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Ukraine says no longer insisting on NATO membership
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Afghanistan
China asks for urgent release of Afghanistan's reserves
[Khaama] "they wanna buy our crap, we wanna sell. Do it, for the chilruns"
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that the United States has left Afghanistan irresponsibly and asked that country to unfreeze the country’s $7 billion urgently.

Speaking at a press conference on Monday, March 7, 2022, Wang Yi attacked the US for withdrawing irresponsibly from Afghanistan, abandoning the Afghan people in a humanitarian crisis, and causing immense security challenges to the region.

The foreign minister acknowledged that they are working in cooperation with regional countries to expedite the process of humanitarian assistance delivery to the vulnerable Afghan people.

Meanwhile, Yi added that China is preparing for the third conference of foreign ministers of the region that will address Afghanistan’s situation.

China is holding a conference in Afghanistan wherein foreign ministers of Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan are invited. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan will also be taking part and will hold a trilateral meeting with China and Pakistan at the sideline of the conference that takes place in March end.

The United States has frozen $7 billion from the central bank of Afghanistan and has allocated half of that to the victims of 9/11. A decision that triggered international anger.
Posted by: Frank G || 03/09/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  I want a PLANET SMASHING STAR SHIP FUCK OFF CHINA SPIT NICKELS!
Posted by: Greng Black3494 || 03/09/2022 7:16 Comments || Top||

#2  'Urgent'

Someone's books not balancing well?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/09/2022 7:19 Comments || Top||

#3  Someone's books not balancing well?
Shirley* you mean America's books?
*And don't call me Thirty Trillion In The Hole!
Posted by: Cleter Whort6997 || 03/09/2022 7:25 Comments || Top||

#4  Is that the re-animated Jim Jones, sans sunglasses?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/09/2022 7:33 Comments || Top||

#5  ^ ima think more like Jerome Powell with a sick as a dog hangover
Posted by: Muck Fer Doo Fer U || 03/09/2022 7:39 Comments || Top||


Africa North
Libya's Oil Company Says Production Resumed at Largest Field
[AnNahar] Libya's national oil company said it resumed oil production Tuesday from the country's largest field three days after an gang shut it down.

The state-run National Oil Corporation said pump valves at the Sharara field were opened a few minutes after midnight local time.

It said it lifted a force majeure, a legal maneuver that lets a company get out of its contracts because of extraordinary circumstances.

The company said technical workers were working to resume production from el-Feel oil field.

The closure of the two fields caused Libya's daily oil production to drop by 330,000 barrels, the NOC said.

Before the shutdown, Libya's production stood at around 1.2 billion barrels a day.

The North African nation has the ninth-largest known oil reserves in the world, and the biggest oil reserves in Africa.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/09/2022 00:52 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


Libyan Human Rights Commission Condemns Murder of Blogger in Misrata


The National Commission for Human Rights in Libya (NCHRL), voiced its deep concern over the killing of a Libyan blogger, by the Joint Operations Force affiliated with the Government of National Unity (GNU).

Surveillance camera footage documenting the attack was circulated across social media platforms on Sunday. Al-Tayeb Jaballah Mustafa Al-Shariri, 27, was killed by a group of armed men belonging to the Joint Force.

In a statement, the NCHRL explained that Al-Shariri was shot twice during the pursuit, with two bullets found in his back and leg. This took place on Qarqum Street, in the center of the city of Misrata.

Al-Shariri had criticized the militia on his social media account, and had previously been detained, and subjected to physical and psychological torture for five days by the force.

The Commission expressed its strong condemnation, and denunciation of the extrajudicial killing of Al-Shariri by the Force.

The NCHRL stressed that this incident constitutes a grave violation of human rights, citizenship, and the rule of law and justice. It demanded the Attorney General’s Office, and the Public Defender’s Office in Misrata to open a comprehensive investigation into the circumstances of the murder.

It also called for guaranteeing the rights of victims, an end to impunity, and enhancing accountability. As well as ensuring the right to litigation, achieving justice for victims, and strengthening the rule of law.

The Commission held the GNU, and its Ministry of Interior fully responsible for the escalation of extrajudicial killings, arrests, and detention without legal justifications. It confirmed that this constitutes grave violations of human rights, and international humanitarian law.
Posted by: badanov || 03/09/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under:


Iraq
Iraq restarts crude oil production from Lukoil-operated West Qurna 2 field
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/09/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Bennett talks Iran deal, Ukraine with former US VP Pence
[IsraelTimes] Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meets with former US vice president Mike Pence, the Prime Minister’s Office says in a statement.

