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Africa Subsaharan
ISIS Being Funded by Slavery? Ties to Shocking Trade Suspected
[PJ] WASHINGTON -- Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan told Congress last week that he believes there is a tie between terror groups' financing and the slave trade that's popped up in parts of Libya in which smugglers end up selling African migrants trying to make it to Europe.

"The reports of what's happening in those camps where migrants, refugees are being abused, exploited and slave trade -- shocking," Sullivan told the House Foreign Affairs Committee during a hearing on counterterrorism efforts in Africa. "It's happening in areas of Libya that are largely ungoverned, which is why we need -- we're working hard, along with the UN, for a political solution to the situation to get more control over those areas."

"But in those ungoverned areas where ISIS and other terrorist organizations are able to operate, they make money by engaging in activities like that," he added.

Pressed on which terrorist groups are involved in the slave trade, Sullivan replied, "I would have to get back to you for a specific answer. I can speculate." He said difficulty in being able to access areas where the camps are located "presents a real problem for us in trying to directly address the problem."

A CNN investigation released last month revealed slave markets in which human beings were being auctioned for a few hundred bucks. "If you look at most of the people here, if you check your bodies, you see the marks. They are beaten, mutilated," said a Nigerian migrant who was sold several times by smugglers. The Libyan government has said it's investigating, while putting some blame on the migrants' countries of origin and their destination countries in Europe.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/14/2017 02:42 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  Much in the same way Moomammer (627 AD) funded his war against Mecca's leaders and merchants. After his decapitation slaughter of all men of Medina's last Jewish tribe (Banu Qurayza). "Then he went to the men and said, 'God's command is right. A book and a decree, and massacre have been written against the Sons of Israel.' Then he sat down and his head was struck off." Per Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah. Oxford University Press, 1955.

He sold into slavery the Jewish women, girls and young boys into slavery. Including sex slavery. "The Prophet divided the properties, women, and children of Banu Quraiza. a number of Banu Qurayza captives to Najd where he exchanged them for horses and armour in order to increase Muslim military power. Per Muhammad Husayn Haykal - The Life of Muhammad.

Obligatory thank you Barry, Shrillary.

But we all know the tradition of slave trade there. Including huge numbers of Christian Europeans as far as Iceland ( Barbary slavers and "shores of Tripoli" comes to mind. Albeit President Jefferson and our brave Marines.
Posted by: Woodrow || 12/14/2017 8:08 Comments || Top||


Arabia
Saudi Arabia pledges 100 million Euros to fight extremism in Africa
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] 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...
announced support in the amount of 100 million Euros for the launch of a new joint force to combat terrorism in the Sahel countries.

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adel al-Jubeir, made the announcement at the G5 meeting in Gay Paree on Wednesday.

Jubeir said that the support is part of the Kingdom's active role in fighting terrorism and extremism.

The meeting was attended by delegations from the G5 countries Burkina Faso
...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other...
, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Chad along with 20 other leaders from Europe
...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
and Africa, as well as the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
and other international partners.

The meeting was held at the initiative of French President Emmanuel Macaron, with the aim of strengthening international mobilization to form a joint counter-terrorism force in the Sahel region
... North Africa's answer to the Pak tribal areas...
, which infiltrates Lion of Islam elements and suffers from constant attacks by terrorist organizations.
Posted by: Fred || 12/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia

#1  Nothing like putting out fires you lit out yourselves, Eh?
Posted by: newc || 12/14/2017 0:27 Comments || Top||

#2  Watch out Christians and animists. KSA is coming for you.
Posted by: jvalentour || 12/14/2017 0:35 Comments || Top||

#3  200 to extremists and 100 to fight them?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/14/2017 2:03 Comments || Top||

#4  Who knew it was so expensive to close a couple of mosques.
Posted by: AlanC || 12/14/2017 7:36 Comments || Top||

#5  #4 - early Snark O' the Day entrant
Posted by: Frank G || 12/14/2017 8:46 Comments || Top||


Saudi and UAE leaders meet Yemen Islah party chairman
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi met in Riyadh on Wednesday with the Chairman of the Yemeni Congregation for Reform, al-Islah party, Colonel Mohammed Abdullah al-Yidoumi, and Secretary-General Abdulwahab Ahmad al-Anisi.

During the meeting, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed reviewed with Col Yidoumi and al-Anisi the developments in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...
and the efforts exerted in accordance with the principles of achieving security and stability for the Yemeni people.

The meeting was attended by Minister of State Dr. Musaed bin Mohammed al-Aiban, and the Director of of Saudi General Intelligence Khalid al-Humaidan.

From the UAE Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, National Security Advisor was present along with Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, Ali bin Hammad Al Shamsi, Deputy Secretary General of the Supreme Council for National Security and Sheikh Shakhbout bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, UAE Ambassador to the Kingdom.
Posted by: Fred || 12/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia


Europe
German Court Clears Suspect in 'Suicide Bomb Plot'
[AnNahar] A German court said Wednesday it is releasing one of three suspected jihadists jugged
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
for allegedly planning coordinated suicide kabooms in the western German city of Duesseldorf.

