[KhaamaPress] Delegates attending the peace talks in Moscow on Wednesday issued a joint declaration in which they outlined a nine point approach to promote “intra-Afghan” dialogue aimed at finding a political settlement to the conflict in the country.
The delegates unanimously agreed to hold the next round of talks in Qatar’s capital Doha as soon as possible.
The declaration read as follows:
• All parties in this conference have agreed that a dignified and lasting peace is the aspiration of all the people of Afghanistan and this principle has been achieved in Moscow.
• All parties agreed that in view of the current sensitive situation, the intra-Afghan dialogue must continue on regular basis.
• All parties agreed to support the ongoing talks in Qatar and consider these talks a positive step towards ending the imposed war on Afghanistan.
• All parties have agreed that systematic reforms be put in place in all national institutions including the security sector after a peace deal is signed
• All parties agreed that the cooperation of regional countries and major countries are essential to determine lasting and nationwide peace in Afghanistan
• All parties agreed that the values such as respect for the principles of Islam in all parts of the system, the principle that Afghanistan is a common home to all Afghans, support to a powerful centralize government with all Afghan ethnicities having a role it it, protecting national sovereignty and promoting social justice, to keep Afghanistan neutral in all regional and international conflicts, protecting Afghanistan’s national and religious values and undertaking a unified and single policy.
• All parties agreed that to determine lasting peace in Afghanistan, the following points are important : the complete withdrawal of foreign forces from the country, asking all countries to avoid interfering in Afghanistan’s internal affairs, providing assurance to the international community that Afghanistan will not be used against any other nation, protection of social, economic, political and educational rights of the Afghan women in line with Islamic principles, protection of political and social rights of the entire people of Afghanistan and protection of freedom of speech in line with Islamic principles, undertaking efforts for attracting international assistance for the reconstruction of Afghanistan’s infrastructure.
• All parties agreed that in order to create the atmosphere of trust and promote peace, in the first step, it is important that these items are taken into consideration, tackling the issue of all those inmates who are old, or suffering uncurable diseases or have completed their prison sentences and the removal of leaders of the Taliban from the UN blacklist, opening of an official political office in Qatar for acceleration of peace talks.
• All parties agreed that the next intra-Afghan meeting to be held in Doha, Qatar as soon as possible. Agreement was also made to work further on some other important issues related to the peace process in Afghanistan.
This declaration comes after two days of talks between some of Afghanistan’s mainstream political parties and politicians and a delegation from the Taliban office in Qatar.
The Afghan government did not participate due to the persistent refusal by the Taliban to engage in dialogue with government.
Earlier this week, President Ashraf Ghani said the Afghan politicians attending the Moscow Talks have no executive authorities and are not officially representing Afghanistan.
Ghani also questioned the mechanism of the Moscow Talks and said: “With whom, what will they agree upon there? Where is their executive power? Let hundreds of such meetings be held, but these would only be paper (agreements) unless there is an agreement by the Afghan government; Afghanistan’s national assembly and Afghanistan’s legal institutions.”
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The U.S. Military officials have refuted the Taliban ...Arabic for students... statement suggesting that the U.S. Military has agreed to withdraw half or 50 per cent of its troops from Afghanistan by April of this year.
Colonel David Butler, a front man for the U.S. Forces in Afghanistan has the rejected the Taliban claims, saying "Our mission hasn’t changed. We have no orders to withdraw."
This comes as reports emerged earlier today that the deputy chief of the political office of Taliban in 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... Mawlavi Abdul Salam Hanafi has said that the half of the U.S. troops would withdraw from Afghanistan until the end of April.
Mawlavai Hanafi has also claimed that the assurance regarding the pullout of half of U.S. troops has been given by the U.S. side and that technical groups would be formed to work regarding a schedule for the pullout of the remaining U.S. forces from Afghanistan.
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[DAWN] The Taliban ...Arabic for students... claimed on Wednesday that the United States agreed in Doha to withdraw half its ground troops by the end of April ‐ and the process had begun.
"The Americans agreed to withdraw half of their troops immediately. The withdrawal will start from February 1 and continue until end of April," Abdul Salam Hanefi, deputy head of the Taliban's political office in Doha, told news hounds in Moscow.
But US negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad has repeatedly stressed that "nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. 'Everything' must include an intra-Afghan dialogue and comprehensive ceasefire".
The US has issued no details on any potential withdrawal plan.
The Taliban routinely exaggerate their attacks and details of other engagements, and NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... and Afghan officials deny the claims.
