[KhaamaPress] New security commanders have been appointed for Border Police Forces in Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai ...Former president of Aghanistan, part of the problem not part of the solution... International Airport as well as the security commandments of Paktia and Zabul provinces.
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) informed regarding the new appointments in a statement released on Wednesday.
According to the statement released by MoI, Brigadier General Raz Mohammad Mandozai son of Nik Baduddin has been appointed as the new commander of the security commandment of Paktia province.
The statement further added that Gen. Mandozai was previously serving as the commander of 808th Police Zone Command.
In the meantime, Colonel Mohammad Mustafa Mayar has been appointed as the commander of the security commandment of southern Zabul province.
According to the Ministry of Interior, Colonel Mayar was previously serving as the head of the counter-criminal directorate in 303rd Spin Ghar Zone of the Police.
The statement by MoI also added that the former security commander of Paktia province Syed Gul Aqa Rouhani has been appointed as the commander of the border police forces in Hamid Karzai International Airport.
The Ministry of Interior said the new appointments have been made based on the recommendation of the ministry and approval of the presidential palace.
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[PRESSTV] The leader of Yemen’s 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 America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... Ansarullah movement says he will not reject the United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... ’ supervisory role in Hudaydah if the Saudi-led coalition ends its weeks-long aggression against the Red Sea port city.
In an interview with French daily Le Figaro published on Tuesday, Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi said he had informed Martin Griffiths, the UN special envoy for Yemen, about his readiness to place Hudaydah under the world body’s supervision.
"We told the UN envoy, Martin Griffiths, that we are not rejecting the role of supervision and logistics that the UN wants to hold in the port, but on the condition that the aggression against Hudaydah stops," he said.
Backed by Saudi-led Arclight airstrikes, Emirati forces and turbans loyal to Yemen’s former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, launched the Hudaydah offensive on June 13 despite international warnings that it would compound the impoverished nation’s humanitarian crisis.
The Saudi-led coalition claims that the Houthis are using Hudaydah for weapons delivery, an allegation rejected by the fighters.
The coalition of aggressors has, however, failed to make any major gains in Hudaydah in the face of stiff resistance from Houthi fighters and their allied forces.
On the diplomatic front, Griffiths has reportedly been pushing for a deal in which the Houthis place the Hudaydha port under the supervision of a UN-monitored committee.
The UAE, however, dismisses such an arrangement, under which Hudaydah would remain under the control of the Houthis and their allied forces, demanding their unconditional withdrawal.
"It is strange to demand that the Yemenis pull out of their city of Hudaydah for handing it over to the United Arab Emirates, which is committing an act of aggression against us. Such a demand violates international conventions," the Houthi chief said.
"It is as if the United Kingdom called on the French to abandon Gay Paree or another city and give it up to the British. It is not logical," he added.
He further censured La Belle France for "contributing to Arab-led aggression" in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... by selling weapons to the aggressors.
"In Yemen, La Belle France should support peace, not war," he added. "Many Western countries consider wars in the light of their economic interests, to the detriment of human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... ."
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[PRESSTV] 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... has put to death row inmates, who had been convicted of murder and drug trafficking, bringing to 73 the number of executions in the oil-kingdom this year.
The state-run SPA news agency reported that two Saudi Arabian citizens and three nationals of Chad were executed on Tuesday after being sentenced to death for the abduction and murder of a Pak security guard. The quintet had purportedly sought to rob the warehouse the guard was watching over.
Another Saudi was beheaded for setting a man on fire and causing his death.
Moreover, a Lebanese national was executed for attempting to smuggle Captagon pills into the kingdom.
Captagon is a psychostimulant which is made of a combination of amphetamine and theophylline. It is highly addictive, and became illegal in most countries in 1986.
It also makes users feel energetic and happy, which is why it has been dubbed "chemical courage."
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[PRESSTV] Two Britons were tossed in the slammer Book 'im, Mahmoud! on Wednesday after being convicted of belonging to a banned white supremacist group following a trial in which another defendant had earlier pleaded guilty to plotting to kill an elected MP.
Christopher Lythgoe, 32, and Matthew Hankinson, 24, were found guilty at London’s Old Bailey Court of being members of National Action, a neo-Nazi organization that claimed a race war was imminent.
