GAROWE/HARGEISA, Somalia -- United Nations Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea has warned of looming threats of instability in northern Somalia as a result of Oil Protection Unit (OPU) being proposed by Somaliland's separatist administration, Garowe Online reports.
Though Somaliland has informed the 8-member panel of UN independent experts that it would comply with weaponry embargo on Somalia, the move could trigger armed confrontations between the visible forces, notably Puntland and Somaliland in the disputed territory of Sool according to the report.
In accordance with inadequacy of information on the nature of Sool conundrum by Somaliland Internal Affairs Minister Ali Mohamed Waran Adde , the Monitoring Group has raised concern over OPU, advising Somaliland not to attempt to import any weapons or training without United Nations Security Council prior consent.
After speaking with Assaye Risk- a London-based risk assessment company and Protection Unit design phase contractor-officials, UN monitors learned that Somaliland wants to draw 580 personnel from the police and armed forces.
UK-based company clarified that the territorial force would include six mobile support units of 36 personnel per mobile unit responsible for accompanying and protecting oil industry personnel in the field.
Somaliland granted oil exploration licenses strongly challenged by Somalia Federal Government and Puntland to bunch of foreign companies -Genel Energy, Rakgas, DNO and Ansan Wikfs-which will be pushing ahead with seismic activity following the completion of environmental impact assessments.
Political analysts who talked to GO voiced concern over hydrocarbon management and standing differences between Mogadishu-based central Government and Federal states when it comes to the oil deals.
On April 25, Somaliland troops seized Holhol village in Sool, with units within the forces seizing strategic oil-rich targets.
In Septemper 2013, Anglo-Turkish Oil Exploration Company, Genel Energy withdrew its expatriates from Somaliland due to political pressure with the possibility that Federal Government of Somalia threatened license revocation, Somaliland officials initially disclosed. A spokesman for the company afterwards told that security issues forced them to vacate the oil exploration fields in the separatist region.
The proliferation of Western commercial oil exploration companies is likely to risk deeply embedded political division, diplomatic sources say.
On August 12, clan militiamen attacked foreign experts working for DNO near Sool region town of Hudur.
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[Libya Herald] Ancient Korans and other religious manuscripts thought to belong to historic 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... mosques attacked this month have just been intercepted by officials in Malta.
Little details have been given of the seizure which came after a suitcase was examined by customs. It is unclear if any passengers were detained on suspicion of smuggling the books. If confirmed as stolen volumes, the find will be further proof that the severe damage to Libya's heritage is as much, if not more, about loot and plunder than it is about destroying architectural adornments that the attackers consider "haram", forbidden by Islamic teaching.
After the sacking of the Karamanli Mosque and the Othman Pasha Madrassa earlier this month, UNESCO director general Irina Bokova warned: " The looting and illicit trafficking of cultural objects can only deepen the wounds of the Libyan society struggling for normality and recovery".
She also commended mosque officials and ordinary citizens who had sought to defend the buildings.
In fact locals are doing more than mounting guard over surviving monuments. It has since emerged that qualified experts are busy taking out mibars (pulpits) and other pieces of art from mosques in Tripoli's old city and transporting them to places of safety.
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[Libya Herald] The Libyan government has called on the House of Representatives to remove Grand Mufti Sheikh Sadik Al-Ghariani and hold him accountable for his inflammatory attacks on the armed forces and the legal authorities, saying that such a move was necessary in order to preserve Libya's security and stability. It called statements by him inflammatory and divisive ...politicians call things divisive when when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never divisive, they're principled...
In a statement released on Tuesday, the government said that the holy man's most recent speech had been filled with inaccuracies and accusations, such as his assertion that the HoR was "scouring capitals of the world" with the goal of forming international alliances for military intervention in Libya.
Ghariani has also called for civil society organizations to join with the gangs and gunnies that have been operating outside the authority of the legitimate government, the statement said.
The Grand Mufti had been appointed by the government but now he was trying to undermine its authority, the statement went on to say. "We cannot continue to allow this divisive man to stay in his position,"
A religious leader had to be the first person to call for reconciliation, the statement added.
