Staff position. It serves as a general command center for favored turban groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad, tries to influence the politix of neighboring countries, and carries out a (usually) low-level war against India in Kashmir... (ISI) representative not here?" he asked, inquiring as to why the intelligence agency was "silent".
He added that it was the ISI's responsibility to protect the state. "The poor of this country provide the funds for ISI," he said.
Justice Isa also took note of the fact that the protests are not completely over and that a sit-in is still ongoing.
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Question: When does the federal fiscal year begin? In other words, how much of the resettlement took place before President Trump was sworn into office, and then how much took place before his people were confirmed and took over running things?
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The fiscal year of the United States government, for example, runs from October 1 to September 30.
So almost 4 full months before Trump took the Oath...
[ALMASDARNEWS] On Thursday, gunnies loyal 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.... reportedly launched an assault against government forces in a sparsely populated area west of Sheikh Zuweid, a predominately Bedouin town near the Gazoo Strip.
As ISIS gunnies attempted to infiltrate a military checkpoint on the perimeter of Qabr Omair village, the Egyptian Army rushed reinforcements to the area and managed to hold its ground before driving the jihadist gunnies back into the vast desert of Sinai Province.
Although heavy festivities were reported to have taken place by local sources, the exact corpse count on either side remains unbeknownst to al-Masdar News.
On Saturday, Egypt was struck by one of its worst terror attacks in years after ISIS gunnies detonated a massive bomb inside the Rawdah mosque and opened fire upon civilians in the town of Bir al-Abed, also located in northern Sinai.
According to officials, 305 Egyptian people were killed and a further 128 civilians maimed during the attack. Sadly, 27 children were among the dead.
[DAWN] At least three suspected murderous Moslems were killed in an alleged United States (US) dronezap on Thursday targeting a bully boy compound in Afghanistan's Paktia province near the Pak-Afghan border, officials said.
The Paktia provincial governor's spokesperson Abdullah Asrat said the dronezap took place on Afghan soil, in the Patan district. He also gave a higher corpse count, saying that seven murderous Moslems were killed, including two commanders, and that two were maimed.
According to two Pak intelligence officials, the unmanned drone fired two missiles at the Ghaznavi compound of the Haqqani network's commander Abdur Rasheed. The network is affiliated with Afghan Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... It was unclear if Rasheed was at the compound at the time of the strike, they said, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... because they were not authorised to speak to the media.
The compound is located on the Pesho Ghar mountain in the Kurram tribal region's Ghuzgari area.
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[DAWN] Former president Pervez Perv Musharraf ... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ... on Tuesday declared that he is the greatest supporter of proscribed murderous Moslem group Lashkar-e-Taiba ...the Army of the Pure, an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI... (LeT).
The declaration of support for LeT, Jamaat-ud-Dawa ...the front organization of Lashkar-e-Taiba... and its chief Hafiz Saeed ...founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and its false-mustache offshoot Jamaat-ud-Dawa. The United Nations declared the JuD a terrorist organization in 2008 and Hafiz Saeed a terrorist as its leader. Hafiz, JuD and LeT are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Pak intel apparatus, so that amounted to squat... , who was recently released from house arrest, was made during a discussion pertaining to Musharraf's recently announced 23-party 'grand alliance' on ARY News programme 11th Hour.
During the talk show, the host pointed out that it will be "an interesting visual" to see Musharraf ─ "enlightened moderation, liberal outlook" ─ sitting next to leaders of parties such as Majlis-e-Wahdatul Moslemeen, Sunni Itehad Council and Pakistain 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... ─ "parties with religious colours."
"You are describing me as a liberal [...] Yes, I am. These are my thoughts," the former president said. "That does not mean I am against all religious parties."
"I am the greatest supporter of LeT and I know they [LeT and JuD] are fond of me," he said.
When asked if he "liked" JuD chief Hafiz Seed, the former president said that he does and that he has met with him.
"Because I have always been in favour of action in Kashmire and I have always been in favour of pressuring the Indian army in Kashmire. This is the biggest force and they have been declared gunnies by India and the US jointly," Musharraf said, explaining his stance.
The former president went on to deny that LeT was involved in the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai ─ an allegation leveled by India and supported by Washington.