The organization was banned in 2016 after it praised the murder of Jo Cox, a female Labour MP, in a frenzied street attack by a Nazi-obsessed loner, the first far-right group to be outlawed in Britannia since World War Two.
At the start of the trial, defendant Jack Renshaw, 23, admitted buying a machete for the purpose of killing another Labour MP, Rosie Cooper, as well as making a threat to kill a female police officer.
Prosecutors said the aim of National Action, which was formed in 2013, was to start a race war. The group had said it wanted to free white Britannia from Jewish control and the spread of ethnic minorities.
Lythgoe was its self-appointed leader and the court heard he continued to keep it active after its ban, using a makeshift gym where members could train for race war. He was tossed in the slammer Book 'im, Mahmoud! for eight years while Hankinson was given a six-year prison term.
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[Al Jazeera] The European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... says it has struck a deal with Macedonia to allow border guards to be deployed if the non-EU Balkan state faces "sudden migratory challenges".
The announcement came on Wednesday as Dimitris Avramopoulos, the EU migration commissioner, and Macedonian Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski initialled the deal for sending guards from the bloc to landlocked Macedonia and conducting joint operations.
The deal will be signed formally at a later date once it clears legal hurdles and is endorsed by the European Parliament, said the Commission, the EU's executive arm.
Once the agreement enters into force, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency will be able to carry out operational activities and deploy teams in the regions of Macedonia that border the EU.
"This agreement will allow the European Border and Coast Guard Agency to fully exercise its potential, reacting swiftly to migratory challenges and protecting our common borders," Avramopoulos said in a statement.
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[Al Jazeera] Politicians and refugee organizations have criticised Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok for claiming there are no peaceful multi-cultural societies.
Blok, a member of the liberal VVD, the largest party in the Netherlands, also said that Suriname has become a failed state because of its ethnic divide.
The minister made the comments during a private event last week, where he met with Dutch citizens working for international organizations.
Footage of the speech was obtained by Zembla, a TV programme focused on investigative journalism.
"Give me an example, of a multi-ethnic or multi-cultural society, where the original population are still living as well. [...] And where there are peaceful community relations. I'm not aware of any," Blok said during the event.
After an audience members mentioned Suriname, a former Dutch colony, Blok disagreed vehemently.
"Suriname peaceful? A functioning rule of law and democracy? Courageous, this remark. So the parties in Suriname are not divided by their ethnicity," Blok said.
"I admire your optimism. Suriname is a failed state, and that is mostly due to ethnic division."
After another audience member gave Singapore as an example, Blok said that is only because Singapore's strict immigration policy.
"Singapore is indeed a small mini-country, extremely selective in its migration. Extremely selective," the FM said.
"It is very difficult to 'get in'. They don't allow any poor migrants colonists in. Well, maybe for cleaning," he added.
Genetically determined
According to Blok, countries that receive a lot of migrants colonists will run into trouble eventually.
"If you live in Benoordenhout [a neighbourhood in The Hague], it's really great to be able to nip to the Ottoman Turkish baker on a Sunday," Blok said.
"You don’t suffer from any of the side effects [then]. But if you're surrounded by them, you suffer greatly.
"I can't see the difference between a Hutu and a Tutsi, or a Sunni or a Shiite, but unfortunately they do. It has nothing to do with skin colour," he added.
Blok said this was all because of human genetics, claiming that people "don't find it easy to make connections with people who are unfamiliar to us".
The foreign minister also said the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... will never get Eastern European countries to accept as many refugees as other EU countries, and that people of colour leave cities like Warsaw only days after arriving because they are beaten and harassed.
'Unworthy of a minister'
Blok's remarks were heavily criticised by Dutch politicians and human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... organizations.
Lilian Ploumen, chairwoman of the social-democratic PvdA party and former minister for foreign trade and development cooperation, said she will ask questions in parliament about Blok's remarks.
Stiching Vluchtelingenwerk, an NGO focused on the rights of refugees, said in a tweet the comments were "unworthy of a minister", adding that was welcome Blok to join in charity work benefiting refugees.
