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File a class action suit on behalf of the adult males who are actively discriminated against. Ask for an injunction till the merits of the case are heard. 14th Amendment, baby.
Statements and Releases
The United States is providing nearly $144 million in new humanitarian assistance to the people affected by the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. This brings total U.S. humanitarian aid in Afghanistan and for Afghan refugees in the region to nearly $474 million in 2021, the largest amount of assistance from any nation.
This assistance will flow through independent humanitarian organizations who provide support directly to more than 18.4 million vulnerable Afghans in the region, including Afghan refugees in neighboring countries.
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Thus far neither Treasury nor Biden's media lackeys have mentioned which "independent humanitarian organizations" will be receiving funds.
[An Nahar] Algeria will from now on deliver its natural gas to Spain exclusively through an undersea pipeline, ministers from both countries have reportedly said, after Algiers abandoned use of a line through Morocco.In August Algeria cut diplomatic ties with its Maghreb neighbor Morocco which it accused of "hostile actions."
Algeria, Africa's biggest natural gas exporter, had been using the Gaz-Maghreb-Europa ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... (GME) pipeline since 1996 to deliver several billion cubic meters (bcm) per year to Spain and Portugal.
But the GME contract is due to expire at the end of October, and Algiers decided not to renew it because of the diplomatic tensions with Rabat.
Experts had said the alternative undersea line, known as Medgaz, does not have the capacity to make up the shortfall. They earlier feared that supplies could be cut, just as energy prices soar in Europe ahead of winter.
Medgaz is already operating near its full capacity of eight bcm per year -- around half total Algerian gas exports to Spain.
Algeria's Minister of Energy and Mines Mohammed Arkab, speaking after talks with Spain's Minister for Ecological Transition Teresa Ribera, said his country, through state energy firm Sonatrach, "will honor its commitments to Spain", according to the official APS news agency.
"The Spanish partners were reassured that Algeria will provide all the supply expected. We equally commit ourselves to making all deliveries through Algerian installations, via the Medgaz pipeline and gas conversion complexes," Arkab said.
He spoke of extending capacity of the Medgaz line and an expansion of liquefied natural gas exports by sea.
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[LIBYAREVIEW] On Tuesday, the Head of the Libyan Administrative Control Authority (ACA) issued a decision to suspend the Minister of Education, Musa al-Mgaryaf, and the Minister of Marine Wealth, Adel Mohammed Hassan.The authority stated that the decision was taken "for reasons within the requirements of the public interest." The ACA called on the competent authorities to implement the decision from the date of its issuance.
The Libyan authorities have recently opened investigations into forged academic degrees that have increased over the past years. This is a result of the general state of lawlessness and chaos in the country.
Attorney General, al-Siddiq al-Sour requested a detailed report on the number of forged degrees, a list of individuals found to be using them, and the educational institutions that were not granted education licenses.
The Public Prosecutor also called for clarifications on the violation of some elements of the security authorities with the regulations governing study and examinations. This is in order to begin investigation procedures against the perpetrators.
Last week, Libyan Administrative Control Authority has issued its report on the performance of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) for the year 2020. The report monitored a number of violations, most of which were related to abuse of positions, in addition to a financial shortfall in sales expenses.
According to the report, the financial deficit in foreign sales amounted to $4,540,197 dollars. It also indicated that the exchange rate reached 106%, with an increase of more than 80 million Libyan dinars, while the actual exchange rate for some items was found to be at 0%.
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Tajik authorities have announced that China will build a base in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO). The facility, built against the backdrop of the seizure of the Taliban of the authorities in Afghanistan, will belong to a special rapid reaction unit of the Department for Combating Organized Crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan. According to the press service of the Tajik Interior Ministry.
"According to the agreement reached, the base of the Special Rapid Response Unit of the Department for Combating Organized Crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan in the Vakhan gorge will be built at the expense of funds allocated on a gratuitous basis. The PRC assumes the obligation to provide the equipment, equipment and materials necessary for the implementation of the project, Tajikistan undertakes to exempt the import of equipment into the country from taxes and duties," said the First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan Abdurahmon Alamshozoda.
The creation of the base will take place within the framework of an agreement between the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan and the Ministry of Security of China.
Within the framework of the project, it is planned to construct 12 buildings, including an administrative building, a dormitory, a canteen, premises for the residence of Tajik security officials and their families, a water reservoir and two observation towers.
