[DAWN] Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel bin Ahmed al-Jubeir on Monday accused Iran of sponsoring terrorism for decades, saying it was "strange [for] the foreign minister of the world's chief sponsor of terrorism to accuse others of engaging in terrorist activities".
The minister, who is part of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman's visiting delegation, was addressing a joint presser with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Wormtongue Qureshi in Islamabad.
When asked about Tehran's recent allegations that held Pakistain responsible for an attack that killed more than 20 members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Qureshi said that he had assured Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif that Pakistain would "never condone [any terrorist] activity".
"We have always condemned such activity. Iran is our neighbour and we would never cause any problem for them," Qureshi said. "We respect their illusory sovereignty and territorial integrity and I'm sure they respect ours."
He said that Pakistain would be "helpful" if Iran comes forward with any evidence. He recalled that Pakistain had cooperated with Iran in the past to "overcome these difficulties".
The Saudi minister, meanwhile, questioned how Iran ‐ which he called "the world's chief sponsor of terrorism" ‐ could accuse others of engaging in terrorist activities.
He accused Iran of "sponsoring" terrorism "since the Iranian revolution of 1979", adding that Iran had "established terrorist groups such as Hezbollah in Leb and Houthis in Yemen. He said that "Iran had been implicated" in terrorist attacks that took place in other countries, including Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... and the United States.
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[AnNahar] The British government on Monday rebuffed U.S. President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... 's call to take back alleged UK jihadists captured in Syria and try them at home.
Trump tweeted on Sunday that Washington was "asking Britannia, La Belle France, Germany and other European allies to take back over 800 ISIS fighters that we captured in Syria and put them on trial".
His comments came with diehard Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group fighters trapped in the last pocket of their crumbling "caliphate" in Syria.
Prime Minister Theresa May's front man said the fighters should be put on trial in places where they committed their crimes.
"Foreign fighters should be brought to justice in accordance with due legal process in the most appropriate jurisdiction," Downing Street said.
"Where possible, this should be in the region where the crimes had been committed."
The front man added that London continued "to work closely with our international partners on this."
U.S. allies have been grappling for weeks with what to do with imported muscle detained in the war-ravaged country by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
The issue's urgency was raised in Britannia after a London school girl who joined the Islamic State in 2015 resurfaced in a Syrian refugee camp last week.
Shamima Begum told British media she wanted to come back to London to raise a baby she gave birth to this weekend.
UK security officials said they could not block Begum's return since she had never been convicted of any crimes.
But they did not rule out prosecuting her upon her arrival.
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We're the free Britons (we only kiss ass of our enemies)!
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Let them wait to go home, like the Free Poles after WWII. Though someone did put forth the idea yesterday of using those abandoned Siberian camps. Just need everyone to chip in, a GoFundMe so to speak.
[SkyNews] Home Secretary Sajid Javid has warned Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... recruit Shamima Begum of "consequences" as she bids to return to Britannia.
The 19-year-old, who has just given birth to a baby boy in a Syrian refugee camp, wants to return to the UK having fled to join the terror group in 2015.
Answering an urgent question in the House of Commons on Monday, Mr Javid admitted the UK could not prevent the return of British citizens, as international law does not allow governments to make people stateless.
However, ars longa, vita brevis... he said the Commons "will have seen the comments of Shamima Begum in the media and it will have to draw its own conclusions".
He added: "Quite simply: If you back terror, there must be consequences."
Mr Javid said the government "cannot ignore the threat" of those who left Britannia to travel to Syria or Iraq, with more than 350 having returned and a similar number still believed to be in the Middle East.
He revealed an estimated 900 people left the UK to join terror groups in Syria and Iraq, with 20% having since been killed in battle, 40% having returned, and 40% still somewhere in the region.
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"Whatever role they took in the so-called caliphate, they all supported a terrorist organization and in doing so they have shown they hate our country and the values we stand for," he said.
"This is a death cult that enslaved and raped thousands of Yazidi girls and celebrated attacks on our shores, including the tragic Manchester bombing that targeted maiden of tender yearss."
Mr Javid told MPs, now that IS is "crumbling", some of their recruits want to return to the UK.
"I have been very clear, where I can and where any threat remains I will not hesitate to prevent this," he said.
