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-Land of the Free
GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert calls to impeach Biden AND Kamala, fire Secretary of State Blinken and throw Nancy Pelosi out as House Speaker
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Boebert wants to impeach Biden over the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan

  • She also wants to impeach VP Kamala Harris for failing to invoke 25th Amendment

  • She then called to 'throw in' Blinken, who announced Americans remain in Kabul

  • Republicans pushed a bill on Tuesday that would keep American troops in Kabul

  • They want service members to stay until American nationals have been rescued

  • The State Department said 100-200 were left behind after the evacuation ended

  • The last troops flew out of Kabul airport just after midnight local time Tuesday

  • President Biden is due to speak about the withdrawal on Tuesday afternoon
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/01/2021 01:34 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  What about a pony?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/01/2021 1:52 Comments || Top||

#2  Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?

Robert Browning
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/01/2021 7:05 Comments || Top||

#3  ya missed Schumer.....

In re: #1 & #2: The thing to remember about Boebert is she's not a sniper, more of a grenadier.
Posted by: Mercutio || 09/01/2021 7:33 Comments || Top||

#4  As long Nancy controls the House, the GOP and RINO's will Wag the dog and pony. Because NOTHING more than hot air is flowing to get Press attention.

It will be up to the living, PRO-USA voters, in 2022 and 2024 to evict the DC squatters.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/01/2021 7:43 Comments || Top||

#5  I believe it was proven last year that it's not up to voters.
Posted by: Chris || 09/01/2021 11:38 Comments || Top||

#6  ^ Yeah, Chris, that's what worries me.
Posted by: Matt || 09/01/2021 14:10 Comments || Top||

#7  NOW someone is finally talking sense. Flush the mob down the toilet.
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 || 09/01/2021 15:09 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
As Biden repeats claim that ‘nobody could have known’ Afghan Army would collapse, bombshell transcript from July reveals he pressured Afghan President Ghani to create 'perception' Taliban wasn't winning ‘WHETHER IT'S TRUE OR NOT’
Stray gamma rays deleted Hupeth Henbane6225‘s article, but Skidmark’s Daily Mail link in comments has the gist of it that I’m pasting in here as a placeholder until we can reconstitute the original — if that can be done by someone with more skillz than mine.

— trailing wife for the moderators at 11:17 a.m. ET.

  • Reuters on Tuesday released excerpts from last call between Biden and Ashraf Ghani before the Afghan president fled

  • They talked for about 14 minutes on July 23 as the Taliban advanced rapidly

  • Biden told his counterpart of a perception that the fight against the Taliban was not going well

  • 'There is a need, whether it is true or not ... to project a different picture,' he said

  • Comments are indication Biden knew it was matter of time before Taliban won

  • In months leading up to withdrawal, Biden predicted pullout would go smoothly

  • Neither appeared to realize just how badly things would go

  • Less than four weeks later the Taliban had captured Kabul
Posted by: Hupeth Henbane6225 || 09/01/2021 10:31 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA

#1  "And there is a need, whether it is true or not, there is a need to project a different picture."

Key words and phrases: U.S. Intel and.... PROJECTION.

I blame Nakoula Basseley Nakoula.


Posted by: Besoeker || 09/01/2021 3:34 Comments || Top||

#2  Praetorians are not happy with Biden? Must be their Opium business.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/01/2021 6:21 Comments || Top||

#3  /\ Some of the senior Biden administration people have Hildebeest backgrounds. The Praetorians appear to have a control problem.

Imagine that.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/01/2021 6:54 Comments || Top||

#4  Lots of people loved this stuff when it was happening to Trump. How do they like it now?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/01/2021 7:04 Comments || Top||

#5  Don’t they impeach Presidents for trying to coerce foreign leaders in phone calls?