Lilian Marijnissen, leader of the Socialist Party in Dutch parliament, simply tweeted Blok's name and included a picture of a quote by Nelson Mandela.
Green party MP Zihni Ozdil, who is of Ottoman Turkish descent, said in a post on Facebook that Blok "not only offends people that look like me, but our whole national history and identity."
Leader of the far-right PVV party Geert Wilders called Blok "a weakling" for apologising for his comments and said he completely agreed with Blok's remarks.
Joel Voordewind, member of parliament for the Christian ChristenUnie party, called the minister's statements "unlucky".
I think he meant unfortunate, which appears to mean the same thing, but most definitely does not.
Following the publication of the video, Blok said he was sorry for the remarks he made in a letter addressed to the Dutch parliament.
In the letter, Blok said his comments were merely made "to provoke", that his wording was "too sharp" and that he "is sorry if his comments led to anyone being offended."
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[PRESSTV] Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto says the European country will quit the United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... migration pact before its final approval.
Szijjarto said on Wednesday that the accord posed a "threat to the world."
"This document is entirely against Hungary's security interests," Szijjarto told a news conference in the capital Budapest.
The top diplomat went on to say that Hungary would not take part at an upcoming meeting in Morocco.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Szijjarto said the country would also oppose the pact should it come up for a vote in the UN General Assembly.
The 193-member Assembly adopted a political declaration in 2016, in which they agreed to spend two years negotiating the pact on safe, orderly and regular migration. The accord is to be formally adopted in December.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Experts who recently testified at a US Congressional hearing looking into the Moslem Brüderbund have lauded Republican efforts into reviving a bill designating the group as a terrorist organization but said that much more needs to be done.
Last week, several experts testified before the House Oversight National Security Subcommittee hearing on whether the US should designate the Moslem Brüderbund ‐ or at least some of its factions ‐ for its terrorist activities.
During his opening statement during the hearing, Congressman Ron DeSantis (R-Florida), chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security of the House oversight committee, spoke on the origins of the Moslem Brüderbund and its founder Sayyid Qutb, whose books some observers note were used as manifestos by modern political Islamist regimes like Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,.
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[DAWN] Shahbaz Sharif ...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab... will be the next prime minister in the event the party wins the elections though the final decision will still be made with consensus in the party after election results are announced, former prime minister and PML-N candidate Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on Tuesday.
Talking to Dawn, the former premier ruled out a split in the party at the top level and said the leaders are agreed on acting on the Constitution in letter and spirit.
He claimed the case against 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, then by the courts... , Maryam Nawaz and retired Capt Safdar was conducted in an unprecedented and discriminatory manner.
When asked about Chaudhry Nisar, Mr Abbasi said the former interior minister was not given a party ticket because he had not applied for one. He said everyone in the party, including Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz, had applied for tickets.
All conflicts should be discussed within the party and not in the media or public, like Chaudhry Nisar did, he said.In reply to a question about forming a coalition government after the election, he said that the coalition with the PPP in 2008 could not last a month, that the temperament of leaders matters for the successful functioning of a coalition government and that if it comes to it, the possibility will be discussed after the elections.
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[DAWN] The caretaker federal government told the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday that notorious 'encounter specialist' Abid Boxer has been in the custody of Pak authorities since February this year.
Earlier this year, reports surfaced that Boxer ─ a former police officer wanted in over a dozen cases of murder, attempted murder, land-grabbing and others in Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... ─ had been tossed in the calaboose You have the right to remain silent... in February in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in connection with a fraud case and brought back to Pakistain with the help of Interpol.
In March, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Punjab Police, however, denied these reports, and told the court Boxer had yet to be extradited to Pakistain.
The director FIA had reiterated the Interior Ministry's claim in the LHC during hearing of a petition filed by Boxer's father-in-law seeking protection for his son-in-law, that no agency had brought Boxer back to Pakistain.
Today, Deputy Attorney General Syed Zafar Abbas Gilani told the court that the former police officer had been shifted to Pakistain from Dubai in February.
Justice Anwarul Haq, who is hearing the case, directed the relevant authorities to produce Boxer before the court on July 27.
The court also summoned the director FIA in the next hearing of the case.
