[ToloNews] Quoting four senior NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... officials, Rooters reported that international troops plan to stay in Afghanistan beyond the May deadline envisaged by the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... ’s deal with the United States.
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[LibyaReview] On Saturday evening, the United Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announced the full list of candidates for the Presidency Council and Prime Minister positions in Libya’s upcoming government.
In a statement, UNSMIL extended its heartfelt appreciation for the efforts of the three-person verification committee, drawn from the membership of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF). The committee reviewed the candidates’ applications in line with the eligibility criteria consensually agreed upon by the LPDF in Tunis.
The statement noted that all candidates pledged to respect the LPDF Roadmap with regard to the preparatory period paving the way for the holding of national elections on December 24th, 2021.
The candidates stated that should they be selected for the executive authority, they will provide the relevant oversight authorities with a declaration of their own movable and immovable assets inside and outside of Libya, as well as those of their spouses and children.
The UN mission pointed out that the candidates further pledged not to put themselves forward for elections at the end of the preparatory period and that they had signed a legally binding affidavit confirming their conformity to existing Libyan national law.
The UN mission announced that a full LPDF session will be held in Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... from February 1-5 to host the voting process for the new temporary unified executive.
During the course of this meeting, UNSMIL will invite all candidates for an interactive session with the LPDF members to allow the candidates the opportunity to lay out their vision on implementing the Roadmap agreed upon by the LPDF, as well as to respond to questions posed by the LPDF members.
The full list of candidates for the Presidency Council is as follows:
Idriss Suleiman Ahmed al-Qaed
Osama Juwaili
Asaad Mohsen Zhaiou
Khaled al-Saeeh
Khaled Ammar al-Mishri
Salama Ibrahim al-Ghweil
Suleiman Asweiker Awad
Al-Sharif al-Wafi
Salahuddin al-Namroush
Tarek Abdallah al-Ashtar
Abdul Rahman Mohammed Abu al-Qassem al-Balazi
Abdul Raheem Ali Mohammed al-Shibani
Abdullah Hussein al-Lafi
Abdul Majeed Ghaith Seif al-Nasr
Ageela Saleh Qwaider
Ali Abu al-Hojob
Ali Mahmoud Bukheirallah
Omar Mahdi Aboushrida
Majida Wefti
Mohammed al-Qammoudi al-Hafi
Mohammed Hassan Sleiman al-Bargathi
Mohamad Menfi
Mustafa Abdulhamid Dallaf
Mossa al-Koni
The list of candidates for the Position of Prime Minister is as follows:
Amal Jarray
Ahmed Omar Ahmed Meitig
Osama al-Sayd
Eman Kishir
Jamal Abu Bakr Omran Abughrein
Al-Hermein Mohammed al-Hermein
Khaled Mohammed Abdullah Ghweil
Daou Abdullah Abu Duwaiha
Atef Miloud al-Hassia
Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibeh
Abdul Rahim Mokhtar al-Montaser
Abdul Razak Ahmad Abdul Qadir
Othman Abdul Jaleel Mohammed
Fathallah Hussein Abdul Karim Mohammed
Fathi Ali Abdul Salam Bashagha
Fadeel al-Amin
Mohammed al-Ansari
Mohammed Abdul Lateef al-Montaser
Mohammed Muin Mansour al-Kikhia
Mouftah Hamadi
Hisham Abdullah Abu Shweikat
[LibyaReview] On Saturday, the official front man for the Libyan National Army (LNA), Major General Ahmed al-Mismari, denied the presence of Wagner’s forces in Sirte, adding that the city is under their full control.
In a statement, the LNA front man said that attempts to spread rumours, lies and fabricated news, has not and will not deceive Libyans, nor the international community. He directly addressed The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... , calling on it to immediately withdraw their forces and mercenaries from Libya.
Al-Mismari’s comment comes after anti-Wagner leaflets written in both Arabic and Russian were found in Sirte. al-Mismari described them as fake and labelled them a new provocative attempt to spread false news and deceive the Libyan people.
Notably, he has recently announced that the campaign, launched by the LNA against terrorism, will continue until all holy warriors are eliminated and their strongholds in the country are destroyed.
He also stressed that the LNA’s General Command is still committed to the Geneva ceasefire agreement for the success of the political track, sponsored by the United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... (UN) to resolve the crisis.
LNA units have intensified their presence in the country’s East and South in order to establish security, eliminate extremism, and secure the region and neighbouring countries from the danger of terrorism and the proliferation of arms.
