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Good Morning

Biden declared the pandemic over,
but unvaxxed Air Force pilots are still grounded
Thursday September 22nd, 2022

iranian babe under the shah
The defense declared the groundlessness
of the sentence to Daud Mamilov
Iran's Raisi: We do not seek to have nuclearweapons, based on the fatwa of the Leader of the Revolution (Ayatollah Khomeini)
Bangladesh police: Suspected Rohingya
rebels kill another refugee camp watchman
Holding up Soleimani's photo,
Iran's President calls to ''punish'' Trump
Uzbek leader 'Dostum' criticizes Hazara
leader 'Khalili' for his secret ties with Pakistan
Two Azerbaijani children returned from Syria
Man admits to having murdered
a teenager for being a Republican

Posted by: Fred || 09/22/2022 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Another gift of the reign of Jimmy Carter. Replacing the 'evil' Shah with the current regime in Tehran. Like that has been a winner. /sarc off
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/22/2022 7:32 Comments || Top||

#2  The entire leftist program is to trade bad for worse.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/22/2022 7:51 Comments || Top||

#3  The entire leftist program is to embolden America's enemies and make America weaker while collecting power and wealth and keeping the non-ruling class down.
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/22/2022 10:20 Comments || Top||

#4  What kind of car is that? I thought it might be a Trabant because I see the letters TR next to her hip but internet search doesn't show any Trabants with split grill or the name above it.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 09/22/2022 13:16 Comments || Top||

#5  Triumph Herald
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/22/2022 13:28 Comments || Top||

#6  Yes, possibly a 1966. You beat me to it M&M.

Posted by: Besoeker || 09/22/2022 14:25 Comments || Top||

#7  Does that chick have a pouch?
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/22/2022 14:33 Comments || Top||

#8  There's a car in the pic? :)
Posted by: CrazyFool || 09/22/2022 15:08 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Daily Evacuation Brief September 22, 2022
[AfghanDigest] LAST 24 HOURS
  • HOUSE SEARCHES IN MAIDAN WARDAK — According to local sources, the Taliban have been conducting house-to-house searches for several days in Kajab village in Markaz Behsood district in Maidan Wardak province. Multiple residents have been detained and tortured after being accused of supporting Resistance forces and knowing the location of weapons.

  • MIXED SIGNALS ON GIRLS’ EDUCATION — Reportedly the Taliban have recently been preventing women from attending universities, which was previously officially permitted. Most recently, 1,000 women were barred from 3 technical institutes in Balkh. Confusingly, the Taliban reportedly also recently allowed a private coding school for 350 girls to reopen in Herat.

  • DOSTUM CALLS FOR RESISTANCE — Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum, an Afghan warlord and Uzbek military leader who played a key role in the Northern Alliance, has once again called for nationwide resistance across Afghanistan. He claims he has intelligence that suggests the Taliban plan to resettle 2 million “people without identity” in the Northern and Northeastern provinces of Afghanistan and warned that minority culture would be eradicated under Taliban rule. It is believed that he is referring in part to the forced land redistribution program in Takhar, Badakhshan, and Herat where Pashtun nomads are resettled in locals’ homes. The former marshal went on to claim that mobilization of former military personnel and leaders was underway.

  • DEFECTION RUMORS — A source in the Ministry of Defense claims that the Minister is investigating reports that 60 Taliban fighters defected to the National Resistance Front in Badakhshan province, taking 15 vehicles and all their military equipment with them. The source stated the Ministry had not confirmed the report, but all communications between the unit and local Taliban leaders in Badakhshan had ceased at midnight.

  • RESTAURANT BLAST KILLS SEVERAL — A blast was reported at a restaurant in western Kabul, killing 3-7 and injuring 13 more. The explosion took place in the Dehmazang neighborhood. Some early reports suggested a terrorist attack, but later reporting indicates that a propane tank may have exploded in an accident. Details are not yet clear.

  • EGYPTIAN DIPLOMATS LEAVE KABUL — Egyptian diplomats are pulling out of Afghanistan over a reported rift between the two countries concerning property in Kabul. 8 Egyptian diplomats and staff have left.

