[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] The war in Æthiopia's northern Tigray region risks dragging on for months and even years, with both sides eyeing a military "knockout blow" that appears unrealistic, the International Crisis Group (ICG) said Friday.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent troops into Tigray in November to detain and disarm leaders of the once-dominant regional ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).
He said the move came in response to TPLF-orchestrated attacks on federal army camps.
Abiy declared victory within weeks, but combat has continued recently in central and southern Tigray, conflict-prevention group ICG said in a briefing published nearly five months after the first shots were fired.
The number of fighters loyal to the TPLF is likely swelling because of rising fury over atrocities, it said, AFP reported.
Even though Æthiopia's military has backing 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... and Æthiopia's Amhara region, which borders Tigray to the south, most TPLF leaders remain on the run and ICG noted that none were reported captured or killed in February or March.
Pro-TPLF fighters have regrouped under the Tigray Defense Forces, an armed movement "led by the removed Tigrayan leaders and commanded by former high-ranking" military officers, ICG said.
The resistance is "entrenched" and enjoys popular support from Tigrayans angry over mass killings and rapes, including those committed by soldiers from Eritrea, the TPLF's bitter enemy, ICG said.
Amid mounting international pressure, Abiy said a week ago that Eritrean troops would pull out of Tigray.
But the region's interim leader Mulu Nega told AFP this week that withdrawal was "a process" and would not happen immediately.
Mulu, who was appointed by Abiy, has previously acknowledged that the Tigrayan population has "mixed feelings" about his administration's presence in the region.
He and other officials, though, have said assumptions that the TPLF enjoys widespread popular support are misguided and have downplayed its potential to mount an effective insurgency.
ICG said in its briefing that peace talks seem unlikely in the immediate term, but called on the US, the EU and the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... to push for a cessation of hostilities and expanded humanitarian access.
[LIBYAREVIEW] On Thursday, the National Commission for Human Rights in Libya (NCHRL) strongly denounced the continued delay in the payment of salaries of public sector employees. This is blamed on the arbitrary administrative procedures carried out by the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), and the Audit Bureau.In a statement, the commission said that such illegal practices by the CBL and Audit Bureau represent a flagrant abuse of economic and political rights of the employees, and contribute to worsening the humanitarian and living conditions.
In February, south-western Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) protested the delay in their salaries, and deduction of field allowances, which they described as "unjust and not approved by an official order by a relevant authority." They added that they "would shut down all fields if their demands weren’t answered."
Western PFG members also threatened to close the al-Zawiya oil refinery if they did not receive their allowances. Eastern PFG members shut down the Hariga oil port, demanding the back payment of their delayed salaries for the year. They gave a ten-day ultimatum for receiving their salaries or they would also close the Es Sider and Ras Lanuf oil ports.
Normalizing relations between Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 and Israel 🇮🇱 will bring tremendous benefits to region as a whole. We must find path to resolve Palestinian conflict. All Israelis will be welcome in the Kingdom. - KSA Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud h/t @IsraelArabic@CNNpic.twitter.com/ORdEnHse4h
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Scotland’s Supreme Court rejected the request of the defense of Abdelbasset al-Megrahi
...also in our archives as Abdelbaset Mohmet al-Megrahi and Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi. The U.S. accuses him and another of having created the bomb that blew up the airplane...
to refer his case to the UK's Supreme Court.
The case dates back to December 21, 1988, when Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up over Lockerbie en route from London to New York, killing 270 people.
Megrahi, an intelligence officer who died in 2012, was found guilty in the case and locked away Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! for life in 2001.
Libyan academic, Mustafa Fetouri said in a press statement that the Court of Scotland had justified its rejection, saying the agent of Megrahi’s family has no legal entitlement to file the case before the UK’s top court.
Fetouri, a loyalist of the regime of the late President Muammar al-Qadaffy, dismissed the rejection as "illogical," indicating that Megrahi’s agent filed the case before the Scottish court of appeals.
The defense team and Scottish legal experts confirm that the defense does not need the approval of the Scottish judiciary to go to the London court, he said, adding that the case file is being prepared.
Fetouri went on to say that the defense team needed the support of Libya’s new Government of National Unity (GNU), describing it as its "biggest national test".