The home secretary revealed more than 100 people have been barred from entering Britannia due to their status as foreigners, or by having their British citizenship stripped if they are dual nationals.
But, he highlighted how international law does not allow the UK to remove citizenship from those who are only British nationals.
Yet, Mr Javid vowed that "where individuals do manage to return, they will be questioned, investigated and potentially prosecuted".
Former defence secretary Sir Michael Fallon spoke of the need to avoid British or other nationals "ending up in a new Guantanamo".
"There may need to be an international agreement about how these cases are to be handled and perhaps even an international terrorist court to make sure they are properly prosecuted," he said.
Mr Javid assured his ex-cabinet colleague the UK is "working closely" with the US and European nations "to see what more we can do to make sure in every case justice is done and where possible justice is done in the region".
The home secretary also told MPs he believes a suggested updating of ancient treason laws to deal with returning IS recruits is "worth looking at carefully".
However, ars longa, vita brevis... Mr Javid stressed new legislation recently introduced had created "new powers to prosecute returnees", extended the list of offences committed overseas that action can be taken on, and created new laws to ban British citizens from entering designated terrorist hotspots without any good reason.
In an interview with Sky News from the Syrian refugee camp, Shamima Begum said she was "just a housewife" during her time with IS.
She married a young Dutch fighter called Yago Riedijk three weeks after she arrived in Syria.
She admitted she was aware of beheadings and executions being carried out by the holy warriors but said she was "okay with it", because she had heard "Islamically that is allowed".
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Damn straight supporting terror has consequences. Consider yourself stateless
[DW] Germany has reportedly already issued arrest warrants for ‘Islamic State" fighters being held abroad. Kurdish forces are losing patience with European nations.
German authorities are preparing to prosecute dozens of its citizens who joined the holy warrior group "Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... ," (IS) several media outlets revealed on Monday.
Authorities have already issued arrest warrants for 18 people, out of the 63 adult German citizens being held in Syria, Iraq, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... and Greece, according a joint report by newspaper
Suddeutsche Zeitung and public broadcasters NDR and WDR. Including children, the list jumps into three figures.
In total there are 32 preliminary court proceedings against German IS members imprisoned abroad.
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The news came after the US stepped up its demands that Germany and other European nations take back captured turbans being held by Kurds in Syria.
On Monday, German government front man Steffen Seibert said Germany needed to further investigate the danger posed by the detainees and its legal options to prosecute them.
Germany's Interior Ministry said German citizens who have fought with IS have a "fundamental right" to return to the country, but Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told news hounds that the US demand would be "difficult to implement."
"It is certainly not as easy as they think in America," Maas said. "These people can come to Germany only if it is ensured that they can immediately be taken into custody."
Germany has severed ties with the Syrian government and does not recognize the Syrian Kurdish autonomous region, complicating extradition efforts.
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said the issue of repatriating imported muscle remained something for each country to deal with on a national level.
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[Al Jazeera] President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey... has accused NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... allies of supporting "terrorists" with thousands of truckloads of weapons while ignoring The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor.... 's request to buy their arms.
"What kind of NATO alliance is this?" Erdogan said on Monday during an election campaign rally in southwestern Turkey's Burdur region.
"You give holy warriors around 23,000 truckloads of weapons and tools through Iraq, but when we asked, you won't even sell them to us," he added.
"We have a 911-kilometre border [with Syria]. We're under threat at any moment."
Erdogan did not specify which nations were allegedly supplying arms through Iraq.
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That's because Turkey has a healthy domestic arms manufacturing industry dumbass!
[Breitbart] American taxpayers are continuing to fund border security measures and border walls in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt, and Lebanon with President Trump’s signing of a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spending bill.
While the United States-Mexico border received only $1.3 billion for construction of a border wall at the overwhelmed southern border with soaring illegal immigration, foreign countries are getting help from American taxpayers to secure their borders.
The Republican-Democrat spending bill signed by Trump last week provides Pakistan with at least $15 million in U.S. taxpayer money for "border security programs" as well as funding for "cross border stabilization" between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Taxpayer funding of the wall was O.K. here as well until it was Trump doing it and the left went mad. A great dis-service was done to Trump and the American people by HRC and her like-minded cabal of criminals and treasonists (includes Dems and Pubs suffering from TDS.)
