[PREMIUMTIMESNG] The outgoing Theater Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Yushau Abubakar, a major general, has described officers and men of the theater as heroes, as many of them have put their lives on the line in defence of the nation.
Mr. Abubakar, who is now Chief of Training and Operations at the Nigerian Army Headquarters, stated this while handing over to the new Theatre Commander, Hassan Umaru, also a major general.
"I am very delighted today, as I am leaving the leadership of the Operation Lafiya Dole a happy man because we have successfully done what is best to the military and the country on the lam, as we have degraded the capacity of the hard boyz and Nigerians should appreciate hard work performed by the military and I am leaving the scene to a person who is already in the theater of war and is familiar with the terrain in the area of the operation," Mr. Abubakar said.
"I consider all of you as my heroes, as all of you have contributed to the feat we achieved in the war against insurgency within the theater. My redeployment to the Army headquarters is an indication of the confidence the military high command has in us and I urge you to extend the gesture to my successor."
Also handing over, the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Lamidi Adeosun, a major general, urged officers and men of the Division to cooperate with his successor, Victor Ezugwu, a brigadier general, who he described as a fine infantry officer that will continue the good work until the hard boyz are completely wiped out.
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[ALLAFRICA] Borno State hunters have pleaded with the Nigerian Army to allow them join in the war against Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... holy warriors in the dreaded Sambisa forest.
Emir of hunters in the state, Mai-Gana Mai-Durma, made the appeal while addressing journalists in Maiduguri.
Mai-Durma said the call became imperative because the hunters were familiar with the terrain at the dreaded forest, the hideout and operational base of the terrorists.
He said: "We are appealing to the military authorities to allow us join the fight against Boko Haram at the Sambisa forest. We are ready to pursue the bully boyz because we know the terrain very well."
According to him, the military should align them with members of the vigilance group, popularly known as the Civilian JTF, for effective result.
"We will overrun Sambisa in partnership with members of the civilian JTF if given the opportunity. This will help to complement the effort of military in the anti terrorism operation," he said.
Lamenting that hunters from the 27 local government areas of the state had been rendered idle by the insurgency, he said: "Hunters from all the 27 Borno LGAs are all in Maiduguri with our leaders doing nothing at present because of Boko Haram.
"Rather than idling away, we will want to assist the military in crushing Boko Haram terrorists."
The head of the hunters in Borno State also appealed to the Shehu of Borno, Abubakar Ibn Garbai, to assist in forwarding their request to the military authorities for consideration.
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Just over a price per head---no questions asked.
[Michael Isakoff] The brother of a prominent Shiite cleric whose execution has roiled the Mideast and set off worldwide protests is blaming President Obama for failing to use his influence with the Saudi government to prevent his death.
He hasn't protected any of our people from the Iranian government. Why should he protect yours?
"I am sorry to say that the American government did not offer to make any efforts on this, although they knew the danger of this action and the repercussions," Mohammed Al-Nimr said about the weekend execution of his brother, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, in an interview with Yahoo News.
"We asked very clearly for the American president to intervene as a friend of Saudi Arabia -- and the Americans did not intervene," he added.
While he personally asked officials at the U.S. consulate in Dharan, Saudi Arabia, to urge the president to speak out forcefully against his brother's death sentence, "the Americans did not issue such a statement," al-Nimr said in a telephone interview from Awamya in eastern Saudi Arabia. "They limited themselves to general statements from the State Department."
The question of how forcefully the Obama administration raised the treatment of Sheik al-Nimr with the Saudi government -- and whether it was caught flat-footed by the intense response in the region -- got new attention Monday, a day after protestors stormed the Saudi Embassy in Tehran over the execution, and Saudi Arabia cut off relations with Iran in response. Iran is the leading Shiite power and views itself as the protector of Shiite interests in the Mideast. The issue also made its way to the presidential campaign trail where Hillary Clinton -- whose former top legislative aide at the State Department is now a lobbyist for Saudi Arabia -- mildly criticized the execution of al-Nimr, one of 47 prisoners who were put to death, mostly by beheading, by the Saudis over the weekend.