He urged the GNU to end the negligence of previous cabinets, accusing former head of the Government of National Accord, Fayez al-Sarraj, of obstructing the case, which he described as a national Libyan cause.
Local media quoted Amer Anwar, the lawyer of Megrahi’s family, as saying he would act according to the client’s wishes, revealing it plans on proceeding with the case so that he can be declared innocent.
Ali, Megrahi’s son, announced that he instructed the legal team to appeal directly to the UK Supreme Court, which is the final court of appeal in his father’s case.
"I regard my father, Abdelbasset al-Megrahi, as the 271st victim of Lockerbie," he remarked.
Let us wish them much joy in one another, as China celebrates securing an oil supply. Maybe this one will work better than their agreement with Venezuela...
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...Popcorn, anyone?
Mike
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Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi said the Greek coastguard had reported multiple incidents on Friday of the Turkish coastguard and navy accompanying migrant boats "to the border of Europe, in an effort to provoke an escalation" with Greece.
"It is beyond doubt that these migrants departed Turkish shores, and given the fact they were supported by Turkey, were not at risk," Mitarachi said in a recorded statement.
"We call on Turkey to stand down and stop this unwarranted provocation."
The Greek coastguard said that in one incident a boat carrying migrants tried to enter Greek territorial waters on Friday accompanied by a Turkish coastguard vessel. In another, two Turkish vessels tried to push a dingy with migrants into Greek waters.
In a third incident off the island of Lesbos, a Turkish coastguard vessel entered Greek territorial waters and harassed a Greek patrol boat, it said.
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Legal Insurrection’s liveblogger, posted here yesterday, suggested the prosecutor’s witnesses were making a better case for the defense...
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Race hustlers, media elites, BLM, antifa & others are promising violence if they don't get the conviction & sentencing they demand in the #DerekChauvin trial. Evidence is an inconvenience to them. Here's what we do know.
The lone defense attorney's doing a better and more effective job than the twelve or thirteen prosecuting attorneys. All the evidence supports acquittal.
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Branco's coverage of the trail does opine that the defense is in better shape than the prosecution. However, he may not be taking the jury into account. Many of the things he points out are trail lawyer subtleties that may go right past a jury. Also, judging from a previous description he did of the make up of the jury, there don't seem to be any blue collar workers unless you put nurses into that category. They all seem to be low or mid-level management or professionals. My sense is that the jury is weighted toward the population that thinks "St Floyd".
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Watched a Capital Police spokesman on teevee yesterday. He used the term "post insurrection" in his reporting of the tragic attack. Comforting to hear the administration narrative lives on.
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And the Pols will use this as an excuse to give the mob whatever it demands knowing full well that this will only increase the next demand for 'Just-Us' - in this case the life of a career Police Officer.
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If you think those jurors don’t know what peril they are in if they don’t convict, you are hopelessly naive. BLM and Antifa will burn them out and hound them unmercifully for being honest. This is about national political power and social justice warriors demanding that race trumps truth.
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Why is this even news? Everyone with half a brain knows there will be media-driven, racis, BLM, fascist, etc. violence after the trial, no matter how it's concluded.
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If there will be violence 'n' cries of RAYCISS!! regardless of the verdict, then why not do the right thing? Acquit the man.
This trial is a laughingstock.
Never should have even come to trial.
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Never should have even come to trial. Too late for that in any case. The civil authorities at the state and city level have proven themselves incompetent up to now. What would a competent state governor do in this case? Declare a curfew for a wide area around the venue? Call up the National Guard for a massive show of force, and notify state citizens that violence with respect to the trial outcome will not be tolerated?
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[JPost] - Blinken said Washington was taking the step even though it continued "to disagree strongly with the ICC's actions relating to the Afghanistan and Palestinian situations."
[NPASYRIA] What is required today to achieve peace in Syria, is international unity, the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, said on Tuesday.
During his speech to the Brussels V Conference "Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region", Pedersen said that "ten years ago, Syria was a middle income country whose 60% of its people are at risk of going hungry this year."
"Half of the Syrian population are displaced from their homes, millions are now surviving as refugees or as internally displaced persons," he added.
