#2
The use of mines and interlocking fields of fire along with the wire/walls show remarkable effectiveness on the Korean border in dealing with infiltrators.
[AFRICANEWS] The withdrawal of the East African force deployed in the east of the DRC, after its mission was not renewed by Kinshasa because it was deemed ineffective, continued on Sunday with the departure of nearly a thousand Burundian soldiers, the Burundian army announced on Monday.
Nearly 250 South Sudanese soldiers and 300 Kenyan soldiers from this Community of East African States (EAC) force, whose mandate ended on 8 December, have already left Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu.
"All the soldiers in this battalion arrived in Burundi" on Sunday, Burundi army spokesman Colonel Floribert Biyereke told AFP.
According to a senior Burundian army officer, who requested anonymity, the withdrawal, which began on Friday, was carried out by military lorries that passed through Rwanda before arriving in Burundi.
In addition to Kenyan, South Sudanese and Burundian soldiers, the East African force includes Ugandan troops, who are also due to leave in the coming weeks.
However, the Burundian army spokesman declined to comment on Burundian army battalions present - like Ugandan troops - in the east of the DRC under bilateral agreements with Kinshasa.
The soldiers of the East African force began arriving in Goma in November 2022, around a year after the resurgence in North Kivu of the M23 ("March 23 Movement") rebellion, which, with the support of Rwanda according to many sources, had seized vast swathes of the province.
At the time, the Congolese authorities invited the EAC to deploy its forces to free the areas conquered by the rebels. However, the Congolese quickly became highly critical of the EAC troops, criticising them for cohabiting with the rebels rather than forcing them to lay down their arms.
At the end of an EAC summit on 25 November, the regional organisation announced that the DRC "would not renew the mandate of the regional force beyond 8 December 2023".To replace it, Kinshasa is counting on troops from the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The departure of the regional force comes as fighting continues between the M23 and the Congolese army, supported by so-called "patriot" militiamen.
Numerous armed groups and other militias have been active for three decades in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a legacy of the regional wars that broke out in the 1990s and 2000s.
General elections, in which incumbent President Félix Tshisekedi is standing for re-election, are scheduled for 20 December. Because of the M23 rebellion, they cannot be held in two territories in North Kivu.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] In Dagestan, the issuance of Russian passports and other documents to 154 newly arrived migrants from Palestine has begun, the issues of employment of adult Palestinians and education of children are being resolved, the government of the republic reported today.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, on November 21, the Dagestan authorities announced that they were ready to accept up to 200 refugees from Palestine, and 8.2 million rubles had been allocated for their accommodation. From November 25 to December 7, five groups of immigrants from Palestine arrived in Makhachkala. Those who arrived will receive refugee status, the government of the republic announced.
Residents of Palestine who arrived in Dagestan asked to be provided with cellular communications and the Internet, as well as to issue documents. Some of them said that they intend to obtain Russian citizenship. All displaced persons are housed at a recreation center near Makhachkala.
There are 154 Palestinian residents in Dagestan, including 82 children, they are located on the territory of one of the recreation centers, Chairman of the Government of the Republic Abdulmuslim Abdulmuslimov said at a meeting today. “The total number of people of working age is 70 people. All were examined by doctors, they were provided with basic necessities. A psychologist works on a permanent basis at the temporary accommodation center, but, as colleagues report, the condition and mood of the arriving citizens, and the environment created around them, is positive,” - he said.
According to him, work is underway “to determine their legal status on the territory of Russia and the possibility of issuing domestic and foreign passports.” At the temporary accommodation point, applications and other documents are accepted from displaced persons for the issuance of internal Russian passports, for identification and for the restoration of a previously lost passport, according to a message on the telegram channel of the government of Dagestan.
The authorities of the republic are taking measures to provide employment and education to arriving Palestinians, Deputy Prime Minister Ramazan Jafarov reported at the meeting. In particular, according to him, children are taught the Russian language at the temporary accommodation center. “After studying the Russian language for six months, the children will be sent to school and kindergarten. Two minibuses have been allocated for transporting children,” Jafarov said.
He added that the issue of enrolling two Palestinian students in the medical college at the Dagestan State Medical University is being decided.
In addition, according to Jafarov, arriving Palestinians will be able to take advanced training courses in Dagestan. Among them there are qualified doctors, but without the appropriate medical certificate they can only work as local therapists or local pediatricians. Therefore, the issue of improving their qualifications is being considered at the Institute of Additional Professional Education of the Dagestan Medical University.
“If they are employed not in Makhachkala, but in other cities and regions of the republic, I ask you to recommend that heads of municipalities, if necessary, allocate office housing to arriving citizens (including if they agree to move to the countryside),” the publication quotes as saying Deputy Prime Minister
Let us remind you that a working group has been created in Chechnya to receive 250 refugees from Palestine, places have been prepared for them in the children's health camp "Mountain Key" in the village of Avtury. The first group of Palestinians arrived in Chechnya on November 29, there were 51 people in it. On December 1, the second group of migrants of 116 people arrived in Chechnya.
The reception of immigrants from Palestine was organized in Dagestan and Chechnya on the initiative of the federal authorities, Caucasus experts Akhmet Yarlykapov and Ruslan Kutaev suggested. The decision to accept a small number of Palestinians was made by the authorities of the republics, since it is beneficial to their image and will not hit the budget, objected political scientist Sergei Zhavoronkov.