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[DAWN] The United States (US) warned North Korea's leadership will be "utterly destroyed" if war breaks out but its call for nations to cut ties with Pyongyang was rejected by Moscow while Beijing sidestepped talk of an oil embargo.
Washington urged tough action at an emergency meeting of the Security Council held Wednesday to respond to North Korea's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
"The dictator of North Korea made a choice yesterday that brings the world closer to war, not farther from it," US Ambassador Nikki Haley ...Trump administration's ambassador to the UN. First woman to serve as Governor of South Carolina, and the second Indian-American governor in the country, after Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. At the age of 39, Haley was the youngest governor in the U.S., a distinction formerly held by Jindal. She is a Republican, which really grates on the Dems... told the council. "If war comes, make no mistake: The North Korean regime will be utterly destroyed."
But her call for nations to "cut off all ties with North Korea" was rejected by Moscow, with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov saying Russia saw the proposal "negatively".
"We have repeatedly stated that the pressure of sanctions has been exhausted," Lavrov told news hounds in Minsk on Thursday.
US 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... derided Kim Jong-Un as a "sick puppy" and threatened "major" new sanctions after Pyongyang tested its third ICBM ─ which it claimed was capable of striking anywhere in the US.
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The condition of the defector who successfully escaped to South Korea was an embarrassment to Fat Boy. It also gave the impression that due to the poor health condition of his military personnel as the defector was NORK military, he had to play his strongest card to date, a true ICBM capability.
The US needs to restore Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative which Bill Clinton killed.
[DailyMail] The researchers, from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, say the number of neurons in an animal's cerebral cortex is a hallmark of intelligence.
The cortex is the largest layer of the brain and is associated with a range of complex behavioural characteristics.
Researchers found that dogs possess around 530 million cortical neurons, while cats only have around 250 million.
By comparison, a human brain houses around 16 billion cortical neurons.
'I believe the absolute number of neurons an animal has, especially in the cerebral cortex, determines the richness of their internal mental state and their ability to predict what is about to happen in their environment based on past experience,' study lead author Dr Herculano-Houzel told Vanderbilt University's news site.
The researchers applied their intelligence theory to several carnivorous species, and found that bigger brains do not necessarily mean more cortical neurons.
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It's been my unscientific observation that the only problem with dogs is they do not live long enough, while a nasty cat can apparently live forever.
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Cats may appear at times to interact with humans on an emotional level but I wouldn't bet on it. Of course 100% of canines do so instinctively.
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It'sbeen my unscientific observation that the only problem with dogs is they do not live long enough, while a nasty cat can apparently live forever.
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Well, it's been known for a long time that dogs have family but cats have staff.
Couple of the truest statements I've come across. Have a cat who is sharper than cheddar, and will coordinate with myself and the dog (aussie shepherd) in checking out noises.
....then there are the other two cats...(shakes head)...dumber than a bag of bowling pins.
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Dawgs are only animal that could keep pace with the long sojourns early humans were prone too. House cats arrived having rode along or carried as kittens, possibly on a pillow.
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Not only are cats smarter, they know they are smarter
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My experience is that cats are not dumb, just insane. I had one that was really nutz - he would crouch on top of the refrigerator and whack people going past. Scared the sh*t out of folks.
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I once watched our pet cat tear into a bowl of raw potato peelings. He was really hungry and swallowed several mouthsful before he realized what he had done. When we started laughing at his mistake, he folded his ears back, slunk away & hid his face for quite a while.
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That same cat liked to stay away from home for days at a time, or at least, refused to come inside when we called for him before we went to bed. He pulled this one subzero night, and we thought he would freeze to death. Next morning we heard him yowling from the fireplace flue, where the metal damper door was just above the fireplace. He had climbed up on the roof & come down the chimney like Santa Claus. Saved his own life, he did. Took him a few days to get all the soot out of his fur.
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That just mean Cats have a wicked sense of fun Spot.
Saw a documentary once about cats and their senses and how they literally perceive things quite differently than we do. From their sense of smell, eyesight, sense of balance, etc... Was interesting.
Dogs have more brain cells to track important things like licking themselves, the butt-smell of all their buddies, etc...
[Citizen-Times] Devin Patrick Kelley, a 26-year-old Texan, killed 26 people before apparently taking his own earlier this month during church services at Sutherland Springs Baptist Church in Texas. News reports indicate the slaughter was the result of a heated “domestic situation.”