The National Commission for Human Rights (not the same as the National Council of Civil Liberties and Human Rights) has meanwhile also reissued a call for the HoR to sack Ghariani and for him to be put on trial by the International Criminal Court ... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ...." as a war criminal for "inciting murder, torture and violation of human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat.
Ghariani has been increasingly belligerent in his opposition to the government, the HoR and the forces ranged against the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shoura Council in the east and Libya Dawn ...aka Fajr Libya, the Islamist operation launched to counter that of General Khalifa Haftar (Operation Dignity). It is made up of the Libya Shield militia (Misrata and Moslem Brotherhood), Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (Moslem Brotherhood), and Tripoli Brigade (close to Abdul Hakim Belhaj, head of Al-Watan party). Financing and moral support come from Turkey and Qatar... in the west, calling on the BRSC and Libya Dawn to smash them "with an iron fist".
Ghariani was summoned by the HoR for a hearing in August to explain himself but never showed up in Tobruk. There have been repeated reports that the HoR is ready to sack him and had agreed in principle to do so. However, the man who has no enemies isn't anybody and has never done anything... a number of HoR members are said to be worried about the consequences of doing so at this point in time.
Yesterday, in his latest foray into the political cauldron, Ghariani warned Egypt that it would face serious consequences as a result of bombing Libya. He was referring to the air strikes last week in Benghazi which were initially blamed by pro-Libya Dawn supporters on Egypt although photos of the aircraft in action subsequently showed them to be Libyan.
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From Wikipeadia,
"Islam, like Judaism, has no clergy in the sacerdotal sense; there is no institution resembling the Christian priesthood. The title mullah (a Persian variation of the Arabic maula, "master"), commonly translated "cleric" in the West and thought to be analogous to "priest" or "rabbi", is a title of address for any educated or respected figure, not even necessarily (though frequently) religious. The title sheikh ("elder") is used similarly.
Most of the religious titles associated with Islam are scholastic or academic in nature: they recognize the holder's exemplary knowledge of the theory and practice of ad-dÃn (religion), and do not confer any particular spiritual or sacerdotal authority. The most general such title is `alim (pl. `ulamah), or "scholar". This word describes someone engaged in advanced study of the traditional Islamic sciences (`ulum) at an Islamic university or madrasah jami`ah. A scholar's opinions may be valuable to others because of his/her knowledge in religious matters; but such opinions should not generally be considered binding, infallible, or absolute, as the individual Muslim is directly responsible to God for his or her own religious beliefs and practice"
[Libya Herald] The front man for the House of Representatives has firmly denied reports that he claimed Operation Dignity was directing pro-government forces in Benghazi.
"Parliament [the House of Representatives] is the empowered commander of all the Libyan armed forces," Farraj Buhashem, the front man for the house said.
A report emerged on Monday claiming that the House of Representatives had formally allied itself with Hafter. The same information was published subsequently by several other media outlets.
Buhashem was quoted as saying "Operation Dignity is leading officers and soldiers of the Libyan army ... Operation Dignity is an operation of the Libyan army".
Buhashem explained that he was deeply frustrated by the incomplete quote. "Dignity is carried out by regular members of the Libyan army which is under the command of the Chief of Staff Abdul Razzaq Nazhuri," he said. He made no reference to Khalifa Hafter widely seen as the head of Dignity but in fact thought to be playing less of a decisive role.
"I hope in the future the media will return to the original source of the information instead of spreading the same mistakes," he added.
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Libyan army troops on Wednesday pushed into Benghazi, the first time in two months that government forces had entered the eastern city, which has been under control of militias.
The advance was a significant boost to the troops, though fighting was still raging in Benghazi and the army had a long battle ahead, said Meloud Al Zewi, spokesman for Libya's special forces.
Al Zewi said Libyan troops first swooped into the district of Benina, where Benghazi's airport is located, then took control of other districts, including the eastern, heavily populated neighbourhood of Sedi Khalifa. Pictures of soldiers kissing the ground and residents welcoming the armoured vehicles were widely circulated on social networking sites.
On its official Facebook page, the Libyan army urged residents to stay from crowding around the army in their joy for fear this would make them an easy target.
The Libyan army has a Facebook page?