No proof has been found that Jordanian national Mahmood B.
...identified in previous articles as Mahood B., so somebody has got it wrong...
was participating in the alleged plot, the Duesseldorf court said.

Two other men, Syrian national Saleh A. and Algerian citizen Hamza C., are still under investigation for allegedly having planned an attack in Duesseldorf's old town center on the orders of 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.

The case came to light when Saleh A. went to a cop shoppe in Gay Paree in February last year and told officers that he had "a certain amount of information about a sleeper cell that was ready to strike in Germany."

He had been registered as an asylum seeker in the Duesseldorf region in 2013 and Germany requested extradition from La Belle France after he turned himself in.

German authorities believe Saleh A. and Hamza C. joined IS in early 2014 in Syria.

They crossed from Syria to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
in May 2014. From there they traveled separately in March and July in 2015 via Greece to Germany.

Prosecutors said the pair planned to finance the attack by selling a video to the Vatican with proof of life of a priest kidnapped by IS in Syria.

They were also believed to have convinced Mahmood B. to join in the plot. But the court said no evidence suggesting the Jordanian's involvement has been found.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/14/2017 01:30 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  Lets wait until he actually suicide booms.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/14/2017 8:48 Comments || Top||


Turkish MP linked to boxing gang in Germany
[DW] An investigative report links Ankara to a boxing gang in Germany accused of going after opponents of the Ottoman Turkish government. The report ties a Ottoman Turkish MP close to President Erdogan to violent criminal activity.
We’ve got phone taps, fat envelopes full of money changing hands, gun trafficking, “spontaneous” brawls... all because it is a crime for Sultan Recep Tayip Erdogan I, the much beloved, to be contradicted by anyone anywhere. A taste:
A Ottoman Turkish parliamentarian has provided money to a boxing gang in Germany to buy weapons, organize protests and go after critics of President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
'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...

, German media reported on Wednesday.

Metin Kulunk, a member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and close confidant of Erdogan, directly and indirectly provided money to the Ottoman Turkish nationalist Osmanen Germania, according to an investigation by ZDF-Magazin Frontal 21 and the Stuttgarter Nachrichten.

The investigation was based on German police phone taps and surveillance of the group leaked to the news organizations.

It suggests a relationship between Osmanen Germania and Kulunk, as well as the Ottoman Turkish intelligence agency MIT, the AKP's European lobby and Erdogan himself.

Osmanen Germania describes itself as a boxing club and "brotherhood," but authorities have long suspected it of being involved in criminal activity and violence. It is estimated to have 20 chapters and 2,500 members in Germany.

One of Kulunk's main contacts was Mehmet Bagci, the former head of Osmanen Germania who has been in pretrial detention in Germany since 2016. Another key figure was the group's vice president, Selcuk Sahin, who is also detained.

According to police investigations, Osmanen Germania was instructed by Kulunk to go after Kurds and critics of Erdogan living in Germany. He also allegedly organized protests against last year's Armenian genocide resolution passed by the German parliament.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/14/2017 01:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  Look out football hooligans, a boxing gang is coming.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/14/2017 8:53 Comments || Top||

#2  Apparently it's a biker gang, not boxing. Sez PJ Media, anyway.
Posted by: Grunter || 12/14/2017 17:03 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Men due to leave Gitmo under Obama seem stuck under Trump
[IsraelTimes] Five prisoners were cleared by the previous administration but release procedure wasn't completed in time; White House has not made clear its plans for Cuban detention facility.

The Trump administration has not released any prisoners and not added any to the list of cleared men who can go home, or to a third country, for resettlement. There were 197 transferred out under his predecessor and more than 500 under US President George W. Bush.

Obama sought to close the detention center but was thwarted by Congress because of objections over transferring any of the remaining detainees to facilities in the US.

The administration has not announced its policy toward the detention center. But Trump said on Twitter before he took office that there should be no further releases from "Gitmo," as it’s often called. "These are extremely dangerous people and should not be allowed back onto the battlefield," he said.

The possibility that former Guantanamo prisoners would resume hostile activities has long been a concern that has played into the debate over releases. The office of the Director of National Intelligence said this summer in its most recent report on the subject that about 17 percent of the 728 detainees who have been released are "confirmed" and 12% are "suspected" of re-engaging in such activities.

The 41 remaining prisoners include the five approved for transfer and 10 who have been charged by military commission. That leaves 26 in indefinite confinement who could potentially be reviewed and added to the cleared list. Several may still be prosecuted and are unlikely to be set free, but lawyers for the rest are considering filing new legal challenges, arguing that a policy of no releases would mean their confinement can no longer legally be justified as a temporary wartime measure.

