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9 Talbanis surrender to Resistance Forces in Andarab; 6 of them Paks
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Afghanistan
Blinken says 12 nations to host Afghan evacuees
[AlAhram] Secretary of State Antony Blinken says 13 countries have thus far agreed to at least temporarily host at-risk Afghans evacuated from Afghanistan and a dozen more have agreed to serve as transit points for evacuees, including Americans and others.

Blinken says in a Friday statement that potential Afghan refugees not already cleared for resettlement in the United States will be housed at facilities in Albania, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Mexico, Poland, 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...
, Rwanda, Ukraine and Uganda.

Transit countries include Bahrain, Britannia, Denmark, Germany, Italia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Qatar, Tajikistan, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
, the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan.

Blinken says: ``We are encouraged by other countries that are also considering providing support. We have no higher priority than the safety and security of U.S. citizens overseas and to fulfill our commitments to citizens of partner nations and at-risk Afghans.''
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2021 00:50 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:


FLEECED! How aid billions were squandered in Afghanistan: £4 million on Tuscan goats for the cashmere trade, £120 million on Dubai villas for corrupt politicians and £400 million on aircraft left to rot
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Sounds like Proxmire's "Golden Fleece" awards or the similar reports Rand Paul produces now. Just gummint wasting money as gummint is congenitally wont to do.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/22/2021 6:48 Comments || Top||

#2  How does that stack up with all the failed Obama financed Green programs?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/22/2021 8:32 Comments || Top||

#3  This is such old news: Corruption Suspected in Airlift of Billions in Cash From Kabul
By Matthew Rosenberg
Updated June 25, 2010
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 || 08/22/2021 13:48 Comments || Top||


Who's who in the Taliban leadership
[AlAhram] The Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
's
Haibatullah Akhundzada
Mullah Baradar
Sirajuddin Haqqani
Mullah Yaqoob
bigwigs were gathering in the Afghan capital Saturday for talks with elders and politicians on forming a government after their stunning sweep to power last weekend.

The inner workings and leadership of the group have long been shrouded in secrecy -- even during their rule from 1996 to 2001 -- but here is a rundown of what is known:
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Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA


No co-education in universities, first FATWA by Taliban; no music or women’s voices on TV
It is begun.
[KhaamaPress] Taliban
...Arabic for students...
officials in western Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
province have ordered the government and private universities that girls will no longer be allowed to sit in the same classes with boys.
Damn. No burka raids, I guess.
In a three-hour meeting between university lecturers, owners of private institutions, and the Taliban officials, the latter said that there is no alternative and justification for continuing co-education and must be ended.

Afghanistan has a mixed system of both co-education and separate classes with schools functioning separate classes while co-education is applied both in government and private universities and institutes around the country.

Lecturers in Western Herat province have reasoned that the government universities and institutes can manage separate classes but because of the limited number of female students in private institutions, the latter cannot afford to create separate classrooms.

Mullah Farid, head of higher education of Afghanistan Islamic Emirate who was representing the Taliban in the meeting in Herat province has said that co-education should be ended because the system is the root of all evils in society. Farid as an alternative suggested that female lecturers or elderly male ones who are virtuous are allowed to teach female students and for the co-education, there is neither an alternative nor any justification to be continued.

Lecturers in Herat province said, since private institutions cannot afford separate classes, thousands of girls may remain deprived of higher education.

There are reportedly around 40,000 students and 2,000 lecturers in private and government universities and institutions in the province.

Ghor: Taliban Ban Music, Women’s Voices from TV

[Breitbart] The Afghan media outlet Pajhwok reported on Friday that Taliban
...Arabic for students...
jihadists announced a ban on all music and the broadcast of women’s and girls’ voices in at least one province.

The edict reportedly came down in Ghor province, following reports from Kabul that jihadists invaded major news network headquarters and banned women journalists from going to work. Taliban front man Zabihullah Mujahid promised in a presser on Tuesday that the radical Islamist terrorist organization would not interfere with media activities that did not contradict the group’s interpretation of sharia, or Islamic law.

Under the Taliban’s rule prior to the 2001 American invasion of Afghanistan, the regime forbade women from working, leaving their homes without a full-body covering (burqa), and denied women almost every basic right recognized by international human rights
...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty...
institutions. Current Taliban spokesmen have insisted that their rule would respect women’s rights this time, vowing an "inclusive" government.