Pedersen pointed out that military tensions remain high and frequent eruptions of violence continue to occur, where hospitals and civilians are still getting hit.
"Five foreign armies operate in proximity from one another, flames can ignite a new at any time," he noted.
"Progressing towards the nationwide ceasefire that Security Council resolution 2254 has called for remains more urgent than ever."
The effect of sanction measures needs to be mitigated so that Syria’s capacity to access humanitarian assistance and medical support is not hindered, according to Pedersen.
Pedersen concluded that what is required today to be able to respond to the staggering challenges facing Syria and the aspirations of its people to achieve peace is indeed "international unity."
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[Rudaw] The head of a powerful Iranian-backed Iraq militia vowed to continue and increase "resistance operations" with the goal of forcing American troops out of the country. th4 villainous-looking Qais al-Khazali ...... Iranian stooge, Secretary General of Persian proxy militia Asaib Ahl al-Haq, wannabe Nasrallah...... , the secretary-general of Asaib Ahl al-Haq and a subject of United States sanctions, made the comments in a speech on Thursday in Dhi Qar province, southern Iraq, just days ahead of strategic talks between Baghdad and Washington.
Armed factions opposed to US forces in Iraq will continue to "carry guns" in order to "end the US military occupation," said Khazali, according to media affiliated with the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF).
"There is no way for American military bases to function in Iraq, not at Ain al-Assad base in Anbar, nor at Harir Base in Erbil, nor anywhere else," Khazali said.
Asaib Ahl al-Haq is part of the PMF, an umbrella network of Shiite militia groups that was formed in 2014 to fight the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) under a fatwa (decree) from Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. A number of groups within its ranks are close to Iran. They frequently attack US positions throughout Iraq and are accused of committing human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. violations, including killing activists and protesters.
Khazali said that current operations "will continue and increase in quantity and quality if the United States does not agree to close the bases in western, central and northern Iraq."
"The north of Iraq belongs to Iraq only, not another country, and we will fight and sacrifice for it," he added, referring to the Kurdistan Region.
An annual human rights report released by the US State Department on Tuesday accused the Iraqi government of negligence in protecting its citizens and failing to take serious action against the militias.
The report accused Asaib Ahl al-Haq of illegally seizing state property. "Abu Nawas Theater, one of the oldest theaters in Baghdad, was seized by a pro-Iranian militia, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, in November to support its activities," the report stated.
On April 7, Baghdad and Washington are due to hold a new round of strategic talks that will touch on US force presence in Iraq, which the US says is solely focused on the counter-ISIS mission.
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One imagines whole crowds lined up to shoot each other in the legs for choosing the other guy, half shouting “Allahu akhbar,” the other half calling out to Yasser Arafat or Karl Marx as they shot off.
[ALMASDARNEWS] The former Jordanian Prime Minister, Fayez al-Tarawneh, said that Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... tried to export its revolution to Jordan, through attempts to penetrate the Jordanian ranks.
In a promotional video published by al-Arabiya TV for the third part of his interview as part of the "Political Memory" program, he said, "Dollars and leaflets on Wilayat al-Faqih were found, along with people who were caught."
He said, "Those who were seized with dollars wanted to recruit Jordanians, as there are no Shiites in Jordan."
The channel announced that the third part will be broadcast today, Friday, at 19:30 GMT, 10:30 Saudi time.
Political Memory is a 30-minute political talk show that hosts senior decision-makers who have assumed public offices to shed light on important events they witnessed from close up, and to reveal the scenes of the era in which they were contemporary.
The Jordanian Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, said last January that his country supports the start of dialogue with Iran in order to reach a permanent solution to the tension, and to build regional relations on cooperation, we must deal with other issues related to Iranian interference in Arab affairs.
"We want a good neighborly relationship with Iran, and the Arab world has emphasized that, but in order to reach this point, there must be a transparent dialogue," Safadi added
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[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] 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... will run out of money to fund basic imports by the end of May and delays in launching a plan to reduce subsidies are costing $500 million a month, the caretaker finance minister, Ghazi Wazni, said.
As Lebanon’s economy crumbles, the central bank has asked the caretaker cabinet to decide how to gradually lift subsidies to ration remaining foreign currency reserves, Wazni told Rooters on Thursday.