US torture continues at Guantanamo Bay, warns UN expert
It’s been a while since we’ve been accused of viciousness. But there’s a Republican in the White House again, so the thing was guaranteed.
[DW] The US has continued to torture detainees held at the controversial detention center in Cuba, said the UN's expert on torture. He warned that enacting a policy of torture is among "the most serious international crimes."
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  a policy of no releases would mean their confinement can no longer legally be justified as a temporary wartime measure

We will let them go when the war is over. It's as simple as that. Sadly, despite some local successes in Syria and Iraq, the war with radical Islam shows no sign of abating.
Posted by: SteveS || 12/14/2017 0:55 Comments || Top||

#2  Most should have been in front of firing squad under GW Bush.
Posted by: newc || 12/14/2017 1:43 Comments || Top||

#3  Let them go and replace them with Hillary, Obama, McConnell, Ellison and a 'pub to be named later.
Posted by: AlanC || 12/14/2017 7:58 Comments || Top||

#4  Don't they have sharks over there?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/14/2017 8:51 Comments || Top||

#5  Releasing them is easy. Just take them to the shore, point them towards Mecca, and say "Go for it!"
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 12/14/2017 9:13 Comments || Top||

#6  We will let them go when the war is over. It's as simple as that.
Posted by: SteveS 2017-12-14 00:55


Here's an idea: Tell the poor dears - and have Ambassador Haley announce it in the Security Council - that in 18 months, they will be turned loose with a ticket to anywhere in the world, and a check for $20K.

IF your co-religionists do not execute a single terror attack anywhere in the world for those 18 months, to include Israel. No ISIS, no Gaza, no Sudden-Jihadi-Syndrome, no NOTHING.
The second that they do, the clock resets.

And then watch them grow old and die in captivity.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 12/14/2017 10:11 Comments || Top||

#7  IF your co-religionists do not execute a single terror attack anywhere in the world for those 18 months

Bwahahaha!
Posted by: gorb || 12/14/2017 11:04 Comments || Top||

#8  I like the no terror attack release plan.
Posted by: 3dc || 12/14/2017 11:32 Comments || Top||

#9  Kozlwski, you owe me a keyboard!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/14/2017 12:12 Comments || Top||

#10  They need a hobby. Raising pigs is very therapeutic I hear.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 12/14/2017 19:37 Comments || Top||

#11  "US torture continues at Guantanamo Bay, warns UN expert"

We should drop them off at the UN. From a C-130 (Economy Class) possibly?
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 12/14/2017 22:32 Comments || Top||

#12  @#6 - Occam would be pleased.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 12/14/2017 22:34 Comments || Top||


Day 4: Port Authority bomber’s Ansarullah Bangla Team connection, appearance before judge
[NYPost] Alleged Port Authority bomber Akayed Ullah was influenced by the sermons and writings of a radical Moslem preacher ‐ and tried to have his wife brainwashed by him as well, Bangladeshi officials said Wednesday.

Ullah, a 27-year-old Bangladeshi and self-described ISIS supporter, had asked his wife to read the writings and listen to the sermons of Moulana Jasimuddin Rahmani,
...who has had the attention of Bangladeshi coppers since 2007. Inspired by Anwar al-Awlaki, Muhammad Jasimuddin Rahmani‘s website was hosted on a server in Pakistan. His followers have included members of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami (HuJI) and Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh...
the imprisoned leader of a banned group called Ansarullah Bangla Team,
...the Bangladeshi press, for some reason, always writes that as Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), sometimes called simply Ansarullah. Ansar-al-Islam is the name they took when they became the Bangladeshi branch of Al Qaeda in the India Subcontinent. They are notorious for murdering secular Bangladeshi bloggers and writers, plus others who catch their malign attention. Two years ago a target list was found naming bloggers, writers, and activists living abroad, and in August an ABT man was arrested in India for recruiting for ISIS. That last would explain why our miscreant insisted so strongly his dastardly deed was dedicated to ISIS rather than Al Qaeda...
according to Monirul Islam, head of the country’s police counter-terrorism unit.

The group has been tied to killings and attacks on secular academics and atheist bloggers in Bangladesh. Rahmani is serving time in prison for his involvement in the killings.

Islam and his team interviewed Ullah’s wife, 25-year-old Jannatul Ferdous Jui, and other relatives for several hours, after picking them up at their rented apartment in central Dhaka.

Ullah’s wife was "surprised to find out what her husband did," despite speaking to him 30 minutes before the attack, Bangladeshi police told CNN.

His wife, who remained in Bangladesh when he moved Brooklyn, said he "never mentioned radicalization or planning these types of activities," police spokeswoman Sahely Ferdous told the network

"Akayed’s conversations with her were very normal," Ferdous said. "Akayed talked to his wife around 30 minutes before the kaboom, but he didn’t mention anything about the plan or what he was going to do."

A US resident since 2011, Ullah had visited Bangladesh in September to see his family, spending most of the time at home with their 6-month-old son, Islam said.

"Usually, he did not mix with any of his friends or relatives here. Most of the time he spent time in the house," Islam said. "We’re looking for his associates who he used to go to college or school with. We’re looking for them, we’ve not identified anyone yet."

US prosecutors on Tuesday brought federal charges against Ullah, accusing him of backing a foreign terrorist organization, but officials said he appeared to have no known links to local radical groups.
...though CAIR (Muslim Brotherhood in America) had no trouble finding the family afterward. But the local radical groups of Bangladesh are only a few keystrokes away.
“We have collected evidence and information from his family members: his wife, father-in-law and mother-in-law," Islam told Rooters.

Ullah’s relatives were under surveillance and would not be allowed to leave Dhaka without police permission.

"In Bangladesh we have not found any connection or have not been able to identify any of his associates who were or are involved with any terrorist groups," he added.

