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Afghanistan
Main highway connecting Jalalabad with Torkham reopens
[KhaamaPress] The main highway connecting Jalalabad city with Torkham was reopened following negotiations between the protesters and the local officials including provincial governor Hayatullah Hayat.

The provincial government media office in a statement said a committee was formed led by the provincial peace committee Haji Malik Nasir to negotiate with the protesters where a decision made to end the protests of Shenwar residents leading to reopening of the highway between Jalalabad and Torkham.

Governor Hayat said the commander of the Afghan Local Police forces Bilal Pacha has been incarcerated
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
with his two brothers based on the decision of the committee and the Afghan National Police forces have been instructed to arrest the father of Bilal Pacha as well.

He also promised that the other government officials who have committed negligence in their duty would also face legal actions and the cases of the commander of the local police of Achin, his brothers and father would soon be referred to the Attorney.

Hayat further added that the local residents must support the authorities in gathering evidences against the accused individuals so that they can be public tried for the crimes they have committed.

He also vowed that the authorities would thoroughly investigate the issues surrounding the protests and information would be shared with the elders soon.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/14/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Nimroz Identified As Key Human Trafficking Route
[ToloNews] An investigation by TOLOnews has found that every day hundreds of Afghans are leaving the country for Iran through Nimroz province and that they are crossing the border unchecked.

Moslem colonists Migrants fleeing the country this way continue to do so despite the numerous challenges they deal with along the way.

TOLOnews found that the first step is the link up with human traffickers ‐ which takes place in various provinces around the country.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/14/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Human Trafficking

#1  Running INTO Iran.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/14/2018 11:00 Comments || Top||


Arabia
Israel sells Saudi Arabia Iron Dome...or not
WOW! If true
[Israel National News] Defense establishment initially opposed deal, but American pressure and Saudi promise that system would not endanger Israel led to signing.

The Saudi-based Al-Khaleej Online reported today that Saudi Arabia had acquired an Iron Dome system from Israel to defend itself from missile attacks by the Houthi rebels in Yemen.

According to the report, the deal was mediated by the United States, in which the Saudis undertook that the system would not endanger Israel or its allies.

Israeli security sources say this is a significant development in the relationship between Israel and Saudi Arabia. According to the report, Israel initially refused to sell the Saudis to the system because the two countries have no diplomatic relations and the system may be used against it. Saudi Arabia involved the Americans who exerted pressure and brought about a change in the Israeli position.

The deal is due to take place within a few months and the first battery is due to arrive in Saudi Arabia before 2019.

Knowledgeable observers have suggested the move may indicate Israel has developed a newer version of the system.

Iron Dome was designed to detect, evaluate, and intercept missiles, cannon rounds, mortars, helicopters, and air threats. Launched by the Israeli Air Force in April 2011, Iron Dome intercepted more than 1,000 rockets fired from Gaza in Southern and Central Israel, with a 90% success rate.

Although Israel remains the sole operator of Iron Dome, several countries have expressed interest in the system, including the United States. Raytheon is working toward production of a US version of Iron Dome called the SkyHunter® missile that could someday defend forward-deployed American forces.

Israel Defense Ministry denies Saudi Arabia purchased Iron Dome

[IsraelTimes] The Defense Ministry denies an Arabic media report that Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
purchased the Iron Dome missile defense system from Israel.

"We deny the existence of a deal to sell Iron Dome to Saudi Arabia," the Defense Ministry says in an emailed statement.

Al-Khaleej Online, an Arabic news site with offices in the UK and the Persian Gulf, reported earlier this morning that Saudi Arabia purchased the missile defense batteries from Israel to place along its border with Yemen, citing unnamed diplomatic sources.
Posted by: Frank G || 09/14/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia

#1  Israel initially refused to sell the Saudis to the system

Like Spain and the LGBs?
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/14/2018 14:01 Comments || Top||


Spain will go ahead with arms deal with Saudi Arabia
[ARABNEWS] Spain will go ahead with the sale of 400 laser-guided bombs to Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
, Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said on Thursday.

"The decision is that these bombs will be delivered to honor a contract that comes from 2015, and was made by the previous government," Borrell told Onda Cero radio.

Several government ministries had worked on the issue for a week and the contract was reviewed three times by a commission that authorizes arms sales, Borrell said, adding, "We found no reason not to carry it out."

