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Two suicide attackers, Islamic State member killed as troops repel attack in Baghdad
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Afghanistan
Kabul Hotel Guests Describe Lax Security before Deadly Attack
[AnNahar] Visitors to an upmarket Kabul hotel attacked by Taliban
...Arabic for students...
button men have described glaring security breaches before the assailants went on a bloody rampage targeting guests, in a city constantly under threat.

Bags were not checked, scanners did not work and body searches were non-existent, according to witnesses, as the private company providing security to the state-owned Intercontinental Hotel comes under the spotlight.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/24/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Haqqani Network

#1  They were warned by US site intel on Thursday.
What am I dealing with here?
Posted by: newc || 01/24/2018 0:25 Comments || Top||

#2  Stay in a target, make yourself a target.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/24/2018 10:15 Comments || Top||


Ulemas Council calls Taliban brutal enemies after deadly hotel attack
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Afghan Ulemas General Council called the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
group brutal enemies of the country after the deadly attack on Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul.

The Ulemas General Council issued a statement in reaction to the brutal attack saying the Council strongly condemns the attack that led to the killing of innocent people, including several innocent Afghan nationals.

The statement further added that the attack has no justification, neither in terms human and Islamic principles.

The Council also warned the anti-government armed bad boy groups that the enemies of the country will never achieve their goals through acts of savagery.

The Talibs group grabbed credit behind the attack.

However,
it was a brave man who first ate an oyster...
the ministry said their preliminary findings show that the attack was plotted by the Haqqani terrorist network which has safe havens outside Afghanistan.

No further details were given in this regard but the Afghan officials have long been insisting that the terror network has safe havens and their leadership councils are based in the key cities of Pakistain.

The Ministry of Interior said eighteen people were killed in the attack including fourteen foreigners and four Afghan nationals.

Posted by: Fred || 01/24/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Haqqani Network

#1  Now I see them doing what they are supposed to.
Posted by: newc || 01/24/2018 1:07 Comments || Top||


Pakistan Ulema Chief criticizes President Ghani and Afghan Uelmas
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Chairman of the Pakistain Ulema Council Hafiz Mohammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi has harshly criticized the Afghanistan's Caped 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. ..
and the members of the Afghan Ulemas Council as relations remain strained between the two neighboring countries over the circumstances surrounding the fight against the terror.

According to the local media report, Mr. Ashrafi has criticized the Afghanistan's Caped President for his stance against Pakistain and for hurling allegations regarding the safe havens of the terror groups.

Ashraf has reportedly said that the Afghanistan's Caped President should take actions against the Afghan Uelmas for their failure to issue proper Fatwas in accordance with the situation of the country.

He also slammed the Afghan Ulemas for their stance against Pakistain and has accused them of issuing Jihad (Holy War) Fatwa against Pakistain.

This comes as the Afghanistan's Caped President had earlier reacted at the Fatwa issued by the Pak Ulemas in which they had called armed insurgency and suicide kabooms as illegitimate inside Pakistain.

President Ghani said last week that the principles of Islam applies around the globe and all Islamic nations which was supposed to cover Afghanistan as well and cannot be limited to a specific geography.

Posted by: Fred || 01/24/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistain Proxies


Africa North
Ex-Egypt army chief and presidential candidate detained
[AA.TR] Gen. Sami Anan, a former army chief-of-staff and would-be presidential candidate, has been detained by the Egyptian authorities for questioning, according to his official front man.

"Sami Anan the presidential candidate has been placed in durance vile
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
and yesterday 30 persons of his campaign [were also detained] by the al-Sissi regime," campaign front man Mahmoud Refaat tweeted in English.

Refaat went on to hold the regime of President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi "entirely responsible" for the safety of the detained individuals.

Earlier Tuesday, the army had accused Anan of committing a handful of "irregularities" after the latter announced his intention to contest upcoming polls.

Posted by: Fred || 01/24/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring


Video footage emerges of migrant torture
[Libya Herald] Videos showing the torture of migrant’s apparently in Libya have gone viral, drawing widespread condemnation. The victims were forced to call their family and ask for ransom money by the militias.

One video shows a man naked and in extreme pain as he is burnt with hot, liquidised silicon. His name is Sadiq Abakar Ahmed from Kutum in the Sudanese province of Darfur.

Taha Suliman Hussain, a friend of Ahmed, can also be seen in the footage.

The second video consists of ten migrants colonists lined up shirtless on the ground and being lashed repeatedly on their backs. The masked captor asks one man if he has transferred money to which the migrant cries out that that his family will. A sum of 120,000 Sudanese pounds is asked for, the equivalent of around 17,000 US Dollars.

