[SUDANTRIBUNE] Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... ’s Army Commander-in-Chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, refuted allegations of a recent meeting with Sudanese Army Secretary-General Ali Karti, emphasizing that he had only encountered Karti once in his lifetime.
On Thursday, Sudan Tribune released a report claiming a gathering had taken place between al-Burhan and leaders from the Islamic Movement.
...the Muslim Brotherhood in Sudan...
The purpose of the meeting was reported to be a discussion regarding the state of affairs in Sudan, particularly given the extensive involvement of these leaders in the struggle against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their efforts to mobilize youth across the nation.
This report provoked a strong reaction from the Sovereign Council, which issued a vehement statement condemning the news outlet. The army’s leadership has been grappling with allegations of links to the Moslem Brüderbund. This Islamist organization is met with rejection both within Sudan and among the region’s countries.
The release of this report coincided with Washington’s imposition of sanctions on Ali Karti, a move seen as confirmation of reports suggesting that Islamists were instigating and sustaining the conflict to obstruct Sudan’s transition to democracy and secure their return to power.
Speaking to artillery soldiers in Atbara of the River Nile state on Saturday, al-Burhan vehemently denied any encounter with a delegation of Islamic leaders led by Ali Karti. However, there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly... he added that the army welcomed anyone willing to join its ranks in the battle against the RSF.
"I met Karti once in my life in China, where I worked as a military attaché, and he visited in his capacity as Minister of Foreign Affairs," al-Burhan stated. "I have not met with any political organizations, be they Moslem Brüderbund, communist, or Baathist, nor have any army commanders engaged with or entertained them. We are all Sudanese, and anyone who wishes to fight alongside us is welcome as a soldier like any other. If they harbour ulterior motives, we will reject them without hesitation."
Al-Burhan warned those attempting to incite against the military establishment, saying they would be branded as "deceivers and manipulators" and face consequences.
[SUDANTRIBUNE] Islamist leaders, led by the Secretary-General of the Islamic Movement, Ali Karti, held a lengthy meeting with the Commander in Chief of the Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... ese Army and Chairman of the Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, in Port Sudan to discuss options for dealing with the ongoing war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
According to sources who spoke to Sudan Tribune, the Islamist leaders urged al-Burhan to avoid any negotiated settlement to end the conflict. They pledged to supply the army with thousands of mobilized fighters, given that the organization has thrown all its weight into the war against the RSF.
The Islamist leaders also reassured al-Burhan that Ahmed Haroun, the leader of the banned National Congress Party, who is indicted by the International Criminal Court, is working hard to mobilize young people to join the army in its battles in Khartoum. They urged al-Burhan to continue fighting, saying that patience was required.
Dozens of camps have been opened to train volunteers in several states after al-Burhan’s earlier appeal. Video clips have shown leaders affiliated with the Islamic movement addressing the mobilized, urging them to join the fight.
During the war, some figures of the former regime were released from prisons in Khartoum. Reports have indicated that this group has been active in the eastern Sudan states, inciting the continuation of the war. However, you can observe a lot just by watching... the official authorities in several states in the east have denied that these activities were carried out with their knowledge.
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Traditionally, the Sudan Army was led by River Arabs and its ranks were filled by ethnic minorities. The fact that Burhan has moved his government to Port Sudan, and is now working to try to influence River Arabs to join the jihad against the Westerners, and that a military stalemate has been reached in Khartoum, are all indications that the Islamist sector is in trouble.
[AFRICANEWS] Almost a year after seizing power in a coup, Captain Ibrahim Traore, who had promised a return to presidential elections by July 2024, in Burkina Faso ...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president used to be Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and was chased out in 2014. Now it's the usual army officer type guy, Captain Ibrahim Traore, running things, who's just doing a bang-up job... , announced planned changes to the constitution to make it representative of the masses, declaring Friday, on state TV, that elections are not a priority.
'It’s not a priority, clearly, security is the priority", stated Captain Traore.
