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How about naming a post after the Exalted Cyclops Robert C. Byrd? Think the Dems would go for that, one of their own? And if not, why not? Have them explain why. Or, to be real slick, how about his birth name of Cornelius Calvin Sale?
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And with tomorrow comes the official nail in the coffin of our great American Experiment. Make no mistake, tomorrow we stand at Day 1, Year 1 of whatever hell awaits us. Godspeed.
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Hair cut, designer hair even. Fingernails done. Decent clothes. Speaks English, sounds like as first language. People dinking on phones. At or even over-weight. One woman.
[GOOBJOOG] Prime Minister Hamze Barre has lashed out at Puntland ...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion... president Abdullahi Deni over what he termed as his attempts to sabotage the debt relief process in what is perhaps the harshest criticism against the embattled leader from the Federal Government.
Speaking during a function Monday night in Kaaran district of Mogadishu, Barre said Deni’s failure to participate in key decision-making forums such as the National Consultative Council was tantamount to sabotaging the debt relief process. Somalia is anticipating reaching the Completion Point of the debt relief process under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative next year.
"I am telling the Somali people from Puntland, my brothers, they do not deserve a black history to be written in Puntland, to say that Somalia’s debt forgiveness has failed, that it was failed by Puntland, that cannot be accepted, we ask that development and politics be separated," Barre said.
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[GOOBJOOG] Federal Government of Somalia Prime Minister Hamse Abdi Barre has reiterated the government’s commitment to win the war against al-Shabaab ...... the personification of Somali state failure... and completely liberate all parts of the country.
The Prime Minister spoke during an event at Karaan district that was aimed at boosting the morale of the Somali Security Forces and thanking them for their efforts in keeping the country safe from the threats posed by al-Shabaab.
The function was also attended by Deputy Prime Minister Salah Ahmed Jama and the Council of Ministers who also underscored the commitment by government to completely eliminate al-Shabaab from Somalia.
Prime Minister Hamze also praised the citizens of Somalia for assisting the security forces in the war by providing crucial information that has made it easy to identify and neutralize threats posed by the bully boys.
He noted that the improved security within the capital Mogadishu was due to the cooperation between security officials and the citizens and added that the people of Somalia now have a historic opportunity to liberate their country.
Prime Minister Hamze also donated over 50 camels to the security forces to boost their morale in the war.
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@SpeakerMcCarthy
This event in the US Capitol is canceled.
Instead, I will host a bipartisan discussion to honor the 75th anniversary of the US-Israel relationship.
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib will host a congressional event this week to mourn the "catastrophe" of Israel's founding.
Tlaib is hosting the event alongside an array of anti-Israel groups, some of which have defended terrorism.
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[GEO.TV] 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.... 's (PTI) call for shutting down the country to protest what it called an 'illegal' arrest of its 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... may prove the straw that breaks the camel's back for Pakistain's already crippled economy if the crisis on hand is not averted politically, analysts said on Tuesday.
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The camel's back was broken under the military dictatorship of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (9/1978 to August 1988). The camel has struggled, and failed, to get off its knees ever since.
[GEO.TV] Earlier this year, the Pakistain army requested the Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... government for one million acres of state land in the Cholistan area for corporate agricultural farming, court documents reveal.
In an official letter written to the Punjab Board of Revenue, on February 8, by the Director General Strategic Projects of the Pakistain Army, the military offers to develop "waste barren lands" in Punjab through corporate agro farming.
The military cites high oil and food prices as a serious challenge to Pakistain’s economy and its agricultural sector, arguing that the army has experience "gained through development of waste barren lands, placed on military schedule in various parts of the country for the wards of Shuhada and War Wounded Persons."
Providing a timeline for the project, the military proposes in the letter the "immediate" release of 10,000 to 15,000 acres of irrigated land for a pilot project, followed by 100,000 acres of land by March 1.
It then recommends the "identification and lease of one million acres [of state land] in the Cholistan Development Authority’s area of responsibility" by April.
The letter was submitted by Punjab’s advocate general office in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday, where Justice Abid Hussain Chattha is hearing a case related to the matter.
It is important to mention that after the letter in February to the Board of Revenue, a month later, in March the Punjab government signed an agreement with the army to allot 45,267 acres of state land in the districts of Bhakkar, Khushab and Sahiwal for corporate agricultural farming on lease for 20 years.
Soon after the notification went public on March 17, lawyers, Fahad Malik and Ahmed Rafay Alam, representing the Public Interest Law Association of Pakistain, filed a petition in the Lahore High Court arguing that the grant of land by a caretaker government in Punjab was "unconstitutional and illegal", as the scope of a caretaker government was limited to performing day-to-day functions.
The petition also added that out of the over 45,000 acres of state land being transferred, 23,027 is forest land. Punjab’s law prohibits clearing or breaking of the land for agriculture, the petition stated.
After hearing the petition, on March 31 the Lahore High Court stayed the transfer of the state land on lease to the Pakistain military.
Separately, in a presser held on April 25, Major General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, the director general of the military’s media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations, was asked about the corporate farming project. He replied that food security was a challenge for Pakistain.
"In developing and developed countries their governments have used the military, in some way or the other, to improve the agriculture sector," he said, adding that what role the military can play in making lands more cultivable, was in the end the decision of the provincial and federal government.
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Having problems in Afghanistan, the ISI has decided to sponsor opium poppy production in Pakistan itself.
[GEO.TV] Moody's Investor Service has warned that without an International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme Pakistain could default as its financing options beyond June are "uncertain", Bloomberg reported.