1. President Marco Rubio and Vice President Carly Fiorina are sworn into office.
2. In a rare event on inauguration day, Congress convenes for an emergency meeting to repeal the illegal and unconstitutional Socialist healthcare farce known as Obamacare. The new Director of Health and Social Services, Dr. Ben Carson, announces that an independent group of healthcare management professionals was hired to handle healthcare services for poor and low income people. They are also assigned the duty of eliminating Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Government’s costs for public healthcare are reduced by 90%. Healthcare insurance premiums for working Americans are reduced by 50%. The move saves billions of taxpayer paid dollars. Healthcare service in the U.S improves 100%.
3. Newly appointed Department of Homeland Security Chief, Donald Trump, announces the immediate deployment of troops to the U.S. Mexico border to control illegal immigration and the immediate deportation of illegals with criminal records or links to terrorist groups. New bio-encrypted Social Security IDs are required by every American citizen. Birthright is abolished. All immigration from countries that represent a threat to the safety of American citizens is terminated indefinitely. The move saves American taxpayers billions of dollars. Several prisons are closed.
4. Newly appointed Secretary of Business and Economic Development, Ted Cruz, eliminates more than half of the Government agencies operating under the Obama administration saving taxpayers billions of dollars. Stocks rise 100%.
5. Newly appointed Director of Government Finance, Rand Paul, announces the abolition of the IRS and displays a copy of the new Federal Tax Return form. It consists of one page. The instructions consist of two pages. The Federal Reserve is audited. The move saves American Taxpayers billions of dollars and increases tax revenue.
6. Hillary Clinton is in prison, where she belongs. Her cell is directly across from Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton who are serving time for ‘Hate Crimes". She bitches at them constantly from behind the bars of her cell in what some might call cruel and unusual punishment.
7. Bernie Sanders is in the nuthouse, where he belongs. His room is directly across from Nancy Pelosi, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chris Matthews and Al Franken. They meet for tea every day at 10 AM to discuss the success and benefits of Communism and Socialism throughout the world. They also wonder when the “Mothership” is going to pick them up and return them to their home planets.
8. Windows 12 is released. It is designed for humans, doesn’t try to satisfy the needs of every person on the planet, doesn’t require a degree in nuclear physics to operate and looks just like Windows 7 except it is easier to use.
9. Barack Obama flees the United States under cover of darkness and returns to his homeland of Kenya before his trial for treason begins. He deplanes on a remote jungle airstrip. It was reported that he was last seen wandering through the jungle singing “Hakuna Matata” with a chimp named Commie.
10. Oscar Meyer announces the introduction of a new cholesterol and fat free pepperoni that tastes just like regular pepperoni.
11. Not to be outdone, Kraft Foods announces the introduction of several varieties of cholesterol and fat free cheeses that taste just like regular cheese.
12. A committee is not established to determine what is causing global cooling. Billions of taxpayer dollars are saved.
13. Dead people are no longer allowed to vote in Chicago, a huge blow for the Democrat Party in the State of Illinois.
And this, my friends, constitutes THE PERFECT DAY!
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Besoeker, you forgot to include what Attorney General Trey Gowdy did to a huge number of former officials, like Lois Lerner, Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch, etc.
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Yes, Gowdy would be probably be a more effective public servant than any of those listed above. Think where we'd be today with Gowdy as an AG.
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I do indeed hope that Obama gets more involved with this situation between Saudi Arabia and Iran. He screws up everything he touches, so I can't wait to see what additional damage he can do to those hellholes.
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"No worries Mohammed Al-Nimr, Saudi Arabia is just the JV. Now watch this putt."
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Obama, because of the influence of Valerie Jarret, is more friendly to Iran. Plus, the two Bush presidents were more friendly to the Saudis and he is anti-Bush.
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O is guaranteed to screw it up. Barbara, pass the popcorn please.
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Extra butter, AP?
I've got a couple of extra boxcar-loads coming into the siding tomorrow. ;-p
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#9 I do indeed hope that Obama gets more involved with this situation between Saudi Arabia and Iran. He screws up everything he touches, so I can't wait to see what additional damage he can do to those hellholes.
Careful what you wish for, if champ gets too interested I can see Iran and SA signing a non aggression pact and a mutual defense treaty.
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I thought both the Saudis and the Iranians wanted the US cut down to size... guys, that means no longer being able to keep either of you in check.
