[IsraelTimes] Eclipsed by neo-Nazi ...adherents of a philosophy that was seen even at the time as pure evil, which makes them either consciously and purely evil, or attention-seeking ratbags. Pick one, or both.... hostility, radicals on the other side of the political divide are bringing Jew hatred mainstream, the US group and four European partners say
Lots more radicals on the left than neo-Nazis in the West. Still, it’s nice that they finally noticed, years after we did.
The entry of a far-left party into government in Spain is allowing antisemitism to return to mainstream platforms, the Anti-Defamation League said Tuesday.
The assertion appeared in a report on left-wing antisemitism published by the Anti-Defamation League and partner organizations in La Belle France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain.
The report focuses on a phenomenon that is often eclipsed in reports about antisemitism in Europe, which many associate primarily with neo-fascist ...anybody you disagree with, damn them... s.
In the section about Spain, the ADL singled out Podemos, which it termed "a radical neo-Marxist party," along with its "Communist associates." The coalition in 2020 allowed Podemos to enter government, which "disrupted the post-war exclusion of antisemitism from mainstream platforms, and antisemitism is now making inroads in the pro-independence Basque and Catalan parties," the report said.
ACOM, a pro-Israel group in Spain that is a local partner of the ADL, wrote in the report that "60 years ago, before the democratic era, antisemitism maintained its classical forms and was clearly a right-wing issue in Spain, as in the rest of Europe. Today, anti-Israel antisemitism of the political left accounts for the overwhelming share of antisemitism, while the Spanish right is almost entirely pro-Israel and guards against antisemitism."
Podemos has been at the center of multiple scandals involving antisemitism, including the assertion in 2020 by Sonia Vivas, a Podemos politician, that Jews should be held accountable for supporting Israel’s government, which she said "constantly violates the fundamental rights of Paleostinians."
In the United Kingdom, the former leader of Labour, Jeremy Corbyn, signaled to antisemites on the political establishment’s left-wing fringes that they were welcome in the party, the CST watchdog on antisemitism wrote in the joint report with ADL. But Keir Starmer, his centrist successor, has taken significant steps to reverse this, the authors added.
In La Belle France, the far-left politician Jean-Luc Melenchon is harnessing and mainstreaming antisemitism, according to K., the Gay Paree-based French Jewish magazine that authored the La Belle France segment of the ADL report.
Melenchon has made multiple statements widely condemned as antisemitic. In 2019 he vowed never to accede to the "arrogant dictates" of CRIF, the umbrella of French-Jewish communities. In 2014, he defended Arabs who stormed and torched synagogues in La Belle France and called Jewish supporters of Israel "citizens who decided to rally in front of the embassy of a foreign country or serve its flag, weapon in hand."
In Germany, "the debates on the political left are normalizing antisemitism and shifting the baseline," Amadeu Antonio Stiftung, an anti-discrimination group, wrote in the segment dealing with that country of the ADL report. What once was "considered an extreme position a few years ago is now a centrist opinion in the wider discourse," it said.
There is a lot the US Jewish community can learn from the experience of Jewish communities across Europe, the ADL added: "Anti-Zionist rhetoric and terminology popular in European left circles are increasingly utilized by some in U.S. political far left" circles.
The report recalled how, in a 2021 letter, Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and several other members of Congress referred to Israel’s policies in the West Bank as settler colonialism, "language that seeks to equate Israel with the colonialist policies of European governments" and label "the Paleostinians as the sole indigenous population," thus attempting to "cement the notions that Jews have no claim to or history in the land."
[IsraelTimes] Decision comes after speaker at party seminar suggested Jews should not be allowed to become French citizens; interior minister: ‘No room for antisemitism in our country’
France’s interior minister on Monday said he had ordered his department to dissolve Civitas, a far-right party of mostly ultra-traditional Catholics, because of its antisemitism.