An American official familiar with the investigation of Monday’s attack said officers had found evidence that Ullah had watched ISIS propaganda online.

Islam said Bangladesh had passed on information on Ullah to US authorities, but there was no joint investigation.

"I’m not sure whether they will send any formal request for an investigation or inquiry," he said. "If they do, we’ll comply with the request because we’ve given highest priority on this issue because we have a zero-tolerance policy against terrorism."

Would-be suicide bomber in New York City faces court hearing

[IsraelTimes] In less than 24 hours, authorities say a would-be jacket wallah’s botched attack on a Manhattan transportation hub underneath Times Square became an open-and-shut case after a search of his apartment and hearing the suspect’s own words. Akayed Ullah, who’s expected to make his first court appearance on Wednesday, made it clear from a hospital bed where he was being treated for burns from a pipe bomb he strapped to his body that he was on a mission to punish the United States for attacking 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, said Acting US Attorney Joon Kim. A search of the Bangladeshi immigrant’s apartment turned up bomb-making materials, including screws matching those found at the scene intended as carnage-creating shrapnel.

"His motivation," the prosecutor says, "was not a mystery."

Kim says Ullah picked the morning rush on Monday to maximize casualties in his quest "to kill, to maim and to destroy."

Ullah, 27, with a hate-filled heart and an evil purpose," carried out the attack after researching how to build a bomb a year ago and planned his mission for several weeks, Kim says.

Subway bomb suspect detained, no bail requested

[Ynet] A Bangladeshi immigrant accused of setting off a pipe bomb in the New York City subway system has appeared in court by video from a hospital room to face terrorism charges and will remain detained.

Akayed Ullah is accused of setting off an explosive strapped to his body, badly injuring himself but no one else.

Ullah appeared briefly Wednesday before a US magistrate judge via video, shown on monitors in the courtroom. Two assistant public defenders stood beside his hospital bed but did not request bail.

Ullah nodded to acknowledge he understood when the judge read him his rights. He spoke only a few words, acknowledging a financial affidavit filled out on his behalf was "true and correct."

Ullah did not enter a plea because he has not been indicted. The judge gave prosecutors until January 13 to obtain an indictment.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Ansarullah Bangla Team (AQIS)

#1  ...from a hospital bed where he was being treated for burns from a pipe bomb he strapped to his body

I was hoping to read that he blew his nuts off, but I suppose they only release that information and any spare parts to the family.
Posted by: SteveS || 12/14/2017 0:44 Comments || Top||

#2  He is dickless.

And his Family is no prize to this Nation either.

They rose this monster and then complained when he islamed.

If you come to the US and your kids islam people, expect a full cavity search.

I never wanted these people here. There is no assimilation and no up-take. All that beside the fact that they are Godless.

That koran is the anarchist cookbook with hoods.
Posted by: newc || 12/14/2017 0:51 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Vienna Convention doesn’t apply to spy operations, Pakistan tells ICJ
[DAWN] Pakistain has told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a counter memorial to the Indian claim that the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 1963, applies only to the legitimate visitors and does not cover clandestine operations.

In its memorial formally filed before the ICJ on Wednesday, Pakistain argued that Indian spy commander Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav was on an active duty and the only deduction that one could make was that he was a spy sent inside Pakistain on a special mission to carry out subversive activities.

A senior government officer privy to the development told Dawn on condition of anonymity that India had no case to plead because it never denied that Jadhav was travelling on a passport on a cover or an assumed Moslem name "Mubarak Patel".

The ICJ, a world court that sits at the Peace Palace in The Hague, is seized with an Indian complaint on the conviction of the Indian spy and had set a deadline of Dec 13 by which Pakistain had to submit its counter-pleadings or counter memorial against the Indian claims. The formal hearing of the case is expected to commence late February or early March next year.

Posted by: Fred || 12/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


PHC bars govt from releasing former TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan
[DAWN] A Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
High Court (PHC) bench on Wednesday barred the government from releasing former Tehrik-e-Taliban
...Arabic for students...
Pakistain (TTP) spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan
...formerly the front man for the Pak Taliban, then the lips and tongue of the Jamaatul Ahrar splinter group in Mohmand Agency...
, asking that authorities continue investigating the former bully boy.

The decision was taken by a two-member bench of the court headed by PHC Chief Justice Yahya Afridi. The bench has been hearing a writ petition filed by Fazal Khan, father of a student killed in the December 16, 2014 Army Public School attack.

The petitioner believes that the government is planning to give clemency to the ex-militant, who is reportedly in the custody of security agencies.

The directive was issued after the federal government submitted a second report about Ehsan's incarceration, but failed to satisfy the court.

In its written reply, the government had stated that it was still investigating Ehsan. Telling the government to continue its probe, the court forbade his release on any grounds.

Ehsanullah Ehsan, who had been associated with TTP and later its splinter group, the Jamaatul Ahrar
...A Pak Taliban splinter group that split off from the Mullah Fazlullah faction because it wasn't violent enough...
(JuA), reportedly turned himself in earlier this year.

Apprehensions regarding a possible pardon for and release of Ehsan were raised after his interviews to local media were released and aired.