The Taliban returned to power on Sunday after surrounding Kabul, the nation’s capital. Taliban jihadists launched a campaign to conquer the nation in April, following President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. Former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect hacked up by the World's Greatest Deliberative Body. The guy who single-handedly lost Afghanistan...
’s announcement that he would not honor an agreement brokered by predecessor Donald Trump
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
that required U.S. forces to leave the country by May 1. Between April and July, the Taliban launched 22,000 individual attacks, according to the former Afghan government.

"Media officials in Ghor say that although all local media outlets have been shut down since the Taliban took control of Ghor province, the group has been unable to resume broadcasting due to strict rules," Pajhwok reported on Friday.

"The head of culture information of the Islamic Emirate [the Taliban] in Ghor asked us not to publish music in our programs, not to hire female employees," Maroof Saeedi, the director of the regional Ghorbeh Border Radio, told Pajhwok, "and even the listeners who call in our programs should not publish the voices of girls and should not be published in commercial messages."

The outlet reported that Ghor hosts four media networks, all of which have been forced to broadcast jihadist propaganda since the Taliban took over the country last Sunday.

A Taliban representative told Pajhwok that the reports were false and that the jihadists had not imposed any new media rules in Ghor, urging the network not to report any news not coming directly from Mujahid, the front man.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA

#1  do they all have no fat chicks bumper stickers on their technicals?
Posted by: Titus the Tiny6941 || 08/22/2021 10:39 Comments || Top||

#2  Gee how about punking them by placing speakers in hidden places playing classical music or Gregorian chants. Drive them nots when they can't find the source of the music.
Posted by: Jomorong Snore4868 || 08/22/2021 16:08 Comments || Top||


Brother of former Afghan President swears allegiance to Taliban
[KhaamaPress] Brother of former Afghanistan's Caped President Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, ex-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. When Biden abandoned the country left with a helicopter, four cars, and part of the national treasury...
, Hashamt Ghani Ahmadzai affiliated the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
in Kabul by swearing allegiance.

Hashamt Ghani who is also head of the Grand Council of Kuchi (nomads) in Afghanistan did not have any official position during the eight-year tenure of Ashraf Ghani.

In a video clip aired from the ceremony, it is shown that Hashamt Ghani is pledging allegiance to Khalil-ur-Rahman, a key member of the Taliban.

Earlier, Afghan government provincial governor and national police commanders had also promised to be cooperating with the Taliban as they have grabbed control over Afghanistan.

The allegiance comes as the Taliban leadership is yet to fill the political vacuum but reiterates that speedy negotiations are ongoing in this regard.

Reports say that Hashmat Ghani Ahmadzi had announced his support to the Taliban in the presence of Taliban leader Khalil-ur-Rehman and religious scholar Mufti Mahmood Zakir. Ahmadzi is the chief of the Grand Council of Kuchis.
Hashmat Ghani is an independent Afghan politician, who oversees the affairs of the Kuchi nomads, and the Ahmadzai tribe. In 2002, he was appointed the Grand Council Chieftain of the Kuchis.

The Taliban
...Arabic for students...
leader Haqqani, who was said to be present at Hashmat Ghani’s pledge, is one of America’s most wanted gunnies with a $5 million bounty on his head for links to al-Qaeda.

According to reports on Friday, the Taliban has put Haqqani in charge of security in Kabul.

The Haqqani network
...a branch of the Afghan Taliban, based in Pakistain. The network is a family business founded by the later Jalaluddin Haqqani...
have been blamed for some of the deadliest attacks in recent years, claiming the lives of civilians, government officials and foreign forces.

They have been designated a foreign terrorist group by the United States, and are also under United Nations
...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly...
sanctions.



Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA


With a Taliban takeover, what is the JeM demanding in Afghanistan
[OneIndia] There is no denying the fact that the fighters of the Jaish-e-Mohammad
With the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and JeM playing a crucial role in Afghanistan, it must be noted that there are at least a 1,000 of their fighters who co-exist with the Taliban.
...literally Army of Mohammad, a Pak-based Deobandi terror group founded by Maulana Masood Azhar in 2000, after he split with the Harkat-ul-Mujaheddin. In 2002 the government of Pervez Musharraf banned the group, which changed its name to Khaddam ul-Islam and continued doing what it had been doing before without missing a beat...
played a major role in the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
's fight to take over Afghanistan.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistain Proxies


Gay men in Afghanistan say life under Taliban 'nightmare,' could be killed on the spot
Maybe they shouldn't tell, even if asked.
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA

#1  Hey, I've got an idea! Let's invade them! Then we can force our values on them at the point of a gun. This will surely not fail.
Posted by: Knuckles Slererong5344 || 08/22/2021 3:56 Comments || Top||

#2  Really? Half the Taliban are ass rangers.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/22/2021 4:58 Comments || Top||

#3  Yeah, study that culture in detail. The ones doing the penetrating often don't consider themselves "ghey" compared to those being penetrated. It's old news.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/22/2021 6:51 Comments || Top||

#4  Kabul is so gay, it is said that eagles cover their ass end when flying over
Posted by: Retard Strength || 08/22/2021 9:00 Comments || Top||

#5  Half the Taliban are ass rangers.