Gerald Darmanin said on “X,” a rebrand of Twitter, that he had asked the ministry “to proceed to the dissolution” of the party, “firmly” condemning antisemitic remarks made during its summer seminar last month.
At that meeting, on July 30, polemicist Pierre Hillard told his audience that, before the French Revolution of 1789, Jews and other religious minorities could not become French citizens because they were “heretics.”
Hillard said that “maybe we should go back to how things were before 1789.”
Several politicians and Jewish organizations quickly condemned the remarks.
“There is no room for antisemitism in our country,” Darmanin said in his post.
“I firmly condemn these despicable comments and am taking the matter to the national prosecutor,” he said.
Civitas, which claims to have 165,000 members, is an organization of ultra-traditionalist Catholics.
Golly. Not exactly a tidal wave there, guys.
It was recognized as having political party status in 2016, and has been receiving public financing thanks to that decision.
Ah hah — a motive!
Civitas backed far right figure Eric Zemmour
...the eminent, contrary Le Figaro columnist whose Jewish Berber parents left Algeria for la belle France in the 1950s, which makes him not just Jewish but Black — or maybe brown; I’m not really sure how people who think in those terms would classify him, but definitely not in any way how a vile Jew-hater would vote, right?
in last year’s presidential election, fought against the legalization of same-sex marriage in 2013 and is staunchly anti-immigration.
Its members also sometimes disrupt public events when they involve non-heterosexual performers, and the party is the target of sexual discrimination complaints over alleged homophobia.
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Why is it that these people get to tell us what we can and can't say?
Israel’s government constantly violates the fundamental rights of Palestinians is a true statement.
Meanwhile actual neonazis in Ukraine are apparently no problem whatsoever. But Catholics are the problem that needs to be disenfranchised.
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Why hate Jews when there are so many other ethnic groups out there to hate? How many times in recent memory have Jewish carjackers attacked pregnant white women at ATMs or at gas stations? The answer is they never do.
[FoxNews] Healey says there are 20,000 people in state system.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in the liberal state over a surge of migrants that she says has left social services overwhelmed, and she called for more funding and help from the federal government.
Healey, a Democrat, announced that a state of emergency exists "due to rapid and unabating increases in the number of families with children and pregnant people — many of them newly arriving migrants and refugees — living within the state but without the means to secure safe shelter in our communities."
The state said there are nearly 5,600 families or more than 20,000 people in the state shelter system. Healey said there are numerous contributing factors, including "federal policies on immigration and work authorization" as well as a lack of affordable housing and the end of COVID-era programs.
Massachusetts is the latest liberal jurisdiction to call for help from the federal government due to a surge of migrants, despite not being anywhere near the besieged southern border. New York City, Chicago and the state of New York have all made emergency declarations this year and called for help in response to a migrant wave.
While the numbers have been only a small percentage of the hundreds of thousands of migrants that hit the border each month, those areas have declared themselves overwhelmed and at capacity as migrants arrive.
Healey said that in July there were 100 families a day seeking emergency shelter while the numbers leaving shelter has declined by two-thirds since 2019 — and costs are hitting $45 million a month on programs.
"Many of these families are migrants to Massachusetts, drawn here because we are and proudly have been a beacon to those in need," she wrote in a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
She also blamed "a confusing tangle of immigration laws, an inability for migrants to obtain work authorization from the federal government, an increase in the number of people coming to Massachusetts, and the lack of an affordable housing supply in our state."
Healey called for Mayorkas to press Congress and use executive action to remove barriers for work permits for migrants, "address our outdated and punitive immigration laws" and to provide additional financial assistance to the state.
Mayorkas has echoed many of these calls himself, with the administration as a whole repeatedly calling on Congress to provide additional funding as requested at the border. The administration has urged passage of an immigration reform bill that was introduced on President Biden’s first day in office.