Borrell said the laser-guided bombs hit their targets with "extraordinary precision" of within one meter. "This kind of weapon does not produce the same sort of bombing as less sophisticated weapons, launched a bit randomly."

The defense ministry said last month that the current Socialist government, which took power in June, had never sold arms that could be used against a civilian population and would review the criteria used to authorize arms sales.



Posted by: Fred || 09/14/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia

#1  In other news, Spain manufactures laser-guided bombs. Looks like I don't know jack squat!
Posted by: Raj || 09/14/2018 0:34 Comments || Top||

#2  Easy there big fella.
LGB comes in a retrofit kit for gravity bombs too.
Spain may just be assembling the nose kits and canards to offload dated inventory.
See The High Cost of Precision Attack
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/14/2018 1:41 Comments || Top||

#3  Check cleared
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/14/2018 3:31 Comments || Top||

#4  LGB comes in a retrofit kit for gravity bombs too

These were used by the British (& maybe others) attached to concrete cone shaped cylinders to take out Saddam's tanks/apcs that were hiding on Baghdad residential streets during 2003 assault.

Little collateral damage.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 09/14/2018 10:11 Comments || Top||


Arab coalition member state officials review efforts to ease Yemeni suffering caused by Houthis
[ARABNEWS] The ambassadors of the member states of the Saudi-led Arab coalition met in Tunisia on Thursday to review efforts to ease the suffering of Yemeni people due to the criminal practices carried out by the Iran-backed Houthi
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ...
militia.

The ambassadors of Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
, Yemen, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Egypt, Bahrain, Sudan and Jordan met with General Director of the Political, Economic Affairs and Cooperation of the Arab World at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia, M.Mahmoud Khemiri, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

During the meeting, Khemiri stressed the need for the coalition countries to provide full technical support to the Yemeni government to monitor violations of human rights
When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much...
and international humanitarian law.

The meeting was a continuation of coordination efforts and joint action among the coalition countries to support the internationally recognized government of Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.

Posted by: Fred || 09/14/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia


Europe
German minister says refugee deal reached with Italy
[AlAhram] Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Thursday that Germany had reached a deal with Italia to return migrants colonists who have already applied for asylum there and added he expected it to be signed soon.

That comes after the German government agreed in August with both Greece and Spain to send migrants colonists back to those countries within 48 hours if they have already applied for asylum there.

"I have just heard that the deal with Italia has also been agreed," Seehofer told the Bundestag lower house of parliament.

"We just need the two signatures from the Italian colleague and me," Seehofer said, adding he expected that to take a few more days.

The deals are part of a compromise between Chancellor Angela Merkel
...chancellor of Germany and the impetus behind Germany's remarkably ill-starred immigration program. Merkel used to be referred to by Germans as Mom. Now they make faces at her for inundating the country with Moslems ..
's Christian Democrats and Seehofer's Bavarian Christian Social Union that appears to resolve a dispute over returning migrants colonists that nearly split them and brought down the government.

More than 1.6 million migrants colonists have arrived in Germany since mid-2014, provoking tensions and propelling the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) into the national parliament.

Merkel has repeatedly defended her 2015 decision to admit hundreds of thousands of migrants colonists as a humanitarian necessity, but has since vowed to prevent a re-run of such an influx.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/14/2018 01:52 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  Send them to Rome.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/14/2018 13:58 Comments || Top||

#2  Merkel has repeatedly defended her 2015 decision to admit hundreds of thousands of migrants colonists as a humanitarian necessity.

Awfully nice of Frau Merkel to pull such unilateral nonsense and make the rest of the EU pay for it. If she consulted the Lithuanians or the Poles or the Czechs or the Italians, then I must have missed that e-mail.
Posted by: Clem || 09/14/2018 14:25 Comments || Top||


Finland 'Will Not Deport' Afghan Families With Children
[ToloNews] The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) announced Wednesday that it had updated its policy on repatriations to Afghanistan; therefore, the agency will not require families with children to attempt to relocate in the capital, Kabul.

Migri said the prevailing circumstances in Kabul have made it less likely that citizens will be able to relocate to the capital to escape persecution or other disruptions in their native provinces, yle said in a report.

"There are more internal refugees. Their situation is so difficult that the options for making a living are limited," said Migri Director General Jaana Vuorio.