Boxer's father-in-law claims that a number of fabricated cases had been registered against his son-in-law on the basis of political victimisation and has sought protection for Boxer. He is afraid that his son-in-law will be killed in a fake encounter.
Who is Abid Boxer
Abid Hussain had joined the police department in 1988 as an assistant sub-inspector. He was later promoted to the rank of inspector. He fled Pakistain in 2008 after the police lodged cases against him under murder, attempted murder, fraud and forgery charges.
The murder case that forced Hussain to flee Pakistain was lodged against him at Qila Gujjar Singh cop shoppe after the death of a retired army brigadier, Naseem Ashraf. Ashraf’s wife had lodged the case accusing the former inspector of killing her husband. She alleged that Hussain wanted to grab a cinema owned by the retired brigadier in 2008.
The complainant later died under mysterious circumstances and it was suspected that she too was killed at the behest of Boxer.
In February, 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.... (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan ... aka Taliban Khan, who isn't your heaviest-duty thinker, maybe not even among the top five... alleged that the former inspector had confessed to killing people on the instructions of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif ...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab... "Police never kill people until and unless a chief minister orders or grants permission to kill people," he had quoted Abid as saying. "Abid Boxer fled to Dubai as Shahbaz Sharif wanted to kill him because he could expose the chief minister," Khan alleged.
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[PRESSTV] A Pak high court judge has chided the country's powerful spy agency and police over alleged forced abductions, accusing the security apparatus of breaking the law.
Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court on Wednesday publicly called on the military's top brass to rein in the country's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence ...the Pak military intelligence agency that controls the military -- heads of ISI typically get promoted into the Chief of Army Staff position. It serves as a general command center for favored turban groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad, tries to influence the politix of neighboring countries, and carries out a (usually) low-level war against India in Kashmir... (ISI) to protect both its reputation and that of the country.
He said the group was "involved in corrupt practices including providing aid in the commission of offences and receiving their share from crime money."
"I am constrained to observe that local police is in league with the mighty agencies who have disrupted the civic fiber of the country," Siddiqui said in a written order concerning a petition about the missing people. Siddiqui was commenting on a case involving a man who was allegedly kidnapped by security officials.
"From the mannerism, body language and complexion, he looks under immense fear and a lot of pressure of dire consequence, therefore his statement does not inspire confidence," the judge said.
Pakistain’s security establishment has been frequently accused of overseeing enforced disappearances to quell criticism from activists and media workers.
In recent years, a growing number of abductions have taken place brazenly in major cities such as 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... , Lahore and even the capital Islamabad.
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Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) Nearly 160.000 displaced Iraqi families have been repatriated to their home regions in Salahuddin province, Iraqi security media officials said on Wednesday.
Brig. Gen. Yahia Rasoul, front man of the Security Media Center, said in a statement "the total number of those repatriated to Salahuddin province stood at 160339 until Tuesday.
He noted that security forces continue their work purging recaptured areas to secure the return of civilians.
Iraq’s war 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.... krazed killers, who took over a third of the country in 2014 to declare a "caliphate" rule, had displaced nearly 5 million, nearly a half of whom have been repatriated, according to United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... figures. The government is, however, facing the challenge of adapting repatriated civilians to war-demolished infrastructure.
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Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Activists from Anbar province have declared intentions to stage protests, similar to ones staged in the southern provinces, Russia Today reported on Wednesday.
Speaking to RT, the activists said protests could be staged next week, however, they indicated difficulties with this as Iraqi troops, along with the paramilitaries, were rallied.
The demands, according to the activists, will be related to services and the deteriorated situation of the Iraqi institutions, in addition to other demands related to the return of refugees, release of detainees and declaring whereabouts of people from the province, who forcibly disappeared.
On Tuesday, the Iraqi cabinet said it adopted several measures to enhance services and secure jobs for angry Iraqis who launched a week of protests over poor services and joblessness. The Joint Operations Command said over 200 security personnel were maimed during protests that have been staged in the southern provinces.
Mass protests were staged for almost a week, while hundreds of Iraqis stormed the airport, suspending the fights due to poor services offered by the government and corruption.