Might be one of those Who? / Whom? distinctions.
Not to mention Death by Snu Snu.
Posted by: SteveS || 08/22/2021 12:50 Comments || Top||

#6  But.. but... but... Are they using the proper Pronouns? That's what important!
(/sarc)
Posted by: CrazyFool || 08/22/2021 12:58 Comments || Top||

#7  lol wut? Afghanistan is filled with yaoi.
Posted by: Wren || 08/22/2021 14:13 Comments || Top||

#8  You'd think the oppressed might be willing to fight. But then again here we sit with mask nazis everywhere and very little in the form of civil disobedience.
Posted by: Crusader || 08/22/2021 19:04 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
AMISOM admits that people killed by UPDF were not Al-Shabaab members
[Garowe] 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...
Mission in Somalia [AMISOM] has once again pledged swift action into the incident that left seven people dead at Golweyn, Lower Shabelle, in which the Ugandan army is accused of killing civilians.

Last week, AMISOM maintained that the Ugandan People's Defense Forces [UPDF] targeted al-Shabaab
...... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
murderous Moslems, who had ambushed them while in routine operation within the region. However,
facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable...
various eyewitnesses and government officials disputed this claim.

But in a statement released on Saturday, AMISOM said preliminary investigations have established that the seven people killed were not members of al-Shabaab, a move that could question the commitment of the mission forces with regard to the safety of them civilians.
If they were ambushed, how were the deaders civilians? Or did they shoot them because they didn't like them?
AMISOM said it investigating reports that its troops were responsible for the death of the seven. The team is currently meeting the local community as it seeks to understand what exactly transpired during the incident.

"The leadership has since the incident met with the elders, community members, and government officials and made it clear that they will not condone criminal activities against civilians by its soldiers. They also assured them of their commitment to identifying and punishing those who breach the rules of engagement," read the statement.

'To investigate this serious incident and recommend follow-on actions, AMISOM has constituted a seven-member Board of Inquiry (BOI), which has immediately commenced its work. This legal inquiry is led by a senior officer and two other members from the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa."

Others in the team include a bigwig from the Federal Government of Somalia, and a senior officer each from AMISOM Military, Police, and Mission Headquarters.

"The Mission is working directly with the FGS and the affected families and has given its commitment to a swift and transparent investigation, which should be concluded by September 6, 2021," AMISOM noted.

The BOI will establish the extent to which AMISOM troops were responsible for the death of the seven and the circumstances. The Board will recommend payment of amends to the affected families in the event AMISOM soldiers are found culpable and make recommendations to avoid a recurrence.

This comes just a few hours after Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Roble summoned the Ugandan ambassador to Somalia over the incident. Also summoned was the chief of AMISOM.

In addition, the Government of Uganda has assured the Mission leadership that in the spirit of transparency, if the Board establishes that its officers have a case to answer, a Court Marshall will be constituted and held in Somalia to try those implicated.

"AMISOM is taking a legal approach to these serious allegations in line with international best practice and is committed to conducting a thorough investigation as quickly as possible, hold accountable anyone responsible and abide by all the findings and recommendations of the Inquiry," added the statement.

AMISOM remains steadfastly committed to peace and security and the protection of the local population. The Mission leadership is deeply committed to carrying out its mandated tasks in Somalia in strict compliance with its obligations under the applicable International Humanitarian Law (IHL), Human Rights law, and its Rules of Engagement, it further noted.
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US military releases civilian casualty report in Somalia
[Garowe] The US Africa Command on Friday released a civilian casualty report in Somalia, which assesses operations of the troops who have been assisting local forces especially through the aerial surveillance in the fight against al-Shabaab
...... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all ofwhich have enough problems without them...
Civilian casualty assessment was introduced in 2020 following complaints of deaths targeting innocent civilians from the Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s. The US said the move would improve transparency in such exercises besides helping those who may be accidentally affected.

In the latest quarterly civilian casualty assessment reporting period ending June 30, 2021, U.S. Africa Command received one report of civilian casualties on May 31, 202, the Command said in a statement.

