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A. It's Foreign Policy, so you know where they're going to lean.
B. It may not be so much that he's over his head, but more that he doesn't have a clear assignment and isn't getting (and won't get) the necessary backing from CinC and the NSC. Given the reports about micromanaging and the general Charlie-Foxtrot, I'm inclined to believe 'won't'.
[Tolo News] Afghanistan is the worst country for investments in Asia, and the seventh worst in the entire world, according to a report recently published by the World Bank.
The report comes just as the new, more inclusive government in Kabul has made promises for reform and economic growth, but also in the wake of a tumultuous political transition and an intense summer fighting season, and just a couple months ahead of the NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and organization.... coalition withdraw.
It is no surprise then that the report cites security threats, corruption, lack of reform and declining international aid as some of the most fundamental factors behind Afghanistan's fragile investment climate.
Last year, Afghanistan was ranked 182 out of 185 countries evaluated by the World Bank for investment potential.
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But this year's report saw the country drop to 183 as the number of countries evaluated expanded to 189.
Which would make them the absolute worst, except for those other six.
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September, 2014, multiple articles rate the value of Rare Earth Metels in Afghanistan at $1 Trillion. Add narco-trade and funny hats and there is investment opportunity if there is trade security.
But I don't think there has been real trade security since the Khans. The Russians and British jockied over this area for a while, but the locals would flip alligience whenever prophetable.
[ARABNEWS] Amnesia Amnesty International says rival militias and gangs in Libya are committing "mounting war crimes" with impunity.
In a new report released Thursday, it accuses fighters of having complete disregard for civilian lives, saying turbans have fired GRAD rockets and artillery into civilian neighborhoods. It also says "scores of civilians have been kidnapped by gangs."
"In today's Libya the rule of the gun has taken hold. Armed groups and militias are running amok, launching indiscriminate attacks in civilian areas and committing widespread abuses, including war crimes, with complete impunity," Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui said in a statement.
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They could write a sternly worded letter, that would show them!
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Rocketing civilian neighborhoods, kidnapping...OMG! They're acting like total Paleostinians!!11!!!
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Amnesia seems to be unable to connect the dots about who really does commit war crimes because to do so would reveal a truth they're unwilling to accept.
[AnNahar] Tunisia's secular Nidaa Tounes won landmark parliamentary elections, results showed Thursday, beating Islamist rivals in a vote that raised hopes of a peaceful transition in the birthplace of the Arab Spring.
Sunday's election has been hailed as a victory for democracy in the North African nation, which touched off the so-called Arab Spring when protests drove longtime dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali from power in 2011.
Tunisians hope the election, and a presidential vote on November 23, will provide much-coveted stability, nearly four years after the revolution.
Nidaa Tounes -- an eclectic coalition of left and center-right politicians, opposition figures and senior people from the ousted Ben Ali regime -- won 85 of 217 seats, the ISIE election body told a presser.
The Islamist Ennahda party, which had run Tunisia in coalition with other parties for much of the time since Ben Ali's downfall, took 69 seats.
With an outright majority of 109 seats virtually out of the question once final results are issued, political horse-trading has already begun on forming a coalition.
Under Tunisia's electoral system, a party that gains the largest number of votes but falls short of a majority is given a mandate to form a coalition government.
But there is no natural alliance among the various parties, and press reports have suggested a grand coalition between the two top vote-getters may be possible.
Nidaa Tounes is headed by Beji Caid Essebsi, an 87-year-old veteran of Tunisian politics, who vowed to form a coalition with other parties to take the country forward.
Essebsi himself is a candidate for the presidency, and considered a frontrunner.
"We took the decision in advance that Nidaa Tounes would not govern alone, even if we won an absolute majority," he told Al-Hiwar Al-Tounsi television.
"We will govern with those closest to us, with the democratic family, so to speak," he said.
Mohsen Marzouk, a Nidaa Tounes official, said "the question of (forming a) government will be sorted out after the presidential election," meaning the end of December if a run-off is required.
Newspaper La Presse said the outcome of Sunday's election has not provided a "blank cheque" to anyone.
"Tunisians voted for solutions to be found to their problems, without wasting time and without getting bogged down."
And 31 percent of registered voters failed to turn out, according to preliminary figures, due to widespread disaffection and lack of confidence in the political system.
Ennahda, which won Tunisia's first free elections three years ago after Ben Ali's departure, had been accused of working to steer Tunisian society away from its traditional secularism and the country is troubled by a low-level jihadist insurgency.
At the same time, the economy has been in the doldrums during Ennahda's tenure, with unemployment among the young, themselves widely disaffected, a major concern.
But the Tunisian central bank expressed confidence Thursday that the results of the election would contribute to putting the economy back on track.
The success of this "important stage in the transitional process should... send reassuring messages to economic players, both local and foreign investors, and contribute to the success of the decisive phase of the transition on the economic front," a statement said.
The UPL (Free Patriotic Union), led by entrepreneur Slim Riahi, came third in Sunday's vote, winning 16 seats. That was just one more than the number secured by leftist coalition Popular Front.
Another 15 parties will divide up the remaining 32 seats.
[Libya Herald] Omar Al-Hassi, head of the antigovernment in Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... , has again lashed out against Khalifa Hafter as well as about recent statements forewarning of the "liberation" of Tripoli.
In televised remarks on Monday, Hassi said that Hafter's campaign was "illegal". He also criticised Hafter and Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thinni's government for leaving a wake of destruction by carrying out indiscriminate bombing campaigns that hit schools, homes and other civilian targets.
He stated, not for the first time, that the bombing campaigns in Tripoli, Benghazi, Derna and Gharian must have been carried out with the help of other countries, adding that the Libyan Air Force did not have the capacity to do it.