The demonstrations started in Basra province, but they later extended to other cities, including Amara, Nasiriya, Karbala and the Shiite holy city of Najaf. There were also protests in parts of the capital, Baghdad.
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[Jpost] The controversial Jewish nation-state bill became Israel's 14th Basic Law early Thursday morning after it passed into law in the Knesset plenum by a vote of 62 in favor, 55 against, and two abstentions.
The law passed after a stormy debate full of theatrics that stretched more than eight hours.
Applauding the vote, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the law as "a defining moment in the history of Zionism and the history of the State of Israel.
"122 years after Herzl published his vision, we have stated by law the basic principle of our existence," Netanyahu said from the Knesset podium.
The head of the special committee that legislated the bill, MK Amir Ohana (Likud), told the plenum it could be the most important legislation in the history of the state. He said the bill had been discussed more than any of the basic laws that have been passed before.
The law's sponsor, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Avi Dichter, turned to Arab MKs in the final address before voting and told them: "We were here before you, and we will be here after you." But he said their rights as minorities would not be harmed by the law.
Joint List MKs condemned the legislation. Party leader Ayman Odeh waved a black flag on the Knesset podium and his faction colleague, MK Jamal Zahalka, ripped up the bill.
"We are now seeing with shock the death of our democracy, which has been dying in recent years, and suffering from the racism that has hit a new peak with this bill," Joint List MK Ahmed Tibi said earlier in a meeting of Ohana's committee that legislated the bill and approved it by an 8 to 7 vote Wednesday morning along coalition and opposition lines.
The Jewish nation-state bill is a Basic Law with constitutional heft that declares Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people. It anchors in law the state’s menorah emblem, Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, national holidays and the right of all Israeli residents to preserve their heritage without consideration of religion and nationality.
The two most controversial clauses in the bill were changed.
The Diaspora clause says, "The state will act in the Diaspora to maintain the connection between the state and the Jewish people." The original version said that the connection would be maintained among "the Jewish people, wherever they are."
A clause that could have permitted one religious group to bar another from living in their community was replaced with one saying that "The state sees developing Jewish settlement as a national interest and will take steps to encourage, advance, and implement this interest."
[IsraelTimes] Amid crisis in bilateral relations, Europol inks first-ever agreement with the police force of a non-EU member state
A consequence, one imagines, of the many times in recent years that Israel has shared information with various European governments about particular jihadis in their midst.
Amid an ongoing crisis in bilateral ties, Israel on Wednesday signed an agreement with the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... ’s law enforcement agency to strengthen cooperation in the joint fight against terrorism and organized crime.
The "working agreement" was signed by Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich and Europol Executive Director Catherine De Bolle in The Hague.
The signing marked Europol’s first-ever working agreement with a country that is not a member of the EU.
"The agreement will enable the Investigations and Intelligence Division of the Israel National Police to advance its capabilities to deal in the best way possible with new threats in the field of organized crime, cybercrime exploited by international criminal and terrorist elements, fighting terrorism in its various forms, and crime that crosses borders in the field of social economies," Alsheich said, according to a blurb issued by Europol.
The agreement is meant to primarily expand cooperation "to combat cross-border criminal activity," according to the blurb. It allows for the exchange of "strategic information" and the joint planning of operational activities.
Once it enters into force, the agreement will boost bilateral efforts to tackle "priority crime areas" affecting both the EU and Israel, such as fraud, cybercrime, and terrorism, the statement went on.
The agreement marks a rare positive development in Israel-EU ties, which have been undergoing a serious crisis in recent weeks.
Earlier on Tuesday, Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan publicly sparred with the EU’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, accusing the union of supporting groups promoting boycotts to Israel and being affiliated with terrorist groups.
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[PRESSTV] The Israeli parliament (Knesset) strikes down a law passed earlier this year, which would enable the regime’s prime minister and minister of military affairs to declare war on their own.
The politicians on Tuesday rescinded the law, which had cleared the Knesset in late April, with 77 votes to 16.
The legal amendment would allow the duo to forgo a full-cabinet approval before ordering war or a major military operation that could lead to war.
It would enable them to take such decisions in "extreme circumstances," without specifying those situations.