  • RESISTANCE FIGHTERS SURRENDER — An armed Resistance group reputedly surrendered in Northern Samangan province. 5 fighters were witnessed handing over their weapons to the Taliban and signing an oath to never take up arms against the regime in the future. It is not known which Resistance group the men hail from.

  • BLACK MARKET PASSPORT ARRESTS — Sources indicate that 3 people have been arrested in connection with the black market sale of Afghan passports. It is not clear if those arrested worked for the Passport Directorate or not. A source in the Ministry of the Interior claims a large investigation into the unlawful selling of passports is ongoing and will likely lead to many more arrests.

  • INTERNET OUTAGES IN IRAN — Several reports have been received that indicate internet services in Iran have been cut because of the nationwide protests currently taking place. At-risk Afghans with family/friends in Iran may experience a loss of communication. We have not verified this information yet.


CONFLICT TRACKER
Samangan: The NRF ececuted an ambush in Lower Souf Valley, killing 4 Talibs.
Bamyan, Sar-e-Pol: Over 100 Talib fighters launched an attack on a Resistance base in the border area of Yakawlang district in Bamyan and Balkhab in Sar-e-Pol at approximately 0800 local time. The base was led by Mohammad Tahir Zahir, while Taliban forces were led by Governor Abdulla Sarhadi. Rebel Hazara Commander Malawi Mahdi Mujahid reportedly fought alongside Resistance forces, An unspecified number of casualties was reported, with the attack said to have failed.

NEXT 24 HOURS
  • THE RESPONSE TO DOSTUM’S CALL — It is not yet clear if Marshal Dostum’s call will carry much weight with the general populace, but it could provoke military actions across a wider front. Taliban bases, checkpoints, and other security-centric facilities will be obvious candidates as Resistance targets. At-risk Afghans should watch for an increase in military actions and be prepared to shelter in place or flee from areas that may see heavy fighting.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/22/2022 01:52 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA

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Africa Horn
US military targets Al-Shabaab with new airstrike in Somalia
[ShabelleMedia] At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted an Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
against al-Shabaab
...... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all of which have enough problems without them...
bully boyz who were attacking Somali National Army forces near Buulobarde, in the Hiiraan region …
…sometimes spelt Buloburde
Somalia, on Sept. 18.

The command’s initial assessment is that the strike killed 27 al-Shabaab style='border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:gray;' title='terrorists '>bully boyz and that no civilians were maimed. U.S. forces are authorized to conduct strikes in defense of designated partner forces.

The defensive strikes allowed the Somali National Army and African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Transition Mission in Somalia forces to regain the initiative and continue the operation to disrupt al-Shabaab in the Hiraan region of central Somalia. This operation is the largest combined Somali and ATMIS offensive operation in five years.
The Somalia National Army was the first to report the airstrike on Monday while thanking the US for "being a true and strategic partner in the fight against terrorists". The offensive comes amid heightened operations in areas believed to be strongholds of the Al-Shabaab militants.

"This operation is the largest combined Somali and ATMIS offensive operation in five years," the command noted in the statement. "US Africa Command takes measures to prevent civilian casualties. The effort contrasts with indiscriminate Al-Shabaab attacks targeting civilians."

Further, the US maintains that Al-Shabaab militants are dangerous and could continue to destabilize the country. For Somalia to effectively deal with the menace, the US noted, it will continue to support operations against the militants who control huge swathes of rural central and southern Somalia.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/22/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)

#1 
Posted by: ACA JOE || 09/22/2022 13:49 Comments || Top||

#2  Sometime his vitriol has value and warrants redacting. Other times, not.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/22/2022 14:36 Comments || Top||


Bangladesh
Bangladesh police: Suspected Rohingya rebels kill another refugee camp watchman
[BenarNews] A Rohingya volunteer watchman was killed at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar allegedly by Rohingya Death Eaters, making him the fifth victim of such an attack by armed rebels, Bangladeshi police said Wednesday.