Posted by: Blinky Pholuling8616 || 09/01/2021 7:33 Comments || Top||


#7  Key to all the struggle may be how the CackleJackal is seen and reacts as she emerges from the shadows. If the struggle is between the Clintonista veterans and the puppets of the Obama/ValJar Presidium at the Kalorma Kompound, there might be visible hints of how the VP aligns. Or she may look for more mutual political fratricide before she acts, to render her opposition inside the DNC weaker? Politics on the left is an internal blood-sport of late.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 09/01/2021 12:50 Comments || Top||

#8  Stupid basterds think the public wouid not realize that the Afghan army would not lose confidence once withdrawl was announced.
Posted by: crazyhorse || 09/01/2021 13:22 Comments || Top||

#9  Who would have known there'd be a wind advisory?

Everybody. Everybody knew.

/Deadpool 2
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/01/2021 13:44 Comments || Top||

#10  that transcript also has a Biden promise of air support

turned out that was another broken promise
Posted by: Lord Garth || 09/01/2021 14:21 Comments || Top||

#11  ^ They had the same exact problem with Bay of Pigs.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/01/2021 14:35 Comments || Top||

#12  Report on Citizen's Free Press that the Kabul suicide bomber was targeted and locked on by a Predator Drone, that they knew he was going to attack the airport, likely Abbey gate target, and Biden ASKED THE TALIBAN FOR PERMISSION TO SHOOT, THEY REFUSED, AND THE BOMBER THEN KILLED THE 13 US SERVICE PERSONNEL! Just read it, so no corroboration but the source cited is a former DoD asst secretary.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 09/01/2021 16:01 Comments || Top||

#13  https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/biden-impeachment-bombshell-u-s-predator-drone-had-kill-shot-on-terrorist-before-he-killed-13-marines-biden-bowed-to-taliban-who-denied-permission-to-shoot/
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 09/01/2021 16:01 Comments || Top||

#14  If Cuomo fell, so can others.
Posted by: Bobby || 09/01/2021 19:01 Comments || Top||


'A few dozen' French still in Afghanistan
[AlAhram] La Belle France withdrew its troops from Afghanistan at the end of 2014

La Belle France says ``a few dozen'' Frenchies remain in Afghanistan, including some who wanted to be evacuated but could not as the last flight left Kabul.

Defense Ministry front man Herve Grandjean said in a news conference Tuesday that ``all efforts are being done'' to allow those left behind to get ``a safe and orderly evacuation.''

He said ``that is the goal of the talks under way within the United Nations
...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense...
framework with the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
power.''

In addition, La Belle France was not able to evacuate a ``few dozen'' former Afghan employees of the French army who asked for the protection of the country, he said.

La Belle France will do ``the maximum'' in the coming days and weeks to help them getting out of Afghanistan, Grandjean said.

La Belle France's evacuation flights from Aug. 17 to Aug. 27 have evacuated about 2,600 Afghans at risk, including 110 former employees of the French army and their families.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/01/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


Military Dogs Weren't Left Behind in Afghanistan, Pentagon Says
[People] "The U.S. military did not leave any dogs in cages at Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai
...A product, and probably the sole product, of the Southern Alliance...
International Airport" a front man tells PEOPLE, noting that "our military working dogs were safely evacuated"


The Department of Defense is knocking down reports that a number of dogs working with the military were allegedly left behind as the U.S. finalized its exit from Afghanistan this week.

A Pentagon front man tells PEOPLE these stories are "erroneous" and that "our military working dogs were safely evacuated."

Photos showing dogs in cages did not depict "dogs under the care of the U.S. military," the front man said.

The denial comes after American Humane — a nonprofit that promotes animal welfare and safety — issued a statement Monday claiming the U.S. was "leaving behind brave U.S. military contract working dogs to be tortured and killed at the hand of our enemies."

A front man for the group did not respond to a call and email seeking further comment.

The claim led to fury among some social media users and a spate of headlines — which the government says are wrong as they regard military dogs specifically.

Defense front man Eric Pahon tells PEOPLE that troops also did not leave any dogs in cages at the Kabul airport amid the evacuation operation.