The total area of the complex will be 3550 sq. meters. At the same time, the presence of the Chinese military at the base is not provided. Currently, the process of preparing documentation for the allocation of a land plot for the construction of the base is underway.
Earlier it was reported that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation will send improved T-72B3 tanks to Tajikistan.
The state prosecutor asked for the testimony of several prosecution witnesses to be read in court in the case of the journalist of the Chernovik newspaper Abdulmumin Hajiyev, accused of financing terrorism, referring to the fact that they are outside Dagestan. The court asked the prosecutor to provide certificates of witnesses crossing the border.
As "Caucasian Knot" wrote, the journalist of the Dagestan newspaper "Chernovik" Abdulmumin Hajiyev, as well as the head of the charitable foundation "Ansar" Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev were detained in connection with the financing of terrorism.
The court in Rostov-on-Don extended the arrest of Gadzhiev until January 28, 2022. On October 14, the former imam of the Makhachkala mosque, Magomedrasul Saaduev, presented by the prosecution as a witness, stated in court that he knew nothing about Hajiyev's radical views. The refusal of a number of witnesses from their testimonies, which are included in the case by the investigation, can help the accused, the lawyer said.
According to investigators, the journalist of the Dagestani newspaper Abdulmumin Hajiyev, Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev collected 68 million rubles and $200,000 for the terrorists under the pretext of building mosques and helping poor Muslims.
The investigation connects them with a Dagestani preacher and founder of the Islamic foundation "Mukhadzhirun," known as Abu Umar Sasitlinsky, who is wanted in a terrorism case. All three are in custody in the Rostov-on-Don pre-trial detention center. Hajiyev insists on his innocence, and his colleagues consider the criminal case to be a way of putting pressure on the journalist.
On October 28, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don continued the consideration of the case of Gadzhiev, Rizvanov and Tambiev. There were no relatives or anyone from the defendants' support group at the meeting, the only visitors were two media representatives, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reported.
It was planned that at least one of the classified witnesses would be questioned at the meeting via video link with the garrison military court in Makhachkala, but he could not arrive on time, as according to the state prosecutor Murad Aliyev, due washed out roads near his residence.
In connection with the absence of the witness, Aliyev asked to read out the testimony of the remaining witnesses for the prosecution. According to him, witnesses Aida Khaita and Anna Papushina "are in prison in the Far North," witnesses Huseyn Dingaev and Askhab Dzharbayev are in Turkey, a number of witnesses, including the imam of the Central Mosque of Kislovodsk Aslan Shamanov, imam of the Khasavyurt Central Mosque Ilyas Umalatov, previously convicted Shamil Kadyrov and three other people "are now outside the republic."
Therefore, the prosecutor's office cannot establish their whereabouts.
The defendants opposed the reading out of their testimonies.
"This is unfair: the investigators questioned these people, but we cannot ask them our questions? If these testimonies are insignificant, then let the prosecutor's office refuse them," Abubakar Rizvanov said.
He pointed out that witness Kadyrov was sentenced to eight years, so he cannot "be outside the republic."
On June 26, 2019, the North Caucasian (now Southern) military court found Shamil Kadyrov, a resident of Dagestan, guilty of complicity in the financing of terrorism and sentenced him to eight years in prison.
According to the prosecution, he transferred over 800,000 rubles to members of the Islamic State terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court. He did not admit his guilt. In November 2019, the Russian Supreme Court upheld the sentence to Shamil Kadyrov.
The rest of the defendants, as well as their lawyers, spoke out against the announcement of their testimonies. As a result, the panel of judges refused the prosecutor's application, asking him to provide certificates of witnesses crossing the Russian border.
The presiding judge also reminded the prosecutor that on October 28, it was exactly one year since the case came to court, and that "questions may arise" to the prosecution.
The next court session is scheduled for 1000hrs Moscow time on December 2. Several witnesses are expected to be questioned on this day.
The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that single pickets are regularly held in Makhachkala in support of the "Chernovik" journalist Abdulmumin Hajiyev. His colleagues consider cases of pressure on the media and criminal prosecution of journalists to be an all-Russian trend.
On October 18, four single pickets demanding the release of Hajiyev, political prisoners and in support of freedom of the press, which were held in Makhachkala by the journalist's colleagues, attracted the attention of passers-by and the police.
The security forces demanded an explanation from the picketers . Expressing one's opinion through a single picket does not contradict the current legislation, said the founder of "Chernovik" Magdi Kamalov.