The turmoil in Benghazi started when renegade Gen. Khalifa Hifter -- a former Gaddafi army chief who joined the opposition decades before the uprising -- launched a campaign against militias which were implicated in series of assassinations and attacks on journalists, activists, and security forces in the city. Hifter won support among large sectors of Libyans but the army units loosely allied with him were defeated and forced to leave the city by militias.
Then, the internationally-recognised government, led by Abdullah Al Thinni, joined ranks with Hifter and on October 15, launched a wide offensive to retake the city.
On Tuesday, Al Thinni government said it is forces are ready to retake the capital, Tripoli, which also fell into the hands of militias from the coastal city of Misrata and allied to Islamist factions.
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[ARABNEWS] Days after Nigeria's military raised hopes with the announcement that hard boyz had agreed to a cease-fire, Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... still is fighting and there is no word on the fate of 219 schoolgirls held hostage for six months.
Officials had said talks would resume in neighboring Chad this week, but there was no confirmation that those negotiations had resumed by Wednesday.
The official silence raises many questions, especially since Boko Haram's leader Abubakar Shekau has not confirmed that a truce has been agreed.
Relatives of the girls kidnapped from a boarding school in northeastern Chibok town said they are confused but trying to be hopeful.
"Things are still sketchy with lots of holes and varying statements," Allen Manasseh, a brother of one of the missing schoolgirls, said by telephone. Manasseh said he relentlessly scours the news headlines to find out when his sister, Maryam, may return home.
Despite the cease-fire announced by the military on Friday, the holy warriors have attacked two villages and a town in the northeast and raised their flag in a fourth village.
People who escaped this week from Bama, a town in a part of northeastern Nigeria say hundreds of residents are being detained for allegedly breaking the group's strict version of Shariah law.
Residents who got out of Bama said so many people have been detained by Boko Haram that the local jail is overcrowded and houses are being used as makeshift prisons. Many young men have been forced to join Boko Haram, and those who refuse are killed, said those who bravely ran away.
People are jugged Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! after brief "trials" for infringements like smoking cigarettes, said Amina Bukar, a middle-aged woman who said she hiked through the bush for five days before reaching Maiduguri, the Borno state capital 75 km away.
Food is running short since shops have been looted by Boko Haram, said Bukar. "Water also is very scarce, sometimes you line up (at the communal tap) for 24 hours," she said.
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[ARABNEWS] 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... 's Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh says that the enemies of Islam are using social networking sites such as Twitter to spread lies about the religion and attack Moslems.
Al-Asheikh, who is also the president of the Council of Senior Scholars, made the remarks during a show on Saudi television.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Ousted Yemeni President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... is actively helping the Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to Americaâ¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... rebels take over the country as part of his plan to return to power, media reports revealed on Wednesday.
Citing a "trusted source close" Saleh, a report said a "secret meeting was held several days ago between former President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh and the Houthis."
The meeting was reportedly attended by the head of the political relations of the Houthi movement Hussein al-Ezzi, who is in charge of signing deals with other parties, and Arif al-Zouka, a member of Saleh's General People's Congress party (GPC).
During the meeting, GPC Secretary-General Sultan al-Barakani was contacted while he was in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah, Saudi-based online news website al-Weam said in the exclusive report.
The Houthis reportedly asked Saleh to assign some of his aides well-known to Riyadh "to try to deceive the Saudi leadership into believing that developments in Yemen were under control and that the Houthis can be removed from power if the kingdom entrusts him [Saleh] with this role."
The objective of this plot, according to the report, is to "shake confidence among Houthi opponents ‐who might be backed by 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... ‐ in order to create a situation that is mutually beneficial for both Saleh and the Houthis."
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Five action groups were reportedly formed during the meeting.
The first was tasked with providing misinformation and rumors to "figures implanted within the circle of trust to the kingdom."
These figures "would not necessarily be conspiring," the report says. They would simply be feeding the Saudi leadership with falsities to "create a state of doubt and confusion."
The second group was tasked with "delivering reports and information directly to Saudi decision makers to make them doubt anyone who would cooperate with them against the Houthis."
The third group is charged with sending groups to take part in anti-Houthi protests while raising al-Qaeda's black flags. The youths would raise the flags in front of the media to create a popular impression that all the protesters are either supporters or members of the terrorist group.