"We consider that Pakistain will meet its external payments for the remainder of this fiscal year ending in June," sovereign analyst with the ratings company in Singapore Grace Lim said.
[Shafaq News] Security services in Kirkuk Governorate made a grim discovery on Tuesday, unearthing a mass grave believed to contain the remains of individuals who perished during the period of ISIS control over the region.
According to a security source, the mass grave was found within the al-Baghara base in Kirkuk Governorate.
Preliminary information suggests that the cemetery contains the remains of five individuals, but efforts are underway to determine if additional bodies are yet to be recovered.
The unearthing of mass graves serves as a chilling reminder of the atrocities committed by ISIS during its reign of terror in the region. Such discoveries contribute to the ongoing efforts to uncover the truth, bring justice to the victims, and provide closure to their families.
Authorities are expected to continue their meticulous work searching for and documenting any additional mass graves in the area. They strive to shed light on the dark chapter in Kirkuk's history and ensure accountability for the crimes committed.
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[Shafaq News] The al-Shirqat District Administration, situated in the northern Saladin Governorate of Iraq, has declared the achievements of its social integration program aimed at reintegrating families associated with ISIS into the community.
The program, supervised by the federal government and initiated by the Saladin Governorate, specifically targeted families whose children were involved with ISIS between 2014 and 2017.
In collaboration with the Iraqi government, security agencies, and judicial authorities, the program has achieved significant progress.
According to Alaa al-Shuaib, the Kaimakam (sub-governor) of al-Shirqat, approximately 2,000 ISIS families responsible for acts of violence, killings, and destruction have been successfully reintegrated into society.
The reintegration process adhered to strict legal and security procedures to ensure the safety of the returnees and to verify their lack of involvement in any terrorist activities.
Al-Shuaib emphasized that these reintegrated families have not encountered threats, tribal demands, or other challenges.
However, some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves... al-Shuaib acknowledged that several hundred ISIS families directly implicated in terrorist acts or providing support to the group have not yet returned. These individuals are ineligible for repatriation under any circumstances.
Al-Shuaib recognized the vital role of humanitarian organizations and tribal institutions in advocating for the rights of victims and those affected by terrorism while simultaneously ensuring the innocence of returning families.
He stressed that the opportunity for innocent families, untainted by terrorist ideologies, to return remains open while reiterating that individuals associated with terrorism and bad boy ideas will not be permitted to reintegrate.
The successful reintegration of ISIS families into society is considered a significant stride toward stability and reconciliation in the affected regions. However, some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves... it also underscores the ongoing challenges in addressing the concerns and rights of victims and those impacted by terrorism.
[Rudaw] The Iraqi army has killed over 100 members of 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) terror group since the beginning of the year, a spokesperson for the Iraqi army said on Tuesday, assuring that the fight against the group will continue.
"Since the beginning of 2023, 105 bandidosmurderous Moslems from ISIS gangs have been killed in various operations, mostly Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s and qualitative operations," Major General Tahsin al-Khafaji, spokesperson for the Joint Operations Command, told state media.
The spokesperson affirmed that the fight against ISIS continues "even in geographically complex areas" and that the capabilities of the Iraqi army are expanding to more precisely identify areas where ISIS cells exist.
ISIS seized large swathes of Iraqi and Syrian territory in 2014 and declared a so-called "caliphate." While the group was declared territorially defeated in Iraq in 2017, it still continues to pose serious security risks through hit-and-run attacks, bombings, and abductions across several provinces.
The snuffies have particularly taken shelter in a security vacuum in parts of northern Iraq that are disputed between Baghdad and Erbil, stretching across several provinces including Diyala, Salahaddin, and Kirkuk.
"We believe that reaching this number of deaths in geographically complex areas is a major achievement in our scope of work against terrorism and to combat bandidosmurderous Moslems in areas that they believe can be safe havens," Khafaji added.
A numver of ISIS snuffies were killed on Sunday when Iraqi warplanes delivered an airstrike to their hideout in Diyala province.
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[IsraelTimes] Ronen Bar also reveals Gazoo strike killed Islamic Jihad leader behind gruesome 2004 murder of Hatuel family, as Netanyahu warns terror groups against launching multi-front battle
Khalil Bahtini, who commanded Islamic Jihad in northern Gaza; Jihad Ghanem, a top official in the group’s military council; and Tareq Izz ed-Din, who directed Islamic Jihad terror activities in the West Bank from a base in Gaza were killed in the IDF airstrikes along with 10 civilians who were either with them or in adjacent apartments.
Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar said Tuesday that security forces recently foiled a Paleostinian Islamic Jihad cell based in the West Bank that had started to manufacture rockets to launch at Israel under the direction of one of the big shots in the group eliminated by Israel in a series of Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s in Gazoo
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[An Nahar] Hezbollah chief Sayyed His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah ...The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb... visited Syria and met with its president Bashir al-Assad after the Iranian-Saudi reconciliation agreement was signed, a media report said.
"The discussion points included all of the regional files, from the situation in Israel and its latest developments to the situation in Syria to the presidency in Leb ...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... ," the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Describing the meeting as "good," sources informed on the meeting told the daily that the talks tackled Suleiman Franjieh’s nomination and that the Syrian stance was "identical to Iran’s stance in terms of leaving the issue to the ally Hezbollah."
Damascus "will employ all capabilities for his election but it does not and has not directly interfered until the moment," the sources added.
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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
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