She stressed however, that the agency's new policy would not change its assessment of families that are currently resident in Kabul.

As a result of its new approach, Migri said it will only be considering two groups of asylum seekers for repatriation to Afghanistan. They include healthy and able-bodied unmarried men who are not particularly vulnerable in any way, as well as healthy, childless married couples of working age who are not particularly vulnerable and have a safety net in Kabul.

However,
denial ain't just a river in Egypt...
Migri noted it would not automatically assume that internal relocation is an option for asylum seekers belonging to either of these groups.

"An overall assessment is performed in all cases, and the possibility of internal flight is assessed individually," Migri said in a statement.

Last week Migri announced that it was temporarily suspending Afghan asylum decisions while it considered guidelines issued by the UN refugee agency concerning the situation in Afghanistan.

"The update was performed because, on 30 August 2018, the United Nations
...the Oyster Bay money pit...
High Commissioner for Refugees published its guidelines on assessing the need for international protection of asylum seekers from Afghanistan," Migri noted.

The agency has now resumed processing applications, with around 760 asylum applicants currently awaiting decisions.
Herewith a word problem for your delectation, dear Reader:

“Mom” and “Dad” Pashtun appear in downtown Helsinki with their five “sons”,whose given ages are 16, 15, 14, 13, and 13 (the last explained as them being fraternal twins). All of the lads, who look nothing like their parents or each other, have to shave twice a day and all are having problems with their fully erupted wisdom teeth.

Question: How long until two of the lads and their “father” do their best to commit mass murder during a music festival, political rally, or professional soccer game using homemade explosives and several very illegal guns they found under a bench in the park, while another grabs a knife from the kitchen of his “mother” and gets stabby among the Saturday shoppers, and the rest have their way with their classmates of both sexes at school?
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/14/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  Yep, they worry about ogre Putin instead.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/14/2018 4:17 Comments || Top||

#2  And as many 30 year old Afghans are being passed off as "children," there will be no deportations at all...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/14/2018 8:59 Comments || Top||

#3  Give them a productive skill, like reindeer herding, above the Arctic Circle. Time to start is now, while you still have daylight.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/14/2018 12:27 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Kerry goes rogue again, talks with Iran about nuke deal
[AmericanThinker] Since Donald Trump became president, former secretary of state John Kerry has taken it upon himself to undermine the administration's foreign policy by attempting to negotiate with foreign powers on his own.

In May, Kerry met with a high-level Palestinian official, telling him he would promote the Palestinian "peace plan" and that P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas should simply ignore the president of the United States. The meeting took place shortly after Trump announced moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem.

Now it's been revealed that Kerry met with Iranian officials to "salvage" the nuclear deal.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: 746 || 09/14/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  ...And what exactly did Lurch think was going to happen if he got the Iranians to agree to something? The ONLY thing I can think of is that he would bring a 'deal' back and let the media play it up as 'the last chance for peace' and the Usual Suspects try to steamroller the Trump Administration into a climbdown.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 09/14/2018 8:08 Comments || Top||

#2  Logan Act. Why isn’t he being charged? On wait,the law only matters if you aren’t important and a democrat.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 09/14/2018 11:22 Comments || Top||

#3  And what exactly did Lurch think was going to happen if he got the Iranians to agree to something?

He was so looking forward to being sworn in as president in January 2021, Mike.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/14/2018 11:47 Comments || Top||

#4  Collusion! Why is it not? Because...shut up.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/14/2018 12:23 Comments || Top||

#5  Why is he going down this road so aggressively? Is there something we should know about?
Posted by: gorb || 09/14/2018 13:14 Comments || Top||

#6  Gorb, I suspect it is a desperate attempt to rescue the deal that defined his tenure as Secretary of State. If the Iran deal goes away, what will he be remembered for (aside from the obvious)?
Posted by: Tom || 09/14/2018 13:18 Comments || Top||

#7  When does "undermine" turn into treason?
Posted by: JohnQC || 09/14/2018 13:21 Comments || Top||

#8  ..they've been in an undeclared war since the embassy take over (which technically was an invasion of American soil).
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/14/2018 13:59 Comments || Top||

#9  Kerry represents the deep state, the real power in American politics. They don't require the elected government, it is entirely superfluous.
Posted by: Herb McCoy || 09/14/2018 14:21 Comments || Top||

#10  Lurch IS the Secretary of the US-SG (US Shadow Government).
Posted by: Ebbavirt Clunk4147 || 09/14/2018 22:45 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Somali Muslim Cop Who Shot Woman Was Hired AFTER Being Found ‘Unable to Handle Stress' of Job
h/t Instapundit
[PJMedia] Identity politics kills. If there is any lesson to be drawn from the killing of Justine Ruszczyk Damond, that is it. The city of Minneapolis was so eager to have a Somali Muslim police officer on the force that it hired a man who had been found incompetent to hold the job. Further, it did not fire him even when he proved that he was indeed unfit to be a cop.