Observers had asked why authorities deemed it okay to allow the representative of one of the most notorious terrorist groups space on national media.

Posted by: Fred || 12/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: TTP


Qadri to announce new push against Shahbaz govt today
[DAWN] The three Pakistain Moslem League-Nawaz (PML-N) members of 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....

Assembly, who had announced their resignations at a Khatm-e-Nubuwat conference organised by Pir Hameeduddin Sialvi 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...
on Sunday, submitted their formal resignations in writing to the assembly secretariat here on Tuesday.

Also, according to Pakistain Awami Tehrik (PAT) leaders, their chief Dr Tahirul Qadri
...Pak politician, and would-be dictator, founder and head of Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran and Pakistain Awami Tehrik. He usually resides in Canada, but returns to Pakistain periodically to foam at the mouth and lead demonstrations. Depending on which way the wind's blowing, Qadri claims to be the author of Pak's blasphemy law. Other times he says it wasn't him...
is expected to announce a new push against the government of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif
...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab...
on Wednesday (today).

MPAs Sahibzada Ghulam Nizamuddin Sialvi, Maulana Rehmatullah and Muhammad Khan Baloch dispatched their resignation letters to the Punjab Assembly speaker through special messengers. The documents were received by the assembly’s secretary Rai Mumtaz Hussain Babar, who said the legal procedure would be followed in processing the resignations.

Posted by: Fred || 12/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Musharraf urges Pakistan to back UAE, Saudi Arabia against Qatar
[DAWN] Former president retired Gen Pervez Perv Musharraf
... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ...
continues to make headlines with his outspoken views.

At 74, the former army chief, who lives with his mother and wife in a tastefully decorated apartment in downtown Dubai, still displays the toughness associated with a soldier. He runs his own political party, the All Pakistain Moslem League (APML), and is facing several court cases.

In an exclusive interview with Arab News, he spoke about various issues facing Pakistain and beyond. Mr Musharraf criticised the Pakistain government for not siding with the Anti-Terror Quartet (ATQ) ‐ comprising 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...
, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain ‐ against Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
. "I’m shocked at how the Pakistain government dealt with the Qatar crisis. Qatar was never with Pakistain, and we witnessed this many a time," he said.

Saudi Arabia and the UAE "have always been Pakistain’s great friends. We must never do anything that’s against either country ‐ both have always stood by us, and we must value their friendship", he added.

Citing the Pakistain’s ruling party’s business interests in Qatar, he said his country’s "larger interests were ignored over personal business interests. If that’s the priority, then God save our country".

Gen Musharraf’s words and deeds on Kashmire continue to be an area of interest for most observers and stakeholders.

"I’ve started working for the cause by taking a big initiative on the resolution of the Kashmire issue," he said.

"I and other like-minded people have formed a group that consists of popular and prominent people from Pakis­tan, India and both sides of Kashmire. We’ll go to the UN, and the Indian and Pak governments," he added.

"The Kashmire issue can be resolved, and I strongly believe that the present Indian government is capable of doing it because they represent the hard-liners."

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Iraq
For captured ISIS fighters in Iraq, justice is swift and conviction certain
MOSUL, IRAQ ‐ "Haya-al-Adel," 20-year-old Hamza Ali Salim declared, an Arabic phrase for "Long live justice," after he was handed a sentence of only 15 years in prison.

Salim was accused of illegally training with the Islamic State, preaching falsely at a mosque and persuading people to fight against the Iraqi army.

Now that the Iraqi government has declared the end of ISIS in Iraq following the recapture of western Anbar province, along the Syrian border, trials for ISIS militants and suspected members have begun.

Iraqi authorities have arrested hundreds of suspected ISIS fighters, including foreigners from Turkey, Russia, the United States, Germany and France. They have been transferred to Baghdad for security reasons. But many of the Iraqi suspects are being tried just outside Mosul.

Yahoo News was granted rare media access to some of the trials at the Mosul courthouse.

The courtroom was a small room with a high bench where three judges sat between two Iraqi flags. In the middle was the head of the court, Judge Jamal. Adjacent to the bench was a female prosecuting attorney, and below was a desk where secretaries recorded the trials.

Salim was the first suspect brought into the room. He was covered in dust, his athletic pants torn and tattered. He stood facing the judges while a public defender sat behind him and took notes.

Judge Jamal asked him, "What is your relationship to ISIS?"

Salim responded, "Nothing. I was just going to the mosque to study. The Quran is not forbidden."
Now would be a good time to be judicious with your sarcasm, Salim ....
The judge reminded him that he admitted to serving on ISIS military bases in his confession. Salim denied the accusation and said he was tortured into his admission.

Reading from notes, the public defender argued that Salim was pressured to cooperate with ISIS while the militants occupied Mosul. In U.S. jurisprudence, that’s called " arguing in the alternative " ‐ presenting two or more defenses that may be mutually contradictory, in the hope the court will accept at least one of them ‐ but that concept doesn’t exist in the Iraqi court. Because Salim’s testimony in court contradicted his confession, the public defender said the judges should not separate Salim’s two accounts; they had to either accept or reject the confession as a whole.