"This will create a positive picture about the Houthis, portraying them as fighting against al-Qaeda and justify their killing of Sunni tribal leaders who are standing against the rebels' advance in many parts of the country," the report said.
The fourth group is tasked with engaging in diplomatic talks with Saudi Arabia and other concerned countries to "reassure" them and "win time" as rebels continue to advance in Yemen.
Ali Nasir Qarsha, a tribal leader in the province of Saada, and Houthi leaders Yusef al-Fishi, Daifallah Salman and Hassan al-Saadi were named as belonging to this group in the report.
The fifth group was set up to engage in "fake resistance" against the Houthi rebels in order to cause "financial bleeding" to their sponsors. This group reportedly includes Maj. Gen. Fadl al-Qousi, the Interior Ministry's under-secretary.
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[Dhaka Tribune] An alliance of the Islamic parties has called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal ... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ... for Sunday demanding capital punishment for former minister Abdul Latif Siddique for his comments on hajj.
Secretary General of the alliance Mohammad Zafar Ullah announced the hartal yesterday. Earlier, the alliance had threatened to enforce hartal on October 26 if the government did not arrest Latif Siddique by October 22. While addressing a programme in the US on September 28, Latif made derogatory remarks on hajj, Tablighi Jamaat A group of itinerant Deobandi preachers who form one of al-Qaeda's recruiting arms... and the prime minister's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy. His comments on hajj had sparked widespread criticism both at home and abroad.
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[ARABNEWS] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... on Wednesday criticized as "wrong" the airdrops of ammunition and weapons by US planes to Kurdish fighters battling holy warriors in the Syrian town of Kobani.
He said the weapons had fallen into the hands of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) -- a Syrian Kurdish group that Ankara does not support -- and also 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).
"It has become clear that this was wrong," Erdogan told news hounds in Ankara airport before departing for a trip to Latvia and Estonia.
US cargo planes earlier this week dropped ammunition, weapons and medical supplies to the Kurdish fighters who have been battling the IS for control of Kobani for over a month.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said at least one of the loads dropped had been picked up by the IS. A video purportedly showing this has surfaced online.
But Erdogan indicated that Turkey was equally troubled by the weapons falling into the hands of the PYD, whose armed branch the People's Protection Units (YPG) has led the fight against the krazed killers.
"Some of the airdrops have fallen into the hands of the PYD and ISIS," he said, using a different name for IS. "It's impossible to achieve results with such an operation," he added.
"Any support you would give PYD would benefit the PKK. And as Turkey we need to fight against this," Erdogan added.
Meanwhile, ...back at the alley, Slats grabbed for his rosco... the Syrian air force has destroyed two of the three seized jets reportedly test flown over Aleppo by the Islamic State group last week, according to the country's information minister.
Omran Al-Zoubi told Syrian TV late Tuesday that Syrian aircraft bombed the jets as they were landing at Jarrah airbase in the eastern countryside of Aleppo province. He said the holy warriors were able to hide a third jet, which the Syrian air force is now searching for.
Al-Zoubi described the aircraft as old and suggested they were no longer useful as military equipment.
Meanwhile, ...back at the alley, Slats grabbed for his rosco... Kurdish officials and doctors said they believed Islamic State holy warriors had released some kind of toxic gas in a district in the eastern part of Kobani.
Aysa Abdullah, a senior Kurdish official based in the town, said the attack took place late Tuesday, and that a number of people suffered symptoms that included dizziness and watery eyes. She and other officials said doctors in Kobani lacked the necessary equipment to determine the nature of the chemicals used.
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Hey Turkey, 2 words. The same ones you used on us when we wanted border access back in OIF: Fuck. You.
Payback is a bitch. After ISIS get settled, I hope every one of the weapons finds its way into Turkey and is used against your soldiers who enforce your bigoted government.
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"Wrong" here in it's meaning of "not what we want".
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Let us truck it across the border then? No, well, as said above: "FUCK OFF"
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Nothing stops Turkey from 'directly' addressing the ISIS issue which would remove the Kurds from the fight. It's obvious they want the ISIS to do the dirty work that would get them cut off finally from the West.