It is impossible to verify where the incident took place and even if it actually happened in Libya. However,
if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning...
one of the torturers appears to speak with a 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...
tan accent.

Groups from from Sudan and Chad are known to be highly active in the migrant and drug smuggling trade. Mercenaries have also bulked up almost every warring Libya faction over the last few years.

Posted by: Fred || 01/24/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  But don't you dare call Libya a sh*thole. After all Obama/Clinton made Libya the great nation that it is.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 01/24/2018 10:18 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
Electronic Jihad in Nigeria: How Boko Haram Is Using Social Media
[TheJamestownFoundation] The Nigerian military faces a classic counter-insurgency dilemma akin to what U.S. and Afghan forces face in Afghanistan — the insurgents have high maneuverability in the countryside; are able to resource themselves or retreat across the border into neighboring countries; and the population is either indifferent or has been cowed into submission. ISWAP
(Islamic State in the West Africa Province)
militants mostly target civilians and supposed government collaborators, and in many cases have better knowledge of the cultural, linguistic and physical terrain than their military opponents.

Behind the scenes of the ground battles in northeastern Nigeria, ISWAP, Boko Haram and Ansaru are also engaged in a battle for supremacy of the jihadist movement and narrative in Nigeria. These three factions have been at odds since two key events in February 2015 and August 2016. First, in February 2015, a shura was held where Ansaru opted to remain separate from ISWAP, while the other insurgents, including some defectors from Ansaru, joined the group (jihadology.net, February 10, 2015). Then, in August 2016, ISWAP itself split, with Shekau being deposed from the leadership by Islamic State (IS). He returned to lead Boko Haram, while Abu Musab al-Barnawi became leader of ISWAP (jihadology.net, August 3, 2016).

Ansaru is now mostly operationally dormant, while ISWAP and Boko Haram sometimes clash in overlapping territories. Militants and civilians generally both prefer ISWAP under al-Barnawi. Boko Haram leader Shekau is known to attack pretty much anyone who resists joining his caliphate, which functions as his fiefdom around Sambisa Forest. That has included his own top commanders if he perceives they are disloyal, whether or not there is evidence to prove that disloyalty (vanguardngr.com, January 28).
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This article starring:
Abu Musab al-Barnawi
Ansaru
Boko Haram
ISWAP
Khairul Huda
Sahara Reporters
Shekau
Posted by: 3dc || 01/24/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Arabia
Senior Qaeda leader calls for attacks on Jews, Americans over Jerusalem
Molon labe, guys.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A senior al-Qaeda leader has called on Moslems "everywhere" to rise up and kill Jews and Americans in response to 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...
’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

In a video released Monday, Khalid Batarfi said Trump’s decision was "a declaration of a new Jewish-Crusader war" and every Moslem had a duty to "liberate" the holy city, the SITE Intelligence monitoring group reported.

"No Moslem has the right to cede Jerusalem no matter what happens," said Batarfi, a top commander with the group’s powerful Yemen-based branch. "Only a traitor would give it up or hand it over."

"Let them (Moslems) rise and attack the Jews and the Americans everywhere," he said, in the 18-minute video entitled "Our Duty Towards Our Jerusalem".

Breaking with decades of US policy, Trump on December 6 said his administration would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and move its embassy from Tel Aviv to the city.

On Monday, US Vice President Mike Pence pledged to move the embassy by the end of 2019, in a speech to Israel’s parliament that saw Arab politicians expelled after they shouted in protest.

Jerusalem is the third holiest city for Moslems, and the first holy city for Jews.

The US decision to recognize Jerusalem triggered protests across the Moslem world, and was also criticized by several US allies.

In the video, Batarfi dismissed US allies’ protests as not genuine and "nothing but dust thrown in the eyes".

"The greatest responsibility lies upon the Moslems in America and the Western countries in the world," he said.

"The Moslems inside the occupied land must kill every Jew, by running him over, or stabbing him, or by using against him any weapon, or by burning their homes."

Batarfi is a senior figure with al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
...the latest incarnation of various Qaeda and Qaeda-allied groups, including the now-defunct Aden-Abyan Islamic Army that boomed the USS Cole in 2000...
(AQAP), described by the US as the worldwide jihadist network’s most dangerous branch.

The group has kidnapped foreigners and grabbed credit for the deadly 2015 attack in Gay Paree on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo
...A lefty French satirical magazine, home of what may well be the majority if the active testicles left in Europe...
, targeted for its cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

The United States has intensified its air attacks on AQAP since Trump took office in January.

Posted by: Fred || 01/24/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula


Bangladesh
Rohingya leader detained by Bangladesh police in refugee camp
[NATION.PK] Bangladesh security forces have detained a Rohingya leader during a sweep in a refugee camp, police said on Tuesday, as tension grows over plans to repatriate the displaced Moslems to Myanmar.