The report was a duplicate of May 2018 reports previously assessed by the U.S. Africa Command and found to be unsubstantiated. The command closed out and substantiated one additional case that was carried over from the previous civilian casualty assessment report. There are currently no open civilian casualty assessments.

This was the sixth quarterly civilian casualty assessment report since U.S. Africa Command began releasing reports in April 2020 as part of its commitment to increased transparency and accountability.

The command said it continues to study recommendations made during the March 2021 non-governmental organization (NGO) roundtable in order to refine the civilian casualty assessment process.

With every airstrike, we conduct a thorough pre-strike assessment to reduce the likelihood of civilian harm," said U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, in a statement.

"Unfortunately, our Jan. 1 airstrike, which was designed to protect re-positioning U.S. troops and precisely hit its intended target, likely also caused injuries to three civilians nearby."

Jan.1, 2021, a civilian casualty incident has been reported to the U.S. Embassy in Mogadishu, the U.S. Congress, and the Federal Government of Somalia.

US army left Somalia in January 2021 following an order from the Department of Defense but since Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S., father of Hunter. He blames Trump for losing Afghanistan....
took over, there have been plans to redeploy the troops to the Horn of Africa nation. Currently, a number of US Special Forces are in Wajir, Kenya, where they are assisting KDF in the al-Shabaab war.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Europe
Greece extends border wall amid European fears of Afghan migrant wave
[FoxNews] Greece announced on Friday that it has extended its border wall with Turkey as part of its efforts to stop migrants coming up from Afghanistan -- amid European fears of an Afghan migrant wave sparked by the Taliban takeover.

Reuters reported that the 40km fence is accompanied by a new automatic electronic monitoring system to stop migrants who might be coming through Turkey in the coming months.
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under: Devout Moslems

#1  Greece Fortifying Border, Fearing Afghan Migrant Surge
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/22/2021 10:57 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
New Jersey bans jails from contracting with ICE to hold immigration detainees
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Human Trafficking


Home Front: Politix
President Cancels His Trip Home To Delaware Amid Afghan Crisis And Convenes His National Security Team In The White House
  • [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] President Joe The Big Guy Biden
    ...46th president of the U.S. We get to suffer the consequences...
    met with his security team to be briefed on the on-going situation in Afghanistan after cancelling a weekend trip home to Delaware

  • Vice President Kamal Harris joined the meeting remotely on trip to Singapore

  • Biden also did not indicate whether he planned to travel on Sunday

  • It would've been his 19th trip to his home state since taking office

  • Cancelation comes amid U.S. Embassy warning to all Americans in Afghanistan not to go to Kabul airport, the only way out of the country
Posted by: Fred || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA

#1 
Unfiltered Headline.
"Absentminded President caught before wondering off again."
Posted by: NN2N1 || 08/22/2021 7:09 Comments || Top||

#2  Horse, meet barn door. Except in this case the barn door is long off the hinges.
Posted by: Cesare || 08/22/2021 9:46 Comments || Top||

#3  At this point, what can he say or do that does not just underscore his complete incompetence?
Posted by: Tom || 08/22/2021 14:33 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Antony Blinken Admits Diplomats Sent Cable Warning of Potential Swift Taliban Takeover … He Ignored It
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/22/2021 07:39 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA

#1  He gets lots of cables. So does Joe.
Posted by: Bobby || 08/22/2021 11:16 Comments || Top||

#2  He has his priorities, the Taliban has theirs. His attitude is surely that it's not his fault.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 08/22/2021 12:18 Comments || Top||

#3  hoew do you embed a pic in the comments?
Posted by: 746 || 08/22/2021 12:36 Comments || Top||

#4  Pull down comment box and hit the Foto grapic link. The following will appear:

img src= valign=top align=right

Copy the 'image adddrss' between = and valign. Any comments come immedately after the completed insert. Remember fo 'align-right'.... unless of course you wish to 'align-left.' Replace right with left if that is the case. Right makes a cleaner post howevr. Watch your sizing. Large fotos break the system.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/22/2021 13:27 Comments || Top||

#5  Blinken admits this and still has not yet resigned.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 || 08/22/2021 13:42 Comments || Top||

#6  SecState Blinken has that je nais se quois French spy look about him. Is he related to John Kerry perchance?
Posted by: jpal || 08/22/2021 15:33 Comments || Top||


Politico, a leftist site, details Aug 11-13 WhiteHouse shambles
Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. SOld, boring, a plagiarist, fond of hair sniffing and grabbing the protruding parts of women, and not whatcha call brilliant... or is that an act?...
and his inner circle were in an ebullient mood.

