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Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s national security adviser resigns in break with president
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Afghanistan’s national security adviser, one of the most influential aides to President 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. ..
, resigned on Saturday, a move one official said could be followed by his own bid for the top job in next year’s scheduled election.

Hanif Atmar’s resignation was accepted by Ghani, presidential front man Haroon Chakhansuri told Rooters.

The front man gave no official reason for the abrupt departure, but a copy of Atmar’s resignation letter obtained by Rooters said he had developed "serious differences over policies and principles with government leadership".

A senior government official close to Atmar, who spoke on condition that his name was not used, said the former security adviser was considering running against Ghani in the 2019 vote.

"He has resigned because he is preparing to run for presidential election next year," said the official.

Atmar, 49, has been considered the second-most powerful official in Afghanistan since he became national security adviser after Ghani was sworn in as president in late 2014.

He was also minister of interior under former President Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai
...A product, probably the sole product, of the Southern Alliance...
before being sacked in 2010 after Taliban
...Arabic for students...
bad boys’ attacked a "peace jirga" that was an early attempt at ending the now-17-year-old war with the Taliban.

The exact details of the rift with Ghani were not immediately clear, but in the past week the Afghan government declined to attend peace talks hosted by Russia that representatives of the Taliban are expected to attend.

Atmar, who began his security career with the Soviet Union-backed government in the late 1980s, is still seen as close to Russia.

Ghani on Saturday appointed 35-year-old Hamdullah Mohib, Afghan ambassador to United States, to replace Atmar as national security adviser, the presidential front man said.
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Russia renews claims regarding unidentified helicopters arming ISIS in Afghanistan
[KhaamaPress] The Russian government has renewed claims regarding the delivery of arms and munitions to the ISIS bully boyz by unidentified helicopters in northern parts of Afghanistan.

"We again draw attention to flights by ’unidentified’ helicopter in northern Afghanistan to deliver arms and munitions to the local ISIS bully boyz and the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
cooperation with this terrorist group. Superficially, Afghan media and local residents claim that these flights have been recorded in the Sar-e-Pol province," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia said in a statement.

The statement further added "We note that this is happening in the direct vicinity of Central Asia states’ borders and many ISIS bully boyz in Afghanistan hail from these countries. There is no reaction to these events either from Afghan security defense and law-enforcement agencies or the command of the US/NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
contingent deployed there."

This comes as the Afghan officials had earlier rejected reports regarding the unidentified helicopters arming ISIS bully boyz in Afghanistan.

The latest claims by Russia follow amid ongoing operations against the ISIS and other krazed killer groups in several parts of the country, including key Northern provinces.

The Afghan government and security officials yet to comment regarding the latest claims of Moscow.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Africa Horn
Former Kenyan Police Officer Denies Trying To Join Al-Shabaab
[RADIOSHABELLE] A former GSU officer has denied the charge of attempting to sneak into Somalia through an illegal point while in Mandera Town for an unknown mission.

Mr. Karutha Githaiga, 33, appeared before Mandera Resident Magistrate Dancun Mtai.

The Anti-Terror Police Unit, through the State counsel Kennedy Amwayi, opposed the release of the suspect on bond.

Mr. Githaiga said he visited Mandera to eke a living.

ATPU will be investigating Mr. Githaiga’s visits to Nairobi, Voi, Lamu, Malindi, Garsen, Garissa, Elwak and Mandera, which they termed suspiciously.

Posted by: Fred || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Arabia
Qaradawi fatwa about Hajj draws Muslim ire
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A fatwa issued by Moslem Brüderbund holy man Youssef al- Qaradawi about the annual Hajj pilgrimage has sparked condemnation from across the Moslem world.

The 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...
-based holy man tweeted that "Allah has no need for the Hajj. Any duty that He imposed is aimed at enriching his followers so that they can transcend to their maker on the spiritual, moral and psychological levels."

"Seeing Moslems feeding the hungry, treating the sick and sheltering the homeless are better viewed by Allah than spending money on the Hajj and Umrah every year," he added.

Doing the above would grant Moslems greater spiritual gratification than circumambulating around the holy Kaaba, he remarked.

Performing the annual Hajj is among the five main pillars of Islam that every able Moslem is expected to perform at least once in their life.

Commenting on Qaradawi’s controversial tweets, advisor at the Saudi royal court Saud al-Qahtani said: "Those who know the history of this mercenary will not find his fatwa unusual."

Social media activists condemned his fatwa, accusing him of trying to undermine one of Islam’s main pillars.

They also interpreted it as an attempt to lift the pressure off the authorities in Qatar after they barred their people from performing this year’s Hajj pilgrimage.

