[DAWN] United States President Donald Trump ...the Nailer of NAFTA... 's top negotiator for Afghanistan was in Kabul on Sunday to brief the Afghan president on peace efforts on his first trip back since Trump ended talks with the Taliban ...Arabic for students... aimed at ending America's longest war.
The visit by Zalmay Khalilzad comes after a flurry of low-key meetings that he has held, including with the Taliban this month in Pakistain.
"The aim of his visit is clear, to report to President Ghani on his recent visits and meetings in some countries regarding the Afghan grinding of the peace processor," an official in Afghanistan's Caped PresidentAshraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money... 's office said.
Talks with the Taliban on a plan to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan in exchange for Taliban security guarantees were halted by Trump last month following the death of a US soldier and 11 other people in a Taliban kaboom in Kabul.
[Libya Observer] US Africa Command Director of Public Affairs Colonel Chris Karns said four Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s this year had killed 25% of the ISIS ...embracing their inner Islamic Brute... forces of Evil remaining in Libya, "where ISIS forces had been gathering in camps and recruiting new fighters."
In an interview with Voice of America, Karns said the US wanted to make sure that threat did not grow, adding that the US would continue to monitor the situation to prevent Libya from becoming a safe haven for terrorists.
"Since US forces were relocated in April, we’ve continued to watch and monitor the situation in Libya. Our concern was that with the civil war, these terrorist groups, in particular ISIS, would look to leverage this opportunity to grow, to recruit, to train and create additional chaos in a situation that is already chaotic." Karns explained.
He indicated that when the opportunity presented itself ‐ and this was through careful observation by US forces ‐ there were instances where US forces saw a regeneration of the ISIS capability as they were gathering in camps, where they were doing some of the basic training and starting to do some of the recruiting.
"So we wanted to make sure that threat did not grow. And consequently, airstrikes were conducted. Four this year." He remarked.
The Colonel that ISIS murderous Moslems' number is under 150 as 43 ISIS fighters have been taken out of Libya permanently.
"We will look to continue to monitor the situation, and we just do not want Libya to become a laboratory for ISIS to feel that they have safe haven and take advantage of a difficult situation." He explained.
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[Libya Observer] The Libyan Navy has denied threatening any vessels belonging to Europe ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... an organizations, concerned with rescue operations in the Mediterranean, refuting the statements made by German NGO Sea-Eye that Libyan security forces fired warning shots at Alan Kurdi vessel while rescuing migrants colonists on Saturday. Go ahead. Sink a few of these assholes
The Libyan Navy has said in a statement that its patrol boats did not intercept or threaten any NGO vessels, stressing that it will not cede in any way its sovereign rights which it exercises within its territorial waters.
At the same time, it called on international organizations to abide by the memorandum of conduct on working in Libyan waters, in a way that achieves saving lives and secures the rights of all cooperating parties.
[Al Jazeera] An initial agreement between Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... 's southern separatists and the internationally backed government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, designed to end a power struggle in the country's south, would see the separatists included in a new cabinet, according to a draft of the deal obtained by Al Jazeera.
The Saudi-brokered deal includes arrangements for a system of power that involves both Hadi's government and the Southern Transitional Council (STC), whose forces have been at loggerheads in Aden for months.
The draft agreement, expected to be announced in the coming days, followed weeks of negotiations hosted by 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's Information Minister Muammar Eryani said on Saturday that the agreement would be signed within two days.
[RUDAW.NET] Russian women who were held in Kurdish-controlled camps in Syria as 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 ...embracing their inner Islamic Brute... ) supporters have recorded emotional appeals to President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... to help them return home.
The audio recordings released by RBK news website late Saturday were provided by Chechen rights ombudswoman Kheda Saratova, who has been involved in repatriating ISIS widows and children. It was not clear when they were made.
The women referred to two different camps holding alleged IS family members ‐ al-Hol in northeastern Syria and Ain Issa near the Ottoman Turkish border.
Thousands of Russians joined ISIS forces in Syria and Iraq. Russia has repatriated some of the women and kiddies.
"My request is to help me return home. I don’t want to go back to the ISIS," says one woman, who gives her name as Yulia Kryukova from the city of Saint Petersburg, her voice breaking as she starts crying.
"I appeal to President Vladimir Putin, Kheda Saratova and Natalya Moskalkova," she says, misnaming Russia's rights ombudswoman Tatiana Moskalkova.
She says she fears she could be beaten up by other women in the al-Hol camp who still support ISIS.
"They are very aggressive, they set fire to tents and beat up people, I don’t know what to do."