The Taliban entered a second day of unprecedented talks on Wednesday with powerful Afghan politicians in Moscow, sidestepping the Kabul government as it pursues a leading stake in the war-torn country.
The rare public appearance that kicked off a day before saw Taliban officials spell out their vision for Afghanistan in front of rolling cameras and a host of political heavyweights, including former president Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai ...Former president of Aghanistan, part of the problem not part of the solution... The faceless myrmidons went around President Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. and sat down with his chief rivals for an extraordinary meeting that saw Karzai and other sworn enemies of the Taliban praying with the bully boys.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Egyptian opposition parties have formed a coalition against proposed changes to the constitution that would allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi to stay in office well beyond the end of his current term in 2022.
Egypt’s parliament has given its preliminary approval to the changes, but they would also need to be put to a national referendum.
Abdel-Aziz al-Husseini, a big shot in the Karama party, said Wednesday that 11 parties had met the previous day and declared their opposition.
He says the group has established a "union for the defense of the constitution" that includes secular and left-leaning parties and politicians.
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[Libya Observer] 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... Protection Force (TPF) has urged the Libyan Public Prosecutor to probe the armored vehicles' shipment and arms shipment that were seized in al-Khums port.
In a statement, the TPF called on the Public Prosecutor to unveil the details of the shipments to the Libyan people and bring those involved in importing them to justice, let alone investigating the people behind allowing the use of letters of credit for bringing arms to Libya.
The TPF also urged the Public Prosecutor to probe the latest fighting in southern Tripoli and to issue arrest warrants of those involved in it.
"We don't recognize the Presidential Council as legitimate unless it is operating in full as per the Shirt-signed agreement. Hence, we call on the UNSMIL to implement the entire items of the Libyan Political Agreement not pick and choose what to wants based on dubious agendas." The statement reads.
The alliance of forces also said it looks forward for elections in Libya as soon as possible, vowing to secure them and secure the Libyan voters so the elections can be successful.
Local media reported "reliable sources" as saying that the seized shipments in al-Khums port came from The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor.... and was intended to reach the Tripoli-based Special Deterrence Force and al-Nawasi Brigade.
The sources added that the shipments were agreed on by valid contracts but without payments, saying the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) paid for the shipments from the account of the Interior Ministry without its knowledge.
The Interior Ministry sent a demand for investigation to the Libyan Public Prosecutor office in Tripoli.
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[Libya Observer] The Presidential Council has called for the immediate end of military operations in southern Libya to protect people and avoid any more bloodshed.
In a statement on Tuesday, the PC condemned military escalation in southern Libya including Arclight airstrikes on Murzuk town, where many were maimed.
"We urge all parties to listen to words of the mind and quit engaging in destabilizing actions." The statement reads.
It adds that war on terrorism, crime and mercenaries is a target for all, but it should be done via coordination among all state security apparatuses, not through hasty military operations.
The PC said that such acts harm the efforts to solve the crisis in Libya, adding that the solution should come through unity of institutions not division.
"Libya's south is very vital to stability but it shouldn't turn into a battlefield for settling political conflicts or social feuds." The statement adds.
Haftar's forces launched a military operation in southern Libya and had been using, according to sources, Sudanese Justice and Equality rebels as fighters in some southern districts. Many have been injured and some have been killed in different areas in the south since the start of the operation.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Saudi Geostationary Satellite 1 (SGS-1), manufactured and developed with the contribution of Saudi scientists and engineers, was launched by Arianespace from French Guiana in South America on Tuesday.
The satellite will be operated and controlled through ground stations in Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... . It provides multiple services including broadband communications, secure communications and communications to semi-remote areas and disaster areas.
The Kingdom seeks to contribute to the development of national human resources by creating jobs in the satellite industry.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ...Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia as of 2016.... oversaw the development of the satellite during his US visit in April 2018.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The faculty of postgraduate studies and scientific research at Sanaa University invited students to attend a weekly lecture to analyze the speeches of the "leader of Koranic march," Abdulmalik al-Houthi, according to a poster that promotes the event.
The Koranic march refers to the lectures explaining some verses of the Koran according to the Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... understanding. It was started in 2002 by Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi.
The weekly lectures will be held every Wednesday at 12:00 pm.
The poster, which bears a photo of Abdulmalik al-Houthi, included the slogans "God is Great," "Death to America," "Death to Israel," "Damn the Jews" and "Victory to Islam."
Sanaa University has been targeted by the Houthis since their takeover of the city. The militias have sought to bring about a change of curriculums, appoint their loyalists, and organize lectures that market their ideas.
Located in the country’s capital, Sanaa, the university was established in 1970 as the first institution of higher education in Yemen.