"The U.S. priority mission was the evacuation of U.S. citizens, SIV [participants in a special visa program] and vulnerable Afghans," Pahon says. "However,
if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well...
to correct erroneous reports, the U.S. military did not leave any dogs in cages at Hamid Karzai International Airport, to include the reported 'military working dogs.' "

He continued: "Photos circulating online were animals under the care of the Kabul Small Animal Rescue, not dogs under the care of the U.S. military. Despite an ongoing complicated and dangerous retrograde [withdrawal] mission, U.S. forces went to great lengths to assist the Kabul Small Animal Rescue as much as possible."

In addition to the military dogs whom the Pentagon says were evacuated, there are other groups of pets in need in Afghanistan, which may be fueling the conflicting reports.

Animal rescues and advocates have said they need to get their cats and dogs out of the country after the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
takeover.

Military contractors and others working with the U.S. military also may have their own animals helping them, but they would not have been under the purview of American forces.

A separate source echoed the Pentagon's official explanation, telling PEOPLE that "this one is unfolding minute by minute, but the one connecting thread is that the dogs are not U.S. military dogs."

"Many of the dogs [with Kabul Small Animal Rescue] had worked with contractors," this source says. "The dogs were not given to local families because the Taliban bans pet ownership."

The source notes that, culturally, dogs are seen by many in Afghanistan as "unclean."

According to a Monday update on the website of the SPCAI, the animals under the care of Kabul Small Animal Rescue include 130 dogs, some of whom were pets of Americans living in Afghanistan, whose whereabouts are not entirely clear.

According to the update, staff with the Kabul Small Animal Rescue were informed on Monday that most of their dogs "had to be released into the airport" in Kabul as it was evacuated — "turning once rescued shelter dogs into homeless strays," the statement read.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/01/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA

#1  The denial sounds a bit too lawyerly for my taste.
Posted by: SteveS || 09/01/2021 0:35 Comments || Top||


#3  Lying cocksuckers gonna lie. Are Americans supposed to thank them for opening the cages before abandoning the working dogs to islamic phobias? See 30 seconds into video.


Posted by: Hupeth Henbane6225 || 09/01/2021 1:38 Comments || Top||

#4  Photos showing dogs in cages did not depict "dogs under the care of the U.S. military,"

Note the lawyerly defense. They retroactively defined them as not under the care of the US military - presto, the problem is fixed! This is why you hire expensive lawyers.
Posted by: Blinky Pholuling8616 || 09/01/2021 1:41 Comments || Top||

#5  Classic lawyerly denial by the ⭔. Just disassociate from your dereliction and say 'Rubbish! No such thing.' Screwing the soldier repeatedly is bound to bring a reckoning one day.

They say there will be a great roundup and cowboys like doggies will stand.

To be marched by the riders of judgement who are posted and know every brand - Cowboy Dream
Posted by: Dron66046 || 09/01/2021 2:02 Comments || Top||

#6  Possible reasoning:

1. Putting dogs on planes, and not people, bad optics.
2. Flying plane loads of hajjis to another mooslim land and not being able to land, offload, or transfer dogs, bad optics.
3. Having haggis refuse evacuation flight because of barking dogs, bad optics.
4. Fotos of dogs were left behind in cages, bad optics, denial required.
5. 90% of the dogs that wanted to get out, got out.
6. Rabies vaccination records were lost or unavailable.
7. Chinese Embassy volunteered to coordinate successful canine repatriation, or something.


Posted by: Besoeker || 09/01/2021 2:24 Comments || Top||

#7  "The U.S. priority mission was the evacuation of U.S. citizens, SIV [participants in a special visa program] and vulnerable Afghans," Pahon says.

"...And we couldn't even get THAT right..."

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 09/01/2021 4:28 Comments || Top||

#8  Chinese Embassy volunteered to coordinate successful canine repatriation, or something.

😁
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/01/2021 5:22 Comments || Top||

#9  That translates to Gaegogi in (Korean) Hangul.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/01/2021 7:05 Comments || Top||

#10  Questions raised over Afghan animals put ahead of people in Kabul
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/01/2021 9:37 Comments || Top||

#11  /\ BINGO !
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/01/2021 10:19 Comments || Top||

#12  Germany shipped out 22,000 liters of beer from Afghanistan. Once again, critics might say the beer doesn’t displace people. But beer does displace priceless heirlooms of Afghan families who might prefer that they can bring out some items for their families, rather than the easily replaceable German beer.