They want someone to be a big enough piece of shit to sell the US out, but a small enough one to stay bought by whate ver medieval shithole is doing the buying. They don't realize that it's a massive contradictory set of requirements.
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Everybody knows that only white heterosexual males can commit Sexual Assaults---the science is settled. So, I suggest Polizei interrogate the complaining women---get the names of islamophobic racists who coerced these women into making false complaints.
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In Kohln, with Mussulmen so blessed,
In packs that grope the crotch and chest,
And rags, and heads, and pacifist wenches;
They countum coup and profer pinches
With raucous squawks and noxious spilth!
Warn, Nymphs, ye tilth of pious filth,
Your playmates fresh from Muslim Rome,
What flame it was that warmed the Dom;
And tell them, Nymphs, what trump will blast
To blow them back up Allah's ass!
Sorry, Shipman. It's a stretch to form a sentence lately. Distracting times.
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Reminds me of Soviet-occupied East Germany + Eastern Europe after the fall of Berlin to Stalin's Red Army, where the scale of rape agz German or alleged German women would not be fully known until several years after the German surrender.
[CSMONITOR] Denmark and Sweden tightened their borders on Monday in efforts to stem the flow of migrants entering Scandinavia from Germany.
Just hours after Swedish rules went into effect requiring train passengers traveling from Denmark to show ID, the Danish government announced it had beefed up border controls with Germany as of noon Monday (1100 GMT, 6 a.m. EST).
"We are introducing temporary border controls, but in a balanced way," Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen told news hounds in Copenhagen, adding there would be no problem for "ordinary" Danes and Germans to cross the border.
The moves were the latest by European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... countries to suspend an agreement to keep internal borders open after 1 million migrants entered the 28-nation bloc in 2015, most of them by crossing the Mediterranean to Greece or Italia.
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EU free movement in trouble?
A silly question, since Scandinavia is a latecomer to the new border-tightening game. They haven't even rolled barbed wire along the entire border yet.
[TODAYSZAMAN] In response to recent remarks by the Turkish president that signaled the immunity of the two co-chairs of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) would be lifted for their remarks about Kurdish autonomy, the HDP is preparing to organize rallies and workshops to tell people autonomy will serve to democratize the country.
The HDP will hold rallies under the banner "Self-rule and Democratic The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... ," the Hurriyet daily's news portal quoted HDP spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen as saying on Monday.
The party will also reportedly hold meetings, worships and conferences in Turkey's western provinces to inform people about self-rule and autonomy.
Prosecutors in Ankara and the southeastern province of Diyarbakir last week launched investigations into HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtas over his remarks in support of self-rule for the predominantly Kurdish Southeast and for supporting terrorism.
The other HDP co-chair, Figen Yuksekdag, as well as some other HDP figures are also facing investigations for their remarks calling for Kurdish autonomy during a recent Democratic Society Congress (DTK) congress.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... suggested last week that the HDP co-chairs should be stripped of their parliamentary immunity, arguing their statements calling for autonomy in the Southeast are a "constitutional crime."
"The statements of the two co-chairs are definitely a constitutional crime," the president said in remarks published on Saturday, arguing that lifting their immunity "would positively affect the atmosphere" in the country regarding the fight against terrorism.
Government spokesperson Numan Kurtulmus, however; spoke against the possibility of lifting the immunities of HDP deputies at a presser he held following a Cabinet meeting on Monday.
Stating that neither party closures nor lifting immunities of deputies yielded any positive result in the Turkish politics in the past, Kurtulmus called on the HDP to adopt a discourse and methods that are in line with democracy.
Demirtas is accused by the Diyarbakir Chief Prosecutor's Office of committing a crime against the constitutional order for saying Kurds could have federal states, autonomous regions or even independent states in the future, during the DTK congress held on Dec. 26-27.
In another investigation by the Ankara Chief Prosecutor's Office, Demirtas is accused of provoking hatred and enmity among people and for praising crime and criminals in his remarks during the Kobani protests last year.
Currently, fighting has been ongoing for around three weeks in the Cizre, Silopi and Sur districts in the predominantly Kurdish Southeast between the security forces and the PKK.
The DTK declaration for Kurdish autonomy came at a time when festivities have been ongoing for several weeks between the security forces and members of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in towns in the predominantly Kurdish Southeast.