Fox News has reported that "the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the shooting death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond once put a gun to a driver’s head during a traffic stop and sometimes ignored calls, according to court filings indicating that psychiatrists and training officers voiced concerns about his fitness for duty."

Not only that, but "Mohamed Noor was flagged by two psychiatrists during a pre-hiring evaluation in early 2015. The psychiatrists said he seemed unable to handle the stress of regular police work and exhibited an unwillingness to deal with people."
One more piece of evidence - as if we needed more, which shows you who's the real enemy are.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/14/2018 05:02 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  ....Pretrial discovery for the Impending Lawsuit(TM) is gonna be a hoot.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 09/14/2018 8:03 Comments || Top||

#2  Mike, no kidding. And, from what I understand, in a civil trial, the defendant cannot plead the Fifth.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 09/14/2018 9:23 Comments || Top||

#3  Die-versity...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/14/2018 10:36 Comments || Top||

#4  Remember, the Left insists that only trained police personnel should have weapons.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/14/2018 12:28 Comments || Top||

#5  I'm going to bet that Minneapolis will fight this.
Posted by: gorb || 09/14/2018 13:12 Comments || Top||

#6  Rambler,

I would be willing to bet at this point that the city will mortgage every last dime of its property to come up with a settlement big enough to get the family to back off...and sign the mother of all gag orders.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 09/14/2018 13:36 Comments || Top||

#7  the city will mortgage every last dime of its property to come up with a settlement big enough to get the family to back off...and sign the mother of all gag orders.

Something like the MGM/LV model.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/14/2018 13:57 Comments || Top||

#8  The only thing surprising to me is that they administered a stress analysis.

50/50 that part of the application gets shitcanned.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/14/2018 14:41 Comments || Top||

#9  I'm guessing the city has insurance against such judgments and/or will argue some sort of immunity for cops in performance of their duties.

They will also drop the psychological screening for the same reasons that physical fitness tests are dropped because they screen out unqualified applicants for physically demanding jobs.
Posted by: SteveS || 09/14/2018 16:45 Comments || Top||

#10  Diversity is strength
Posted by: Regular joe || 09/14/2018 21:25 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Erbil will not ‘hand over’ Kurdish dissidents to Iran: KRG
[Rudaw] Erbil has turned down a request from Iran to hand over Iranian-Kurdish dissidents based in the Region.

"There is nothing like handing over anyone. They have been in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region since the 80s and during the Baathist regime and a large number of them have been registered with UNCHR as immigrants colonists," Safin Dizayee, the KRG spokesperson, told a presser in Erbil on Thursday.

On Tuesday, Iran’s top general demanded the Kurdistan Region "hand over" Iranian-Kurdish dissidents based in the Region.

"The state of Iraq and Kurdistan Region must not allow bases to be built that would cause insecurity and in fact they must hand all of them over," Maj. Gen. Mohammed Bagheri, commander-in-chief of all armed forces, said in comments carried by Fars news.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) fired seven surface-to-surface missiles across the border on Saturday morning, striking camps and headquarters of two Iranian-Kurdish parties, the PDKI and the KDP-I, near the Kurdistan Region’s Koya while they were holding leadership meetings.

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is officially opposed to any Kurdish group using the Region’s territory to attack neighbouring Iran or The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
and it repeated this stance after Saturday’s strikes.

Dizayee said the Iranian Kurdish opposition groups should "respect the immigration laws" and not "use the Kurdistan Region as a base to destabilize the security and stability of the neighbouring country."

The long standing rivalry between the Islamic Theocratic Republic of Iran and Kurdish groups must only be resolved through peaceful means, he added.

