[ColumbusDispatch] Columbus police confirmed Sunday that a body found two days earlier in a vehicle on the North Side belongs to a local imam.
The body was discovered in a wooded lot at All City Auto Recycling in the 1400 block of Windsor Avenue, and as many as 200 people converged nearby after 3:30 p.m. Friday when news spread within the Somali community that Mohamed Hassan Adam, longtime imam of the Masjid Abu Hurairah mosque on the Northeast Side, had been found deceased inside the vehicle.
Police officially identified the 48-year-old Muslim leader as the victim of the city's 198th homicide in 2021 in a press release Sunday.
There is no evidence at this point that the death was the result of a hate crime, but the investigation is ongoing and still in the very early stages, according to police.
Adam had been missing since Wednesday, according to Hassan Omar, president of the Somali Community Association of Ohio.
According to police, relatives called in a missing persons report around 2:30 p.m. Thursday. The report included Adam's picture and that of the vehicle, a yellow van used to transport children. The word "Students" was on the rear.
Omar and other community leaders put together a search party to look for the missing imam, and on Friday, a volunteer found a body in a van with Adam’s license plate and reported it to the police, Omar said.
“The whole community is in shock, and the family is terrified,” said Omar, who had known Adam for 20 years. “He was a businessman, a leader, a father and a husband. He had a food pantry during COVID-19 to help community members. He was a role model for many young people.”
Imam Horsed Noah, outreach director of the Somali Islamic Centers of Ohio, also praised Adam, whom he said he had known for nearly a decade.
“Mohamed Hassan was someone who would feed the homeless. Mohamed Hassan was the one who would monitor our youth to stay away from drugs, to stay away from gun violence,” Noah said on Friday. “Today, the Somali community lost a pillar.”
According to Islamic customs, a burial should take place as soon as possible after death. Noah said the victim’s family members are hoping to have the burial in about three days but do not know when they would be able to retrieve the body.
Calls to officials with the Franklin County Coroner's office were not immediately returned Sunday.
Meanwhile, Noah said Sunday he would like to see more of a commitment by the police to resolving the numerous homicides experienced by the Somali community.
“We have lost a lot of Somali youth through gun violence, and while we appreciate the police’s collaboration, we feel that they were not so quick to find out who the murderers were,” he said. “We wish they would have a closer relationship with community and faith leaders. We wish that they would have a higher level of cultural competency and get to know our people.”
To recruit the public's help, the Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has offered a $10,000 reward for information that might lead to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved.
"Our entire Ohio Muslim community has suffered a profound and tragic loss," said Amina Barhumi, CAIR-Ohio acting executive director.
You’ll recall, dear Reader, that the previous executive director, Romin Iqbal, was recently fired after he had for years been passing information on the organization to Steven Emerson’s Investigative Project on Terrorism.
“CAIR-Ohio will be demanding answers and justice, and keeping our community informed of any updates.”
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I go to that part of Columbus once or twice a year for work reasons. It's a rough place; the man could have been killed for any number of reasons. Or none at all.
Police in L.A. arrested four men accused of being part of a "follow-home" robbery where a man was murdered when trying to protect his girlfriend. Thieves have been picking out victims from expensive venues & robbing them at gunpoint of valuables. https://t.co/rva9Qlia5z
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Cause "taking him (the victim) off" is a street cred thing.
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This 'follow-home' procedure seems to be more and more prevalent recently.
Have always told my family and friends to be situationally aware and 'watch your rear-view to see if you're being followed'.
Some of them used to say I was paranoid, but no longer.
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And if you are being followed, what then? Head to the nearest police station? Many people wouldn't even know where it is unless they could ask someone. Once you do get there, you might not get much help unless there happened to be officers coming in and out when you pulled it. Go to a "busy place?" Yeah, sure, so they can phone video you being robbed for not cooperating. I live in a pretty good place, but I'd still give even odds on getting any help at all from a civilian in a public place, and I really couldn't blame them for not wanting to be involved.
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More White Supremacists
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Watch your mirrors; exit your vehicle with your firearm (and mind) ready.
[CWBChicago] An Avondale man who illegally carried a firearm to a family Christmas party wound up shooting two attendees, including an 11-year-old, when he fumbled the gun and it discharged — twice — prosecutors said. The family took his gun away and told him to leave the party.