While police wouldn’t say whether the suspected assailants belonged to the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA)
... in Arabic Harakah al-Yaqin or Harkat ul Yaqin (Faith Movement, HaY), is led by a committee in Saudi Arabia, and commanded on the ground by a group of 20 jihadis fronted by one Ata Ullah a.k.a. Hafiz Tohar a.k.a. Jununi, etc., who was born in Karachi and reared in Saudi Arabia. ARSA may or may not be a false-nose-and-mustache front for Aqa Mul Mujahideen, a minor jihadi group linked to al-Qaeda and the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO). At any rate, ARSA has the vocal support of al-Qaeda’s Bangladesh offshoot Ansar al-Islam as well as Hizbut Tahrir, and has been running amok in the Cox’s Bazaar refugee camps...
Death Eater group, residents of the sprawling camps near the Myanmar border insist that it was behind these attacks on the volunteer Rohingya security guards.

A group of 20-25 gunnies attacked volunteer security watchmen early Wednesday morning at the Balukhali camp in the Ukhia sub-district, said Md. Faruk Ahmed, assistant superintendent of the Armed Police Battalion (APBn-8), who identified the dead victim as 35-year-old Mohammad Jafor.

"The gang attacked Jafor around 3:30 a.m. and stabbed him with a sharp weapon," the police officer said, adding that Jafor was later hacked with machetes.

"The rebel Rohingya groups are facing obstacles to committing any offence inside the camps due to the volunteer guards. That’s why they are now trying to challenge the security of the camp through such attacks," he said.

According to the police, including Jafor, at least five Rohingya volunteer watchmen and three camp leaders have been killed since July. According to APBN officials, almost 8,000 Rohingya volunteer for guard duty.

Night-time guards were introduced at the camps in October following the September 2021 killing of Rohingya leader Muhib Ullah, who had drawn international attention to the refugees’ plight and visited the White House in Washington.

In a report issued in June, Bangladesh police alleged that ARSA leader Ataullah Abu Ahmmar Jununi had ordered Muhib Ullah assassinated because he was popular.

Jubair blamed ARSA for killing Rohingya leaders who call for refugees to repatriate to Rakhine, their home state in nearby Myanmar. He said that while ARSA claimed that its members were working to "defend and protect" Rohingya against state repression in Myanmar, they wouldn’t flinch in attacking refugees.

ARSA, formerly known as al-Yaaqin, is the Rohingya Death Eater group that launched coordinated deadly attacks on Burmese government military and police outposts in Rakhine that provoked a crackdown that began on Aug. 25, 2017 and forced close to three-quarters of a million people to seek shelter in Bangladesh.

For years since the 2017 exodus into Cox’s Bazar, Bangladeshi government officials denied that ARSA had a foothold or presence in the sprawling camps, which house about 1 million refugees. But that changed with Muhib Ullah’s killing by a group of button men and other attacks that followed.

Md. Harun, a security volunteer and community leader, told BenarNews about Wednesday’s attack: "We suspect that the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army is behind this latest attack."

HASINA ON ROHINGYA REPATRIATION
Earlier, on Tuesday, Bangladeshi border guards and police arrested 22 people, including seven Rohingya refugees, when they were trying to go to Malaysia by boat via the Bay of Bengal.

Teknaf Model Police Station chief Hafizur Rahman said that of the 15, seven were Rohingya and the rest were Bangladeshi nationals. And of the 15 Bangladeshis, five were working as agents to send the remaining 10 of their compatriots to Malaysia, the officer said.

Meanwhile,
...back at the revival hall, Buford bit the snake and Eloise began speaking in tongues...
Bangladesh Prime Minister the loathesome Sheikh Hasina
...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia show such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums...
on Tuesday again urged the international community and the United Nations
...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society...
to hasten the repatriation of the forcibly displaced Rohingya to Myanmar, state news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) reported.

Hasina made this call while U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi paid her a courtesy call in New York on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly proceedings.

Hasina also emphasized enhancing the U.N. refugee agency’s activities in Myanmar on Rohingya issues.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/22/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev raised Azerbaijani flag in city of Lachin
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 09/22/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Ottoman Proxies


Home Front: WoT
Illegal immigrant who stabbed, shot NYPD officers sentenced to 30 years in prison, deportation
[FoxNews] Dzenan Camovic will be required to serve his sentence then will be deported after attacking NYPD officers in a Jihadist-inspired assault.