Saratova told RBK that the women’s relatives had been in contact with her. She said the women had all travelled to Syria to live with ISIS fighter husbands who were later killed.
In the final recording, a woman, who does not give her name, says she and other women have fled their camp and are on the road to Tal Abyad five kilometers (3 miles) away.
Since Kurdish fighters withdrew, Tal Abyad is under the control of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... and its Syrian proxies.
Saratova told RBK that the women in the recordings eventually fled their camps and reached a Ottoman Turkish-controlled area where the military helped them.
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Ok, consistent with the notion of Christian redemption for the truly penitent, put Yulia in a nunnery with no access to any digital communication with the outside world and have her spend the next 20 years caring for and feeding Russian orphans, who are severely neglected by Russian society.
All the while, meditating on her misspent youth, and thinking in her sins.
#4
I think only those women ought to be allowed to return who would convert to christianity. Like Lex said, they should be bound by law to live a life of penitence - a sort of life sentence of service.
And the ones creating a ruckus over there should be shot. They can say they were trying to kill guards.
[DAILYSABAH] Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party doubled its votes in state elections in the eastern state of Thuringia on Sunday, while 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 Moslem colonists... 's conservatives suffered the worst results in their history.
The anti-immigrant, anti-Moslem AfD was projected to come in second with 23.8% of the vote, up from 10.6% in the last election, according to projections by public broadcaster ARD.
Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) could manage to win 22.5%, down 11 points from the last election, historically the worst result for the party in Thuringia.
The center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) was projected to win 8.5%, down from 12.4% they had secured in the last election in the ex-communist state.
The socialist Left Party (Die Linke) came first in the state elections by securing a record 29.7% of votes, up from 28.2% in the last election in 2014.
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The leader of the AfD in Thuringia is a Nazi, not some "far right" politician.
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You mean Bjorn Höcke ? Hocke is only about excising the historic guilt over the Holocaust from German politics I think. What's more important is his anti-muslim stance. And since the more danger to jews in Germany is actually from muslim immigrants, he's not really wrong in that sense, is he ? Just as Merkel is neither democrat nor christian, I think Hocke is more of a nationalist centrist than a Nazi.
However, you'd know better. This is what I perceive from afar.
[DAWN] Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam ...a Pak religious party. It is usually part of the govt, never part of the solution... 's (JUI-F) leader Mufti Kifayatullah was taken into custody for 30 days under Section 3 (power to arrest and detain suspected persons) of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) and shifted to Haripur jail, sources in police confirmed to DawnNewsTV on Sunday.
Sources said that Mufti Kifayatullah was taken into custody in early hours from Islamabad's E-11 area by Mansera police with the help of Islamabad police after Mansera deputy commissioner issued his arrest orders.
Earlier in the day, conflicting reports emerged regarding the arrest of Kifayatullah. Ameer of JUI-F Islamabad Abdul Majeed Hazarvi told DawnNewsTV that Kifayatullah was arrested on Sunday morning.
The spokesperson for JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman ...Deobandi holy man, known as Mullah Diesel during the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty... had also confirmed the arrest and said that Kifayatullah had been arrested under Section 3 (power to arrest and detain suspected persons) of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO).
According to Hazarvi, Kifayatullah was arrested at 4am near Masjid Tooba in Islamabad's E-11 area. He had been holed up staying at a hideout friend's apartment.
He added that the JUI-F leader has been shifted to Haripur Jail.
[DAWN] Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Wormtongue Qureshi ...a Pak political shape-changer. He is undistinguished except for his habit of periodically needing to have his lips reattached... on Sunday announced that Islamabad has denied New Delhi's request for use of airspace for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Indian government had sought Pakistain's permission to use the country's airspace on October 28 for the Indian premier who will be visiting 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... to participate in an international business conference on October 29.
According to Radio Pakistain, the foreign minister in a statement said that the decision has been taken in "context of today's Black Day and in view of the continued gross human rights ...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedom at the convenience of the state... violations in occupied Jammu and Kashmir ...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.... ".
[DAWN] The Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam ...the political wing of the Pak Taliban... -Fazl (JUI-F) 'Azadi March', led by the faction's chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman ...Deobandi holy man, known as Mullah Diesel during the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty... , set out on Sunday afternoon from Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... 's Sohrab Goth area towards Islamabad.
Thousands of people, including seminary students, are participating in the march. In addition, convoys of political parties, including the PPP, the PML-N, the Awami National Party founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986. Part of the PPP-led cabinet 2008-13. The ANP is considered left wing, advocating for secularism, democratic socialism, public sector government, and economic egalitarianism.... (ANP) and others, joined the march.
