REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES ARE RINGING THE TERRORISM ALARM BELL – Many of Afghanistan’s neighbors have warned of a growing threat of regional and international terrorism in the loosely controlled state. Yesterday, the Chief of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Counter-Terrorism Center, Evgeniy Sysoev echoed the sentiments of regional leaders. He pointed to schisms within the Taliban which are limiting the ability of the de facto regime to effectively combat foreign and domestic terror groups. In his remarks, he envisioned that the worst-case scenario would involve a civil war in Afghanistan and a return to a war-lord system that would provide the terrorists significant latitude to operate across borders.
PANJSHIRI PURGE FROM THE TALIBAN RANKS CONTINUES – At least 50 Taliban fighters from the Paryan and Rukha Districts were dismissed from the Taliban forces over the past week. The dismissals, which began early in 2022 are seen as an attempt to remove possible Resistance infiltrators who may have been reporting on Taliban plans and troop dispositions. Similar actions have been taken by the civil administration in the province.
No conflicts tracked in the past 24 hours, nothing predicted for Afghanistan in the next 24 hours.
Before President Trump such things could not be said. Now people are daring to speak up.
[Shafaq News] Mithal al-Alusi, a secular Sunni politician and a former Representative, said that the participation of Iraq with Israeli officials in the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference is the beginning of normalization.
Al-Alusi told Shafaq News Agency, "President Abdul Latif Rashid sat with Israel at the Sharm el-Sheikh Conference, which means that Baghdad chose to reject war and start normalization with Israel for the peace and security of Iraq and the whole region."
He revealed that new meetings between Iraqi and Israeli officials would soon be held like other Arab countries.
In 2008, The Iraqi government accused Mithal al-Alusi of committing a crime by visiting Israel, a country Iraq considers an enemy.
Last May, Iraq's parliament passed a bill criminalizing normalization and any cooperation or activities involved with Israel. It received widespread support, with 275 out of 329 politicians voting in favor of the law.
The law prevents building ties or "diplomatic, political, military, economic, cultural and any other types of relations" with Israel.
The penalty for such activities is up to a lifetime in prison and/or death.
The law applies to all Iraqis, individuals, and state organizations, including the president, prime minister, parliament speaker, and head of the judiciary. It also applies to Iraqi and foreign media and all companies working in Iraq regardless of citizenship.
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[IsraelTimes] Suspects were arrested at West Bank checkpoint in August with loaded gun, had sought to avenge Israel’s killing of senior terror operative in Nablus, Shin Bet investigation reveals
Three Paleostinian women from Nablus with ties to the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... terror group were charged this week over plans to commit a shooting attack against Israeli security forces in the West Bank.
On August 20, Tahrir Abu Sariya, Maryam Arafat and Alaa Abu Dhraa were detained by Defense Ministry security guards at the Eliyahu Crossing, near Qalqilya. A loaded makeshift "Carlo" submachine gun was found in the trunk of their car.
The Kan public broadcaster reported Tuesday that the cell, headed by 29-year-old Abu Sariya, sought to commit an attack following the killing of senior al-Aqsa Martyr’s Brigade member Ibrahim al-Nabulsi by Israeli security forces earlier that month.
The Shin Bet security agency confirmed the details of the report to The Times of Israel.
According to the Shin Bet’s investigation, Abu Sariya recruited the other two women before making contact with a terror operative in the Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip and an Islamic Jihad operative in Nablus, who helped them purchase weapons for the attack.
The trio allegedly filmed themselves wearing Islamic Jihad headbands and declaring their intention to die, and sent the video to the Gaza-based operative.
On the day of the planned attack in August, the three shot up a military post near the West Bank settlement of Kedumim after apparently spotting a soldier stationed there. However, denial ain't just a river in Egypt... the gun jammed, and they expeditiously departed at a goodly pace, seeking another target, according to the investigation.
The Nablus women apparently got lost looking for another target, and ended up at the Eliyahu Crossing. The three women did not have permits to enter Israel, and their car with Paleostinian license plates would not have been able to cross the checkpoint.
The women were charged over the shooting and planned attack, and will remain in jug until the end of legal proceedings.
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[Rudaw] A decade of appalling civil war has left Syria fragmented and in ruins but one thing crosses every front line: a drug called captagon.
The stimulant -- once notorious for its association with 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.... fighters -- has spawned an illegal $10 billion industry that not only props up the pariah regime of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
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