Tyquan Scott, 23, headed to his girlfriend’s family’s home on the 5400 block of North Austin in Jefferson Park to celebrate Christmas Eve with a gun tucked into his waistband, prosecutors said.
Scott began drinking and, around 11:30 p.m., his gun began to fall out of his waist, according to the allegations.
He grabbed for the weapon to keep it from falling, but it fired, striking an 11-year-old boy, prosecutors said. Then, it fired again, striking a 25-year-old man. Both victims were shot in their legs. Police said they were listed in good condition after the shooting.
"We won’t quite categorize it as a Christmas miracle, but it is fortunate to be sure," Judge David Navarro said during Scott’s bond hearing.
Other family members took Scott’s gun away and asked him to leave, prosecutors said. Police recovered the gun from a table in the home.
Officers radioed a description of Scott, and cops found him sitting at a bus stop about three blocks away, according to prosecutors.
The 11-year-old’s mother reportedly identified Scott as the person who had the gun and caused it to fire. An assistant state’s attorney said Scott admitted to having the gun and said he "grabbed it by the trigger as it began to fall."
Assistant Public Defender Courtney Smallwood emphasized that the alleged shootings were accidents. Scott lives with his girlfriend and two children, Smallwood said.
Prosecutors charged Scott with reckless discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. Navarro set bail at $50,000, meaning Scott must post a $5,000 deposit to get out of jail.
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[ArmyTimes] Retired Navy SEAL and the first commanding officer of SEAL Team Six, Richard “Dick” Marcinko, has died, according to a post on the Navy Seal Museum’s Facebook page.
He was 81.
Marcinko led the SEAL team in what has become known as the Navy’s most successful SEAL operation during the Vietnam War: the May 1967 assault on Ilo Ilo Han. Marcinko and his men killed many Viet Cong and destroyed six of their sampans, according to the Navy SEAL Museum. Marcinko deployed a second time with SEAL Team Two during the Vietnam War. His platoon assisted Army Special Forces during the Tet Offensive.
He was one of two Navy representatives on a task force to help free American hostages during the Iran hostage crisis in 1979. After the tragedy, the Navy tasked Marcinko with designing and developing a dedicated counterterrorist team.
Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Thomas B. Hayward selected Marcinko as the first commanding officer of the unit. At the time, the Navy had two SEAL teams. According to the Navy SEAL museum, Marcinko named the unit “SEAL Team Six” to make other nations believe there were additional SEAL teams. He also hand-picked members from across existing SEAL teams and Underwater Demolition Teams. Marcinko led SEAL Team Six for three years.
“The SEALs who knew Dick Marcinko will remember him as imaginative and bold, a warrior at heart,” retired Navy SEAL Adm. Eric Olson, who commanded U.S. Special Operations Command from July, 2007 to August, 2011, told Navy Times. “He was a spirited rogue for sure, but we are better off for his unconventional service.”
After retiring from the Navy, Marcinko became CEO of SOS Temps Inc., his private security firm, according to his Amazon author profile.
Marcinko was the author of The Real Team; The Rogue Warrior’s Strategy for Success: A Commando’s Principles of Winning; and the four-month New York Times business bestseller Leadership Secrets of the Rogue Warrior: A Commando’s Guide to Success, according to Amazon.
He also created Richard Marcinko Inc., a motivational training and team-building company; and Red Cell International, Inc., which conducts vulnerability assessments of high-value properties and high-risk targets, according to Amazon.
“Rogue Warrior, his #1 New York Times bestselling autobiography, set the stage for his bestselling Rogue Warrior novels, eight of which were coauthored with John Weisman,” according to Amazon.
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I had occasion to have a chat over beers with another Admiral (ret.) at the time. His take was Marcinko leaned a little to far forward over the line. He proposed the subsequent arrest and conviction was intended as a message to Vice Admiral James "Ace" Lyons about 'acceptable' covert behaviors. Marcinko was just a surrogate.
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Nobody does maritime operations better than US Navy SEALS. They are quite possibly unsurpassed globally. Historically, their problems seem to begin after they come ashore.
I've read Marcinko's stuff. A bit long on self-promotion in my opinion. Made my stories about being 'back in the rear with the gear' quite mundane. Perhaps I have a personal problem.
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#1 I read his book. Good read but he seemed a little nuts.
Posted by: Glenmore 2021-12-27 09:06
The way I understood it, he was one of those men you pray for in wartime...and pray doesn't get assigned to you in peacetime.