But such calls for funding and immigration reform have met with opposition from Republicans and others. Republicans have balked at the inclusion of a mass amnesty for millions of illegal migrants included in the 2021 proposal. Instead, they want to see asylum loopholes closed and more border security, with House Republicans introducing and passing sweeping legislation earlier this year.
Meanwhile, Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., said last week she was "livid" that New York City was receiving federal funding to deal with migrants instead of states at the border.
"What we’re experiencing here in Arizona is matched only by what folks are experiencing in southern Texas," Sinema said. "Those are the two communities that are experiencing this crisis. The rest of the country is experiencing some elements of it, but we are experiencing the brunt."
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The real problem is that if these people are sent back to their countries of origin, no one will be able to understand what they are saying. In a related topic, what is the Spanish word for wicked?
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Calling for Federal action to deal with a crisis caused by Federal inaction. Ya gotta love how demokrats reason.
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I thought the entire state moved to GA in the 70’s during the busing issue.
It’s why I went double sessions in Gwinnett from 7th grade to graduation. The cafeteria’s at Lilburn middle, Trickum and Parkview were turned into make shift classrooms
[AFRICANEWS] Niger's military coup leaders announced the appointment of Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine as prime minister on Monday evening in a statement read out on national television, at a time when the international community is seeking to restore constitutional order.
"Mr (Ali Mahaman) Lamine Zeine has been appointed Prime Minister", Colonel Major Amadou Abdramane reported.
As soon as he came to power, former president Mamadou Tandja appointed Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine cabinet director in 2001, then finance minister in 2002, to turn around a chaotic economic and financial situation.
This was a situation inherited from the military who came to power after the assassination in 1999 of General and President Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, in a country whose history is punctuated by seizures of power by force.
Mr Zeine was Finance Minister until Mamadou Tandja was overthrown in a coup d'état in 2010 by Major Salou Djibo, before a presidential election won by Mahamadou Issoufou, predecessor of Mohamed Bazoum, who was deposed on 26 July.
Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, an economist by training, was also resident representative of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Chad, Côte d'Ivoire and Gabon.
Born in 1965 in Zinder (south), the country's second most populous town, he joined the Ministry of Economy and Finance in 1991 after studying at the Ecole nationale d'administration (ENA) in Niamey. He is also a graduate of the Centre d'études financières, économiques et bancaires in Marseille and Paris-I.
"Lieutenant-Colonel Habibou Assoumane" has also been "appointed Commander of the Presidential Guard", added Mr Abdramane.
These appointments come a day after the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) gave the ruling military an ultimatum to restore President Mohamed Bazoum to office. The organisation did not rule out the use of force if this demand was not met.
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[Regnum] Special units of the Niger army advanced to the airport and the presidential palace in the country's capital Niamey, Al-Arabiya TV channel reports.
Other details are not given.
As IA Regnum reported, on the night of July 27, a group of military men in Niger carried out a coup d'état and removed the country's president, Mohamed Bazum, from power . The rebels were supported by the command of the Armed Forces of the Republic.
On August 7, the National Council for the Salvation of the Motherland, which gained power in Niger as a result of a coup, warned that foreign forces were preparing to invade the country . In this regard, airspace was closed in the republic.
On August 8, Nigeria, Senegal, Benin and Côte d'Ivoire announced plans to send a total of 25,000 troops to fight the rebels in Niger . In turn, the National Council for the Salvation of the Motherland deployed additional forces to Niamey to deal with foreign forces in the event of an invasion of the republic.
[Regnum] Nigerian President Bola Tinubu imposed new financial sanctions against the rebels who seized power in Niger. This was announced by the official representative of the Nigerian head of the republic Ajuri Ngelale.
“Sanctions are being imposed through the Central Bank of Nigeria against individuals who participated in the seizure of power in Niger through a coup,” he said.
Tinubu, who chairs the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS), will host an ECOWAS summit on the situation in Niger on August 10.