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reported on the delivery to their homeland of 38 children who were in correctional institutions and orphanages in Iraq. We are talking about the children of Azerbaijanis who went to fight on the side of the militants in the Middle East, suggested journalist Tofig Turkel.
The Azerbaijani authorities brought home 38 children from Iraq who were in correctional institutions and orphanages in this country, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said today.
The children were delivered to their homeland today, it follows from the press release of the department sent to the "Caucasian Knot." Then they were provided with documents for returning to Azerbaijan and air tickets," it was reported.
To deliver the children to their homeland in Baghdad, members of the working group were sent from among the representatives of state structures responsible for the return of Azerbaijani citizens from Iraq and Syria and their rehabilitation. The members of the working group conducted a preliminary medical and psychological examination of the children, they were provided with the necessary assistance, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
A total of 38 children, accompanied by representatives of government agencies, were repatriated to Azerbaijan on the Baghdad-Istanbul-Baku flight. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry recalled that a total of 288 Azerbaijani citizens were repatriated from Iraq, 286 children and two women. At the same time, the ministry's message does not indicate how the children from Azerbaijan ended up in the Middle East.
We are talking about children and women from families of residents of Azerbaijan, who at one time went to Iraq and Syria to participate in hostilities as part of various terrorist groups, said Tofig Turkel, a Turan agency observer for the Middle East.
"Some of them went with their families, taking their wives and children. Some of the children were already born there," he told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
After the death, arrest or escape of the militants, women and children of foreign citizens, including Azerbaijanis, foreign citizens, were placed in special camps and shelters in Iraq, Syria, liberated from terrorist groups, as well as in countries bordering with them.
It takes some time to identify these people, to provide them with documents, and they are gradually returned to Azerbaijan. Children without parents are usually given to close relatives - on the paternal or maternal side. If there are none, then they go to orphanages, explained Turkel.
The " Caucasian Knot " also wrote that on October 9, an Ankara-Baku flight brought four children to Azerbaijan, who were in an orphanage in the city of Iskenderun.
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[DW] Notwithstanding the risks of embarking on a journey fraught with dangers and even death, scores of migrants colonists are choosing to put their destinies in the hands of local smugglers in Iraq to get into the EU via Belarus.
To put it into perspective: Since the beginning of October, there have been 11,300 attempts to illegally enter Polish territory from Belarus. So far this year, around 23,000 such attempts have been registered. From there, many make their way to the German border. Three German states border Poland: Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Saxony. Border police say there have been around 6,000 illegal crossings so far this year.
According to data transmitted by RIA Novosti by its own source of information in the circles of the Syrian opposition, the Turkish armed forces are preparing for the simultaneous conduct of two military operations in Syria. The attacks are planned to be launched in the northwest of Idlib, in order to support the pro-Turkish armed illegal formations operating there, and in the northeast of the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR) against the "Syrian Democratic Forces."
According to the interlocutor of the agency, preparing for the offensive, Turkish army units are on full alert and distributed in several directions.
In particular, we are talking not only about the province of Iblib, but also a number of settlements in the vicinity of the cities of Mari and Azaz, located in the north of Aleppo, near the Minig military airport in the area of the city of Manbij, as well as in the area of the city of Al-Qamishli and the province of Al-Hasake.
Recall that earlier Turkish leader Recep Erdogan did not rule out a new military campaign, citing the increased number of attacks on the Turkish army by the Kurds. At the same time, the Turkish parliament fully approved Erdogan's proposal and extended the ongoing military operation in Syria and Iraq for a period of two years.
According to the interlocutor of RIA Novosti, Turkey's military operation in Syria may begin after the meeting between Erdogan and Biden.
Earlier it was reported that the Su-34 bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit the border area with Turkey in northern Syria.
[JPost] 31 suspects were investigated by Turkish police on charges of "provocatively" eating bananas in social media posts.
11 Syrians were arrested and seven will be deported from Turkey on charges of "provocatively" eating bananas in social media posts after a storm erupted surrounding a video of a Turkish citizen complaining about Syrian refugees being able to afford "kilos of bananas," while he could not afford bananas.
The Istanbul Police Department has taken action against 31 suspects in total in the banana case, arresting 11, according to Turkish media. 11 of the suspects are still on the run. The suspects arrested were charged with the crime of inciting or insulting the public to hatred and hostility.