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[Daily Excelsior] The gunnies who attacked the IAF base in Pathankot came in groups of four and two and the bigger group was ticked off by their Pak handler as to why they have fallen behind in reaching the target when their accomplices had already entered the complex.
Official sources while giving this information today said two gunnies from the group of six Pak gunnies might have entered Pathankot air base in Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... before a State Police SP was kidnapped by them and much before an alert was sounded about their presence in the area.
There is "high probability" that at least two gunnies have entered the Indian Air Force base before Punjab Police SP Salwinder Singh, his jeweller friend Rajesh Verma and Singh's cook was kidnapped along with an SUV on December 31, the sources said.
Verma, whose throat was slit but survived, told his interrogators that he had heard the four terrorists, who boarded the vehicle after hijacking it, talking to their handlers, believed to be in Pakistain.
The handler apparently ticked off the four gunnies saying why they could not enter the air base as two other gunnies have already reached the target to carry out the attack last Saturday.
The four gunnies told their handlers that they were on their way but could not reach the base as there were several police pickets on the way, according to details of investigations.
There is also possibility of these four gunnies entered the Pathankot air base in the morning of January 1, much before an alarm was sounded in the area to secure all vital installations later in the evening of that day, sources said.
The hijacked vehicle was also found near the air base.
Crucial hours were lost in verifying the Punjab Police SP's claims that he was kidnapped along with two others by the terrorists.
Sources said that coppers whom the SP had informed about the gunnies initially did not take him seriously due to his "dubious past", thus leading to some crucial hours being lost.
Sources said that immediately after the alarm was sounded, security at all vital installations, including the Pathankot air base, was enhanced to the highest level to make it difficult for the gunnies to mount an attack.
Security agencies believe there were six gunnies and they were divided into two groups -- one of 4 and the other with 2 members.
The top security brass of the Government knew by January 1 that Pathankot air base would be the target of the terrorists, who were still on the lam and steps were taken immediately to beef up security.
First priority for the Government was to secure the assets parked in the technical area and a NSG team comprising about 160 commandos was dispatched and they were deployed along with other special forces to guard the assets in the inner periphery.
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[DAWN] An alliance of Kashmiri krazed killer groups on Monday claimed the deadly attack on the Indian Air Force's Pathankot airbase.
The United Jihad Council (UJC) said in a statement released that the attack was a message to India that Kashmiri fighters could strike at any sensitive installation across India.
"Pathankot air base attack has been carried out by the mujahideen associated with National Highway Squad," said Syed Sadaqat Hussain, a front man for UJC.
The UJC comprises over a dozen krazed killer groups fighting Indian rule in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmire.
It is headed by Syed Salahuddin. This is the first report of the existence of the National Highway Squad.
"Pakistain has nothing to do with the attack but ironically the Indian government, media and their armed forces are suffering from Pakistain phobia," added the UJC front man.
The front man added that by hurling allegations at Pakistain, India could neither sabotage the struggle of Kashmiri people in the past nor can it do so now.
"It would be better for the Indian leadership to read the writing on the wall and let the Kashmiri people decide thier fate on their own free accord, without further waste of time," elaborated the statement from the UJC .
The attack on the Pathankot airbase started before dawn on Saturday and a gunbattle between the forces of Evil and Indian forces is continuing into the third day, with the facility still not declared secure.
At least seven Indian troops and five attackers have been killed in the three days.
Indian Air Force's Pathankot airbase is a mere 50 km from the Pakistain border, and is a major forward operational airbase of the IAF.
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OTOH see WAFF > [Al-Jazeera] INDIAN AIR FORCE BASE ROCKED BY FRESH GUNFIRE, AT LEAST TWO ATTACKERS REMAIN [hidden] INSIDE PATHANKOT BASE IN PUNJAB AFTER DAY-LONG SIEGE WAS DECLARED OVER, OFFICIALS SAY.
[DAWN] Pakistain on Monday said it is working on "leads provided by the Indian government to effectively counter and eradicate terrorism" from the region.
In a statement, the Foreign Office said "in line with its commitment, Pakistain's government is in touch with the Indian government" to address the problem.
The FO statement comes as sections of Indian media reported that New Delhi shared information with Islamabad on the Pathankot airbase attack.