Besides JUI-F leadership, PPP leaders Raza Rabbani, Saeed Ghani, PML-N leaders Mohammad Zubair, Nihal Hashmi, ANP's Shahi Syed and others, are onboard the leading container.
Four Iraqi parliamentarians resign in anger at the government’s perceived failure to respond to mass protests, piling more pressure on embattled Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi.https://t.co/NdoBspO7d7pic.twitter.com/6zKSOo4E7m
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] As the protests in Leb moved into their 11th day, tens of thousands of Lebanese protesters successfully formed a 171-kilometer-long human chain throughout the country from Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... in the north down to Tyre in the south. How cute!
Cars whooshed by honking with flags waving. Others handed out water to protesters forming the chain. Videos quickly emerged on social media of people filing in all over the country to participate.
Mostly peaceful protests have taken place across the country, with protesters uniting across sectarian and class lines in a country where sectarianism is rooted in its every fiber. The Taif Agreement, put in place at the end of the civil war in 1989, installed a power sharing agreement that mandated that the president be Maronite Christian, the prime minister a Sunni Moslem and the speaker of parliament a Shia Moslem.
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s remains will be “disposed of properly,” and DNA confirmation came this morning, says the White House national security adviser.https://t.co/j4RIdiyHuPpic.twitter.com/s3zRcmDOdO
“He was in an eight-meter long underground tunnel with a width of five to six meters … the hiding situation was good,” says Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s companion to Al Arabiya in an exclusive interview after the ISIS leader’s death in a US operation.https://t.co/YNg0bji2CGpic.twitter.com/aBBdIeni5z
[Jpost] The U.S. special operations raid into northwest Syria against 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.... leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was staged from an airbase in western Iraq, a U.S. official told Rooters on Sunday.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, stressed the important role of Iraq in the mission.
"Iraqi intelligence and security officials contributed to the successful outcome of the operation," the official said.
[IsraelTimes] The dominant jihadist group in northwest Syria blocks access to the site of a suspected US-led operation against Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, an AFP correspondent reports.
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else ...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State... , an organization that includes former operatives from Al-Qaeda’s Syria affiliate, seals off the village of Barisha, near the Turkish border, following US media reports of the jihadist leader’s killing.
At least nine people were killed in the operation, which lasted about two hours.
Excavators were at work near the flattened remains of the house that appeared to have been the main target of the airborne operation.
Ankara has some sway over HTS but has failed to rein it in despite deals Turkey has stuck with Russia, Damascus’s main backer and the most powerful foreign broker in Syria.
Al-Qaeda and IS have long been rivals.
According to the Observatory and local sources, IS fighters — who have been operating underground since the group lost its last fixed positions in Syria earlier this year — were also present in the area.
Reeeeeely? How very odd.
Another organization with a presence in the area is Hurras al-Deen, a hardline jihadist group linked to Al-Qaeda that has smaller numbers but seasoned fighters.
[IsraelTimes] A senior Turkish official says “to the best of my knowledge” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi arrived at a location in Syria 48 hours prior to the US military raid that is believed to have targeted the Islamic State jihadist group leader.
The Turkish official says in a written statement today that there has been “close coordination” among relevant parties and the Turkish military had advance knowledge of the raid.
In a tweet earlier, the Turkish army said it had “information exchanged and coordination” with US military authorities prior to the operation but did not elaborate.
The official adds: “I can neither confirm nor deny that any intelligence was shared to facilitate last night’s operation.”
[IsraelTimes] Some information is emerging about how the United States might have been able to track Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
A senior Iraqi intelligence official says that a few months ago, an Iraqi aide to Baghdadi was killed in western Iraq by a US airstrike. The official says the aide’s wife was arrested in the operation and handed over by the Americans to Iraqi authorities.
Really? How very interesting.
The official says the wife ended up being a key source of information on Baghdadi’s whereabouts
...that’s the period when President Trump’s tweets were wilder than ever, leading to all sorts of the usual comments by the usual suspects, as I recall...
and that through her, the Iraqis ultimately were able to pass along to the United States coordinates on Baghdadi.
A second Iraqi security official says Baghdadi’s brother-in-law was recently arrested by the Iraqis and also helped with information about Abu Bakr’s whereabouts
How very helpful those nice people were, to be sure.
The officials aren’t authorized to publicly discuss intelligence operations and speak on condition of anonymity.
Iraq’s intelligence services provided US forces with the location of elusive Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ahead of the raid that killed him, the security forces said Sunday.