The case began with a video of a Turkish man in Istanbul complaining that he could not afford to buy bananas, while Syrians could afford "kilograms of bananas," according to Bloomberg magazine. A trend on social media began afterward, with Syrian refugees posting photos and videos of themselves eating bananas intended on mocking the Turkish citizen's complaint.
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Provocatively because... they're biting them (as in the pic)?
Or biting them without peeling the bananas first?
Or biting in the middle rather than on one of the ends?
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Urban and Blue State re-population. Local dem governments, the Pope, the Cartels, Planned Parenthood, and teacher's unions demand it. Blue State migration MUST END !
1st Every Illegal Alien Must:
* declare themselves in 90 days or forfeit Amnesty consideration,
* provide a written report of all who assisted in their illegal entry and or stay,
* register, by Photographed and Finger printed,
* declare where they have been living,
* declare where and who they have worked and for how long at each location and/or employer.
* Written list of ALL family currently illegally in the USA.
ONLY then be issued a 24 month PHOTO ID VISA.
Then over the next 24 months, the Illegal must repay the Federal Taxpayers Unpaid related Federal and State taxes and a fine equal to the 1/2 the unpaid taxes. Collected $$$$ to be used strictly for border patrol enforcement (walls, Holding Cells buildings with Immigrant courts located on site for future illegal attempted entries.)
If found to have ANY serious arrests, criminal, gang member or found guilty of a physically violent crimes prior to or during the 24 month Visa. Then the Illegal will be arrested, denied amnesty and deported.
During the 24 month VISA period, any person 12 and older must learn basic ENGLISH, and take the normal steps toward US Citizenship.
== PART II ==
Now APPLY the same fines and penalties, as applicable, to every business, and anyone that facilitated or allowed the Illegal to be here Illegally.
Include fining or denying Sanctuary Cities Federal Money equal up to 10x's the amounts found that ILLEGALLY harbored persons used in Federal taxpayer supported resources collected.
If an Sanctuary City protected Illegal is or was found to have committed a or Violent Felony crime. Then the Sanctuary City elected officials that supported the Sanctuary City Illegal concept will be charged as co-defendants to those crimes.
It just pisses me off ....another here we go again AMNESTY FOR ILLEGALS
(aka federal law violating criminals)
Just as we are entering a do or die election cycle. Where the Social-Democrats know their A$$ is about to be handed to them. But 7 million "well placed" Amnesty persons granted instant citizen voting rights would be the Social-Democrats political life saver.
Why so pissed?
I am 2nd generation American.
My Grandparents on both sides were indentured Servants/Slaves. They were treated as property, used for tasked labor, and traded between owner family members like playing cards.
Both Grandparents were warned to serve properly, do as told, or their family members still back in Europe would be punished.
Both came here, learned English, held jobs, learn and adopted and blended in with American Culture, recognized and obeyed US Laws. Put non-applicable old country customs aside.
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#4: thats complex! how about ...
... if they are female and have a child: keep them. (we need people like that.)
... above the shoulder tatooed males are rejected.
... those we keep must be sponsored.
... coyotes at the border: shoot them in the legs.
... apache gunships for cartel vehicles.
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Merrick Ferret ref: #6
When my dad retired from the US Army (CSM) he took a job with the State of GA. to stay busy and get out of the house.
Because his father was an Indentured Servant, forced to work for only room and board for many years. He qualified as having SLAVE ancestry as defined under GA. Law and was given bonus points for hire and promotions.
It sure ticked off a lot of people who wanted to play the race card for more, while doing less.
Because he knew and lived with his "freed slave" father. Not "heard" about someone a few generations back and claimed to be of former slave ancestry.
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(g)romgoru's replacement> Merrick Ferret <; G has been MIA lately, have you noticed (?) but the comment, quips and writing style bears a close resemblance to the "Dearly Departed G"
Might have 'studied G' or was "tutelaged" by the the 'Great Master' - Grasshopper 🦗 MF
"Without mandates or lockdowns, COVID-19 cases in Florida have decreased 90% since August,” DeSantis said in a statement. “In addition to cases, hospitalizations have plummeted in our state. This has been accomplished by making monoclonal antibody treatments and vaccines widely available throughout our state while protecting Floridians from government overreach.”
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Based upon your comment, I hereby rescind my previous conjectures and apologize to you for any harm I may have caused to the veracity of your statements.
Proceed with your commentaries 'Grasshopper Merrick Ferret' be considerate to others, you have not walked a moment in their moccasins.