Israel’s parliament approves a controversial law that allows the prime minister to declare war by consulting only his minister of military affairs.
The clause, which has replaced it, now says that such a decision has to be made "by as wide a panel as possible."
Lawmaker Ofer Shelah of the Yesh Atid party hailed Tuesday’s vote, saying that it was "inconceivable that a decision to go to war could be in the hands of one person, without consultation with cabinet members."
The Israeli regime has a long history of waging wars and occupying sovereign states.
The regime, under hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has escalated its attacks against the Gazoo Strip to a scale unprecedented since its last war against the Tel Aviv-blockaded Paleostinian territory in 2014.
Tel Aviv has also been conducting sporadic aerial assaults against Syria in what is widely viewed as an attempt to support the terror groups operating against the Damascus government.
Israel has, meanwhile, been threatening Leb with a new military offensive in recent months.
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[PRESSTV] Activists from around the world have gathered in the Italian city of Palermo and are engaged in the final stages of preparations for this year's Paleostine Freedom Flotilla campaign, Press TV reports.
Participants engage in the freedom campaign in a gesture of solidarity designed to boost the morale of Paleostinians while highlighting to the world the dire situation in the besieged Gazoo Strip.
All four Freedom Flotilla boats arrived in Palermo on Monday. The al-Awda (Return), Freedom, Mairead and Paleostine boats are reunited after traveling more than two months sailing from Scandinavia to Sicily. They have traveled over 4,000 nautical miles and visited over 15 European ports. They will set sail for Gazoo on Thursday.
"We are just showing the Paleostinians that there are people that really care. Believe it or not, some people say we are taking our lives in our hands to go to help them, to bring some solace to them; to let them know that there are people out there that actually care about them," said Joe Meadors, a former UN navy technician and flotilla participant.
Meanwhile, ...back at the shootout, Butch clutched at his other leg...... local activists and organizers of a pro-refugee protest have joined forces with pro-Paleostinian activists in a unified show of support aimed at emphasizing the need for further initiatives as demonstrated by the freedom flotilla.
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They have traveled over 4,000 nautical miles and visited over 15 European ports. They will set sail for Gazoo on Thursday.
Ima gonna go out on a limb and say the vacation for most of the preening lefties has just ended & they're disembarking in Palermo. Those bitchin' Gucci shoes don't buy themselves!
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An ichthyological lass
Went fishing for tips after class:
When a glass-bottom boat
Would pass by, up she'd float
To display to the tourists her wrasse.
[AnNahar] The chief of Iran's nuclear agency says the country's effort to acquire uranium has resulted in a stockpile of as much as 950 tons.
Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, tells state TV on Wednesday that Iran has imported some 400 tons of the stuff since the 2015 landmark nuclear deal with Western powers, bringing its stockpile to between 900 and 950 tons ‐ up from 500 tons.
Salehi says that's enough for Iran to run its longtime goal of 190,000 centrifuge machines for enriching uranium in the future.
The nuclear accord limits Iran's uranium enrichment to 3.67 percent, enough to use in a nuclear power plant but far lower than the 90 percent needed for an atomic weapon.
However, it's easy to be generous with someone else's money... since the U.S. pulled out of the deal in May, Iran has vowed to boost enrichment capacity to put pressure on the remaining signatories to live up to the agreement.
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Hey Ali, what do you think people who stole your most secret documents from under your nose can do to your Uranium stockpiles?
Speaking as your Nuclear Advisor, I recommend you safegard this important resource by putting it all in one place. Yeah, one big-ass pile. And if you could compress it a bunch, that would be great. Smaller is easier to hide, right?
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under the JCPOA, Iran is allowed an unlimited amount of U in its natural 0.7% 235 state and up to 300 kg of 3.5% 235 (I think), but the US and allies allowed exceedance of 300 kg if the average for the year was under 300kg or something legalistic like that
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[IsraelTimes] Officials confirm Iran-sponsored groups have been cooperating with Moscow in areas close to border as part of offensive against rebels in Daraa
Despite claims by Israeli sources that Russia is acting to distance Iran from the Israeli-Syrian border, the recent Syrian army campaign in the area of Daraa, near the border, saw cooperation between the Russians army, Syrian forces, Hezbollah, and pro-Iranian militias.