The LNA has repeatedly carried out successive strikes against terrorist groups in the country’s Southern cities, especially the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and the Levant (IS), which is trying to re-establish its presence in the desert. In September, LNA forces managed to kill the leader of IS in North Africa, Abu Moaz al-Iraqi, in the Abdel-Kafi neighbourhood in Southern Libya
[LibyaReview] On Wednesday, the Libyan appeals court in al-Bayda canceled the border demarcation and security cooperation agreements between the 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... -based Government of National Accord (GNA) and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... , according to the Libyan Parliament’s website.
Earlier, the armed force of the GNA’s Sirte and al-Jufrah operations room demanded the full payment of its salaries, threatening to keep the coastal road closed until they are paid.
In December 2019, Turkey signed two MoUs with the GNA on defense and gas drilling in the Mediterranean. The maritime border agreement was rejected by several countries, such as Egypt, Greece, Cyprus, and the UAE, who described it as an illegal act that violated the illusory sovereignty of other Mediterranean states.
[LibyaReview] Acting Head of the United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Stephanie Williams gave a final briefing to the Security Council on the latest developments in Libya. She reviewed the progress made by the mission in implementing the outcomes of the Berlin Conference and its political, economic, and military tracks.
Williams added that she would head to Geneva on Friday, for a decisive round of intra-Libyan talks, which is expected to result in the creation of a new interim unified executive.
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[LibyaReview] Chairman of Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC), Mustafa Sanalla stated that oil revenues will be kept in the NOC’s account at the Libyan Foreign Bank (LFB), to protect it from corruption.
During his meeting with the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... ’s Ambassador to Libya, Jose Sabadell, the chairman added that the NOC is the only entity responsible for the management of the oil sector in Libya, and the only source of income for the country.
Sanalla stressed the need to protect the NOC as a sovereign institution from any political tensions. He praised the great role played by the Berlin Conference, the support of the international community, and the United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... . As well as the statements and decisions issued to maintain the unity of the corporation, and spare it from any political conflict.
Sanalla noted that the visit shows the EU’s interest in the return of stability to Libya, especially in these difficult circumstances.
Several aspects were discussed, most notably the challenges facing the oil sector in light of current budget constraints.
Sabadell expressed the gratitude and admiration of the EU to Libya for the national position taken by Sanalla, and his keenness to protect revenues until a comprehensive and clear settlement is reached.
Sabadell stressed that the political process is going well, and the European Union continues to support the NOC as the backbone of Libya’s economy.
It looks like peace is breaking out in Libya, for the moment at least. A human interest story.
[AlAhram] For some, Tawergha's ancient tradition of weaving offers a way to earn an income -- as well as resuming a way of life that the war had stopped.
In front of a bundle of palm fronds, Halima Mohamad squats down to weave in an abandoned school in Tawergha, a town once a flashpoint in Libya's decade-long war.
Mohamad makes baskets from date palm leaves, using traditional skills handed down over the generations and reconnecting her to a way of life nearly destroyed by the chaos of conflict.
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[KORRESPONDENT] In Nigeria today, January 30, six Ukrainian sailors were freed from pirate captivity. This was announced by President Vladimir Zelensky on Instagram.
"Today, 6 Ukrainian sailors were released - members of the crew of the ship Stevia, who were held in pirate captivity in Nigeria for a month and a half," Zelensky wrote.
Also, the president said that the sailors are now safe and are expected to arrive in Ukraine.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy also thanked Ukrainian diplomats and everyone who was involved in the release of the sailors.
[DW] Double-digit inflation and rising consumer prices have taken their toll on The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... . Experts blame the government for the runaway prices while President Erdogan says foreign entities are behind his country's demise.
Turkey's economic woes are nothing new. The country's official currency, the lira, has been on a downward slide for the past two years, forcing President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
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Soon coming here. Ye old days of Carter. I spoke to a fuel dispatcher(several states delivery he manages) and he told me the fuel price increases are in for certain. Biden taxes and your realistically looking at 4-6 dollars for regular. Without Biden at least $4/gallon shortly. East coast for sure. California, to the moon Alice. Biden ushering in horse and buggy days. I actually wouldn't mind that happening. Truly a green new old world deal. Rotary phones even. Honey, I'm home, where's the horse comb?.