This was not the first time that the Doha regime attempts to undermine the massive efforts exerted 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...
’s leadership and people in servicing the holy pilgrimage, they noted.

They also accused Qaradawi of seeking to spark division among Moslems and exploit religion to achieve his interests.
Posted by: Fred || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Muslim Brotherhood


Europe
France condemns Israeli construction in Judea and Samaria
France on Friday condemned the approval of 1,000 new housing units for Judea and Samaria by the Supreme Planning Council of the Civil Administration, reported Yediot Aharonot.

A statement issued by the French Embassy in Israel stated that the construction of the housing units, which causes the demolition and evacuation of Palestinian homes in Area C, harms a future Palestinian state.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/26/2018 03:22 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Hmmm...you and Germany transferred back and forth Alsace Lorraine more than once. Didn't seem to stop either from building during their time of ownership (by conquest).
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/26/2018 10:20 Comments || Top||

#2  future Palestinian state

EUropeans, what can I say
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/26/2018 10:25 Comments || Top||


Sick refugees taken off Italy ship as health worries grow
[Al Jazeera] Concerns are growing over the physical and psychological health of scores of migrants colonists and refugees stranded for a 10th day aboard an Italian coastguard ship, after 16 were reportedly taken off for medical reasons.

The Diciotti vessel has been docked at the Sicilian port of Catania since Monday night, after Italia's far-right Interior Minister and co-Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini blocked its 150 passengers - mostly refugees from Eritrea
...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age...
- from disembarking in the absence of an agreement from other European member states to share the responsibility of relocation.

Eleven women and five men - two of whom are suspected to have tuberculosis - were given permission by Italian authorities to get off on Saturday, following an onboard visit by doctors requested by the health ministry, the interior ministry confirmed.

Red Thingy official Stefano Principato told news hounds on the dock in Catania on Saturday that beyond medical concerns, there is also worry about the psychological well-being of the migrants colonists who were rescued off the Maltese coast on August 16.

Of the 190 people originally on board the Diciotti, 27 unaccompanied children and 13 others had previously been allowed to disembark.

Posted by: Fred || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  Guess they'll need to bring back lazarettos.
Posted by: charger || 08/26/2018 12:23 Comments || Top||


Former Turkish lawmaker seeks political asylum in Greece
[Rudaw] A pro-Kurdish former politician convicted of insulting The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
’s president has requested asylum in Greece after illegally crossing the border, Greek authorities said Friday.

A police official said Ottoman Turkish citizen Leyla Birlik, 44, surrendered to Greek police Wednesday near the northeastern town of Alexandroupolis, and was in the process of requesting asylum in Greece. She was released pending the asylum process.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case.

Birlik, a former People’s Democratic Party, or HDP, politician was sentenced in January to 21 months’ imprisonment for insulting Ottoman Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...
. She was freed pending appeal but banned from leaving Turkey.

Birlik had also been jugged
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
in 2016 along with the HDP co-leaders on separate terror-related charges. She was released pending trial but was banned from leaving the country.

An increasing number of Ottoman Turkish citizens have been crossing illegally to Greece ‐ Turkey’s historic rival ‐ since the July 2016 failed coup in Turkey and their government’s crackdown on people allegedly involved in the coup.

Greek asylum authorities say 1,839 Ottoman Turkish citizens have requested asylum in Greece so far this year ‐ more than the 1,827 Ottoman Turkish citizens who requested asylum for all of 2017.

The asylum applicants included eight Ottoman Turkish servicemen who fled to northern Greece in a military helicopter the day after the coup. Ankara is angrily demanding their extradition, alleging that they were involved in the plot.

But Greece’s Supreme Court has refused to send them back to Turkey, arguing that they would not get a fair trial and that their lives would be in danger there.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Dutch premier distances govt from anti-Islam cartoon contest
[Ynet] The Dutch prime minister on Friday distanced his government from a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest being organized later this year by anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders.

Wilders "is not a member of the government. The competition is not a government initiative," Prime Minister Mark Rutte said at his weekly presser.

Rutte's comments came after angry reactions in Pakistain to the proposed contest, which Wilders plans to hold in November in his right-wing Party for Freedom's heavily guarded offices at the Dutch parliament.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists


India-Pakistan
Joint Pakistan-India drills leave Sidhu critics red-faced
[DAWN] In a first such event, military personnel from India and Pakistain are participating in an anti-terrorism exercise organised by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Russia. The exercise is aimed at enhancing cooperation between member states to deal with the growing threat of terrorism and extremism.

The exercise will see tactical-level operation being carried out in an international counter-insurgency/counter-terrorism environment.