The Rohingya representative, Mohibullah, was held in Cox's Bazar district as local authorities broke up a protest on Monday against the controversial repatriation deal signed by Bangladesh and Myanmar.

He was handed over to Bangladesh 's elite security force and then local police who are still holding him for questioning, Cox's Bazar police chief Abul Khair told AFP on Tuesday.

Two other Rohingya men were also detained for their role in the protests, another officer added.

Mohibullah, who goes by one name, has mobilised Rohingya in recent weeks to protest against returning the persecuted Moslems to Myanmar.

Bangladesh had been due to start the huge process of repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Tuesday, after agreeing a two-year timescale with Myanmar.
Posted by: Fred || 01/24/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army


Down Under
Australia Sends Dozens of Refugees from Pacific Camps to US
[AnNahar] Dozens of refugees held for years in Australia's remote Pacific detention camps departed for resettlement in the United States on Tuesday, asylum-seeker advocates said.

The Sydney-based Refugee Action Coalition said 40 men flew out from Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby under a deal struck by Australia with former US president Barack Obama
If you like your coverage you can keep it...
but bitterly criticised by his successor 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...
"It was a bitter-sweet moment for the refugees -- who on the one hand, are happy to be gaining the freedom that Australia denied them more than four years ago; but on the other, they remain extremely concerned for those that are being left behind," the advocacy group said in a statement.

The refugees, from camps on Manus Island, flew to Manila from where they will fly on to the US in different groups in the coming weeks before being resettled across the country, it said.

The group released photos showing the refugees lining up before dawn to get on buses for the airport, then waiting at the gate to board their flight to Manila.

Another 18 men were due to leave Port Moresby in the coming weeks, it said.

Australian and US immigration authorities did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the refugees' movements.

Canberra sends asylum-seekers who try to reach Australia by boat to detention camps in Manus and the Pacific island of Nauru under a tough policy designed to choke off the flow of refugees to the country.

More than 1,000 still remain in limbo in the remote locations.

Canberra has strongly rejected calls to move the refugees to Australia and instead has tried to resettle them in third countries, including the United States.

But until now only about 50 refugees have been sent to the US, under an agreement President Trump attacked after taking office as a "dumb deal".

The Refugee Action Coalition said a further 130 people on Nauru have been accepted by the US and are expected to depart next month.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has offered to take 150 refugees from Manus or Nauru, but Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said he will only consider the offer once the US agreement had been fulfilled.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/24/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists


Europe
German Politicians angry over Turkey's use of Leopard tanks against Kurds
[World Military News] The German government is facing calls to halt arms exports to Turkey after reports emerged that German-made Leopard tanks were being used in an offensive against the Kurdish YPG.

Some German politicians have requested that any moves to approve a tank upgrade deal be halted. Turkish-led forces began an assault in Syria’s north-west on Saturday.

The row comes just weeks after the two countries’ foreign ministers vowed to improve bilateral relations. Relations between the two Nato members have soured dramatically in recent years.

Reports on Friday suggested Berlin was moving to approve a request from Turkey for German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall to retrofit Leopard 2 models to better protect them from explosives.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/24/2018 00:48 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  So activate the backdoor code to disable them?
Posted by: 3dc || 01/24/2018 1:01 Comments || Top||

#2  "You don't understand. German tanks are only supposed to be used to invade Poland or France..."
Snark of the day.
Posted by: ed in texas || 01/24/2018 8:29 Comments || Top||

#3  But NATO just confirmed solidarity with Turkey? They really need to work on their messaging.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 01/24/2018 10:17 Comments || Top||

#4  So activate the backdoor code to disable them?

Can't give it out without giving it up.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/24/2018 10:31 Comments || Top||


The Grand Turk
Turkey Says Syria Operation May Extend beyond Afrin
[AnNahar] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund....
's campaign to oust Kurdish militia from their enclave of Afrin in northern Syria could be expanded to include the town of Manbij and even areas east of the Euphrates River, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday.

Turkey on Saturday launched operation "Olive Branch" aimed at rooting out the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia, which Ankara sees as a terror group, from its Afrin enclave in northern Syria.

But analysts say a crucial question will be whether Turkey limits the campaign to the Afrin region or extends it to the YPG held-town of Manbij or other areas to the east.

Afrin is an enclave of YPG control, cut off from the longer strip of northern Syria that the group controls to the east, extending to the Iraqi border and which has a U.S. military presence.

"This operation is targeting Afrin region but the threats are also coming from Manbij," Cavusoglu told La Belle France 24 television in an interview during a visit to Gay Paree, accusing the YPG of firing on Turkey from the area.