In December 2017, the Sanaa University Council appointed more than 300 Houthi supporters as academics, reportedly without considering professional and academic standards. Several deans who oppose the Houthis were also sacked.
The union of faculty members and their assistants protested the move, noting that a number of those who attended the Council’s meeting were not members of the Council, and that the members were actually pressured into making these decisions.
According to Yemeni media reports, the amendments to the Islamic culture course included material added by the Houthis to talk about the ongoing war in Yemen, attack Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... and note that America was "supervising the war" with Israeli-British support.
The course on the Arab-Israeli conflict discussed American and British imperialism, Judaism and Zionism, and glorified Hezbollah, Iran and Bashir al-Assad’s regime.
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[IsraelTimes] Gregory Chelli placed call that led police to carry out early morning raid on home of man who suffered fatal heart attack days later.
The Gay Paree prosecutor’s office is seeking an indictment against a French-Israeli hacker and prank phone call maker it holds responsible for the death in 2014 of a victim of one of his extreme telephone hoaxes, his attorneys said Tuesday.
Gregory Chelli, 36, who has been living in Israel since 2010 and is the subject of an extradition request, was named in court papers filed January 31 for, inter alia, "deliberate acts of violence that resulted in unintended death."
In the summer of 2014 Chelli allegedly targeted the online media Rue89 website after it reported on his hacking of pro-Paleostinian websites.
In such circles, I suppose that’s fair game.
On August 1, Chelli, already known for previous hoaxes publicized on his "ViolVocal" chat room website, targeted the father of Benoît Le Corre, the author of the article.
But going after innocent friends and relations seems a step too far.
After hacking a telephone line, Chelli called French police while pretending to be Thierry, the journalist’s father, and confessed to having just killed his wife and son.
Twenty coppers surrounded Le Corre’s home at 4:30 in the morning. Four days later Thierry Le Corre suffered a heart attack and then died a month and a half later.
Prosecutors wrote that medical experts established a "causal link" between the prank call and Thierry Le Corre’s death. They are also seeking that Chelli be tried for his other hoaxes, which had targeted a police officer and several journalists.
An investigating judge will now decide whether or not to allow the case to go trial.
"I’ve targeted the French police more than 500 times," Chelli told Channel 12 television in an interview that aired in 2017. "I’ve also targeted the Belgian and Swiss police."
In the television interview, which came ahead of the premiere of an Israeli documentary about him called "The Patriot," Chelli said that he began his online "activism" in response to the sharp rise in anti-Semitism in La Belle France in recent years.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor.... will investigate the deportation of an Egyptian facing execution in Cairo over a boom-mobile and has suspended eight coppers involved, the Istanbul governor’s office said on Wednesday.
Mohammed Abdelhafiz Ahmed Hussein, whom the Moslem Brüderbund movement identifies as a member, was among 28 people sentenced in absentia to death, in July 2017 for killing Egypt’s public prosecutor in the attack, according to state media.
He was sent back to Egypt last month from Istanbul’s main Ataturk airport on arrival from Somalia for not having a visa.
The case adds to strained Turkey-Egypt relations since the army ousted President Mohammed Morsi, of the Brotherhood, following mass protests against his rule in 2013.
The Istanbul governor’s office said on Tuesday that when Hussein arrived, there was no information he was facing trial anywhere, and he did not request protection, so officials deemed him an "unacceptable passenger" due to lack of a Ottoman Turkish visa.
In a separate statement on Wednesday, the governor’s office said a commission had been set up to investigate the deportation and eight coppers were suspended from duty over it.
An adviser to Ottoman Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey... said it was wrong to repatriate anyone facing charges in Egypt and the matter needed checking.
"During the leadership of (Egyptian President Abdel Fattah) Sisi, Turkey has not and does not hand over anyone facing the death penalty or any other charges," Yasin Aktay wrote in the pro-government Yeni Safak newspaper on Wednesday.
The Moslem Brüderbund has close ties with Turkey’s ruling AK Party and many of its members have fled to Turkey since the group’s activities were banned in Egypt.
Cairo says the Brotherhood, the world’s oldest Islamist movement, is a terrorist organization. Most of its senior members have been tossed in the calaboose Please don't kill me! , driven into exile or underground.
Defendants sentenced in absentia in Egypt are automatically retried once they are captured or turn themselves in.
Sources in Egypt’s National Security Service said Hussein was questioned and moved to jail ahead of his retrial after arriving in Egypt.
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[RADIOSHABELLE] An immigration judge approved the release of Abdulkadir Sharif Abdi on Tuesday in a courtroom full of cheering friends and relatives, the latest twist in his long fight to avoid deportation to Somalia.