All indications are that upon his bad conduct discharge from the U.S. Air Force he should have been identified as an individual who could not buy or possess weapons legally. That crucial information was never relayed to civilian authorities. Thus, Kelley obtained and used a Ruger rapid-fire assault rifle as he carried out his atrocious mass murder. Correction: He could not participate in the federal firearms transfer system. He had every right to buy a firearm outside of the federal system and to possess a firearm.
With perhaps some oversimplification, here is an attempt to shed light on how and why this tragedy took place. Read my attempt: He was a liberal murdering bastard. End of explanation.
There are two “doors” that regulate human behavior. One is the conscience. The New World Dictionary defines the conscience as: “a knowledge or sense of right and wrong, with a compulsion to do right”. The second door is consequences-natural physical consequences along with man-made laws and consequences. The conscience has the potential to require the individual to do what he/she thinks is right. It can also require the individual to not do what he/she thinks is wrong. A major trouble with the conscience is that it must be obeyed voluntarily. Humans have the choice to obey or violate their consciences on a daily basis. In regard to consequences they are seldom totally predictable in nature. Also, consequences set up by man-made laws are very difficult to enforce consistently. So far, so good.
In the classic serial killer novel made into the movie “the Silence of the Lambs” this duality of conscience and consequences is very well portrayed by Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter. Hannibal has no conscience to prevent him from killing people who get in his way. He kills them and eats chosen “delicious” body parts. Hannibal displays little fear of being caught in his criminal/anti-social behavior. He has proven himself very capable of avoiding capture and confinement.
The National Rifle Association (NRA) along with thousands of its members insist that the Second Amendment to our Constitution guarantees the right of Americans to own firearms. Their mantra is that “Guns don’t kill - people kill.” To many it appears the NRA is willing to ignore the harsh reality that too many people have been killed by people wielding assault rifles. Not an assault rifle. Assault rifles are capable of firing automatic fire. The firearm Kelly used was a semiautomatic, in this article deliberately misrepresented as an assault rifle.
These are automatic rifles that fire dozens of rounds before requiring reloading. How long will the NRA shirk its responsibility to support legislation that sets reasonable limits on (A) who can legally own firearms and (B) which firearms pose too great a risk of harming or killing Americans and, therefore, must be controlled or banned for the safety of all? What could possibly motivate that influential organization to continue with its present philosophy and lobbying to Congress? Surely people don’t have to be told the answer to that question! It is money. The notion of "legally own" is such a sad thing, built up by the press and government over the span of two generations, almost as an article of faith. Most people, I would guess about 90 percent, think that because they have not run afoul of the law, they have the right to own a firearm. They ignore the reading of the 2nd Amendment. Their rights, despite the notion of "legally own" are granted by God, not by government. The 2nd Amendment serves as a admonition to government not to infringe on that right.
I have personally chosen not to join the NRA because of their rigid stance that perpetuates this needless killing. I will continue, like many of my friends, neighbors and relatives to own simple non-assault firearms for personal safety. Good for you! Just what your shooting sports friends need. A Kommie scold. You're worse than a vegan who insists everyone be aware he is vegan.
There was a time when peoples’ consciences told them not kill people with their firearms. There was a time when assault rifles were not readily available. There was a time when people did not play video games that resulted in people dying before their eyes. For some who have never witnessed a killing this surely must diminish the value of human life. The good old days, eh?
In those days children played Cowboys & Indians, pretending to kill each other all over the neighbourhood, smallish boys got BB guns as a matter of course, and everyone carried pocket knives to cut things that needed to be cut. The ones girls got were prettier.
If we could re-tool the “American conscience” perhaps we could reduce killing to zero per year. But, since we can’t control consciences, what can we control? We can, if we choose to do so, regulate and control rapid-fire assault rifles. Personally, I think being a bitchy scold is your best idea. See your shooting sports line up to spend evenings in a diner, sipping coffee, telling them about how you'd like them to be disarmed. It is your best destiny. And you're too late on the assault rifles. They are heavily regulated by virtue of federal gun laws, starting in 1933 et seq.
