[KhaamaPress] The Afghan Defense Minister Gen. Tariq Shah Bahrami says the growing violence and recent war in western Farah province have links with issues surrounding the management of water resources.
Gen. Bahrami made the remarks during a visit to Farah province where he was accompanied by other security bigshots including the commander of the NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... Resolute Support Mission Gen. John Nicholson. He did not elaborate further in this regard but added that around twenty terrorist group are operating in Afghanistan and are being supported by the neighboring countries.
This comes as the US Department of Defense or Pentagon officials had earlier said that they are not ruling out the involvement of Iran in a major offensive carried out by the Talibs in western Farah city of Afghanistan.
"I don’t think you can ever rule out how much Iran interferes throughout this region. Iran remains the most destabilizing factor in the Middle East. So no, I don’t think you can ever rule out their mischief," a spokesperson for Pentagon Dana White said.
Hundreds of Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... holy warriors launched a coordinated attack on Farah city the bustling provincial capital of Farah in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The Afghan national defense and security forces responded to the attack by launching air and ground operations that lasted until early hours of Wednesday morning.
[Khaama Press] The Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... group in Afghanistan has vowed to step up attacks despite the appeals made by the government and the United Nations ...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society... Assistance Mission in Afghanistan to respect the holy month of Ramadan and stop violence.
"Islam’s major battles were fought in Ramazan like the Jang-e-Badr and the Conquest of Mecca. So we will step up operations against the invaders and their backers," Taliban front man Zabiullah Mujahid quoted by Daily Times has said.
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. had earlier also urged the Taliban group and other forces of Evil to respect the Holy Month of Ramadan and refrain from violence.
It sounds like the maimed are the only ones benefitting from that so-generous "open" border crossing.
[AlAhram] The Paleostinian embassy in Cairo confirmed the continued arrival of Paleostinians maimed in Gazoo by the Israeli occupation forces over the past week to receive treatment in Egyptian hospitals in El-Arish, Ismailia and Cairo.
The embassy said in a statement that the maimed are being transported through the Rafah crossing, where they are received by a medical team led by Deputy Health Minister Arabi Mohammed.
On Monday, Israeli forces used live ammunition against Paleostinian demonstrating in Gazoo against the moving of the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, killing 61 Paleostinians and injuring hundreds.
Since Paleostinians started their Right of Return marches in Gazoo last March, Israel has killed at least 108 and maimed thousands.
According to the Paleostinian embassy, the injured have been receiving treatment at El-Arish General Hospital in Sinai, and some have recently been transferred to Nasser Institute Hospital in Cairo.
Emergency levels at Egyptian hospitals treating injured Paleostinians have been raised to a high level to receive the maimed.
The Paleostinian embassy expressed its appreciation to the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Health Minister Ahmed Emad El-Din for helping save the lives of the maimed in Gazoo.
Since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on unarmed Paleostinian protesters, Egypt has been sending aid and medical convoys to Gazoo through the Rafah crossing border.
On Thursday, the first day of Ramadan, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi ordered the opening of the Rafah border during the entire holy month to "ease burdens on our brothers in Gazoo."
[AAWSAT] The Houthi militia intensified movements in Sanaa and other regions ruled by it to mobilize more people, following its defeats in various battlefronts.
In this context, some people reported to Asharq Al-Awsat that the Houthis sent local supervisors to hold sectarian Ramadan evenings and mobilize the greatest number of citizens to come and listen to the Houthi program.
Sources revealed that the militia members stressed the necessity of a greater mobilization and threatened those who reject with punishment and arrest.
During Ramadan evenings, held after the Isha prayer, there is a lengthy lecture by the Houthi supervisor in addition to recordings of the group leader.
The sources affirmed to Asharq Al-Awsat that the supervisors of the group requested from the attendees to mobilize the greatest number of recruits during month of Ramadan, since this is a religious duty that is more important than prayer and fasting, they claimed.
Meanwhile, sources revealed that the Houthi members arrested a number of activists who rejected to attend the sectarian evening and put them in secret prisons. Despite strict orders by Houthis for people to attend the evenings, the attendance turnout was quite low.
Rights sources revealed that Houthi militias stormed a students’ place in Thamar and arrested five students who are originally from Taiz province. The students were drove to one of the secret detention camps for charges of provoking people against the militia.
Amid mounting concerns from possible sneaking of people against the Houthi militia to regions ruled by the them, tough restrictions were made on arrivals to Sanaa and other cities ruled by the Houthis.
In the same context, employees in Sanaa reported that the Houthi militias took a decision to ban any employee who attempts to go to Aden to get his salary from the legit government.
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[Dhaka Tribune] Another man has been tossed in the calaboose Book 'im, Mahmoud! in connection with the assault of a madrasa teacher in Barishal's Bakerganj.
The arrestee was Sohel Khondokar, 26, one of 13 accused in that case.