Hassi said that he held Thinni, Hafter, the House of Representatives and all the tribal leaders who support them responsible for the killings, looting and destruction that had taken place.
He also mentioned that Tripoli did not need to be "liberated" because it was already free. The people, he said, had expressed their thoughts on the matter their every Friday with the demonstrations held in Tripoli's Martyrs Square. They did not want a return to chaos.
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[Libya Herald] Following yesterday's meeting at the Sharara oilfield in the southwest of the country between the President of the House of Representatives, Ageela Saleh Gwaidar, and leaders of the local Tuareg community, the latter are reported to have pledged their allegiance to the HoR as the country's legitimate parliament.
The Tebus already support the HoR.
Saleh had flown to the oilfield with Second Deputy HoR President Ahmed Arhuma, who is from Sebha, and a group of elders from across the country to try and mediate between local Tuareg and Tebu communities. The two have been engaged in sporadic festivities in nearby Obari for over a month following the arrival of a Tuareg militia which tried to take over the local petrol station. It has been claimed that the militia had been dispatched to the area to secure the local oilfields for Libya Dawn
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[Libya Herald] The government has said the Libyan National Army (LNA) and the youth of Benghazi are "removing areas and dens of terrorism" as fighting in the centre of the city continues into its second day.
The internationally-recognised government said bully boyz in the city had "terrorised the people, wreaked havoc, killed, kidnapped, and carried out destructive operations, shedding the blood of Libyans". It said the "men of the army, police, activists and journalists as well as unarmed civilians", had been targeted by Islamist groups.
Fighting has continued today in the the districts of Hadaiq, Salmani, Sabri, Sidi Mansour and Al-Jalaa after yesterday pro-government forces began an assault on the heart of the city. Clashes have been ongoing also in Garyounis between 17 February Brigade and 204 Tank Battalion.
Residents have reported that they are terrified by the ferocious fighting, some of the heaviest in the city in recent months, as missiles fall on residential areas. In the Hadaiq district, a family miraculously survived a direct hit from a shell as they were driving.
The festivities show little sign of abating with reports that LNA reinforcements of 148 Infantry Battalion from Ajdabia have positioned themselves on the outskirts of Benghazi.
In Ajdabia itself a jacket wallah attacked an army checkpoint on the outskirts of the town. Residents told the Libya Herald that the kaboom killed only the bomber. His truck, loaded with explosives, reportedly detonated some 100 metres way from the Sidi Ati entrance to the east of the town.
Those killed in a rocket strike on a funeral gathering in Majouri in Benghazi yesterday have been identified as Mohammed Maghrabi, Adel Ramadan Al-Basar, Embarak Ali Embarak, Salem Al-Fallah, Khaled Yusef Sherif, Faraj Mohmed Al-Magrabi, Saleh Erhaim.
It is believed that the six individuals were killed after Mohammed Hejazi the front man for Operation Dignity briefly attended the gathering. The subsequent rocket attacks seemed to have been intended for him.
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[AnNahar] Egypt has the right to use a Gazoo buffer zone to boost its security, but should also be concerned about the impact on local communities, the United States said Thursday.
Golly. The diplomacy astounds.
"Certainly we believe that Egypt has the right to take steps to maintain their own security. And we understand the threat that they are facing from the Sinai," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki ...a valley girl who woke up one morning and found she was spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of State... said.
"We also continue to encourage them to take into account those that would be internally displaced by this," she added.
Egypt has the right to use a Gazoo buffer zone to boost its security, but should also be concerned about the impact on local communities, the United States said Thursday.
"Certainly we believe that Egypt has the right to take steps to maintain their own security. And we understand the threat that they are facing from the Sinai," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
"We also continue to encourage them to take into account those that would be internally displaced by this," she added.
Notice, not a chickenshit or Aspergery to be found.
[ARABNEWS] Minister of the National Guard Prince Miteb bin Abdullah has rejected accusations by Hezbollah that 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... supports terrorist groups, saying the Kingdom has been at the forefront of confronting terrorism over the years.
"Personally I think that Saudi Arabia, under the leadership of King of the Arabians, Sheikh of the Burning Sands, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, was the first country to fight terrorism because it was the first to be affected by it," said Prince Miteb during a visit to Dammam. He said it was clear who was supporting terror groups in the region.
Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah had claimed that Saudi Arabia was arming and funding terrorist groups in the Middle East. The leader of the Lebanese movement made the remarks in a televised speech.
Prince Miteb said the Kingdom was ready to confront any group that threatened the country's stability.
The National Guard was one of several security agencies responsible for keeping the country safe in the face of bloodshed and instability in neighboring countries.
Prince Miteb was in Dammam to meet security officials. He inspected the Third Special Security Brigade and was briefed on its formations, machinery and preparedness. He also watched mock military operations involving riots and VIP protection.
During a ceremony organized by National Guard employees and dignitaries from the eastern region, he announced that his ministry signed a contract with the United States to buy the best aircraft in the world.
He said the first batch would arrive soon and the National Guard's pilots would receive extra training to handle these machines.
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[Dhaka Tribune] Anti-liberation forces and Pak collaborators in 1971 are being put on a list to be compiled by the government, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque said yesterday at a rally protesting the Jamaat strike.
The minister said: "We are finalising the list of freedom fighters and likewise, we will finalise the list of razakars and anti-liberation forces."
He added that he had spoken to the secretary of home affairs about completing the list of anti-liberation forces.
Admitting it would be a challenge to complete a list of razakars 43 years after the liberation war, the minister said a government committee would be formed to scrutinise the evidence.
"The committee will include people's representatives and central and local leaders of the Muktijoddha Command Council," he said.