There is a prevent-minimize-control continuum that is considered in regard to disasters and tragedies. Prevention is generally the least expensive choice. Minimization is more expensive. Correction is usually much more expensive than either of those two. The huge trouble with the correction phase is that human life cannot be restored once taken. That is a somber reality that NRA officials and many members need to ponder on. Are they so intent on the right to possess any firearm that they can convince themselves they have no part in the prevention of killing innocent people? There is at least a thin line here between what our military personnel should have and what civilians should or should not be allowed to own. Most of my neighbors say they see no need for any hunter or gun enthusiast to own assault rifles. But in government, when you pass laws chock full of involuntary measures to prevent some ill, invariably individual rights are violated, sometime grossly by those laws. You were doing so well straight up lying about firearms, then you go and commit a false logic: "all my friends say" and so on.
In her great song “Superman” Donna Fargo sings, “Now, let’s go through this one more time. You do your thing and I’ll do mine. But, honey baby, we got to draw the line when your hang-up starts messin’ with mine”. It is becoming quite clear that the NRA’s hang-up is messing with precious human lives. Bob Dylan asked,”How many deaths will it take ‘til we know that too many people have died?” When will their collective consciences kick in and tell them that profit should never trump human life? Donna Fargo, that Constitutional philosopher. And don't get me started on Bob Dylan's masterful multi volume work on Constitutional rights.
Should we beg NRA members to discontinue their membership in an attempt to persuade that powerful organization to support legislation banning assault rifles?
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If only we could pass just the right laws, create the perfect rule set, we could finally achieve a Perfect Society and end hate, violence and murder. (Wait, don't we already have laws against killing people? Shut up, he explained)
The fallacy underlying banning guns is the idea that if we remove the tool, we stop the impulse. But murder is more about intent than implements. In Britain, they got rid of guns and suddenly found themselves in an epidemic of knife crimes. Murder is fungible, if you will. People with intent will find a way.
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The NRA routinely supports measures that keep guns away from the insane. The crank who wrote this piece is simply a militant ignoramus who won't let facts get in the way of his hatred.
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On the other hand, if the NRA had a conscience, they wouldn't have sent me three "give us your money" letters a week for the past year
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I believe their conscience is of a higher order - that of preventing oppressive authoritarian/totalitarian government destroying our basic human liberties. Of which, hundreds of thousands of our fellow citizens have already given their 'last full measure of devotion' to prevent.
[DAWN] Three people were killed and nine injured in a violent confrontation between Deobandi and Barelvi religious groups in Jani Burira village in Sindh's Khairpur district on Thursday.
Participants in a rally clashed with participants of another rally, held to mark Eid Miladun Nabi, at the Ameer Shah Chowk, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Azfar Maheser told DawnNews.
The dear departed and the injured were shifted to a local hospital. Those killed in the incident were identified as Mushtaq Ahmed, Abdul Latif and Zulfiqar Buriro.
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I felt it here, about 60 miles north of the epicenter. Two very loud "THUD"s a few seconds apart with some vertical movement of the floor, but no horizontal shaking.
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Say Delaware and New Jersey slip off under the Atlantic - would we miss them?
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Coming from CNN, which admitted they covered up Saddam's brutality for years? I think they're worried about getting "foreign agent" status properly applied to them.
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[Mail] North Korea's latest missile test may have put most of the world on edge - but South Koreans are now being offered peace of mind with these fallout shelters.
Firm Chumdan Bunker System has just opened a showroom in Seoul in order to sell the £20,000 containers which promise to keep people safe if a nuke falls.
Each bunker comes equipped with four beds - though can be modified up to eight - its own air filtration system and solar panels for power.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] An Arclight airstrike has been carried out on the compound of a commander of the notorious Haqqani terrorist network in the tribal regions of Pakistain, it has been reported.
According to the local media reports in Pakistain, the airstrike was carried out earlier today in the vicinity of Kurram Agency ...home of an intricately interconnected web of poverty, ignorance, and religious fanaticism, where the laws of cause and effect are assumed to be suspended, conveniently located adjacent to Tora Bora... in Federally Administered Tribal Region of Pakistain.
The reports further add that three people were killed in the attack on commander Rashid’s compound which is located in Ghauz Garhi area.
The Pak government officials have not formally commented regarding the airstrike so far.
The latest airstrike targeting the compound of Haqqani network commander takes place amid growing pressures on Pakistain regarding the terror safe havens, particularly the Haqqani network sanctuaries, which the officials are saying have remained intact despite the major operations launched by the military of the country.