It was Wednesday morning, Aug. 11, and they were basking in the glow of back-to-back legislative wins...

The mood was dramatically different from the celebratory spirit on display just hours earlier in the dining room. "It was a serious moment," recalled a senior official.

Events were growing so dire that the president ordered Austin and Milley to prepare a plan for deploying additional troops to the region,...

But by Thursday morning in Washington, more population centers were falling to the Taliban by the hour, including the provincial capitals of Ghazni and Badghis.

In the Situation Room, Austin was now recommending that Biden send in troops to evacuate the embassy and protect the main international airport in Kabul. Sullivan asked each Cabinet member in the meeting to weigh in. They unanimously agreed.

That was the "oh, shit" moment, said the U.S. official...

"By Friday afternoon, it was clear to me that we were rapidly losing control of the situation at the capital, in the airport, and that the evacuation operation was in jeopardy," Crow said.
"More seriously, our polling was slipping"
Posted by: Lord Garth || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA

#1  Like Crazy Fool mentioned yesterday, this is another MSM attempt an in insincere change of tack, and a half-assed one at that. "We're doing our jobs now!"

It's that, or the news is so bad they have no choice but to report it.
Posted by: Raj || 08/22/2021 1:11 Comments || Top||

#2  They are just trying to get back ahead of the spin cycle. It won't be easy.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/22/2021 6:49 Comments || Top||

#3 
Given how the MSM starting to do a complete 180 on the DC seat holders. Heck even Social Media has eased up on censoring filtering comments against the DC Seat holders, and Top Liberal Political Blogs are even reaming the currently puppet seat holders in DC.

Are we seeing the next step in this orchestrated mess?

Will we soon start reading, how the "people" want the current DC seat holders impeached/removed and (insert a well known name) "temporarily" asked begged and reluctantly willing to head up a "Transitional" Administration to save America?




Posted by: NN2N1 || 08/22/2021 7:05 Comments || Top||

#4  ^ And Andrew Cuomo is unemployed now. Coincidence? Watch the MSM try to rehabilitate him like Al Franken
Posted by: Frank G || 08/22/2021 8:18 Comments || Top||

#5  He can't very well rehabilitate himself, can he ?

Rehabilitation - there was a song, that touched on this subject, many, many moons ago and it went something like this
Posted by: Thrailing Untervehr4604 || 08/22/2021 8:27 Comments || Top||


#7  i think the only thing keeping the Dems from openly attacking Plugs is that Kamela is even worse, and it would cause even more chaos.

just think, the leftists would have that talking point of 'they even took one of their own to task for his failures'
Posted by: Retard Strength || 08/22/2021 14:12 Comments || Top||


Portland City and County Leaders Ask Biden Administration To Admit Afghanis, Send Them Here
[Portland Government] The elected leaders of Portland, Oregon, and Multnomah County, Oregon, sent the following letter to the Biden Administration on Aug. 20, 2021:
I knew smoking pot was legal in Oregon, but I didn't know it was mandatory.
Dear President Biden, Secretary Mayorkas, and Secretary Blinken,

As we watch democracy collapse in Afghanistan, we urge you to take bold, decisive actions in support of the Afghan people.
Just like we've taken bold, decisive action on crime and Antifa. We're in favor of both.
First, you must prioritize the most vulnerable Afghanis seeking visas, or refugee or asylum status. This includes, but is not limited to, minority ethnic communities, LGBTQ+ people, non-Muslim believers, those involved in the previous government, believers of other branches of Islam, and those who previously opposed the Taliban. The Taliban’s archaic, abhorrent, life-threatening treatment of women is also well-documented, and its ascendancy will likely destroy twenty years of expanding women’s rights in Afghanistan.
Rough count, that's about ten million people.
These decisions belong to you as leaders of the federal government, but we recognize that you cannot admit more Afghanis without American communities willing to resettle them. Our community is willing.
Immigrants and refugees have made our region and our state better and it would be our honor to welcome Afghanis who are no longer safe in their home country. Please know that you can count on us to provide welcoming new communities to as many Afghanis as we can.
Thank you for your consideration.

Best,

Portland City Council

Mayor Ted Wheeler

Commissioner Carmen Rubio

Commissioner Dan Ryan

Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty

Commissioner Mingus Mapps

Multnomah County Commission

Deborah Kafoury

Multnomah County Chair

Sharon Meieran

District 1 Commissioner

Susheela Jayapal

District 2 Commissioner

Jessica Vega Pederson

District 3 Commissioner

Lori Stegmann

District 4 Commissioner

There are thousands of "houseless" individuals on the streets of Portland now. Housing prices are sky high, and any attempt to build new housing is evil gentrification that makes Gaia unhappy. So where exactly are these people going to go?
On the other hand, I'd pay money to see some Afghan special forces guys, uh, discuss these issues with Antifa.
Posted by: Matt || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I smoke pot, and I can't conceive of coming up with harebrained, destructive crap like this...