Historian Muntasir Mamun thanked the government for the initiative to finalise the list.
"We have demanded the list of razakars for the last 40 years and we thank the government for this," he said.
Muntasir claimed it would not a difficult job to finalise the list because many collaborators were well-known and well-documented in the history books. "The initiative is good but I worry that it will be left unfinished," he said.
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[AnNahar] Australia on Thursday passed a law criminalizing travel to terror hotspots, a tough counter-terrorism measure aimed at stopping jihadists from going to Iraq and Syria to fight.
The Australian government has been increasingly concerned about the flow of imported muscle to the Middle East to join murderous Moslem groups such as 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.... , with 70 Australians believed to have already made the journey.
The Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) includes measures that make it an offense to enter a "declared area" where a terrorist organization is engaging in hostile activity, without a valid reason.
The offense carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
"The imported muscle bill that has passed the parliament today will mean, first of all, that it is easier to secure convictions against Australians who have been fighting with terrorist groups overseas," Prime Minister Tony Abbott told parliament Thursday.
"It will mean that it is easier to monitor potential bully boyz here, and it will also mean... that it is easier to prosecute the preachers of hate who create the potential terrorists."
Abbott told parliament about 100 Australians were supporting jihadists who had traveled to the Middle East to fight with recruitment and funding from home.
Some 20 jihadists who fought with terrorist groups in the region had also returned to Australia, Abbott added.
"The best way to deal with returning imported muscle is to stop them leaving in the first place... and I'm able to inform the House that some 70 Australian passports have been canceled to stop bully boyz or potential bully boyz from traveling."
The new law, which was passed by the lower House of Representatives on Thursday with bipartisan support, came as the Labor opposition raised concerns that another national security measure passed in September could see journalists locked away Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! for up to 10 years.
Attorney-General George Brandis refuted the concerns, saying that the legislation was instead "intended to deal with a Snowden-type situation".
Documents leaked by U.S. intelligence runaway Edward Snowden included reports in November that Australian spies tried to tap the phones of former Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his inner circle, damaging relations between the two countries.
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No more Qantas fights to Chicago and Detroit, then?
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this is NOT a good law. Same as the NSA Bill before it. These two laws have basically destroyed every freedom in Australia. There is nothing legally differentiating Australia's security forces now from say the KGB. I am not exaggerating.
They may not use them all the time. The problem is they now decide with no independent scrutiny when they will use them and on who - no warrants needed.
There is no protection for civilians. No protection for political dissidents.
Australia is now a place where a political candidate that ASIO doesn't like will soon have emails leaked to the press about them. They can hack everyone's computer whenever they want.
Under these new laws a "special intelligence operation" can be declared with only ASIO themselves needing to authorise it (the attorney general is also head of asio).
- anyone in an SIO can claim legal immunity when they intentionally break the law. Very few exceptions to this which are the big obvious: murder, serious property damage, sexual offence and torture. Everything else is OK to break the law.
- forcing courts to accept illegally obtained evidence
- 10 years' jail for anybody identifying anybody in ASIO. This means if you are a victim or a falsely accused person you cannot tell your lawyer. You cannot tell a court. A court cannot question or cross examine someone from asio - instead they offer now an "evidenciary certificate" that the court must accept.
NONE of this has anything to do with combating Islamist fascism.
The foreign fighters bill is the same.
They pretend it is about the Islamist fascists (who they won't even name, they still just say 'terrorist') but in reality they do nothing to stop the spread of that ideology here.
So now Australians that ASIO doesn't like (such as former Attorney General Bernard Collaery who acted legally in a case for East Timor against Australia) can be denied the freedom to leave the country at ASIO's whim because practically everywhere can be called a "declared area".
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Australian officials bribed the leaders of several large neighbouring countries including Indonesia and I think Malaysia plus a few more
Securency scandal
we were barred from reading about it. the court case was closed and none of it was reportable in the media here.
Australian Media and Communications Authority hires cops to trawl the internet and block URLs of websites "that are against the law". When asked they will only say that is 'child sex abuse material'
but it isn't. it's things the public has a right to know like our top bureaucrats bribing our neighbours corruptly to get deals
you cannot have a democracy unless there is actually a democracy
and people have to know what their government is doing or the system is not democratic
bipartisan support on every major issue means there is no longer a democracy in Australia
you cannot call this country democratic. we have left the field.
[AnNahar] The Turkish foreign ministry and Norwegian embassy in Ankara on Thursday received suspicious packages, officials said, the latest in a string of such incidents in the country.
Turkey's emergencies management agency AFAD said in a statement that both reported receiving the suspect packages in the morning.
It did not say what was in the packages but the Dogan news agency said they contained the same yellow powder that had been sent to half a dozen consulates in Istanbul last week.
Twenty-five staff from the consulates were hospitalized after coming into contact with the powder but all were eventually released without showing ill health.
The health ministry had said there was no evidence of dangerous substances in the powder, which turned out to be nothing more than yellow chalk.
But the scare in Istanbul came amid mounting concerns about the growing national security threat to Turkey and Western states posed by the jihadists, who are trying to seize the town of Kobane close to Turkey's border with Syria.
The consulates of Belgium, Canada, Germany, La Belle France, Hungary and the United States -- all countries involved in the international coalition 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.... (IS) jihadists -- had reported receiving the yellow powder.
[Iran Press TV] A Moslem civil liberties and advocacy organization in Canada says reports of anti-Moslem harassment have risen dramatically in the North American country.
The National Council of Canadian Moslems said on Thursday that it has seen a tenfold increase in reports of harassment, including racial slurs on public buses, notes left on car windshields and bullying at schools.
Amy Awad, the group's human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... coordinator, said a normal volume of reports of anti-Moslem incidents across Canada is about five a week.