A Bosnian citizen who assaulted several New York City police officers in 2020 has been sentenced in federal court to 30 years in prison.

U.S. District Judge Rachel P. Kovner sentenced Dzenan Camovic on Wednesday after prosecutors argued he stabbed an NYPD officer in the neck, robbed them of their firearm, then used the weapon to fire on other officers.

Camovic was inspired by terrorism and repeatedly shouted "Allahu Akbar" during the attack, the Department of Justice said. The migrant will be deported after completing his sentence.

"Today’s 30-year sentence, along with Camovic’s removal from the United States, guarantees the community will be protected from his hate-filled ideology and actions," said Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. "We will never stop working to protect the safety of our brave law enforcement officers and community from those who would do them harm."

Camovic was also sentenced in New York state court on charges stemming from the same incident. Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun sentenced him to 30 years in prison.

"It’s a miracle none of these brave officers were killed when they were ambushed, stabbed, and shot by this brazen extremist," said Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. "We have no tolerance for violence toward our law enforcement colleagues, and this long prison sentence holds him accountable for his depraved and unconscionable crimes."

Camovic pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and one count of reckless endangerment in March of this year.

Camovic carried out the attack on June 3, 2020, while New York City was maintaining a coronavirus-related public health nightly curfew order. The attack also came amid George Floyd protests that were happening across the city.

"After stabbing Officer 1, Camovic chased the second officer (Officer 2), lunging at him and attempting to stab him," the Justice Department said. "Camovic then ran back to Officer 1, attacked him, forcibly took control of Officer 1’s firearm and fired multiple shots at Officer 2 and other officers who responded to the scene. Responding officers ultimately shot Camovic and took him into custody."

The victims were identified as Police Officer Yayon Frantz Jean Pierre and Police Officer Randy Ramnarine.

During the attack, Camovic stabbed Jean Pierre in the neck before rushing at Ramnarine, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office. The migrant then grabbed the wounded Jean Pierre's firearm and shot Ramnarine in the hand, causing him to lose a finger.

A third officer who responded to the scene was also shot in the hand, the office said.

The attack occurred near the intersection of Flatbush and Church Avenues in Brooklyn, New York.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/22/2022 07:41 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1 
What if the US Dept of State worked out deals with the Illegals country where we deported them now, and they ROTTED in their own countries jail for the duration. ?

A US Prison is better conditions than most lived in back in their country of origin.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/22/2022 18:26 Comments || Top||

#2  That's why we have GenPop, N.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/22/2022 23:41 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Pak soldier killed in N.Waziristan cross-border incident
[AfghanDigest] Pakistain announced that one Mighty Pak Army soldier was was killed in North Waziristan in a cross-border incident with bully boyz from Afghanistan. The Pak release stated the Afghan side sustained casualties as well, but did not provide an estimate of those killed or maimed, and further information was available.
I found no articles in Khaama Press, Tolo News, or Dawn on this story, and the Afghan Digest marked their report as unconfirmed.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/22/2022 01:52 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Iraq
Iraqi forces arrest a terrorist in Baghdad
[Shafaq News] On Wednesday, an Iraqi security force arrested a "terrorist" in the center of the Iraqi capital.

A source told Shafaq News Agency that the forces apprehended the man in a hotel on al-Mashjar Street in central Baghdad and took him to a security center to open an investigation.

He did not give further details.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/22/2022 01:25 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Did they bag one of the Iranian Quds force? LOL
Posted by: Chealing Chomotle4158 || 09/22/2022 19:40 Comments || Top||


Al-Sadr military wing forces kill an ISIS member in Samarra
[Shafaq News] On Wednesday, a terrorist was killed, and another fled southeast of Samarra, southeast of Tikrit
...birthplace of Saddam Hussein...
A security source told Shafaq News Agency that a force from the Saraya al-Salam Samarra Operations Command ambushed two ISIS members in Jalam Samarra, which resulted in the death of one terrorist. At the same time, the other was able to run away.