Earlier, ECOWAS said it would take military action if the rebels refuse to return power to the deposed Mohamed Bazum by August 6. The National Council for the Salvation of the Motherland, which headed Niger after the coup, said that it would respond to the intervention, additional forces were pulled to the capital of the republic, Niamey.
The coup in Niger on July 26, 2023 was carried out by the presidential guard, detaining Bazum. Abdurakhaman Tchiani , who commanded the guards, was declared the head of the transitional government.
[Regnum] The rebels in Niger, who gained power during the coup, are preparing to repel a possible military intervention and have deployed additional forces to the capital of the republic, Niamey. This was reported on August 8 by CNN.
"A convoy of about 40 pickup trucks arrived on Sunday night, bringing in troops from other parts of the country," the reporters said.
The TV channel said that reinforcements were transferred to the capital in preparation for the invasion of the country, as well as in order to reassure the public.
Earlier, radio station RFI, referring to information from an official from Nigeria, reported that this republic plans to send more than half of its army to Niger - 25,000 people . He also said that Senegal, Benin and Côte d'Ivoire are going to join the intervention.
As reported by IA Regnum , the coup in Niger took place on July 26, 2023. The presidential guard detained the head of the republic, Mohamed Bazum, announcing his removal from power. The rebels formed the National Council for the Salvation of the Motherland, and President Abdurakhaman Tchiani, who commanded the guards, was declared the head of the transitional government .
The Economic Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS) issued an ultimatum on July 30, demanding that Bazum be returned to power within a week, threatening to use military measures, but this demand was not complied with. At the same time, the leaders of the bordering Burkina Faso and Mali said they would consider the invasion of Niger an attack on their own states.
[Regnum] Four African countries have decided to send 25,000 troops to Niger, RFI reported on August 8.
Referring to an official from Nigeria, the radio station notes that 25,000 troops will be sent to Niger, with Nigeria being the main contributor.
“She will provide more than half of the troops if needed,” the Nigerian spokesman said. Senegal, Benin and Côte d'Ivoire are also going to send soldiers to Niger.
As reported by IA Regnum , on August 7, the National Council for the Salvation of the Motherland, which is in power in Niger after the coup, announced that an invasion was being prepared on the territory of the republic. The rebels announced the closure of the country's airspace.
According to the council, two Central African states are preparing an invasion of Niger. The National Council stated that it would consider every country that would conduct military operations on the territory of Niger as a participant in the invasion.
A number of Nigerian representatives called on President Bolu Tinuba and the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) to abandon plans for military intervention in Niger.
A military coup in Niger took place on July 26, when the National Guard detained President Mohamed Bazum, then announcing his removal from power.
The republic was headed by the National Council for the Salvation of the Motherland, the rebels appointed the commander of the guard, President Abdurakhaman Tchiani , as the head of the transitional government , and the day before, on August 7, the economist Ali Mahamana Lamin Zein was declared prime minister.
Moscow advocated a speedy return to the constitutional track of the situation in Niger. As presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said , damage to human lives must be avoided.
[Regnum] Niger risks losing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of military and economic aid. She made such a statement at a meeting with the rebels who seized power in Niger, and. O. US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland . This was stated in a written statement released on August 7 by the head of the press service of the US Foreign Ministry, Matthew Miller.
As Miller noted, O. US Deputy Secretary of State Nuland visited Niger's capital, Niamey, to express her concern about developments in that country, as well as her determination to support democracy and constitutional order.
"The United States continues to call for the immediate release of President Mohamed Bazum, his family and all those who were detained in an attempted unconstitutional seizure of power," the document says.
Miller specified that Nuland held meetings with representatives of the country's "civil society" as well as "with members of the group claiming power in Niger" to explain the consequences of Niger's failure to comply with its own constitutional order. Miller said the people of Niger could lose hundreds of millions of dollars in economic and security assistance.