Around 3,000 soldiers from India, Pakistain, China, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan are taking part in the exercise.

The Indian contingent has 200 personnel, mainly from the infantry and other arms along with some from the Indian Air Force.

The training schedule for the Indian contingent includes target practice, house intervention drills, tactical and heliborne operations and combat conditioning, reports said.

They said the joint drills will build mutual confidence, interoperability and sharing of knowledge among troops of SCO members.

In previous editions, only Central Asian nations participated.

With India and Pakistain joining the exercise, SCO’s counter-terrorism mission has expanded to South Asia, a region in a grip of terrorism and extremism.

Former army officials loyal to the BJP were at a loss to explain why it was wrong for Mr Sidhu to hug the Pakistain army chief when contingents from the two countries were trying to sort out the menace of terrorism jointly.

Posted by: Fred || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Three Fata senators join PTI
[DAWN] Three senators belonging to the Fata region joined the ruling 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....
party on Saturday, read a statement issued by the PTI’s central media department.

Senator Aurangzeb Khan, Senator Sajjad Hussain Turi and Senator Mirza Mohammad Afridi separately met Prime Minister Imran Khan
... aka Taliban Khan, who ain't the brightest knife in the national drawer...
at his Banigala residence and expressed their confidence in PTI’s manifesto and said the party would bring a change in the country.

The premier welcomed their decision to join the PTI. Defence Minister Pervez Khattak and Senator Haji Fida were also present during the meetings.
Posted by: Fred || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Opposition parties to announce joint candidate for presidential election tomorrow
[DAWN] Representatives of the divided opposition met on Saturday at incarcerated former prime minister Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf, then by the courts...
's opulent Murree residence to hammer out an agreement over a joint candidate for the September 4 presidential election.

PML-N's acting Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal, addressing the media after the huddle, said the opposition would announce its joint candidate for the head of state's office tomorrow (Sunday).

"It is important for Pakistain that the opposition come together and nominate a joint candidate for the office," he said.

Speaking on behalf of the opposition parties, Iqbal, while supporting the right to vote for overseas Paks, nonetheless criticised the Election Commission of Pakistain for trying to implement the electronic polling process 'in haste' before the upcoming by-polls.

"The election commission’s online system already failed during the general elections. We therefore disagree with the hasty implementation of the [electronic] system of voting for overseas Paks," Iqbal said.

Touching upon alleged "threats" received by opposition leaders, Iqbal said: " It is the duty of the government to provide security to opposition leaders, and the incumbent government should take notice of the threatening calls made to certain leaders of opposition parties."

Posted by: Fred || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Pompeo calls on Pakistan’s Khan to act against ‘terrorists’
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressed new Pak Prime Minister Imran Khan
... aka Taliban Khan, who is the lightweight's lightweight...
in a phone call to take "decisive action" against "terrorists" operating in Pakistain, the State Department said Thursday.

Pompeo wished Khan success in the wake of his being sworn in as prime minister in Islamabad Saturday after a victory in national elections on July 25, said State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert.

"Secretary Pompeo expressed his willingness to work with the new government towards a productive bilateral relationship," Nauert said in a statement.

He also "raised the importance of Pakistain taking decisive action against all holy warriors operating in Pakistain and its vital role in promoting the Afghan grinding of the peace processor."

Washington has pressured Pakistain for years to crack down on the branches of the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
and the notorious Haqqani network operating the country, both of which have been designated as terror groups by the United States.

Ties with the US cooled in January when 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...
accused Pakistain of "lies" and "duplicity" in the war on terror, suspending military assistance worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Khan has raised concerns that he will remain tolerant of the groups, willing to hold talks with the turbans and having sought support in the election from religious hardliners.

Before the election he repeatedly blamed Pakistain’s participation in the US-led anti-terror campaign for the surge in terrorism on home soil over the last decade.
Posted by: Fred || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
US cut in aid amounts to ‘cheap blackmail’, say Palestinian officials
[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...
’s administration is resorting to "cheap blackmail" against the Paleostinians with its decision to cut more than $200 million in aid for the West Bank and Gazoo Strip, a senior Paleostinian official said on Saturday.

A State Department official said Friday that the decision, made "at the direction of the president," came after a review of aid programs to the Paleostinian territories.

The funding would "now address high-priority projects elsewhere".

Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Paleostine Liberation Organisation’s (PLO) executive committee, hit back, saying: "The US administration is demonstrating the use of cheap blackmail as a political tool.

"The Paleostinian people and leadership will not be intimidated and will not succumb to coercion. The rights of the Paleostinian people are not for sale," Ashrawi countered.