When Yahoo News spoke to the chief justice of Mosul, Salem Mohammed, he said that when a suspect is arrested "and there is enough evidence, then he goes to court." Evidence can include a confession or testimony from witnesses or "if, when [Iraqi forces] arrest him, he has a gun."

He said that when a suspect is brought to court, he is often presumed guilty. The trials witnessed by Yahoo News lasted around 20 minutes each on average.
Sounds about right.
Human Rights Watch representative Belkis Wille told Yahoo News during an interview in Erbil that less than 5 percent of the cases are dismissed, "and they claim it’s because the information they have is so good, but I don’t think that’s all that’s going on."
Belkis Wille. Doesn't sound like a local name. I would ignore him in favor of a local HRW representative's opinion. In fact, I wouldn't even listen to him.
She explained, "Unfortunately this justice system revolves around confessions. In Iraq, generally, when there is a crime, they hold the guy and beat him until he says he did it and that is the evidence."

Wille added the Iraqi justice system is "perpetrator-centric rather than victim-centric," and victims are not given the chance to participate in the process or given the opportunity to attend hearings.

"I don’t necessarily think they care that much if they get it right or not," Wille added. "A lot of this is a symbolic statement for the government to show [it’s] tough on ISIS."
I'm sure they care.
Judges can't pi$$ off too many and expect to live to see the next day.

Mohammed said that isn’t true, and that during the initial investigation process, witnesses are brought to the court. They have to swear on a Quran or a Bible, depending on their religion, to tell the truth.

Back at the courthouse, however, there were no civilians sitting in on the trials.

The second suspect, 29-year-old Mohanad Moshin, was brought into the courtroom. He was short in stature, and had on a dusty athletic jacket and wore sandals to cover his feet. His beard was unkempt and he shuffled nervously.

Judge Jamal asked Moshin his nickname, possibly as a trick question: ISIS was known to give its fighters new identities. But Moshin gave his family name instead. He was then escorted out of the room while a public defender was sought.

Defense attorneys and public defenders have been scarce during the trials because no one wants to be accused of siding with ISIS. Last August, Iraqi authorities swept through Mosul arresting several defense lawyers claiming they were members of ISIS. Defending the group could result in a lawyer’s death or threats to his family. But according to Iraqi law, there still needs to be someone present for trials to proceed ‐ seemingly more as a courtesy rather than an actual defense.

When Moshin’s trial began, the judges questioned him about his involvement. He had turned himself in to Iraqi authorities and confessed: "I worked as a guard [for ISIS] and moved around as an associate to them. I also prepared food for the militants."

When Judge Jamal read out Moshin’s full charges and accusations, he asked, "Do you have anything to say?"

"Find the right judgment," Moshin answered. He was sentenced to 15 years because he had been honest. Moshin smiled as he walked out of the courtroom. He was going to live.
There are many ways to die, or not die. I say reserve the better ones for those who fess up.
Following his sentencing, Moshin helped carry in the third suspect, Ibrahim Najm, 24, to the courtroom. Najm was unable to walk and, rumor had it among the courtroom guards, he had been injured while fighting against Iraqi forces. He would later tell the court he was arrested after fleeing with his wife.

Najm’s body shook in fear while he bowed his head low. His brown T-shirt was tattered, held together by what looked like pieces of white plastic. His long eyelashes hung over his round, beady eyes. His shaven head was covered in dandruff. Unlike the two previous suspects, he had no sandals on his feet, and appeared gaunt and frail under his loose clothing.

Judge Jamal looked at him and called the prison representative into the courtroom. He berated him for Najm’s condition and told him to tell his bosses they needed to "treat the suspects better," and that it was "very disrespectful" to bring him to court like that. He told the representative they should be "treated according to law and human rights."

When the representative left the room, the judge reviewed Najm’s charges.

Najm was accused of fighting for ISIS and possessing a weapon. Najm denied training or fighting with them.

"Why did you support them?" the judge asked anyway.

He snuffled before responding, "My father was a militant; he told me to go with Daesh," using the Arabic acronym for ISIS. He explained that his father and brothers were fighters and had been killed during the fight for Mosul.

The judge, "Did [ISIS] give you an AK[-47] or a pistol?"

Najm responded, "An AK-47 and three magazines." He added he needed a salary to survive, and ISIS offered him about $150 a month .

Despite the harsh accusations made against Najm, Judge Jamal took pity on him and gave him only 15 years as well, saying, "We don’t count your father and brothers’ crimes against you," but he also warned that Baghdad would get the final say in his sentencing.

No one was sentenced to execution during this round, but the judge reminded suspects of the severity of their crimes and that according to Iraqi law, they deserved to die. He was, under the circumstances, being lenient, even compassionate.
Gotta treat them in ways that the locals will understand. And they have to get rid of the cancer before it starts to grow again, which necessitates some mistakes. They'll get that, too. Better than HRW's option which would take forever in a poor country and just expose "good" prisoners to ISIS poisonous ideas in jail. We all know how well that works out.
*****

But the fate of foreign suspects is expected to be different. Belkis Wille said the Iraqi attitude toward foreigners is they "came to do damage to [this] country, and are most deserving of the death penalty."

Chief Justice Mohammed agreed, saying they "came to kill citizens of this country and should be judged according to the laws of this country."