The head of the press service of the State Department indicated that the United States had decided to partially suspend support to the government of Niger while the situation remains unstable. As events unfold, Washington will reassess and update "assistance recommendations to ensure compliance with all applicable legal restrictions and US policy objectives."
As Miller elaborated, Nuland stressed at meetings in Niger that she "remains in close contact with US allies and partners", including the Economic Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS).
Earlier , IA Regnum reported that Victoria Nuland held talks with the rebels who seized power in Niger. The American diplomat visited Niger, where she met with the appointed chief of the General Staff of the Niger Armed Forces, Moussa Salau Barma, and his three closest associates.
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Ms. huff n puff Nuland threatened down line representatives in two hour meeting. She could not see current leader. Emboldened by her 2014 coup in
Ukraine she imposes her will upon Niger. She wants regime change and now.
[GEO.TV] Following his conviction in the Toshakhana case, the Election Commission of Pakistain (ECP) on Tuesday disqualified former prime minister and Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan ...aka The Great Khan, who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality disorders... for five years.
In a notification, the electoral watchdog stated that the PTI chief was disqualified after being found guilty of corrupt practices under Section 167 of the Elections Act, 2017 and his sentencing for three years.
"As a consequence, Mr Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi has become disqualified under Article 63(1)(h) of the Constitution of Islamic Theocratic Republic of Pakistain read with Section 232 of the Elections Act,2017," the notification added.
It also stated that the ECP has de-notified Khan as the "returned candidate" from NA-45 Kurram-l.
Khan was sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of Rs100,000 by Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Humayun Dilawar on August 5, 2023, after the judge found Khan guilty of graft in the Toshakhana case.
He has been convicted of misusing his position as prime minister to sell state gifts worth more than Rs140 million ($490,000) that he received from foreign dignitaries during visits abroad.
Following the conviction, the PTI chief was shifted to Attock Jail.
PTI chairman’s counsel Naeem Haider Panjotha has claimed that his client has been provided C-class facilities and kept in "poor condition" in Attock jail. They have moved a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to seek A-class facilities for the PTI chief and transfer the PTI chairman from Attock jail to Adiala jail.
Furthermore, the PTI chief approached the Supreme Court to quash the verdict and today (Tuesday) they filed an appeal in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) challenging the trial court's verdict and sentence against party chief Imran Khan, requesting that the court declare the judgement "illegal".
"It is most respectfully prayed that the Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased to set aside the impugned judgement dated 05.08.2023, and declare the conviction, sentence imposed upon the Appellant to be illegal and without lawful authority and to acquit the Appellant of the charges framed against him," the petition read.
A two-member IHC bench led by IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri will conduct the hearing on the petition tomorrow (Wednesday).
WHAT IS TOSHAKHANA CASE?
Under the rules governing Toshakhana — a Persian word meaning "treasure house" — government officials can keep gifts if they have a low worth, while they must pay a dramatically reduced fee to the government for extravagant items.
The Toshakhana has been under a microscope ever since the emergence of the allegations that Khan purchased the gifts he received as prime minister at throwaway rates and sold them off in the open market for staggering profits.
The 70-year-old cricketer-turned-politician was accused of misusing his 2018 to 2022 premiership to buy and sell gifts in state possession that were received during visits abroad and worth more than Rs140 million ($635,000).
The gifts included watches given by a royal family, according to government officials, who have alleged previously that Khan's aides sold them in Dubai.
[Shafaq News] The United States and Iraq are hoping to take critical steps to expand their partnership from one focused almost entirely on countering 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.... (IS) holy warrior group to one some U.S. officials describe as a 360-degree whole-of-government alliance.
Defense officials and diplomats from both countries met at the Pentagon Monday for the start of two days of talks that include a meeting between U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Iraqi Minister of Defense Thabit Muhammad al-Abbasi.
"We recognize ... our military mission will change as your forces build up their capabilities," Austin told Abbasi, describing the talks as part of the "next step in our strategic defense partnership."