In a statement distributed to journalists, the forces said intel units had created a “specialized team” that worked for a year to track Baghdadi.
“The Iraqi national intelligence service, according to precise information, located the hideout of Daesh chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,” it said, using the Arabic acronym for IS.
An Iraqi intelligence source told AFP the service had been closely tracking Baghdadi’s movements across Syria but could ultimately pin down his location due to a phone call from one of his multiple wives, who was with him.
A second Iraqi official said the intelligence services relied on information from two women in custody: another one of Baghdadi’s wives as well as the wife of one of his couriers.
Iraq's intelligence service learned of Baghdadi's location after arresting an Iraqi man and woman from within his "inner circle" who provided information that led to a secret location in Iraq's western desert housing documents containing it, the official said.
Really good job, guys!
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Here's a vote for the Snatch method of disposal.
#3
his location due to a phone call from one of his multiple wives,
A self assumed Pasha of gall,
was done in by his 'hippest' moll.
He was hounded into a hole,
from whence he saw sheol,
and whined in the end in creole.
If only he'd known,
'...that fucking phone ! Allan ! Nisa' mustn't make call.
Bitch, I hope you see Al-hol !'
With that he lit up the hole.
[Newsweek] Back-to-back U.S. operations Saturday and Sunday have resulted in the deaths of Islamic State militant group (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and spokesperson Abu al-Hassan al-Muhajir in Syria, but the organization has already designated a successor, Newsweek has learned.
Abdullah Qardash, sometimes spelled Kardesh and also known as Hajji Abdullah al-Afari, was said to have been nominated by Baghdadi in August to run the group's "Muslim affairs" in a widely-circulated statement attributed to ISIS' official Amaq news outlet, but never publicly endorsed by the group. Though little is known about the former Iraqi military officer who once served under late leader Saddam Hussein, one regional intelligence official asking not to be identified by name or nation told Newsweek that Qardash would have taken over Baghdadi's role‐though it had lost much of its significance by the time of his demise.
Baghdadi, who died after detonating a suicide vest following a Delta Team operation first reported by Newsweek, built ISIS' self-styled caliphate out of Al-Qaeda's Iraqi branch, but the official said that the influential hard-line cleric's role had become largely symbolic.
"Baghdadi was a figurehead. He was not involved in operations or day-to-day," the official told Newsweek. "All Baghdadi did was say yes or no‐no planning."
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Potential alternative Newsweek Headline:
Trump's secret mission to kill terrorist leader fails. ISIS supreme leader Baghdadi escapes attack in mini-bus.
#2
A variation of the "bellwhther election" because a dem won or "no message in this election" if a dem lost.
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Love the peaceful no collusion no snarky no bully no lies no illegal use of courts or law enforcement or abuse of power in electing the leader of a terrorist group whatever! Anyways what does that say about a bunch of useless dipshit idiots with degrees and think tanks and teleprompter anyways? Does anyone have a.lead yet on a group of ads wipes. Fags that like using energy weapons burning tree tops and attacking wounded old pets?
#7
And with all the HVTs that have been killed, we're still no closer to winning any of these wars. One gets the distinct impression that killing is not the way to victory. One gets the impression that victory would end the wars, which would be the worst thing ever.
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One gets the distinct impression that killing is not the way to victory.
To the contrary, I can think of a great number of wars that were brought to an end by killing. You just have to be serious about it and not consider it a hobby.
#9
I've had no luck finding the sources of these quotations, but they apply.
"Killing is the sine qua non of war." The point being, don't go to war unless you are going to kill.
An American general speaking at a congressional committee hearing:
"My job is to blow things up and kill people. If you want to arrest somebody, send a policeman. If you want some things blown up and some people killed, call me."
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Wow, you've never read Sun Tzu? Or even Boyd? You really have no idea whatsoever what war is about. You think it's about killing? No wonder you have so many criminally wrongheaded ideas about the Middle East. You're deeply ignorant, and apparently the Dunning-Kruger effect is in full effect here. You're so ignorant about war that you lack the knowledge to even realize you're ignorant.
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The US targeted Baghdadi twice with limited success, both times getting someone else. The last time he was actually injured was in 2015 I think - Al-Baaj, Nineveh. Abu Muath al-Jazairi, an Algerian ISIS fighter made a play for the leadership and began a fierce campaign which lasted for a week and saw about 200 daesh dead. ISIS under Baghdadi issued a kill order on Jazairi who fled to Riyadh.