"That has gone up about tenfold, with a real surge in the past few days," she said.
Adil Charkaoui, the coordinator of the Quebec Collective Against Islamophobia ...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do... , also said his group has received 30 complaints of harassment since last week.
Imam Syed Soharwardy, the founder of Moslems Against Violence in Calgary, said he has also received a number of complaints recently.
The dramatic increase in anti-Moslem harassment reports in Canada follows attacks last week in which two Canadian soldiers were killed.
In one incident, a gunman rubbed out a soldier at the Canada War Memorial and charged into the parliament building in Ottawa before being bumped off by security.
In another, a man hit two soldiers with his car near Montreal, killing one.
Several Canadian Moslem groups quickly condemned the attacks, which were suspected to be linked to the ISIL Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... terrorists.
On October 24, the Cold Lake Mosque in Alberta was vandalized in what local business owners and residents called a "disgusting" crime. Both of the front windows of the mosque were broken and the words "go home" were sprayed with red paint on the outside of the building.
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In the 70es there was a joke.
Q) Whatever happened to American 'can do' and 'know how'?
A) Last seen on a boat sailing for Japan.
I guess nowadays it is.
Q) Whatever happened to American 'independence' and 'self-reliance'?
A) Went north.
[CNSNEWS] Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... argued Thursday that the United States cannot push its weight around in a changing and "complicated" world, and implied that the previous administration having done so had led to today's security crisis in Iraq.
In an appearance at the Washington Ideas Forum, Kerry said that although the B.O. regime wanted to see a less sectarian government in Iraq ‐ a prerequisite for tackling 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.... in Iraq and Syria (ISIS/ISIL) threat ‐ it could not have simply demanded that former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ... Prime Minister of Iraq and the secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party. Maliki imposed order on Basra wen the Shiites were going nuts, but has proven incapable of dealing with al-Qaeda's Sunni insurgency. Reelected to his third term in 2014... be replaced.
"The United States couldn't just crash in and say, 'Hey, you're out. Here are the guys that are in.' That's not our ‐ it would be playing into all of the worst stereotypes that have brought us to the difficulties we're living with today."
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"The United States couldn't just crash in and say, 'Hey, you're out. Here are the guys that are in.
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Which cannot be stated without also recognizing the worst stereotypes of muslim and collectivist behaviors. What a blunderous statement from the lead US diplomat. Why, its like DC if full of people who call themselves lawyers and either marry into wealth or are political hiers.
But I don't relish his position, he found himself in a pickle and must be having a hard time playing catch up.
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The worst sterortypes of US behavior I've heard was our troops were acting in a way reminescent of Ghengis Khan. Who was it that was spreading that nonsense again?
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JFK is the rare broken clock that's only correct once a day. And it's not this time.
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Jawn does not have a clue. He is the laughingstock of leaders and diplomats worldwide, both enemies and very concerned and patient friends of the US. The only thing he does effectively is to burn jet fuel.
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[AnNahar] The U.S. military will launch new medical examinations for troops and veterans exposed to chemical weapons in Iraq, and review claims they were ordered to stay silent about such contact, officials said Thursday.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has asked the U.S. Army and Navy secretaries to ensure troops affected by chemical munitions "are receiving the care and the support they require," front man Rear Admiral John Kirby said.
As a result, army and navy leaders plan to offer fresh medical examinations and to monitor the health of soldiers exposed to chemical agents in Iraq, defense officials said, confirming a New York Times ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... report.
Hagel is "also troubled by suggestions that some of these same troops might have been ordered not to discuss their potential exposure and would like a fuller accounting of the veracity of those claims," Kirby said in a statement.
The medical exams and broader review came in response to a New York Times report this month that found at least 17 soldiers had been exposed to nerve or mustard agents in Iraq during the American occupation of Iraq and had been told not to discuss their handling of the chemicals.
Before the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, president George W. Bush insisted Baghdad was hiding an active weapons of mass destruction program.
Although U.S. forces never found evidence of an active program, they did find remnants of an aging chemical arsenal and often they were not trained nor equipped to handle it, according to the Times report, which cited officials, veterans and government documents.
Following the invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, American forces uncovered 5,000 warheads, shells and bombs filled with chemical agents, but their findings were kept secret, according to the Times report.
Some veterans who handled the weapons also have questioned why they did not receive Purple Hearts, the award given to troops injured in battle.
Officials said a separate review of all combat awards and decorations would examine the decision not to award Purple Hearts to some veterans exposed and injured by chemical agents.
[DAWN] MINGORA: The Swat ...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat... Qaumi Jirga on Thursday showed deep concern over the assassinations of peace volunteers and asked the government to take concrete steps for protecting elders and members of village defence committees in the district.
The jirga also expressed reservations over establishment of cantonment in the district and demanded of federal government and Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif to review the decision in the better interest of the people of Swat.
The jirga members demanded of the government to establish a university for women in the district and name it after Nobel laureate Malala.
The demands were made during a meeting of the jirga held here at Swat Press Club on Thursday. The meeting was addressed by Swat Qaumi Jirga members Mukhtiar Khan Yousafzai, Mohammad Ali Khan, Haji Zahid Khan, Malik Riaz, Shamsher Ali Khan, Ahmad Shah, Abdul Khaliq, Fazale Maula, Khurshid Kakajee, ANP leader Wajid Ali Khan, QWP leader Sher Bahadar Khan and PPP leader Iqbal Hussain.
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Dang. I tried to get up early enough to see Fat Bob's contributions before they got squashed.
[DAWN] The Senate witnessed a rumpus on Wednesday when the opposition lodged a noisy protest over police action against the protesting employees of the Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDC) in Islamabad and the government's policy of privatising state-run enterprises.