"The government must speed this up. The cost of wasting time is very high. With every delay, it becomes higher," he said.
Lebanon’s financial meltdown is fueling hunger and unrest in the country’s gravest crisis since its 1975-1990 civil war.
The subsidy plan scales down a list of subsidized foods from 300 to 100 goods, reduces fuel and medicine subsidies and introduces a ration card for 800,000 poor families, to roughly halve $6 billion in annual spending on subsidies, Wazni said.
The overall subsidy plan will have to get the green light from parliament since it must approve funding for the cards, and the caretaker prime minister in turn wants the introduction of the cards tied to subsidy removal, he said, outlining a process that will likely take time.
Meanwhile, ...back at the game, the Babe headed for second base. He almost made it. Then Sheila slapped him.... foreign reserves are draining away faster than officials are making serious moves to ration the money left, back key imports and help the most vulnerable.
The currency has lost most of its value since late 2019, making more than half the population poor as prices soar.
Still, politicians have yet to agree a rescue plan or a new government since the outgoing administration quit in August over the massive Beirut port explosion that killed 200 people.
Already, a year has passed since Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab cited dangerously low reserves when he declared Lebanon’s sovereign default.
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Something that can't go on forever, won't. I just wonder what it'll look like when it ends.
[NPASYRIA] Russia insisted on closing all crossings that are out of the Syrian government control because it fears of the expansion of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) project, Samir al-Azzam, Coordinator of the Secular and Democratic Syrians Coalition in Suwayda, said on Friday.
"Russia closed all the crossings between the government-held areas and SDF-held areas as it fears of the latter’s project in the rest of the Syrian regions," al-Azzam told North Press.
"Russia’s insistence expresses its enmity, along with The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire... and Iran, to the SDF project and their fear of its expansion," he added.
Al-Azzam pointed out that "the legal and illegal crossings with Turkey are open to the entry of military and food supply to the Ottoman Turkish-backed armed opposition in the northern regions of Syria that are occupied by Turkey."
Also, the legal and illegal crossings under the control of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) between Syria and Iraq are open to the military and food supply for the "Iranian militias," according to al-Azzam.
The Syrian politician stated that the reason led the Americans to ask the Russians to enter militarily in Syria in September 2015, was "to prevent the overthrow of the government and the capital in the hands of ISIS."
Russia rejected all the UN resolutions related to Syria, especially the Resolution 2254 that stipulates the formation of a transitional governing board, founding a new constitution and holding free elections under an international supervision, as he said.
Al-Azzam noted to the difficult period Russia is going through as it made deals and trade-offs with the two terrorism supporters, Turkey and Iran, in both Astana and Sochi, the matter that the West has not accepted.
Since March 21, the Syrian government has closed the three crossings with AANES-held areas, which are al-Tayha in Manbij, and Tabqa and al-Akeirsha in Raqqa.
[NPASYRIA] On Tuesday, the US Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor published their 2020 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Syria, and elaborated on human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. abuses carried out by Ottoman Turkish-backed gangs in northern Syria.
The report stated that these groups backed by The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... (which are referred to as TSOs in the report) committed grave violations of human rights, specifically targeting Kurdish and Yezidi civilians, and which included "arbitrary arrest and enforced disappearance of civilians, torture, sexual violence, forced evacuations from homes, looting and seizure of private property, transfer of detained civilians across the border into Turkey, the cutting of water to civilian populations, recruitment of child soldiers, and the looting and desecration of religious shrines."
In addition to this, the report also singled out Ottoman Turkish forces themselves, and quoted eyewitnesses and local human rights monitors who reported that "an attack carried out by Ottoman Turkish forces or TSOs on October 16 struck a rural area killing a young boy and injuring others in Ain Issa."
The report referenced the UN Commission of Inquiry for Syria (COI), which documented the illegal transfer of Syrians detained by the Ottoman Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) to Turkey.
This collaboration between the Ottoman Turkish government and the SNA may "entail criminal responsibility for [Ottoman Turkish] commanders who knew or should have known about the crimes, or failed to take all necessary and reasonable measures to prevent or repress their commission," according to the report.