Israeli military sources confirmed the information.
The regime’s assault, which began in mid-June, was directed at defeating rebel forces controlling the area. The Russians provided an aerial umbrella for the land forces acting on behalf of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Scourge of Qusayr... , which included pro-Iranian militias and the Leb-based Hezbollah.
According to claims by the Syrian opposition, the operation included face-to-face meetings between representatives of the Russian army and commanders of pro-Iranian Shiite militias, which were held in areas just 30 kilometers (18.5 miles) from the Israeli border.
On the eve of the regime’s assault, there were reports that Israel had reiterated its longstanding demand that pro-Iranian militias, as well as Iran’s Lebanese proxy Hezbollah and members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, be withdrawn to at least 40-80 kilometers (25-50 miles) from the border.
According to some reports, Israel is demanding a complete withdrawal of Iranian forces from the country, though Russia has said that is unlikely to happen.
The Kremlin said the issue of the Iranian presence in Syria would feature high on the agenda of Monday’s meeting in Helsinki between Russian President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... and 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... According to the Syrian American Council, an opposition-supporting lobby group in the US, Iraqi Shiite militia forces who operate under the auspices of Iran were seen in the city of Da’el, located just 30 kilometers from the Israeli border.
In a photograph obtained by the lobby group and shared with The Times of Israel on Monday, an unidentified Russian general is seen meeting with "Abu Ajeeb, commander of the Liwa Abu Fadel al-Abbas," a militia set up in 2013 that acts under the auspices of the Revolutionary Guards.
According to the Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... , the photograph shows a July 4 meeting in a schoolyard in Da’el. The authenticity of the photo and its location could not be confirmed, but given the cooperation and coordination between Russia and forces loyal to the regime in Daraa, it is not unlikely.
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So they are still happy and secure after the meeting with Russia cuz Russia is using proxies?
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A recent report by BBC on Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... ’s involvement in paying over $1 billion ransom to a terrorist group, in exchange for the release of Qatari hostages held in Iraq by the Iraqi Hezbollah organization, has highlighted the country’s role in altering sectarian demography on the Sunni populated town of al-Qusayr located on the Syrian-Lebanese border.
Reports suggest that the local Sunni residents in the town were displaced by the Lebanese Hezbollah.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Iranian former IRGC naval commander Maj. Gen. Hossein Alaei criticizes threats issued by Iran President Hassan Rouhani and a number of military officials to close the Strait of Hormuz if new oil sanctions are imposed against Tehran.
In an interview with Iranian news agency IRNA, Alaei considered such kind of statements as "not well thought out," adding that "Iran is unable to close the Strait of Hormuz, but America is capable to reopen it."
Alaei ‐ who currently heads Iran’s Aseman Airlines which is on the US sanctions’ list for supporting terror and for its role in shipping weapons to pro-Iranian militias in Syria and other Middle Eastern countries ‐ is considered one of the most prominent military personalities close to the reformist bloc in the Iranian political system.
Political analysts considered Alaei’s comments to be skeptical about Iran’s capability to close the Strait of Hormuz which is a strategic artery linking Middle East crude producers to key markets in Asia Pacific, Europe, North America and beyond.
Recently and during his European trip, the Iranian president threatened on Tuesday during his to block oil shipments from neighboring countries, by closing the Strait of Hormuz.
While the commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Qasem Soleimani, praised Rouhani’s statements on the threat of regional oil exports if sanctions were imposed on Iran’s oil exports.
Later on the US Navy issued a statement saying that it stands ready to ensure freedom of navigation and free flow of commerce.
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"not well thought out," adding that "Iran is unable to close the Strait of Hormuz, but America is capable to reopen it."
The Phrase "was we will just sink your navy as they deploy. It will not even interrupt chow time."
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Last month, Iran’s main opposition the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) held its biggest rally in suburban Gay Paree. The colorful event was in many ways different from preceding years as Iran continues to boil in dissent and protests spreading in far corners of the nation.
Maryam Rajavi, President of the NCRI in her address said: "A passionate generation thirsty for freedom has risen to take over the entire country and take back Iran from the occupiers. This is the Iranian nation’s fight. The regime’s overthrow is inevitable."