Mike
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“We sleep soundly in our beds, because rough men stand ready in the night to do violence on those who would harm us" - G. Orwell
RIP, sir.
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I knew and liked him, the rogue fit him well, but as a fellow seal he could have got it done in a more secretive manner without pissing off those that could hurt him and the community.
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"He was a man, all in all. We shall not see his like again."
[MAIL] Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was slammed on Twitter after she and her wife, Amy Eshleman, posted a video wishing a 'joyous Kwanzaa' to all who celebrate.
'Joyous Kwanzaa, Chicago!' Lightfoot said in a video shared online. 'The seven principles of Kwanzaa guide us to unity and cooperation as we work to uplift and protect our neighbors.'
'As you light the candles and gather in unity, we hope your holiday is filled with rejoicing and happiness,' Eshleman echoed.
The pair, who also used the holiday video as an opportunity to promote COVID-19 vaccinations, were criticized by Twitter users who cited the crime wave ravaging Chicago and Lightfoot's alleged failures as leader.
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Laughing at us now.
The Humiliation Stage, similar to the Bolsheviks' obscene and vicious parodies of religious rituals such as the "Komsomol Christmas" farce of 6 Jan 1923
#4
I'm guessing one of the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa is not Marksmanship.
But unloading all your shots in a general direction is, apparently. Maybe it's the 8th?
Sumthin's gonna get hit.
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#1 - yep, for starters. The main point of Kwanzaa was to pull Black America away from Christmas, and replace it with a CRT holiday. Fast forward to today - and here we are.
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[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] A herd, self-culling.
'I'm so concerned about our children because there is an epidemic, if you will, of mental health challenges,' Dr Vivek Murthy said Last week, Murthy's office issued a mental health advisory after unveiling alarming figures that one in five young people report experiencing depression
'We know that their lives have been turned upside down,' Murthy said
Just below 790 children aged 0-18 have lost their lives to COVID since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the CDC
But almost 70 per cent of parents who have a child for whom they sought out mental health treatment in the past 12 months have used tele-health therapy
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available 24/7 at 1-800-273-8255
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I remember how "Brave New World" ended.
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tele-health therapy
Showing they don't understand the problem...or worse.
Made this distinction the other day and got a 'you are right' from wife - if 10% of the working population had died, this is the virus' fault - otherwise it is a social policy decision and will last as long as it is allowed to.
#10
Three autistic grandkids. They not only made no socially adaptive progress since COVID restrictions, they lost about a year of previous gains. They already have a hard time reading social cues, then they mask half the faces.
#13
Fauci is simply out of control now. That lunatic just said he thinks we need to don the mask [ ie bow our heads / take the knee / part our ass-cheeks ] FOREVER.
#1
It is said that 007 was modeled after a WWII British officer who was a drinker, womanizer and did outrageous things during the war. He did not live long as he was eventually a war casualty.
#5
Last night Mr Warthog and I watched the newest Bond film, No Time to Die. The ending is terrible and out of sync with the style of Bond films. If this is all the writers have, the series will be on a serious decline. Pity.
#7
Does anyone recognize the concept of fiction anymore?
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I read my first bond would have died of STD's in the late 70s early 80s. Even as a kid I thought Bond was probably seducing a higher class lady than the magazine writers desperate to take him down.
#9
Oh sure, Bond would have died, but Shrillary is still sucking wind.
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Actuarial Karens can carp,
"Lucky Jack should be plucking a harp,"
And statistical hens
Cluck, "Don't run with those pens
Or you're sure to be flattened like Sharpe!"
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Immortal! The son of a gun
Hummed, "God Save the Queen," but... which one?
Shed blood for the empire?
"Sure," chortled the vampire,
"But just in the dark, or I'm done."
#2
No bail required for shooting at a cop, at least for someone named 'Nasir.' Now for someone named 'Glenmore' they'd throw away the key for simply having possession of a firearm in NYC.
#1
Missing from the reenactment were the companies of Germans (Hessians) captured, and the marched to western Pennsylvania for internment. Where the bulk decided to stay after the war ended, rather than go home.
That's the how we got all those German towns in western PA, that have a tradition of opposing helping the Brits in time of war.