On the streets of Mosul, citizens also agreed. Yahoo News spoke to one man who owns a blanket shop. Rafed, 47, said, "They have to be executed. They destroyed [this city]. How could I not judge them like this?"

His cousin, jewelry shop owner Jadan, agreed: "Just the way [ISIS] executed people, they should also be executed."

Rafed, however, also believes that if the Iraqi forces and the government don’t treat the citizens of Mosul fairly, the situation will happen again.

Two young men running a furniture store thought anyone associated with ISIS should be executed, along with their families. Twenty-eight-year-old Ahmed said, "If you plant poison, what do you get? Poison." During the ISIS occupation, he said, "I stopped going to the mosque to pray because they asked me to work for them a lot. Foreign, Iraqi, wherever they’re from, they should be executed."

Ahmed’s friend, called by the same name, drew a distinction between Iraqis recruited by ISIS and the fighters who came from abroad. "There was no forgiveness with the foreigners. Sometimes the Iraqis would let you go, but the foreigners did whatever they wanted."

*****

Despite European Union countries’ objection to the death penalty, French diplomats have said adult suspects should be tried in Iraq and they would make efforts only on a case-by-case basis to repatriate children. Germany has reached out to Iraq concerning a 16-year-old ISIS wife, who was found last summer and paraded by Iraqi officials as a guilty party. She is now in a juvenile facility and awaits the next step. But the U.S. has largely been silent.
Good. Deciding to do nothing at all is a decision I understand here. I don't want them near me or mine. Or yours.
According to Wille of Human Rights Watch, "The problem with the U.S. and the U.K, in particular, is because of their history in Iraq," referring to the 2003 invasion. "They’re staying far away."

She also noted there isn’t an appetite in the foreigners’ home countries to have "these people brought home and stand fair trials. They’re going to stay here," she said, "[and] be convicted under counterterrorism laws and likely executed."

It’s a convenient solution for Western countries that don’t want take on more responsibility ‐ apart from military support. Maintaining friendly relations with Iraq is paramount in continuing their own campaigns against terrorism.

But while Iraq celebrates victory over ISIS without any program to include victims in the trial or rebuilding process, the atmosphere is ripe for resentment among citizens ‐ and another uprising of frustrated militants could be on the horizon.
Maybe, but I doubt it. More likely an uprising against the local officials. So until I hear stories about the general public being upset,
I think HRW should keep its pie hole closed.
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Iraq PM Abadi: Peshmerga is part of Iraqi forces, contribution valued
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has valued he contribution of Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s forces (Peshmerga) in the country’s fight against 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....
hard boys, a few days after the region decried Baghdad’s unrecognition.

"Peshmerga is part of our forces, and we have greeted them as we did other troops," Abadi said in a speech on the sidelines of a world summit on climate change in Gay Paree late Tuesday, which was published by his media office.

"Peshmerga have fought alongside the Iraqi army and the rest of our troops to liberate djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
, and some wanted to separate the Peshmerga and the Iraqi army through the referendum and by playing them off against the army," Abadi said.

"Yet, we have said that Peshmerga are part of the Iraqi people and we should cooperate with them," the prime minister added.

Abadi was referring to a referendum Kurdistan Region held in September in which a majority voted for independence from Iraq, a measure which Baghdad deemed unconstitutional and ignited a political war and a later military confrontation which ended with Iraqi troops retaking Peshmerga-held areas disputed with Kurdistan.

Making a speech on Saturday celebrating victory in the three-year war against Islamic State snuffies in Iraq, Abadi seemed to fail to mention Peshmerga by name among the victorious troops, an incident strongly condemned by Kurdish politicians.

A front man of Abadi later attributed the incident to a typing error.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq

#1  That's more like it.

Just make sure Kurdistan gets paid fairly for all they have done for you.
Posted by: newc || 12/14/2017 1:39 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
'We got the slap of our times': Palestinian president rejects US as peace broker
[DAWN] Paleostinian President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial...
told leaders of Moslem countries on Wednesday that the United States (US) is no longer fit to broker an Israeli-Paleostinian peace deal and should be replaced as mediator by 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...
(UN), outlining a significant policy shift in response to 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 recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
That’s nice, dear. But the US has veto power in the Security Council, while the General Assembly has no power at all. And the only country that can push Israel is America, so...
In an impassioned speech at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) extraordinary summit on Al Quds and Paleostine in Istanbul, Abbas said his people would no longer accept the US as a peace broker but added that they remain committed to international resolutions which have formed the basis of the process.
Just as committed as they were before, at any rate. That is to say, they are committed in English, and don’t even bother with taqiyya in Arabic.
The summit of the 57-member Organisation of Moslem Cooperation concluded with the Istanbul Declaration, outlining the bloc's response to Trump's declaration. It called the decision "null and void" and urged Trump to reconsider the move, which it said was an "unlawful decision that might trigger chaos in the region."
Those of you in the region are dealing with the results of the ISIS eruption, except for the Palestinians. How much more chaos can there be?
Abbas said Trump's decision was a "crime" which came at a time when the Paleostinians were engaged with Washington in a new push to reach what he said was anticipated to be the "deal of our times."

"Instead we got the slap of our times," Abbas said.