"The two discussed the nuclear deal and its implications, as well as the situation in Ukraine," according to the statement.

The majors powers involved in the talks surrounding a revived nuclear deal with Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites....
have said that an agreement is close. Pence has been a vocal critic in the past of any deal with Tehran.

Pence is on a three-day visit to Israel where he is meeting with officials.

The former VP is widely thought to be laying the groundwork ahead of seeking the Republican Party nomination for the 2024 election.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/09/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under:


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Washington places KTJ on terrorism list


IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – US designated on Monday Katibat al Tawhid wal Jihad (KTJ) which fights alongside Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS, formerly al-Nusra Front) and cooperates with other designated terrorist groups in northwest Syria as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) pursuant to Executive Order 13224.

The KTJ entered to the Syrian territory in mid-2012 with the goal to fight the Syrian government forces, exclusive source told North Press.

KTJ worked independently for years before joining the fight alongside HTS that spread its power over Idlib and other parts in the countryside of Hama, Aleppo and Latakia, according to the sources.

The sources noted that the number of members of the KTJ ranks between 800 and 1000 lead by a foreigner known as Jundallah al-Uzbeki.

Most of the members are Uzbeks and Tajiks who mainly deploy in al-Ghab Plain west of Hama and Jabal al-Akrad north of Latakia, according to the sources.

The KTJ receives special support by parties outside Syria, but nowadays it is receiving direct support by the HTS after it has come under its command and fought alongside it, according to the same sources.
Posted by: badanov || 03/09/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [20 views] Top|| File under: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (al-Nusra)


Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claims to launch 2nd satellite into space
[IsraelTimes] Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched a second satellite into space, the country’s state-run news agency
...and if you can't trust the state-run news agency who can you believe?...
reports, just as world powers await Tehran’s decision in negotiations over the country’s tattered nuclear deal.

The IRNA report does not identify where or when the launch took place.

However,
man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them...
it comes as Iran’s top diplomat at the monthslong talks suddenly flew home late Monday for consultations, a sign of the growing pressure on Tehran as the negotiations appear to be nearing their end.

The Guard says the Noor-2 satellite reached a low orbit on the Ghased satellite carrier, IRNA reports.

It describes the Ghased as a three-phase, mixed fuel satellite carrier.

Noor means "light" in Farsi. The Guard launched its first Noor satellite in 2020, revealing to the world it ran its own space program.
An Nahar adds:
The Revolutionary Guards described the Nour-2 as a "reconnaissance satellite" in a statement on their Sepah News website.

Iran
...Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979...
successfully put its first military satellite into orbit in April 2020, drawing a sharp rebuke from Washington.

Sepah News said Tuesday that the Nour-1 was "still fully operational and transmitting data".

The United States has repeatedly voiced concern that such launches could boost Iran's ballistic missile technology.

But Iran insists it is not seeking nuclear weapons and that its satellite and rocket launches are for civil or defensive purposes only.

At the end of December, Iran announced it had failed to put in orbit "three research cargos" carried by Simorgh (Phoenix) satellite carrier as the rocket was unable to reach the required speed.

In January, Iran tested a solid-fuel rocket for its satellite programme, state media reported.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/09/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran



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Wed 2022-03-09
  Ukraine says no longer insisting on NATO membership
Tue 2022-03-08
  Is this a Russian ‘Barguzin’ nuke weapons train in the Ukraine?
Mon 2022-03-07
  Ukraine's Government Opens Website To Recruit Foreigners To 'International Legion'
Sun 2022-03-06
  5 Members of Family Beheaded in Herat, 2 Girls Killed in Balkh
Sat 2022-03-05
  Bombing at Shiite Mosque in Pakistan Kills at Least 56 Worshippers
Fri 2022-03-04
  Russian Maj. Gen. Andrei Sukhovetsky Tango Uniform
Thu 2022-03-03
  Russia threatens Finland and Sweden
Wed 2022-03-02
  Libyan Army Kills 26 Chadian Mercenaries
Tue 2022-03-01
  Mexican drug cartel pull mourners from a wake, shoot them
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  Putin throws MORE ground forces at Kyiv
Sun 2022-02-27
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  Day Z + 1. On the outskirts of Kiev
Fri 2022-02-25
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Thu 2022-02-24
  Putin attacks all over the Ukraine
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