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[REGNUM] Former President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev himself brought the state to such a state that it was already disintegrating. This was announced by the last chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR Ruslan Khasbulatov, commenting on Gorbachev's words about the possibility of saving the USSR by creating the Commonwealth of Sovereign States (SSG).
"He brought the state to such a state that it was already disintegrating. It was lucky that the putsch took place, because if not for that, everyone would have accused him of defeating the Soviet Union. And now, you see, he has the opportunity to say: 'No, I would have kept it,' but they prevented me," he said in an interview with Gazeta.ru.
Khasbulatov added that the only difference between the JIT project and the CIS agreement would be the presence of a “powerless president”.
As reported by IA REGNUM, earlier Mikhail Gorbachev, the first president of the USSR, named a way that could save the USSR after the August 1991 coup. According to him, the country could be saved by creating the Union of Sovereign States.
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Soviets were already in decline. Gorbachev just made it official.
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^ Yes. That the Politburo would take a chance on an outsider with strange ideas about 'reform,' a rube from the sticks like Gorbachev, shows how desperate they knew their situation was.
[AP] Holiday sales rose at the fastest pace in 17 years, even as shoppers grappled with higher prices, product shortages and a raging new COVID-19 variant in the last few weeks of the season, according to one spending measure.
Mastercard SpendingPulse, which tracks all kinds of payments including cash and debit cards, reported Sunday that holiday sales had risen 8.5% from a year earlier. Mastercard SpendingPulse had expected an 8.8% increase.
The results, which covered Nov. 1 through Dec. 24, were fueled by purchases of clothing and jewelry.
Holiday sales were up 10.7% compared with the pre-pandemic 2019 holiday period.
By category, clothing rose 47%, jewelry 32%, electronics 16%. Online sales were up 11% from a year ago and 61% from 2019. Department stores registered a 21% increase over 2020.
After omicron hit, some consumers stayed home and shifted their spending to e-commerce -- but sales stayed strong. "I feel really good about how the season played out," said Steve Sadove, senior adviser to Mastercard and former CEO of Saks Inc. "When people feel a little bit uncomfortable, you’ll see a little bit of a pickup in online and a little bit of a slowdown in store performance.’’
A broader picture will be revealed next month when the National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail trade group, comes out with its combined two-month results in mid-January. The results will be based on an analysis of the November and December sales figures from the Commerce Department. Analysts will also be dissecting the fourth-quarter financial results from different retailers that are slated to be released in February.
#1
I'm still waiting on two I ordered back in October.
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Small, family owned Sherwin-Williams store in my area has a difficult time getting paint. The nearby Lowes box store has no problem getting Sherwin-Williams paint.
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Was riding with my neighbor the other day and we passed a truck load of finished lumber. I commented I'm almost surprised they don't have an armed escort.
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[ZERO] Supply chain issues aren't just showing up for consumer staples, they're also starting to rear their head in rental cars.
There has been a shortage in the rental car industry since earlier this year and while travelers are "encountering higher rates and few choices," according to a new Wall Street Journal article, companies like Hertz are "struggling" to re-stock fleets after downsizing due to Covid.
For customers lucky enough to even find a car, many are being forced to downsize or book vehicles they didn't originally intend.
At the same time, rental rates are skyrocketing. The daily rate is now $81, which is up 31% from a year prior, WSJ reported. Hasn't someone told Hertz the "official" CPI number is just 6.7%?
This figure is up from about $46 per day, prior to the pandemic.
In winter destinations like Maui, Salt Lake City and Bozeman, Mont., rates are over $100 per day, WSJ reported.
The omicron variant has also caused some travelers to switch from flying to driving, further depleting supply of rental cars. One traveler who chose to drive to North Carolina from Chicago told the Journal: "It was overall a high-stress situation." I doubt those rates include State and local taxes.
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I recently looked into leasing an F-150 at a local Enterprise agency for five day trip. Price before taxes was $235. per day. Needless to say, I did not lease a pickup.
#4
We're heading to the southwest this spring to visit relatives for a week. If the rental prices don't come down, we'll probably drive as 6 days of driving, meals, fuel and hotels to get there & back would be a lot less than the flights and a car rental.
Disclosure - There are no time constraints on our end and I don't mind driving long distances.
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/\ Air travel for me means traveling to Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport. That in itself is a non-start, and not likely to change anytime soon.