A US jury has returned guilty verdicts for all four former Blackwater security guards charged in the 2007 shootings of more than 30 Iraqis in Baghdad.
The jury in Washington found Nicholas Slatten guilty of first-degree murder. The three other three guards -- Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard -- were found guilty of voluntary manslaughter.
The four men were charged with a combined 33 counts in the shootings. The jury had reached verdicts on only part of the charges, but Judge Royce Lamberth allowed them to announce the verdicts on Wednesday that they had reached. The jury is expected to continue deliberating on the other counts.
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In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law,
Who needs a stinkin' Constitution? This has been a textual problem for a while (as in prosecuting terrorist who kill Americans oversea and the hand wringers don't want to treat it as an act of war) that should have been addressed by the proper amendment process.
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As if we were not already aware of the high regard the U.S. Gov't has for contract help. We'll try these poor bastids until we get the correct results eh? Nicely done Joe, you're a good soldier of the regime.... spit !
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Somehow the following WSJ excerpt slipped out of #2.
Legal questions about the admissibility of certain evidence in the case led a Washington district court to initially dismiss the case in 2009. On a trip to Iraq soon after the dismissal, Vice President Joe Biden made the unusual move of announcing that the U.S. would appeal. A higher court later reinstated the charges and some of the admissibility issues are likely to be the subject of appeals.
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I half expected this article to be about an Iraqi court finding Blackwater security guilty--that's to be expected. I didn't think I'd read this about the U.S. So the government prosecutors go after Blackwater with more aggressiveness than they go after the 911 planners, the Benghazi terrorists, Major Hasan, or the Gitmo detainees? Am I missing something or does this seem terribly wrong?
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American Justice is now selective in what it enforces, based on what the Imperial President wants, and enforces what the Imperial President wants regardless of the inconvenience of the law. Our government no longer serves through the rule of law, but the law of the rulers....
[DAWN] Pakistain's top religious body on Wednesday called for a ban on hate speech pertaining to religious identity and urged for greater harmony between sects ahead of the holy month of Muharram, often marred by sectarian violence.
The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) added that labelling any Moslem sect "non-believers" was condemnable.
"Terrorism and violence in the country in the name of religion are a violation of Islamic teachings. All schools of thought announce their disassociation from such acts," it said in its "Code of Conduct", which it wants the Parliament to adopt.
"It is an un-Islamic and condemnable act to declare any Moslem sect a disbeliever and deserving of death," it added, along with recommendations to curb hate speech and similar material in published form.
The recommendations come as the country prepares for the Islamic month of Muharram, beginning on October 24 or 25, when the Battle of Karbala in 680AD is mourned by the Shia Moslem community, which makes up roughly 20 per cent of the country's predominantly Moslem population of 180 million.
The month is frequently marred by sectarian violence, which has risen markedly in recent years.
The body also called for greater protection for non-Moslems, who make up around three per cent of the population.
"It is the government's responsibility to provide protection to their worship places and holy figures according to the law," it said.
Pak law already forbids religious hate speech but its implementation is close to non-existent, except in cases of alleged blasphemy related to Islam.
The CII is more often known for its conservative pronouncements, declaring in March the prohibition of child marriage being incompatible with Islam and that a man does not need permission from his wife to marry again.
In a meeting on Tuesday, the chairman of the council, Maulana Mohammad Khan Sheerani, said a Moslem woman cannot object to the second or subsequent marriages of her husband.
Formed in 1962, the CII's remit is to advise parliament on the compatibility of laws with Sharia, though its recommendations are non-binding.
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[Ynet] Lawmakers in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Wednesday voted in favour of sending forces to the besieged Syrian town of Kobani via Turkey, MPs said.
Kurdistan's President Masoud Barzani sent a letter to parliament late on Tuesday seeking approval to deploy the region's peshmerga forces abroad, to fight alongside Syrian Kurds.
"Today in parliament we agreed to send the peshmerga forces to Kobani as soon as possible," MP Mahmoud Haji Omer said.
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See HURRIYET DAILY NEWS > TWO HUNDRED IRAQI KURDISH FIGHTERS TO BE SENT TO KOBANE, denoting common agreement or rapprochement between the PYD + PKK Kurd groups.