The government has increased deportations to Somalia in recent years, but the Twin Cities immigration court agreed to take another look at Abdi’s case last year after his attorney, John Bruning, said that his client’s criticism of bad boy group al-Shabaab ... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... and its efforts to recruit local men could endanger him if he returned to his homeland.
After moving to the U.S. as a refugee in the 1990s, Abdi joined a gang and was convicted of car theft, receiving stolen property and three drunken-driving charges. He received a deportation order in 2002 and checked in with immigration officials for years ‐ in the meantime leaving the gang life, sobering up and becoming a leader in the Somali addiction recovery community. He became a housing manager at the Park Avenue Center, a Minneapolis alcohol and drug treatment facility.
But in January 2018, Abdi was detained at a routine check-in. He was scheduled to last March to be a passenger on a deportation flight of 69 Somalis, two-thirds of whom had criminal convictions, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Abdi’s attorney sought a so-called withholding of removal, a sort of legal limbo that prevents him from being deported while not guaranteeing him asylum or citizenship.
Judge Sarah B. Mazzie granted that request in November, but Abdi remained in detention at the Freeborn County jail pending a final custody review. On Tuesday, Mazzie ordered him to be released on his own recognizance.
"I know we have a bright future," said Rhoda Christenson, Abdi’s wife. "He’s going to be OK ... and for that I’m grateful."
Abdi will still have periodic check-ins with immigration authorities, but Christenson said she was working with attorneys to try to prevent him from having to do so indefinitely.
Anab Ali, his sister, also cheered the decision outside the courtroom.
"Every mistake he made when he was so young," she said. "He changed a lot a long time ago."
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[DAWN] JUI-F Chairman Fazlur Rehman announced on Wednesday that he would no longer attempt to mediate between PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf, then by the courts... and Pakistain Peoples' Party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Ten Percent Zardari ... husband of the late Benazir Bhutto ... 11th Prime Minister of Pakistain in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996. She was the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, founder of the Pakistain People's Party, who was murdered at the instigation of General Ayub Khan. She was murdered in her turn by person or persons unknown while campaigning in late 2007. Suspects include, to note just a few, Baitullah Mehsud, General Pervez Musharraf, the ISI, al-Qaeda in Pakistain, and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, who shows remarkably little curiosity about who done her in... , who has been singularly lacking in curiosity about who done her in ... All three lead parties that currently make up the joint opposition in parliament.
"I am no longer trying to end the differences between Asif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif," Rehman said during an informal conversation with journalists. "I did try to end their differences, but their complaints with each other remain," he explained.
"Instead, I am now wishing for the differences between them to end," Rehman said, adding: "In the current circumstances, it is vital for the opposition to be united."
"Differences [of opinion] are common in politics. However, a woman is only as old as she admits... these differences should be resolved in order for the opposition to present a united front," the JUI-F chief said.
Rehman is known for playing the role of mediator between members of the opposition, and has adopted a similar role numerous times over the course of his political career.
Last month, the opposition parties had decided to form a joint committee to devise a joint opposition strategy on various issues, including a second extension in the tenure of military courts.
The decision was taken at a meeting of opposition leaders on Jan 15 hosted by Leader of Opposition in the NA Shahbaz Sharif ...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab... over lunch in his chamber at Parliament House.
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[Rudaw] Iraq will not participate in sanctions against Iran, Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi said on Wednesday.
He made the comment in a meeting with the head of Iran’s Central Bank, Abdul Naser Hemmati, who is in Baghdad as Tehran continues to look for ways to beat US sanctions.
The prime minister pointed out that Iraqis can empathize with other nations experiencing sanctions.
The Iraqi people have "suffered from embargo and realize the damage that peoples incur from its consequences," he told Hemmati, according to a statement from his office.
As such, "Iraq won’t be part of the sanctions system against Iran or any other people," he said.
US sanctions came into force last year, but Iraq was granted a temporary waiver so it could continue to import natural gas and electricity from its neighbour while looking for an alternative energy source ‐ something Iraqi officials have said will be impossible.
Iraq's Electricity Minister Luay al-Khatteeb is currently in Iran.
Baghdad has repeatedly said it values friendly relations with all countries and will not permit Iraq to become a battleground for a dispute between the US and Iran.
During Hemmati's visit, the heads of the Central Banks struck a deal that will permit Iranian exporters to use Iraqi banks.
Under the deal signed by Hemmati and his Iraqi counterpart Ali al-Aalaq, Iranian banks will be permitted to open dinar accounts in Iraqi banks, thereby allowing Iranian exporters to conduct business using the Iraqi banks, Iran’s IRNA news reported.