That story is from early June. You know, back when The Pentagon and Administration were saying its all A.O.K.

Bagram was an early July move.

Problem here is, Pentagon doesn't seem to know, and nobody seems to believe anything The Woke Forces say.

Dogs or no dogs, their credibility...
is boned.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/01/2021 12:26 Comments || Top||

#13  By this logic: "He's not refusing the vaccine. He just hasn't gotten around to getting it yet..."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/01/2021 13:23 Comments || Top||


Zabihullah Mujahid calls on Afghan businessmen to invest in the country
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 09/01/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA


US sanctioning Taliban depends on the group's behavior: White House
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Applying US sanctions on Afghanistan’s cash-strapped Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
depends on the group’s behavior, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki
...a valley girl who woke up one morning and found she was spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of State under Obama. A new American success story, under Biden she became spokeswoman for the whole administration, and she was even able to get her sister a job...
said on Tuesday.

Asked about sanctions against the Taliban in a presser, Psaki said: "It depends on what their behavior is. The President clearly outlined that we are going to be watching, as the world will, what the Taliban does."

She said the US will be specifically watching for allowing American citizens, Afghans and US partners to depart Afghanistan, and how the Taliban operates when it relates to the treatment of women and human rights
...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions...
"There’s a great deal of economic leverage, sanctions that are already in place, that we and the global community have. We will assess over the course of the coming days, weeks, and months," Psaki added.

One of the biggest challenges to Taliban rule is the cash crisis in the country.

The Taliban lack access to billions of dollars from their central bank and the International Monetary Fund that would keep the country running during a turbulent shakeup. Those funds are largely controlled by the US and international institutions.

The group that seized control of Afghanistan on August 15 does not currently have
a checking account
institutional structures to receive the money — a sign of the challenges it might confront as it tries to govern an economy that has urbanized and tripled in size since they were last in power two decades ago.

The shortfall could lead to an economic crisis that would only fuel a deeper humanitarian one for the roughly 36 million Afghans expected to stay in the country.

Posted by: Fred || 09/01/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA





#5 
So far, it has been stellar.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 09/01/2021 2:32 Comments || Top||


Biden's national security advisor says the US could give the Taliban CASH AID
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] ...even as they hold hold mock FUNERALS for American, British and NATO forces and celebrate with gunfire in the streets of Kabul after 20 years of war
Posted by: Ebbager Snineling4425 || 09/01/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA

#1  Biden's national security advisor says the US could give the Taliban CASH AID

Translation:

Significant financial compensation to the Taliban is ongoing.

Posted by: Besoeker || 09/01/2021 7:21 Comments || Top||

#2  It's like they're all satanists of some sort. They consider the opposite of everything decent, wise and noble as expedient.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 09/01/2021 8:16 Comments || Top||

#3  YJCMTSU
Posted by: Chris || 09/01/2021 12:13 Comments || Top||

#4  I'm waiting to hear that Iran is the middleman.
Posted by: ed in texas || 09/01/2021 13:44 Comments || Top||

#5  Well guess who is giving these cut throat Taliban legitimacy daily. MSM.
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 || 09/01/2021 15:52 Comments || Top||

#6  And it worked out soooooo well for the Romans to keep paying off the barbarians too.
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/01/2021 21:56 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Turkey trains first female officers to join Somalia's police
[Garowe] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
completed training of female Somali coppers in one of the inaugural projects that would see more women join the SPF which is dominated by men in the patriarchal society.

On Saturday, 49 female coppers graduated in a ceremony that was held in Turkey Saturday. Police Commander General Abdi Hassan Mohammed Hijar officiated the function which was attended by a number of Ottoman Turkish police officials.

Somalia has been trying to boost gender mainstreaming within the public sector, something which is also manifested in the ongoing elections. Already, a number of female senators have been elected in local polls.

The officers drawn from the Haram'ad police unit graduated from a Ottoman Turkish training academy. Previously, Haramcad was predominantly male officers, who are given sophisticated training for the sake of stabilizing the fragile country.