Speaking through a translator, Abbasi said that while it was crucial to "maintain the victories" Iraqi and U.S. forces had already secured, "[it is] most important now to enhance the relationships and the cooperation between us and the United States moving forward."
"We are very encouraged we are not going to leave Washington without success," he added.
The U.S. has about 2,500 troops in Iraq tasked with advising and assisting Iraqi security forces as they pursue the remnants of the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS or ISIS.
GETTING RESULTS
U.S. officials say the arrangement, with Iraqi forces in the lead since December 2021, has proven successful. U.S. estimates show IS ranks have been cut to fewer than 1,000 fighters in Iraq while the group's leadership in Iraq has likewise been continually degraded by Iraqi forces.
The payoff has been a 64% reduction in IS attacks in Iraq so far this year, U.S. officials say. And the attacks that have taken place have been less deadly.
"I think it's fair to say decades into the future, U.S. forces will not be present in Iraq in the current formation that we are today," said Dana Stroul, deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Middle East, speaking to news hounds prior to Monday's talks.
Exactly what the U.S. presence in Iraq might look like has yet to be determined. But the sustained success against IS is paving the way for discussions that could see Washington's relationship with Iraq begin to look more like other U.S. partnerships in the region.
"We are interested in an enduring defense relationship within a strategic partnership ... not just a military, not just defense relationship," Stroul said. "We see a whole-of-government strategic partnership for many, many years to come."
U.S. State Department officials say that includes focusing more on the Iraqi economy, noting that some U.S. businesses such as Cinnabon and Burger King have already opened stores in Baghdad.
"That is [a] very strong symbol and signal that they [the Iraqis] want American products and they want American businesses, even if they are franchises," said a State Department official, briefing news hounds on the condition of anonymity.
"We would like to continue to expand our engagement on energy, particularly on helping the Iraqis build their greater self-sufficiency in their energy sector," the official added, emphasizing there is a focus on finding ways "to keep young Iraqis employed."
U.S. officials say they have also been encouraged by Iraq's progress in fighting corruption, noting improvements especially in the banking sector, though Washington's decision to blacklist 14 Iraqi banks for alleged money laundering on behalf of Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... sparked protests last month.
Still, the heavy focus is likely to remain on defense cooperation given the ongoing, if somewhat minimized, threat from IS.
"I still believe the reemergence of ISIS is a, is a considerable risk," said Combined Joint Task Force — Operation Inherent Resolve Commander Major General Matthew McFarlane ahead of the U.S.-Iraq talks.
"Their ideology remains unconstrained and is still a threat as they seek to rebuild some capacity and capability to conduct attacks and to regain or reemerge as a, as a significant threat to the population," he said.
And while Iraqi forces have managed to maintain a consistent tempo of anti-IS operations, U.S. military officials still see areas that need to be strengthened, such as using drones and surveillance aircraft to find and eliminate IS targets.
"We are certainly working with them now to optimize the platforms that they have and integrate them into operations," McFarlane said.
A U.S. Defense Department Inspector General report released earlier this month also raised concerns about Iraq's elite Counterterrorism Service, noting it "has not recruited any new soldiers since November 2018."
U.S. officials say work also needs to be done to prepare Iraqi forces to take on security concerns outside the scope of IS and counterterrorism.
And U.S. officials are additionally aware there is competition from other countries that would like to increase security cooperation with Iraq, such as China, Russia and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... "That's why this dialogue ... is so critical," said Stroul. "We have to work with the Iraqis on a holistic picture for bringing all of those [defense and security] resources to bear, plus their vision of their capabilities."
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[Rudaw] US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Monday commended Iraq for repatriating nationals, affiliated with 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.... (ISIS), from northeast Syria (Rojava), according to a statement by the Department of Defense.
Iraq has repatriated thousands of ISIS-linked people from Rojava in recent years, including fighters from the group who were detained by the Kurdish forces.