Burkinabé authorities, on Thursday, said that four officers were tossed into the calaboose a day after the military government announced it had thwarted a coup attempt.
The junta disclosed late on Wednesday that the intelligence and security services had foiled the attempt the previous day.
The military government has vowed to shed all possible light on this plot.
[AFRICANEWS] Libya's eastern authority said it has postponed a reconstruction conference for the flood-hit city of Derna to give more time for the submission of effective studies and projects.
"It has been decided to put off the conference until Wednesday and Thursday, the first to second of November, which will be held in the cities of Derna and Benghazi," said Saqr al-Jibani, head of the preparatory committee of the International Conference for the reconstruction of Derna.
Originally planned 10 October, the conference was met with international scepticism.
The divided country's eastern administration last month invited the "international community" to attend the conference in Derna.
On Sunday, it said more time was needed to properly prepare plans for the reconstruction project.
"The committee has responded to the valid demands of municipalities and local councils of the affected cities and regions, as well as those of a number of international companies, which are willing and are technically capable of participating in the conference," said al-Jibani.
"This is in order to offer time for the submission of effective studies and projects that will contribute to the reconstruction process and achieve sustainable human and professional development."
Nearly 4,000 people died in the coastal city when two dams collapsed during a heavy storm in mid-September, washing entire neighbourhoods into the sea.
Libya was plunged into more than a decade of chaos and conflict following the toppling of longtime dictator, Muammar Qadaffy ...who single-handedly turned a moderately prosperous kingdom into a dictator's fantasyland and was then murdered by his indignant subjects 42 years later... in 2011.
It is now divided between an internationally recognised 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... -based administration in the west, and one in the disaster-stricken east backed by military strongman Khalifa Haftar ...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy, so it's kind of hard to describe him as a Qadaffy holdover. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all. Actually, he is, but slowly... Despite a wave of nationwide solidarity since the flood, there has been no show of support for the conference from interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah’s government of national unity.
A Libya specialist at the Royal United Services Institute, Jalel Harchaoui, said donors were unlikely to give money to the disaster-hit east, as the government there is not officially recognised.
The United States on Friday called on Libyans to set aside their political differences and agree on a framework to channel aid to the eastern towns impacted by the storm.
On Wednesday, the eastern authorities announced the creation of a fund for the reconstruction of Derna and other areas affected by the flooding, but gave no indication as to how this would be financed.
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[REGNUM] On September 27, Arab news agencies reported the death of Bahraini soldiers operating as part of coalition forces on Saudi territory as a result of a drone attack by Yemeni Houthi rebels. Just a week has passed since the first direct negotiations between the Saudis and the Houthis, who rule northern Yemen and its capital Sanaa, ended on September 20 in Saudi Arabia.Despite the fact that the parties reported success in advancing the peace process in Yemen, the attack on coalition soldiers shows that the path to peace will be longer and more difficult. This is also a reason to think about the extent to which Tehran is able to control the Houthis from the Ansar Allah movement, or whether it still remains largely an independent player.
[GEO.TV] Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, 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. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important... has expressed his frustration with the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... , saying that The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... "no longer expects anything" from the EU after being kept waiting for 40 years.
"We have kept all the promises we have made to the EU but they have kept almost none of theirs," Erdogan said before an inaugural session of parliament.
He firmly stated that he would not accept any new demands or conditions regarding Turkey's accession to the EU. Erdogan's dissatisfaction also stems from a recent judgment by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which condemned Turkey for convicting a teacher in connection with the 2016 attempted coup.
Erdogan said Sunday that the "decision of the ECHR was the straw that broke the camel's back."
"[Turkey] will not turn back in its fight against this band of traitors," he said.
The ECHR ruled that the teacher's rights had been violated, potentially setting a precedent for numerous similar cases pending before the court.
Turkey has accused a group led by the US-based preacher Fethullah Gülen ... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world. Gülen and Erdogan used to be really good friends, but only one of them could be sultan, and Gülen lost... of orchestrating the failed coup and using a messaging app called ByLock for coordination. Erdogan asserted that the ECHR's decision was a breaking point and reaffirmed Turkey's commitment to its fight against the alleged coup plotters.