General Hijar said the group was the last group to have completed the advanced training. Turkey has been keen to improve both the country's police force and the army, which are undergoing major rebuilding.

"This training is part of a special operations training. This batch of female officers is the first to complete this training," said Hijar, who has been in charge of the police for the past few years.

Haram'ad police have been heavily involved in the country's politics during the four-year presidency of Mohammed Abdullahi Farmajo, who used the elite forces to suppress his critics, hijack the elections in the Federal States and the independent media.

Besides the Harama’ad police unit, Turkey also trains the Gorgor Battalion of the Somali National National Army [SNA]. Turkey also operates a military training academy in Mogadishu which trains army recruits.

According to the police boss, the female officers are expected to return home soon. Turkey usually supports them even long after their graduation due to their existing relationship with Mogadishu, which has flourished in recent months.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/01/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte



Arabia
Qatar says recognizing Taliban not a priority, warns against isolating group
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
’s Foreign Minister said on Tuesday recognizing the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
’s government was not a priority but warned against isolating the group currently controlling Afghanistan.

No country has recognized the Taliban as a government of Afghanistan after their seizure of the country on August 15.

The White House has denied last week any chance of rushing to recognize the legitimacy of the Taliban government by the US or its allies. The last of the US troops and officials have left the country on Monday, ending over 20 years of American presence in Afghanistan.

Qatar’s Foreign Minister said: "We believe that without engagement we cannot reach...real progress on the security front or on the socioeconomic front."

"If we are starting to put conditions and stopping this engagement, we are going to leave a vacuum, and the question is, who is going to fill this vacuum?," Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said.

He spoke about Doha’s recent talks with the Taliban: "During our talks with the Taliban, there was no positive or negative response," adding that he urged the group to cooperate in the fight against Terrorism.

"We stressed the importance of cooperation to combat terrorism... and we stressed the importance of the Taliban to cooperate in this field."

The Taliban front man Zabihullah Mujahid told Rooters on Saturday that the group will announce a complete cabinet within a week, and it will include not just ministers but leaders as well.

Posted by: Fred || 09/01/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA

#1  Translation: "We prefer our money under the table."
Posted by: ed in texas || 09/01/2021 13:43 Comments || Top||


Britain
The RAF is prepared to launch air strikes hitting ISIS in Afghanistan
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] UK will act in 'self defence' against terrorists after Joe Biden handed the country to the Taliban
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/01/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  Bully. Problem is Tornadoes and Eurofighters don't have the range or payload of a Bone or a Buff.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/01/2021 16:28 Comments || Top||


The Grand Turk
Turkey prevents two Muslim Brotherhood members from departure: Sources to Al-Arabiya
[AlAhram] Both members are accused by the Egyptian authorities of criminal masterminding the liquidation of former Egyptian prosecutor-general Hisham Barakat in 2015.

The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
has prevented two Moslem Brüderbund members from departing its lands, sources told the Saudi-owned al-Arabiya and al-Hadath channels on Tuesday.

The pair, Yehia Mousa and Alaa al-Samahi, is accused by Egyptian authorities of criminal masterminding the liquidation of former Egyptian prosecutor-general Hisham Barakat in 2015.

Mousa and al-Samahi are reportedly in Turkey since the dispersal of the terrorist-designated Moslem Brüderbund sit-ins in Cairo in August 2013. The 45-day-long sit-ins were organised in Rabaa and al-Nahda squares after the ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi in 30 June 2013.

The ban on departure imposed by the Ottoman Turkish authorities on Mousa and al-Samahi will be in place until further notice, the sources added.

The sources also told both Saudi channels that a number of Brotherhood offices and homes in Turkey have been closed and evacuated over the past two weeks upon an order from the Ottoman Turkish authorities.

Egypt and Turkey are preparing for a second round of what they called "exploratory talks" on 7-8 September in Ankara to address bilateral relations between the two countries and a number of regional issues.