In January, the United States had already made drastic cuts to its contribution to the UN agency for Paleostinian refugees UNRWA.

Relations between the US administration and the Paleostinian Authority took a nosedive after Trump last December decided to recognize the disputed city of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

The Paleostinians have suspended contacts with Washington and consider that it can no longer be an impartial mediator in the Middle East grinding of the peace processor.

After the latest blow, Ashrawi insisted that the Paleostinians, living under Israeli occupation, would not be coerced into surrendering their rights.

"There is no glory in constantly bullying and punishing a people under occupation," she wrote in a statement.

"The US administration has already demonstrated meanness of spirit in its collusion with the Israeli occupation and its theft of land and resources; now it is exercising economic meanness by punishing the Paleostinian victims of this occupation."

In an initial reaction on Friday, the PLO’s representative in Washington, Husam Zomlot, said the US administration was "dismantling decades of US vision and engagement in Paleostine".

"After Jerusalem and UNRWA, this is another confirmation of abandoning the two-state solution and fully embracing (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu’s anti-peace agenda," he said.

The decision to cut Paleostinian funding comes amid a humanitarian crisis in Gazoo, which has seen a surge of violence since Paleostinian protests erupted in March.
Posted by: Fred || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Palestinian Authority

#1  As they shook their tiny fists in rage.
Posted by: Herb McCoy || 08/26/2018 1:43 Comments || Top||

#2  Well, if 200 million $ is cheap for you...
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/26/2018 3:37 Comments || Top||

#3  Cut the rest, then
Posted by: Frank G || 08/26/2018 8:42 Comments || Top||

#4  ..."Blackmail' is such a harsh word.

I prefer 'behavior modification'.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 08/26/2018 10:21 Comments || Top||

#5  It's budgeted under foreign aid, not entitlements.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/26/2018 14:52 Comments || Top||

#6  They need to cure their entitlement complex and fast.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 08/26/2018 15:23 Comments || Top||

#7  Like I said, take it out of the terror tunnel and jihad fund.

NFG.
Posted by: newc || 08/26/2018 22:57 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Jihadists preparing chemical weapons provocation in Idlib
[ALMASDARNEWS] The jihadist rebels are preparing provocations with the use of chemical weapons in order to frame the Syrian government, the Russian Ministry of Defense said on Saturday morning.

The provocations are being prepared by the jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham
(former Jabhat Fateh al-Sham
...formerly al-Nusra, the current false nose and mustache of al-Qaeda in the Levant, now something else...
and Jabhat al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
) in the Idlib province, the Russian Defense Ministry front man, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said.

The attack would be used as a pretext for US, UK and French Arclight airstrikes on Syrian targets, Konashenkov added. USS ’The Sullivans,’ an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer, has already been deployed in the Persian Gulf a couple of days ago, he said.

The destroyer has 56 cruise missiles on board, according to data from the Russian Defence Ministry.

No further details were provided regarding this alleged provocation.

The Russian Ministry of Defense made a similar claim during the East Ghouta offensive; however, the U.S. and its allies disregarded their reports in order to attack Damascus.

This claim comes as the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their allies prepare to kickoff their long-awaited offensive in the Latakia, Idlib, and Hama governorates.

Posted by: Fred || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Nusra


Report: Syria Tells Hizbullah to ‘Keep Troops on Its Soil’
This means exactly the opposite of what it looks like. Read on, dear Reader.
[AnNahar] Hizbullah
...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
has reportedly "received an official request" from the Syrian leadership that its troops "should remain in Syria for an additional period of time," even after the end of fighting in the north-west and north-east regions, al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Saturday.

The paper said the party "has made internal arrangements to organize this stay on the basis that it will extend over a long period of time."

Hizbullah will "play a role assisting the Syrian authorities in accomplishing the civil reconciliation accompanied by the return of the displaced from Leb," it pointed out.

The party "will also have a role in organizing the situation along the Lebanese-Syrian border," it said.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/26/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah



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  Syrian Army launches powerful assault in northern Hama
Fri 2018-08-24
  Arab coalition thwarts Houthi boat bomb targeting commercial ships off Yemen
Thu 2018-08-23
  Syrian Army cuts all supply lines to ISIL’s last stronghold in southern Syria
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  ‘IS militants’ launch attacks in Chechnya; five killed
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  ‘Allahu Akbar!': Knife-Man Shot Dead After Attacking Spanish Police
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  Yemeni army inflicts heavy casualties on Houthi militants in Taiz
Sat 2018-08-18
  HTS executes 6 people accused of being ISIS members in Idlib
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  ISIS Killer Caught in Sacramento
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