"We, as Turkey, have to eliminate (threats) where ever there are threats.

"For now Afrin is the target but in the future we might also start an operation in Manbij and also in the eastern part of the Euphrates," he said.

Asked if this might trouble the United States, he replied: "I don't have to agree with anyone else. Our obligation is to eliminate any threat targeting Turkey."

The campaign has caused ripples of concern among Turkey's NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
allies, especially the United States which is still working closely with the YPG to defeat 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) jihadists in Syria.

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...
is expected to express American unease over a Ottoman Turkish cross-border offensive into Syria, in a call scheduled with counterpart Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey'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...
, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

"This current operation is targeting Afrin region. But in the future, if the threat continues to come from other regions, we might also eliminate terrorist groups in other parts as well," Cavusoglu added.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/24/2018 00:23 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  Young YPG fighters are making videos of themselves standing in areas Turkey has claimed to have taken. They said that they have repelled attacks and have retaken areas that were originally in Turkish control after the initial invasion.

These videos can be seen at:

https://twitter.com/defenseunits?lang=en
Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 || 01/24/2018 0:49 Comments || Top||

#2  Turkey is really getting on my nerves like never before.
Posted by: newc || 01/24/2018 0:54 Comments || Top||

#3  Kurds need heavy weapons.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/24/2018 10:56 Comments || Top||

#4  Kurds need heavy weapons.

Why propagate a losing strategy, again?
Surgically excise the source.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/24/2018 14:41 Comments || Top||

#5  Surgically excise the source.

Ever heard the expression "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime."?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/24/2018 15:41 Comments || Top||

#6  Those folks that you just gave the tank to
Are likely to kowtow and thank you
Until they meet these
Whom you sold RPGs
And they're back in the "things that go bang" queue.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 01/24/2018 22:17 Comments || Top||

#7  They could always take the Turkish tanks that have so generously entered their territory...
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/24/2018 23:54 Comments || Top||


NATO confirms ‘solidarity’ with Turkey
[RUDAW.NET] NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure....
has confirmed its "solidarity" with The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
in the war against terrorism, deputy head of the defence alliance stated in a speech in Istanbul on Tuesday.

"In this neighbourhood, NATO recognizes that you face a number of difficult security challenges. Among all NATO Allies, Turkey is the most exposed to instability and turmoil stemming from the Middle East. Your country has suffered a series of brutal terrorist attacks. I want you to know that NATO stands in solidarity with Turkey in the fight against terrorism," Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller said in an address at Turkey’s National Defence University.

Gottemoeller’s visit comes after Ottoman Turkish leaders slammed the alliance for not taking action in support of Turkey facing "border aggression."

"Hey NATO! You are duty-bound to take a stand with your partners in the event of any border aggression," Ottoman Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey'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...
said after reports emerged that the United States was planning to create a 30,000-strong border force with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to secure Rojava borders.

The United States subsequently walked back from the reports they were forming a new force, stating they were just continuing their existing training of local forces.
Posted by: Fred || 01/24/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  The Berlin Wall fell. The Soviet Union collapsed. The rationale for NATO died. If the First World countries of the world are not motivated to protect their own interests, its not the back of the American taxpayer to subsidize them.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/24/2018 6:38 Comments || Top||

#2  "NATO confirms ‘solidarity’ with Turkey"

um,why?
Posted by: Tiny Sputer8745 || 01/24/2018 7:45 Comments || Top||

#3  Demographic blackmail. Turkey has threatened to flood Europe with new citizens.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/24/2018 7:53 Comments || Top||

#4  Except for MAYBE a handfull of staff, NATO (or, at least US support for/of it) should have shut its doors 25 years ago. It's even more dysfunctional now.
Posted by: Clem || 01/24/2018 8:00 Comments || Top||

#5  It is time for the US to walk away from NATO. Trump should work on a military alliance among the Anglosphere nations (and a separate one with East Asian nations).
Posted by: rjschwarz || 01/24/2018 10:15 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Mueller Worked With Radical Islamists to Purge Anti-Terror Training Docs Offensive to Muslims
[CNS] Commenting on Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating President Trump for alleged "collusion" with Russia, Judicial Watch said that, as FBI director under President Obama, Mueller purged the Bureau of all anti-terrorism training material that was deemed "offensive" to Muslims. This was done, said Judicial Watch, "after secret meetings between Islamic organizations and the FBI chief."

Judicial Watch obtained the documents on Mueller and the Muslim groups after filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the FBI in July 2012. Mueller had met with the Muslims groups on Feb. 8, 2012, after which the curricula purge took place, said Judicial Watch.