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* SAME > WE EXPECTED PYD MILITIA TO BE SENT, NOT PESHMERGA, SAYS PYD HEAD MUSLIM.
[Ynet] Boeing said on Wednesday it had sold aircraft-related goods to Iran Air in the third quarter, marking the first acknowledged dealings between US aerospace companies and Iran since the 1979 US hostage crisis.
The reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,... -based aerospace and defense company said in a filing that it sold aircraft manuals, drawings, navigation charts and data to Iran Air to help improve the safety of Iran's civil aviation industry.
The sales did not include spare parts for aircraft, which were thought to be likely since Iran Air's fleet of planes includes vintage Boeing and Airbus jetliners delivered as long ago as 1978.
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They can design and build any military hardware they want, but they can't put do the same for a passenger jet? Or even fix it? Hmm.
From September 25 through October 19, 2014, a battle raged on ostensibly for a piece of land in the center of the planet, but it could well have been for the very soul of Islam.
The self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) band of militants marched on to a small border town in the North of Syria and South of Turkey in their bid to rule the entire region stretching 60 miles from Raqqa in Syria to Turkey.
The small border town is called Kobani â commonly referred to as Ayn-al-Arab â inhabited by 250,000 Kurdish Muslims. The town was surrounded, outnumbered, outgunned, and written off for dead by most experts.
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Never again will the world ever be able to say that moderate Muslims of conscience did not stand up to the ISIS militants.
Now why is so hard for the donks to talk about the threat from radical jihadist? There are moderate Muslims helping out the USA anti-terror effort at all levels many of whom are US citizens. Nobody is trying to tar Muslims with a broad brush.
[Iran Press TV] US 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... says the White House does not need congressional approval to suspend sanctions against Iran.
The B.O. regime is reportedly planning to suspend sanctions against the Islamic Theocratic Republic without an immediate vote in Congress, but it says politicians will have the final word on whether to permanently terminate the sanctions.
"On sanctions, what we've merely said to people is that -- and we've said this in public testimony as well as in private conversations -- that in the first instance, we would look to suspend sanctions, which the president can do, simply because that's the necessary way to proceed with respect to the negotiations themselves," Kerry said Wednesday at a presser in Berlin.
The plan, first revealed by The New York Times ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... on Sunday, does not suggest that the US Congress will be sidestepped on any nuclear deal with Iran, Kerry said.
"I have too much respect for the process of the Congress, the rights of the Congress, and the importance of the relationship between the Executive and the Congress, the Legislative Branch, to ever suggest that there would be any credibility to this notion there's some thought of going around it," he stated.
The top US diplomat said that administration officials were engaged in "a regular series of briefings" with politicians on the issue, emphasizing that "Congress has an extremely important role to play in this."
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Espec given ... ...
* IIRC TOPIX, WORLD NEWS > IRAN REGIONAL HEGEMONY THREATENED BY WAR/RISE OF ISLAMIC STATE.
Ditto for alleged "Neo-Ottoman" Turkey, Nuclear? Saudis, + Egypt.
Although to be fair, Turkey is not mandated by God + Madonna + Ancestors + Texas-sized Asteroids to devol into a de facto world threat until sometime after 2030-2050.
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We still have a congress? I thought champ just took everything under "executive privilege" too the way he wanted it too go anyway.
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No need for Congress, for that matter. Huh, Jawn? And we sure don't need no stinkin' Constitution, now do we? You bastard, how long is this "suspension" going to be? Long enough for the Mad Mullahs to get their bomb?
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.
GAROWE/HARGEISA, Somalia -- United Nations Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea has warned of looming threats of instability in northern Somalia as a result of Oil Protection Unit (OPU) being proposed by Somaliland's separatist administration, Garowe Online reports.
International Criminal Court
Libyan army troops on Wednesday pushed into Benghazi, the first time in two months that government forces had entered the eastern city, which has been under control of militias.
[ARABNEWS] Days after Nigeria's military raised hopes with the announcement that 
Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Ousted Yemeni President 
[Dhaka Tribune] An alliance of the Islamic parties has called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk
Representatives from a local mosque, Association Musulmane du Haut-Richelieu, say they're still trying to understand the incident that happened in their city Monday.
[Iran Press TV] US Secretary of State 