"The United States has chosen to lose its qualification as a mediator... We will no longer accept that it has a role in the political process from now."

The speech marked a significant shift in Abbas' approach toward the US, after years of focusing on courting US goodwill because of Washington's role as sole mediator in the Israeli-Paleostinian conflict.

Immediately after Trump's announcement last week, Abbas had said the US effectively disqualified itself as a broker, but Wednesday's speech was more sharply worded and delivered to a global audience.
Looking forward to the closing of your Washington, DC digs and the loss of about $200 million a year in donations?
Posted by: Fred || 12/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Palestinian Authority

#1  Rejects American $$$ too?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/14/2017 8:52 Comments || Top||

#2  ...

...

...

HAHAHAHAHAHhahahaha chortle chortle chortle.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/14/2017 12:34 Comments || Top||

#3  How about this. Any country formally recognizing this so called Palestine as a country will considered to be declaring war on the United States and agrees to be exterminated from the face of the Earth. All such former countries land will be given to Israel to do with as they please.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 12/14/2017 14:23 Comments || Top||

#4  "Slap of our times" my ass.

We can give you a MUCH bigger one. And I hope we do.
Posted by: Barbara || 12/14/2017 15:22 Comments || Top||

#5  You were never going to make peace anyway.
The only way there is peace is if your fake organization is removed from the planet.
Posted by: newc || 12/14/2017 15:43 Comments || Top||

#6 
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/14/2017 20:44 Comments || Top||


OIC declares East Jerusalem as Palestinian capital
They shout because nobody is listening, including themselves.
[Al Jazeera] The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has declared East Jerusalem as the capital of Paleostine, rejected the US stance as "dangerous" and called on the international community to follow in its footsteps.

At a summit held in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
a week after 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...
declared Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the group of Moslem leaders on Wednesday called on all countries to "recognise the State of Paleostine and East Jerusalem as its occupied capital".

In a statement, the OIC added that the 57-member group remains committed to a "just and comprehensive peace based on the two-state solution".

It also called on the UN to "end the Israeli occupation" of Paleostine and declared Trump's administration liable for "all the consequences of not retracting from this illegal decision".

"[We] consider that this dangerous declaration, which aims to change the legal status of the [city], is null and void and lacks any legitimacy," the group said.

Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera's senior political analyst, said the summit in Istanbul highlighted that Paleostinians, Arabs and Moslems continue to be committed to peace.

"Now, Moslem countries in addition to a whole lot of others that are allied with the Paleostinian cause will recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Paleostine," he said.

"And those Islamic countries are ready to sever relations to punish any one country that follows in the footsteps of the United States in recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel."
You mean you won’t sell them oil?? Hey, Joe — fire up the frackers! And pass the word to Canada and Russia — the competition just quit, cold turkey!
Posted by: Fred || 12/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: PLO

#1  I am christan and the last of my mother’s line. I have visited Jerusalem and Nazareth (which is in Paleostinean hands). Jerusalem’s religious areas, under Israeli control was free and clean. To visit Christ’s birth place in Nazareth involved paying graft to get in. I would not want any control of the religious areas of any faith under control of the Paleostinians.
Posted by: CC || 12/14/2017 13:23 Comments || Top||


White House: Abbas’s rhetoric ‘has prevented peace for years’
[IsraelTimes] After PA chief says US peace role is over, Washington insists Trump 'remains as committed to peace as ever'; Netanyahu says Israel unimpressed by Palestinian threats.
President Trump sent his son-in-law to the region on a listening tour, to gather impressions and prepare proposals, then made his own decisions.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Palestinian Authority

#1 
Posted by: Gleatch Ulese7439 || 12/14/2017 8:30 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Rouhani stresses long-term security cooperation with Turkey over Syria
[PRESSTV]
Posted by: Fred || 12/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Lebanese army to get $120 mln in US aid
[Ynet] The United States, which wants to prevent violence spilling over from Syria into Leb, will give the Lebanese army $120 million more in aid to boost border security and counter-terrorism work, the US ambassador to Leb said on Wednesday.

Leb will get six MD 530G light attack helicopters, six Scan Eagle drones, and communication and night vision equipment under the new programmes, Ambassador Elizabeth Richard said after she met Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri.

The United States has given the Lebanese Armed Forces more than $1.5 billion in assistance over the past ten years, the Embassy has said previously.

The United States hopes to strengthen the Lebanese army to stop the spread of violence over the border from neighbouring Syria and help it become the sole military force defending the country.

Leb's Iran-backed Hezbollah group, which Washington regards as a terrorist organization, is a powerful military force in the country and also fights in Syria for Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs...
Leb hosts around 1.5 million Syrian refugees
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/14/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I expect an ROI of no Iranian influence for that change.
Posted by: newc || 12/14/2017 1:41 Comments || Top||

#2  $120 mln to Hizballah
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/14/2017 2:04 Comments || Top||

#3  Seems a waste to give them 120 megabucks of stuff only to have the IDF blow it all up.
Posted by: SteveS || 12/14/2017 17:09 Comments || Top||

#4  cheap if they have GPS targeting installed
Posted by: Frank G || 12/14/2017 20:47 Comments || Top||



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