Egypt’s relations with Turkey have been strained since the ouster of Morsi, who was backed by the government of then prime minister 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 there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important...
The exploratory talks come as Turkey attempts to end its differences — that have been impacting its economy — with regional powers over several crises in the region.

The second round of talks comes four months after Egyptian and Ottoman Turkish diplomatic officials concluded two days of political consultations in Cairo on normalizing relations, a round that was described by both sides as "frank and in-depth."

The round addressed bilateral issues as well as a number of regional issues, in particular the situation in Syria and Iraq, and the need to achieve peace and security in the Eastern Mediterranean region.

Ankara, ahead of the first exploratory talks, reportedly requested the Moslem Brüderbund-affiliated channels based in Istanbul to dim their criticism of Egypt's government, as Turkey seeks to repair ties with Cairo. Later, the Ottoman Turkish authorities prevented Egyptian Moslem Brüderbund hosts from appearing on two of these channels.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/01/2021 00:45 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Muslim Brotherhood

#1  In 2010, Egypt’s steel imports exceeded 3 million tonnes, with around 90 percent coming from Turkey. In the Arab Spring and aftermath exports dropped precipitously. Turkey, whose economy is in a shambles, hopes to revive this trade, among others.
Posted by: Bertie Crains2651 || 09/01/2021 9:23 Comments || Top||


US ‘very concerned’ about increased Turkish military activity in Syria, Iraq
The set-up for the interview that can be read at the link:
[Rudaw] Joey Hood, United States acting assistant secretary of state for the Middle East, said the US is "very concerned" about increased military activity in both northern Syria and northern Iraq.

"We are very concerned about military activity in northern Syria, northern Iraq," and reports of civilian casualties, he said in an interview with Rudaw on Monday.

In recent weeks, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
has stepped up its attacks in areas of northeast Syria covered by 2019 ceasefires brokered by Washington and Moscow. Several civilians and Kurdish fighters have been killed. Kurdish leadership have called on Russia to step up in its role as monitor of the ceasefire and end Turkey’s attacks and have expressed disappointment that the global coalition against 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....
group (ISIS) have remained silent.

Ankara believes that Syrian Kurdish forces of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are offshoots of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which it has named a terrorist organization. It considers the Syrian Kurdish groups a threat to Turkey’s national security.

Across the border in northern Iraq, Turkey is carrying out months-long operations in northern Duhok province that resulted in several civilian deaths and forced the evacuation of tens of villages. The PKK has its headquarters in the Kurdistan Region's mountains. Turkey has also carried out a massive air raid 200 kilometres deep into Kurdistan Region territory, striking alleged PKK positions in Sulaimani province, and it has carried out Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s in the Shingal area, killing six fighters from a local Yazidi force linked with the PKK, and four health workers.

Hood said the US understands "that Turkey needs to take actions in its own national defence against terrorist activity. So we’re calling on all groups to cease their military activities, their terrorist activities so that we can focus on the real enemy, which is ISIS [ISIS]."

He also expressed hope that intro-Kurdish dialogue to mend fences between rival Kurdish political parties in northeast Syria (Rojava) will help to foster greater cooperation and peace, thereby isolating the PKK.

Rojava’s ruling Kurdish National Unity Parties (PYNK) umbrella group have been in on-and-off talks with the opposition Kurdish National Council (ENKS) since late 2019 to reach an agreement over power sharing.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/01/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  "We are very concerned about [Turkey]military activity in northern Syria, northern Iraq"

and Libya, and Somalia, and Yemen, and Sudan, and Ethiopia...
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/01/2021 10:26 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Marine who blasted Afghan withdrawal forced to undergo mental health check
[NYPOST] The US Marine Corps officer who was relieved of his command over a battalion for chastising his bosses over the botched Afghan withdrawal has revealed that he was ordered to undergo a mental health screening.

"When I went into work this morning, I was ordered by my commanding officer to go to the Hospital for a mental health screening," Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller wrote on Facebook on Monday.

"I was evaluated by the mental health specialists and then sent on my way. My CO is a standup guy, and I understand why he did it," he added.