(Raj rips a huuuge bong hit...)

I got it! Why doesn't Portland bring all these fine young military age future jihadis into that downtown area that used to be CHAZ, but now they can call it the Capitol Hill Urban Municipal Precinct (CHUMP)? Who's with me?

Posted by: Raj || 08/22/2021 1:20 Comments || Top||

#2  It's all about the welfare dollars that will be presumed to follow when these people arrive.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/22/2021 6:26 Comments || Top||

#3 
The foundation of the USA has always been the MELTING POT.

Not transplanting them in Large groups into the US Cities. Which tends to maintain their dark ages cultural issues of women and other issues vs. 21 century basic rights and commonsense.

So IF I may suggest. Shouldn't we use a Wider International Dispersal plan instead of allowing the Socialcrats to build more Islamic Mini-states within (D) cities and areas?

Eg. Google America's Muslim Capitals
#1 Detroit, Michigan
#2 Washington, D.C.
#3 Cedar Rapids, Iowa
#4 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#5 New York, New York
#6 Atlanta, Georgia
#7 Peoria, Illinois
#8 San Francisco, California
#9 Houston, Texas
#10 Chicago, Illinois

Note: Based on current influx and births, by 2040 all indications point to the Islamic/Muslim population becomeing the #2 religion in the USA, replacing Judaism for that position.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 08/22/2021 7:41 Comments || Top||

#4  ^^^
Good points, but unfortunately this administration will not listen to it's citizens
Posted by: Whusong Ebbing3280 || 08/22/2021 7:54 Comments || Top||

#5  ah so these same people who would rail against trying to turn Afghan culture into American culture are admitting that American society is culture
Posted by: Retard Strength || 08/22/2021 8:58 Comments || Top||

#6  ^ 'American culture is superior', natch
Posted by: Retard Strength || 08/22/2021 8:58 Comments || Top||

#7  ^ that's why they kill their daughters who want to go western.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/22/2021 10:37 Comments || Top||

#8  What I said last night:

I dunno. Portland's basically run by a collection of brownshirts building a fucking Nazi machine and talking about how they're fighting fascism. Maybe they need a bunch of religious fanatics they've betrayed in their midst.

can't quite work out how The Modern Western Communists can go on and on about how bad the Modern West is and then turn around and do something that in 1200's Italy would get you damned to the ninth circle of Hell.

I'm in one of my dark "Dandolo Did Nothing Wrong" moods.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 08/22/2021 10:59 Comments || Top||

#9  The letter reads like something out of a Kelly Turnbull novel by Kurt Schleicher. Go read them all.
Posted by: Bobby || 08/22/2021 11:25 Comments || Top||

#10  Tomorrows Headline:

Afghans refuse to relocate to Portland Or: "Are you nuts! It's safer back with the Taliban!"
Posted by: CrazyFool || 08/22/2021 11:34 Comments || Top||

#11  Portlandistan? Nice rong to it.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/22/2021 11:36 Comments || Top||


West Virginia AG sues Biden admin over border policy reversal tied to ‘devastating' fentanyl flow
[FoxNews] 9,337 lbs of fentanyl have been seized in FY 2021 so far

Fox News correspondent Bryan Llenas sits down with New York City's special narcotics prosecutor to discuss the growing opioid crisis.

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is suing the Biden administration over a key immigration policy reversal he says has fueled a "devastating" flow in the deadly drug fentanyl.

The state is suing over the reversal of the Trump-era "Remain-in-Mexico" policy, which kept migrants in Mexico while they awaited their hearings. The Biden administration began dismantling it in January and ended it in June.

Critics had called the policy – officially called the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) -- ineffective and cruel, while the Trump administration had said it ended "catch-and-release" by which migrants were released into the interior, reducing the pull factors bringing migrants north.

The lawsuit accuses Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas of having failed to consider "the consequences for the ongoing devastating deadly flood of fentanyl across the Southwest border into this country."

"When they modified [Remain-in-Mexico], they utterly failed to consider what was going to happen to drug trafficking and didn’t even mention it in their documents," Morrisey told Fox News in an interview. "And when it comes to immigration issues, it’s not only about stopping undocumented aliens from coming across the border, it’s also critical to be mindful of the drug trade which affects every state in the United States."