"As FBI director, Mueller bent over backwards to please radical Islamist groups and caved into their demands," said Judicial Watch. "The agency eliminated the valuable anti-terrorism training material and curricula after Mueller met with various Islamist organizations, including those with documented ties too terrorism."
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/24/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Corrupting doctrine counts as collusion"" but collusion is not a crime.
Sedition is.
Posted by: newc || 01/24/2018 0:55 Comments || Top||

#2  His master was one US President Hussein. Still is.
Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 || 01/24/2018 0:57 Comments || Top||

#3  Apparently killing Muslims was offensive, too.
Posted by: gorb || 01/24/2018 9:08 Comments || Top||

#4  FBI Director Bin Hussen Robert Mueller. The pages which were removed fell into at least one of four categories -- "poor taste," using Arab or Muslim "stereotypes," information missing "precision," and "factual errors."

Being honest about Islamic jihad offend his koranic master Obama? Duh.
Posted by: Woodrow || 01/24/2018 10:03 Comments || Top||

#5  Mueller got the Brennan-ValJar nod. It's obviously paid long-term employment dividends and his mentorship of James Comey will likely become legendary.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/24/2018 10:08 Comments || Top||

#6  Surprise me, find me one Obama era (and even earlier) actor who's NOT a Muzzi collaborator.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/24/2018 10:55 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Sialvi’s anti-govt movement from 28th
[NATION.PK] Followers of Sargodha-based spiritual leader Pir Hameedudin Silavi will start the protest movement against the PML-N government from Sunday (January 28.)

Protests will initially be launched in Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad
...formerly known as Lyallpur, the third largest metropolis in Pakistain, the second largest in Punjab after Lahore. It is named after some Arab because the Paks didn't have anybody notable of their own to name it after...
, Sargodha and Jhang, a leader attached with Pir Sialvi’s Khatme Nabuwwat Movement told The Nation on Monday.

Four districts (Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Jhang and Sargodha) were chosen due to a good number of followers of Pir Sialvi in these areas. The protest in placid provincial capital will be symbolic where a sit-in will be organised in front of Data Darbar, he said, elaborating the protest strategy of the spiritual leader.

Pir Sialvi is spearheading a campaign against the government after the latter attempted to tone down the law relating to finality of prophethood, and demanding resignation of Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....

Law Minister Rana Sanaullah. However,
if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well...
he changed his main demand (Rana Sanaullah’s resignation) at Saturday’s protest at Bhati Gate in Lahore and asked the government to enforce Islamic laws in the country in seven days. In case his demand is not met, he threatened to launch a countrywide campaign against the government.

In the first phase, Sialvi’s aide said, protests will be organised in four districts, but the campaign will gradually be expanded to other cities.

Sahibzada Hamid Raza, Faisalabad-based head of Sunni Ittehad Council
...an Islamist(aren't they all in Pakistain?) political party which claims to represent the Barelvi school of Sunni Islam. Member parties of the Sunni Ittehad Council includes the Aalmi Tanzeem Ahle Sunnat of Pir Afzal Qadri (of Gujrat) and Jamiat Ulema e Pakistan - Sawad e Azam of Sayyid Mahfooz Shah Sahib Mashadi...
‐ a conglomerate of Brelvi organizations ‐JUP-Noorani President Sahibzada Abual Khair Zubair, 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...
head Sarwat Ijaz Qadri and Tehrik Labbaik head Dr Ashraf Asif Jalai are part of Pir Sialvi’s movement. A couple of PML-N MNAs and MPAs are also backing the movement, as they had recently resigned in protest against his party’s "attempt to change law on finality of prophethood".

Pir Sialvi organised protests in Faisalabad, Gujranwala and Lahore on December 10 and 25 and January 20, respectively, to press for acceptance of his demands.

Posted by: Fred || 01/24/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


PU strikes off 37 students after violent clashes on campus
[NATION.PK] After a clash between activists of the Pashtun Education Development Movement (PEDM) and Islami Jamaat Talaba outside the university hostels, the Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....

University administration on Tuesday struck off 37 students from the rolls.

Higher Education Minister Raza Ali Gilani said that cases under terrorism act would be registered against the hooligans.

Punjab University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Zakriya Zakir chaired a meeting of all heads of departments at Al Raazi Hall here on Tuesday. Deans of various faculties and a large number of heads of departments participated in the meeting. The teachers expressed the resolve to adopt zero-tolerance policy against vandalism and vowed that nobody would be allowed to take law into hands. The meeting decided to take action against the culprits involved in the incidents across the board. The meeting decided to prepare a centralised database system so that any culprit who is found involved in any incident of violence could be identified with accurate information. The meeting decided to admit students on Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
’s reserved quota through nominations from the government of Balochistan. The meeting also decided to improve attendance system through biometric devices and implement biometric system in letter and spirit at hostels. The meeting also discussed to begin e-lane system at the entry points of the university. In a press statement, the university front man said that as many as 37 students had been suspended who were initially found involved in the incident and disciplinary proceedings had been initiated against them.