Iranian-Kurdish parties have had camps and bases in the present-day Kurdistan Region since the early 1980s.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/14/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israel reopens sole Gaza crossing for people after punitive closure
[IsraelTimes] Israel reopened the Erez border crossing on Thursday, the only crossing for people between Israel and the Gazoo Strip, more than a week after shutting it following a Paleostinian protest that damaged the site.

The reopening follows several days of relative calm, as Egyptian and UN officials attempt to broker a long-term truce between Israel and Gazoo’s terrorist Hamas, one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbung millipede, rulers.

A spokeswoman for the Defense Ministry unit that oversees the Erez crossing confirmed it had reopened on Thursday.

On September 5, the army said that hundreds of "rioters" had vandalized the Gazoo side of the crossing, and that it would remain closed until the damage was repaired. It later said that it would extend the closure until Thursday as a punitive measure.

An average of around 1,000 Gazooks cross through Erez each day, mostly those in need of medical care but also businesspeople, students and others, Israeli authorities say.

A second crossing with Israel, Kerem Shalom, is for goods only.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/14/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Olde Tyme Religion
Dalai Lama: ‘Europe Belongs to Europeans', Refugees Should Return and Rebuild Homelands
[Breitbart] The Dalai Lama has told a press conference in Sweden that "Europe belongs to the Europeans", asserting that refugees should be repatriated so they can rebuild their homelands.

Speaking in the multicultural city of Malmö, where nearly half of residents are of foreign background, with Iraqis making up the largest single group, the leader of Tibetan Buddhism said Sweden is seen as "a peaceful, generally prosperous country" with a relatively small gap between rich and poor.

"Spontaneously", reports Norrköpings Tidningar, the Dalai Lama then "moved on to talk about one of the biggest issues in the Swedish election ‐ the reception of refugees".

Noting that a large number of immigrants have settled in Europe from the Middle East and elsewhere, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning spiritual leader said it was good for nations to help "a refugee really facing danger against their life".

"Receive them, help them, educate them... but ultimately they should develop their own country," said the 83-year-old Tibetan.

"I think Europe belongs to the Europeans," he added, stressing that countries like Germany and Sweden should make clear that refugees must "return to their homelands and rebuild them".
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/14/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  Say what you will, but the guy generally makes some pretty valid points.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/14/2018 3:48 Comments || Top||

#2  How did get to be Dalai Lama then? I didn't vote for him.
Posted by: jpal || 09/14/2018 10:14 Comments || Top||

#3  Nice to see we agree, for a change, but I'm sure his opinion is based on the Tibet for Tibetans more than anything else.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 09/14/2018 11:38 Comments || Top||

#4  ...I recall he said something along the lines of 'terrorist minds are closed', you can't reason with them. Sort of like our Left.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/14/2018 12:25 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Haley threatens Russia, Syria, Iran over alleged chemical weapons threat
[AlMasdar] In a video interview with Fox News on Wednesday, the U.S. Ambassador to the Unied Nations, Nikki Haley
...Trump administration's ambassador to the UN. First woman to serve as Governor of South Carolina, and the second Indian-American governor in the country, after Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. At the age of 39, Haley was the youngest governor in the U.S., a distinction formerly held by Jindal. She is a Republican, which really grates on the Dems...
, issued a stern warning to the governments of Russia, Syria, and Iran about using chemical weapons.

Haley told Fox News that the U.S. has repeatedly warned these three nations about using chemical weapons, adding that Washington will decisively strike culprits if it happens again.

"What we told, you know, the Syrians, the Russians and the Iranians was, well, twice we have warned you not to use chemical weapons; twice you have used it, and twice President Trump has acted. Don’t test us again. Because I think the odds are very much against them," Haley said.

She also recalled that the issue of the Syrian government troops allegedly preparing a chemical weapons attack on civilians was discussed at three meetings of the UN Security Council, where most of its members ostensibly cautioned Russia against conducting any such attack in Syria.

Haley’s remarks came just a few days after she warned Russia and Iran of "dire consequences" if they continue Arclight airstrikes against Death Eater-held areas in Syria’s Idlib province, adding that the US would respond to any use of chemical weapons there.