Several senators, including members of treasury benches, opposed the policy, blamed Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan ...Currently the Interior Minister of Pakistain. He is the senior leader of the Pak Moslem League (N) and a close aide to Nawaz Uncle Fester Sharif. He is noted for his vocal anti-American railing in the National Assembly. However (comma) Khan told the U.S. ambassador that he was in fact pro-American but he and the PML-N would have to be critical of US actions in order to remain publicly credible. Khan cited his wife and children's US citizenship as proof, which means he's lying to one side or the other and probably both. He wears a wig, but you probably guessed that. since hair doesn't grow naturally in that shape or texture... for the "brutal police action" and called for his removal.
Dozens of OGDC employees suffered injuries during the baton charge and tear gas shelling by police which stopped them from entering Red Zone as they wanted to stage a demonstration outside the Parliament House to protest against the government's decision to privatise the company despite earning huge profit.
Amid slogans, Leader of Opposition in the Senate Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan warned Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... of withdrawing support to him if he did not change his attitude and review the government's policies.
"I want to put the prime minister on notice today. Mian Sahab! We had supported you and saved your rocking boat... If you are not ready to change your policies and do not reform yourself, do not eradicate corruption, do not order independent inquiries in Nandipur and LNG scams, do not stop favouring relatives, then your boat will rock again. And at that time, you will not find us behind you. Rather, you will find us in the opposite camp," he warned.
Most of the senators in their hard-hitting speeches took the absent interior minister to task for not taking any action against workers of the 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.... and the Pakistain Awami Tehrik even after their attacks on the Parliament House and PTV building on one hand and unleashing police force against unarmed labourers on the other.
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[DAWN] Pakistain has strongly condemned a US drone strike in South Wazoo that killed at least seven suspected Lion of Islams, including a key commander of Haqqani network, on Thursday and termed it unnecessary, said a Foreign Office spokesperson.
"These drone strikes are a violation of Pakistain's illusory sovereignty and territorial integrity and should be stopped," FO spokesperson Tasneem Aslam said at a news briefing.
The attack happened early Thursday in Nargas village of Birmil area, some 30 kilometres west of Wana, the main town of South Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border which is considered a stronghold of Talibs.
Officials and a Lion of Islam source said four foreigners and a Haqqani network commander, who is blamed for numerous bloody attacks in Afghanistan, were among those killed.
"At least seven murderous Moslems were killed in the drone strike," an intelligence official based in Wana told AFP, adding that the dead included four foreigners and a top Haqqani commander.
"Abdullah Haqqani (the commander) was responsible for sending jacket wallahs to Afghanistan," the official said.
Another official in the neighbouring garrison town of Bannu confirmed the corpse count and killing of the commander.
A source in a Lion of Islam group said that a vehicle loaded with arms and ammunition was also destroyed in the attack.
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[DAWN] The Foreign Office said on Thursday that thousands of Paks, who fled North Wazoo because of Operation Zarb-e-Azb ..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)... , could still be in Afghanistan.
Speaking at the weekly media briefing, FO Spokesperson Tasneem Aslam for the first time shared the official figure of those who had migrated to Afghanistan after the start of the military operation in North Waziristan in mid-June.
"The verified figure we have of Paks who crossed the international border and went to Afghanistan after the onset of Waziristan Operation is 67,120," she said, adding that close to 38,000 had returned shortly afterwards.
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[AnNahar] A U.N. human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. watchdog on Thursday urged Israel to respect the rights of Paleostinians, and demanded the country probe violations committed during repeated assaults on Gazoo.
With tensions soaring in East Jerusalem, and months of almost daily festivities, the U.N. Human Rights Committee published conclusions Thursday from its review earlier this month of Israel's human rights record.
The committee lamented continued punitive demolitions of Paleostinian homes in the West Bank, excessive force by the Israel Defense Forces and decried reports of the use of torture and ill-treatment of Paleostinians, including children, in Israeli detention facilities.
It also slammed the "continuing confiscation and expropriation of Paleostinian land and restrictions on access of Paleostinians in the Occupied Paleostinian Territory, including East Jerusalem."
The body, which oversees global rules on civil and political rights, and submits governments to regular reviews, also voiced concern over alleged human rights abuses during three Israeli military operations in Gazoo since late 2008, including the nearly two-month war this summer that killed nearly 2,200 mainly civilian Paleostinians and 73 people in Israel, mostly soldiers.
Israel "should ensure that all human rights violations committed during its military operations in the Gazoo Strip in 2008-2009, 2012 and 2014 are thoroughly, effectively, independently and impartially investigated," the Geneva-based committee said in its conclusions.
It demanded that perpetrators, especially those in positions of command, be "prosecuted and sanctioned" and that the victims and their families be provided "effective remedies".
And it criticized Israel's continuing blockade of Gazoo, lamenting that the blockade continues to "negatively impact Paleostinians' access to all basic and life-saving services such as food, health, electricity, water and sanitation."
The committee's comments came as tensions raging since the Gazoo war started in July swelled after Israeli police rubbed out a Paleostinian Thursday suspected of an liquidation attempt on a hardline campaigner for Jewish prayer rights at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque.
In a bid to avoid further tensions, Israel ordered the closure of the Al-Aqsa compound to all visitors, drawing a furious response from Paleostinian President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... , who described it as "a declaration of war".
[AnNahar] Iran wants all Western sanctions to be lifted before striking a deal on its contested nuclear program by a November deadline, a top official said Wednesday.
The announcement came amid intensifying efforts to conclude a definitive pact. The six powers in the talks with Iran -- Britannia, China, La Belle France, Russia, the United States plus Germany, known as the P5+1 -- have set November 24 as the deadline.
The chairman of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said the U.S. proposal of a gradual lifting of sanctions was "unacceptable."