A top Iraqi military delegation recently arrived in the US, meeting with Austin on Monday. Both sides discussed a range of topics, including the fight against ISIS.
"Secretary Austin expressed his appreciation for Iraq's commitment to reducing the number of detained ISIS fighters and displaced persons in northeast Syria, and encouraged the Iraqi delegation to continue repatriating, rehabilitating, reintegrating, and, where appropriate, prosecuting Iraqi nationals residing in northeast Syria," said a readout from the Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein told US officials in June that Baghdad had returned around 3,000 ISIS-affiliated Iraqi fighters detained in Rojava, trying most of them. These fighters were arrested by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
Al-Hol camp is located in northeast Syria’s Hasaka province and houses over 50,000 ISIS-linked people. The camp has infamously been branded a breeding ground for terrorism, with authorities describing it as a "ticking time bomb," saying the situation in the camp is "very dangerous." A large number of these people are Iraqis.
Kurdish and American officials have repeatedly called on countries to repatriate their nationals from Syria but only a few have responded positively.
Iraq moved many of the returnees to al-Jada 5 camp in Nineveh. However, ars longa, vita brevis... its closure earlier this year was condemned by the United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... .
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[Rudaw] Iraq’s migration and displacement minister on Tuesday said that a new batch of Yazidis, consisting of 100 people, returned to their hometown of Shingal years after fleeing 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.... (ISIS) war to Duhok province.
Iraqi Migration and Displacement Minister Evan Faeq Gabro was quoted by her ministry as saying that 100 Yazidis from Duhok camps returned to Shingal "as part of the ministry’s plan to end the dossier of displacement in the country," adding that the process is conducted in coordination with the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Pir Dayan Pir Jaafar, the head of Duhok’s migration office, which is linked to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), told Rudaw's Hemin Baban on Tuesday that a total of around 4,000 Yazidis have returned to Shingal in the last eight months.
"From the beginning of this year, a total of 800 Yazidi families - consisting of nearly 4,000 people - have returned to their areas in Shingal and its vicinity. Every day, some IDPs return. Yesterday, 18 families from Barsiv 1 camp in Duhok province returned [to Shingal]," said the Kurdish official.
He added about 26,000 Yazidi families currently live in Duhok camps and 37,000 others live outside the camps.
The Yazidis in Shingal were subjected to countless heinous atrocities, including forced marriages, sexual violence, and massacres when ISIS captured the city in 2014, bringing destruction to many villages and towns populated by the minority group. The Yazidis were forced to flee to displacement camps across Iraq and the Kurdistan Region.
Political disputes over the city between the federal government and the KRG as well as the presence of several gangs have disrupted the reconstruction of the city. A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report in June slammed Iraqi authorities for failing to adequately compensate thousands of Yazidi families who bore the brunt of ISIS’ atrocities.
"To be honest, we don’t have much hope, because when they [the families] go back [to Shingal], they are often re-displaced, due to the unfavorable conditions in Shingal," Srwa Rasul, head of the KRG’s Joint Crisis Coordination Center (JCC), said in mid-June.
According to IOM, around 80 percent of Shingal’s public infrastructure and 70 percent of civilian homes were destroyed during the years of the ISIS war from 2014 to 2017. Fundamental services such as electricity and water are not consistently available, and numerous health and education facilities are yet to be reconstructed after being destroyed during the war.
There is a myriad of armed forces in Shingal with various allegiances, including the Kurdistan Region Peshmerga, pro-Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF, or Hashd al-Shaabi in Arabic), and groups affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). They gained footholds in Shingal after ousting ISIS.
Baghdad and Erbil signed an agreement in 2020 to normalize the situation in Shingal but the deal has yet to be implemented. The United States has repeatedly called on the Iraqi and Kurdish government to "immediately break the political deadlock" in the city.