A day earlier, the officer said in a YouTube video that he was sticking by his guns and resigning his commission — walking away from a $2 million pension after 17 years of service.

Scheller explained that despite being relieved of his duties, he was still an active Marine — until he completes his resignation, which he said was sparked in part by a former commander who wrote on LinkedIn that he should resign "’if he was honorable."
Posted by: Fred || 09/01/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Shrink's conclusion "He's not crazy - he's planning Congress run in 2022"?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/01/2021 1:54 Comments || Top||

#2  his resignation, which he said was sparked in part by a former commander who wrote on LinkedIn that he should resign "’if he was honorable."

CO probably wanted as little fuss as possible with the brass. I would have found a way to give him paid leave to think about it all and come back. Maybe even counseled him against it.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 09/01/2021 2:09 Comments || Top||

#3  ...If you'd like to see just how 'caring' the US military can be when it comes to people who have embarrassed them, read the late COL Jack Broughton's Going Downtown.

Short version - one of Broughton's F-105 pilots let things get away from him, and accidentally strafed a Soviet freighter in Haiphong Harbor. He came straight to Broughton, who knew the kid's career was toast if anybody found out, so he destroyed the gun camera footage. Somebody snitched, and Broughton and the pilot were not only formally charged, but they were given 'mental health evaluations' lasting several days in order to get them to confess the error of their ways.

They didn't, and at the court martial the USAF got slapped even harder when the jury (which included then-COL Chuck Yeager) found Broughton not guilty on all counts but one: destruction of Government property. They fined him $20 for the cost of the film and gave him an LOR.

It was the end of Broughton's career, but read his description of his mental health evaluation. Had I seen that before I enlisted, I may well never have done so.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 09/01/2021 6:09 Comments || Top||

#4  His security clearance has very likely been suspended, ensuring he'll never work for a government contractor or the government. Holding public office may also be a challenge. If the shrink's report states that he "could be in danger of hurting himself or suicide due to PTSD"..... well, we'll just have to leave it at that.

The intent here is to ruin the young man and set an example for others within the ranks.

Posted by: Besoeker || 09/01/2021 7:03 Comments || Top||

#5  Soviet psychology at its finist
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/01/2021 7:07 Comments || Top||

#6  His resignation letter is on Insty: check out the last sentence.
Posted by: Mercutio || 09/01/2021 7:47 Comments || Top||

#7  ...while there scroll just below for the ad Nike will never run.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/01/2021 8:38 Comments || Top||

#8  Link to the Instapundit post referenced by Mercutio and Procopius2k.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/01/2021 10:45 Comments || Top||

#9  Posted in Instapundit’s comments:



Marine LT Col Says "Follow Me And We Will Bring The Whole F****** System Down"
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Marine LT Col Stuart Scheller released a new video from an abandon school bus on his Linked in Page. This was all started after he called for senior leadership responsible for the failure in the Kabul evacuations to be held accountable.

There is little known about what the former Marine Commander's next steps are, so we don't want to speculate on anything at this time. Some quotes that stuck out from his latest video include, "All I asked for was the accountability of my senior leaders"

"When I am done with what I am about to do, you all are going to need the jobs and the security."

"Follow me and we will bring the whole F***** system down."
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/01/2021 12:12 Comments || Top||

#10  "If you oppose the regime you must be mentally ill."
Posted by: ed in texas || 09/01/2021 13:42 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
ISIS 'Beatles' member Alexanda Kotey who is charged with plotting to torture and behead US and European hostages in Syria is set to plead guilty today
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Alexanda Kotey
    ...half-Ghanaian, half-Greek Cypriot who is also in our archives as Alexanda Amon Kotey; “Ringo”, age 36. He recruited at least 25 of his peers in the area west of London, and gleefully beheaded captives for ISIS in Syria, he was captured by the SDF in January 2018...
    was brought to the US last year to face criminal charges

  • He was held in connection with the deaths of four American hostages

  • The Justice Department promised he would not receive a death sentence

  • Accused of killing James Foley, Steven Sotloff, Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller

