[Garowe] Æthiopia, and Kenya on Wednesday signed a landmark military cooperation deal, a move that comes amid political instability in the Horn of Africa which has lasted for a couple of months.
Æthiopia is currently embroiled in a crisis in the Tigray region while Somalia and Kenya are battling with al-Shabaab ...... Somalia's version of the Taliban ...Arabic for students... , functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... Lions of Islam who have continued to run riot in both nations. There have been serious undertakings to permanently defeat the bully boys.
Æthiopia's Chief of Staff Field Marshal Birhanu Jula held discussions with his Kenya Defense Forces [KDF] counterpart General Robert Kibochi at Defense Headquarters in Nairobi where the agreement was reached.
The two states agreed to be on frontline in strengthening East Africa Standby Force [EASF] which is critical on matters emergency. When al-Shabaab attacked US Naval Base in Manda Bay, the EASF played a significant role in giving reinforcement..
The force is a regional organization whose mandate is to enhance peace and security in the volatile wider Eastern Africa region. At Manda Airfield, the force immediately gave back up to KDF soldiers and those from US Africa Command.
At home, Field Marshal Birhanu Jula and the ENDF are battling against Tigray Defense Forces, an outfit allied to Tigray People's Liberation Front. The war has lasted for over 17 months leading to the death of thousands of people and the displacement of millions of others.
[IsraelTimes] US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is asked about the absence of Algeria at the Negev summit earlier this week during a presser at the end of his visit to the North African nation and uses the opportunity to highlight the benefits of joining the Abraham Accords for countries who have not yet joined.
He acknowledges that normalizing relations with Israel is a decision that each country has to make on its own, while adding that the Negev summit provided the latest example of what they have to gain.
"This is going to have real, practical benefits for the people in the countries participating in that effort who have normalized their relations with Israel," Blinken said. "We’re seeing that take life in terms of connections that have grown very rapidly between people, between businesses, between students, tourists... even [during] COVID."
"My bet is that as other countries that are not part of that process see this take shape, they will conclude that this is something they want to be a part of... but, of course, it’s on us to demonstrate that it really works and that it produces results. I believe that it will," he adds.
Train Attack: Nigerian Military, Others Know Terrorists’ Hideouts, Listen To Them, Know Their Plans, But Refuse To Bomb Them – El-Rufai | Sahara Reporters https://t.co/splacAGFLzpic.twitter.com/fzQb47lSNp
The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has alleged that the Nigerian military knows the location of bandidos in his state but has refused to bomb their hideout.
This comes after a Kaduna-bound train was attacked by holy warriors on Monday evening with eight persons confirmed dead and 26 injured.
Some of the passengers were also kidnapped.
According to Punch, E-Rufai, who expressed sadness and frustration over the recent train attack, said; "We have enough intelligence for us to take action. The Air Force undertakes enough ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance); and the DSS (Department of State Services) has informants all over the place.
"We know what they (terrorists) are planning. We get the reports. The problem is for the agencies to take action. Don’t wait until they attack before you respond. The Army should go after their enclaves to wipe them out. Let the Air Force bomb them.
"Before, they were categorised as bandidos and if you bombed them, you would have issues with human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. organizations and international criminal courts and so on. But, now that they have been declared holy warriors by the court, they can be legally killed without any consequences from international human rights organizations."
He described Kaduna as currently being in a ’State of War’.
"We know where their camps are, we know where they are; the SSS (State Security Service, also called DSS) have their phone numbers, they listen to them, and they give me the report. We know what they are planning. We shouldn’t be waiting for them to attack; why can’t we go after them?"
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[KavkazUzel] A total of 1,967 residents of Dagestan are on the wanted list as members of international terrorist organizations, Abdurashid Magomedov, the republic's interior minister, said at a session of the People's Assembly.
Good to know. If only they would admit which specific organizations, that would be even more helpful.
"Last year, 104 Dagestanis who left for Syria to participate in international terrorist organizations were put on the wanted list, and 23 were detained upon their return from there. In total, there are currently 1,967 people on the wanted list of Dagestanis who took part in terrorist organizations abroad, " quoted the TASS minister.
Over the past year, the number of registered crimes of a terrorist nature in the republic has decreased by almost a third and amounted to 493 cases, while about 85% of such crimes were committed outside of Russia. "These are criminal cases initiated against citizens of Dagestan in the course of operational and other activities, their participation in the period 2015-2016 as part of armed gangs in the territories of Syria and Iraq was revealed. Currently, according to operational data, this category of persons has moved to the northern regions of Uzbekistan, " said Abdurashid Magomedov.