Fentanyl, an opioid for pain treatment, is between 50 and 100 times more potent than morphine. More than 36,000 people died from overdoses involving synthetic opioids like fentanyl in 2019, according to the CDC.

The lawsuit claims that ending MPP burdened and distracted Border Patrol, therefore decreasing border security more broadly against the trafficking of fentanyl "leading directly to both increased numbers of smuggling attempts and increased rates of success in evading Border Patrol."

Mainstream media largely ignores raging border crisis in JulyVideo
It accuses the administration of having violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) by not having considered the consequences of the policy on drug trafficking when it ended MPP.

There have so far been 9,337 lbs of fentanyl seized in FY 2021 compared to 4,791 in FY 2020 and 2,804 in FY 2019. While most of those apprehensions take place at ports of entry, it is unclear how much is getting past agents between the ports. NBC reported in June that an increasing amount of the drug is being found in the desert.

Morrisey said that his state has seen an increase in the drug in recent months, although it has been becoming more of a problem for years.

The lawsuit is the latest to target the termination of Remain-in-Mexico. A federal judge ordered the Biden administration last week to resume the program after he found in favor of a lawsuit by Texas and Missouri which also accused the administration of violating the APA.

An appeal for a stay was dismissed by an appeals court, but late Friday Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito issued a temporary stay that will be in effect until Tuesday night so he and the other Supreme Court justices can review the filings submitted in connection with the case.
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [21 views] Top|| File under: Narcos


India-Pakistan
No strikes: Jihad in Kerala is focused more on changing mindset of the local Muslim
[OneIndia] The mother of a girl from Kerala has once appealed to the Indian government to help bring her daughter back from Afghanistan. The mother of the girl who joined the ISIS in Afghanistan has been released by the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
it has been claimed.

This claim comes in the backdrop of raids that were conducted by the National Investigation Agency relating to the ISIS Kerala module. Two highly radicalised women from Kannur in Kerala were arrested by the NIA and the agency said that one had even travelled to Iran
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [19 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  Tch. Not just Kerala, it's all over India. But I guess, the commies are more vulnerable to Islam.
Posted by: Wren || 08/22/2021 14:22 Comments || Top||

#2  #1 All weak self-loathing degenerates are vulnerable to Islam, not just faux Communists who have overrun Kerala. The actual Communists would send the Jihadis to gulags for prioritizing anything/anyone above the Party, and that includes Allah and Quran.
Posted by: Rhinemann || 08/22/2021 16:06 Comments || Top||

#3  The actual Communists

Golly — that’s exactly what “Communist” China is doing.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2021 16:39 Comments || Top||

#4  #3 Hardly a Communist country anymore as far as economy is concerned, which is perhaps why you mentioned it in quotes, but it seems like some vestiges of the bygone era have persisted after all. And a step in the right direction too, if I may be frank.
Posted by: Rhinemann || 08/22/2021 16:51 Comments || Top||

#5  As fqr as I can tell, they gave up the economics but kept the totalitarianism, Rhinemann.

The faith-seeking over there are converting to Christianity, not Islam, a much better choice for their country and the world.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2021 17:00 Comments || Top||

#6  Yes, Christianity seems to be the fastest growing religion in China for some time now, and the second most popular religion there after Buddhism.
Posted by: Rhinemann || 08/22/2021 17:28 Comments || Top||


30-year-old Afghan man deported from Nagpur has joined Taliban, say cops as his gun-wielding snap surfaces
[OneIndia] An Afghan national, who was deported to his country from Nagpur in June this year after he was found staying here illegally, has apparently joined the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
and his picture holding a rifle has surfaced on social media, a senior police official said on Friday.

The Taliban has seized power in Afghanistan as it swept into capital Kabul on Sunday after President Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, ex-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. When Biden abandoned the country left with a helicopter, four cars, and part of the national treasury...
fled the country.

"The man, Noor Mohammad Ajiz Mohammad, 30, was found staying in Nagpur since the last 10 years illegally. He was living in a rented place in Dighori area of the city. Acting on a tip-off,
[RING!]
Cop shoppe! Sergeant Shafiq speaking!
Lissen! Dis is Mahmoud da Weasel! I got a tip for youse...

the police had started keeping a watch on his activities. He was finally nabbed and deported to Afghanistan on June 23," he said.

"After his deportation, he seems to have joined the Taliban and his photo holding a gun has emerged on social media," he added.