  • He has also been linked to the torture and killing of other Western hostages
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/01/2021 08:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  What idiocy. Every ISIS member should be shot on sight anyway.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 09/01/2021 14:19 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Taliban’s win a victory for Islam would be JeM, LeT’s tagline to recruit in J&K
[OneIndia] When the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
took over Afghanistan, the Intelligence agencies in India had warned that terror groups operating in Jammu and Kashmir
Afghanistan watchers say that both the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and the JeM have played a crucial role in Afghanistan and one must note that there are nearly 1,000 of their fighters who co-exist with the Taliban.
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
would get a morale boost. While the chances of the Taliban fighters entering the Valley remains remote as of now, the fact is that the terror groups such as the Jaish-e-Mohammad
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Posted by: trailing wife || 09/01/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA

#1  Keep 'em there on the ground, and you reduce half your heartache.

Posted by: Dron66046 || 09/01/2021 8:03 Comments || Top||

#2  ^Amen.
Posted by: Rhinemann || 09/01/2021 9:43 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Ceasefire agreement in Syria's Daraa enters into force tomorrow
[NPASYRIA] On Tuesday, governmental military parties and dignitaries and committees in the city of Daraa, southern Syria, agreed to carry out a Russian-sponsored ceasefire, along with implementing the terms of a previous agreement that included settlements and displacement.

This afternoon, two meetings were held between the notables of Daraa governorate, Russian forces and representatives of the government forces in the city center of Daraa.

The first meeting included notables in Daraa and Horan in general, with the commander of the Russian forces in Syria and representatives of the Eighth Brigade of the Fifth Corps, without the presence of any official body representing the government.

"The meeting resulted in the Russian side’s agreement to reduce the number of checkpoints and to implement an immediate ceasefire and the rest of the steps of the agreement with ease," one of the notables said.

As for the second meeting, it brought together the commander of the Russian forces, the Syrian Minister of Defense, a number of government forces officers with representatives of the Eighth Brigade, dignitaries of Daraa governorate, and the Central Negotiating Committee of Daraa al-Balad.

A source, who attended the meeting and did not want to be named, told North Press that it was agreed on an immediate ceasefire and the reduction of the number of government checkpoints to three instead of the nine.

He added that the three checkpoints in the neighborhoods of Daraa al-Balad, Tariq al-Sadd and the camps will be shared between the Military Security of the government forces and the Eighth Brigade of the Russian-backed Fifth Corps.

The agreement included handing over weapons, making settlements, and displacing those who are not covered by the settlements.

The source pointed out that the terms will be carried out tomorrow, on Wednesday, where a settlement center will be opened, the Military Police of the government forces will intervene, and the Syrian and Russian flags will be raised in Daraa al-Balad.

The Syrian government forces and the Iranian-backed factions have been besieging the Daraa al-Balad and other neighborhoods and closing all roads leading to them for more than two month.
Posted by: Fred || 09/01/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria


Lebanese flour millers' association says fuel shortages are threatening bread production and mills will gradually stop working after supplies ran out
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 09/01/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah



Lebanon’s parliament speaker says that the country needs a government by the end of the week
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 09/01/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah



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Tue 2021-08-31
  Final US evacuation flights leave, ending America’s 20-year Afghanistan war, equipment left behind disabled
Mon 2021-08-30
  US Airstrike Hits Suicide Bombers Targeting Kabul Airport
Sun 2021-08-29
  Last British flight evacuating civilians from Afghanistan leaves Kabul
Sat 2021-08-28
  Biden Pledges to 'Hunt Down' Those Behind Airport Attack
Fri 2021-08-27
  Karzai, Abdullah house-arrested by Taliban in Kabul
Thu 2021-08-26
  Bomb explodes in northern gate of Kabul airport
Wed 2021-08-25
  Taliban Vows to Help Fight Climate Change
Tue 2021-08-24
  Firefight at Kabul airport kills Afghan guard
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Mon 2021-08-23
  US Embassy Tells Americans: Do Not Go to Kabul Airport
Sun 2021-08-22
  9 Talbanis surrender to Resistance Forces in Andarab; 6 of them Paks
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