In 2021, 217 criminal cases were initiated in Dagestan against residents of the republic who had previously left for Syria to participate in illegal armed groups, Chernovik reported today with reference to the report of the minister.
114 people were put on the international wanted list, 23 were detained after their return. Among those wanted are those who went to Syria back in 2013-2016. Also, seven channels for the supply of firearms to the region, including from Ukraine, were blocked, nine workshops for the manufacture and conversion of civilian weapons into a military analogue were liquidated, 458 firearms were seized from illegal circulation, the publication reported.
The report of Police Lieutenant General Abdurashid Magomedov was also published today on the website of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Dagestan.
The police eliminated six sleeping terrorist cells in Makhachkala, Derbent and Buynaksk regions, as well as in the penal colony of the Federal Penitentiary Service. In the republic, six accomplices of illegal armed groups were forced to confess, 53 members of the underground and two members of international terrorist organizations in Syria were detained. During the provision of armed resistance, four people were liquidated, the report said.
"[A total of]246 firearms, 15 IEDs, 96 grenades, over 22,700 rounds of ammunition, other ammunition and explosives were seized from the terrorists' arsenal," the minister's report said.
In the republic, 230 Internet users were brought to administrative responsibility for posting extremist materials in public access, as well as calls for participation in unauthorized mass actions. Roskomnadzor has blocked 1,096 websites and pages on the Internet that contain materials of an extremist nature, the agency reported.
The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that, according to investigators, a 38-year-old resident of Izberbash joined the ranks of the international religious association "Nurcular"
...it has millions of followers around the globe, especially in Turkey, and has been banned in Russia since 2008. They want a Turkic caliphate comprising those regions of the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Russia's North Caucasus and Volga regions...
[Rudaw] Most of the German women and kiddies linked to 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) have been repatriated from northeast Syria (Rojava), a Kurdish official told Rudaw English on Thursday.
Germany repatriated 37 nationals, ten children and 27 women, from Rojava’s Roj camp late Wednesday following an "extremely difficult operation," German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced on Thursday.
"The 27 children are victims of 'Islamic State,' and they have the right to a better future away from its deadly ideology, and to live in safety, as we wish for our own children," the minister was quoted in a statement by her office, noting that "the mothers have to take responsibility for their actions. Some of them were immediately taken into custody upon arrival in Germany."
She added that "the majority of the German children whose mothers are willing to return to Germany have been brought to safety. There are now only a few special cases for which we are continuing to work on individual solutions."
German federal police confirmed that several of the repatriated women - aged between 23 and 36 - have been arrested on suspicion of committing crimes, adding that others are being investigated, reported Deutsche Welle on Thursday.
[OneIndia] Radical islamic preacher, Zakir Naik Indian Islamic preacher, founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation, which doesn't rely very heavily on the scientific method. He is also the founder of the oxymoronic Peace TV channel through which he reaches 200 million viewers. He has been called an authority on comparative religion and the most influential Salafi ideologue in India, though usually by himself. Before becoming a public speaker, he trained as a physician. His preaching is currently banned in India, Bangladesh, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Antarctica. He is currently holed up in Malaysia, where he's not banned... 's organization Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) has been banned on charges of radicalising Moslem youth.
The Ministry of Home Affairs in a notification declared the IRF an unlawful association and banned it for five years. The MHA said that the speeches of Naik were objectionable in nature and he had been extolling known faceless myrmidons apart from stating that every Moslem should be a terrorist.
The notification also said that Zakir Naik has been promoting forcible conversion of youth Islam. He has also justified suicide kabooms and had made objectionable comments against Hindus and Hindu Gods.
The notorious radical preacher has been a centric figure in every 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.... recruit in India. The runaway who is in Malaysia has had his name taken several times in the past by radical elements. He has however maintained that he has nothing to do with these incidents and India is indulging in a witch-hunt against him.
In the Kerala Islamic State case, his name has cropped in the past as well. The raids that were conducted on Sunday are related to the same case and the NIA has learnt that the members of this module were on the same social media group that the faceless myrmidons who undertook the Sri Lanka blasts were. The NIA has however said that it found no direct link between the Kerala module and the one in Sri Lanka.