"If we want a definitive accord on November 24, there must be an immediate lifting of sanctions," he told a news conference in Gay Paree.
A Western diplomat close to the negotiations with Iran on Monday said a firm deal by the deadline was highly unlikely, saying Tehran would have to make "significant gestures."
The aim is to close avenues towards Tehran ever developing an atomic bomb, by cutting back its enrichment programme, shutting down suspect facilities and imposing tough international inspections.
In return, the global community would suspend and then gradually lift crippling economic sanctions imposed on the Islamic republic.
But the two sides, despite long-running talks, remain far apart on how to reconcile their objectives.
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[AnNahar] The Norwegian government said Thursday it would send about 120 troops to Iraq to help train its armed forces in the fight 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.... jihadists.
Prime Minister Erna Solberg however stressed that "the Norwegian military will not follow the Iraqi soldiers into battle."
Solberg also told news hounds that "diplomatic and humanitarian means are important but military means are also important" in the battle against IS Lion of Islams.
Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Soereide said half of the Norwegian contingent will travel to Baghdad, where it will have an advisory role and support Iraqi security forces.
The other half will be in Arbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, where it will be stationed at a training center, she said.
The deployment is planned for a period of one year "with the possibility of extension," she added.
The center-right minority government's decision received the support of several other parties, including the main opposition Labor Party.
[ARABNEWS] A UN human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... watchdog on Thursday urged Israel to respect the rights of Paleostinians, and demanded the country probe violations committed during repeated assaults on Gazoo.
With tensions soaring in East Jerusalem, and months of almost daily festivities, the UN Human Rights Committee published conclusions Thursday from its review earlier this month of Israel's human rights record.
The committee lamented continued punitive demolitions of Paleostinian homes in the West Bank, excessive force by the Israel Defense Forces and decried reports of the use of torture and ill treatment of Paleostinians, including children, in Israeli detention facilities.
It also slammed the "continuing confiscation and expropriation of Paleostinian land and restrictions on access of Paleostinians in the Occupied Paleostinian Territory, including East Jerusalem."
The body, which oversees global rules on civil and political rights, and submits governments to regular reviews, also voiced concern over alleged human rights abuses during three Israeli military operations in Gazoo since late 2008, including the nearly two-month war this summer that killed nearly 2,200 mainly civilian Paleostinians and 73 people in Israel, mostly soldiers.
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In which we hear from The Second Smartest Man In The Room.
[AnNahar] U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... hit out Thursday at reported insults by an American official against the Israeli prime minister, saying it was "disgraceful, unacceptable and damaging."
Kerry also pledged that the United States would continue to work "quietly and effectively" in order to relaunch the grinding of the peace processor with the Paleostinians in a thoughtful and even-handed way, saying it was "doable."
Turbulent U.S.-Israel ties plunged to new lows this week, when an anonymous senior B.O. regime official was quoted in The Atlantic magazine as calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "a chickenshit" only interested in preserving his own political skin.
Kerry told a forum hosted by The Atlantic that the comments did not reflect the views of either President Barack Obama If I had a son he'd look like Trayvon... or his cabinet.
A bid by the top U.S. diplomat to reach an elusive peace deal between the Israelis and Paleostinians collapsed earlier this year amid bitter recriminations on both sides.
But Kerry said: "We still believe it is doable, but it takes courage and it takes strength."
"Both sides have to be prepared to compromise in order to do it," he added.
[ONLINE.WSJ] Sweden's center-left government on Thursday recognized Palestine as an official state, joining a short list of other European countries to have done so.
[AnNahar] Israel recalled its ambassador to Sweden for "consultations" Thursday, hours after Stockholm officially recognized the state of Paleostine, the foreign ministry front man said.
"This indeed reflects our irritation and annoyance at this unhelpful decision, which does not contribute to a return to (peace) negotiations," Emmanuel Nachshon told Agence La Belle France-Presse.
He said the recall of Ambassador Isaac Bachman was for an unspecified length of time.
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[AnNahar] Gunmen, who engaged in deadly battles with the Lebanese army in the northern coastal city of Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... and in Akkar over the weekend, deserted their positions and expeditiously departed at a goodly pace after they realized that they will not be able to stand firm against the army, As Safir newspaper reported on Thursday.
According to the daily, gunnies linked to runaways Shadi al-Mwalawi and Ousama Mansour in Tripoli's al-Tabbaneh neighborhood decided to leave their position after Mawlawi posted a voice record accusing Moslem scholars of "abandoning them."
Sources said that gunnies escaped the Sunni neighborhood during a humanitarian truce ..The purposes of a truce are twofold: 1.) bring up more arms, ammunition, and reinforcements; and 2.) get the enemy to relax his vigilance. A truce is not the same thing as a ceasefire, and a ceasefire doesn't mean you have to stop shooting... , which was made to evacuate civilians.
"The gunnies moved through the narrow alleyways to al-Mallouleh and into the Western Saqi area, where they carried out their military training," the sources added.
The Western Saqi area is close to Bab al-Tabbaneh and is the main passageway towards the coast.
The report said that Mawlawi and Mansour didn't flee al-Tabbaneh neighborhood together, fearing that the army would detain them both.
The Lebanese army has been carrying out large-scale raids since the weekend in Tripoli and the region of Koura in search for suspects. Some of the gunnies were detained while others fled.
The battle between the Lebanese army and snuffies in northern Leb was widely expected after members 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 and al-Qaeda's branch in Syria, the Nusra Front, launched several attacks over the past weeks in areas on the border with Syria.
Lebanese troops have been subjected to a wave of attacks over the past months.