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Really don't want to put up with the airport/airline BS anyway, so I am not a part of the car rental shortage. Do want to get to Portland to see descendants I have not seen in almost 3 years. Four day drive, for me; 7-8 with spousal unit. If I can convince her to fly I'll drive out (with a load of daughter's 'stuff' to dump off) and then we will take a leisurely drive home.
Plus at Ohare, you get the joy of getting back and finding your vehicle ransacked, if even there. Private lots offer a bit more security, but not much.
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And don't get me started on Midway.
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Wishing u safe travels and happy times Glenmore.
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I rate Ohare as worse than Hartsfield, Mullah. Food is worse, if you can find an open vendor. Baggage handling is infamously worse. Of course I never actually leave either one by ground transport.
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Definitely a 'True' statement about the ORD food, Glenmore. Hartsfield does have better food, plus the vendors are usually open.
ORD vendors seem to be on perpetual break.
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I developed my system for road trips a few years back. Stripped the back seats out of my Elantra, laid some strategically cut pieces of plywood in back, converting it to a 2-seat station wagon. 1 or 2 can lay down side by side on air mattresses & take a snooze quite comfortably. Having a -30 deg F down sleeping bag works in really cold weather. For really long stretches driving, I stop every hour or two and walk 20 or more minutes. This adds substantially to the time I must travel but the exercise and stretching that results pretty much cancels out the stiffness I used to develop on long trips without long walking breaks. After I've covered 4 miles in a long day of driving I am really glad to simply sit at the wheel and relax. I usually wear support hose to prevent leg swelling and leg clots. I'm already on an anti platelet drug for other reasons anyway. I carry some camping gear to make coffee & heat food up at rest stops just in case I can't find a place to get a bite.
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/\ Your system is no doubt a violation of some Federal law. If I were you, I would submit a copy of your comment to OSHA for review and legal finding.
I understand that there is, at least some places, locally a supply shortage, as visitors unaware of the local traditions, leave their vehicle locked so windows get broken out.
Airlines cancel hundreds more flights, citing staffing problems tied to #COVID19, as the nation's travel woes extend beyond Christmas, with no clear indication when normal schedules would resume.https://t.co/5P3H6rmnDT
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Men typically assume if you get in another guy's grill about something they may end up on your ass with a bleeding nose. These boxwine bitches think they are immune to a physical response even as they slap or hit. See the surprise when one gets disabused of their immunity...
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they you may end up on your ass with a bleeding nose
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Can someone explain ?
The ancient Greeks believed their wombs made them hysterical. I dunno. Maybe more sensitive to social pressure. Everyone is wound up pretty tight right now. Which is exactly why an annoying outburst might be might with a poke in the nose. Think of it as pushing the Reset button.
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an annoying outburst might be might with a poke in the nose
Civilized TX allows the more severe charge of 'battery' to be bundled with the lesser verbal 'assault' charges. Sometimes 'felony assault' depending on the severity of the battery. Shouting in your face is a 'public disturbance' for the most part.
If you are grabbed during the shouting then a poke in the nose is just self-defense.
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[RIA Novosti] The North Atlantic Alliance has already offered Moscow a date for a bilateral meeting, the press service of the military bloc told RIA Novosti.
"NATO Secretary General Jens Stolenberg, as chairman of the Russia-NATO Council, decided to convene a meeting of the Council on January 12, 2022. We are in contact with Moscow on this meeting," the agency's interlocutor said.
He recalled NATO's position that "any dialogue with Russia should be conducted on the basis of reciprocity, take into account NATO's concerns about Russia's actions, be based on key principles and fundamental documents of European security, and take place in coordination with NATO's European partners."
As confirmed by the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova , Moscow received a proposal to convene the Council and is considering it in practical terms. The diplomat stressed that Moscow is ready for a direct dialogue on security guarantees.
In mid-December, the Foreign Ministry published a draft treaty with the United States and an agreement with NATO. The documents have already been handed over to Washington and its allies. At one point, Moscow proposes that the alliance provide guarantees that would exclude the bloc's further advance in an eastern direction, in particular, on Ukrainian territory.
As Vladimir Putin has repeatedly emphasized, NATO's eastward expansion and the deployment of offensive weapons in Ukraine are red lines for Moscow. In turn, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pointed out that the bloc is increasing the supply of weapons to Kiev, and the number of Western instructors has also increased in the country. In his opinion, this could provoke the Ukrainian authorities "into military adventures," which creates a direct threat to Russia's security.