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Civilian human shields, camp followers and hard boys out of uniform, oh my! And all are credited to the terror group that chose not to keep them out of harms way, according to the Geneva Conventions that ISIS is not signatory to, not to the American coalition that struck them down while going after the bad guys.
[AlAhram] At least 801 civilians have been killed by US-led coalition Arclight airstrikes 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 Iraq and Syria, according to a Pentagon report released Thursday.
Five more strikes, all in Syria, were investigated over the past month and found to have resulted in 15 civilian additional civilian deaths, the report stated.
However, if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning... monitoring groups say the number of civilian casualties from coalition airstrikes in the fight against IS group is far higher than the Pentagon acknowledges.
Since August 2014, more than 5,000 civilians have been killed as a result of coalition airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, according to the London-based Airwars organization that tracks civilian deaths in the anti-IS group operation.
The majority of civilian casualty allegations are currently from coalition airstrikes in Syria. The Pentagon says they are still assessing 695 reports of civilian casualties, more than 400 of which are from strikes carried out in Syria.
US-backed Syrian forces retook the city of Raqqa from IS groupncontrol in October and pushed IS fighters out of a swath of territory along the Euphrates river valley in the following weeks.
Each investigation that found an allegation credible determined it was "more likely than not" that a coalition strike resulted in a civilian casualty, the report stated.
"Although all feasible precautions were taken and the decision to strike complied with the law of armed conflict, unintended civilian casualties unfortunately occurred," the Pentagon added.
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Yea, well, I don't believe they were really civil.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least eleven people all foreign nationals were tossed in the clink Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! by the Afghan cops in central Pashtun-infested Logar province of Afghanistan.
The provincial government media office in a statement said the detained individuals are all foreigners, hailing from Chechnya.
The statement further added that the holy warriors were arrested from the vicinity of Azra district of Pashtun-infested Logar province.
According to the provincial government, some women and kiddies are also among those detained and some weapons, ammunition, and a vehicle have also been confiscated.
The Pashtun-infested Logar government office also added that the individuals were on their way from Khogyani and Hesarak districts when they were spotted and arrested by the security forces.
It is yet not clear to which group the individuals belonged to with the provincial government saying an investigatio is still underway from the detained individuals.
This comes as reports emerged earlier suggesting that the holy warriors affiliated with the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group are attempting to migrate from the 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.. to Pashtun-infested Logar province.
The reports emerge amid ongoing violence in Nangarhar province mainly due to the infighting with the Taliban ...Arabic for students... myrmidons.
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The explosion of sexual harassment and assault claims, some going back forty years, is the inevitable consequence of the sexual revolution. Long before Bill Clinton’s sordid sexual escapades led him to impeachment, our culture had normalized public sexual behavior and mores once hidden away in the private realm, and kept there by laws, morals, and customs. Like many of our social pathologies today, our sexually saturated public culture and the unleashing of sexual predators are the bitter fruit of the free love movement of the Sixties.
Those who didn’t live through that period cannot imagine how quickly and radically our society was transformed. And that change was encouraged by certain species of dubious Pop-Freudian psychological ideas that had been combined with left-wing theories of political revolution. This synthesis was predicated on the delegitimization of the “bourgeois” virtues, morals, and values that had created the “false consciousness” empowering capitalist oppression. “If it feels good, do it” and “Fuck authority” became the most important personal and political imperatives.
Thus sexual liberation became an instrument of political “liberation,” and both revolutions enabled personal liberation, a weird mash-up of radical individualism and communist collectivism. Listen to Herbert Marcuse, denizen of the Frankfurt School and guru of the New Left:
The civilized morality is reversed by harmonizing instinctual freedom and order: liberated from the tyranny of repressive reason, the instincts tend toward free and lasting existential relations––they generate a new reality principle.
So too another popular intellectual of the Sixties, renegade classicist Norman O. Brown:
The life instinct, or sexual instinct, demands activity of a kind that in contrast to our current mode of activity can only be called play. The life instinct also demands a union with others, and with the world around us, based not on anxiety and aggression but on narcissism and erotic exuberance.