Now, Jazairi (also called Abu Muath al-Hazimi) was a follower of Sheikh Ahmed Bin Omar al-Hazimi, a Saudi cleric with his own ideas of how the caliphate must operate. Mainly that it was just too soft and tolerant. Yupp !
Since the splitting of factions within the ISIS, the play for leadership backed by Iraq based and Saudi based leadership grew fiercer. A lot of decentralization and diffusion of authority was already begun when Baghdadi was fighting off the Al-Hazimi attacks and recuperating, in 2015.
The al-Hazimi faction is ideologically distant and opposed to Turkic islamists. Although the Sheikh was captured by the Saudis and most of his supporters killed, the faction still remains entrenched and vies for power. They may have an inside man, a Tunisian - set to take Baghdadi's place. ISIS will be fighting among themselves as Baghdadi's side has no strong enough leaders but more numbers. The Al Hazimi faction has strong Al Qaeda links and finances but fewer numbers.
On the ISIS proper side, Abu Othman al-Tunisi, a Tunisian jihadi has a reputation among the foreign fighters and heads the Shura council.
Abu Saleh al-Juzrawi is more of a controller of 'exterior actions' and a recruiter.
Mohamed Ben Salem al-Ayouni (or Jalaluddin al-Tunisi) was closest to Baghdadi and commanded local forces in Libya. These three are however of questionable origin and not from the Quraysh tribe descendants of mohammed like Baghdadi, and will not be readily accepted as Caliph.
Due to foreseen succession problems, there has already been a lot of decentralization and autonomously functional cells have continued to proliferate resources and men from Iraq to North African regions.
#16
By all rights, we were getting whollopped at Issus until I saw an opportunity for us Companions to get ol' Darius...that's Darius II. When he fled, his mercenaries were unsure if they would be paid and his countrymen were greatly despaired. I guess technically we had to engage Darius a couple more times, but what do i know about it?
Jules! Hey, Julius Caesar! I know you and Tacitus are hanging out, but come explain war and what High Value Target means, I'm going to go catch the show...Quisling is up next and they are doing that Classic Viddy I love, where they pull out his tongue with dolphin hooks and then shove it back in place through his rear using staves.
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"If you kill enough of them, they stop fighting." Gen. Curtis LeMay, CO U.S. Strategic Air Command.
[OneIndia] Donald Trump ...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons...... gave the world probably one of the most awaited news. He declared that 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.... Chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was dead in a US operation. He also said that Baghdadi had blown himself up during the raid.
The ISIS ...embracing their inner Islamic Brute... had already set a succession plan. Baghdadi had declared a few months back that he would be succeeded by Abdullah Qadarsh. He had in fact tasked Qadarsh with re-building the ISIS, which had faced considerable losses over a period of time.
Qardash, who is around 40 years old is a former officer in the army led by Saddam Hussein. When he was tossed in the calaboose Into the paddy wagon wit' yez! in Basra by the US forces, he met with Baghdadi. Both were tossed in the calaboose in 2003 for their links with the al-Qaeda. It was after their release that the ISIS was formed.
Qardash, also known as Professor was also close to Abu Alaa al-Afri,
...former physics professor and head of regional emirs for ISIS, he was briefly temporary head of the organization during Abu Bakr al-Baghdad’s recovery from being airstruck, but then an American missile reached out to touch al-Afri more permanently...
who was a deputy to Baghdadi before he was killed in a gun raid in 2016. Experts describe Qardash as ruthless and he rose in the ranks of the ISIS due to his policy making. Baghdadi believes that Professor has the right qualities to lead and most importantly re-build the ISIS.
Qardash, who currently handles logistics in the ISIS is also popular among the ISIS fighters and other cadres. The biggest challenge for Qardash would be to unite the ISIS, which is currently split three ways.
There are differences between the leaders of Iraq, Tunisia and Saudi, but they have been able to hold on because of Baghdadi. Professor would have his task cut out to unite the three factions in the event of Baghdadi's death.
Qardash, who has been in charge of logistics would look for precise attacks. Unlike in the past when ISIS operatives carried out large attacks, this time around they would look for more specific attacks, with louder messages. The message from Baghdadi where he calls for coordinated attacks is also a signal that the style of functioning would change.
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...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
[IsraelTimes] Some information is emerging about how the United States might have been able to track Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
[Newsweek] Back-to-back U.S. operations Saturday and Sunday have resulted in the deaths of Islamic State militant group (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and spokesperson Abu al-Hassan al-Muhajir in Syria, but the organization has already designated a successor, Newsweek has learned.
...embracing their inner Islamic Brute...
Qardash, also known as Professor was also close to Abu Alaa al-Afri, 
