[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The leader of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ... who used to be known in intelligence circles as The Most Evil Man in the World but who now seems merely run-of-the-mill evil... has opposed with the bid to close the Taliban ...Arabic for students... office in 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... as he insisted that his party supports the legitimate demands of the group.
Hekmatyar made the remark during a meeting with the trial elders of Hood Khel in his office on Sunday.
He said we want t the government that the office remain in its place and the grinding of the peace processor with the group should be launched in a serious manner.
According to Hekmatyar, those who are attempting to extend the war in Afghanistan and stand against peace and reconciliation, have became hopeless.
He once again reiterated his previous claims regarding the individuals and groups who had paved the way for civil war, emphasizing that with the return of him, the individuals and groups have failed to implement their conspiracies.
This comes as reports emerged earlier suggesting that the 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... has stepped up efforts and pressures on 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. .. for the closure of the Taliban office in Qatar, a move which is apparently aimed at increasing pressures on the group as part of the new US strategy to combat terrorism and eliminate their sanctuaries from the region.
Sources privy of the development have said President Trump has discussed the issue with Afghan counterpart President Ghani.
The sources have told The Guardian newspaper that a decision is expected from President Ghani soon as he may likely agree with the closure of the Taliban’s political office in Doha.
The decision was reportedly taken as several years have passed since the office was opened but no positive results were obtained.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] 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... has called the mass shooting in Las Vegas on Monday "an act of pure evil" after a gunman opened fire, killing at least 50 people.
Trump added during his brief address on the situation that "the nation is joined together today in sadness, shock and grief".
The American president had earlier tweeted his "warmest condolences and sympathies" earlier Monday morning.
The gunman opened fire from inside the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino. Authorities say 64-year-old Stephen Craig Paddock killed himself after the shooting. Police have yet to determine a motive.
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The leftists at Youtube may have just removed the above video of who appears to be the Las Vegas shooter at an anti-Trump rally in August in Reno, Nevada. It had over a quarter of a million views before it was taken down. This is a screenshot from the video.
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For whatever reason, your video has been removed from YouTube HS8196.
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"This video has been removed for violating YouTube's policy on spam, deceptive practices, and scams."
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From Hot Air this morning. "Two officials familiar with the investigation say authorities found at least 17 guns in the hotel room of the Las Vegas shooter.
Stephen Paddock also had two devices that are attached to the stocks of semiautomatic guns to allow fully automatic gunfire. The bump-stock devices have attracted scrutiny in recent years from authorities."
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He fired for 10 minutes. The police knew from what room he was firing pretty quickly due to the smoke alarm. Yet they didn't break into the room until 72 minutes after he started shooting. Why the delay?
My poorly educated guess, the shooter stopped firing (committed suicide) and the police apparently realized that. (How? I'm not sure, but there are ways.) So the urgency was no longer there. Checking for booby traps and all that takes time. Unlike the shooter, the police tend not to be suicidal if there's no urgency.
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Look at you Grom!
We'll know from the GSR at autopsy.
Possible associates did the deed, popped the financier then scampered up or down the adjoining stairway.
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Nimble, SWAT isn't like patrolling LVPD or visible presence officers on the Strip.
Some may have actually been on crowd control security for the concert.
When they get the alert recall they return to the team room and armory for gear, then redeploy.
Easy to lose 1/2 hour in each transit, more with the kickoff briefing.
Even with armor, weapons and breaching gear in the trunk, got to get to the car then to the assembly area.
Don't want to be walking around a free fire zone looking like a target.
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But one online timeline says this: "....officers asked permission to enter Paddock's room sooner [than 11.20pm] but were told to wait for SWAT teams." Where is Dirty Harry when you need him?
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They did the right thing.. The guy had cameras up looking down the hall. It's a tactical set up.
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Vegas SWAT should consider a drone to peek into the next high story attack. Maybe consider an armed drone just in case they do not like what they see.