The Saraya al-Salam forces continued to look for the ISIS terrorist, and a joint support force arrived at the scene.

Saraya al-Salam (Al-Salam Brigades), headed by Mustafa al-Hamidawi, is the military wing of the Sadrist Movement led by the Shiite Cleric Moqtada Tater al-Sadr
...hereditary Iraqi holy man and leader of a political movement in Iraq. He had his hereditary rival, al-Khoei, assassinated only a few hours after the holy rival's appearance out of exile in 2003. Formerly an Iranian catspaw, lately he's gagged over some of their more outlandish antics, then went back to catspawry...
; it is responsible for securing the Samarra district, which includes the shrine of two of the 12 revered Shi'ite imams.

A 2014 Mahdi Army revival confronted the US forces in Iraq.

The Brigades has been involved in the fight against ISIS in many regions of Iraq, including Samarra, Diyala, Amerli, Jurf al-Sakhar, and Ishaqi district.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/22/2022 01:25 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1 
Posted by: Cholutle Thrans9751 || 09/22/2022 13:25 Comments || Top||


US renews anti-ISIS memorandum with Peshmerga
[Rudaw] A US department of defense delegation on Wednesday signed the renewal of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Kurdistan Region’s ministry of Peshmerga, renewing US support for the Kurdish force in the fight against terrorism.

President of the Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani delivered a speech highlighting the heroism of the Peshmerga in the fight against terrorism, thanking the US and its allies for supporting the Peshmerga in defending Kurdistan.

He also thanked Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces Mustafa al-Kadhimi for the cooperation between the Peshmerga and the Iraqi army in fighting a common enemy.

The signing of the first MoU between the Peshmerga ministry and the Pentagon was first signed in 2016 under Kurdistan Democratic Party Leader Masoud Barzani, and has been extended several times since.

"I would like to reiterate the Kurdistan Region's gratitude for the support and assistance of the United States and our other friends in the reform process in the Ministry of Peshmerga and their efforts to reunite the Peshmerga," President Barzani said during his speech.

Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region Masrour Barzani met with the US delegation led by Assistant Secretary of
Defense for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander, earlier today to discuss security reforms and the memorandum.

During the meeting, PM Barzani reiterated the Kurdistan Region's desire to promote comprehensive relations with the US, also thanking them for their support to the Peshmerga forces, especially during the country’s fight against terrorist attacks and ISIS terrorists.

"The United States continues to show its policy of supporting the Kurdistan Region and the Peshmerga by these high-level visits by these pentagon leaders," Colonel Myles Caggins, former spokesperson for the anti-ISIS coalition, told Rudaw in an interview on Wednesday.

Washington has maintained a strong relationship with the Kurdistan Region and Iraq. The US has provided the Kurdish Peshmerga with several rounds of military aid over the years, namely in the fight against ISIS beginning in 2014. The coalition gave over 200 vehicles, including Humvees, water tankers and transport trucks to the Kurdish fighters in July and September.

The terror group was territorially defeated in 2017, but it remains a security threat, especially in areas where there is a security vacuum between Erbil and Baghdad.

The Peshmerga ministry announced in July of last year they were working on the formation of two joint brigades of Iraqi and Peshmerga forces to counter 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....
remnants in the disputed areas, cooperating in order to reduce the threat of the group’s resurgence.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/22/2022 01:22 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  US Base in Erbil Comes under Drone Attacks - Islam Times https://www.islamtimes.org/en/news/983410/us-base...Mar 12, 2022. Yep, we are still there.
Posted by: Slavising Unineting5672 || 09/22/2022 8:04 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Kurdish forces say ISIS car bomb attack plot on al-Hol foiled
[Rudaw] Kurdish forces in northwest Syria (Rojava) on Wednesday said they thwarted two planned car kabooms by suspected 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....
(ISIS) Death Eaters attempting to infiltrate al-Hol camp which houses family members of the group, days after an anti-ISIS operation in the facility concluded in hundreds of arrests.

Internal security forces (Asayish) said they obtained information on a planned ISIS attack at al-Hol and subsequently ambushed the suspects near a village close to the camp, killing three and resulting in the detonation of one of the boom-mobiles.