[Times of Israel] Usual Anti-Juice Suspects House measure blasts ’repressive’ decision to label 6 human rights organizations as terror groups, urges Biden and Blinken to publicly censure Israel
A group of progressive Democrats introduced a resolution in the United States House of Representatives on Thursday condemning Israel for its "repressive" and "anti-democratic" decision to blacklist half a dozen Palestinian human rights organizations.
The resolution describes the labeling of the six Palestinian groups as "a repressive act designed to criminalize and persecute important Palestinian human rights organizations."
It is highly unlikely to pass, given the unwillingness of the vast majority of lawmakers from either party to criticize the Israeli government so harshly.
The measure was introduced by Rep. Betty McCollum, one of the most vocal critics of the Israeli government in Congress, but also a proponent of the two-state solution who sometimes votes in favor of pro-Israel bills (McCollum voted in favor of legislation to offer $1 billion in supplemental funding for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system last month).
Her latest resolution was co-sponsored by Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Cori Bush, Chuy Garcia, Marie Newman, Raul Grijalva and Andre Carson. All of them voted against the Iron Dome supplemental funding — except Ocasio-Cortez who chose to abstain on the legislation.
The resolution calls on US President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to "publicly condemn this authoritarian and antidemocratic act of repression" and publicly call on Israel to cease such measures.
It notes the value of the six Palestinian groups — Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees; ADDAMEER — Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association; Bisan Center for Research and Development; al-Haq Organization; Defense for Children International — Palestine; and the Union Of Agricultural Work Committees — and cites condemnations of the decision by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, 21 Israeli rights organizations and the Israeli left-wing Haaretz daily.
"The United States provides $3.8 billion in military funding to the Israeli Government each fiscal year and therefore holds a unique obligation to speak out against and condemn actions by the Israeli government that intentionally undermine democratic values and internationally recognized human rights," the resolution states.
The Biden administration said last week that is seeking clarification from Israel over the decision. Jerusalem says it is due to the Palestinian rights groups’ ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror group. However, it has yet to publicly provide any concrete evidence to substantiate the claim.
Meanwhile, the Israeli government dispatched an envoy from the Foreign Ministry and Shin Bet security service to Washington this week to provide the US with what it asserts is "ironclad" proof tying the organizations to the PFLP.
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...from people who want to label concerned parent as domestic terrorists.
[ToI] STFU
A group of 12 countries on Thursday collectively urged Israel to scrap plans for the construction of more than 3,000 settler homes in the West Bank. The United Kingdom separately issued a similar statement urging Israel to reverse plans for fresh settlement construction.
A day after the US criticized the plan, France, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden said in a joint statement that Israel should cancel its decision to build in the settlements.
"We urge the Government of Israel to reverse its decision to advance plans for the construction of around 3,000 settlement units in the West Bank," the foreign ministries of the 12 said.
"We reiterate our strong opposition to its policy of settlement expansion across the Occupied Palestinian Territories, which violates international law and undermines efforts for the two-state solution," they said.
In its own statement, the UK said settlements "are illegal under international law and present an obstacle to peace and stability." It urged Jerusalem to reverse its decision.
Israel on Wednesday made fresh moves towards building the settler homes in the West Bank, a move also condemned by the Palestinians.
The Civil Administration’s high planning committee gave final approval to 1,800 homes and initial endorsement for another 1,344, according to a spokesman for the military body that oversees civilian matters in the Palestinian territories.
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Poland is disappointing.
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Yeah, seems odd considering Poland's recent tacking. Reads sort of like a Mussels in Brussels decision.
[JPost] If the West cracked down on investments and the countries facilitating them, the Gaza-based terrorist group’s destructive activities could be impaired.
Hamas is concealing secret foreign investments worth hundreds of millions of dollars in seemingly legitimate businesses, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
Furthermore, if the West cracked down on these investments and the countries facilitating them, some of the Gaza-based terrorist group’s destructive activities could be impaired, according to the Double Cheque website and former Mossad officials.
Intelligence information indicates that from the early 2000s until 2018, Hamas controlled some 40 commercial companies in Turkey, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Algeria and Sudan, Double Cheque reported.
Most of the companies involved are in the real-estate and infrastructure sectors. Through the companies, Hamas manages huge projects and has a reliable way to conceal around $500 million in assets, the article said.