Additional superintendent of Police (ASP) in charge of Bakerganj and Babuganj circle Md Mofizul Islam told the press on Sunday that Sohel was arrested from Katakhali area of Patuakhali district on Saturday night.
Local madrasa Principal Abu Hanif was assaulted, with miscreants pouring feces on his body, at Kathalia village of Rangasree union under Bakerganj on Friday. A video of the assault went viral, causing widespread criticism and public anger.
Local madrasa Principal Abu Hanif was assaulted, with miscreants pouring feces on his body, at Kathalia village of Rangasree union under Bakerganj on Friday. A video of the assault went viral, causing widespread criticism and public anger.
Four of the accused including Sohel Khondokar, Minzu Musulli, Bellal Hossain and Farahad Musulli have been arrested so far.
Minzu and Bellal have been sent to a five day remand. Remand prayer against other two will also be placed soon if necessary, the ASP said.
Police are also operating drives to arrest the main accused Zahangir Khondokar and Razaul Islam, suspected to be hiding in Mongla area of Khulna, he added.
After primary investigation, police arrested three of 13 accused, said Abdul Haque, officer-in-charge (Investigation) of Bakerganj Police Station.
According to the case, the complaint said he founded Kathalia Islamia Darus Sunnat Dakhil Madrasa in 1981. This year in February, Mojibur Rahman, backed by Abu Hanif, defeated Zahangir Khondakar in madrasa governing body election.
Following that defeat Zahangir, Masum, Sohel and others assaulted Hanif on Friday morning.
District superintendent of police (SP) Saiful Islam said police will arrest all of the accused after investigation.
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[Ynet] Iran's Mohammad Javad Zarif says European political support to preserve 2015 nuclear accord is 'not sufficient' after US pulls out of deal; EU leaders say they want to preserve deal since the 'agreement works'; new credit lines for Tehran, increased energy cooperation and implementing EU laws to block European companies from caving in to US sanctions are considered by EU to keep Tehran in nuclear accord.
The European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... is not doing enough to preserve the benefits for Iran from the 2015 international nuclear pact following the withdrawal of the United States, Iran's foreign minister told the EU's energy chief on Sunday.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The German media group Funke reported on May 20 that Berlin is aware of more than 1,000 German residents, who have left for Syria and Iraq, since the war broke out several years ago, in order to support various terrorist groups. More than half of them have German citizenship.
243 of them left Germany to support the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK, considered a terrorist group in Germany) and the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in in their battle against ISIS*. According to the media report, the government revealed the numbers while answering questions from parliamentary representatives of the Left Party.
The number of those who left Germany to fight with terrorist groups is still growing, but slower than 2-3 years ago, the German government said. Some of them are beginning to return to Germany.
The government also revealed that, in accordance with coalition agreements between the CDU/CSU and the SPD parties, a mechanism will be developed aimed at stripping those returning from Syria and Iraq of German citizenship, if evidence of ties with bandidosDeath Eaters is found.
Left Party representative Ulla Jelpke slammed the initiative as "unconstitutional" and reminded that it could affect those who fought alongside with Kurds against ISIS*. SPD representative Uli Grötsch also criticized the idea as ineffective, saying that prosecution and de-radicalization are required to solve the domestic terrorism problem.
At the same time, the domestic affairs expert of the CDU party noted that the measure will allow authorities to prevent potential jihadist bandidosDeath Eaters already at the German border.
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Attempting to recapture another bit of the old Ottoman holdings?
[DAWN] Ottoman Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey... will hold an election rally in Sarajevo on Sunday for expatriate Turks, an event that has stirred controversy in Bosnia.
Sarajevo was chosen for the rally after several European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... countries, including Germany, banned such rallies in the campaign for last year's referendum on a new system enhancing the powers of the Ottoman Turkish presidency.
The decision sparked tension between Ankara and Brussels.
The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... heads to presidential and parliamentary polls on June 24.
Erdogan has previously drawn controversy for electioneering in Europe, where there are some three million Turks eligible to vote in Ottoman Turkish elections, including 1.4 million in Germany.
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[DAWN] Asma Nawab spent two decades in jail, wrongfully accused of murdering her family. Finally acquitted, she is seeking a new life, free from whispers and memories, as her plight draws fresh questions over country's justice system.
Nawab was just 16 years old when someone slit the throats of her parents and only brother during an attempted robbery at their home in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... in 1998.
It was not until 2015 that her lawyers petitioned the Supreme Court, which ‐ after a three-year hearing ‐ ordered Nawab released due to lack of evidence last month.
"The verdict of this case was given in 12 days but it took 19 and a half years to dispose of the appeals," her lawyer Javed Chatari told AFP.
With the killings dominating headlines, prosecutors pushed for swift justice in a 12-day trial that ended with a death sentence handed to Nawab and her then-fiance.