Meanwhile, ...back at the wrecked scow, a single surviver held tightly to the smashed prow... As Safir newspaper reported that gunnies-led by Islamist holy man Sheikh Khaled Hoblos fled after festivities with the army in the town of Bhannine in the Akkar district into Dhour Bhannine area, where they engaged in direct festivities with the army, and moved towards the Oyoun al-Samak area in al-Dinniyeh.
The newspaper said that the gunnies could have fled Oyoun al-Samak into two directions, either Akkar or Dinniyeh.
Gunmen linked to Sheikh Hoblos, a previously unknown holy man, engaged in festivities with the army over the weekend in the town of Bhannine.
[Washington Post] Ten Iraqi Kurdish fighters crossed into the embattled Syrian border town of Kobane from Turkey on Thursday, drawing an angry response from the Damascus government, which accused Ankara of violating national illusory sovereignty by allowing foreign troops to enter Syria.
The Iraqi peshmerga delegation crossed back into Turkey at nightfall after discussing with Syrian Kurds details of the expected deployment of a larger force of about 150 that was dispatched from Iraq to help the Syrian Kurds battle 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.... murderous Moslems for control of Kobane, Kurdish activists said.
The obscure little town has no strategic significance but has emerged as an early test of the U.S.-led air campaign against the Islamic State in Syria. As the battles in Kobane raged within sight of TV cameras on the Turkish border and Kurds complained that they were being ignored, the town became the chief focus of the Arclight airstrikes.
U.S. warplanes have since conducted multiple bombing raids against Islamic State positions in and around Kobane, helping the Kurds stave off what had appeared to be imminent defeat.
The small peshmerga deployment is unlikely to herald a major shift on the ground, but it was a symbolically important moment for Kurds across the region, signifying an internationally sanctioned cross-border alliance that some of them hope will advance their dreams of uniting under an independent nation.
"The peshmerga won't change the military balance," said Kurdish activist Barzan Iso, speaking from the Turkish border. "But it shows that Kurds are not alone, and that we are united in the fight against terrorism and the Islamic State."
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Ummm, Wash Post, you sure that translated correctly to the Kurds, specifically?
[AnNahar] The Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... (FSA) already has 400 fighters in Kobane and more are on the way, the commander of a unit there said in a rare public appearance Thursday.
Nizar al-Khatib, who said he was in charge of an FSA unit sent into Kobane, told news hounds in Istanbul that a command post had been set up to coordinate activities between his forces and the Kurdish fighters also battling 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 atrocitythey 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) jihadists for the town.
The FSA rebels, who are opposed to the regime in Damascus, have joined Kurdish fighters of the People's Protection Units (YPG) in the defense of the mainly Kurdish Syrian border town and are expected to be joined shortly by Kurdish peshmerga fighters from northern Iraq.
Dressed casually in civilian clothes in a jacket and open-necked shirt, Khatib said that FSA forces had been present around Kobane even before the current fighting started.
"There were 200 of us from the region even before the first fighting started against Islamic State (jihadists) and now there are almost 400 of us and we are expecting other reinforcements," he told news hounds at an Istanbul hotel.
Turkey, which has long called for the ousting of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Terror of Aleppo ... as the sole solution for the Syrian crisis, is a strong supporter of the FSA.
Head of an FSA unit calling itself the "dawn of freedom", Khatib said that coordination was good between his forces and the Kurdish factions, who have not always been allies in Syria's civil war.
"The command of Kobane is not in the hands of a single individual," he said.
"There is a command post where all the forces present are represented and take decisions together," he said.
But he said that training of FSA forces as promised by Turkey had yet to materialize.
"There are discussions in progress with Turkey about the possibility of training the FSA forces. But nothing has really been decided. It has yet to get started," he added.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told the BBC earlier this week that Ankara wants the FSA to control Kobane if IS defeated, and not the Kurdish forces loyal to the YPG.
[ARABNEWS] The Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council has taken Haramain Islamic Foundation (HIF) off the terror list, Sabq.com online said.
The committee also acquitted the HIF of the false accusations made against it in the wake of Sept. 11 incident, where thousands of US citizens died as a result of terror attacks on the World Trade Center towers.
The decision, issued last Tuesday, comes after 10 years of freezing HIF assets, travel bans on its employees and denial of charity work under fabricated and false accusations, the paper said.
The Sanctions Committee removed Haramain Foundation from the list of sanctions after reconsidering requests made by Office of the Ombudsman to remove HIF from the terror list pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1904 for the year 2009, the paper said.
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[Iran Press TV] The US Air Force says it is not halting its use of depleted uranium weapons, has recently sent them to the Middle East, and is prepared to use them.
A type of airplane, the A-10, deployed this month to the Middle East by the US Air National Guard's 122nd Fighter Wing, is responsible for more Depleted Uranium (DU) contamination than any other platform, according to the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons (ICBUW). "Weight for weight and by number of rounds more 30mm PGU-14B ammo has been used than any other round," said ICBUW coordinator Doug Weir, referring to ammunition used by A-10s, as compared to DU ammunition used by tanks.
Public affairs superintendent Master Sgt. Darin L. Hubble of the 122nd Fighter Wing told me that the A-10s now in the Middle East along with "300 of our finest airmen" have been sent there on a deployment planned for the past two years and have not been assigned to take part in the current fighting in Iraq or Syria, but "that could change at any moment."
The crews will load PGU-14 depleted uranium rounds into their 30mm Gatling cannons and use them as needed, said Hubble. "If the need is to explode something -- for example a tank -- they will be used."
Pentagon front man Mark Wright told me, "There is no prohibition against the use of Depleted Uranium rounds, and the [US military] does make use of them. The use of DU in armor-piercing munitions allows enemy tanks to be more easily destroyed."