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[An Nahar] Lead investigator in the Beirut port blast Judge Tarek Bitar suspended Thursday a scheduled session for hearing ex-Prime Minister Hassan Diab ...Former Leb PM. He is a Sunni Muslim. In October 2021, Diab was mentioned in the Pandora Papers due to his ownership of a shell company in the British Virgin Islands.... 's testimony after the latter filed a lawsuit that will pause his prosecution until a decision is made.
On Wednesday, one day before his scheduled session, Diab filed a lawsuit against the state.
Ex-minister and incumbent MP Nouhad al-Mashnouq also filed a lawsuit today against the state.
Al-Mashnouq’s session is scheduled on October 29. The suit will prevent Bitar from interrogating him until a decision is made.
Last month al-Mashnouq’s interrogation was suspended after he filed a dismissal request against Bitar accusing him of bias. The legal complaint temporary suspended the investigation.
Ex-ministers Ali Hassan Khalil and Ghazi Zoaiter, also charged with negligence, filed a lawsuit Wednesday before the Court of Cassation.
The three former ministers and incumbent MPs Mashnouq, Khalil and Zoaiter, along with ex-minister Youssef Finianos, have repeatedly filed requests to dismiss Bitar, but the Court of Cassation and the Court of Appeals dismissed the lawsuits.
[An Nahar] Speaker Nabih Knobby Berri ...Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, head of the Amal Shiite party aligned with Hezbollah, a not very subtle sock puppet of the Medes and Persians... ’s political aide MP Ali Hassan Khalil on Thursday lashed out at Free Patriotic Movement Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic... chief MP Jebran Bassil without naming him."We’re the ones who were killed in Tayyouneh and those who are small-minded are seeking to stir discord between the real duo," Hizbullah ...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... and the Amal Movement, Khalil said.
"We have repeatedly said that we accuse the Lebanese Forces A Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb... " over the Tayyouneh incidents, he added.
Bassil had on Wednesday accused Khalil’s Amal Movement of "colluding" with the LF at the expense of the victims of the Tayyouneh incidents and the Beirut port blast.
Separately, Khalil criticized the FPM’s stances and its walkout Thursday from a legislative session discussing the electoral law’s amendments.
"It has become clear that there is a side that does not want the organization of the parliamentary elections and is seeking the polls’ postponement," Khalil said.
"We stress that we insist on holding the elections within the constitutional timeframes because canceling the vote would lead to unknown consequences in the country," the politician warned.
[An Nahar] State Commissioner to the Military Court, Judge Fadi Akiki, referred Thursday the Tayyouneh file to the first military investigative judge Fadi Sawwan, media reports said.
Akiki asked Sawwan to hear Lebanese Forces A Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb... leader Samir Geagea ...Geagea was imprisoned by the Syrians and their puppets for 11 years in a dungeon in the third basement level of the Lebanese Ministry of Defense. He was released after the Cedar Revolution in 2005... as a witness.
Geagea failed to show up Wednesday before Akiki over his alleged role in the Tayyouneh festivities. He had warned last week he would ignore the summons if his bitter rival, Hizbullah ...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... leader Sayyed His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah ...The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb... , was not called in for questioning too.
The lawyers of the Tayyouneh detainees had submitted a request to recuse Akiki but the latter refused to register the request.
The lawyers then requested the judge’s recusal before the Court of Appeals.
On Thursday, the Civil Court of Appeals in Beirut accepted the recusal request to remove Akiki from the case, according to LBCI television.
Seven people were killed in street fighting two weeks ago, following a rally organized by Hizbullah and its ally Amal Movement against the judge Tarek Bitar investigating last year's deadly blast at Beirut port.
Hizbullah and Amal accused the LF of firing the first shots in the October 14 violence. Geagea denied any involvement and claimed that his summons had no legal grounding.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
[LIBYAREVIEW] On Tuesday, the Head of the Libyan Administrative Control Authority (ACA) issued a decision to suspend the Minister of Education, Musa al-Mgaryaf, and the Minister of Marine Wealth, Adel Mohammed Hassan.The authority stated that the decision was taken "for reasons within the requirements of the public interest." The ACA called on the competent authorities to implement the decision from the date of its issuance.
[JPost] If the West cracked down on investments and the countries facilitating them, the Gaza-based terrorist group’s destructive activities could be impaired.
...Former Leb PM. He is a Sunni Muslim. In October 2021, Diab was mentioned in the Pandora Papers due to his ownership of a shell company in the British Virgin Islands....
...Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, head of the Amal Shiite party aligned with Hezbollah, a not very subtle sock puppet of the Medes and Persians...
...The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...