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"I would like to take this opportunity to thank God for each of these people's lives. Thank you for keeping us protected and unbelievably unharmed. Thank you for the brave men and women who stayed behind to help when everyone was running terrified for their lives. Thank you to the man who pulled me over the fence when my boot was stuck. Thank you to the girls who grabbed me and ran with me when they saw I'd been separated from my husband and friends. Thank you to the friends that came and got me from my place of refuge even when the shooter was still active. Thank you for the man who was willing to pile us in his car and drive us to safety. Thank you for all the brave officers who responded to the scene after the terror took place, and for the paramedics who saved lives tonight. Thank you for the bravery and tactical skill of the Las Vegas Police who found the shooter quickly and took him down. Thank you for the nurses and doctors currently still working on the victims.
Above all thank you for my brave husband who used his own body to shield me and others from bullets as those next to us were shot. When we were separated and he realized he could no longer protect me he stayed behind to hold pressure on gunshot wounds and carry people to trucks for departure to hospitals.
He and all the other off duty officers, military personal, and anyone else in the venue and out who helped save a life tonight are the true heroes.
I already do and will continue to thank God he brought this man into my life. We made it. We are safe. We will walk away from this tragedy and live to die another day.
It pains me so much to see so many not as fortunate as us. If you get the chance today I urge you to thank an officer. I know I will hold mine a lot closer today and forever 💙 "
[NYTIMES] Thousands of civilians fleeing the Iraqi military’s push to evict 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.... from its last major urban stronghold in Iraq now include hundreds of suspected fighters for the Lion of Islam group, dirty and disheveled, who arrive at checkpoints claiming innocence and begging for mercy.
While civilians from the stronghold, the city of Hawija, have sought safety in Kirkuk and elsewhere in Iraq’s Kurdish region, this past weekend was the first time they came in large numbers with men of fighting age.
According to Iraqi Kurdish officials in Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... 90 percent of these men are suspected of having been Islamic State fighters ‐ including some who may have committed beheadings and other atrocities ‐ and they are being aggressively interrogated.
Iraqi Kurdish officials were taking no chances on Sunday as they prepared one suspected fighter in a small office as his wife and four children squatted on the dirt outside.
A lieutenant in the Asayish, the Iraqi Kurdish region’s intelligence service, put one hand on his holstered pistol and pointed with the other hand at a spot on the tiled floor. The prisoner understood and knelt on that spot, as an Asayish corporal tied the man’s hands behind his back with a scarf.
"It doesn’t matter what you do, I’m not going to spy for you," said the man, Salah Hassan, 32, who described himself as a former construction worker.
"We don’t care about that," the lieutenant said. "Just tell the truth."
"Yes, tell them you’re ISIS," the corporal said, brandishing a pipe in the prisoner’s face. "Don’t lie."
Mr. Hassan hung his head and admitted it, then looked up. "I was only a cook."
The lieutenant laughed good-naturedly. "Tens of them tell me they were cooks," he said. "They had so many cooks, you’d think all they did was eat."
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Let's make a deal. If you can cook me a great meal I will let you go. If you can't, I shoot you between the eyes.
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And I am a little suburban housewife and former soccer mom... with a carefully chosen recipe collection suitable for a variety of occasions and dietary requirements. I could describe myself as a cook, too, if the term is interestingly defined, as one does when practicing kitman.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Recent reports on the presence of the late Osama bin Laden ... who is now sometimes referred to as Mister Bones... ’s son, Hamza, has proven to be inaccurate, the front man for the northern front of the Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... confirmed to Al Arabiya.
Earlier in the day, several British media outlets ran stories suggesting Hamza, 28, was being hunted in a "kill or capture" mission by Joint Coalition Special Operations Unit which includes UK special forces.
Colonel Ahmed al-Hammadi told Al Arabiya that what was being raised on the subject at the present time was "nothing more than mere analyses and does not amount to information from facts on the ground".
The front man, however, did not rule out the potential role of the Iranian regime in the transfer of Hamza bin Laden, who has lived with his family for several years in Iran.
"There are terrorist groups and countries that facilitate the transfer and movement of forces of Evil to and from Syria," he said.
British tabloid Daily Mail published a report on Monday suggesting Hamza bin Laden was being hunted by SAS forces after intelligence suggested he has moved to Syria after being holed up in Pakistain for years after his father’s capture and death.
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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.
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
...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. ..