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So, you finally understand it ain't gonna happen, and NATO is your only bargaining chip? Release the Migrants!
(Plus, why would you want Brussels involved in your country anyway?)
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[FoxNews] 220 Marines, 18 sailors, 3 soldiers, 17 US civilians, 58 French troops killed in 1983 terror attack in Beirut.
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s representative in Lebanon issued the first public announcement of the Iranian regime’s role in the mass murder of American military and diplomatic personnel in the early 1980s in Beirut.
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) first located and translated the bombshell interview with Sayyed Issa Tabatabai, who serves as the representative of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Lebanon.
The state-controlled Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) quickly scrubbed the damning disclosure that Tabatabai made about Iran’s role in the suicide bombings of Americans, but MEMRI preserved a copy.
Iran and its chief strategic ally, the U.S.-designated terrorist movement Hezbollah, in Lebanon have been blamed for bombing the U.S. Embassy in Beirut in 1983 in which 63 people, including 17 Americans, were murdered, and dual suicide truck bombers blew up the barracks of American and French members of a multinational force in Lebanon in 1983, in which 220 U.S. Marines, 18 U.S. Navy sailors and 3 U.S. Army soldiers lost their lives. Fifty-eight French troops were also murdered in the terrorist attack.
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That would be the place where the parameter and entry guards didn't have lock and loaded weapons and the entry didn't feature staggered 5 tons so anyone entering couldn't get a straight shot at the barracks? All in a known hostile environment.
[An Nahar] Hezbollah central council member Sheikh Nabil Qaouq has noted that "there are foreign, international and domestic initiatives to resolve the presidential crisis but no progress towards a solution."
"This is because the challenge and confrontation folk have torpedoed all these initiatives due to deep-rooted grudges and failed bets," Qaouq said.
"They don’t want a solution, consensus or understanding, but rather conflict, internal confrontation and dragging the country into strife. Their project intersects with the objectives of the July 2006 war, but let it be known that we will not accept and will never accept for a day to come on which anyone passes any Israeli goal that we had defeated in Wadi al-Hjeir and the Khiyam Plain," the Hezbollah official added.
Moreover, Qaouq said that there is a "foreign veto" on consensus and rapprochement in Leb ...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... "This is totally clear in the U.S. stance, seeing as it is prohibited for the Lebanese to meet, agree and sit together, and when the Swiss Embassy called for a meeting gathering the Lebanese parties, the U.S. objected and the meeting was called off," Qaouq charged.
He added that "the group of challenge and confrontation through its foiling of initiatives and agreements has become a heavy burden on the country, because it is the reason behind all these crises and does not want a solution."
"We in Hezbollah and the Amal Movement are night and day searching for any chance to rescue the country, while they are searching night and day for any chance to incite, create tensions, obstruct and drag the country into strife, but we will not give up our responsibilities and will not be dragged into any incitement," Qaouq added.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president used to be Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and was chased out in 2014. Now it's the usual army officer type guy, Captain Ibrahim Traore, running things, who's just doing a bang-up job...
...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy, so it's kind of hard to describe him as a Qadaffy holdover. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all. Actually, he is, but slowly...
Despite the fact that the parties reported success in advancing the peace process in Yemen, the attack on coalition soldiers shows that the path to peace will be longer and more difficult. This is also a reason to think about the extent to which Tehran is able to control the Houthis from the Ansar Allah movement, or whether it still remains largely an independent player.
...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. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
He firmly stated that he would not accept any new demands or conditions regarding Turkey's accession to the EU. Erdogan's dissatisfaction also stems from a recent judgment by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which condemned Turkey for convicting a teacher in connection with the 2016 attempted coup.
[FoxNews] 220 Marines, 18 sailors, 3 soldiers, 17 US civilians, 58 French troops killed in 1983 terror attack in Beirut.
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