[X via ZERO] A new video has surfaced on X showing the location of a warehouse in the Chicago metro area where nearly 3,000 illegal migrants have been packed into. This comes as the US southern border continues to spiral out of control as disastrous open border policies by the Biden administration have flooded major metro areas with hundreds of thousands of illegals, if not more.
"I honestly couldn't believe it when I first heard it. 2700 illegals being housed in a warehouse in south Chicago (2241 S. Halsted St)," Ben Bergquam, a reporter for Real America's Voice News, said in a post on X.
Bergquam continued, "People have no idea how bad this is going to get! The truth about the Democrat's illegal invasion: drugs, prostitution, child trafficking, and modern-day slavery."
[GEO.TV] Moments after the City Council approved a resolution allowing the K-Electric to collect Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) charges from the citizens through their monthly power bills, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi Amir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman Monday announced tabling a no-confidence motion against Mayor Barrister Murtaza Wahab.
Expressing his disappointment over the attitude of the first Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) mayor of the port city, Rehman blasted the ruling party over the acute water crisis in the city, grabbing the mayor slot vial alleged rigging and not tabling the budget in the house.
Addressing the council's session, the JI leader said that the elected representatives were helpless to address the water-related issues of the public. He said that the solid waste department should be handed over to the local government.
Posted by: Fred ||
12/12/2023 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[26 views]
Top|| File under: Jamaat-e-Islami
#1
August 2022: Karachi: The Sindh government has decided to establish two seawater desalination plants on the coast of Karachi to overcome the acute shortage of potable water for residents.
The decision was reached at a meeting chaired by Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah...
The desalination plants will provide water to tresidents of the old city and the neighbourhood of the Defence Housing Authority near the seaside. The proposed desalination plants will each supply five million gallons daily water to the city. ...around 20 million people resided in Karachi and they required 1200 MGD water as against it 655 MGD water being supplied to the city.
[GEO.TV] Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar Monday warned terrorist groups in Pakistain to make an "unconditional surrender", noting the state would not negotiate with them.
"The state will not show any leniency towards turbans who committed violence and killed innocent citizens," he said during an interaction with the families of deaders at the interior ministry.
PM Kakar categorically said that no person would be allowed to take the law into his hands, adding that only the state had the legitimate right to use armed power through its security forces.
"No one should have any doubt about the stance of the state against terrorists," he said. "All organs of the state have the clarity to remain persistent against militancy."
He said any damage incurred in the past by giving a lenient space to Lions of Islam would be mitigated.
The prime minister said if someone wanted to denounce terrorism, they must seek forgiveness from the families of the deaders, who paid the ultimate price of terrorism.
"We cannot compensate those who lost their loved ones, but can make a gesture to acknowledge and honour their invaluable sacrifices," he said.
Kakar said the reward for the deaders’ souls rests with Allah, however, it was the responsibility of the society to honour them with a distinguished status.
"I pay tribute to all the deaders with an unending list of heroes from all sections of society including police, politicians, journalists, soldiers, and even children," he said.
Over a year back, terrorism surged across the country after the Tehrik-e-Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... Pakistain (TTP) called off its ceasefire and began targeting security forces and civilians.
[GEO.TV] With Pakistain Moslem League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif ...served two three 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... apparently all set to take a fourth shot at power during the upcoming elections, "political scientist" Pakistain Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Ten Percent Zardari ...former president of Pakistain, husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, who has been singularly lacking in curiosity about who done her in... has hinted at joining the race for the coveted slot of prime minister.In an interview with a private news channel on Monday, the "king of reconciliation" said: "I can be a candidate for prime ministership and Bilawal too. Even Khursheed Shah can be the candidate."
Without unveiling the name of PPP’s candidate for the top slot, the former president said: "Time will tell who will be the candidate."
All political parties are gearing up for the general elections set to take place across the country on February 8, 2024, with some expressing fears that the security situation is still not feasible to stage them.
Responding to a question, Zardari claimed he made Shehbaz Sharif premier, adding that he arranged the required numbers to get him elected as the chief executive of the country.
[NPR] The United States vetoed a resolution calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war at the United Nations Security Council on Friday.
The Security Council vote on the resolution, backed by Arab states, had 13 in favor and one, the U.S., against, while the United Kingdom abstained.
What don't we know? It doesn't make sense that Biden would favor Israel and damage his political position with his base, and I always say if something doesn't make sense you don't know the whole story. (This came up Friday, apologies if it's a duplicate of something I missed.)
#1
the actual veto was by the US Rep at the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield who visited Ramallah in 2021 and tried to show how the Biden Admin was really, really on board with Paleo concerns.
casting the veto probably pained her -- good
Posted by: lord garth ||
12/12/2023 13:14 Comments ||
Top||
#2
What don't we know?
Well, how about: Saudis hate Israel, but they really fear Iran?
[GEO.TV] Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Monday that Israel had no intention of staying permanently 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 Hamas with 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 that it was open to discussing alternatives about who would control the territory, as long as it was not a group hostile to Israel.
Gallant also said that Israel was open to possibly reaching an agreement with the Iran-backed group Hezbollah in Leb ...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah 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 dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original 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... , on condition and agreement included a safe zone along border and proper guarantees.
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.
[AFRICANEWS] The withdrawal of the East African force deployed in the east of the 
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
...former president of Pakistain, husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, who has been singularly lacking in curiosity about who done her in...
[NPR] The United States vetoed a resolution calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war at the United Nations Security Council on Friday.
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah 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 dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original 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...