Times of India reported that Indian National Security Advsier Ajit Doval provided "leads" on the Pathankot Air Force base terror attack to his Pak counterpart Naseer Khan Janjua and sought credible action on them.
A report on The Hindustan Times claims India shared with Pakistain the intercepts of calls made to Pakistain-based handlers by the faceless myrmidons who attacked the Pathankot airbase.
Condemning the attack on the Indian Air Force base in Pathankot, the FO front man said, "We understand the pain of many families who have lost their dear ones in this tragedy, as Pakistain itself is a major victim of terrorism."
"We have extended our deepest condolences to the government and people of India," he added.
He said the two countries share a common history and should remain committed to a sustained dialogue process.
"The challenge of terrorism calls for strengthening our resolve to a cooperative approach."
Earlier on Monday, an alliance of Kashmiri hard boy groups claimed the attack on the Pathankot airbase.
The United Jihad Council (UJC) said in a statement that the attack was a message to India that Kashmiri fighters could strike at any sensitive installation across India.
The deadly attack on the Pathankot airbase started before dawn on Saturday and gunbattles between the bully boyz and Indian forces continued into the third day as Indian forces conducted a search operation to clear the sprawling facility late Monday night.
At least seven Indian troops and five attackers have been killed in the siege.
The Pathankot airbase in Indian Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... is a mere 50 km from the Pakistain border, and is a major forward operational airbase of the IAF.
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Was that working "on leads" or "to plug leaks". I might have misread.
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[Ynet] Israel seals off home of Alaa Abu Jamal, who murdered Rabbi Yeshayahu Krishevsky in attack on Malkhei Yisrael Street, and destroys home of Baha Aliyan, who along with a second terrorist murdered three in East Talpiot attack.
IDF troops accompanied by police and Border Police enter the Jabel Mukaber neighborhood in East Jerusalem on Monday morning to demolish the homes of two Death Eaters who committed two of the more deadly attacks in the current wave of violence.
The first home is that of terrorist Alaa Abu Jamal, an employee of Israeli phone company Bezeq, who committed the vehicular and stabbing attack on Malkhei Yisrael Street in the capital on October 13, 2015. After ramming into pedestrians waiting at a bus stop with his company vehicle, Abu Jamal exited the car and started hacking at the maimed with an ax. He murdered 60-year-old Rabbi Yeshayahu Krishevsky and maimed several others, and was rubbed out himself by a security guard.
Abu Jamal is related to the two Death Eaters who committed the terror attack at the Har Nof synagogue in November 2014 - cousins Ghassan and Uday Abu Jamal. After that attack, he filmed a video in which he praised his relatives for the attack.
The second home demolished is that of terrorist Baha Aliyan who, along with Bilal Ranem, murdered three Israelis in Jerusalem's East Talpiot, also on October 13. The two boarded an Egged bus on Olei HaGardom Street in East Talpiot, a neighborhood also known as Armon HaNetziv, one armed with a gun and the other with a knife. They started shooting and stabbing passengers while the bus kept moving, killing three people -- Haviv Haim, 78, and Alon Govberg, 51, and Richard Lakin, 76 - and wounding several others.
Aliyan was rubbed out by security forces, while Ranem was seriously maimed.
Abu Jamal's home, which is located on the second floor of a three-floor building, will be sealed off rather than demolished as destroying it would compromise the rest of the structure.
Hundreds of Israeli police and soldiers were on site for the home destructions, which took place without incident after residents were cleared from the area.
"I don't have any other place to live," Allyan's father Mohammed told AFP. "The army just said 'we are going to destroy the house, get out' - this measure punishes a father, a mother, a brother, a sister and (four) children" who were living in the house."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in November vowed to expedite punitive house demolitions in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, which he said were "one of the most efficient tools" in discouraging Paleostinian attacks.
Meanwhile, ...back at the revival hall, the pastor had finally been wrestled from the pulpit. Y'got the wrong guy! he yelled just before Sergeant Malone's billy club landed... the IDF nabbed Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! 13 wanted suspects in the West Bank on Sunday night and early Monday morning, the army said. In the Nablus area, the army picked up six Paleostinians, four of whom had allegedly taken part in riots and violent demonstrations and two of whom were Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, operatives, the IDF said. The rest came from in and around Ramallah, Hebron and Jenin.