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan’s foreign minister appealed to the U.N. Secretary General on Tuesday to help ease tension with India that has escalated sharply following a suicide bomb attack in the Indian part of disputed Kashmir, that India blamed on Pakistan.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, facing an election by May, has warned Pakistan to expect a "strong response" to the bombing claimed by a Pakistan-linked militant group, raising fears of conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
"It is with a sense of urgency that I draw your attention to the deteriorating security situation in our region resulting from the threat of use of force against Pakistan by India," Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi wrote to U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
"It is imperative to take steps for de-escalation. The United Nations must step in to defuse tensions," he wrote, blaming India for deliberately ratcheting up its hostile rhetoric for domestic political reasons.
The Pakistani appeal follows days of rising tension between the old rivals after a suicide bomber blew himself up near an Indian police convoy in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Thursday, killing at least 40 paramilitary police.
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Because you'd get your *sses stomped otherwise, Mahmood?
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[DAWN] TAXILA: Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Zubair Mahmood Hayat has said that Pakistain condemns terrorism in all its forms not only in Pakistain but also in the region and beyond.
He was speaking as chief guest at the traditional orange festival organised by the Zaildar family led by Syed Zaheer Shah and Syed Ahsan Shah here on Sunday.
The traditional orange festival ‐ which presents folk songs, cultural shows featuring horse dancing, etc, and traditional sports like stone lifting ‐ turned into a galaxy of foreign diplomats as it was attended by over 60 Islamabad-based ambassadors, high commissioners and attaches, including from Europe, Far East, Middle East, and Gulf and Asian countries.
General Hayat on the occasion said that Pakistain had been playing a key role in regional and international peacekeeping initiatives, adding that the country had participated in 43 United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... ’ peacekeeping missions in 26 countries. He said presently 6,000 Pak soldiers, including 400 women, were participating in UN peacekeeping missions.
General Hayat said 157 Pak peacekeepers, including 24 officers, had laid down their lives for global and regional peace and security efforts under the UN banner. He said Pakistain’s credentials as a peaceful country had improved a lot, that was why the number of tourists visiting this great country had multiplied.
The CJCSC told the diplomats that Pakistain was gifted with best tourist resorts. Tourism is making healthy gains in Pakistain and improved security situation has increased the flow of tourists.
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[DAWN] SAHIWAL: Muhammad Jalil, the complainant and brother of Sahiwal incident victim Muhammad Khalil, will appear before the court of Senior Civil Judge Shakeel Ahmed Goraya at the District Courts today (Monday) regarding a judicial inquiry related to Sahiwal killings.
This is first time that he will come to Sahiwal for recording his statement about the controversial killings of his brother and his family members and a family friend, Zeeshan, by the officials of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) near Qadirabad on Jan 19.
Mr Jalil stated this while talking to Dawn on phone on Sunday.
It is learnt that on the repeated requests of Jalil and Zeeshan’s families Lahore High Court Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Shamim had ordered a judicial inquiry into the incident and appointed Senior Civil Judge Shakeel Goraya for the said job.
Mr Jalil confirmed that he had received a court letter and would appear before the judge. He categorically stated he was not meeting any members of joint investigation team (JIT) formed by 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.... Police or appearing before it. He said the family had shown dissatisfaction with ongoing JIT investigations under Additional DIG Ijaz Hussain Shah.
The District Court sources confirmed that the senior civil judge had issued notices to all parties regarding proceedings of the judicial inquiry.
While replying a question, Mr Jalil said he had no knowledge whether any member of Zeeshan’s family would appear for the judicial inquiry at Sahiwal or not.
It is important to note that Zeeshan’s mother and brother while appearing before Senate Standing Committee had denied Punjab Police’s claim that Zeeshan was a terrorist and he had links with operation held in Faisalabad ...formerly known as Lyallpur, the third largest metropolis in Pakistain, the second largest in Punjab after Lahore. It is named after some Arab because the Paks didn't have anybody notable of their own to name it after... two days before the Sahiwal incident.
On other hand, JIT head Ijaz Shah visited Sahiwal on Sunday to chair a second meeting of the JIT at Police Rest House, Police Lines, which was attended by all the team members.