The Russia-NATO Council was created in 2002 as a platform for the development of interaction and coordination. He promoted Moscow's cooperation with the alliance countries in important areas, in particular the fight against international terrorism. After 2008, the council's work stalled.
[RIA Novosti] Deputy of the State Duma from the party "Fair Russia - The Truth Behind" Mikhail Delyagin does not rule out that the Ukraine in early 2022 may attack several Russian border regions.
"There is a real threat of an attack on Russia , they (Ukrainians. - Ed.) Are being prepared for this, but they do not really want this. <...> The West is pushing them to this very strongly," your Youtube channel.
He added that the Ukrainian leadership is being pushed towards aggressive actions by the bad internal situation, "a situation of absolute hopelessness."
"We will enter the risk zone, I am afraid, somewhere in early February and will sit in this risk zone until mid-March, maybe until the end of March," the deputy said.
According to Delyagin, attacks on Crimea, Rostov-on-Don, Belgorod and Bryansk should be expected.
Recently, the West has increasingly said that Russia is preparing an "invasion" of Ukraine. In Moscow denied this, stressing that no one is threatened, and the movement of troops on their own territory should not disturb anyone.
As the Kremlin has repeatedly noted, such attacks are used as an excuse to place more military equipment and NATO forces on the Russian borders.
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No point talking with NATO or the Ukrainians - just the US. If they don’t sign off on an agreement then it doesn’t matter what the other parties say
#2
He's just bluffing. His real goal is to force the US to stop expanding NATO. That's an easy concession for us to make: at this point expanding NATO brings us nothing but grief. Conceding something that's worth nothing to you and everything to your adversary is a smart negotiating strategy.
We could have had Russia as a bulwark against Islamist terror and a partner that along with India and Japan would keep China off balance and in check.
Instead, thanks to Cheney-W-McCain's stupid fantasies of creating Jeffersonian democracy everywhere from Cairo to Baghdad and Damascus to Kabul and the Caucasus, we ended up with trillion-dollar albatrosses and democracy in none of those nations.
Under Soetoro and his twin idiots McFaul and his boss Hillary, we added an albatross in yet another shithole, Ukraine. And now under Brandon, our list of humiliating defeats includes Afghanistan.
All when Russia could have been what it was in 2201-2003, a willing partner offering us significant military cooperation, including forward bases in Central Asia, in our mutual conflict with Islamic terror.
All because of our retarded obsession with democracy promotion abroad -- while our own democratic institutions at home are now reeling and under assault by our own shitty little authoritarians and corrupt oligarchs.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The body of a Pak-American woman, who Sherlocks believe was killed by her former husband over a property dispute, was brought to the city of Rawalpindi for further investigation, police said Sunday.Wajiha Swati, a US citizen of Pak origin, had been missing since she arrived in Pakistain in mid-October to settle issues with her ex-husband, Rizwan Habib.
Habib was arrested on suspicion of murder last week, said Sajid Kiyani, Rawalpindi’s police chief. He said Habib confessed Saturday to killing Swati after four days of interrogation, and that he killed her the day she arrived in the city.
Swati’s body was found in the district of Lakki Marwat in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.
"Police have exhumed the body from a house in Lakki Marwat’s Peezo area, where the suspect led the police after confessing (to) the murder," Kiyani said.
Habib’s initial court appearance was set for Monday. He was unable to be reached in jug and it was not immediately clear if he had legal representation.
Police said a complaint was initially filed about Swati’s disappearance and during the subsequent investigation US Embassy officials contacted police to assist in finding her. It was not immediately clear where Swati resided.
Kiyani said Habib managed to convince Swati to return to Pakistain. Police believe he picked her at the airport, kidnapped her and killed her with the help of his father and another man, both of whom were also arrested.
Investigators believe Swati was killed by her former husband in a dispute over property.
Kiyani said police retrieved the body from a house owned by an employee of Habib.
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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.
[CWBChicago] An Avondale man who illegally carried a firearm to a family Christmas party wound up shooting two attendees, including an 11-year-old, when he fumbled the gun and it discharged — twice — prosecutors said. The family took his gun away and told him to leave the party.
[MAIL] Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was slammed on Twitter after she and her wife, Amy Eshleman, posted a video wishing a 'joyous Kwanzaa' to all who celebrate.