[IsraelTimes] Army spokesman says adverse impact, caused by thousands of reservists’ decision to stop showing up for volunteer duty in protest of judicial overhaul, particularly marked in IAF.
Suicidal asses, all, doing just what the Biden administration ‘s State Department wants done — and only the cadres get paid for it.
The chief spokesperson of the Israel Defense Forces acknowledged Tuesday that the thousands of soldiers who have been refusing to report for volunteer reserve duty in protest of the government’s judicial overhaul have caused a degree of harm to the army’s readiness, warning that divisions within the ranks due to the ongoing political crisis could take significant time to heal.
"You asked about [military] fitness — the IDF is ready for war, but there is limited harm in some areas," Daniel Hagari said in a Channel 12 interview, highlighting the Israeli Air Force as one unit that has been particularly harmed by the protest.
Hagari pointed to the IAF’s flight school where some reservist pilots opposed to the overhaul volunteer as instructors — "People who leave everything, once a week, and go to train the young pilots. A significant number are deciding not to come."
The IDF spokesperson clarified that the flight school still "functions and will continue to function," but he warned of damage down the road if pilots with "great expertise" do not train their successors.
Hagari said that IDF brass is working to contain the damage by holding one-on-one meetings with reservists. "They all have different red lines and look at things differently, but they’re very emotional about this."
"It’s a turbulent period in the country, and it’s impacting the IDF," Hagari added.
His comments come after a report last week said the IAF reduced flight hours in one stage of its helicopter pilots course after nearly half of the volunteer reservist instructors refused to show up for duty in protest of the ruling coalition’s plans for weakening the judiciary.
For several weeks, as the government advanced the first major bill of its judicial overhaul, a tide that rose to more than 10,000 reservists who frequently show up for duty on a voluntary basis said they would no longer do so. The reservists have warned they will not be able to serve in an undemocratic Israel, which some charge the country will become if the government implements its overhaul.
Israel has approximately 465,000 reservists. 10,000 is ... about 2%
.The IDF relies heavily on volunteering reservists, especially pilots, for its routine activities. Unlike most reservists who are called up for duty with a formal order several days a year, pilots and other special forces are expected to train and carry out missions more frequently and in a voluntary manner due to the nature of their posts.
The IAF and other top units also rely on veterans to volunteer and train the newer generation.
[NPASyria] Ottoman Turkish authorities deported 250 Syrians on Tuesday, including 73 women and a child, via the Tel Abyad and Bab al-Hawa border crossings, in north and northwest Syria, respectively.
A source told North Press that Ottoman Turkish authorities deported 250 Syrians through the Tel Abyad and Bab al-Hawa crossings to Syria.
The Military Police of the Ottoman Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) transferred them to a shelter under surveillance, with the aim of investigating them checking their background
The source added that Ottoman Turkish forces have stripped them of their legal documents and forced them to sign a document of "voluntarily return" in an attempt to conceal any forced actions imposed upon them.
In the last 30 days, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... deported 2,200 Syrian refugees to SNA-held areas in northern Syria, an increase by 700 individuals compared to the previous 30 days period.
Though Syria is still unsafe for returns, Turkey tries to get rid of the refugees by forcibly deporting them, as the Ottoman Turkish authorities have intensified the forced deportation of Syrians, as part of what they call voluntary return to safe areas in northwestern Syria, according to media and documentary reports.
[Shafaq News] The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... declared its preparedness to export derivatives of heavy water.
In a televised statement, the organization's head, Mohammed Eslami, explained, "In the realm of lasers, we employ a fusion of laser technology and biotechnology using derivatives of heavy water, which are used in harmful substances. This process is currently undergoing testing, and this endeavor ignites hope that we can expand this technology."
The President of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization elaborated, "Derivatives of heavy water represent one of the latest accomplishments of advanced nations, numbering only two or three countries. Now, we are counted among these nations and are poised to export these derivatives to other countries as well."
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