A source close to the situation told Dawn that the JIT head had finalised two major tasks, i.e. completing challans of six CTD officials who were jugged Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! in connection with Sahiwal killings and completion of the report going to be presented to Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Feb 19.
The local Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) had sent six CTD officials on 15 days judicial remand which would end on Feb 21.
It is learnt the JIT head also interrogated six arrested CTD officials before finalising the report to be presented to CM.
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[DAWN] Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam ...Assembly of Islamic Clergy, or JUI, is a Pak Deobandi (Hanafi) political party. There are two main branches, one led by Maulana Fazlur Rahman, and one led by Maulana Samiul Haq. Fazl is active in Pak politix and Sami spends more time running his madrassah. Both branches sponsor branches of the Taliban, though with plausible deniability... -Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman Deobandi holy man, known as Mullah Diesel during the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty ... has said that the flawed foreign policy of 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.... government is leading the country to isolation in the comity of nations, while its economic policy is increasing poverty and indigence in the country making life harder for the poor.
Addressing the ’million march rally’ organised by JUI-F here on Sunday, he came down hard on the PTI government and warned the rulers that any move to rollback the 18th Amendment and recognise Israel would be disastrous for the country.
Criticising the government for its failure to improve the economy despite tall claims during the election campaign, the chief of his own faction of JUI said poverty was on the steep rise with the result that life was becoming harder for the poor.
"Those who were claiming to change the very fate of the poor and bringing about revolutionary changes in their lives have now come up with hens and eggs and forgot and consigned to oblivion their glittering promises," he said
Mr Rehman alleged that the government was conspiring to amend the law that had declared the Ahmadis as a minority and the chain of events and the stance of the government had proved it beyond any shadow of doubt that the rulers were with the enemies of Islam.
"The government is guilty of conspiring to alter the blasphemy law, setting blasphemers free and playing to western tunes, and it was due to this reason that a former elected prime minister and politicians of the parties were sent to jail before the election," he continued.
The JUI-F chief said his party would not allow the implementation of any foreign agenda contrary to the teachings of Islam and that his party supporters would not hesitate to render any sacrifice for upholding Khatam-e-Nabuwwat.
The JUI-F chief accused the PTI of stealing the public mandate, alleging that the last general elections were rigged in favour of Imran Khan ... aka Taliban Khan, who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality problems... -led party.
Regarding the Aasia Bibi case, he said it was not the legality of arrest or release of the Christian woman that was bothering the nation, but her release "under a deal" with the west.
He insisted that the PTI supported and appreciated NAB when it jugged Please don't kill me! the opposition leaders but started criticising the accountability watchdog when it began investigations against Imran Khan’s sister and Aleem Khan.
He announced that the next protest would be held on Feb 24 in Badin district of Sindh province and on Feb 28 at Nasirabad in Balocistan province.
MMA leaders Mufti Kifayatullah, Maulana Shah Awais Norani, Rashid Mehmood Sumro, Mufti Shahabuddin Popalzai, Akram Khan Durrani, Maulana Amanat Shah, Maulana Shuja-ul-Mulk, Abdul Ghafoor Haderi, and other leaders also addressed the ’million march’.
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Does this clown ever look in a mirror when he says these things?
[DAWN] An anti-terrorism court in Lahore on Monday rejected Tehrik-e-Labbaik Pakistain (TLP) chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi's request for bail in a case lodged against him for launching a violent protest against the acquittal of Aasia Bibi.
Tehrik-e-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYRA) chief Pir Afzal Qadri's request for bail was also rejected by the ATC.
Civil Lines police had registered a FIR under sections 290/291/353/427/186/188 of Pakistain Penal Code (PPC) and section 6 of the Sound System 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.... Ordinance 2015 against Rizvi and other leaders of the TLP for protests after Aasia Bibi was acquitted by the Supreme Court in October last year. Section 7 of Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 was later added to the FIR.
Rizvi was presented before the judge in ATC-IV amid tight security. His lawyer argued in court that a suitable environment be provided for the betterment of his client's health.
Rizvi's counsel had stated in the bail petition that the provision of the ATA was falsely included in the case. The lawyer had argued in the petition that the FIR was altered and fabricated and claimed that the petitioner and others accused had not committed any offences against the state, but had been politically victimised.