On Thursday, several nations, including Iraq, spoke to the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... First Committee, against the use of Depleted Uranium and in support of studying and mitigating the damage in already contaminated areas. A non-binding resolution is expected to be voted on by the Committee this week, urging nations that have used DU to provide information on locations targeted. A number of organizations are delivering a petition to US officials this week urging them not to oppose the resolution.
In 2012 a resolution on DU was supported by 155 nations and opposed by just the UK, US, La Belle France, and Israel. Several nations have banned DU, and in June Iraq proposed a global treaty banning it -- a step also supported by the European and Latin American Parliaments.
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more 30mm PGU-14B ammo has been used than any other round
Cause it works.
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Just one A-10 strike would put the ISIL folks in a world of hurt.
Subsequently, the Kurds would only need a couple big speakers, amplifier and a 30-second sound-bite of a low strafing run to clear out large swaths of the bad guys.
Do that ruse enough, though, and the jihadis might get used to it enough to stupidly hang around for their next actual 'reception' of the 30mm PGU-14B ammo.
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The piece of paper I put into the hat says, Yes, to Mullah Richard's proposal.
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Fine, let's carpet bomb ISIS with tac nukes using B-52's. If anyone is alive to complain, the complaint desk is in front of that A-10's cannon over there.
Why is there wires hooked to the number? Pull your ticket and find out.
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Several nations have banned DU, and in June Iraq proposed a global treaty banning it - a step also supported by the European and Latin American Parliaments.
That's because none of them have such a weapon.
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Why not ban IEDs first?
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There are too many "banned" weapons now. Why the he$$ aren't we using napalm against ISIS? It works! A few dozen drops and ISIS will be ISFRIED. The idea that any "weapon" should be banned from the arsenal unless it does damage to the second or third generation living where it's been used is a crock and needs to be ignored. Somebody use a clue-by-four on our "leadership".
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You are right OS. Really.
Surgical strikes against military targets are good as an augmentive strategy but direct overwhelming force devastating an entire population is what ends wars and builds nations.
The last [now two(2)] generation(s) and their elected officials don't have the stomach for it.
[Iran Press TV] The United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... has warned that unprecedented numbers of foreigners are flocking to Iraq and Syria to join bully boy groups such as the ISIL despite US-led strikes on the groups' positions.
According to a report by the UN Security Council, 15,000 people have flocked to Syria and Iraq to fight alongside the ISIL or other such groups.
The report added that the Death Eaters hail from more than 80 countries, which had not contributed to international terrorism before.
In addition, more countries than ever before will face a backlash as battle-hardened bully boyz start to come back to their home countries from Syria and Iraq.
The UN report also revealed that many of the foreign Death Eaters coming to Iraq and Syria are youngsters as the ISIL makes massive use of social media.
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In addition, more countries than ever before will face a backlash as battle-hardened bully boyz start to come back to their home countries from Syria and Iraq.
The 'going back to their homes' will be made infinitely more difficult once they are deceased. The eradication program appears to be enjoying at least limited success.
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saudi oil money has been spreading Islamist fascism like wildfire around the world. Paying for it.
They are like ebola carriers. They come to your country and infect others. soon they get a mosque going. they import relatives and friends.
then the demands start. they get a school. they indoctrinate children sometimes of moderates.
before you know it they are sending fighters back - and our governments over=react to this and pass laws destroying the civil liberties we long held sacred.
instead they could just implement the principles of the St Petersburg Doctrine and life would go back to normal. Wings clipped.
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See also RELATED RUSSIA TODAY > 1000 [New Fighters joining] PER MONTH: US AIRSTRIKES FAIL TO STEM TIDE OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS [ISIS/ISIL].
* TOPIX, WORLD NEWS > ISIS INCREASINGLY BEGINNING TO ACT/BECOME LIKE A NATION.
Like an ordinary Organized Nation-State = "A Country", that is.
[1960-70's = 2014 MADONNA = "LIKE A COUNTRY, HEY-Y-Y"" here].
Iff this is a plan or scheme by the US-West + OWG Globies to prevent the rise of the future US Soldier-Convert to Islam/Radical Islam known as the ISLAMIC MAHDI/HIDDEN IMAM, I'M NOT IMPRESSED.
and
* TOPIX > [Daily Mail] AUTHORITIES SAY "UP TO 250" AUSTRALIANS ARE LINKED TO ISIS TERRORISTS.
Fighting directly wid ISIS, or otherwise supporting the ISIS' fight in rear echelon.
* SAME > [SMH.com] AL-QAEDA THREATENS [Australia's] FUEL SUPPLIES.
* SAME > [Times] NEW INDONESIAN PRESIDENT JOKOWI TALKS TOUGH WID FADING [Declining] POWER AUSTRALIA.
So AUSTRALIA is a "Fading/Declining Power" like the USA???
Looks like GUAM-WESTPAC, PHILIPPINES, VIETNAM, ETC. ASEAN NATIONS [East Asia-Pacific] may in future time no longer be able to rely or count on AUS to save the day wid the USA or US-ALLIES ...
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[Libya Herald] Following yesterday's meeting at the Sharara oilfield in the southwest of the country between the President of the House of Representatives, Ageela Saleh Gwaidar, and leaders of the local Tuareg community, the latter are reported to have pledged their allegiance to the HoR as the country's legitimate parliament.
[AnNahar] Egypt has the right to use a 
[Dhaka Tribune] Anti-liberation forces and Pak collaborators in 1971 are being put on a list to be compiled by the government, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque said yesterday at a rally protesting the Jamaat strike.
[CNSNEWS] Secretary of State 
Nouri al-Maliki
Currently the Interior Minister of Pakistain. He is the senior leader of the Pak Moslem League (N) and a close aide to Nawaz 
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Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