Last year, the NIA arrested Nashidul Hamzafar a 26 year old management student from Wayanad in Kerala. He was the first ISIS recruit from Kerala to be deported from Afghanistan. During his interrogation, he details the role played by Islamic preachers such as Naik and what sort of an influence they had on him, which ultimately prompted him to join the ISIS.
Hamzafar says that he was not attracted to the ISIS ideology for long. I found them to be too brutal and the outfit only scared me, he says. My ambition was to pursue my education and find a good job in Dubai.
A lot changed when one of his friends, Shihas sent him an audio clip regarding the Islamic State. My perception towards the outfit changed. Then I began listening to audios of Zakir Naik, Noman Alikhan among others. Their speeches inspired me and my approach towards life changed.
Going by his statements, it becomes clear that the likes of Zakir Naik through his Islamic Research Foundation and the Kerala based Peace Educational Foundation have played a huge role in the radicalisation of youth in Kerala.
Recently a Mumbai court had framed charges against Arshi Qureshi. The case relates to the indoctrination of Ashfak Majid and his associates into extreme jihadi ideology by a group of like-minded youths from Kasaragod district of Kerala. It was also stated that some members of the Zakir Naik run NGO, Islamic Research Foundation too were involved in the radicalisation process. It was further alleged that these persons had motivated the youth to join the Islamic state.
Naik has repeatedly claimed that he is being targeted due to his religion. An NIA official however says that this is misconstrued and the agency is targeting him for acts of terror.
In a reply to the Interpol, the NIA said that he is under investigation for funding terror suspects. The NIA also pointed out that it had repeatedly sent out summons to Naik, but he has not once presented himself before the agency. The NIA also said that his passport had been revoked.
Further the NIA also said that Naik's NGO Islamic Research Foundation had been banned by the Government and the same was upheld by the tribunal. He had funded a few terror suspects through his NGO and hence he needs to be questioned in that connection, the NIA also told the Interpol.
Naik not only provoked Moslems to take up arms, but was also involved in an extremely serious conversion racket. Investigations conducted in the year 2016 showed that his organization was active and strong in many parts of the country.
A complaint had been filed by one Ebin Jacob from Kerala, who alleged that his sister had been converted. The lady in question was born as Merrin. However, the way to a man's heart remains through his stomach... following her marriage she was taken to meet Naik's aide, Arshi Qureshi. She had converted and her name was changed to Mirriam.
Sources in the investigating agency tell OneIndia that they have learnt that Rs 50,000 cash would be paid to people who would convert to Islam. "We believe that these were forced conversions which is against the law. Moreover the law on conversions does not permit monetary benefits" sources said.
Naik exploited the situation in Kerala and added to the already existing menace of conversions to Islam. In 2016 two of Naik's aides were arrested and they revealed in detail about this racket. At that time the police had 5,700 conversions under the scanner and it was believed that nearly a 1,000 of them were done by Naik's IRF.
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In fact his followers have only grown, with each successive 'ban' and asset freeze. Narrowly avoided jail thanks to corrupt gummint servants who tipped 'im off. I had actually advised bumping him off in 2010 after one of his peace conference thingies. Today, there's danger of this whole thing blowing up as a diplomatic charlie foxtrot with the OICs.
Also, the Indian police brass and home agencies are populated by civilian recruits and officers, hopelessly dirty bastards, products of one of the most corrupt societies ever. There is no concept of duty, honor, loyalty to anything. What they do is let these foundations and outfits propagate, let them acquire capital assets, even take protection and hush money sometimes from them. Only when it becomes a national security matter they swoop in. 'Top Men' from revenue and finance, enforcement, intelligence, everyone then feasts. On the appropriated assets, the untold sums of money and property confiscated. Everyone from the ministry of finance to law and home gets a piece. Sometimes they even let the primary fcuker escape. Because they have purposely diluted evidence, looked the other way for years, they present a watered down and half-assed case to the courts. Result is, no great repercussions for the offender and the bureaucrats successfully digest what loot they can.
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"Shot hisself in the back of his head with a shuttergun, by God!"
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I'm afraid the leadership is too full of tail between the asscheeks hindoos, they're afraid of Moslem riots, civil war, then having to explain themselves to the west. Those self-righteous arbiters of morality with the sanctions stick in their hands.
Which is why the current diminishing of the west's capability to 'protect human rights' by interventionism is actually welcome here.