He had argued that the investigation had been completed by police and keeping Rizvi behind bars would serve no purpose.
The counsel had also stated that Rizvi had been imprisoned since his Nov 23 arrest and it was causing him health issues due to his disability. He requested the court to grant Rizvi bail.
After hearing arguments from both sides, the court rejected the request for bail.
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[DAWN] A leader of the Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) was rubbed out in a suspected assassination near Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... 's busy Sakhi Hasan Chowrangi on Monday evening, police and party officials said.
As 40-year-old Abdul Habib, who was driving a Land Cruiser, came out from a street onto the main road, assailants riding a cycle of violence opened indiscriminate fire on him near Serena mobile market and fled, according to Taimuria police.
Habib, who was alone in the vehicle, sustained critical bullet injuries and was transported to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead He's dead, Jim! on arrival, Additional Police Surgeon Dr Saleem Sheikh told Dawn.
The dear departed received multiple bullet wounds, according to the doctor.
A resident of Metroville area, he had recently moved to Gulshan-e-Maymar neighbourhood.
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[DAWN] Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Wormtongue Qureshi on Monday said he had written a letter to the United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... secretary general, requesting him to play his role for the "de-escalation" of current tensions which were caused by Indian government's rhetoric against Pakistain in the wake of the Pulwama attack.
Speaking during a talk show on ARY News, Qureshi said he had in his letter raised concerns over the "negative tactics" used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government ahead of the elections in India.
He said he had cautioned the secretary-general about India's efforts to flare up tensions in the region and their possible consequences.
Weeks before the attack in Indian occupied Kashmire, Qureshi said, the Pakistain Foreign Office had informed the envoys of P5 countries that Islamabad feared that India would create a "Pakistain-bashing atmosphere" ahead of its elections and could "resort to some misadventure" in order to galvanise the holy warrior Hindu vote.
He said Pakistain's response in the face of Indian rhetoric had been "measured, mature and full of restraint".
The minister asked India to present "actionable evidence" of involvement of Pakistain-based groups in the Pulwama attack, if it had any, and assured that Pakistain would honestly investigate the same.
Tensions between India and Pakistain are once again running high following last week's bad boy attack in Pulwama.
Over 40 Indian paramilitary troops were killed in the attack, which has been claimed by the Jaish-e-Mohammad ...literally Army of Mohammad, a Pak-based Deobandi terror group founded by Maulana Masood Azhar in 2000, after he split with the Harkat-ul-Mujaheddin. In 2002 the government of Pervez Musharraf banned the group, which changed its name to Khaddam ul-Islam and continued doing what it had been doing before without missing a beat... , a proscribed organization. India has alleged that those who planned the attacks had links with the Pak state ‐ a charge that Pakistain has vigorously denied. Shortly after the attack, Pakistain's FO had condemned the attack, saying that it was "a matter of grave concern".
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[Rudaw] Despite the removal of customs points between the Kurdistan Region and Iraq's provinces and the unification of customs offices between Erbil and Baghdad, trucks in Duhok carrying goods and services still are barred from driving to djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... After several meetings between the Iraqi federal and Kurdistan regional governments’ customs departments, both sides have agreed to apply a single customs policy at border crossings and airports across Iraq ‐ including the Kurdistan Region.
The agreement officially took effect on Sunday, but Nineveh authorities are not allowing trucks to enter Mosul.
"Two months ago, the Iraqi finance ministry decided for the customs points between Duhok and Mosul to be removed, but it was not implemented as they wanted to weaken the Ibrahim Khalil crossing. And this time, though the decision has been made for three days now, they do not implement it," said Izzat Fatah, the head of the Duhok Customs Department.
Ibrahim Khalil is the only official crossing between Iraq and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor.... . It is under the control of the Kurdistan Regional Government and its security forces.
"Though all the employees have left the Duhok-Mosul customs point, trucks are not allowed to transport goods and services into Mosul," Fatah added, explaining "more than 3,000 trucks [now] are queued at the Badrike customs point."
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who was also acting as finance minister, established three customs points between the Kurdistan Region and elsewhere in Iraq. They have since "officially" been removed and deemed illegal by the Iraqi parliament.
Corruption has been rampant in successive Iraqi governments across the country.