During the probe earlier, police had found that he had come to Nagpur in 2010 on a six-month tourist visa. Later, he had applied to the United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
Human Rights Council (UNHRC) seeking a refugee status for himself, but his application was rejected. His appeal was also turned down by the UNHRC. Since then, he stayed in Nagpur illegally, the official said.

Another police official said that Noor Mohammad''s original name is Abdul Haque and his brother was working with the Taliban. Last year, Noor had floated a video on social media with a sharp-edged weapon.

After he was nabbed, police found that he had "entry and exit wounds" from a gunshot near his left shoulder, he said, adding that when his social media accounts were checked, it was found that he was following some faceless myrmidons whose videos of gun firing were available on social media.

"He was in the business of selling blankets and was unmarried. Police conducted searches at his rented accommodation, but did not find anything suspicious. His call details are also under the scanner of the police," the official said.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran says it is expanding defense beyond borders, will continue missile program
[IsraelTimes] Statement seen as message of deterrence to West, as Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
warns of nuclear deal violations and the likelihood of renewed accord fades.


The Iranian Defense Ministry said on Saturday that it was expanding its defense efforts beyond the borders of the country, in an apparent message of deterrence to Israel and the West, as hopes for a return to the 2015 nuclear deal continue to fade.

"Our country has an important role to play in strengthening the resistance front and expanding the radius of defense of national security beyond the borders of the country," the ministry said in a message for Defense Industries Day, the Moj News Agency reported.

The ministry stated that Iran’s military plan includes "strengthening the defensive force and constantly updating the ability to deal with the threats of our enemies."

"We will not hesitate to strengthen our military capabilities, including the missile program designed solely for defense purposes," it added.

The statement came as the foreign ministries of Germany, La Belle France, and Britannia expressed "grave concern" over Iran’s growing violations of the moribund 2015 nuclear accord.

The ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna confirmed last week 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 Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
has produced uranium metal enriched up to 20 percent for the first time, and has significantly increased its production capacity of uranium enriched up to 60%.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  "...Iranian Defense Industries Day - saluting the world's finest vaporware since 1979!"

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 08/22/2021 12:29 Comments || Top||


Terror Networks
Financial resource mobilisation of ISIL has become more robust: Jaishankar
Most bloviating snipped.
[OneIndia] The financial resource mobilisation of ISIS has become more robust, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told the United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
on Thursday, emphasising that the flow of funds has continued for the dreaded terror group and rewards for killings are now even being paid in Bitcoins, news agency PTI reported.
I’d be more impressed if I thought Bitcoin could be trusted.
Addressing a UNSC briefing on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts, Jaishankar said the latest report of the Secretary-General has provided another stark reminder that ISIS continues to pose a critical threat to international peace and security.

"ISIS (ISIS) remains active in Syria and Iraq and its affiliates are growing in strength, particularly in Africa. The financial resource mobilisation of ISIS (ISIS) has become more robust. The flow of funds has continued and rewards for killings are now even being paid in Bitcoins!" he said, according to a PTI report.

Jaishankar said the radicalisation of vulnerable youth by systematic online propaganda campaigns remained a serious concern.

He said ISIS' modus operandi has changed, with the core focusing on regaining ground in Syria and Iraq and affiliates functioning independently.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State



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Sun 2021-08-22
  9 Talbanis surrender to Resistance Forces in Andarab; 6 of them Paks
Sat 2021-08-21
  U.S. charges man who made bomb threat near U.S. Capitol
Fri 2021-08-20
  IMF suspends Afghanistan's access to funds
Thu 2021-08-19
  US freezes assets of Afghanistan central banks as Taliban takeover
Wed 2021-08-18
  Former Vice PR and Now President Of Islamic Republic Of Afghanistan 🇦🇫 Amrullah Saleh In Panjishir
Tue 2021-08-17
  Reports say Ghani in Oman to escape to US
Mon 2021-08-16
  Taliban Declares Victory and Announces ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan' From Presidential Palace
Sun 2021-08-15
  Kabul has fallen, Taliban is killing political leadership and religious minorities in Afghanistan
Sat 2021-08-14
  Herat: Ismail Khan captured by the Taliban
Fri 2021-08-13
  Source: US tells Ashraf Ghani to step down
Thu 2021-08-12
  Bangladesh Police Arrest 3 Men Suspected of Planning Drone Attacks
Wed 2021-08-11
  Taliban takes control of border with Uzbekistan
Tue 2021-08-10
  Cuomo finally resigns!
Mon 2021-08-09
  Taliban say capital of Afghanistan's Takhar province seized
Sun 2021-08-08
  Taliban take over Kunduz


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