We have such treats planned. It's the civil leadership that always obstructs good work. Because of them everything has to be surgical, wrapped in political obfuscation. A little like Israel. In fact a lot like Israel.
Moslem countries have the luxury of being... moslem. They adopt and kiss the stupid constitutions Europeans taught them but ultimately they live by the calvinball they know.
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Heh... Our NSGs and CAPFs trainers actually trained their police rapid action teams from which RAB was later born. They send their best officers here every year to specialize in tactics, cyber, etc.
What I wish is our officers would learn something from them.
[SHAFAQ] The leader of the Sadrist Movement, Moqtada Tater al-Sadr ...hereditary Iraqi holy man and leader of a political movement in Iraq. He had his hereditary rival al-Khoei assassinated shortly after the holy rival's appearance out of exile in 2003. Formerly an Iranian catspaw, lately he's gagged over some of their more outlandish antics, then went back to catspawry... , announced this Thursday evening the withdrawal of the Sadrist bloc from negotiations to elect the president of the republic and form the next government, allowing the Shiite Coordination Framework to negotiate with the other political forces in this regard.
Al-Sadr said on Twitter that he thanks God "for winning the largest bloc, forming the largest alliance (Saving the Homeland), and nominating a prime minister acceptable to all."
"For Iraq not to remain without a government which will deteriorate the security, economic, and service conditions, I am giving (the third: the Framework) an opportunity to negotiate with all the blocs to form a national majority government, without the Sadrist bloc, in a period from the first day of Ramadan until the ninth of Shawwal (40 days)." He added.
Al-Sadr addressed the Sadrist representatives not to interfere with this issue "neither positively nor negatively."
Iraqi politicians failed for a third time on Wednesday to elect a head of state, further deepening a political crisis spurred by infighting following general elections five months ago.
After al-Sadr's statement, the State of Law Coalition said that its leader, Nuri al-Maliki, one of the main poles of the Coordination Framework, would hold talks with other political forces to pave the way for the formation of the next government.
The representative of the State of Law, Thaer Mukheef, told Shafaq News Agency, "The leader of the Sadrist movement has set 40 days for the Framework to form the government with the agreement with other parties."
He added, "There's a high probability that this process will change the political map, and I think that the Kurds may agree on one candidate for the presidency."
"We seek not to exclude anyone, and we hope that al-Sadr would participate in the government, and we will seek to communicate with him about this."
Iraqi politicians failed for a third time on Wednesday to elect a head of state, further deepening a political crisis spurred by infighting following general elections five months ago.
So far, Iraqi politicians have disagreed on a compromise candidate for the presidency, exacerbating a political vacuum that prevents the appointment of a prime minister.
A lack of a quorum, set by the Federal Supreme Court at two-thirds of the house's 329 members, held the vote for the third time since February.
The parliament presidium opted to convert the session to an ordinary session to discuss the lineups of the permanent parliamentary committees.
In a brief statement, the media bureau of the Iraqi parliament said that the parliament speaker, Mohammad al-Halboosi, inaugurated the sixth ordinary session without revealing the number of politicians who attended the session.
A source said that only 152 politicians showed up for the latest vote, and the vote for a new president was delisted from the session's agenda.
[Rudaw] The top commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday warned the Arab Gulf countries that Tehran will not tolerate the occurrence of political and security relations between them and Israel, days after officials from Israel, the US, and four Arab countries took part in a groundbreaking summit with Iran ...The nation is 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... as the main topic of discussion.
"Unfortunately some of the regimes ruling the countries in the south of Persian Gulf have established political and security relations with the Zionist regime, this issue is a serious threat for the security of the region and in particular these regimes," Commander Hossein Salami said at Abu Musa island near the Strait of Hormoz, where he paid a visit to the IRGC forces stationed in the island. "We say emphatically and warn that these kinds of relations are not acceptable at all."
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I did not have relations with that woman Gulf Country.
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...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 
Indian Islamic preacher, founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation, which doesn't rely very heavily on the scientific method. He is also the founder of the oxymoronic Peace TV channel through which he reaches 200 million viewers. He has been called an 
...hereditary Iraqi holy man and leader of a political movement in Iraq. He had his hereditary rival al-Khoei assassinated shortly after the holy rival's appearance out of exile in 2003. Formerly an Iranian catspaw, lately he's gagged over some of their more outlandish antics, then went back to catspawry...
...The nation is noted for 