"Some security officials in Mosul were capitalizing on this customs point. Now that the decision has been made that no items are subject to tariffs, they do not allow any goods into Mosul on the pretext that they do not have the necessary tools to inspect commodities."
Nineveh and Anbar provinces are particularly war-torn. At the same time as they are being rebuilt, officials are concerned of an ISIS resurgence or evolution.
The bulk of the disputed areas went under federal control in October 2017. The Erbil-Kirkuk-Sulaimani road was closed for months and high tariffs were introduced when it finally reopened.
Iraq is highly in debt and any cost barriers hinder rebuilding a country fractured by cycles of conflict.
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[DW] As Europe, under pressure from US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... , seeks solutions to take back its citizens drawn to the "Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... " (IS) group, the Shammar tribe in northern Syria is re-integrating former IS members.
The Shammar tribe's militia, the al-Sanadid forces, control swathes of land in north-eastern Syria, close to the Iraqi border. Until recently, they were part of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and at present the Shammar belong to the Kurdish-led civilian leadership in northern Syria.
Former IS members fled the group after hearing the Sheikh’s call to defect. Once accepted by the Sheikh, the detainees are transferred to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), where they are imprisoned and subsequently put on trial. Only then, are they allowed to re-join the tribe.
According to Sheikh Humaydi, the Shammar do not take in former IS fighters. However, there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly... the Shammar communications official Abdulhamid al-Askar contradicted that and claimed al-Sanadid forces have also incorporated former fighters.
In the evening, the Sheikh hosts guests and mediates between local disputes. "This national conflict will end one day, but the religious one will continue," said Sheikh Humaydi. "We have the same goal as the west ‐ the fight against terrorism; now we’re mediating between the former IS fighters, and those who suffered under the group."
Shammar rustics greet guests from Iraq. "There are those [in Syria] who joined IS only because of pressure from their leaders," said Sheikh Humaydi, "and because we have tribal influence, they come back to us."
Once they defect, former IS members blend back into the rural and strictly hierarchical society. Shammar leaders, on the other hand, maneuver to position themselves as crucial peacemakers in the region. According to the Sheikh, British and US delegations have recently paid a visit.
Abu Hassan did not want to reveal his real name for fear of IS reprisals. He claims to have never fought for IS, and only joined the group in 2015 to be able to continue working as a school teacher. "We thought IS would bring justice, as we suffered so much under the [Assad] regime," he said.
Bandar Humaydi, commander of al-Sanadid Forces and the son of Sheikh Humeydi, led a successful defense against IS fighters in 2014/15, when their village was almost completely surrounded by advancing IS forces.
At present, hundreds of IS members have taken the tribal route out, according to the Sheikh, although the exact numbers are not disclosed.
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[Rudaw] Mazloum Kobani, commander-in-chief of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), called on international coalition allies to keep 1,000-1,500 troops in Syria.
His call comes as the US prepares to withdraw its 2,000 troops from northeast Syria once the last ISIS holdout is liberated in Deir ez-Zor. La Belle France has already pledged to maintain a troop presence.
"We would like to have air cover, air support and a force on the ground to coordinate with us," Kobani told news hounds at an undisclosed airbase in northeast Syria, Rooters reports.
The SDF fears it will be left vulnerable to attack by The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... and ISIS could reemerge if coalition forces pull out.
Kobani earlier held talks with senior US military officials.
Joseph Votel, head of US Army Central Command, said there is no change of plan regarding the complete US withdrawal ordered by US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... "The discussion really isn’t about US forces staying here. We’ve looked at potentially what coalition (forces) might be able to do here," Votel told news hounds, according to Rooters.
ISIS holds a shrinking area of territory in eastern Syria. An announcement declaring its territorial defeat is expected within days.
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[Rudaw] A top Kurdish official has called on Europe ...also known as Moslem Lebensraum... not to abandon Syrian Kurds once the battle against the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group is over and to help set up an international force to protect them from The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
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A deal to keep Euro ISIS prisoners in exchange for some European troops and political/military support?
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.
Mehmood 
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan’s foreign minister appealed to the U.N. Secretary General on Tuesday to help ease tension with India that has escalated sharply following a suicide bomb attack in the Indian part of disputed Kashmir, that India blamed on Pakistan.
Maulana Fazlur Rehman
...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