Posted by: Fred || 01/24/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Jamaat-e-Islami


US calls on Pakistan to 'immediately arrest or expel' Taliban leadership
[NATION.PK] United States once against pressurized Pakistain to 'do more' against Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
and 'war against terrorism.'

While talking to media on Monday, White House spokesperson Sarah Sanders called on Pakistain to immediately arrest or expel leadership of Pakistain .

"We call on Pakistain to prevent Taliban from using its soil to support US operation," she said.

The statement came day after deadly attack on Kabul attack by Taliban killing around 30 civilians including foreigners.

Pakistain has already condemned the attack and expressed it sorrow over loss of so many lives in the attack.

Furthermore, Foreign Office spokesperson Dr. Faisal rejected the knee-jerk reaction of Afghan government stating Pakistain rejects allegation being put by some Afghan circles for attack on intercontinental hotel.

Washington has been increasing pressure on Pakistain to 'do more' especially after tweet of 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...
in which he stated that Pakistain has dealt US only with 'deceit and lies' and $ 33 billion aid has proved futile.

Posted by: Fred || 01/24/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Hafiz Saeed petitions court to block takeover of LeT
[NATION.PK] The founder of a murderous Moslem group blacklisted by the United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
for terrorism said on Tuesday he had filed a court petition to halt government plans to seize control of his charities.

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...
is the founder of 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), or Army of the Pure, blamed by the United States, India for four days of shootings and bombings in Mumbai in 2008 that killed 166 people.

LeT, Saeed and charities that he controls are all included on terrorism blacklists by the UN Security Council and the United States. He denies any role in the Mumbai attacks and says he and his charities have no links to murderous Moslems.

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on Monday his government will push ahead with a plan to take control of charities linked to Saeed.

Pakistain’s government placed Saeed under house arrest a year ago, but he was released in November after a court ruled there was no evidence to hold him.

Under pressure from the United States, United Nations and international institutions to crack down on terrorist financing, Pakistain drew up secret plans in December for a "takeover" of charities linked to Saeed.

The United States calls Saeed’s charities -- Jamaat-ud-Dawa
...the front organization of Lashkar-e-Taiba...
(JuD) and the Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) -- "terrorist fronts" for LeT, which Saeed co-founded in 1987.

Pakistain’s plans to seize the assets were drawn up ahead of a UN Security Council team visiting Islamabad this month to review the country’s progress against blacklisted groups.

"We have filed a writ petition in the high court regarding these news which are going on in the media about the government’s measures (against us) or the United Nations delegation arriving here," Saeed said in a presser in the eastern city of Lahore where his charities are based.

He said any government moves against him would be carrying out the will of the United States and India.

Saeed’s freedom in Pakistain, where he holds public rallies, has been a thorn in Islamabad’s relations with India and the United States.

Posted by: Fred || 01/24/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Lashkar e-Taiba


Iraq
Three French Female Jihadists Risk Death Sentence in Iraq
[AnNahar] Three French women who joined 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 before being captured by Iraqi forces could be facing the death penalty
as they await trial in Baghdad, sources close to their cases told AFP.

The women were detained after Iraqi fighters ousted the jihadists from djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
last July, one source said, confirming a report on RMC radio.

One 28-year-old woman left in 2015 for the group's "caliphate" stretching over parts of Syria and Iraq along with her husband, who has reportedly been killed.

She is being detained with her daughter, who was born after their arrival.

"We don't know what exactly she is accused of, what her detention conditions are like and whether she is being allowed the means to defend herself," said the woman's lawyer, Martin Pradel.

He said he had received "no response" from La Belle France's foreign ministry on the case, for which the Red Thingy has been his only source of information.

A second woman, a 27-year-old named as Melina, also left for the region in 2015, and is being held with her baby. Her three older children have been returned to La Belle France.

"We expect La Belle France, if Melina is sentenced to death, to mobilize with the same intensity it has for other French citizens sentenced to death, in particular Serge Atlaoui," said her lawyers, William Bourdon and Vincent Brengarth. French diplomats have waged an intense campaign to free Atlaoui, who is being held in Indonesia and facing the death penalty on drug trafficking charges.
That was just drugs. These people voluntarily joined the most evil enterprise currently on Planet Earth.
But government officials have said French fighters placed in durance vile
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
in Syria and Iraq should be tried there if they can be guaranteed a fair trial.
Or something that looks kinda sorta fair if one squints very, very hard.
Defense minister Florence Parly said Sunday that "we can't be naive" regarding French citizens who left to join IS.