The COI was also quoted within the report as having documented torture and killing within the formerly Kurdish-majority Afrin region, which was invaded and occupied by Ottoman Turkish forces in 2018, as well as the area occupied by Ottoman Turkish and Ottoman Turkish-backed forces under Operation Peace Spring in Sere Kaniye and Tel Abyad, which was invaded in the fall of 2019.
In these regions, the COI documented "hostage-taking, cruel treatment, ill-treatment and torture," as well as the torture and rape of minors detained by Ottoman Turkish-backed groups.
Several human rights monitors and the COI reported that in Sere Kaniye, Ottoman Turkish non-governmental organizations (NGOs) had converted properties stolen from Kurdish civilians by Ottoman Turkish-backed groups into religious centers.
The report specifically mentioned that the SNA "arrested, detained, tortured, killed, and otherwise abused numerous Kurdish activists and individuals" in Afrin and Sere Kaniye, which was described as "a consistent, discernible pattern of abuses...against Kurdish residents."
The report also documented human rights violations committed by the Syrian regime and Russian forces supporting them, which included Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s which destroyed vital civilian infrastructure and "massacres; indiscriminate killings; kidnapping of civilians; extreme physical abuse, including sexual violence; and unlawful detentions" committed by the regime.
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[NPASYRIA] A report by Russian human rights ...not to be confused with individual rights, mind you... organizations condemned Russia’s participation in indiscriminate bombing operations inside Syria and its support for violations by the Damascus government.
The report, published by the British Guardian newspaper and reported by agencies and media, said that public opinion in Russia cannot judge what their government supports in Syria and the amount of suffering the war has caused to civilians.
The organizations explained that Russian state media does not talk about the victims of the bombing, nor about the forced displacement of civilians, "part of which resulted from Russian military actions in Syria."
The report, entitled "A Destructive Decade: Violations of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in the Syrian War," is the first condemnation against the government and Russian forces by human rights organizations inside Russia.
On September 30, 2015, Russian planes conducted their first raids in Syria, after the Russian Federation Council approved the request of 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... to use armed forces outside the country.
Syrian gangs accuse Russian forces of supporting the survival of the regime of Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Horror of Homs... , and of bombing residential areas and killing civilians.
Those who prepared the human rights report urged the Russian government to use its influence on the Syrian authorities to stop arbitrary arrests, torture of detainees, extrajudicial killings, and forced disappearances.
A week ago, Samer Elias, a political analyst, told North Press, "Russia follows systematic tactics it previously used in order to escalate conditions to the greatest possible extent, and then it will propose solutions to ease the escalation, gaining extra benefits and fulfilling solutions according to agreements with The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund... The report holds states involved in the conflict, "topped by Russia, are responsible for the future of Syria."
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[MEMRI.ORG] In a sudden move in April 2019, ISIS announced the formation of its ISCAP branch when it claimed its first attack in the DRC, around the same time as the April 21, 2019 highly coordinated Easter bombings targeting "Crusaders" and "belligerent Christians" in Sri Lanka that killed 267 people.
Since then, ISCAP has carried out many operations in both northeastern DRC and northern Mozambique, incorporating the two groups under the banner of the newly established branch. In October 2020, ISCAP carried out its first attack in Tanzania, revealing the branch's intention to expand further in eastern Africa and potentially establish a foothold in southern Africa.
ISIS's expansion in Africa is driven by a strategy of working with local murderous Moslem groups that could turn into official branches if they meet the criteria set by the central leadership for official recognition. If accepted, they become ISIS provinces, just as Boko Haram
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[NPASYRIA] What is required today to achieve peace in Syria, is international unity, the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, said on Tuesday. 
...... Iranian stooge, Secretary General of Persian proxy militia Asaib Ahl al-Haq, wannabe Nasrallah......
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for 
...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...
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
[NPASYRIA] On Tuesday, the US Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor published their 2020 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Syria, and elaborated on 
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...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...
[MEMRI.ORG] In a sudden move in April 2019, ISIS announced the formation of its ISCAP branch when it claimed its first attack in the DRC, around the same time as the April 21, 2019 highly coordinated Easter bombings targeting "Crusaders" and "belligerent Christians" in Sri Lanka that killed 267 people.