The second boom-mobile contained 300 kilograms of explosives and was dismantled, according to the Asayish.

An Asayish member was slightly maimed in the operation.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Saturday announced the completion of a weeks-long anti-ISIS operation inside the notorious al-Hol camp, which saw the arrests of 226 ISIS suspects, including 36 women, as well as the confiscation of various weapons and the dismantling of tents used by ISIS cells as courts and torture centers.

Al-Hol camp is located in Hasaka province and has infamously been branded a breeding ground for ISIS, with authorities describing the sprawling facility as a "ticking time bomb," saying the situation in the camp is "very dangerous."

The sprawling camp is home to around 56,000 people - mostly women and kiddies of different nationalities that have links to ISIS, who were taken to the camp after the SDF overran the terror group’s last stronghold in Syria in 2019.

Kurdish, Iraqi, and international officials have repeatedly warned of ISIS indoctrination in the squalid camp.

On Wednesday, the SDF counter-terrorism units announced the arrest of six alleged ISIS members, including a leader, in Raqqa city.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/22/2022 01:22 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Fifth day of protest rallies: Terrible Tehran
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 09/22/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Timing is everything. If they expect the west to get involved *at all* they timed it badly.
Posted by: ruprecht || 09/22/2022 15:14 Comments || Top||


Iran restricts access to Instagram as protests intensify
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 09/22/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Iran president defiant as eight reported dead in protests over woman's death
[AlAhram] Iran's president on Wednesday accused the West of hypocrisy in its criticism of Tehran as eight people were reported dead in growing protests over the death of a young woman arrested by morality police.

President Ebrahim Raisi struck a defiant tone on a visit to the United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
, with demonstrators also trailing him on the streets of New York and dissidents filing a human rights
...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty...
lawsuit against the hardline holy man.

Public anger has flared in the Islamic republic since authorities on Friday announced the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who had been held for allegedly wearing a hijab headscarf in an "improper" way.

Activists said the woman, whose Kurdish first name is Jhina, had suffered a fatal blow to the head, a claim denied by officials, who have announced an investigation.

Some women demonstrators have defiantly taken off their hijabs and burned them in bonfires or symbolically cut their hair before cheering crowds, video footage spread on social media has shown.

"No to the headscarf, no to the turban, yes to freedom and equality!" protesters in Tehran were heard chanting in a rally that has been echoed by solidarity protests abroad.

Iranian state media reported Wednesday that, in a fifth night of street rallies that had spread to 15 cities, police used tear gas and made arrests to disperse crowds of up to 1,000 people.

London-based rights group Article 19 said it was "deeply concerned by reports of the unlawful use of force by Iranian police and security forces," including the use of live ammunition.

Demonstrators hurled stones at security forces, set fire to police vehicles and garbage bins and hollered poorly rhymed slogans against the government, the official IRNA news agency said, adding that rallies were held in cities including Mashhad, Tabriz, Isfahan and Shiraz.

"Death to the dictator" and "Woman, life, freedom," protesters could be heard shouting in video footage that spread beyond Iran, despite online restrictions reported by internet access monitor Netblocks.

At the United Nations, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly told AFP that "the Iranian leadership should notice that the people are unhappy with the direction that they have taken."

"They could abandon their nuclear weapons aspirations. They could stop the repression of voices within their own country. They could stop their destabilizing activities," he said.

"A different path is possible. That is the path that we want Iran
...Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979...
to take and that is the path that will see them with a stronger economy, a more happy society and a more active part in the international community."

Raisi, addressing the UN General Assembly, pointed to the deaths of Indigenous women in Canada as well as Israeli actions in the Paleostinian territories and 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....
group's "savagery" against women from religious minority groups.

"So long as we have this double standard, where attention is solely focused on one side and not all equally, we will not have true justice and fairness," Raisi said.

He also pushed back on Western terms to revive a 2015 nuclear accord, insisting that Iran "is not seeking to build or obtain nuclear weapons and such weapons have no place in our doctrine."