[IsraelTimes] Despite Israel closing its land borders with the West Bank as part of the effort to curb rampant coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague) ...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men... infections, Paleostinian workers largely continued crossing into Israel, with footage showing them passing through holes in the fence.
Photos and videos have been taken since this morning in the area of the Tarkumiya crossing in the southern West Bank, where police and military authorities have made no move to stop the widespread flouting of the rules.
The closure is aimed at preventing cases among West Bank Paleostinians from making their way into Israel.
Apart from the health hazard, settler leaders also highlight the security risk, especially after an attempted stabbing attack earlier today.
מחסום תרקומיה סגור לכניסת פועלים פלסטינים בגלל קורונה, אבל הפרצה פתוחה כרגיל. ככה זה נראה הבוקר, משלב הפרצה בגדר, ועד ההסעות לארץ המובטחת. צילום: מיכאל היימן pic.twitter.com/bUbcccmeJP
[IsraelTimes] Senior figures in Ramallah have claimed Israel is obligated to provide shots; Israel denies this; the PA has yet to receive any major shipments of vaccines.
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An interesting, if pleonastic, follow-up study would be to determine how many front-line health workers actually got the shots compared to the number of PA functionaries.
[IsraelTimes] Increase said to be around 50 percent, although no official statistics available; Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... i envoy al-Emadi enters Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw,-run enclave to announce new aid projects.
[FoxNews] Guantanamo Bay has grown into what seems to be the most expensive prison on earth
Built nearly 18 years ago to detain suspected terrorists on a U.S. naval base in Cuba, Guantanamo Bay has grown into what seems to be the most expensive prison on earth.
The U.S. government has spent an estimated $161.5 million housing the suspected mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. And up until Saturday, Mohammed was to receive a coronavirus vaccine so that he could be tried and put to death, if convicted. A .22 cartridge costs 2 cents (when you could buy ammo) and makes for a most satisfying conclusion.
Captured in 2003, Sheikh Mohammed confessed to being a mastermind behind some of the most prolific terror attacks in the past few decades, most notably the 9/11 attacks.
Mohammed's death penalty trial was originally set for Jan. 11, 2021, but it was delayed due to the pandemic. Or Joe Biden, like his sire Barack, will find a way to trade him and many others for some American traitor.
A lack of vaccinations had reportedly made it difficult for federal prosecutors to move forward with war crimes hearings at the base, which is why Terry Adirim, the principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for health affairs under President Biden, signed an order Jan. 27 to vaccinate the suspected terrorists, a Pentagon spokesperson told the New York Post. Two defense officials confirmed the plan to Fox News.
The Defense Department reversed course Saturday. "No Guantanamo detainees have been vaccinated," Defense Department press secretary John Kirby tweeted. "We're pausing the plan to move forward, as we review force protection protocols. We remain committed to our obligations to keep our troops safe."
It's not exactly clear how much the federal government spends housing its Gitmo prisoners, but it's somewhere between $9.5 and $13 million per prisoner, per year. The prison currently has 40 inmates. That's compared to $78,000 spent per inmate at a "supermax" prison in Florence, Colo., home to some of the highest-risk prisoners in the U.S.
Using the $9.5 million figure NPR reached in a 2020 report, U.S. spending in the 17 years Mohammed has spent at the prison has topped $161 million.
Guantanamo has reportedly cost U.S. taxpayers over $6 billion since its inception. Included in that figure are charter planes to and from the island with few passengers, hundreds of thousands' worth of government devices that are destroyed each year to spills of classified information, Pentagon-funded defense attorneys priced at half a million dollars per year and total legal costs amounting to $60 million, even though Guantanamo has only ever had one finalized conviction.
But the New York Times tally edges the number up to $13 million per prisoner, per year. "I think it's crazy," former President Trump said of the cost.
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Sorry - The GD-men (Guantanamo Detainees) should be released and resettled here in America; Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles or any of the other 163 Sanctuary Cities across the USA (or whatever it is to be called after 21Jan2021).
They would be condemned to live like the rest of us,but they would be constantly looking over their shoulders for people who figured out who they really were/are/could have been in their old islamic world and their "Hit on America". Beyond that just the "new normal" the pressure of having perpetual 4 layer covid masks CDC enforced to allow travel, domestic covid medical passports, driving around with the other invaders who now have their sanctioned alien drivers licenses. The lists unfold daily with Xiden at the helm (hide all the pens so jo can't sign anymore) commaLA "here is a crayon sign it anyway".
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell...
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling 
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