The Washington Times called it "a large, boisterous rally." Many former and present officials of countries from around the globe participated and delivered a collective message of support for Iranian people and their struggle for a better life.
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[PRESSTV] Iran’s opening of a new steel mill in central Isfahan last month will offset a cut in sales of hot-rolled (HR) steel coils in the face of looming unilateral US sanctions, officials say.
Steel traders, cited by Rooters, said Tuesday that Russian steelmakers Severstal and MMK as well as ArcelorMittal Temirtau, a Kazakh unit of the world’s largest steelmaker, were cutting back their sales to Iran.
Alex Agoureev, an adviser to ArcelorMittal Temirtau, said the company will suspend the export of hot-rolled coils to Iran due to the re-imposition of US sanctions.
"Supplies to Iran will be temporarily suspended due to the sanctions. Once sanctions are lifted, the supplies will be resumed," he said.
Iran, however, was slashing imports even before 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... ’s announcement to impose new sanctions on the Islamic Theocratic Republic.
Imports of hot-rolled coils from Russia and Kazakhstan constitute a small fraction of Iran’s consumption. Last year, the country used up 5.6 million tonnes of HT coils, of which 0.8 million tonnes were imported.
Severstal and MMK shipped 410,000 tonnes and ArcelorMittal Temirtau another 240,000 tonnes of HR coils less than 2mm thick which were not produced in Iran at a time.
HR coil is used in the pipes and profiles segment, which is a large steel end-use sector in the country.
Puneet Paliwal, a senior analyst with market intelligence group specializing in metals CRU, said that the cut in imports should not have a big effect on Iran.
Last month, Iran launched commercial production of HR coils, steel sheet and ribbed sheet at Mobarakeh Steel Company (MSC) in Isfahan, with a capacity of 1.6 million tonnes.
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[PRESSTV] Iran’s Defense Ministry says it plans to overhaul and manufacture up to 800 tanks as part of the country’s plans to boost its defense power.
The Iranian Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) will receive between 700 to 800 domestically-built tanks, including Karrar (Striker), Deputy Defense Minister Reza Mozaffari-Nia said, Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday.
He said that Iran manufactures 50 to 60 tanks every year as demanded by the army and the IRGC.
Iran unveiled Karrar, its most advanced domestically-manufactured tank of amphibious mobility, in March 2017.
The then defense minister, Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan, said Karrar was among the most advanced tanks in the world because of its remarkable features.
Its firepower, precision and mobility, Dehqan said, were comparable to the most state-of-the-art of its kind in the world.
Among the tank’s features, Dehqan enumerated its electro-optical fire control system, laser-aided distance measurement capability, and the capability to strike either mobile or fixed targets in both nighttime and daytime.
Iran has over the past years made major breakthroughs in its defense sector and attained self-sufficiency in producing important military equipment and hardware.
The Islamic Theocratic Republic says its military power poses no threat to other countries and is merely based on the doctrine of deterrence.
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Iranian deputy def min announces 700-800 (unidentified) tanks will be produced/upgraded for military at a rate of 50-60 a year. There might be something in this as the vehicle testing facilities at the Dorud tank factory are being upgraded. https://t.co/9YJxz60nB5pic.twitter.com/TdKiA3zl6i
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A few days separate the International Coalition in cooperation with the Syrian Democratic Forces from marking the fourth year of their fight against ISIS, which has been confined to three Syrian towns near the Iraqi borders.
The greatest battle involved dragging out ISIS’ "amirs" or princes and leaders and to defeat them in their stronghold of the Syrian city of Raqqa. The latter fell under ISIS rule in mid-2014 and had been taken as their operating, financing and planning headquarters from where several terrorist attacks targeting a number of Arab, Moslem and Western capitals were first hatched.
The operation to free the town of Raqqa, codenamed Operation Wrath of Euphrates, started in the summer of 2016 and proceeded until the liberation and restoration of the city in October 2017.
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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
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...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...
...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab...
... 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, then by the courts...
[DAWN] The caretaker federal government told the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday that notorious 'encounter specialist' Abid Boxer has been in the custody of Pak authorities since February this year.
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