One can see this political justification for “free love” in the 1969 Wellesley commencement address of Hillary Rodham Clinton, who wrote her senior thesis on the most consequential theorist of modern left-wing activism, Saul Alinsky. “We’re searching for more immediate, ecstatic, and penetrating modes of living,” Rodham said. Her three sexually charged adjectives reveal the by then preposterous union of the sexual and the political revolution that starts with “questions about our institutions, about our colleges, about our churches, about our government,” Rodham continues, and enables “human reconstruction,” a phrase echoing the leftist “new man” necessary for achieving the collectivist utopia of social justice and equality.
The women’s movement in particular embraced this theory. Sexual mores were a tool of patriarchal power, the means for keeping women “barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen,” as the cliché went. Taking away women’s sexual agency and autonomy prevented them from “raising their consciousness” and “acknowledging their repression” by the bigoted, puritanical values of retrograde Catholics and “fundamentalist evangelicals” striving to “roll back the clock.” Emboldened by sexual liberation and its empowering pleasures, women now could demand freedom from “bourgeois” rules that denied them sexual ecstasy and personal expression. Now the “double standard” of sexual codes would be abolished, and women would become the equals of men, needing only laws to be changed or written that encoded that equality.
Validated by such ideas, the powerful human sex-drive, which smarter peoples before us knew had to be controlled to minimize its destructive consequences, now began to run riot. No one has captured the consequence of “revers[ing] civilized morality” as well as Tom Wolfe does in his brilliant 2000 essay “Hooking Up.” The “sexual revolution” had by then become a “lurid carnival.” Public life and popular culture from movies and magazines to television and the Internet were filled with pornography both soft and hard. Perversions like sadomasochism became chic, its appurtenances fashion statements, and later its practice the theme of a best-selling series of novels. Divorce lost its stigma, and men were now free to dump the mother of their children for “trophy” wives half their age without tainting their careers or prestige. Read the rest at the link
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I am beginning to think that all of those out of context, random sex scenes and female nudity in movies was a form of sexual harassment/punishment of "uppity" actresses.
I never understood why a movie had to have a 20 minute graphic sex scene burning film and taking up story time except to humiliate the actress, gratify the actor and the director, and fill up time in a movie that really didn't tell a story.
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I never understood why a movie had to have a 20 minute graphic sex scene...
Cheap commercialism. When the Movie Theaters went multiple screens it was a moneymaker on over-priced popcorn sales to turn the blind eye to teenagers sneaking out of the G-rated films they bought tickets for... For Hollywood writers? Why work hard to write good dialogue when you can just put in minutes of Bump-n'Grind?
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
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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[Examiner] Newsweek magazine accused President Trump's daughter Ivanka of plagiarism. But rather than claiming that she ripped someone else's work off, the magazine said she was guilty of making a speech more than once.
[Breitbart] Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) has been hospitalized in Detroit and a consultant who works with the lawmaker said it is because of stress caused by alleged "media assault" following multiple women saying that he sexually harassed them.
Oh NO! He's coming here ? 
... 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...
... the Turkish version of the Boogie Man, who set fire to the Turkish Reichsstag...
Pervez 
...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...
the personification of Somali state failure...
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..
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 
Michel Aoun
Late King of the Arabians, Sheikh of the Burning Sands Abdullah
Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda....png)
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[DAWN] A court in Sweden on Thursday sentenced a Swedish man to 10 years in prison for coercing teenagers in Canada, 
...the front organization of Lashkar-e-Taiba...
North Korea
...Trump administration's ambassador to the UN. First woman to serve as Governor of South Carolina, and the second Indian-American governor in the country, after Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. At the age of 39, Haley was the youngest governor in the U.S., a distinction formerly held by Jindal. She is a Republican, which really grates on the Dems...
[DailyMail] The researchers, from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, say the number of neurons in an animal's cerebral cortex is a hallmark of intelligence.
[DAWN] Three people were killed and nine injured in a violent confrontation between Deobandi and Barelvi religious groups in Jani Burira village in Sindh's Khairpur district on Thursday.
Kurram Agency
The explosion of sexual harassment and assault claims, some going back forty years, is the inevitable consequence of the sexual revolution. Long before Bill Clinton’s sordid sexual escapades led him to impeachment, our culture had normalized public sexual behavior and mores once hidden away in the private realm, and kept there by laws, morals, and customs. Like many of our social pathologies today, our sexually saturated public culture and the unleashing of sexual predators are the bitter fruit of the free love movement of the Sixties.