Iraq and Iran share a nearly 1,500 kilometre long border and annually do about $12 billion in trade.
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maybe iraq should have a litle more taste of sanctions
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During Hemmati's visit, the heads of the Central Banks struck a deal that will permit Iranian exporters to use Iraqi banks.
On the surface this sounds like a bad thing. Below the surface however.....
[IsraelTimes] The US army says it will buy the Iron Dome missile defense system from Israel to "fulfill its short terms needs," according to a statement from the military.
The statement says the aerial defense system in use by Israel since 2011 has "proven effective in combat" and will be deployed to protect American soldiers abroad.
The army says it will procure a "limited number" of batteries to "fill its short-term needs for an Indirect Fire Protection Capability."
[IsraelTimes] Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... is pledging to continue security coordination with Israel, despite recent US funding cuts to Paleostinian security forces and years of impasse in the grinding of the peace processor.
Abbas tells a gathering of Paleostinian and Israeli activists on Wednesday that his government has counter-terrorism agreements with nearly 100 countries, including Israel.
He says the West Bank government has a "joint agreement to fight terrorism" with Israel and "will not violate it" ‐ because if it does, "nothing will remain."
He adds that he hopes that a party committed to peace would succeed in the upcoming Israeli elections.
The US cut all aid to the Paleostinian Authority, including $61 million in security assistance, when an anti-terrorism law took effect last week. The forces are considered crucial for Paleostinian and Israeli safety.
In an interview published Wednesday, Paleostinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas confirmed that the PA continues to maintain its security ties with the US.
Abbas made the comment less than a week after the State Department stopped providing aid to PA security forces at Ramallah’s request.
"We still have a relationship with the [American] security services in order to fight terrorism in the world," the PA president said in an interview with Sputnik, a Russian state-run news site.
[Rudaw] EASTERN DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria ‐ Local officials have registered 28,000 people fleeing ISIS-held territory in eastern Deir ez-Zor province in the last 45 days.
It is not an easy journey though. One woman said three of her six children were killed by an unidentified force.
"They killed my three children who were 8, 10, and 14 years old. They hit us with artillery. We had sheltered in a hole where there was no medicine, nothing. We are pleading and screaming out for help," said the woman who gave her name simply as Duha.
She is from Aleppo and admitted her husband had been a member of ISIS.
Authorities receive about 400 displaced people every day. All are carefully screened and those believed to be members of ISIS are interrogated.
"We break down the lists, separating the names. The many Iraqis will be separated from the Syrians," explained Mohammed Baveh Jomard, head of IDP registration in eastern Deir ez-Zor.
"What has surprised me is that none of them are from here. The indigenous people from here make up just five percent of those fleeing. The rest are from Idlib, Homs, Hama, and Aleppo."
About 4,000 have confessed to membership in ISIS.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have slowed their operations because ISIS is using human shields, but the expectation is they will declare victory soon.
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Sucks to be you and your ISIS kids. Die in place
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Wonder how many people are reading this article and saying "There IS God!"?
[AnNahar] "The caliphate is here to stay": in the last town it controlled in Syria, the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group is little more than a slogan on a broken storefront and a dark memory.
Hajin has been largely leveled but reminders of jihadist rule remain on those walls that still stand amid the mounds of rubble and mangled construction iron rods.
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[IsraelTimes] The United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... and the Syrian Arab Red Islamic Thingy are dispatching more than 100 trucks of humanitarian aid from Damascus to Syrians stranded near the border with Jordan.
The convoy is described in a statement by the Syrian Arab Red Islamic Thingy as the largest to reach more than 40,000 residents of the Rukban camp. It’s carrying food, medicine and educational materials.
The distribution is expected to take seven days and involve more than 140 Red Islamic Thingy volunteers. The UN humanitarian chief urged the convoy to go through without delay because of deteriorating conditions.
The last aid delivery to the isolated camp was sent in November, nearly 10 months after the previous batch.
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
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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...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...
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia as of 2016....
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The faculty of postgraduate studies and scientific research at Sanaa University invited students to attend a weekly lecture to analyze the speeches of the "leader of Koranic march," Abdulmalik al-Houthi, according to a poster that promotes the event.
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...
Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf, then by the courts...
...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab...
[IsraelTimes] The US army says it will buy the Iron Dome missile defense system from Israel to "fulfill its short terms needs," according to a statement from the military.
[AnNahar] "The caliphate is here to stay": in the last town it controlled in Syria, the 