The IDF was also carrying out sweeps in Hebron in order to locate the sniper or snipers who shot and injured a 19-year-old female soldier near the Tomb of the Patriarchs and a 20-year-old male soldier near Hakvasim Junction on Sunday.
[IsraelTimes] Zaki Bani Irsheid served a year in jail for criticizing kingdom ally UAE, returns to growing divisions in Islamist group
Jordan on Monday released a top leader of the Moslem Brüderbund opposition group after he served over two-thirds of his 18-month prison term for criticizing the United Arab Emirates, an ally of the kingdom.
Zaki Bani Irsheid's release comes at a time of growing divisions in the Jordanian branch of the pan-Arab Brotherhood, weakening its long-time role as the main political opposition.
In 2015, the Jordanian branch split, with a breakaway faction emphasizing its Jordanian identity and seeking government recognition. Bani Irsheid is the deputy leader of the original Brotherhood, which retains ties to the regional parent movement.
In another sign of internal turmoil, more than 300 activists, including senior members, resigned from the original Brotherhood branch in recent days, in part because of disputes over previous leadership elections, according to movement officials.
The regional movement also suffered setbacks, including government crackdowns, since initially emerging as the main beneficiary of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings.
Bani Irsheid was released early Monday, 13 months after his November 2014 arrest. He had been sentenced to 18 months after he criticized the UAE for labeling the Brotherhood a terrorist group.
Dozens of well-wishers greeted Bani Irsheid later Monday at a large tent set up outside his home on the outskirts of Amman, the Jordanian capital.
He struck a largely conciliatory tone, saying that "we forgive what happened in the past," an apparent reference to his arrest.
Bani Irsheid called for genuine political reforms, suggesting that the government has not kept its previous promises. "We have heard a lot of talk about reforms, but we don't see any results," he said.
Jordan's government front man, Mohammed Momani, said Bani Irsheid "served his time after being sentenced by the court."
Bani Irsheid did not win early release, said Momani. Under the Jordanian system, a year-long term means less than 12 months in prison, said Murad Adayleh, a Brotherhood front man.
The charges against Bani Irsheid came at a time of growing polarization in the region, with some Arab countries such as Egypt and the UAE adopting a harder stance against Islamist groups. The Moslem Brüderbund has been formally banned in Egypt and several Arab Gulf countries.
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{The Nation} As security tightened for the anniversary of an militant raid on an army camp in 2004, Deep South Watch (DSW) Center yesterday said last year saw the lowest rate of attacks in the deep South.
Twelve years of the southern insurgency have seen a total of 15,374 attacks killing 6,543 persons and injuring 11,919 others, the center said. The two key phases were between 2004 and 2007 and between 2008 and 2015. The good news was that the year 2015 saw only 674 attacks, the lowest in 12 years.
The raid on the military camp in Narathiwat province took place on January 4, 2004. Insurgents stole 413 guns and killed four soldiers. It was counted as the beginning of the insurgency in southern Thailand.
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See also GULF NEWS > WILL THE ISLAMIC STATE ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE THAILAND'S INSURGENCY?
Encircling INDIA = INSPRING OR INTIMIDATING INDIA'S MUSLIMS INTO JIHAD, and also using as a springboard into SE Asia, i.e. Indonesia, PNG, + ultimately AUSTRALIA???
Kurdish opposition sources in Iran have revealed yesterday that the executions carried out by the Iranian regime against the Kurds and other components are increasing annually, indicating that during the past nine months, according to the Iranian calendar, executed more than 750 people, majority of whom are Kurdish.
These parties condemned the Iranian campaign against Saudi Arabia, and demanded the international community to end his silence regarding the crimes committed by the regime in Tehran against humanity, particularly the attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran the night before last.
Vice president of Iranian Kurdistan Freedom Party and commander of the military wing of the party, Hussein Yazdan Bina told Asharq Al-Awsat that Since Ayatollah Khomeini’s revolution and up until now, executions of Kurdish citizens in Iran did not stop. Kurds are the only ones who are currently being executed by the regime in Tehran because of their political opinions.