"When they are caught by local authorities, as far as possible they should be tried by these local authorities," she told La Belle France 3 television.

- Children detained -
On Sunday, an Iraqi court condemned a German woman to death by hanging after finding her guilty of belonging to IS, the first such sentence in a case involving a European woman.

In December, an Iraqi-Swedish man was hanged along with 37 others accused of being IS or al-Qaeda members, despite efforts by Sweden to have the prisoner serve a life sentence instead.

Iraqi authorities have not disclosed how many jihadists are being held prisoner since the counter-offensive that dislodged IS fighters from the country's urban centers last year.

Around 40 French citizens, both men and women, are currently in detention camps or prisons in Syria and Iraq, including about 20 children, a source close to the matter has said.

On Monday, Parly reiterated that she had "no qualms" regarding the fate of French jihadists, despite requests by some of them to be repatriated.

"These jihadists have never had any qualms about what they're doing, and I don't see why we should have any for them," she said.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/24/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


The ISIS technocrats
[StrategyPage] Arab Socialism Takes A Baath
Very long in-depth article at the link.
The Baath Party was officially dissolved by the Americans Saddam was overthrown in 2003. This made sense as the Baath party basically represented the interests of the Sunni Arab minority (about 20 percent of the population) in Iraq. Even though the Baath party was gone, the Sunni Arabs were still there. Moreover, the Sunni Arabs had the highest education levels in Iraq (and always have) as well as the most management experience in running the country and industrial enterprises. This caused problems right away since the Shia Arab majority lacked those skills and management experience. There were calls for keeping more Baath Party Sunni Arabs in positions of power.

When Japan and Germany were occupied after World War II, you could ignore, in most cases, that key government officials were members of the former ruling party. This was because such party membership was required of senior officials, whether they believed in the party or not. But in Iraq, these senior officials belong to a religious and tribal minority that depended on those key jobs to defend their comfortable lifestyles. These Sunni Arabs may not have believed in Baath philosophy, but they surely believed in Sunni Arab domination. This created a tricky problem as not only were the Sunni Arab technocrats qualified to get the country operating again, but they are also hated by most of the population and likely to start conspiring to put the Sunni Arabs back in charge as they did in the 1950s. This would eventually mean another Saddam Hussein (a Sunni Arab strongman running a dictatorship for the benefit of the benefit of the Sunni Arab minority.) The Sunni Arabs still had weapons, organization, local leaders and a lot of attitude.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: 3dc || 01/24/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Iraqi militia: Lebanese arrest order for commander ‘politicized’
[Iraq News] An Iraqi paramilitary group denounced on Tuesday a reported order by Lebanese authorities to arrest and deny entry for its top commander after he was seen at Leb’s borders with Israel.

Naeem al-Aboudi, a spokesperson of Asaeb Ahl al-Haq, a component of the Popular Mobilization Forces, said in press statements, quoted by NRT, that a reported Lebanese judicial order to deny entry for the group’s secretary-general, Qais al-Khazaali, is "politicized".

"Kahzaali is accused of having entered Leb illegally. That is untrue, because he made an official visit to Leb through Rafik al-Hariri Airport," Aboudi argued.

A video purporting to show Khazaali, along with members from Lebanese militia Hezbollah, had caused an uproar in Leb December as he appeared in a military suit touring the borders with Israel.

"If he was wearing a military suit, that is not banned by Lebanese law. We have hired a lawyer in Leb to reverse the order," Aboudi said.

Many viewed the video as a response from Hezbollah to the Lebanese government’s declared neutrality to regional polarization, especially towards Iran.

Hezbollah and the Iraqi PMF, both comprising fighters from the Shia Islam sect, are widely understood to enjoy strong military support from Iran.

Posted by: Fred || 01/24/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Kerry to Abbas confidante: 'Stay strong and do not give in to Trump'
[Jpost] While the White House confirms that since the "Jerusalem Declaration" there has been a complete disconnect between the Palestinian Authority and the Trump administration, it turns out that the previous administration actually maintains contact with PA officials. Ma'ariv reported that former US Secretary of State John Kerry met in London with a close associate of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Hussein Agha, for a long and open conversation about a variety of topics. Agha apparently reported details of the conversation to senior PA officials in Ramallah. A senior PA official confirmed to Ma'ariv that the meeting took place.