The next 20 years were "very painful", Nawab, now 36, says tearfully.
At first the other inmates were sceptical at her protests of innocence, but eventually she formed a new "family" of women ‐ some convicted of kidnappings, others of murders.
They supported one another when progress on their cases was poor, or family neglected them.
"We would cry on Eid and other festivals... It was very painful. I would feel it intensely" when relatives failed to visit, she said through sobs. "Only once my uncle came to see me."
Though her trial was speedy, her appeal moved at a glacial speed through country's creaky justice system.
It was not until 2015 that her lawyers petitioned the Supreme Court, which ‐ after a three-year hearing ‐ ordered Nawab released due to lack of evidence last month.
"The verdict of this case was given in 12 days but it took 19 and a half years to dispose of the appeals," her lawyer Javed Chatari told AFP.
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[IsraelTimes] Sources say PA leader had trouble walking, has fever and may have pneumonia; his office says he is following up on ear surgery from last week
Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... was taken to a Ramallah hospital Sunday for the third time in a week.
Sources told Israel’s Channel 10 and the AFP news agency that he was suffering from chest pains.
A Paleostinian official told the News Agency that Dare Not be Named Abbas had a fever.
He was still hospitalized on Sunday evening.
Israel’s Channel 10 news said he was rushed to the hospital, and that eyewitnesses said he "had trouble walking" and even "needed artificial respiration" at the hospital. The TV report stressed that the hospital had not confirmed this.
The report quoted hospital sources saying Abbas had a chest infection, and had been given antibiotics.
His office said Abbas was undergoing a followup examination after having surgery in his ear Tuesday, and that doctors said he was in "satisfactory" condition.
A PA source earlier Sunday told the Ynet news website the Paleostinian leader had been suffering from chest pains. "It might be pneumonia," the source said. "He’s being examined at the hospital."
The top PLO official Saeb Erekat ...negotiated the Oslo Accords with Israel. He has been chief Paleostinian negotiator since 1995. He is currently negotiating with Israel to establish a de jure Paleostinian state... was quoted by Channel 10 on Sunday afternoon saying he had just visited Abbas. Eerekat said Abbas’s "condition is good," and that he expected Abbas to leave hospital on Monday or Tuesday. He was being kept under observation, Erekat was quoted saying.
A hospital source later told Hadashot TV Abbas would likely be discharged on Monday.
Last Tuesday Abbas, 83, underwent surgery in his ear which he described as "minor," telling The Times of Israel he was in good shape.
On Saturday he was briefly taken to hospital again, with his office saying he had gone to follow up on the operation.
The PA source had insisted Sunday’s health incident was not tied to the PA leader’s visits to the hospital last week.
Abbas earlier in the week dismissed rumors of declining health. A heavy smoker, he has a long history of health issues, ranging from heart troubles to a bout of prostate cancer a decade ago. Last summer, he dispelled rumors he had suffered a stroke.
Abbas has not designated a successor, and the Paleostinians have not held presidential elections since 2005 because of the split between Abbas’s Fatah party and the Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", terror group, which rules Gazoo.
[IsraelTimes] Hadashot news claims Gazoo protesters given specific instructions by terror group, urged to bring 'knife or handgun' to rallies; IDF commanders recount violence hitherto unseen
Though it has sought to portray weeks of violent demonstrations along the Gazoo Strip’s border with Israel as popular protests, Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", has been heavily involved in planning the festivities and provided instructions to participants on desired behavior, Israel’s Hadashot TV news reported Friday.
The terror group disseminated detailed directives via social media ahead of Monday’s violent festivities at the border, the TV report said. These directives went so far as to inform protesters in which Israeli community each terrorist leader would be delivering victory speeches after the protests had achieved their stated goal of breaching the border.
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[IsraelTimes] Kurdish institution treats dozens of teenagers indoctrinated by IS. 'We consider them as humans, as victims of the war,' co-director says
Thirteen-year-old Hassan may have committed atrocities for 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, but instead of jailing him immediately, the Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria enrolled him in a rehabilitation center.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The US-led Coalition denied conducting the Arclight airstrikes on Syria that killed scores of civilians in the province of al-Hasakah, Brigadier General of the coalition James Glynn told RIA Novosti on Sunday.
According to Iraqi media, the international coalition launched airstrikes against the positions 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.... terrorist group (ISIS) in Syria from a military base in the Iraqi province of al-Anbar in early May.
"There are no airstrikes that would be launched by coalition forces from western Iraq," Glynn said.
The coalition led by the US regularly conducts strikes that occasionally hit civilian targets.
The coalition has recognized that at least 883 civilians have been killed since 2014 because of its airstrikes in Syria and Iraq.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..
[AAWSAT] The Houthi militia intensified movements in Sanaa and other regions ruled by it to mobilize more people, following its defeats in various battlefronts.
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...