"I also want to reiterate what I said last week to the Assad regime and anyone else contemplating the use of chemical weapons in Syria. The United States followed through when we said that we would respond to the use of chemical weapons. We stand by this warning," she noted.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/14/2018 01:17 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria

#1  Will Nimroda be flying any missions herself?
Posted by: charger || 09/14/2018 19:34 Comments || Top||


White Helmets carry out strictly humanitarian missions in Syria – Pentagon
Either true or the scapegoat has been chosen...
[AlMasdar] The United States maintains that the non-governmental organization White Helmets continues to save many lives in Syria, a US Department of Defense official told Sputnik.

"The White Helmets are a humanitarian organization that has saved thousands of lives and continues to respond to bombardments by Russian and [Syrian] regime military forces," the official said on Wednesday.

The United States and the international community continue to support their work, the US defense official added.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the White Helmets, however, together with terrorists, have chosen 22 families with children as well as orphans kidnapped from refugee camps to be in the receiving end of a staged chemical weapons attack, the Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation reported.

Terrorists from a group calling itself Tanzim Ḥurras ad-Din (The Guardians of Religion Organization) are engaged in the direct preparation of sites for the detonation of containers loaded with poisonous substances during the shooting of a video about ’chemical attacks’, the Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation explained.

The White Helmets and Nusra Front snuffies have approved videos of two scenes, which will be transferred to the United Nations
...the Oyster Bay money pit...
and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons; the rest will be distributed in the social networks, the Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation also said.
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Armenia is sending 100 soldiers to Syria as part of humanitarian mission
[AlMasdar] The Armenian Army is sending approximately 100 soldiers to Syria as part of a humanitarian mission, Armenian Minister of Defense Davit Tonoyan stated on Wednesday, as quoted by Panarmenian.

"These are the humanitarian experts of the Armenian Armed Forces, including doctors, sappers, as well as personnel who will ensure their safety," Tonoyan said.

Armenia has played an integral role in alleviating the humanitarian crisis in Syria, as their constant aid shipments have helped a large number of Syrians.

Both Syria and Armenia maintain close diplomatic and economic relations, with the latter refusing to cutoff ties to Damascus, despite pressure from the U.S. and other western states.
“The enemy of my enemy Turkey is my friend.”
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/14/2018 01:17 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria


Iranian tankers stranded by threat of US sanctions
[ARABNEWS] Two tankers carrying Iranian condensate, a type of ultra-light oil, have been floating off the UAE for about a month as demand for the oil fell ahead of US sanctions.

The tankers, carrying about 2.4 million barrels of South Pars condensate combined, were stranded after South Korea halted imports from Iran and China’s demand fell during summer, according to industry sources and shipping data.

The build-up in Iranian oil supplies underscores the pressure that Iran is facing as Washington aims to bring Iranian oil exports down to zero to force Tehran to re-negotiate a nuclear deal.

The Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) Felicity loaded condensate at Iran’s Assaluyeh port in early August and then set sail for Jebel Ali in the UAE, shipping and trade flows data on Thomson Rooters Eikon showed.

It arrived at the ship-to-ship transfer area off Dubai on Aug. 7 and has been anchored there since. Similarly, the Suezmax tanker Salina also loaded oil at Assaluyeh and has been circling in the same area off Dubai since Aug. 17, according to the data.

Oil processors in South Korea, Iran’s top customer for South Pars condensate, halted Iranian oil liftings in July as banks, insurance and shipping companies wound down business related to Iran before US sanctions on the country’s petroleum sector kick in on Nov. 4. China typically cuts South Pars condensate imports in the summer because of its foul smell, the sources said.
Posted by: Fred || 09/14/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Funny how the first two sentences completely contradict the headline and point to a lack of demand instead...
Posted by: Raj || 09/14/2018 0:31 Comments || Top||

#2  It's as if the entire article was written by 'journalists'.
Posted by: SteveS || 09/14/2018 2:22 Comments || Top||

#3  I suspect the lack of demand has been created by Saudi production increases.
Got give Trump and Bolton credit for planning the sanctions to disrupt oil supply as little as possible. Oil futures are steady at $68.88.
Posted by: jvalentour || 09/14/2018 8:11 Comments || Top||

#4  Can't imagine this much volume is shipped COD.
Would think it was prepaid to include transport costs.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/14/2018 10:49 Comments || Top||

#5  Of course, blowing that much crude at two primary offloading port facilities used by the US Navy carrier groups would put a dent in ME naval operations.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/14/2018 10:59 Comments || Top||

#6  Especially if it was RA dirty.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/14/2018 11:14 Comments || Top||



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