During the conversation, according to the report, Kerry asked Agha to convey a message to Abbas and ask him to "hold on and be strong." Tell him, he told Agha, "that he should stay strong in his spirit and play for time, that he will not break and will not yield to President Trump's demands." According to Kerry, Trump will not remain in office for a long time. It was reported that within a year there was a good chance that Trump would not be in the White House.
Sanctuary foreign policy?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/24/2018 10:58 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Palestinian Authority

#1  John Kerry - the gift that keeps on giving.
Posted by: Raj || 01/24/2018 12:26 Comments || Top||

#2  John Kerry has dedicated his life to the enemies of the US. He is well revered in Vietnam, Iran, Cuba and Palestine.
Posted by: airandee || 01/24/2018 12:35 Comments || Top||

#3  Sounds like Kerry needs to see the inside of a prison cell for a long time for treason and sedition.
Posted by: DarthVader || 01/24/2018 13:11 Comments || Top||

#4  Hatch Act violation?
Posted by: eltoroverde || 01/24/2018 14:48 Comments || Top||

#5 
#1 John Kerry - the gift douche that keeps on giving douching.

fify
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy || 01/24/2018 16:20 Comments || Top||

#6  Not Sedition but you might try the Logan Act. Oh, and ask him if he's had contact with any 'secret society' in and around the District?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/24/2018 18:00 Comments || Top||

#7  #3 Sounds like Kerry needs to see the inside of a prison cell stall for a long time for treason and sedition. With infrequent brushing and fresh hay
Posted by DarthVader
Posted by: Frank G || 01/24/2018 20:21 Comments || Top||

#8  He wants to be President.

Want's to run again.

HEH
Posted by: newc || 01/24/2018 20:40 Comments || Top||

#9  Logan Act. I like that approach.
Posted by: anymouse || 01/24/2018 22:47 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Mortar that was used on Russia AF in Syria is 2B9 Vasilek (Cornflower)
[StrategyPage] Russia admits to a missing link in its air defense systems. This was made clear at the end of 2017 when the Russian controlled Hmeimim (or “Khmeimim”) airbase in northwest Syria came under regular attack by 82mm mortars.

Russian weapons experts quickly concluded that the weapon used was probably a Russian 2B9 Vasilek (Cornflower) automatic 82mm gun-mortar. The evidence was the shell fragments from 3.24 (7.2 pound) 82mm shells and the fact that the shells were fired quickly. The 2B9 can use a four round clip that fires four 82mm shells in about two seconds. The Russian analysts realized that the only weapon that could have done that was the 2B9 but because Russia had never sold 2B9s to Syria the Russians accused Turkey of allowing Turkish smugglers to get such a large weapon across the border and into rebel hands.

Turkish intelligence quickly eliminated that by pointing videos posted on YouTube in 2014 showing Syrian Islamic terrorist rebels using what was clearly a 2B9. This is not a small weapon and weighs 632 kg (1,400 pounds), is mounted on two wheels and looks like towed artillery, which it is, except it uses the same ammo as the 82mm mortar and can be fired using those four round clips or by dropping the 82mm mortar shell down the barrel as most mortars operate.

The 2B9 has been manufactured in Russia since 1970 and by the 1980s China was manufacturing a clone called the W99. The Turks pointed out that Syrian rebels had, since 2014, boasted of capturing 2B9s from the Syrian army. How the Syrian army got them is an issue best not pursued by the Russians because 2B9s were in use by the Syrian army before 2011 and it is believed they were obtained from arms dealers or were Chinese W99s (you have to examine a W99 closely to be sure it is not a 2B9).

After all that came to light the Russians no longer blamed the Turks or wanted to discuss the 2B9 but did lament in the media that they do not have a weapon to stop 82mm shells while the Israelis, Americans and even the Germans do.
Posted by: 3dc || 01/24/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Clip fed mortar???

Geez why don't we have some of those?

Or is it because the weapons procurement guys can't figure out how to make it into an iPad?
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 01/24/2018 11:12 Comments || Top||

#2  Much like the A10, Army and Air Force probably both struggled to own it Sock. It's green and towed, but the shells have fins and are airborne.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/24/2018 11:31 Comments || Top||


Yazda warns of ‘serious risk’ to Afrin’s Yezidis
[RUDAW.NET] Twenty-one villages that are home to Yezidis in the Afrin area are at "serious risk" because of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund....
’s military operation in the region, Yezidi advocacy organization Yazda warned in a blurb Tuesday.

The group said they will hold Turkey and Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
militias responsible "if any persecution of cleansing act takes place against our people."

Yazda noted that the Yezidi minority has already suffered over the past decade, with its population dropping from 90,000 in 2011 to fewer than 15,000 today after persecution and forced displacement.

Yazda called on the United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
, United States, and Russia to protect the Yezidi villages.
Posted by: Fred || 01/24/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte



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