“In order to hide the facts from the international public opinion, the Iranian regime fabricated the charge of narcotics trafficking. In reality, trafficking is being carried out by Iranian authorities and by officials of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and the Iranian Intelligence in a project to suppress the Kurdish people in Iran. Iran has deluded the international community into thinking that the executions are not based on political grounds”, he said.
Yazdan Bina also pointed out that the nuclear deal concluded by Tehran with the great six powers has set the Iranian regime into carrying out more execution campaigns against the execution of Kurds in eastern Kurdistan (Iranian Kurdistan).
According to Iranian Opposition sources, the Iranian regime executed annually hundreds of Kurds, Sunnis, Azeris, Turkmen and followers of other religions from Jews, Christians, Baha’is, Aliarsanyen (followers of an ancient Kurdish religion). The majority of those executed in Iran was of the Kurds because the majority of Iranian Sunnis are Kurds.
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The source here leans heavily toward conspiracy theories and references a Seymour Hirsch story. If it looks like it's coming out of left field it probably is.
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Wishful thinking. Assuming China is some sort of American style global power. This is not the case.
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Chinese "Special Forces" are more like US light infantry or ranger units.
The "Siberian Tiger" brigade is the SF unit assigned to Shenyang military region. It specializes in LRRP patrols.
The "Night Tiger" brigade specializes in counter terrorism.
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There were enough open-source references to indicate (but not verify) that the Chinese has had a few observers in Syria. It would make sense, given that the opportunity would be too valuable to pass up.
[WASHINGTONPOST] Prime Minister David Cameron ... has stated that he is certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite, which means he's not. Since he is not deeply ideological he lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger, but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ... on Monday dismissed as "desperate stuff" a new video by the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... that seemed to again put a Briton at the forefront of the hard boy group's propaganda efforts.
The video, which depicts the execution-style killing of five men who the group claims were spying for Britannia, features a masked man with a distinct British accent who wields a pistol as he threatens to "invade" the United Kingdom and implement Islamic law.
With its grisly content and blood-curdling message, the clip appears to self-consciously emulate slickly produced videos in which a British citizen who came to be known as Jihadi John was shown killing American, British, Japanese and Syrian hostages.
But the masked executioner in the new video does not appear to be the same as the one in the video series released in late 2014 and early 2015, adding to the evidence that Jihadi John was killed in a U.S. drone strike on the Syrian city of Raqqa in November.
U.S. military officials have said that they are "reasonably certain" that the strike killed Mohammed Emwazi, the 27-year-old Londoner who was revealed to be Jihadi John by The Washington Post.
The release of the new video Sunday spawned a round of speculation about the identity of a man the British media immediately dubbed the "New Jihadi John."
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See also zZERO HEDGE > ISLAMIC STATE'S NEW "JIHADI JOHN" WAS BOUNCING CASTLE SALESMAN [Kids' Parties], NIRVANA [+ "Arsenal"] FAN, ASPIRING [NHS]DENTIST.
* RELATED DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > NEW "JIHADI JOHN" MAY BE [UK = British Citizen-Resident] BENGALI HINDU CONVERT [to Islam] FROM INDIAN SUBCONTINENT.
Siddhartha Dhar.
* TOPIX, BIGNEWSNETWORK > [Various] REPORT: ISIS USING WESTERNERS TO RECRUIT NEW FIGHTERS.
Shade of the future US-born, US-raised, Ex-USDOD ELite + Convert to Islam or Radical Islam Islamic Mahdi/Messiah/Imam/Napoleon 2030-2040, ESPEC IFF THE US-ALLIES, ETAL. FAIL TO DESTROY THE ISIS/ISIL + FUTURE GLOBAL NUCLEAR CALIPHATE.
HISTOIRE' = THE LONGER THE ISIS/ISIL IS ALLOWED TO EXIST, THE MORE "LEGITIMACY/CREDIBILITY" IT WILL ACQUIRE OVER TIME = WILL INSPIRE A NEW GENERATION(S) OF IMPRESSIONABLE YOUNG MUSLIMS, ETAL EAGER TO SAVE IT + CALIPHATE FROM SEEMINGLY "UNFAIR", "UN-ISLAMIC", "IMMORAL" OUTSIDE OR NON-MUSLIM-LED OPPRESSION-N-PERSECUTION.