But attention has quickly shifted to the protests, which are among the most serious in Iran since November 2019 unrest over fuel price rises.

French President Emmanuel Macron said he asked Raisi in a meeting Tuesday to show "respect for women's rights."

The wave of protests over Amini's death "is a very significant shock, it is a societal crisis," said Iran expert David Rigoulet-Roze of the French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs.

"It is difficult to know the outcome but there is a disconnect between the authorities with their DNA of the Islamic revolution of 1979 and an increasingly secularized society," he said.

"It is a whole social project that is being called into question. There is a hesitation among the authorities on the way forward with regard to this movement."

Protests first erupted Friday in Amini's home province of Kurdistan, where governor Ismail Zarei Koosha said Tuesday three people had been killed in "a plot by the enemy."

Kurdistan police commander Ali Azadi on Wednesday announced the death of another person, according to Tasnim news agency.

Two more protesters "were killed during the riots" in Kermanshah province, the region's prosecutor Shahram Karami was quoted as saying by Fars news agency, blaming "counter-revolutionary agents."

Additionally, Norway-based Kurdish rights group Hengaw said two protesters, aged 16 and 23, had been killed overnight in West Azerbaijan province.

An additional 450 people had been maimed and 500 arrested, the group said, figures that could not be independently verified.

Video spread online showing security forces opening fire on protesters in the southern city of Shiraz.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/22/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Eight?
Why is this news?
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed || 09/22/2022 0:49 Comments || Top||

#2  Because they know the regime is using deadly force, yet they still protest. It's a sign of illegitimacy for the Ayatollah's Islam
Posted by: Frank G || 09/22/2022 6:43 Comments || Top||

#3  Iranians see widespread internet blackout amid mass protests
Posted by: Frank G || 09/22/2022 7:02 Comments || Top||

#4  You're not wrong Frank G. But life in the middle east is cheap. Paleo's frequently sacrifice their life attacking Israeli soldiers and die for a lifetime stipend for their family. They revenge kill each other daily, murder their daughters for a perceived disgrace. They are so pathetic it's easier to die than live. Eight or 100 dead, not news.
Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 || 09/22/2022 8:12 Comments || Top||


#6  Why is this news?

Remember the Arab Spring?
This may be the trigger for the Arab Fall.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/22/2022 9:26 Comments || Top||

#7 
It becomes news when the Ayatollah
is dragged out, disrobed
and raped to death with knives.
And delightfully corrupt loons
are given to be king, men
p-p-pistol whipped by their wives.

Hasten the day, inshallah an' all.
Oh! The nuclear program will need dismantling, it's bad. Enjoy democracy, Joos 100: Moslems zilch.

Posted by: Dron66046 || 09/22/2022 10:39 Comments || Top||

#8  I mean one can hope...
Posted by: Dron66046 || 09/22/2022 10:40 Comments || Top||

#9  -checks watch-

Must be about time for Obama to make a statement condemning the protests and affirming the absolute legitimacy and election integrity of the regime.

-puts on dinner jacket-
I'll have the roast duck, and a reaper drone with 3 servings of elderberry sauce to land in Iran.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/22/2022 10:56 Comments || Top||


#11  LOL the moment Iran gives up their nuclear weapons program is the moment they get invaded. Libya gave its up and got a color revolution for its trouble. North Korea hasn't been invaded because it does have nukes.
Posted by: Sheba Smith8503 || 09/22/2022 12:54 Comments || Top||

#12  I hope someday a massive preference cascade like in Romania in 1989 will happen in Iran.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 09/22/2022 17:59 Comments || Top||


Six civilians wounded in terrorist attack on bus in Syria
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] At least six civilians, among them 4 children, and 3 coppers personnel were maimed in a terrorist attack that targeted an interior security bus and a microbus in al-Yadouda of Daraa countryside, The Syrian news agency "SANA" reported, citing a police source.

According to the source, the attack was carried out through machine guns on the two buses while crossing al-Yadudah village in southwestern Syria.

The source added that the attack injured 6 civilians and three police members who were admitted to Daraa and Tafas hospitals.
Posted by: Fred || 09/22/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State



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