Again, keeping the ISIS/ISIL "alive" so that one or more World Great Powers can use it as PCorrect MilPol "hedge" agz competing Great Powers will ONLY LEAD TO THE DESTRUCTION OF ALL.
Lest we fergit, US-LED ANTI-US OWG-NWO + GLOBALISM = Pert, MSM-Net verified "WEAK/
DECLINING" SOLE-SUPERPOWER-SOON-TO-DEVOL-INTO-ONE-OF-MANY-PAR-OWG-CO-SUPERPOWERS USA IS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY HELPING ITS GREAT POWER RIVALS AND WANNABES - NATIONS-STATES + NGOS - TO BECOME MILPOL OR GEOPOL STRONGER RELATIVE TO ITSELF.
* E.G. FREEREPUBLIC. TOPIX > MARC RUBIO: "OBAMA HAS WEAKENED THE US/CAUSED US DECLINE".
More NOT good news for Guam's Camel Rock + USN's Pearl Harbor 1941 BB USS "OKLAHOMA".
By the above, the ISIS/ISIL will become strong enough over time to deter or defeat any attempts from Rival Muslim andor Non-Muslim enemies to destroy it - AS THE CO-SUPERPOWERS EXPAND OR SHRINK IN POWER-N-INFLUENCE, SO ALSO WILL THE ISLAMIC STATE + ITS NUKE-ARMED CALIPHATE + BY EXTENS ITS NUKE-ARMED RADICAL ISLAMIST, PRO-PERMAMENT/UNIVERSAL JIHAD FOREVAR! STRONGMEN.
[IsraelTimes] Jurgen Todenhofer, who spent 10 days with jihadists, says they believe IDF is 'too strong for them'
A Western journalist who was embedded in the ranks of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... for 10 days said last week the only country the jihadists fear is Israel.
The comments by Jurgen Todenhofer came a day after the IS leader threatened to attack the Jewish state.
"The only country ISIS fears is Israel. They told me they know the Israeli army is too strong for them," Todenhofer, a former German parliament member, told the Jewish News, a London weekly, last Sunday.
The investigative news hound said that the terror group was confident it could beat American and British ground troops, but feared the Israeli forces.
"They think they can defeat US and UK ground troops, who they say they have no experience in city guerrilla or terrorist strategies. But they know the Israelis are very tough as far as fighting against guerrillas and terrorists," he said.
The journalist said the jihadists "told me the Israeli army is the real danger."
"We can't defeat them with our current strategy. These people [the IDF] can fight a guerrilla war," the IS fighters said, according to Todenhofer.
Todenhofer was the first Western journalist who was allowed extensive access to the group, spending 10 days with its fighters last year.
His interview with Jewish News came a day after the head of the Islamic State terrorist group, His Supreme Immensity, Caliph of the Faithful and Galactic Overlord, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ...formerly merely the head of ISIL and a veteran of the Bagram jailhouse. Looks like a new messiah to bajillions of Moslems, like just another dead-eyed mass murder to the rest of us... , issued an explicit threat against Israel, the first such indication from the organization's head that the Jewish state was on his agenda.
In an audio recording released on social media, al-Baghdadi warned that his forces will "soon meet [the Jews] in Paleostine," Israel's Channel 2 television reported.
The terrorist group's elusive head added that "Israel will pay a heavy price at the hands of our fighters," the report said.
"Paleostine will not be your land or your home," al-Baghdadi continued, according to the Ynet news site. "It will be a graveyard for you. Allah has gathered you in Paleostine so that the Muslims may kill you."
"The Jews thought that we forgot about Paleostine and diverted our attention from it. Never, Jews. We have not forgotten Paleostine for a moment," said al-Baghdadi.
"The leaders of the jihad fighters will surround you on a day you think is far, but we see it as close. We are coming closer to you day by day," he concluded.
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[Michael Isakoff] The brother of a prominent Shiite cleric whose execution has roiled the Mideast and set off worldwide protests is blaming President Obama for failing to use his influence with the Saudi government to prevent his death.
[CSMONITOR] Denmark and Sweden tightened their borders on Monday in efforts to stem the flow of migrants entering Scandinavia from Germany.
{The Nation} As security tightened for the anniversary of an militant raid on an army camp in 2004, Deep South Watch (DSW) Center yesterday said last year saw the lowest rate of attacks in the deep South.
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